hehe.. yeah.. it's funny cause I used to think like this guy.. when I had my first child.. you worry about every little thing.. hehe.. I have 3 kids (6,5, and 2).. and let me tell you, the more you THINK you know about them, the LESS you do:-)
Undressing in front of stuffed animals always makes me uncomfortable. I always think they are going to see me naked and figure that I would make a pretty good bacon sandwich and then when I'm sleeping cut me up into little pieces.
That's what I get for watching so many horror movies when I was young......... I need a hug...
You might could track the bullet down to the bullet manufacturer and the store that sold it. But tracking down to the gun would require that you install a device to actually encode the RFID from inside the pistol. A.45 bullet will fire out of a ton of different pistols.. the bullet itself can be loaded into any ammo size that will fire the.45 round. Also have you ever seen a bullet after impact? Consider that if it's a hollow point the entire front portion of the bullet is mushroomed out and the rear part.. well that's where the explosion happens:-)
Maybe if you put the RFID tag on the tip of the projectile just before it fragments it could shoot inside of the body, but even then it would have a hard time surviving.
And also consider that you could still use old.45s to shoot a new round.. so anyone that's going to use it for crime purposes would either take out the encoder or just use an old.45 (I say.45 because that's what kind I have:-) ).
I could be wrong here.. but I thought that sales taxes were levied on the individual sale of items onto the business itself and that it was the sole responsibility of the business to collect these taxes and that the business was responsible for paying them. Otherwise the business could easily say that the customer never paid the sales tax and therefore the business couldn't pay it to the state.
So if the state all of sudden wants to charge sales tax on previous sales, it needs to be going after the business in question and not the customer.
Not that I condone this, but I'm just stating that it is the business's responsibility.
They do it to us here in the US.. it's the "We know better than you" mentality. The powers that be as it were think well if other countries have nukes they will use them for evil whereas we will use them for good... it's all a bunch of bull. They do it to us here with all the laws they make to ensure the safety of everyone.. when in fact most of the laws infringe upon our own personal liberties.
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." -- Benjamin Franklin
Government officials there claimed that they are needed as defense from an increasingly hostile attitude from Washington.
Nukes aren't used for defensive.. they can only be used for offensive measures. I"ve never heard of someone using a nuke to shoot down a missle or to shoot down a plane. The only type of defensive measure that nukes afford the country that uses them are psychological. People don't want any nukes going off for fear of the planet itself and therefore try to get around those countries using it.
You know.. I was kind of thinking one way on the issue, but you have a very good point. The best situation might possibly be to have two boxes. A windows machine strictly for gaming and a linux box for all of your programming, server, etc needs.
The only bad thing is the cost of having two machines, and by cost I mean the cost of buying the hardware..
Once the Linux desktop has stabilized to a certain extent, you can expect to see developers turn their energies to better gaming support under Linux.
But my question is when? I mean how long has the linux desktop been around? I mean xfree86 was first ported back in 1989/1990ish.. the KDE desktop in 1996, the gnome desktop in 1997.. I mean it's been around 8 years for the desktops and around 15 years for xfree. How long is it going to take to "stabalize" in order for game makers to begin either porting their code for linux or creating specifically for it.
This is the only reason I still run a dual boot system for the most part is because of the games that I play. Yah, I could use an emulator, but what I really want are games that are made specifically for linux. And unfortunately the unholy m$ has made programming games in windows much easier than in linux with all of their "standardizations".
I don't think so much that you would have to worry about people hacking off fingers that much.. you might.. but I think the cashier would notice if you have a rotting finger to press a button. Not to mention I think some (if not most) biometric machines utilize heat as well to prevent this sort of thing.
More likely than not what you will have is silicon layovers or things of that nature.
It is for the time being. However if biometrics catches on as a full time thing it will eventually be tied to your bank account... and yes you can get a new bank account.. but it's a pain in the butt. Not to mention, how do you prove that your biometric signature was stolen? I mean you can't exactly lose your thumb like you can a card. It just brings down too many problems.
I for one am getting tired of all the biometric things that are going on in this world. If I wanted to use a thumbscanner I would work for the government.. hell I work for the government and I don't have to use one of those.. urgh..
With the recent items being proposed and voted on in the congress, it is more frightening that Bill Gates has brought this about. It almost seems as though he is trying to incorporate his features into some of the provisions of current bills (being passed I might add) that allow for national IDs.
I dont' hate m$ exactly.. I recognize the awesome business skillz that they have. I mean to scam people out of their software (in the beginning) and sell it to others for a premium.. that's just cut throat biz tactics that work..
