Federal law limits the sales of these items. No fully automatic rifles manufactured after 1986 can be sold to the public. Also, if you do find a pre-86 M16A1, it'll likely cost you $8k-16k. Not to mention you'll have to register it with the ATF after a complete and comprehensive background check and a $200 "Tax"
Also, Federal Law bans the modification of semi-auto weapons into full-auto. So despite the law, Kansas residents have quite a few hurdles to jump.
Cop out? Bullshit. Overused? Yes.
When I was in shape, played rugby, went to the gym twice a day and could run miles, I weighed 225 and my waist was 38 inches at 6'1"
I come from a big family, and it takes huge amounts of exercise to keep weight off. I had back surgery in January and gained 35lbs, now that I'm active again, it refuses to come off. (docs even tested my thyroid/etc to see why not)
Learn some history, specifically the Ottoman empire and it's genocide of Armenians prior to WWI and the various atrocities committed while it controlled most of Europe.
Also look for the Baen free library. www.webscriptions.net
Free multi-format sci-fi and fantasy by Weber, Drake, Ringo, Lackey, etc. Read the first couple of books in a series for free. If you like them, buy the next ones at very fair prices
Support Baen, they are leading the business model for E-Books.
That, and the Creationists vs Evolutionists, homo vs hetero, black vs white, etc, etc, etc.
The free and open discourse that the First Amendment was supposed to protect is being blindsided by special interests here in the US. It's coming to the point that you can't say _anything_ without someone who disagrees calling for your head.
Somehow we need to get back to factual debates and not knee-jerk demagoguery.
Both parties have sold their souls. For the republicans it's to the extreme religious nuts who are anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-science. For the democrats it's to the socialists who want equal outcomes and lack of personal responsibility, they're also anti-gun and anti-science. (You don't think reduced expectations coupled with continuing higher wages and less accountability for teachers makes our kids smarter do you?)
If you are that divisive on every topic, you're the exact reason America has so many problems. Instead of trying to find solutions and work together you're just a rabid frothing-at-the-mouth zealot unwilling to even think for yourself.
I would look at it differently in the sense that, yes, you make your decisions based on external factors and experience, but that doesn't preclude you from doing the opposite, or unreasonable action.
Your brain/body has a reflex action programmed into it to pull away from something hot. Your experience tells you that putting your finger into a blowtorch is not a good idea. However, you can make the conscious decision to override your experience and reflexes and burn your finger off.
The only limiting thing for free will is physical objects/properties themselves
The puzzle is interesting, but it doesn't scale correctly for the Turing test.
While I'm not religious myself, if there are truly multiple versions of me making every possible decision, isn't free will a moot point?
This path of thought also has bearing on the idea of heaven and hell, if "you" are a psychopathic killer in one universe, and the second coming of Buddha in the other, which version of you does God accept? Do the consciousnesses of "you" rejoin after death into a higher-order being?
I don't have the answers, but to me being Atheist is as silly as believing a literal interpretation of Genesis.
What it means by that is that they should say 'merci' when cops break their hands, that immigrants coming to do the dirty jobs shouldn't be allowed to work legally so as to be exploited mercilessly by his close friends (big corporations owners) Good for their economy, bad for our human rights Did it ever occur to you that an Immigrant that can speak the prevailing language now has a voice? Once that wall is broken through they can get better jobs, protest against mistreatment, and start fitting into the culture that they've decided to emigrate to?
You're an idiot if you think allowing an immigrant to live under the radar, unable to communicate with 95% of the population, is OK because he's doing a job you don't want to do. You're also a fucking hypocrite, cause _YOU'RE_ the one doing the exploiting.
There is no call to end immigration, there is a call to end ILLEGAL immigration. European or otherwise.
There are many ways for people to immigrate legally, but since 2000, 3.7 people have immigrated ILLEGALLY. And while most are from south of the US border, about 1 million are from European/Asian/Middle Eastern countries.
