jellomizer wrote: >There is the argument If Romney doesn't have anything to hide then why isn't he releasing his taxes.
His father argued that, ``One year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show, and what mattered in personal finance was how a man conducted himself over the long haul.'' ultimately releasing 12 years' worth in _Look_ 12 December 1967.[1]
Strike anywhere match heads can be used in a primer --- you need 2 or 3 white tips for each. Grind up fine and carefully (instructions are in TM 31-210 Improvised Munitions Handbook).
AC said: >If the corrupt government is in command the army, by law, has to obey the commander in chief
Absolutely not!
Enlisted and NCOs are sworn to obey ``lawful orders of duly appointed superiors'' (not an exact quote, but that's the gist of the legal meaning), commissioned officers are sworn to ``support and defend the Constitution'' (w/ nothing said about following orders).
Weren't there a fair number of fowling pieces and personal rifles &c. at the Battle of Concord?
That said, American citizens being well armed was one consideration in Mexico deciding not to invade the U.S. at the behest of Germany in the early days of World War I (look up ``Zimmerman Telegram'').
I believe the organization which you'd want to join is Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership:
An ad which ran in the National Rifleman prior to the U.S. entry into World War II:
SEND A GUN TO DEFEND A BRITISH HOME British civilians faced with threat of invasion, desperately need arms for the defense of their homes. THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR DEFENSE OF BRITISH HOMES has organized to collect gifts of PISTOLS --- RIFLES --- REVOLVERS --- SHOTGUNS --- BINOCULARS from American civilians who wish to answer the call and aid in defense of British homes. These arms are being shipped, with the consent of the British Government to CIVILIAN COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF HOMES BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND...
--- from http://www.twinbuttebunch.org/index.php?fuseaction=misc.sendguns
Churchill had a very nice writeup of the weapons arriving in his memoirs.
That's because that's the form for Short Barreled Rifles, Any Other Weapons, &c. which require a $200 ``tax'' (which felons are exempt from paying).
``c. Firearm. The term “firearm” means: (1) a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length; (2) a weapon made from a shotgun if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length; (3) a rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length; (4) a weapon made from a rifle if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length; (5) any other weapon, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 5845 (e); (6) a machinegun; (7) a muffler or a silencer for any firearm whether or not such firearm is included within this definition; and (8) a destructive device.''
One has to consider it in the context of the usage of the language at the time: ``well regulated'' in this context, in the vernacular of the day meant well drilled and trained.
``Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.'' --- Thomas Jefferson
That said, there have been some very cool alternative input methods which have been tried in the past.
In particular, the keyboard and mouse _and joystick_ of Psygnosis' game _Obliterator_ (one positioned the keyboard in-between the twain and used it at need --- if memory serves, long range weapons were aimed w/ the mouse, while the joystick controlled movement and direct fire weapons).
I'd also like to see more done w/ motion games --- outside of IR aiming, only _Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword_ and _Red Steel 2_ have really pushed on that envelope. I was especially disappointed that _The Last Story_ didn't try for at least IR pointing to aim and look around, and to at least use motion controls for the mini-game like sword duel bits and shaking should certainly have been more cathartic than just toggling the joystick. I was pleased w/ Horizon Rider's use of the balance board though.
A full-fledged RPG w/ full motion controls and use of the balance board for movement would be a nice addition to my workout regime.
I demurred, used an older text and rarely found more than a word or two of difference sometimes just an iota (single character or minor spelling difference) --- then, at the end of the course, the Professor handed out a ~32pg. booklet of _errata_ in the new ``improved'' text.
Until you can chain apps together so as to get real work done w/o being limited by what an app developer has chosen to do, the iPad is a very limited tool.
We need AppleScript, support for it in apps, and we need a HyperCard replacement (why not allow Runtime Revolution, the nicest HyperCard clone I know of to run?)