But you have to admit, if you heard that your life support system was running off of a windows OS you would be a little nervous.
Where have all the good coders gone And where are all the gods? Where's the computer-wise Hercules To fight the rising odds? Isn't there a white hat upon a fiery keyboard? Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need
I need an OS I'm holding out for an OS 'til the end of the night It's gotta be strong And it's gotta be fast And it's gotta be fresh from the fight I need an OS I'm holding out for an OS 'til the morning light It's gotta be sure And it's gotta be soon And it's gotta be larger than life.. chuckle.. sorry..
It would be a good thing if google actually created their own webbrowser and/or it's own OS.. my reasoning for this is that they seem to have good programmers.. and perhaps they could create a nice OS to put into competition.
Competition is always a good thing, especially for the buyer.
Grant it you can't believe everything on the web (as is my discussion here) but sure.. here is the site where I got the 90% from (might I add this is from the UK even):
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600uk/c on tent_objectid=13595107_method=full_siteid=50082_he adline=-England-suffering-dramatic-pollution-name_ page.html
that article is also pretty much repeated here: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_835843 .html
Not to mention that I have friends that have visited parts of England and have told me that the smog there is horrible.
Heh.. I wish I could ride a bike to work every day.. I would get a little more exercise.. then I could kill two problems with one stone.. the obesity rate and the pollution:-)
While England may have a fraction of the people.. I read a report that stated that 90% of england had problems with pollution.. I can definitely say that 90% of the US doesn't have this problem.
You mean as opposed to the hurricanes that continously hammer our southern regions? Or the earthquakes, mudslides, and fires that torment our western regions?
Oh.. hang on just a second.. but no one sends our people money when they die from natural disasters.. but expect us to send to other countries and then complain about it when we don't send "enough".
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hehe.. yeah.. it's funny cause I used to think like this guy.. when I had my first child.. you worry about every little thing.. hehe.. I have 3 kids (6,5, and 2) .. and let me tell you, the more you THINK you know about them, the LESS you do :-)
Thank you .. and also lets also point out that America is also not the only country that technology obsessed.. Japan perhaps?
/. to talk badly about American culture.. woohoo that makes you so smart..
Come on everyone.. lets use every single thing posted on
Undressing in front of stuffed animals always makes me uncomfortable. I always think they are going to see me naked and figure that I would make a pretty good bacon sandwich and then when I'm sleeping cut me up into little pieces.
That's what I get for watching so many horror movies when I was young......... I need a hug...
I agree with the general consensus.. although I somewhat like some of mc chris's stuff .. and yeah he does geek rap.. really.. should he be here?
What are the motives for asking him questions? Seriously..
You might could track the bullet down to the bullet manufacturer and the store that sold it. But tracking down to the gun would require that you install a device to actually encode the RFID from inside the pistol. A .45 bullet will fire out of a ton of different pistols.. the bullet itself can be loaded into any ammo size that will fire the .45 round. Also have you ever seen a bullet after impact? Consider that if it's a hollow point the entire front portion of the bullet is mushroomed out and the rear part .. well that's where the explosion happens :-)
.45s to shoot a new round.. so anyone that's going to use it for crime purposes would either take out the encoder or just use an old .45 (I say .45 because that's what kind I have :-) ).
Maybe if you put the RFID tag on the tip of the projectile just before it fragments it could shoot inside of the body, but even then it would have a hard time surviving.
And also consider that you could still use old
I could be wrong here.. but I thought that sales taxes were levied on the individual sale of items onto the business itself and that it was the sole responsibility of the business to collect these taxes and that the business was responsible for paying them. Otherwise the business could easily say that the customer never paid the sales tax and therefore the business couldn't pay it to the state.
So if the state all of sudden wants to charge sales tax on previous sales, it needs to be going after the business in question and not the customer.
Not that I condone this, but I'm just stating that it is the business's responsibility.
Oh no.. don't get me wrong.. I'm just saying that history is repeating itself.
They do it to us here in the US.. it's the "We know better than you" mentality. The powers that be as it were think well if other countries have nukes they will use them for evil whereas we will use them for good... it's all a bunch of bull. They do it to us here with all the laws they make to ensure the safety of everyone.. when in fact most of the laws infringe upon our own personal liberties.
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." -- Benjamin Franklin
Government officials there claimed that they are needed as defense from an increasingly hostile attitude from Washington.
