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  1. Re:Fabricating an assualt rifle in California... on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    Read the law and you'll see that they're all illegal; its just an exception writte in:
    See 18USC 922(o)
    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person to transfer or possess a machinegun.
    (2) This subsection does not apply with respect to—
    (A) a transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or
    (B) any lawful transfer or lawful possession of a machinegun that was lawfully possessed before the date this subsection takes effect.

    and IANAL

  2. Re:I feel safer already :) on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    I know; I'm just using the SJW's rhetorical attacks against themselves.

  3. Re:Lower Receiver? on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    Those parts you can buy mail order and online and ups will deliver right to your door, legally. Until that changes this is enough.

  4. Re:This whole make your own gun is like the homebr on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 4, Informative

    Its a felony to buy a gun with a restraining order; its right there on the form 4473. People who say its incredibly easy to buy a gun usually aren't talking about doing it legally. In California there is a 10day wait even if you're a woman trying to get a gun to protect yourself from the ex you had to get a restraining order against.

  5. Re:I feel safer already :) on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    That's not very rational regardless of your protests. The man in the video came across much calmer and more rational and less aggressive than you. Why are you projecting your shortcomings on that fine veteran who is making a living after serving in the armed forces?

    Or is you fear rational if its you with the weapon? Maybe you should seek some medical care?

  6. Re:Fabricating an assualt rifle in California... on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    And I should add I Am Not A Lawyer; and nothing I post is legal advice.

  7. Re:Fabricating an assualt rifle in California... on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    But you didn't; and anyway not all AR15's are "Assualt Weapons" based on CA law. Big5 sells lots of AR's in California.

  8. Re:Fabricating an assualt rifle in California... on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    Actually the buying and selling aren't technically illegal either. but makeing one with the intent to sell it without a federal license is illegal.

    Here it is from the fed's mouth and here

  9. Re:I feel safer already :) on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 1

    Why the hoplophobia?

  10. Re:Lower Receiver? on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually from a regulator perspective it is. That is the serialized part that is considered a "firearm" every other part is just a gun part and not a firearm and thus not regulated under the 1968 Gun Control Act.

  11. Re:Fabricating an assualt rifle in California... on Making an AR-15 In the Wired San Francisco Office · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Its not an assault rifle. Those have been banned nationwide since 1986, and controlled/registered nationwide since 1934.

    Semi-auto rifles are legal in California, but the state heavily regulates cosmetic features for some reason(I guess to prevent feelzbad).
    AR15's can be made legally with proper care two different ways. Heck even after NY tried to make them illegal, those ingenious gun owners came up with a way to make them fit within the law there.

  12. Re:Heating and Cooling on Ask Slashdot: If You Were Building a New Home, What Cool New Tech Would You Put In? · · Score: 1

    Passive Houses assume you live in a cold environment and heating is your major energy usage. Someone needs to try that in a hot+humid environment; not so much out there for that.

  13. Re:Stucturing on Why Is It a Crime For Dennis Hastert To Evade Government Scrutiny? · · Score: 1

    What if the blackmailer kept asking for frequent small amounts to evade his reporting too. Why hasn't he been indicted for his part of the money laundering?

  14. I'd make it a Monolithic Dome

  15. Re:source Re:There's no way to rule innocent men.. on Why Is It a Crime For Dennis Hastert To Evade Government Scrutiny? · · Score: 1

    Add to it Francisco's speech in defense of money, and the story of the Twentieth Century Motor Company. Those passages are worth the read of the book.

  16. There's no way to rule innocent men... on Why Is It a Crime For Dennis Hastert To Evade Government Scrutiny? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    “There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”

  17. Re:Do these companies really hate people so much.. on Carnegie Mellon Struggles After Uber Poaches Top Robotics Researchers · · Score: 1

    Where are my mod points? That is insightful.

  18. Re:This works 100% on How a Scientist Fooled Millions With Bizarre Chocolate Diet Claims · · Score: 2

    There is a decided link to promoting eating more sugar and starch and the US population turning fat.

    But, but, but The Government told us to eat more starches! So did all the Registered Dietitians! And Michelle Obama! I mean just look at the food pyramid. How could they all be wrong? It would have to be some kind of conspiracy for all the authorities to be so wrong on this.

    Are you some kind of conspiracy theorist?

  19. Re:That raises the question on Adult Dating Site Hack Reveals Users' Sexual Preference, Extramarital Affairs · · Score: 2

    Also implicit is that the only real sin is hypocrisy. Its okay to live an immoral lifestyle; but how dare you hold up morality and yet fall short. So its okay to be a Bill Clinton and dip into the intern pool, but don't be a Larry Craig and be for morality and tap your foot in the bathroom.

  20. Re:Unless it was part of a contract..... on Student Photographer Threatened With Suspension For Sports Photos · · Score: 1

    Everyone is news media now.

  21. Re:The one question on GM's Exec. Chief Engineer For Electric Vehicles Pam Fletcher Answers Your Question · · Score: 1

    The Tesla has a higher cross sectional area than a prius or a volt(which note are shaped very similarly)

  22. Re:The one question on GM's Exec. Chief Engineer For Electric Vehicles Pam Fletcher Answers Your Question · · Score: 4, Informative

    Coefficient of drag and cross-sectional area.

  23. Re:Common Core as failed SW project. on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1

    Which goes into my point number two. The curriculum creators don't know how to track back to the requirements. Thus we see crap like this common core math problem

  24. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1
    The AC was right, and knows what he's talking about. You aren't actually listing the complete standards, just the summary. Here are some of the complete standards:

    CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.1 CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.A.2 Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

    Jason Zimba and William McCallum may be a competent mathematicians, but they do no't know how to write requirements, alternately if they do know how to write requirements and this is what they intended, then they are evil.

  25. Re:Common Core as failed SW project. on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1
    Here is the interview with the two guys who wrote the common core math requirements/standards.

    From it we see this quote:

    "“Like it or not, the standards allow a lot of freedom. People think the Common Core is a curriculum, and it’s not. The curriculum authors are going to interpret the standards in different ways,” Zimba said."

    If you admit that the standard/requirement you wrote can be interpreted in many different ways, and I'll add in ways you don't agree with, you've just admitted your requirements were badly written.

    Here let me give you an example:
    Develop a high school math problem that will demonstrate that a "Mathematically proficient students start by explaining to themselves the meaning of a problem and looking for entry points to its solution."

    Or from grade 4:

    CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.A.2 Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.

    Now write a problem that demonstrates a fourth grade student's mastery of that.
    Any fourth grade math problem that would show a students full mastery of that is a bad problem. There is too much there. Adding that requirement into a traceability matrix gives you the bullshit we see in common core math problems. These guys seem to know and understand math, and what a student should know, but they don't know how to write requirements.