These are people living under the radar without identification, working for less than the minimum wage, not paying taxes (can't trace cash)
The rate of education is similar overall in Immigrants compared to Native-born citizens, but the education of ILLEGAL immigrants is much less than their legal counterparts. A lack of education, along with the inability to work for a proper income is why a large percentage of Illegals live in poverty.
End illegal immigration, but increase support for legal immigrants.
Eve is soooo slow. It will take you months to be able to compete with other players or even NPCs.
Sure, If you have high aspirations, you could have a big mf'ing ship or even a space station. But it will take a years worth of dedicated play (and/or $$$) to reach that point.
I was looking at a TiVO earlier today at Best buy. I'm still on the fence, as I can get my shows on Bittorrent. The only reason I'd want a TiVO is to record football games and send them to a family member stationed in Bahrain.
And $300 (plus TiVO) is alot to a guy like me, who makes $40k/year, has rent, car payment, cell phone, insurance, and girlfriend to pay for. If $300 isn't much for you, go ahead and buy me the TiVo and the subscription fee.
Too bad you didn't even read the article you linked to.
Right at the bottom it has an example of a hotel key-card with personal info on it. Snopes' claim is that there have been no reported instances of identity theft due to this practice, and also questions how widespead the practice truly is.
The professors and students don't need access to the Universitie's compilation of Names, grades, and SSNs.The Profs have their own lists for the classes they teach, and the students don't need to see eachother's grades.
Sure, Let them have their webspace, just have a couple of experienced IT guys around to work for the main offices.
I didn't say anything about trawling through the webspace. Although I'd wager that if you knew YOUR personal info was on some forgotten webpage, you'd want it found. My post was about the quality of help to begin with.
And it's doesn't take a fucking rocket scientist to tell the difference between a list of names/SSNs and a term paper about holographic theory.
How many schools have info like this (or worse) posted on some forgotten webpage?
Maybe the IT departments of schools should look into hiring quality people for their systems instead of leaving it up to educators with no real-life experience or student staff that rotate every semester.
IF you're the same AC who posted earlier, you just contradicted your earlier post.
The long list of people who are responsible starts with the enviromentalists who sued to stop projects to shore up the levy, the NIMBY crowd who fought at the city level, the levy organizations that mismanaged the funds given to them, the Mayor who fucked up the evacuation, and the Governer who fucked up everything.
I think you'll find most of those people are _NOT_ in the Republican party.
No, it is true. And even if it wern't, the simple fact that they've been given enough money over the last 30 years to build the levy 30 feet high and have pissed it away on other projects and political battles is more than enough to show who's really at fault for this disaster.
Thanks to Richard C Hoagland's Enterprise Mission web site for the information. Richard is way out there sometimes, but he definately has great credentials.
He repeatedly takes credit for others works and/or claims others have taked credit for his. His claims are beyond reason. And his supposed "credentials" are fraudulent.
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At some point responsibility has to be taken by the local and state governments rather than point fingers at the fed.
1. The Mayor did not correctly implement the detailed evacuation plan. He (or his aids) also refused help from AMTRAK, which was already evacuting it's own people and equimpent and had offered to take citizens with
2. The Gov refused to allow the Red Cross and Salvation Army (the real first responders, with food, water, medicine, and supplies already staged) into the area untill after all hell had broken loose.
3. Neither of these incompetents followed established protocol when requesting aid.
And let's not forget the fact that Louisiana's National Guard are mostly deployed over in Iraq. They were not even in place or ready to help the state cope with the disaster, because the Federal government thinks they can be put to better use overseas. Let's also not forget that since 2003, the levy budget has been but a pittance due to lack of contribution by the federal government because of, specifically, needing to fund the Iraq war.
4. This is stunningly false. Funding for the levy has been higher under Bush than under Clinton. Indeed, there may not have been enough funding, but the real problems with fixing the levies were due to multiple fractured levy organizations, the "NOT IN MY BACK YARD" crowd, and repeated lawsuits by enviromental organizations. This has been going on for 30 years.
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Federal law limits the sales of these items. No fully automatic rifles manufactured after 1986 can be sold to the public. Also, if you do find a pre-86 M16A1, it'll likely cost you $8k-16k. Not to mention you'll have to register it with the ATF after a complete and comprehensive background check and a $200 "Tax"
Also, Federal Law bans the modification of semi-auto weapons into full-auto. So despite the law, Kansas residents have quite a few hurdles to jump.
