The fact is that in environments where there are no handguns to speak of (Canada) the number of gun crimes of opportunity and passion, and accidental discharges, by citizens carrying guns is very low, whereas concealed-carry environments the rate is much higher.
Which is irrelevant unless being killed with a gun is somehow worse than being killed with a knife, baseball bat, etc. If you look at homicide rates or violent crime rates you'll find that it's not at all clear cut and there are countries that both sides can point to as examples. What is clear is that countries that have recently instituted strict gun control have seen violent crime go up and US states that have loosened CCW requirements have seen violent crime go down.
Hint: Statistics will backup my assertion, especially with regards to women.
Noone was questioning your assertion, but rather it's significance, especially once you include the somewhat nebulous "someone you know" catagory. Using your link, the order of most likely relationships between the offender and victim are:
Unknown > Acquaintance > Stranger > Family
What does that prove exactly, especially when the largest category (by a lot) is "Unknown"? Does being prepared for an (admittedly unlikely) mall or school shooting somehow make you less prepaired for an attack by an acquaintance?
As the Fort Hood shootings demonstrate, being in a heavily armed environment does not necessarily make anyone safer (I'm assuming American military bases are heavily armed environments.)
Are you sure about that? From Wikipedia:
Lt. General Cone stated the on-base firearm policy: "As a matter of practice, we do not carry weapons on Fort Hood. This is our home."[80] Military weapons are only used for training or by base security, and personal weapons must be kept locked away by the provost marshal.
While these types of incidents are, as you said, improbable they're hardly fantasy and usually occur in "gun free zones".
Most incidents of gun violence are domestic &/or perpetrated by someone you know.
Most instances of gun homicide involve criminals and it really shouldn't be any surprise that criminals tend to know other criminals. For example a drug abuser killing his/her dealer would fall into the category or "someone you know" but it's not really relevant to regular law abiding citizens.
3. What heat? The snow is blocking the sun, so the dome doesn't warm up. Also, sun falling on the snow is mostly reflected back into space. Cities absorb more insolation in the winter because of pavements, buildings, etc. - they're islands of comparative warmth compared to the snow-covered country around them. The dome, by allowing a blanket of snow to cover the city, chills the city.
The town is going to be generating a fair bit of heat (electrical appliances, people etc) and snow is a good insulator. Maybe with the right design the dome could turn into an igloo in the winter. Just ask the Canadians, they all live in igloos and they seem to get on just fine:)
Decades ago, the county used to hire my Grandfather to use divining rods to find pipes and electrical wires underground when they could find the original drafting maps.
He had a bit of success at it too.
Why? How?
My bet is a friend at the hall of records. Missing maps...... yeah right:)
I'm too cheap to buy a dedicated device so when I saw that Verizon had a free demo of their Chaperone app (track your kid's cell phone etc) I was in business. I just taped my cell phone to the cat and let him out. It worked out great and I learned a lot about my cat's habits. Watching him jump when I called him was hilarious! Unfortunately the day came when I had to remove the phone, and more importantly, the tape from the cat. Trust me, you don't EVER want to try to remove duct tape from a long haired cat!
Just kidding, but I have thought about it a time or two.
Unless the mines were actually located in town I don't see how that would help. The reason pollution issues are handled at the state and federal level is that the effects often occur far away from the source.
Uh, AGPS is real GPS. The A stands for Assisted. It just provides a faster method for figuring out which satellites are up, but otherwise it is exactly the same as any other GPS.
Most dumb phones I've seen claim to have AGPS and REQUIRE that assistance (access to the cell network) in order to work. Am I using the wrong term for that type of GPS?
1) It doesn't work EVERYWHERE. I'm not talking about everywhere with a wireless signal. I'm talking about EVERYWHERE.
I don't think that'll be a limitation for long. Some smart phones already have real GPS chips rather that just AGPS and there is no reason they couldn't store maps locally. I think the Droid already pre-caches maps along any route you select so it shouldn't be hard to extend that functionality a bit.
Alternatively... couldn't a circuit be visually inspected for antennae by a qualified engineer? If the hypothesis is the mobo has a stealth radio receiver circuit on it to catch these kill signals... should be easy to see.
A radar IS a radio receiver. Think about it, it transmits a radio signal and listens for the echo and sends whatever is received to a computer of some sort for analysis. I don't think it's inconceivable that an aircraft with a radar transmitter (jamming pod?) operating at the same frequency could transmit a special code on that frequency that triggers a back door or even a simple buffer overflow.
But what I've always really wanted in my pocket was a little debian box, and the N900 is pretty much the first thing that fits the bill in that respect
I know what you're saying. I've been using a Sharp Zaurus 6k for years and it's a great device. The N900 looks like the perfect successor but there just aren't any GSM carriers with nearly the coverage of Verizon in my area. In contrast it looks like I'll be able to pick up an Android based phone soon from Verizon for around $100 and finally stop carrying around 2 devices.
