"Pretty soon, all will be Google....everything will be Google, and Google will be everything." This meme alternates weekly with the "Google never finishes anything" meme.
Yeah, well you won't be laughing after Google buys Amazon and turns it into GoogleZon, now will you, Citizen?
I have never heard anyone complain about having too much ammo in a firefight.
That's right. More ammo is better, unless you have so much that it falls on you and crushes you to death. Having a higher capacity magazine or weapon just doesn't seem to have any real downside as near as I can tell.
As a side note, you don't hear from the ones that complained about not having enough ammo because they're dead.
If Google was to invest in drug research and make the resulting drugs available at a reasonable cost, that would be awesome.
Pretty soon, all will be Google....everything will be Google, and Google will be everything.
You''ll get up out for your Google bed, have Google brand eggs and pancakes, wash it down with Google OJ and Google coffee while watching GoogleTV, then get in your self-driving Googlemobile and go to work at Google.
You'll poop in Google brand toilets, wipe with Googlepaper, wash your hands with Google soap and then walk on Google carpeting back to your GoogleCube where you will happily toil in the employ of Google. If you're a good Google employee, you may be allowed to name your firstborn child "Google" (or "Googlette" if it's a girl.)
Later, you'll die in a Google Assisted Living facility and your body will be fed into the GoogleFurnace so the trace elements can be extracted and recycled for use in Google brand products. Your cremains will be taken out and sprinkled in the ocean, err, I mean in the "Google Ocean".
And so the Cycle of Life, err, I mean the "Cycle Of Google" will begin anew. All hail our Google overlords, blessed be thy names!
I'm thinking more of 17 different targets, depending on what bar I'm in. Or maybe two for each of the 8 zombies after me, plus one left over for myself in case I can't get away.:) lol
Seriously, though, if you're trying to argue against a sidearm with a higher capacity, you may as well save your breath. I don't think I'm ever going to agree that a lower capacity handgun is somehow better. If I thought that then I'd just load my Glock with 7 rounds and sit back with a smug look of satisfaction on my face. "Ha ha, I could have 17 rounds in here but I fooled you- I only put in 7!"
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If you don't know where your rounds are going, don't shoot.
Say, that's some mighty fine advice, partner. I just wish someone had relayed that clever bit of wisdom to me at some point in the last 45 years I've been shooting.
I mean, hot damn, "if you don't know where your rounds are going, don't shoot", that's fucking AMAZING. I'm gonna print that out and frame it!
The "clunky" bit needs a more specific angle... clunky in what way?
It's got a lot of places to catch on a pocket or even some holsters. The slide edges stick out and you can get a nice cut on them. The overall design was probably real cool 50 or 60 years ago but now is just too boxy. It's fat. It's bulky, especially if you're a smaller-framed guy like me. And it's heavy, there is no way around that fact. As for capacity, 7+1 is nothing to brag about, especially these days.
if you buy a cheap knock-off brand and then use shitty reloads (or ultra-cheap factory rounds) that aren't properly set for headspace, it will most certainly jam
Mine was a genuine Colt Combat Commander. I had the slide milled for lower-profile sights and I had the trigger cleaned up a bit. I bought the best, high-quality rounds I could find (a variety of types). Some jammed more easily than others, some almost never jammed. I wasn't skimping on anything, trust me. This was my EDC and I wasn't trying to save money on anything.
But after ~6 years of every day carry I finally gave up. Switching to the Glock 17 was like night and day. And having an extra 10 rounds didn't hurt my feelings either. No slide safety to screw around with and no useless grip safety either. Fewer parts, faster and easier take-down and reassembly, easier to clean, lighter weight, mostly impervious to body sweat and water...it's sleeker with fewer bits and pieces to catch on a pocket.....what's not to like about that?
I admittedly don't know a lot about guns but the APX seems like it solves none of the issues, is ugly, has too many parts, and would likely be very hard to keep clean in a non-gun range setting.
My thoughts exactly. Lotta moving parts in that sucker, almost like the Heckler and Koch's.
