Cite sources? Otherwise admit that you have no idea what you are talking about.
As for your shotgun comment... I've got that base covered, as well. One thing a pistol *is* handy for around the house are households that have children who sleep far away from mom and dad. A shotgun is great for hunkering down and waiting for the police, but not for moving quickly to secure your child's bedroom after a break-in.
You should have gotten that permit to carry the pistol when biking. Shame on your brother for not showing you how to use a proper holster to eliminate the risk of accidental discharge.
You don't like guns? Fine. But don't go spouting incorrect "statistic fact" because of your bias, and don't go advocating the removal of my rights, even partially. (That *is* what you've been saying throughout this thread, despite what you say in this little spot.)
They can take my means of protecting my loved ones when they pry it "from my cold dead hands."
My legally-carried handgun has never killed anyone. On the contrary, it may very well someday save my life or the lives of my children from someone who desires to do us harm.
When did we get the idea that protecting yourself from predators is an evil thing?
I love that so many slashdotters are quick to protest the infringement of their right to free speech, then in the next breath say that my right to keep and bear arms should be somehow limited so that I can't protect myself. Hooray for double standards!
So now next time some drunk shoves a police officer, the officer can respond by shooting said drunk until he expires?
You'd also have to tweak it so that I can draw my pistol from concealment and shoot the guy who just shoved me. Sounds great, don't it? You do realize that it would have to work both ways, right?
Because that's why I carry my non-lethal OC spray: I'd hate to have to shoot some idiot just because he wanted to get into a fistfight and make me an unwilling participant.
Here's a tidbit about that "tilted" playing field you perceive: In most places, assault with a non-lethal weapon is still assault. There is and very well should be a special distinction for "assault with a deadly weapon."
This would be like setting up a very simple web page to control a nuclear missile silo and proclaiming, "NUCLEAR MISSILES NOW LAUNCHED FROM CELL PHONES!"
All this is is a remote interface, just like the http interface uTorrent already has. Useful? Now for most, but maybe so for some. The fact that you can't add torrents to it is a major limitation, but if you are out with friends and say "So yeah, I hear it's a great film. We can go back to my place and watch it if it's done. Let's see..." then it's a handy little add-on.
Only if you want a Tracfone ($15 most places). If you have Cingular, you can just pop a sim card into the $20 Cingular version and it will Just Work.
That's what I did when I sold my smartphone to a missionary who wasn't going to be able to find one in the field. While I save the money for the phone I *really* want, I'm okay with the Cingular Motorola C139. The interface sucks and there are lots of irritating features that can't be disabled, but for the price I can't complain.
You do realize that he's talking about a *game* and not anything important, right? And that the minor unbalancing in-game is what feeds quite a few families that don't have the luxuries you have?
I've never heard a thing about this, and the very idea of attempting to do this with an auto-loading firearm is... well, I have visions of case failures, to say the least.
I own one just like it. It belonged to my grandfather. It is an absolutely worthless piece of junk, and I never shoot it when I go to the range. When the cylinder doesn't completely lock up, the fall of the hammer often fails to ignite the round. When the gun does actually fire, the barrel is of such poor quality that the bullet often tumbles within 10 yards, leaving a boat-shaped hole in the paper target a heck of a long way away from the point of aim. The only reason I keep the trash gun is because of the family history behind it.
Hinckley also used the powerful-sounding but poorly designed "Devastator" bullets, which were marketed as bullets that "explode" on impact. Rubbish. I've read reports about these bullets fired into ballistics gel as well as wet phone books, and have never seen any result other than the bullets tumbling and breaking up into small, low-velocity pieces, often before hitting the target. None of the rounds fired by Hinckley actually exploded, though it appears that they managed to stay in one piece well enough to very seriously wound Brady. Reagan's wound was from a bullet fragment that bounced off the glass of his limousine and impacted him in the chest.
So no, not a good example of modern weaponry. Maybe an example of extremely poor choice in weaponry (thankfully!) or perhaps an extremely tight budget. Maybe Hinckley was saving his pennies for the honeymoon with Jodie...
Folks who go to the trouble of carrying a gun every day should at least go to a little more trouble to carry an adequate gun. Even the.380 Kel-tec P3AT can fit in a jeans pocket without bulging.
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Most BB guns won't penetrate the outer shielding on most of the modern street lamps I've seen. You need something like this instead.
But if your police response is any better than it is in my town (not difficult), you'll need one of these to stick on it.
I like to call that a Wide Prophet Margin.
"That is a statistic fact."
Cite sources? Otherwise admit that you have no idea what you are talking about.
As for your shotgun comment... I've got that base covered, as well. One thing a pistol *is* handy for around the house are households that have children who sleep far away from mom and dad. A shotgun is great for hunkering down and waiting for the police, but not for moving quickly to secure your child's bedroom after a break-in.
You should have gotten that permit to carry the pistol when biking. Shame on your brother for not showing you how to use a proper holster to eliminate the risk of accidental discharge.
You don't like guns? Fine. But don't go spouting incorrect "statistic fact" because of your bias, and don't go advocating the removal of my rights, even partially. (That *is* what you've been saying throughout this thread, despite what you say in this little spot.)
They can take my means of protecting my loved ones when they pry it "from my cold dead hands."
There's an absolute for ya.