Err.. Pretty much all of the reasons you give for not using a laptop are just plain wrong or at least only applicable to certain laptops. Basically the "Desktop Replacement" type laptops that were sold in the year or two leading up to the core2Duo were often essentially desktop processors crammed into a laptop sized case and pretty much behaved the way you described with some poor little fan running full tilt pretty much the whole time. Most older and newer laptops do a lot better though. I have a Toshiba U405D (dual core AMD Turon) right now doing a Vista -> Win 7 upgrade and is using about 40W. My thinkpad A22 (1GHZ P3) running Ubuntu is consuming 25W doing some light web browsing. With the screens off they would both use less of course. As for the battery life issue, while it's true that L-ion batteries will live longer if stored at somewhat less than a full charge the difference isn't that large. Most of these batteries are rated for something like 300 - 400 charge/discharge cycles which is a lot for the sort of usage we're talking about. Remember, these types of batteries/chargers don't just keep charging like NiCads sometimes did. They just charge up and stop.
That article was NOT saying that the flu vaccine is pointless, it was making the case for further study of it's effectiveness, especially among older people and those with compromised immune systems. Even if the flu vaccine has no effect on the death rate there is still some advantage to reducing the number of people who get sick, miss work, and are generally miserable from the flu.
I don't know about Comcast but if someone from claiming to be from Cablevision actually showed up at the scheduled time I sure as heck would ask for ID.
If you're going to be in the Chicago area you'll have the Museum of Science and Industry, Natural History Museum, and Adler Planetarium all within an easy walk of each other. If you like pan pizza check out Gino's East. One day may not be enough though.
This is a bug even Adobe would be ashamed to admit.
Some of the DSL modems around here (I think it's the 2-Wire brand) had a similar bug. Basically if you know the exact url of one of the modem's built in commands you can bypass the admin password.
Once production is shut down on a product this sophisticated it takes years to ramp production back up absent a crash program of immense expense. The assembly lines aren't normally mothballed, they are either torn down or re-purposed to other products. The talent pool that produces the plane is dispersed and close to impossible to put back together coherently. Institutional memory is lost. The supply chain becomes fragmented. While it is technically possible to restart production, it would be very difficult and EXTREMELY expensive to do so.
While it's true that it normally works that way I really don't see why it has to if they plan ahead.
If you're anywhere a car with a 320km/day range would be useful, you probably don't need a car.
Lots of people have commutes of 10-100km each way which would work out just fine. Also in the US it's pretty common for families to have 2 (or more) vehicles so you could still use a "real" car for those longer trips.
By contrast, people won't allow themselves to pay very much for electrical service.
Ever buy a coke at an airport or ball game? People routinely pay different prices for the same thing under different conditions.
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From the FA, it appears that the telcos CHARGE for these services.
Which is irrelevant unless being killed with a gun is somehow worse than being killed with a knife, baseball bat, etc. If you look at homicide rates or violent crime rates you'll find that it's not at all clear cut and there are countries that both sides can point to as examples. What is clear is that countries that have recently instituted strict gun control have seen violent crime go up and US states that have loosened CCW requirements have seen violent crime go down.
Noone was questioning your assertion, but rather it's significance, especially once you include the somewhat nebulous "someone you know" catagory. Using your link, the order of most likely relationships between the offender and victim are:
Unknown > Acquaintance > Stranger > Family
What does that prove exactly, especially when the largest category (by a lot) is "Unknown"? Does being prepared for an (admittedly unlikely) mall or school shooting somehow make you less prepaired for an attack by an acquaintance?
Should have been:
Correlation != Causation
Correlation Causation
Are you sure about that? From Wikipedia:
Lt. General Cone stated the on-base firearm policy: "As a matter of practice, we do not carry weapons on Fort Hood. This is our home."[80] Military weapons are only used for training or by base security, and personal weapons must be kept locked away by the provost marshal.
While these types of incidents are, as you said, improbable they're hardly fantasy and usually occur in "gun free zones".
No, but it might just save you from your crazy stalker EX from doing the same.
Most instances of gun homicide involve criminals and it really shouldn't be any surprise that criminals tend to know other criminals. For example a drug abuser killing his/her dealer would fall into the category or "someone you know" but it's not really relevant to regular law abiding citizens.
The town is going to be generating a fair bit of heat (electrical appliances, people etc) and snow is a good insulator. Maybe with the right design the dome could turn into an igloo in the winter. Just ask the Canadians, they all live in igloos and they seem to get on just fine :)
My bet is a friend at the hall of records. Missing maps...... yeah right :)
Sounds pretty interactive to me.
