Nuclear explosions work differently in space. This nuclear explosion you're on about to nudge things out of the way:
Precisely where is the force going to apply?
Well, that's why they'll need those oil guys to drill that narrow, deep shaft, so that the vaporized interior of the asteroid would vent out like rocket exhaust and deflect it.
Wow those kinder eggs are considered illegal contraband?
Yes. Apparently, our precious little Honey-Boo-Boo kinderspamhogs can't be trusted not to scarf them down with the toy still inside and choke to death.
Considering the subject, nay, the composition of that sentence, do you really think the NSFW disclaimer is necessary?
In light of the fact that I just opened up a box of computer equipment and the silica packet inside says "Do Not Eat" on it... yeah, better to play it safe.
Ultimately, of course, this is all just a bunch of people being brave in hindsight. We know that guns are effective at deterring normal crimes, however an insane shooter obviously offers a different problem. At some point a shooter is going to run up against an armed citizen, and then we'll find out for sure just how effective they will be.
So, if the barrel shroud and forward grip are purely cosmetic, why are they so popular?
Because they look badass, which, as B1oodange1 pointed out, is also the fundamental reason why hoplophobes want to ban them; because they're afraid of weapons, they actually believe that the scarier a weapon looks, the more dangerous it is.
Decriminalizing drugs won't help; users are still going to have to buy them from illegal sellers. Outright legalization and regulation is the only way.
This. Portugal decriminalized drugs and drug use went way down; the result was a rapidly contracting market served entirely by violent criminals. Violence increased dramatically as a result.
Know who else decriminalized drug use fairly recently?
If you think cocaine should be decriminalized then you know very little about it.
If you think that decriminalizing drugs causes drug use rates to increase rather than decrease signifigantly, then you know nothing about decriminalizing drugs that is actually correct.
You'd be better off wholly ignorant than believing things that are the opposite of true.
Even today in, say, the struggle of gay people much much recent success to gain acceptance in society, I can't help but notice how it finally came about when they started espousing arming themselves to defend their rights.
Except... Oh yeah, right! None of those things happened!
Just think for a minute: What kind of wet-dream would it be for the government's "War On Some Drugs & Poor People" types to be able to make it mandatory that everyone's implants time-release constant levels of medications & proteins that would prevent a person from getting "high" from illegal substances? Or even make them violently-ill?
Wait, do you somehow imagine that the War on Drugs is to stop people from taking the illegal substances?!? Here are the top five lobbyists against drug legalization:
1) Police Unions. They get big budgets and more powers every year the drug war goes on. If it stops, the gravy trough dries up. They would hate this. 2) Private Prison Industry. If people aren't taking illegal drugs, we can't put them in prison, and the gravy trough dries up. They would also hate this. 3) Alcohol Industry. These guys probably wouldn't mind -- PROVIDED the implants don't affect your ability to enjoy alcohol. 4) Pharmaceutical Industry. These guys would DEFINITELY have a problem - no cocaine, no Prozac; no heroin, no Vicodin. It would be a nifty trick to selectively block some specific serotonin uptake reinhibitors or opiates but not others... 5) Prison guard unions. See 2 above, but throw in government-run prisons as well.
"a laser light to relay the message of which proteins to produce"
Yes, those Koch Brothers.
My guess is the Koch Brothers' new "painful-death-by-simultaneous-rapid-growth-tumors-everywhere-in-your-body-at-once-don't-you-wish-you'd-read-the-fine-print-employee-attitude-adjustment laser" is going to make one of Baron Harkonnen's heartplugs look like a fucking employment benefit.
How the fuck did this get +5 insightful? Drug use tends to go down when drugs are legalized. And heroin addicts with access to legal heroin aren't any more unemployable than smokers.
Priority #1: A gigantic three-day wake to celebrate the lives of those who were tragically killed in the attack. Priority #2: A more somber affair to mourn the passing of those who weren't politicians or lobbyists.
Slashdot Mirror
Nuclear explosions work differently in space. This nuclear explosion you're on about to nudge things out of the way:
Precisely where is the force going to apply?
Well, that's why they'll need those oil guys to drill that narrow, deep shaft, so that the vaporized interior of the asteroid would vent out like rocket exhaust and deflect it.
1. Backfilling. Something not currently done, but it begs the question as to what to backfill with?
Oil, obviously.
Well, the tank, yes.
Oh, you didn't know that there are privately-owned tanks in this country?
...arrested in such a way as to prevent him from destroying evidence.
What, like, to keep him from jumping into his fucking time machine and going back to before the authorities had siezed the Megaupload servers?
Do you have any idea how much crime in Europe is committed with handmade firearms?
No?
I don't either, but as for myself, I'd admit that and hit Google before forming any opinions about it. YMMV.
Mehrk Mearls
Wow those kinder eggs are considered illegal contraband?
