He can't even spell his own first name? Yeah, I do that from time to time, too. My high school diploma says "Russell Niel Nelson". And nobody believed me when I blamed it on lysdexia.
-russ
Think of the Taliban as the Nazis. Think of Osama bin Laden as Hitler. Now think of the Afghani people as the Jews in the concentration camps.
Still want to bomb Afghanistan?
Why do you want to do this? To destroy their homes? The Russians already did that. To destroy their schools? Done. Their hospitals? Done. Any more bombs are just going to bounce the rubble.
Sorry, but the solution is to treat this as a crime, not an act of war. They WANT us to treat it as an act of war. Why should we do what they want? We should instead do what a free country does: presume innocence and convict based on the evidence.
-russ
"safe mode"?? Can we please stop fighting last Tuesday's war today? Nobody ever thought that they'd ever fly an airplane into a building using knives to hijack the airplane. Okay, we now know they will. There's a dozen ways we can stop them from doing *that*.
The question is "What are they going to do *next*"?
-russ
I'm surprised this hasn't happened earlier. New York City is the most closed union shop you can possibly imagine. A number of trade shows refuse to exhibit at the Javits simply because you can't touch anything in your booth. If you want an extension cord plugged in, you can to pay a union electrician to do it. It's insane.
-russ
p.s. it's a crime, not a war. Expect resolution to take years -- that's the nature of criminal cases.
It would be interesting to see what happened to crime in a European state which allowed concealed carry. Of course, Australia and Canada are running the reverse experiment, and so far, their crime has gone up.
-russ
The idea that a gun makes you invulnerable to even casual attack is simply wrong.
You are right, of course. Didn't you read what I wrote? I said that no weapon will make you vulnerable to even a casual attack. I didn't say that having a weapon would make you invulnerable to a casual attack. The two are not logically equivalent. So, it's safe for me to say that, based on a sample size of one, all gun control advocates are illogical.
-russ
There's a problem with your theory. Crime went down in those states which passed concealed carry laws. But I don't suppose that facts will convince you.
-russ
Well, Rob won't let people rename themselves. My original slashdot user number was 2165, and I named it "nelsonrn", which was the same as my login. But I wanted a more readable user name, so I switched to using Russ Nelson. But the *real* Russ Nelson is still 2165.
-russ
If one bullet through the fuselage could bring down an airplane, why do terrorists bother with bombs? In any case, it's possible to design bullets with less impulse than existing ammunition. The fact that nobody has yet done so is simply because nobody would bother to buy it, because you are prevented from carrying a gun on board an airplane.
-russ
You can buy bullets with less destructive power now (frangible bullets). If there was a market for bullets which didn't go through the walls of an airplane, you can bet somebody would devise them. Right now, they don't exist because nobody would waste their money buying them.
-russ
I think you should spend more time around people who shoot guns. I think you might find that they are not as stupid as you [think they are].
Nothing can protect you from a determined attack. Having no weapon will fail to protect you from even a casual attack. Why give up your weapons simply because they do not always work? Who ever expected perfection?
And I agree with your point #2. Having a gun makes you a threat. So the people around you will behave nicely. And given the symmetry of the relationship, you will also behave nicely because they will be [or so you can expect] armed also.
-russ
It comes down to completely disarmed passengers. If the government has mandated that nobody has a weapon, and you've got something sharp, you're more powerful than everyone else. If guns are allowed on airplanes, brandishing a gun doesn't make you powerful. It makes you a target. Given a sample size of several dozen people, it's very likely that one of them is a better shot than you are. Worse, she knows to shoot you, and you don't know who she is to shoot her.
-russ
Um... Rte 29 *is* a major road in this part of the state. If you want to go to Utica from Northern New York, Rte 29 is the best way to go. Remember, Northern New York is the only part of New York State with no four-lane highway.
-russ
http://russnelson.com/wtc.html has pics off the wallstreetitalia.com webcam, on the 73rd floor of the Empire State Building. One of them was just moments before the first tower collapsed.
-russ
I'm O-Negative, but they don't want my blood. Once, after bicycling to a blood drive, my liver was working too hard (probably removing the shit from the fat I'd just burned), and produced enzymes in my blood saying that it was working too hard. The Red Cross thinks I have Hepatitis, and they have banned me FOREVER from giving blood. Haven't they ever heard of experimental error?
-russ
Funny how politically unpopular postings are "offtopic" and "trolls". Dmitry works for a company that sells spam tools. He's not a virgin. We can tell, because he's fucked us.
-russ
Slashdot Mirror
He can't even spell his own first name? Yeah, I do that from time to time, too. My high school diploma says "Russell Niel Nelson". And nobody believed me when I blamed it on lysdexia.
-russ
Think of the Taliban as the Nazis. Think of Osama bin Laden as Hitler. Now think of the Afghani people as the Jews in the concentration camps.
Still want to bomb Afghanistan?