My legally-carried handgun has never killed anyone. On the contrary, it may very well someday save my life or the lives of my children from someone who desires to do us harm.
When did we get the idea that protecting yourself from predators is an evil thing?
I love that so many slashdotters are quick to protest the infringement of their right to free speech, then in the next breath say that my right to keep and bear arms should be somehow limited so that I can't protect myself. Hooray for double standards!
I still want my hula-hoop!
But at least we can paint with all the colors of the wind.
So now next time some drunk shoves a police officer, the officer can respond by shooting said drunk until he expires?
You'd also have to tweak it so that I can draw my pistol from concealment and shoot the guy who just shoved me. Sounds great, don't it? You do realize that it would have to work both ways, right?
Because that's why I carry my non-lethal OC spray: I'd hate to have to shoot some idiot just because he wanted to get into a fistfight and make me an unwilling participant.
Here's a tidbit about that "tilted" playing field you perceive: In most places, assault with a non-lethal weapon is still assault. There is and very well should be a special distinction for "assault with a deadly weapon."
This would be like setting up a very simple web page to control a nuclear missile silo and proclaiming, "NUCLEAR MISSILES NOW LAUNCHED FROM CELL PHONES!"
All this is is a remote interface, just like the http interface uTorrent already has. Useful? Now for most, but maybe so for some. The fact that you can't add torrents to it is a major limitation, but if you are out with friends and say "So yeah, I hear it's a great film. We can go back to my place and watch it if it's done. Let's see..." then it's a handy little add-on.
Not worth a breathless Slashdot story, though.
Only if you want a Tracfone ($15 most places). If you have Cingular, you can just pop a sim card into the $20 Cingular version and it will Just Work.
That's what I did when I sold my smartphone to a missionary who wasn't going to be able to find one in the field. While I save the money for the phone I *really* want, I'm okay with the Cingular Motorola C139. The interface sucks and there are lots of irritating features that can't be disabled, but for the price I can't complain.
You do realize that he's talking about a *game* and not anything important, right? And that the minor unbalancing in-game is what feeds quite a few families that don't have the luxuries you have?
Liquid does not always mean water.
I'd save the oldest, since I would have had more invested in him/her by then than the other.
:)
It's really such a no-win situation, that even the smallest factor could make the decision simple, if not easy.
So THAT is what happens when you ask slashdot to make a hard decision.
But at least he's held up as a hero of the Russian people. That's got to count for something, though he never became wealthy.
Sources?
No?
I didn't think so.
I've never heard a thing about this, and the very idea of attempting to do this with an auto-loading firearm is... well, I have visions of case failures, to say the least.
So stop spreading crap!
Matt? Is that you?
Reagan was shot with a Röhm RG-14, a .22 revolver.
I own one just like it. It belonged to my grandfather. It is an absolutely worthless piece of junk, and I never shoot it when I go to the range. When the cylinder doesn't completely lock up, the fall of the hammer often fails to ignite the round. When the gun does actually fire, the barrel is of such poor quality that the bullet often tumbles within 10 yards, leaving a boat-shaped hole in the paper target a heck of a long way away from the point of aim. The only reason I keep the trash gun is because of the family history behind it.
Hinckley also used the powerful-sounding but poorly designed "Devastator" bullets, which were marketed as bullets that "explode" on impact. Rubbish. I've read reports about these bullets fired into ballistics gel as well as wet phone books, and have never seen any result other than the bullets tumbling and breaking up into small, low-velocity pieces, often before hitting the target. None of the rounds fired by Hinckley actually exploded, though it appears that they managed to stay in one piece well enough to very seriously wound Brady. Reagan's wound was from a bullet fragment that bounced off the glass of his limousine and impacted him in the chest.
So no, not a good example of modern weaponry. Maybe an example of extremely poor choice in weaponry (thankfully!) or perhaps an extremely tight budget. Maybe Hinckley was saving his pennies for the honeymoon with Jodie...
My wife and I share a 1.5Mbps DSL connection with 256k up. I've never had to wish it were faster.
The Germans were denied their right to own weapons near the beginning of Hitler's reign.
:)
Americans have no such limits on their capabilities.
Have fun with that invasion.
Like the "Eric the half-bee" song?
La dee dee
One two three
Eric the half a bee!
Ho ho ho
Tee hee hee
Eric the half a bee!
Folks who go to the trouble of carrying a gun every day should at least go to a little more trouble to carry an adequate gun. Even the .380 Kel-tec P3AT can fit in a jeans pocket without bulging.
How do you defiantly look at a product?
SCREW YOU! I'M GOING TO REVIEW YOU, AND IF I LIKE YOU, I'M GOING TO IMPLEMENT YOU, AND YOU'LL LIKE IT!
(Lameness filter says I have too many caps. But I think they were appropriate. Bah.)
I would think that the best coder in the world would be undesirable if they have shown that they would be a problem to the workplace itself.
"Sometimes I like to code without a shirt. I hope that's not a problem for you."
Why then, did Christ have his disciples buy weapons for themselves?
"If he has no sword, he should sell his cloak and buy one."
As a Christian who carries a gun every day, I understand that being a peaceful person does not mean giving up my own right to life.
Technically, ANY money he earns as your dependant and child is legally yours, whether he got it from you, Grandma, or from mowing lawns.
I bought an account in the low 5000's for $1. I think the seller anticipated getting more. That was three years ago.