Cop out? Bullshit. Overused? Yes. When I was in shape, played rugby, went to the gym twice a day and could run miles, I weighed 225 and my waist was 38 inches at 6'1" I come from a big family, and it takes huge amounts of exercise to keep weight off. I had back surgery in January and gained 35lbs, now that I'm active again, it refuses to come off. (docs even tested my thyroid/etc to see why not)
All of The Supremes were girls, you ignorant putz!
Learn some history, specifically the Ottoman empire and it's genocide of Armenians prior to WWI and the various atrocities committed while it controlled most of Europe.
Also look for the Baen free library. www.webscriptions.net Free multi-format sci-fi and fantasy by Weber, Drake, Ringo, Lackey, etc. Read the first couple of books in a series for free. If you like them, buy the next ones at very fair prices Support Baen, they are leading the business model for E-Books.
That, and the Creationists vs Evolutionists, homo vs hetero, black vs white, etc, etc, etc.
The free and open discourse that the First Amendment was supposed to protect is being blindsided by special interests here in the US. It's coming to the point that you can't say _anything_ without someone who disagrees calling for your head.
Somehow we need to get back to factual debates and not knee-jerk demagoguery.
Both parties have sold their souls. For the republicans it's to the extreme religious nuts who are anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-science. For the democrats it's to the socialists who want equal outcomes and lack of personal responsibility, they're also anti-gun and anti-science. (You don't think reduced expectations coupled with continuing higher wages and less accountability for teachers makes our kids smarter do you?)
If you are that divisive on every topic, you're the exact reason America has so many problems. Instead of trying to find solutions and work together you're just a rabid frothing-at-the-mouth zealot unwilling to even think for yourself.
I would look at it differently in the sense that, yes, you make your decisions based on external factors and experience, but that doesn't preclude you from doing the opposite, or unreasonable action.
Your brain/body has a reflex action programmed into it to pull away from something hot. Your experience tells you that putting your finger into a blowtorch is not a good idea. However, you can make the conscious decision to override your experience and reflexes and burn your finger off.
The only limiting thing for free will is physical objects/properties themselves
The puzzle is interesting, but it doesn't scale correctly for the Turing test.
So you assume there's only one Universe?
While I'm not religious myself, if there are truly multiple versions of me making every possible decision, isn't free will a moot point? This path of thought also has bearing on the idea of heaven and hell, if "you" are a psychopathic killer in one universe, and the second coming of Buddha in the other, which version of you does God accept? Do the consciousnesses of "you" rejoin after death into a higher-order being?
I don't have the answers, but to me being Atheist is as silly as believing a literal interpretation of Genesis.
You're an idiot if you think allowing an immigrant to live under the radar, unable to communicate with 95% of the population, is OK because he's doing a job you don't want to do. You're also a fucking hypocrite, cause _YOU'RE_ the one doing the exploiting.
talk about ignoring things...
There is no call to end immigration, there is a call to end ILLEGAL immigration. European or otherwise.
There are many ways for people to immigrate legally, but since 2000, 3.7 people have immigrated ILLEGALLY. And while most are from south of the US border, about 1 million are from European/Asian/Middle Eastern countries.
These are people living under the radar without identification, working for less than the minimum wage, not paying taxes (can't trace cash)
The rate of education is similar overall in Immigrants compared to Native-born citizens, but the education of ILLEGAL immigrants is much less than their legal counterparts. A lack of education, along with the inability to work for a proper income is why a large percentage of Illegals live in poverty.
End illegal immigration, but increase support for legal immigrants.
It's an _open_ trade show.
They want people there, they want word-of-mouth advertising.
The newsies just need to STFU and accept the perks they already get, like private pre-E3 showings, and invite-only parties.
All we've heard for years is how cool E3 is. It's got babes, games, and free stuff, not to mention parties everywhere.
Apparently the Journalists who created the problem no longer want the average guy to go there and take their free stuff.