A bazillion parts all with tight tolerances and a million little springs and cams and doohickeys, AKA "a bazillion ways to go wrong".
I carried a 1911 for 5 or 6 years, and my final summary is: what a piece of shit.
Too heavy, not enough rounds, clunky as fuck. They CAN and DO jam no matter what the 1911 fanbois say. The whole grip-safety thing is pointless as fuck.
Yes, it's durable. So fucking what. Glocks are durable as hell, almost to the point of being "dishwasher safe".
I switched to a Glock 17, later to the Glock 19 and I carried that for the next 25 years. No complaints whatsoever. (These days I carry a S&W MP Shield, but only because I need something a bit slimmer.) The 3rd Gen Glocks are excellent and would recommend them without a moment's hesitation.
I think by the time you *need* printed teeth, the bacteria pretty much has done its thing.
Ah yes, another wonderful example of god's amazing "Intelligent Design" in all its glory...teeth that inevitably decay, even with careful, meticulous daily maintenance.
Left to themselves they quickly become rotten and infected and kill you.
Stand in awe of the Wonders Of His Ineffable and Mysterious Plan!
I think that 99% of the typical programmer or developer jobs could be filled from within the US, frankly.
More specialized jobs (i.e. biomedical research positions) are more difficult to fill domestically, but if you look at the majority of positions H-1Bs are used for, it's hard to deny that there are almost certainly plenty of qualified applicants available in the US.
So you are saying that a pharmaceutical company will have the choice of stopping research when the quantity spent hits a certain amount
They do this anyway if they don't think the drug will be profitable. This could be ameliorated significantly if the government was able to help fund the research as it would probably bring all sorts of useful drugs to fruition that otherwise would never see the light of day. For as much as it costs to develop and text a drug, government is one of the few entities that could do it without worrying about what the shareholders would say about the profitability.
And of course 'per dose' is imprecise; do you mean 'per course of treatment', 'per pill, or per daily dose', or quite what?
I think we can settle on whatever term you'd like. Per dose, per course, whatever you like. I think we both understand the overall gist of what I'm saying. Use whichever one you prefer, but "course of treatment" might be the most useful for purposes of discussion.
I can understand the rationale behind the copyrights on books and movies and music*, but in my opinion scientific research like this should always be free and open. I'm not talking about a specific recipe or process for making a particular drug, but the basic scientific research and results.
I understand the need to recoup the cost of development**, but in my view the basic research should be available to all as a way of spreading and improving scientific understanding and knowledge. Scientific facts should not be held for ransom.
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*although this has become so draconian now as to beggar belief.
**within reason; i.e. no pill should cost $750 per dose ala Martin Shkreli and Daraprim
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"Pretty soon, all will be Google....everything will be Google, and Google will be everything."
This meme alternates weekly with the "Google never finishes anything" meme.
Yeah, well you won't be laughing after Google buys Amazon and turns it into GoogleZon, now will you, Citizen?
And all restaurants will be Taco Bell? (after the restaurant wars you see)
If only.....no, they'll be "Google Bell".
I have never heard anyone complain about having too much ammo in a firefight.
That's right. More ammo is better, unless you have so much that it falls on you and crushes you to death. Having a higher capacity magazine or weapon just doesn't seem to have any real downside as near as I can tell.
As a side note, you don't hear from the ones that complained about not having enough ammo because they're dead.
Just out of interest, how many "defensive encounters" have you had when you needed more than 7 rounds?
Oh gosh, dozens. And that was just yesterday before breakfast.
If Google was to invest in drug research and make the resulting drugs available at a reasonable cost, that would be awesome.
Pretty soon, all will be Google....everything will be Google, and Google will be everything.
You''ll get up out for your Google bed, have Google brand eggs and pancakes, wash it down with Google OJ and Google coffee while watching GoogleTV, then get in your self-driving Googlemobile and go to work at Google.