People who believe in the literal Word of God as the Bible remind me of the grand-daughter of a family friend --- he was a woodworker, old school, wanted me to be his apprentice so he could put me to work re-sawing wood rather than purchase a band saw. He made a cradle as a gift for the grand-daughter in question, for her to keep her dolls in --- she was very impressed when her mother told her, ``Your grandfather made this by hand.'' and immediately evinced a desire to see him and to see his shop and to watch him make something. The visit was arranged and upon arrival, the young lady was taken out to the shop and the large door rolled open, revealing rack upon rack of chisels, saws, hand planes, a simply unbelievable quantity of clamps and other hand tools --- the girl let out a shriek such as only a 5 year old girl can and yelled, ``Mommy! You lied! Grandpa doesn't make things by hand! He uses tools!''.
God is quite capable of using DNA and RNA and quantum mechanics and other theories which we have yet to learn about to make people and the world.
Moreover, those who believe that humanity is incapable of learning how God works are being blasphemous and not remembering the lesson of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:6) which indicates that humanity's learning capacity is without limit.
Believing in God doesn't mandate a belief in Creationism (though believing in Creationism requires the belief in God). Anyone whose faith is so fragile that it could be damaged by a rigorous class in evolutionary biology should go back to CCD or Sunday School or whatever their faith's equivalent is.
Yeah, once upon a time, I had a book, the premise of which was that one could make a lathe by investment casting, then use the lathe to make a better lathe, then a drill press, then use that to make the other tools needed in a shop.
Or, you could purchase a percussion revolver, then purchase a conversion cylinder for black-powder-equivalent cartridges, then install it, and you've ``manufactured'' a repeating pistol for cased / cartridge ammunition.
``Alright, the Earth has only one mechanism for releasing heat to space, and that’s via (infrared) radiation. We understand the phenomenon perfectly well, and can predict the surface temperature of the planet as a function of how much energy the human race produces. The upshot is that at a 2.3% growth rate (conveniently chosen to represent a 10× increase every century), we would reach boiling temperature in about 400 years.''
Right, most of them believe unborn children go straight to Heaven:
Moreover, your little ones who you said would become prey, and your sons, who this day have no knowledge of good and evil, shall enter there, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it. -- Deuteronomy 1:39
so as to put more people to work. Why, w/ increased automation and efficiency is a similar reduction not on the table for the ``Great Recession''?
Back in the '70s there was a lot of discussion of reduced work hours --- somehow instead, wages as a share of the GDP peaked in 1972, and while profits are up, worker compensation is down.
Prime business lesson from the dot.com era --- business plans which depend on heroic efforts by your employees are _not_ sustainable.
The irony here is that the embedded OS used in most (still? was last I checked) cars, TRON, was the subject of an effort by the Japanese government to get it onto desktops, but the US FTC complained of it as anti-competitive:
Last time I checked, toy figure designers (requires 3D figure drawing skills, and a knowledge of plastics and manufacturing processes and mold-making) were paid quite well and were in high demand.
I'd thought the Surface had an active stylus --- w/ a stylus, Mac OS X works quite nicely and even includes some basic inking options in apps which specifically support such, and has a ``Write Anywhere'' feature w/ handwriting recognition.
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jellomizer wrote:
>There is the argument If Romney doesn't have anything to hide then why isn't he releasing his taxes.
His father argued that, ``One year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show, and what mattered in personal finance was how a man conducted himself over the long haul.'' ultimately releasing 12 years' worth in _Look_ 12 December 1967.[1]
William
1 - http://www.businessinsider.com/romney-wont-talk-about-taxes-until-after-hes-the-official-nominee-2012-8
Strike anywhere match heads can be used in a primer --- you need 2 or 3 white tips for each. Grind up fine and carefully (instructions are in TM 31-210 Improvised Munitions Handbook).
AC said:
>If the corrupt government is in command the army, by law, has to obey the commander in chief
Absolutely not!
Enlisted and NCOs are sworn to obey ``lawful orders of duly appointed superiors'' (not an exact quote, but that's the gist of the legal meaning), commissioned officers are sworn to ``support and defend the Constitution'' (w/ nothing said about following orders).
