Tell it to this lady. Lots of things that you can't imagine, happen every day.
Good for her, but it's worth noting that (1). news articles tend to report the exception rather than the rule, i.e. this lady has novelty value for *not* being a victim, and (2). the article also says:
The McCullocks say they have been threatened as they run trouble makers out of their mobile home park, and have seen the man who shot her before.
The McCullock family moved to Albany from Manhattan two years ago, and this is their second time being victims of crime here. Their home was burglarized. They say that's why the entire family has armed themselves, and they will continue to wear guns constantly.
So, yeah, things are working out really well for them. I'm pretty sure that this will never happen again to them, and it's all thanks to their gun ownership!! </scarcasm>
Don't the bad guys bring their own weapons though? And, I'm guessing, they don't announce their arrival? So... the scenario is, you've got yourself a gun, bad people turn up, but luckily, you hear them, you get your gun, ?????, profit - it all ends well?
Honestly, that really sounds like a hint you (or whoever) need to move if that's the situation. I doubt there are any stats, but I'd love to know the success/fail rate of people defending their own homes with firearms.
You've been watching too much John Wayne if you really think owning a gun is likely to save you. If a "criminal" has decided to make you a victim, they're unlikely to put themselves in a situation where you have the upper-hand.... they are presumably being proactive in their pursuit of crime, whereas you are presumably being a "law abiding citizen" and thus unaware of impending criminal activity.
but having a weapon adequate for self defense may indeed be more important in some regions of the world than others
Aside from being able to defend against wild animals, is there *really* any use in having a gun for self-defence? I can't imagine any realistic scenario where would-be burglar/thief/assassin/rapist is likely to get into a situation where their intended victim has a gun trained on *them*. Most likely, the victim will still be the victim, but thanks to lax gun laws, the perp. has access to guns.
I further suspect that the only real winner from such a situation is the manufacturer and sellers of guns.
I liked VMware, but it was always a pain when upgrading to a new version of Ubuntu -- VMware would invariably not work and require a custom patch. VirtualBox on the other hand works perfectly.
[OT]when working in support once, we had a user who stored important emails that needed to be processed in the Outlook recycle bin... that didn't end well. But the point is, you can *NEVER* under estimate the stupidity of users. So really, an online managed service is likely to be better for them overall![/OT]
AFAIK w3schools.com browser stats are based on visitors to their own site -- so not typical users. Which explains why Firefox has the greatest share, since it's historically been the best browser for web-devs.
Whilst I don't doubt the politicians involved here may have a grudge, I suspect that there's little practical benefit in orchestrating any "unfortunate accident" at this point -- the cat is totally out of the bag! For the same reason, it's likely the cat was partially out of the bag a long time ago to ensure nothing "happened" to the parties involved prior to this. So for Assange, it'll likely all be legal now.
Also : amazon has no duty to states that it's customers happen to live in.
Although, they do collect and pay taxes (VAT) in the UK, and presumably in other non-US places. And I don't believe any EU based company can sell in other country and not expect to have to charge/collect local sales tax.
Not trying to troll here, but isn't the US system a bit unsustainable? It's obvious that companies are going to physically locate to states based on paying the lowest taxes, so not making them collect local sales tax where they trade just isn't going to work. But maybe I'm missing something?
Yes, it is a bit pricey, but it's also a product strategy (few features + expensive) that has worked perfectly for a certain fruity-logo'd purveyor of portable music players.... although I suspect the target demographic for this phone are less likely to want to pay for the privilege!
I put up with a 15GB/month cap (peak time, although I get 80GB/month with off-peak) with this crowd for £17.99 per month. And you can get much better caps/unlimited with other suppliers, but I prefer the smaller companies as they tend to be more reliable.
As for speed though, most broadband in the UK is supplied via BT's network, although increasingly people go with LLU (local loop unbundled) connections to get higher speeds. I believe in either case, the actual speeds you get largely depend on how far you are from your local exchange. And after that, it depends on what options are provided at that exchange.
You friend could enter their postcode or home telephone number here to find details on their local exchange and that'd help see what their options are. A 6GB/month cap is pretty tight though... but it depends on what you're paying I guess!
But Apple *do* supply Apple logo stickers with their products don't they? I never realised they're supposed to be applied to the forehead though -- thanks for that!;)
Slashdot Mirror
Apparently, somewhere between 800 thousand and two and a half million times a year.
That looks like a nice objective website! ;)
Tell it to this lady. Lots of things that you can't imagine, happen every day.
Good for her, but it's worth noting that (1). news articles tend to report the exception rather than the rule, i.e. this lady has novelty value for *not* being a victim, and (2). the article also says:
The McCullocks say they have been threatened as they run trouble makers out of their mobile home park, and have seen the man who shot her before.
The McCullock family moved to Albany from Manhattan two years ago, and this is their second time being victims of crime here. Their home was burglarized. They say that's why the entire family has armed themselves, and they will continue to wear guns constantly.
