IIRC, the Swiss gov't issues the ammo for these guns sealed containers. Any usage of this ammo is accountable to the government. Presumably, missing ammo would be a highly suspicious situation, so you'd think twice before even breaking open the box to load your gun. I doublt that the NRA would be pleased with this control of ammo by the authorities.
I also seem to remember that they have very high suicide rates, since the guns are right on hand and the soon-to-be dead folks don't care about what the government thinks of their unauthorized gun usage.
Umm... 200 years ago a gun cost more than a car does today (in relative terms). Today you can get a gun for less than $100.
200 years ago it took a full minute to reload one round. Very tedious (I know, I used to do alot of muzzl-loading target shooting comptetition).
200 years ago a pistol was so inaccurate that it was next to useless. In comparison, it would be hard to sneak a 5 foot long flintlock rifle into your schoolroom unnoticed.
I don't know the exact stats, but I'd bet that cheap automatic weapons have only been available to kids on a large scale recently. If all a kid had was an old revolver, it seems that he'd be less tempted to try to mow down his classmates with it.
(I had to add a space after each slash to get by/. lameness filter)
WINDOWS EXPLORER:
Use windows classic folders (not web view)
Unhide all files
Show extensions
Reverse most other settings in "Folder Options"
Remove spam from 'Favorites' menu
Add to favorites: / prj / volatile "/ Program Files"
Set "Explore" as default for folders
Add 'attributes' column to explorer view
DON'T remember each folder's view settings
Set up a folder, select options/ view/ LikeCurrentFolder
Move address & toolbar to menubar, remove most toolbar buttons
Add "Command prompt here" to 'Folder' file type: / Cmd.exe / k cd %1
DISPLAY:
Set screen resolution to 1240x1024
Turn on anti-aliased fonts
Set font size to large
Turn off "Hide keyboard navigation" (Actually, I don't turn this off anymore)
Change color scheme: Brick
Window bkg: 240 240 220 (Pale tan)
DESKTOP:
Delete all icons except MyComputer, NetworkNbhd, IE5, RecycleBin
Taskbar and startmenu properties:
Display admin tools, display logoff, turn off customized menus
Add buttons to task bar:
IE, Outlook (Express), CMD, Explorer, Calc, TextPad,
DevStudio, MSDN, TaskMan
DIRECTORIES:
Label each drive with its letter
Create / prj Directory
set "HKCU/ Software/ Microsoft/ Windows/ CurrentVersion/
Explorer/ Shell Folders/ Personal" to / prj
Create / apps/ bin and / prj/ bin and add to path
Install DELETE VOLATILE batch file task to run on login
(This does "rmdir / s / q d:/ Volatile" to emulate an
old DOS RAMDRIVE for scratchpad files. I put most temp work
and downloads here until I know I want to keep them.)
IE5:
Set homepage to my own Links HTML file.
Move address and toolbar to menubar, remove most toolbar buttons,
show toolbar icons only (no labels)
Set text size to "large"
Set max temp file size to 20MB (saves lots of time on "find / blah")
Disable stored cookies
Set shortcut to Alt+Ctl+I
INSTALL:
TextPad
Set TextPad as default for all files
(or TXT, CPP, H, JAVA, C, HTML, XML, PL, PY, PM
Copy files from / USER to new installation
Copy textpad reg branch to new installation
Set shortcut to Alt+Ctl+T
LUTRS14 font (From an old terminal emulator -
the best monospace font in the world)
WinZip
Adobe Acrobat
MS Office
JDK
ActivePerl
CygWin32
Anti-Virus
Real Player
Quicktime
Zone Alarm Pro
COMMAND PROMPT:
Set MSDOS shortcut with Alt+Ctl+P key
Set to a good font
Set window size to 500 lines
Set color BG: (200, 200, 170) Text: black
IMPORTANT: Set completion key to TAB
(HKCU/ SW/ MS/ Command Processor/ CompletionChar = 9)
MISC:
Change calculator to scientific view
Change task manager applet to not "always on top"
Set "net use / persistent:no"
I've been using DOS and Windows since about 1983. At every step, they've tried to make the interface dumber, but I've been able to compensate. I've got a large list of option reversals and registry hacks that I use to fix a Win2K installation to make it "right". Once fixed, the user experience is very nice and smooth, without stupid features for grandma. When I need real power, I just SSH into my linux box from Win2K.
I've absolutely detested anything derived from X-Windows since I first used it in the late 80's. However, recent Linux releases are getting almost usable (except that the fonts are still inexcusable).
From the looks of those XP screenshots, they are embedding the dumb features so deep that it might be unfixable. I might finally be driven to use a Linux box as my primary desktop.
(The Orwellian features in XP don't help matters, either.)
Which just proves my point, that Texas is like some kind of uncivilized third-world country run by thugs. If it wasn't, you wouldn't even need to worry about the issue.
Sure, a business in Texas can post a sign to prohibit gun toting on their premises. But to be enforceable, the signs must use a huge 1"-high font and recite a whole legal paragraph. Of course, every business here has one prominently posted by the door. The problem is, all these tacky signs give this place the feel of living in some kind of uncivilized third-world country run by thugs.
Yeah, forget the Game Boy. Mattel was there first with LED football way back in 1977, and they released an updated version last year. This is the upgrade we've been waiting for!
The problem seems to be wimpy solar collectors designed by hippies. I wonder if they could develop a solar collector implemented as plastic tarp that could be produced on an industrial scale. Just unroll it by the mile off of the backs of trucks in the desert. Not enough KWH? Build another tarp factory. A couple of acres per citizen should do the trick.