William
Weren't there a fair number of fowling pieces and personal rifles &c. at the Battle of Concord?
That said, American citizens being well armed was one consideration in Mexico deciding not to invade the U.S. at the behest of Germany in the early days of World War I (look up ``Zimmerman Telegram'').
I believe the organization which you'd want to join is Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership:
http://jpfo.org/
William
Actually, a good source of steel for barrels is old truck axles:
http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com/2009/08/history-harry-pope.html
William
An ad which ran in the National Rifleman prior to the U.S. entry into World War II:
SEND A GUN TO DEFEND A BRITISH HOME ...
British civilians faced with threat of invasion, desperately need arms for the defense of their homes.
THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR DEFENSE OF BRITISH HOMES
has organized to collect gifts of
PISTOLS --- RIFLES --- REVOLVERS --- SHOTGUNS --- BINOCULARS
from American civilians who wish to answer the call and aid in defense of British homes.
These arms are being shipped, with the consent of the British Government to
CIVILIAN COMMITTEE FOR PROTECTION OF HOMES
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
--- from http://www.twinbuttebunch.org/index.php?fuseaction=misc.sendguns
Churchill had a very nice writeup of the weapons arriving in his memoirs.
William
That's because that's the form for Short Barreled Rifles, Any Other Weapons, &c. which require a $200 ``tax'' (which felons are exempt from paying).
``c. Firearm. The term “firearm” means: (1) a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length; (2) a weapon made from a shotgun if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length; (3) a rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length; (4) a weapon made from a rifle if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length; (5) any other weapon, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 5845 (e); (6) a machinegun; (7) a muffler or a silencer for any firearm whether or not such firearm is included within this definition; and (8) a destructive device.''
One has to consider it in the context of the usage of the language at the time: ``well regulated'' in this context, in the vernacular of the day meant well drilled and trained.
``Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.'' --- Thomas Jefferson
William
That said, there have been some very cool alternative input methods which have been tried in the past.
In particular, the keyboard and mouse _and joystick_ of Psygnosis' game _Obliterator_ (one positioned the keyboard in-between the twain and used it at need --- if memory serves, long range weapons were aimed w/ the mouse, while the joystick controlled movement and direct fire weapons).
I'd also like to see more done w/ motion games --- outside of IR aiming, only _Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword_ and _Red Steel 2_ have really pushed on that envelope. I was especially disappointed that _The Last Story_ didn't try for at least IR pointing to aim and look around, and to at least use motion controls for the mini-game like sword duel bits and shaking should certainly have been more cathartic than just toggling the joystick. I was pleased w/ Horizon Rider's use of the balance board though.
A full-fledged RPG w/ full motion controls and use of the balance board for movement would be a nice addition to my workout regime.
William
wanted me to buy.
I demurred, used an older text and rarely found more than a word or two of difference sometimes just an iota (single character or minor spelling difference) --- then, at the end of the course, the Professor handed out a ~32pg. booklet of _errata_ in the new ``improved'' text.
William
Until you can chain apps together so as to get real work done w/o being limited by what an app developer has chosen to do, the iPad is a very limited tool.
We need AppleScript, support for it in apps, and we need a HyperCard replacement (why not allow Runtime Revolution, the nicest HyperCard clone I know of to run?)
Use bee's wax instead of soap. Soap is hygroscopic and not all that chemically stable and will induce rust or other difficulties.
Part of an old post:
People who believe in the literal Word of God as the Bible remind me of the grand-daughter of a family friend --- he was a woodworker, old school, wanted me to be his apprentice so he could put me to work re-sawing wood rather than purchase a band saw. He made a cradle as a gift for the grand-daughter in question, for her to keep her dolls in --- she was very impressed when her mother told her, ``Your grandfather made this by hand.'' and immediately evinced a desire to see him and to see his shop and to watch him make something. The visit was arranged and upon arrival, the young lady was taken out to the shop and the large door rolled open, revealing rack upon rack of chisels, saws, hand planes, a simply unbelievable quantity of clamps and other hand tools --- the girl let out a shriek such as only a 5 year old girl can and yelled, ``Mommy! You lied! Grandpa doesn't make things by hand! He uses tools!''.
