There are hundreds of firearms made for the sole purpose of something called "target shooting"... Sorry, I overlooked that but the idea was to have a gun on your dorm to protect your stuff. I'm talking about weapons.
By your reasoning, there is no reason to ever engage in a sport like archery (bows and arrows were also originally made to kill or injure), fencing (ditto), javelin throwing (ditto), martial arts (violence, injury, etc.), or any other perfectly respectable sport, and people should stay away from the equipment used in such sports. No, that's YOUR reasoning. You can engage in every sport you like. I wasn't even considering air guns and the like, I was talking about real weapons.
your chances of being injured or killed by a firearm are a lot less than your chances of being injured or killed by a passenger vehicle. Your chances of doing something useful with a weapon are also a lot less than your chances of doing something useful with a vehicle.
Your chance of dying from a gun: (assuming population is 275,000,000) 0.0105% Your chance of dying from someone bent on killing you without a gun:.0070% You see? Even if you WANT to kill someone you don't need a weapon!
Health might be a bit over-optimistic in his situation (it must be hard to hear such a diagnose), but I hope he can still find some happiness.. WE ALL LOVE YOU, SCOTTY!
Firearms on a campus? That's a stupid idea! Remember, a firearm is built to injure or kill people, nothing else. A campus is not the place to carry one around, it's not a place where your life is in danger. Guns and exams don't mix well, either.
Personally, I've sworn to myself I will never touch such a thing. You don't need one either.
Plus it makes more sense to get it to work once, and then install it on all shipped portables, plus a lot of linux users have been craving quite long for a "native linux" portable. Knowing that all the hardare will work under linux is very reassuring.
You just still have to learn to appreciate it:). vi is a magic editor, once you master the spells, it becomes very powerfull. But first try to learn how to get around in linux, then learn vi if you want.
When I was leaning Linux, my friends and the HOWTO's were the greatest help to me. A nice document with a first time walk-through could be nice, if you're missing the linux-savvy friends.
Anyway the first thing you should learn, just in case, is how to quit vi. (it's:q!)
Well? What are you all waiting for over there in the US? Let's slashdot him in the good old POTS way! That line might not be troll-free the next coming weeks:) (if the number still exists).
I don't rememember Thomas Jefferson saying it was ok to bypass the legal system by setting up prison camps in Cuba and denying innocent people access to a lawyer either.
Maybe he was looking for a way not involving having to ask at that pesky CS department because they keep laughing about his inability to write even a simple program?
When they lose their lawsuit (note: I didn't say 'if'), of course they will refund the money, no? I mean, a well-respected and morally sound company like SCO, I have no doubt at all they will. No?
a foetus != a baby. It takes a while to develop the nervous system you know.
If a women has a 25% chance of dying during child birth, is it fair to kill the child?
Again, it's not a child, it's a foetus. If the mother decides she doesn't want to die, then I can understand that. Sorry if you disagree, maybe you could shove it in ass and let it grow there if you have moral objections.
A) our actions in Afghanistan and Iraq are hardly unilateral
Afghanistan ok, but does the US still know it exists? Last thing I heard was that the capital Kabul was more or less safe, but don't try to leave that region. And Doctors without frontiers (or whatever it's called in English) have left the country because they were being targeted (5 aid workers brutally killed). Apparently the US wanted aid to be coupled with information about terrorists (very, very intelligent).
And Iraq? We'll never know why our dear Mr. Bush wanted it so bad. Whatever the reason, I'm quite confident it stinks.
I'm no fan of Bush: he's more socialist than Clinton, and has increased funding to departments he should have eliminated (Education & Labour)
I must have read this over a dozen times: you want no funding for education???????????? That's a very strange point of view, since a good education is principal in fighting crime (see e.g. the Glen Miller school).
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There are hundreds of firearms made for the sole purpose of something called "target shooting"...
.0070%
Sorry, I overlooked that but the idea was to have a gun on your dorm to protect your stuff. I'm talking about weapons.
By your reasoning, there is no reason to ever engage in a sport like archery (bows and arrows were also originally made to kill or injure), fencing (ditto), javelin throwing (ditto), martial arts (violence, injury, etc.), or any other perfectly respectable sport, and people should stay away from the equipment used in such sports.
No, that's YOUR reasoning. You can engage in every sport you like. I wasn't even considering air guns and the like, I was talking about real weapons.
your chances of being injured or killed by a firearm are a lot less than your chances of being injured or killed by a passenger vehicle.
Your chances of doing something useful with a weapon are also a lot less than your chances of doing something useful with a vehicle.