Yes. Apparently, our precious little Honey-Boo-Boo kinderspamhogs can't be trusted not to scarf them down with the toy still inside and choke to death.
pretty much anyone who wants can go buy a gun on the street.
Except in places where they currently have gun control.
Every place on earth that has gun control, also has illegal weapons sales.
in six years, printable plastics capable of withstanding the explosive forces involved will be sold one of your "myriad websites".
Wouldn't they have to, first, invent such a miraculous wonder-material before 3d printing it...?
Considering the subject, nay, the composition of that sentence, do you really think the NSFW disclaimer is necessary?
In light of the fact that I just opened up a box of computer equipment and the silica packet inside says "Do Not Eat" on it... yeah, better to play it safe.
Ultimately, of course, this is all just a bunch of people being brave in hindsight. We know that guns are effective at deterring normal crimes, however an insane shooter obviously offers a different problem. At some point a shooter is going to run up against an armed citizen, and then we'll find out for sure just how effective they will be.
yes, someday,
perhaps in the far-flung future,
we'll see what actually happens
when armed citizens
confront crazed mass shooters.
surely, such an event will irrevocably alter the dialog on armed self-defense from that day forward.
So, if the barrel shroud and forward grip are purely cosmetic, why are they so popular?
Because they look badass, which, as B1oodange1 pointed out, is also the fundamental reason why hoplophobes want to ban them; because they're afraid of weapons, they actually believe that the scarier a weapon looks, the more dangerous it is.
Do you also take back your snide remarks? And just how does one do a brief but extensive search?
With computers! You should buy one, they're neato.
Decriminalizing drugs won't help; users are still going to have to buy them from illegal sellers. Outright legalization and regulation is the only way.
This. Portugal decriminalized drugs and drug use went way down; the result was a rapidly contracting market served entirely by violent criminals. Violence increased dramatically as a result.
Know who else decriminalized drug use fairly recently?
Mexico.
If you think cocaine should be decriminalized then you know very little about it.
If you think that decriminalizing drugs causes drug use rates to increase rather than decrease signifigantly, then you know nothing about decriminalizing drugs that is actually correct.
You'd be better off wholly ignorant than believing things that are the opposite of true.
Olive oil.
no, really.
Even today in, say, the struggle of gay people much much recent success to gain acceptance in society, I can't help but notice how it finally came about when they started espousing arming themselves to defend their rights.
Except... Oh yeah, right! None of those things happened!
*cough*
Were they when they were fighting?
no, powerful centralized government attracts sociopaths who desire power to stroke their ego.
And big corporations don't?!?
the questions really are whether they are credible and how seriously they're being taken.
Are you saying Roentgen isn't credible?
Gee, I wonder if that's what he was saying. Gosh, mayhap I'll have to go back and read GP again and see for myself.
Mr Reinbach's family said he had started drinking aged 11 when his parents split up and drank heavily from the age of 13.
Sounds like Mr. Reinbach made that decision.
I see my post got modded "Troll".
To those who think I'm trolling, I'm not.
Just think for a minute: What kind of wet-dream would it be for the government's "War On Some Drugs & Poor People" types to be able to make it mandatory that everyone's implants time-release constant levels of medications & proteins that would prevent a person from getting "high" from illegal substances? Or even make them violently-ill?
Wait, do you somehow imagine that the War on Drugs is to stop people from taking the illegal substances?!? Here are the top five lobbyists against drug legalization:
1) Police Unions. They get big budgets and more powers every year the drug war goes on. If it stops, the gravy trough dries up. They would hate this.
2) Private Prison Industry. If people aren't taking illegal drugs, we can't put them in prison, and the gravy trough dries up. They would also hate this.
3) Alcohol Industry. These guys probably wouldn't mind -- PROVIDED the implants don't affect your ability to enjoy alcohol.
4) Pharmaceutical Industry. These guys would DEFINITELY have a problem - no cocaine, no Prozac; no heroin, no Vicodin. It would be a nifty trick to selectively block some specific serotonin uptake reinhibitors or opiates but not others...
5) Prison guard unions. See 2 above, but throw in government-run prisons as well.
"a laser light to relay the message of which proteins to produce"
Yes, those Koch Brothers.
My guess is the Koch Brothers' new "painful-death-by-simultaneous-rapid-growth-tumors-everywhere-in-your-body-at-once-don't-you-wish-you'd-read-the-fine-print-employee-attitude-adjustment laser" is going to make one of Baron Harkonnen's heartplugs look like a fucking employment benefit.
How the fuck did this get +5 insightful? Drug use tends to go down when drugs are legalized. And heroin addicts with access to legal heroin aren't any more unemployable than smokers.
Priority #1: A gigantic three-day wake to celebrate the lives of those who were tragically killed in the attack.
Priority #2: A more somber affair to mourn the passing of those who weren't politicians or lobbyists.