God is quite capable of using DNA and RNA and quantum mechanics and other theories which we have yet to learn about to make people and the world.
Moreover, those who believe that humanity is incapable of learning how God works are being blasphemous and not remembering the lesson of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:6) which indicates that humanity's learning capacity is without limit.
Believing in God doesn't mandate a belief in Creationism (though believing in Creationism requires the belief in God). Anyone whose faith is so fragile that it could be damaged by a rigorous class in evolutionary biology should go back to CCD or Sunday School or whatever their faith's equivalent is.
William
mu.
The Catholic Church doesn't teach Creationism.
Yeah, once upon a time, I had a book, the premise of which was that one could make a lathe by investment casting, then use the lathe to make a better lathe, then a drill press, then use that to make the other tools needed in a shop.
Or, you could purchase a percussion revolver, then purchase a conversion cylinder for black-powder-equivalent cartridges, then install it, and you've ``manufactured'' a repeating pistol for cased / cartridge ammunition.
Remove the cylinder before selling to stay legal.
William
I saw a counter-argument there that this was an issue / bounding limit for human growth / use of energy:
``Exponential Economist Meets Finite Physicist''
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist/
``Alright, the Earth has only one mechanism for releasing heat to space, and that’s via (infrared) radiation. We understand the phenomenon perfectly well, and can predict the surface temperature of the planet as a function of how much energy the human race produces. The upshot is that at a 2.3% growth rate (conveniently chosen to represent a 10× increase every century), we would reach boiling temperature in about 400 years.''
William
Ammunition is straight-forward:
The Do-it-Yourself Gunpowder Cookbook by Don McLean http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0873646754
Cast Bullets by E. H. Harrison http://www.amazon.com/Cast-Bullets-E-H-Harrison/dp/B0007ASOHO
You can turn the cases from brass stock on a lathe.
TM 31-210 Improvised Munition Handbook has instructions on reloading.
William
Right, most of them believe unborn children go straight to Heaven:
Moreover, your little ones who you said would become prey, and your sons, who this day have no knowledge of good and evil, shall enter there, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it. -- Deuteronomy 1:39
Micky wrote:
>...hell is filled with unbabtised babies.
Typo there, you meant _Limbo_. However, that view has been changed recently:
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0702216.htm
More nerdy discussion of the concept here:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rec.arts.sf.written/wPjAlej6vDU/discussion
so as to put more people to work. Why, w/ increased automation and efficiency is a similar reduction not on the table for the ``Great Recession''?
Back in the '70s there was a lot of discussion of reduced work hours --- somehow instead, wages as a share of the GDP peaked in 1972, and while profits are up, worker compensation is down.
Prime business lesson from the dot.com era --- business plans which depend on heroic efforts by your employees are _not_ sustainable.
The irony here is that the embedded OS used in most (still? was last I checked) cars, TRON, was the subject of an effort by the Japanese government to get it onto desktops, but the US FTC complained of it as anti-competitive:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/applications/31855.html
Last time I checked, toy figure designers (requires 3D figure drawing skills, and a knowledge of plastics and manufacturing processes and mold-making) were paid quite well and were in high demand.
William
One doesn't have to start from scratch to make a barrel --- just drill out an old truck axle:
http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com/2009/08/history-harry-pope.html
Seems to require some special tools though:
http://firearmsid.com/feature%20articles/rifledbarrelmanuf/barrelmanufacture.htm
Of course, one could always use BSP:
http://www.amazon.com/Expedient-Homemade-Firearms-The-Submachine/dp/0873649834
I'd thought the Surface had an active stylus --- w/ a stylus, Mac OS X works quite nicely and even includes some basic inking options in apps which specifically support such, and has a ``Write Anywhere'' feature w/ handwriting recognition.