You'll poop in Google brand toilets, wipe with Googlepaper, wash your hands with Google soap and then walk on Google carpeting back to your GoogleCube where you will happily toil in the employ of Google. If you're a good Google employee, you may be allowed to name your firstborn child "Google" (or "Googlette" if it's a girl.)
Later, you'll die in a Google Assisted Living facility and your body will be fed into the GoogleFurnace so the trace elements can be extracted and recycled for use in Google brand products. Your cremains will be taken out and sprinkled in the ocean, err, I mean in the "Google Ocean".
And so the Cycle of Life, err, I mean the "Cycle Of Google" will begin anew. All hail our Google overlords, blessed be thy names!
An internet-connected device can be tracked? Wow, who knew?
Seriously, does this come as a surprise to anyone? It shouldn't.
Save your breath. I'm happy carrying 17 rounds. If you prefer to carry a sidearm with fewer rounds, then have at it.
After carrying every day for 35+ years, I'm not really in any need of advice on what works best for me or what I should do. :)
Here's the thing: you don't see me telling you what to do, so please afford me the same consideration.
If it takes you 17 rounds to hit your target
I'm thinking more of 17 different targets, depending on what bar I'm in. Or maybe two for each of the 8 zombies after me, plus one left over for myself in case I can't get away. :) lol
Seriously, though, if you're trying to argue against a sidearm with a higher capacity, you may as well save your breath. I don't think I'm ever going to agree that a lower capacity handgun is somehow better. If I thought that then I'd just load my Glock with 7 rounds and sit back with a smug look of satisfaction on my face. "Ha ha, I could have 17 rounds in here but I fooled you- I only put in 7!"
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If you don't know where your rounds are going, don't shoot.
Say, that's some mighty fine advice, partner. I just wish someone had relayed that clever bit of wisdom to me at some point in the last 45 years I've been shooting.
I mean, hot damn, "if you don't know where your rounds are going, don't shoot", that's fucking AMAZING. I'm gonna print that out and frame it!
Ultimately how is a tweet any different from any other post (other than limited character count)?
It's not, but shhhhhhhhhh- don't make the Twitter lawyers come after you.
How is "pinning" any different from any other type of hyperlink?
Shhhhhhh, don't speak out against our Corporate Masters and the Benevolent Commercial Guardians of common words, Citizen!
that is if they would even have children in the first place, why would they, if they are going to live forever
I didn't have kids because I'm going to die someday, I had kids because I wanted someone else to do the dishes.
They do say 'It's a Colt or it's a copy',
Mine was a genuine Colt Combat Commander, no knockoff or repro deal. Nicely made, but IMHO not a good gun for EDC.
Yeah, it's durable, but so is a tire iron and you won't see me carrying one of those either.
Know what else makes it east to know you need to reload? *click*
If I can't make it out the bar after firing 17 rounds, I was in the wrong place to begin with, lol. :)
The "clunky" bit needs a more specific angle... clunky in what way?
It's got a lot of places to catch on a pocket or even some holsters. The slide edges stick out and you can get a nice cut on them. The overall design was probably real cool 50 or 60 years ago but now is just too boxy. It's fat. It's bulky, especially if you're a smaller-framed guy like me. And it's heavy, there is no way around that fact. As for capacity, 7+1 is nothing to brag about, especially these days.
if you buy a cheap knock-off brand and then use shitty reloads (or ultra-cheap factory rounds) that aren't properly set for headspace, it will most certainly jam
Mine was a genuine Colt Combat Commander. I had the slide milled for lower-profile sights and I had the trigger cleaned up a bit. I bought the best, high-quality rounds I could find (a variety of types). Some jammed more easily than others, some almost never jammed. I wasn't skimping on anything, trust me. This was my EDC and I wasn't trying to save money on anything.
But after ~6 years of every day carry I finally gave up. Switching to the Glock 17 was like night and day. And having an extra 10 rounds didn't hurt my feelings either. No slide safety to screw around with and no useless grip safety either. Fewer parts, faster and easier take-down and reassembly, easier to clean, lighter weight, mostly impervious to body sweat and water...it's sleeker with fewer bits and pieces to catch on a pocket.....what's not to like about that?