Why do you want to do this? To destroy their homes? The Russians already did that. To destroy their schools? Done. Their hospitals? Done. Any more bombs are just going to bounce the rubble.
Sorry, but the solution is to treat this as a crime, not an act of war. They WANT us to treat it as an act of war. Why should we do what they want? We should instead do what a free country does: presume innocence and convict based on the evidence.
-russ
"safe mode"?? Can we please stop fighting last Tuesday's war today? Nobody ever thought that they'd ever fly an airplane into a building using knives to hijack the airplane. Okay, we now know they will. There's a dozen ways we can stop them from doing *that*.
The question is "What are they going to do *next*"?
-russ
I'm surprised this hasn't happened earlier. New York City is the most closed union shop you can possibly imagine. A number of trade shows refuse to exhibit at the Javits simply because you can't touch anything in your booth. If you want an extension cord plugged in, you can to pay a union electrician to do it. It's insane.
-russ
p.s. it's a crime, not a war. Expect resolution to take years -- that's the nature of criminal cases.
Another advantage of sending money is that it helps get the lower Manhattan commercial infrastructure going again.
-russ
Yes, Dan Bernstein has been running surveys of SMTP servers.
-russ
It would be interesting to see what happened to crime in a European state which allowed concealed carry. Of course, Australia and Canada are running the reverse experiment, and so far, their crime has gone up.
-russ
The idea that a gun makes you invulnerable to even casual attack is simply wrong.
You are right, of course. Didn't you read what I wrote? I said that no weapon will make you vulnerable to even a casual attack. I didn't say that having a weapon would make you invulnerable to a casual attack. The two are not logically equivalent. So, it's safe for me to say that, based on a sample size of one, all gun control advocates are illogical.
-russ
There's a problem with your theory. Crime went down in those states which passed concealed carry laws. But I don't suppose that facts will convince you.
-russ
Not all bullets are made of solid lead.
-russ
Well, Rob won't let people rename themselves. My original slashdot user number was 2165, and I named it "nelsonrn", which was the same as my login. But I wanted a more readable user name, so I switched to using Russ Nelson. But the *real* Russ Nelson is still 2165.
-russ
If one bullet through the fuselage could bring down an airplane, why do terrorists bother with bombs? In any case, it's possible to design bullets with less impulse than existing ammunition. The fact that nobody has yet done so is simply because nobody would bother to buy it, because you are prevented from carrying a gun on board an airplane.
-russ
You can buy bullets with less destructive power now (frangible bullets). If there was a market for bullets which didn't go through the walls of an airplane, you can bet somebody would devise them. Right now, they don't exist because nobody would waste their money buying them.
-russ
I think you should spend more time around people who shoot guns. I think you might find that they are not as stupid as you [think they are].
Nothing can protect you from a determined attack. Having no weapon will fail to protect you from even a casual attack. Why give up your weapons simply because they do not always work? Who ever expected perfection?
And I agree with your point #2. Having a gun makes you a threat. So the people around you will behave nicely. And given the symmetry of the relationship, you will also behave nicely because they will be [or so you can expect] armed also.
-russ
I'm not sure you know what ambulance chasing is. It's when a lawyer offers legal services to someone who's just been in an accident.
-russ
It comes down to completely disarmed passengers. If the government has mandated that nobody has a weapon, and you've got something sharp, you're more powerful than everyone else. If guns are allowed on airplanes, brandishing a gun doesn't make you powerful. It makes you a target. Given a sample size of several dozen people, it's very likely that one of them is a better shot than you are. Worse, she knows to shoot you, and you don't know who she is to shoot her.
-russ
Congratulations! Y'all have managed to generate more traffic to my server than Code Red! I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
-russ
Um ... Rte 29 *is* a major road in this part of the state. If you want to go to Utica from Northern New York, Rte 29 is the best way to go. Remember, Northern New York is the only part of New York State with no four-lane highway.
-russ
I have some pictures I grabbed from the WallStreetItalia.com webcam.
-russ
This makes me so happy .... that I think I'll go out and buy more LEGOs.
-russ
http://russnelson.com/wtc.html has pics off the wallstreetitalia.com webcam, on the 73rd floor of the Empire State Building. One of them was just moments before the first tower collapsed.
-russ
I'm O-Negative, but they don't want my blood. Once, after bicycling to a blood drive, my liver was working too hard (probably removing the shit from the fat I'd just burned), and produced enzymes in my blood saying that it was working too hard. The Red Cross thinks I have Hepatitis, and they have banned me FOREVER from giving blood. Haven't they ever heard of experimental error?
-russ
That's a problem because a major highway goes straight through the base.
-russ
Funny how politically unpopular postings are "offtopic" and "trolls". Dmitry works for a company that sells spam tools. He's not a virgin. We can tell, because he's fucked us.
-russ
The Lego Reverse Engineering Site.
-russ