So, yeah, things are working out really well for them. I'm pretty sure that this will never happen again to them, and it's all thanks to their gun ownership!! </scarcasm>
Indeed, Gun Crime is much, much worse in those countries where guns are banned.
Can you back that assertion up with anything?
Don't the bad guys bring their own weapons though? And, I'm guessing, they don't announce their arrival? So... the scenario is, you've got yourself a gun, bad people turn up, but luckily, you hear them, you get your gun, ?????, profit - it all ends well?
Honestly, that really sounds like a hint you (or whoever) need to move if that's the situation. I doubt there are any stats, but I'd love to know the success/fail rate of people defending their own homes with firearms.
You've been watching too much John Wayne if you really think owning a gun is likely to save you. If a "criminal" has decided to make you a victim, they're unlikely to put themselves in a situation where you have the upper-hand.... they are presumably being proactive in their pursuit of crime, whereas you are presumably being a "law abiding citizen" and thus unaware of impending criminal activity.
but having a weapon adequate for self defense may indeed be more important in some regions of the world than others
Aside from being able to defend against wild animals, is there *really* any use in having a gun for self-defence? I can't imagine any realistic scenario where would-be burglar/thief/assassin/rapist is likely to get into a situation where their intended victim has a gun trained on *them*. Most likely, the victim will still be the victim, but thanks to lax gun laws, the perp. has access to guns.
I further suspect that the only real winner from such a situation is the manufacturer and sellers of guns.
There are plenty of knifings in this country - a gun may make it easier, but if someone wants to kill you, they will.
So the availability of guns helps how? Certainly doesn't seem likely to help people "protect" themselves.
I liked VMware, but it was always a pain when upgrading to a new version of Ubuntu -- VMware would invariably not work and require a custom patch. VirtualBox on the other hand works perfectly.
Yeah - it's a real shame that it got that far and *then* the solar wind detector broke. ;)
[OT]when working in support once, we had a user who stored important emails that needed to be processed in the Outlook recycle bin... that didn't end well. But the point is, you can *NEVER* under estimate the stupidity of users. So really, an online managed service is likely to be better for them overall![/OT]
AFAIK w3schools.com browser stats are based on visitors to their own site -- so not typical users. Which explains why Firefox has the greatest share, since it's historically been the best browser for web-devs.
PDF in Chrome is working for me with Ubuntu 9.10 / Chrome 8.0.552.215. However it doesn't work in Chromium 9.0.597.0 (67679)
So is this closed-source then? If so, then presumably it won't make it into Chromium.
He talks funny don't he?
Whilst I don't doubt the politicians involved here may have a grudge, I suspect that there's little practical benefit in orchestrating any "unfortunate accident" at this point -- the cat is totally out of the bag! For the same reason, it's likely the cat was partially out of the bag a long time ago to ensure nothing "happened" to the parties involved prior to this. So for Assange, it'll likely all be legal now.
Charge per usage?
Also : amazon has no duty to states that it's customers happen to live in.
Although, they do collect and pay taxes (VAT) in the UK, and presumably in other non-US places. And I don't believe any EU based company can sell in other country and not expect to have to charge/collect local sales tax.
Not trying to troll here, but isn't the US system a bit unsustainable? It's obvious that companies are going to physically locate to states based on paying the lowest taxes, so not making them collect local sales tax where they trade just isn't going to work. But maybe I'm missing something?
Yes, it is a bit pricey, but it's also a product strategy (few features + expensive) that has worked perfectly for a certain fruity-logo'd purveyor of portable music players.... although I suspect the target demographic for this phone are less likely to want to pay for the privilege!
I'd agree... but I also own an Android 2.1 phone! :(
I predict this will be the year of the Windows desktop!
It was modded funny btw -- as is the cultural norm over on that side! ;)
"I seem to be having this tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle"
I put up with a 15GB/month cap (peak time, although I get 80GB/month with off-peak) with this crowd for £17.99 per month. And you can get much better caps/unlimited with other suppliers, but I prefer the smaller companies as they tend to be more reliable.
As for speed though, most broadband in the UK is supplied via BT's network, although increasingly people go with LLU (local loop unbundled) connections to get higher speeds. I believe in either case, the actual speeds you get largely depend on how far you are from your local exchange. And after that, it depends on what options are provided at that exchange.
You friend could enter their postcode or home telephone number here to find details on their local exchange and that'd help see what their options are. A 6GB/month cap is pretty tight though... but it depends on what you're paying I guess!
But Apple *do* supply Apple logo stickers with their products don't they? I never realised they're supposed to be applied to the forehead though -- thanks for that! ;)
+1
Maybe.... he forgot his password?!
Does anyone know if the OOo quick-starter prevents shutdown like it did with Ubuntu 10.04?
And have they fixed the lesser issue of the quick-starter icon having a white background (versus the default tray colour of black/dark-grey)?
In other news, "pop star" Lilly Allen is suing Apple because her MacBook was hacked.