Eve is soooo slow. It will take you months to be able to compete with other players or even NPCs.
Sure, If you have high aspirations, you could have a big mf'ing ship or even a space station. But it will take a years worth of dedicated play (and/or $$$) to reach that point.
I was looking at a TiVO earlier today at Best buy. I'm still on the fence, as I can get my shows on Bittorrent. The only reason I'd want a TiVO is to record football games and send them to a family member stationed in Bahrain.
And $300 (plus TiVO) is alot to a guy like me, who makes $40k/year, has rent, car payment, cell phone, insurance, and girlfriend to pay for. If $300 isn't much for you, go ahead and buy me the TiVo and the subscription fee.
Too bad you didn't even read the article you linked to.
Right at the bottom it has an example of a hotel key-card with personal info on it. Snopes' claim is that there have been no reported instances of identity theft due to this practice, and also questions how widespead the practice truly is.
The professors and students don't need access to the Universitie's compilation of Names, grades, and SSNs.The Profs have their own lists for the classes they teach, and the students don't need to see eachother's grades.
Sure, Let them have their webspace, just have a couple of experienced IT guys around to work for the main offices.
Sorry sir, you're the kneejerker.
I didn't say anything about trawling through the webspace. Although I'd wager that if you knew YOUR personal info was on some forgotten webpage, you'd want it found. My post was about the quality of help to begin with.
And it's doesn't take a fucking rocket scientist to tell the difference between a list of names/SSNs and a term paper about holographic theory.
Stupid slashdot boob, RTFP!
Flash, Sparkle, what's next, Twinkle?
How many schools have info like this (or worse) posted on some forgotten webpage?
Maybe the IT departments of schools should look into hiring quality people for their systems instead of leaving it up to educators with no real-life experience or student staff that rotate every semester.
IF you're the same AC who posted earlier, you just contradicted your earlier post.
The long list of people who are responsible starts with the enviromentalists who sued to stop projects to shore up the levy, the NIMBY crowd who fought at the city level, the levy organizations that mismanaged the funds given to them, the Mayor who fucked up the evacuation, and the Governer who fucked up everything.
I think you'll find most of those people are _NOT_ in the Republican party.
No, it is true. And even if it wern't, the simple fact that they've been given enough money over the last 30 years to build the levy 30 feet high and have pissed it away on other projects and political battles is more than enough to show who's really at fault for this disaster.
Thanks to Richard C Hoagland's Enterprise Mission web site for the information. Richard is way out there sometimes, but he definately has great credentials.
Are you fucking kidding me? The guy is a kook and a fraud
He repeatedly takes credit for others works and/or claims others have taked credit for his. His claims are beyond reason. And his supposed "credentials" are fraudulent.
At some point responsibility has to be taken by the local and state governments rather than point fingers at the fed.
1. The Mayor did not correctly implement the detailed evacuation plan. He (or his aids) also refused help from AMTRAK, which was already evacuting it's own people and equimpent and had offered to take citizens with
2. The Gov refused to allow the Red Cross and Salvation Army (the real first responders, with food, water, medicine, and supplies already staged) into the area untill after all hell had broken loose.
3. Neither of these incompetents followed established protocol when requesting aid.
And let's not forget the fact that Louisiana's National Guard are mostly deployed over in Iraq. They were not even in place or ready to help the state cope with the disaster, because the Federal government thinks they can be put to better use overseas. Let's also not forget that since 2003, the levy budget has been but a pittance due to lack of contribution by the federal government because of, specifically, needing to fund the Iraq war.
4. This is stunningly false. Funding for the levy has been higher under Bush than under Clinton. Indeed, there may not have been enough funding, but the real problems with fixing the levies were due to multiple fractured levy organizations, the "NOT IN MY BACK YARD" crowd, and repeated lawsuits by enviromental organizations. This has been going on for 30 years.
That's all well and good. But I'd like to point out that Europe's crime rate surpassed the US's rate in 2002.
Don't worry, our's will probably catch up again, once we become as apathetic and dependent on the government as Europe is.