Your chance of dying from a gun: (assuming population is 275,000,000) 0.0105%
Your chance of dying from someone bent on killing you without a gun:
You see? Even if you WANT to kill someone you don't need a weapon!
Health might be a bit over-optimistic in his situation (it must be hard to hear such a diagnose), but I hope he can still find some happiness.. WE ALL LOVE YOU, SCOTTY!
I agree with the parent. Face it, you are locked-in (isn't everybody?)!
Firearms on a campus? That's a stupid idea! Remember, a firearm is built to injure or kill people, nothing else. A campus is not the place to carry one around, it's not a place where your life is in danger. Guns and exams don't mix well, either.
Personally, I've sworn to myself I will never touch such a thing. You don't need one either.
Plus it makes more sense to get it to work once, and then install it on all shipped portables, plus a lot of linux users have been craving quite long for a "native linux" portable. Knowing that all the hardare will work under linux is very reassuring.
You just still have to learn to appreciate it :). vi is a magic editor, once you master the spells, it becomes very powerfull. But first try to learn how to get around in linux, then learn vi if you want.
When I was leaning Linux, my friends and the HOWTO's were the greatest help to me. A nice document with a first time walk-through could be nice, if you're missing the linux-savvy friends.
:q!)
Anyway the first thing you should learn, just in case, is how to quit vi. (it's
Hmm.. a movie about the reactions to 9/11 and the president is not even in it. Maybe that's the insult?
Brought to you by the same people who did the exploding whale movie!
Call 1-877-SLSH-DOT toll-free now!
:) (if the number still exists).
Well? What are you all waiting for over there in the US? Let's slashdot him in the good old POTS way! That line might not be troll-free the next coming weeks
SDL already has much of the wanted features, it seems.. just make some WM mods, no?
I don't rememember Thomas Jefferson saying it was ok to bypass the legal system by setting up prison camps in Cuba and denying innocent people access to a lawyer either.
It would have been really funny if Amiga had announced its' new Alpha-based hardware a week ago..
(I owned two Amiga's, and its' endless death-struggle eventually made me switch to I-don't-care-anymore mode, after all, I had discovered GNU/Linux).
Maybe he was looking for a way not involving having to ask at that pesky CS department because they keep laughing about his inability to write even a simple program?
I was also thinking that, I have a very unsteady handwriting and sometimes my signatures are .. wel.. not that good.
Sigh.. I think I'm going bananas.. It's the same torrent, but the tracker refuses connections from time to time..
(After looking around at http://search.suprnova.org/, I found a working link: Hobgoblins torrent.
I really looked forward to it, but the tracker seems to be down.. (connection refused). Anyone else having more luck?
When they lose their lawsuit (note: I didn't say 'if'), of course they will refund the money, no? I mean, a well-respected and morally sound company like SCO, I have no doubt at all they will. No?
I stand corrected. I know I read it somewhere, but I can't seem to find it anymore, making me doubt my memory integrity..
I did some searching, here is the comany that deserves the honor: http://www.asi-space.com/
The robotic arms on the mars rovers are also Canadian. It seems like it's their specialty, and NASA is always full of praise of these tools.
And that means you are for baby killing.
a foetus != a baby. It takes a while to develop the nervous system you know.
If a women has a 25% chance of dying during child birth, is it fair to kill the child?
Again, it's not a child, it's a foetus. If the mother decides she doesn't want to die, then I can understand that. Sorry if you disagree, maybe you could shove it in ass and let it grow there if you have moral objections.
Cynical, but I sometimes wonder if that wasn't part of the reasoning.
;)
Yes, I've also thought about that - it's certainly a side-effect, planned or not.
Have you also thought about the idea that Israel could have lobbied a lot to take care of Saddam (he supported Palestine violence).
No--I want no federal funding for education.
Pfew, I almost thought you're a madman! Sorry 'bout that..
I know, but i'm not insane you know ;).
A) our actions in Afghanistan and Iraq are hardly unilateral
Afghanistan ok, but does the US still know it exists? Last thing I heard was that the capital Kabul was more or less safe, but don't try to leave that region. And Doctors without frontiers (or whatever it's called in English) have left the country because they were being targeted (5 aid workers brutally killed). Apparently the US wanted aid to be coupled with information about terrorists (very, very intelligent).
And Iraq? We'll never know why our dear Mr. Bush wanted it so bad. Whatever the reason, I'm quite confident it stinks.
I'm no fan of Bush: he's more socialist than Clinton, and has increased funding to departments he should have eliminated (Education & Labour)
I must have read this over a dozen times: you want no funding for education???????????? That's a very strange point of view, since a good education is principal in fighting crime (see e.g. the Glen Miller school).