Don't worry. SGI will almost certainly go back to the cool old logo one day. Most corporations eventually realize when they make mistakes like this. Consider for example
Coke (eventually removed stupid gray stripe from ribbon)
NBC peacock
Alta Vista (I see that a mountain is back in the logo)
I think that/. is actually just anticipating the change.
Slashdot Mirror
I also seem to remember that they have very high suicide rates, since the guns are right on hand and the soon-to-be dead folks don't care about what the government thinks of their unauthorized gun usage.
200 years ago it took a full minute to reload one round. Very tedious (I know, I used to do alot of muzzl-loading target shooting comptetition).
200 years ago a pistol was so inaccurate that it was next to useless. In comparison, it would be hard to sneak a 5 foot long flintlock rifle into your schoolroom unnoticed.
I don't know the exact stats, but I'd bet that cheap automatic weapons have only been available to kids on a large scale recently. If all a kid had was an old revolver, it seems that he'd be less tempted to try to mow down his classmates with it.
Here's the list:
/. lameness filter)
(I had to add a space after each slash to get by
WINDOWS EXPLORER:
Use windows classic folders (not web view)
Unhide all files
Show extensions
Reverse most other settings in "Folder Options"
Remove spam from 'Favorites' menu
Add to favorites: / prj / volatile "/ Program Files"
Set "Explore" as default for folders
Add 'attributes' column to explorer view
DON'T remember each folder's view settings
Set up a folder, select options/ view/ LikeCurrentFolder
Move address & toolbar to menubar, remove most toolbar buttons
Add "Command prompt here" to 'Folder' file type: / Cmd.exe / k cd %1
DISPLAY:
Set screen resolution to 1240x1024
Turn on anti-aliased fonts
Set font size to large
Turn off "Hide keyboard navigation" (Actually, I don't turn this off anymore)
Change color scheme: Brick
Window bkg: 240 240 220 (Pale tan)
DESKTOP:
Delete all icons except MyComputer, NetworkNbhd, IE5, RecycleBin
Taskbar and startmenu properties:
Display admin tools, display logoff, turn off customized menus
Add buttons to task bar:
IE, Outlook (Express), CMD, Explorer, Calc, TextPad,
DevStudio, MSDN, TaskMan
DIRECTORIES:
Label each drive with its letter
Create / prj Directory
set "HKCU/ Software/ Microsoft/ Windows/ CurrentVersion/
Explorer/ Shell Folders/ Personal" to / prj
Create / apps/ bin and / prj/ bin and add to path
Install DELETE VOLATILE batch file task to run on login
(This does "rmdir / s / q d:/ Volatile" to emulate an
old DOS RAMDRIVE for scratchpad files. I put most temp work
and downloads here until I know I want to keep them.)
IE5:
Set homepage to my own Links HTML file.
Move address and toolbar to menubar, remove most toolbar buttons,
show toolbar icons only (no labels)
Set text size to "large"
Set max temp file size to 20MB (saves lots of time on "find / blah")
Disable stored cookies
Set shortcut to Alt+Ctl+I
INSTALL:
TextPad
Set TextPad as default for all files
(or TXT, CPP, H, JAVA, C, HTML, XML, PL, PY, PM
Copy files from / USER to new installation
Copy textpad reg branch to new installation
Set shortcut to Alt+Ctl+T
LUTRS14 font (From an old terminal emulator -
the best monospace font in the world)
WinZip
Adobe Acrobat
MS Office
JDK
ActivePerl
CygWin32
Anti-Virus
Real Player
Quicktime
Zone Alarm Pro
COMMAND PROMPT:
Set MSDOS shortcut with Alt+Ctl+P key
Set to a good font
Set window size to 500 lines
Set color BG: (200, 200, 170) Text: black
IMPORTANT: Set completion key to TAB
(HKCU/ SW/ MS/ Command Processor/ CompletionChar = 9)
MISC:
Change calculator to scientific view
Change task manager applet to not "always on top"
Set "net use / persistent:no"
I've absolutely detested anything derived from X-Windows since I first used it in the late 80's. However, recent Linux releases are getting almost usable (except that the fonts are still inexcusable).
From the looks of those XP screenshots, they are embedding the dumb features so deep that it might be unfixable. I might finally be driven to use a Linux box as my primary desktop. (The Orwellian features in XP don't help matters, either.)
Mini-me's DNA was clearly damaged by Dr. Evil's cloning process. This should serve as a warning for anyone else who would consider cloning themselves.
...Even with my lack of skillz, I could kick some serious ass in Unreal Tournament!
Which just proves my point, that Texas is like some kind of uncivilized third-world country run by thugs. If it wasn't, you wouldn't even need to worry about the issue.
Sure, a business in Texas can post a sign to prohibit gun toting on their premises. But to be enforceable, the signs must use a huge 1"-high font and recite a whole legal paragraph. Of course, every business here has one prominently posted by the door. The problem is, all these tacky signs give this place the feel of living in some kind of uncivilized third-world country run by thugs.
Yeah, forget the Game Boy. Mattel was there first with LED football way back in 1977, and they released an updated version last year. This is the upgrade we've been waiting for!
because GPG is un-American.
The problem seems to be wimpy solar collectors designed by hippies. I wonder if they could develop a solar collector implemented as plastic tarp that could be produced on an industrial scale. Just unroll it by the mile off of the backs of trucks in the desert. Not enough KWH? Build another tarp factory. A couple of acres per citizen should do the trick.
- Coke (eventually removed stupid gray stripe from ribbon)
- NBC peacock
- Alta Vista (I see that a mountain is back in the logo)
I think that