Yet America has one of the highest (if not the highest) levels of immigration in the world. It may not be a great place to live, but it's a good deal better than many other places.
Go and live in Zimbabwe or Uganda for six months, then complain about bad government. You think the police, or racism, are bad in the USA? Try living in South America! Yes, of course the USA has problems, but they're very, very small compared to what people in other parts of the world have to put up with every day.
Personally, I'm going to avoid *any* method which involves looking directly at the sun, even if it is through glasses supposedly designed to make it safe. Instead, I've got an old bedside-table mirror, which I'm going to tape up, leaving only a tiny hole in the middle of it. Since my bedroom is quite long, I'll project an image from the pinhole mirror onto the opposite wall. Hopefully that'll work; I'm about 50% sure that it will. The mirror might not be flat enough, of course, but that's preferable to a CD which only filters visible light.
Next time round (2012) I plan on being much better prepared.
Because recently they amended the law so that cartridges which used a separate cartridge for each pellets (ie Brococks) were made Section 1, which means you need a firearm certificate to own one.
So now, no doubt, all the drug dealers with Brococks that have been converted to fire.22 live ammunition will be rushing down to the police station to get a license. While Brocock go out of business.
Abso-bloody-ridiculous. Especially considering how easy it is to get a 'real' firearm in London.
Factual correction: you can still legally get a rifle in Britain with a hard-to-obtain license, a shotgun with an easy-to-obtain license, and an airgun/realistic replica/blank firer/two of the above with no license whatsoever.
However I agree with the general sentiment of what you're saying.
yes this is true (see http://www.2600.com/news/0130-flyer/flyer.html)
Wow, if it's on 2600.com it must be true!
Personally, I don't think DRM will work for a number of reasons:- 1) People are stupid, but they aren't that stupid. They will catch on eventually 2) Chinese companies will completely ignore DRM, since they are not subject to the whims of the RIAA/their representatives in the American government. 3) There are more, reasons but I've got other things to do now.
The vast majority of humans on this planet are either stupid, pig ignorant or both. It's only a very small minority who are responsible for the science and technology we have today.
Would I be right in guessing that you count yourself among this very small minority?
NASA announced yesterday that its longest running program, Wooden Block B, was ready and scheduled for dropping off the Empire State Building on April 17th. The project has taken 44 years to complete, at a cost of approximately $700 million. The reason for the high cost is that the probe contains the most expensive wood ever created, which will be used to test Newton's theory of gravity. Newton predicted that an attractive force known as 'gravity' will act between any two bodies. Wooden Block B will be able to test Newton's theory using Earth's gravitational field, and a very tall building.
That stuff is happening in Britain; the government passed a law specifically to suspend parts of the Human Rights Act so that foreign terrorist suspects could be kept in prison without trial
Ah, but they can choose to leave the country at any time - they're only held if they choose to remain the UK.
I think that it's well worth remembering that terrorism is still a very new concept to the Americans, whereas in Europe many countries have been living with it on a smaller scale for decades.
And as you say, many Americans are very very good at overreacting (look at Slashdot;-), and in general are going to be more trusting of the government because they don't have Europe's history.
At least we don't lock away people and then deny them the right to counsel, visits or trial, and then claim that that's ok because they're sub-humans anyway.
What, you think that because you don't hear about this sort of thing, it isn't happening?
I'm not saying it *is* happening in Europe - I'm not paranoid - we just can't be sure that it isn't happening either. And in America they don't have identity cards, whereas in Europe they do.
There should be no apostrophe on 'its' in this case. Unless you're trying to say that Google is a new Copernicus data centre (or 'center', as you Americans incorrectly spell it).
Second, that second-hand smoke kills more than a few (if that many) people per year. It doesn't. The results come from fraudulent meta-analyses.
There was an excellent website I found a couple of years ago which went into exactly why this whole 'second-hand smoke' thing is questionable, to say the least. It also included a general selection on how people can twist statistics to suit their story - and meta-analyses were certainly one of the things they mentioned.
Unfortunately, I can't find it anymore. I seem to remember it was on a cigar smokers' site.
Slashdot Mirror
Yet America has one of the highest (if not the highest) levels of immigration in the world. It may not be a great place to live, but it's a good deal better than many other places.
Go and live in Zimbabwe or Uganda for six months, then complain about bad government. You think the police, or racism, are bad in the USA? Try living in South America! Yes, of course the USA has problems, but they're very, very small compared to what people in other parts of the world have to put up with every day.
(And I say this as a non-USAian).
Personally, I'm going to avoid *any* method which involves looking directly at the sun, even if it is through glasses supposedly designed to make it safe. Instead, I've got an old bedside-table mirror, which I'm going to tape up, leaving only a tiny hole in the middle of it. Since my bedroom is quite long, I'll project an image from the pinhole mirror onto the opposite wall. Hopefully that'll work; I'm about 50% sure that it will. The mirror might not be flat enough, of course, but that's preferable to a CD which only filters visible light.