I admittedly don't know a lot about guns but the APX seems like it solves none of the issues, is ugly, has too many parts, and would likely be very hard to keep clean in a non-gun range setting.
My thoughts exactly. Lotta moving parts in that sucker, almost like the Heckler and Koch's.
A bazillion parts all with tight tolerances and a million little springs and cams and doohickeys, AKA "a bazillion ways to go wrong".
I also don't like the extreme variability in weight between the gun fully loaded and when it gets near empty
Yeah, I hate having 17 chances to hit my target instead of 7. What a pain in the ass, eh?
Seriously though, in a defensive encounter the last thing on my mind is "Oh no, my gun is getting lighter."
I carried a 1911 for 5 or 6 years, and my final summary is: what a piece of shit.
Too heavy, not enough rounds, clunky as fuck. They CAN and DO jam no matter what the 1911 fanbois say. The whole grip-safety thing is pointless as fuck.
Yes, it's durable. So fucking what. Glocks are durable as hell, almost to the point of being "dishwasher safe".
I switched to a Glock 17, later to the Glock 19 and I carried that for the next 25 years. No complaints whatsoever. (These days I carry a S&W MP Shield, but only because I need something a bit slimmer.) The 3rd Gen Glocks are excellent and would recommend them without a moment's hesitation.
Back in my day, it had to be "digital" to be good. Get off my lawn.
But these are digitally 3D printed so we must stand in awe and worship teh printed thingys!
(I remember when "solid state" and "transistors" were touted as the next big thing. And fuck me if they weren't right.)
Because you'd never, ever get a date.
He's on slashdot, so I think that's already a given.
I think by the time you *need* printed teeth, the bacteria pretty much has done its thing.
Ah yes, another wonderful example of god's amazing "Intelligent Design" in all its glory...teeth that inevitably decay, even with careful, meticulous daily maintenance.
Left to themselves they quickly become rotten and infected and kill you.
Stand in awe of the Wonders Of His Ineffable and Mysterious Plan!
I think that 99% of the typical programmer or developer jobs could be filled from within the US, frankly.
More specialized jobs (i.e. biomedical research positions) are more difficult to fill domestically, but if you look at the majority of positions H-1Bs are used for, it's hard to deny that there are almost certainly plenty of qualified applicants available in the US.
So you are saying that a pharmaceutical company will have the choice of stopping research when the quantity spent hits a certain amount
They do this anyway if they don't think the drug will be profitable. This could be ameliorated significantly if the government was able to help fund the research as it would probably bring all sorts of useful drugs to fruition that otherwise would never see the light of day. For as much as it costs to develop and text a drug, government is one of the few entities that could do it without worrying about what the shareholders would say about the profitability.
And of course 'per dose' is imprecise; do you mean 'per course of treatment', 'per pill, or per daily dose', or quite what?
I think we can settle on whatever term you'd like. Per dose, per course, whatever you like. I think we both understand the overall gist of what I'm saying. Use whichever one you prefer, but "course of treatment" might be the most useful for purposes of discussion.
You fail to present what's bad about this.
Hmmmm....ya got me there. After careful consideration, I can't find anything. In fact, this is probably one of the better outcomes. :)
There is relatively little to seize in the US.
Lol, that's okay, they aren't really bound by that whole "homeland" thing.
If they need to they'll just tap the FBI or whoever to go after their assets, wherever they may be.
I can understand the rationale behind the copyrights on books and movies and music*, but in my opinion scientific research like this should always be free and open. I'm not talking about a specific recipe or process for making a particular drug, but the basic scientific research and results.
I understand the need to recoup the cost of development**, but in my view the basic research should be available to all as a way of spreading and improving scientific understanding and knowledge. Scientific facts should not be held for ransom.
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*although this has become so draconian now as to beggar belief.
**within reason; i.e. no pill should cost $750 per dose ala Martin Shkreli and Daraprim