Nukes aren't used for defensive.. they can only be used for offensive measures. I"ve never heard of someone using a nuke to shoot down a missle or to shoot down a plane. The only type of defensive measure that nukes afford the country that uses them are psychological. People don't want any nukes going off for fear of the planet itself and therefore try to get around those countries using it.
the funny thing is you don't have to read half of these threads.. you can read their title and know they are going to be a crack.
I mean.. how can you not make a joke about this.. morbid as it might be.
You know.. I was kind of thinking one way on the issue, but you have a very good point. The best situation might possibly be to have two boxes. A windows machine strictly for gaming and a linux box for all of your programming, server, etc needs.
The only bad thing is the cost of having two machines, and by cost I mean the cost of buying the hardware..
Once the Linux desktop has stabilized to a certain extent, you can expect to see developers turn their energies to better gaming support under Linux.
But my question is when? I mean how long has the linux desktop been around? I mean xfree86 was first ported back in 1989/1990ish.. the KDE desktop in 1996, the gnome desktop in 1997.. I mean it's been around 8 years for the desktops and around 15 years for xfree. How long is it going to take to "stabalize" in order for game makers to begin either porting their code for linux or creating specifically for it.
This is the only reason I still run a dual boot system for the most part is because of the games that I play. Yah, I could use an emulator, but what I really want are games that are made specifically for linux. And unfortunately the unholy m$ has made programming games in windows much easier than in linux with all of their "standardizations".
Just my nickel..
I don't think so much that you would have to worry about people hacking off fingers that much.. you might.. but I think the cashier would notice if you have a rotting finger to press a button. Not to mention I think some (if not most) biometric machines utilize heat as well to prevent this sort of thing.
More likely than not what you will have is silicon layovers or things of that nature.
It is for the time being. However if biometrics catches on as a full time thing it will eventually be tied to your bank account... and yes you can get a new bank account.. but it's a pain in the butt. Not to mention, how do you prove that your biometric signature was stolen? I mean you can't exactly lose your thumb like you can a card. It just brings down too many problems.
I for one am getting tired of all the biometric things that are going on in this world. If I wanted to use a thumbscanner I would work for the government.. hell I work for the government and I don't have to use one of those.. urgh..
With the recent items being proposed and voted on in the congress, it is more frightening that Bill Gates has brought this about. It almost seems as though he is trying to incorporate his features into some of the provisions of current bills (being passed I might add) that allow for national IDs.
Scary stuff if you ask me.
Habits have already formed by this point. Parents should be teaching their children about rights and freedoms.
It's obvious kids are getting their information from too many tv programs and liberal bias instead of their parents.
I dont' hate m$ exactly.. I recognize the awesome business skillz that they have. I mean to scam people out of their software (in the beginning) and sell it to others for a premium.. that's just cut throat biz tactics that work..
But you have to admit, if you heard that your life support system was running off of a windows OS you would be a little nervous.
Where have all the good coders gone
.. chuckle.. sorry..
And where are all the gods?
Where's the computer-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white hat upon a fiery keyboard?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream
of what I need
I need an OS
I'm holding out for an OS 'til the end of the night
It's gotta be strong
And it's gotta be fast
And it's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need an OS
I'm holding out for an OS 'til the morning light
It's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And it's gotta be larger than life
Heh.. come on now.. you know you watch Breakin' 2 every night to get the latest dance moves..
It would be a good thing if google actually created their own webbrowser and/or it's own OS .. my reasoning for this is that they seem to have good programmers .. and perhaps they could create a nice OS to put into competition.
Competition is always a good thing, especially for the buyer.
Grant it you can't believe everything on the web (as is my discussion here) but sure.. here is the site where I got the 90% from (might I add this is from the UK even):
c on tent_objectid=13595107_method=full_siteid=50082_he adline=-England-suffering-dramatic-pollution-name_ page.html
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http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600uk/
that article is also pretty much repeated here:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_83584
Not to mention that I have friends that have visited parts of England and have told me that the smog there is horrible.
Heh.. I wish I could ride a bike to work every day.. I would get a little more exercise.. then I could kill two problems with one stone.. the obesity rate and the pollution :-)
Hehe.. no.. I'm not from Texas.. hehe.. but I can see where you might would think that :-)
While England may have a fraction of the people.. I read a report that stated that 90% of england had problems with pollution.. I can definitely say that 90% of the US doesn't have this problem.
You mean as opposed to the hurricanes that continously hammer our southern regions? Or the earthquakes, mudslides, and fires that torment our western regions?
Oh.. hang on just a second.. but no one sends our people money when they die from natural disasters.. but expect us to send to other countries and then complain about it when we don't send "enough".