Next time round (2012) I plan on being much better prepared.
Because recently they amended the law so that cartridges which used a separate cartridge for each pellets (ie Brococks) were made Section 1, which means you need a firearm certificate to own one.
.22 live ammunition will be rushing down to the police station to get a license. While Brocock go out of business.
So now, no doubt, all the drug dealers with Brococks that have been converted to fire
Abso-bloody-ridiculous. Especially considering how easy it is to get a 'real' firearm in London.
Factual correction: you can still legally get a rifle in Britain with a hard-to-obtain license, a shotgun with an easy-to-obtain license, and an airgun/realistic replica/blank firer/two of the above with no license whatsoever.
However I agree with the general sentiment of what you're saying.
yes this is true (see http://www.2600.com/news/0130-flyer/flyer.html)
Wow, if it's on 2600.com it must be true!
Personally, I don't think DRM will work for a number of reasons:-
1) People are stupid, but they aren't that stupid. They will catch on eventually
2) Chinese companies will completely ignore DRM, since they are not subject to the whims of the RIAA/their representatives in the American government.
3) There are more, reasons but I've got other things to do now.
What car is it that Biff is driving in 1955? I seem to remember being told it was a Ford '48 Ragtop, but can't remember...
I don't have time to discuss this further. I am in the hospital and falling behind on my other work.
He's in hospital? Nothing serious, I hope.
BANG...
I believe that that was the sound of a nail being squarely hit on the head.
A Black Box for People
I thought for a minute that this was a story about making it free to call people...
The vast majority of humans on this planet are either stupid, pig ignorant or both. It's only a very small minority who are responsible for the science and technology we have today.
Would I be right in guessing that you count yourself among this very small minority?
(Grammatical error corrected).
Overpopulation is a HUGE crisis, but you're goin' to hell if you use birth control, says the Pope.
On the contrary, the crisis (in the West at least) is that the average age is going up and up, and therefore the more babies people make the better.
Wow, how did you know that?
NASA announced yesterday that its longest running program, Wooden Block B, was ready and scheduled for dropping off the Empire State Building on April 17th. The project has taken 44 years to complete, at a cost of approximately $700 million. The reason for the high cost is that the probe contains the most expensive wood ever created, which will be used to test Newton's theory of gravity. Newton predicted that an attractive force known as 'gravity' will act between any two bodies. Wooden Block B will be able to test Newton's theory using Earth's gravitational field, and a very tall building.
That stuff is happening in Britain; the government passed a law specifically to suspend parts of the Human Rights Act so that foreign terrorist suspects could be kept in prison without trial
Ah, but they can choose to leave the country at any time - they're only held if they choose to remain the UK.
Not that I necessarily agree with this policy.
I plan to leave the country as soon as possible.
Me too. Any ideas for a destination?
I think that it's well worth remembering that terrorism is still a very new concept to the Americans, whereas in Europe many countries have been living with it on a smaller scale for decades.
;-), and in general are going to be more trusting of the government because they don't have Europe's history.
And as you say, many Americans are very very good at overreacting (look at Slashdot
At least we don't lock away people and then deny them the right to counsel, visits or trial, and then claim that that's ok because they're sub-humans anyway.
What, you think that because you don't hear about this sort of thing, it isn't happening?
I'm not saying it *is* happening in Europe - I'm not paranoid - we just can't be sure that it isn't happening either. And in America they don't have identity cards, whereas in Europe they do.
it's going to have to go down in history as one of the biggest pranks ever pulled
Wow, you were quoted on the Beeb aswell!
it's new Copernicus data center
There should be no apostrophe on 'its' in this case. Unless you're trying to say that Google is a new Copernicus data centre (or 'center', as you Americans incorrectly spell it).
Ooh, I can't wait to get modded down!
pong **** CARRIER LOST
Or maybe:
BANG! BANG! **** CARRIER LOST
Unfortunately, I can't find it anymore. I seem to remember it was on a cigar smokers' site.
Well, I've just looked again and I found it.
Second, that second-hand smoke kills more than a few (if that many) people per year. It doesn't. The results come from fraudulent meta-analyses.
There was an excellent website I found a couple of years ago which went into exactly why this whole 'second-hand smoke' thing is questionable, to say the least. It also included a general selection on how people can twist statistics to suit their story - and meta-analyses were certainly one of the things they mentioned.
Unfortunately, I can't find it anymore. I seem to remember it was on a cigar smokers' site.
How much stock can you put in his predictions?
About 640,000 shares - should be a big enough investment for anyone!
It is also a repost, do the editors not read slashdot?
You're new here, aren't you?
More likely that Canada got to Mars first.
"Say Terrance, pull my finger!"
"OK Philip..."
FART!
"Bahahaha, you farted on Mars!"
"I sure did Philip!"
But don't feel left out Europeans, since the EU is considering a terror database as well, although France and UK are reluctant to share intel.
Is that because they're so busy spying on one another?
Or because those two are the only ones who have intelligence agencies competent enough to get anything worth sharing?