I'm too cheap to buy a dedicated device so when I saw that Verizon had a free demo of their Chaperone app (track your kid's cell phone etc) I was in business. I just taped my cell phone to the cat and let him out. It worked out great and I learned a lot about my cat's habits. Watching him jump when I called him was hilarious! Unfortunately the day came when I had to remove the phone, and more importantly, the tape from the cat. Trust me, you don't EVER want to try to remove duct tape from a long haired cat!
Just kidding, but I have thought about it a time or two.
Unless the mines were actually located in town I don't see how that would help. The reason pollution issues are handled at the state and federal level is that the effects often occur far away from the source.
Most dumb phones I've seen claim to have AGPS and REQUIRE that assistance (access to the cell network) in order to work. Am I using the wrong term for that type of GPS?
I don't think that'll be a limitation for long. Some smart phones already have real GPS chips rather that just AGPS and there is no reason they couldn't store maps locally. I think the Droid already pre-caches maps along any route you select so it shouldn't be hard to extend that functionality a bit.
A radar IS a radio receiver. Think about it, it transmits a radio signal and listens for the echo and sends whatever is received to a computer of some sort for analysis. I don't think it's inconceivable that an aircraft with a radar transmitter (jamming pod?) operating at the same frequency could transmit a special code on that frequency that triggers a back door or even a simple buffer overflow.
I know what you're saying. I've been using a Sharp Zaurus 6k for years and it's a great device. The N900 looks like the perfect successor but there just aren't any GSM carriers with nearly the coverage of Verizon in my area. In contrast it looks like I'll be able to pick up an Android based phone soon from Verizon for around $100 and finally stop carrying around 2 devices.
Err.. Pretty much all of the reasons you give for not using a laptop are just plain wrong or at least only applicable to certain laptops. Basically the "Desktop Replacement" type laptops that were sold in the year or two leading up to the core2Duo were often essentially desktop processors crammed into a laptop sized case and pretty much behaved the way you described with some poor little fan running full tilt pretty much the whole time. Most older and newer laptops do a lot better though. I have a Toshiba U405D (dual core AMD Turon) right now doing a Vista -> Win 7 upgrade and is using about 40W. My thinkpad A22 (1GHZ P3) running Ubuntu is consuming 25W doing some light web browsing. With the screens off they would both use less of course. As for the battery life issue, while it's true that L-ion batteries will live longer if stored at somewhat less than a full charge the difference isn't that large. Most of these batteries are rated for something like 300 - 400 charge/discharge cycles which is a lot for the sort of usage we're talking about. Remember, these types of batteries/chargers don't just keep charging like NiCads sometimes did. They just charge up and stop.
This is an influenza virus we're talking about. There are plenty of studies showing that getting vaccinated for influenza is completely pointless.
Please read this story in The Atlantic.
That article was NOT saying that the flu vaccine is pointless, it was making the case for further study of it's effectiveness, especially among older people and those with compromised immune systems. Even if the flu vaccine has no effect on the death rate there is still some advantage to reducing the number of people who get sick, miss work, and are generally miserable from the flu.
I don't know about Comcast but if someone from claiming to be from Cablevision actually showed up at the scheduled time I sure as heck would ask for ID.
I forgot to mention that if the Human Body exhibit is in any of the towns you'll be traveling through it's definately worth a look.
If you're going to be in the Chicago area you'll have the Museum of Science and Industry, Natural History Museum, and Adler Planetarium all within an easy walk of each other. If you like pan pizza check out Gino's East. One day may not be enough though.
This is a bug even Adobe would be ashamed to admit.
Some of the DSL modems around here (I think it's the 2-Wire brand) had a similar bug. Basically if you know the exact url of one of the modem's built in commands you can bypass the admin password.
Once production is shut down on a product this sophisticated it takes years to ramp production back up absent a crash program of immense expense. The assembly lines aren't normally mothballed, they are either torn down or re-purposed to other products. The talent pool that produces the plane is dispersed and close to impossible to put back together coherently. Institutional memory is lost. The supply chain becomes fragmented. While it is technically possible to restart production, it would be very difficult and EXTREMELY expensive to do so.
While it's true that it normally works that way I really don't see why it has to if they plan ahead.
If you're anywhere a car with a 320km/day range would be useful, you probably don't need a car.
Lots of people have commutes of 10-100km each way which would work out just fine. Also in the US it's pretty common for families to have 2 (or more) vehicles so you could still use a "real" car for those longer trips.
By contrast, people won't allow themselves to pay very much for electrical service.
Ever buy a coke at an airport or ball game? People routinely pay different prices for the same thing under different conditions.