But not less violence compared to places with extremely strict gun laws.
You are comparing state to state.
try comparing the rate of gun violence in Texas, a place with some of the least restrictive gun laws, to places in Europe. Ireland, for example. What do you find?
Given the choice between the two, I'd rather live in a world where there a good chance of getting robbed than a good chance of getting shot.
The occurrences in Japan and China are exceedingly rare. A few knife massacres in a nation of >1billion is not the same as having a mass murder per week with guns in the US.
Except European countries have very low amounts of gun violence precisely because they strictly control guns with laws.
The trope that if you outlaw guns only outlaws will have gun implies that mass amounts of outlaws will have guns.
The facts are that this is not the case; Europe does not have mass amounts of people going around shooting people wile defenseless citizens do nothing.
If you use a gun for target practice, you are misusing it. It's like "using" a fully-functional car by painting it and displaying it as a piece of artwork in a museum. Yes, you are using it, but not for it's original intended purpose.
If you use a gun for target practice, you are not using it for it's intended purpose.
I can paint a car with a logo and put it on top of a building to be the sign for a drive-through restaurant, and I am "using" the car, but not for its intended purpose.
Right, I actually read that part after I did RTFA, but that doesn't answer the part in the OP, which was "The vulnerability is already being exploited by at least two display ad analytics companies across billions of page impressions per month.'"
How does using a virtual keyboard have anything to do with this? Sure the amount of people using virtual keyboard is incredibly small, and the ads rolled over or visited by those folks are probably much smaller still.
to RFA, can someone explain exactly how this can be exploited by analytics companies with regards to ads?
If my browser is not active, and I have, say, an iTunes window open on top, then how will these analytic companies know the mouse is over a spot on iTunes that has an ad underneath in the browser window? Are ad companies making money by your mouse just moving over an area rather than clicking on it? I know there are those ad companies that have flash/html5 ads that do something nifty when you roll over them, but for there to be any money made, I thought you had to click somewhere in the ad. So how would an analytic company make money on just the rollovers when the browser isn't active?
It's Christmas at ground zero There's music in the air The sleigh bells are ringing and the carolers are singing While the air raid sirens blare
It's Christmas at ground zero The button has been pressed The radio just let us know That this is not a test
Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping It's the end of all humanity No more time for last-minute shopping It's time to face your final destiny
It's Christmas at ground zero There's panic in the crowd We can dodge debris while we trim the tree Underneath the mushroom cloud
Ronald Reagan: Well, the big day is only a few hours away now. I'm sure you're all looking forward to it as much as we are.
You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop Or Jack Frost on your windowsill But if someone's climbing down your chimney You better load your gun and shoot to kill
It's Christmas at ground zero And if the radiation level's okay I'll go out with you and see all the new Mutations on New Year's Day
It's Christmas at ground zero Just seconds left to go I'll duck and cover with my Yuletide lover Underneath the mistletoe
It's Christmas at ground zero Now the missiles are on their way What a crazy fluke, we're gonna get nuked On this jolly holiday
What a crazy fluke, we're gonna get nuked On this jolly holiday!
Oddly enough - and I don't mean this jokingly - psychopaths are very good at doing the same thing. True clinical psychopaths have the inability to function normally by understanding other people's emotions and having any sort of empathy. To function in normal society, psychopaths -learn- social interactions in much the same way you did. It doesn't come naturally to them, but they are generally smart enough to realize their own personal lives will be more difficult if they don't learn these cues.
Of course the huge difference is that the psychopath learn these social cues with a greater aim in mind beyond merely fitting in. They learn these things because they are inherently manipulative and care only about their own well being. They get very good at "faking" empathy because it gets them money, power, or sex.
I'm not comparing you to a psychopath...I just find it interesting that people with two vastly different types of disorders have to use the same skills to "fit in", but each person uses these skills for vastly different purposes.
Yes, well, but those clubs don't actually require you to have those sizable "assets". You must have technical skills as well, such as the ability to dance using a slippery silver pole. And oddly enough, some colleges actually teach this.
I have an M.A. in History. At no point in my life have I done anything for a living using the History part of my M.A.
I have always, even while getting that degree, done computer work, and have always been good with machines. But I couldn't handle the math/programming part, and I have been doing Front-End development for 15 years now and love it. Yeah, I have a bit of debt, but the M.A., I am sure, has gotten me in the door for interviews. It does tell an employer that you are serious and have had rigorous training in a field, and that, coupled with my experience, has been a big help.
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But not less violence compared to places with extremely strict gun laws.
You are comparing state to state.
try comparing the rate of gun violence in Texas, a place with some of the least restrictive gun laws, to places in Europe. Ireland, for example. What do you find?
Incorrect. Europe has extremely strict gun laws. Could you point me to a few dictators of which you speak in Europe?
Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Germany...all have strict gun laws.
They do not have dictators. Your assertion is disproven.
I did not say less violence.
My point stands:
LESS GUNS = LESS GUN VIOLENCE
I'm not talking about overall violence.
Given the choice between the two, I'd rather live in a world where there a good chance of getting robbed than a good chance of getting shot.
The occurrences in Japan and China are exceedingly rare. A few knife massacres in a nation of >1billion is not the same as having a mass murder per week with guns in the US.
And you did not refute my point.
LESS GUNS = LESS GUN VIOLENCE
We need stricter regulation of guns, including handguns.
Europe shows how well this works.
Less guns = less gun violence. Pretty simple.
It is not a price I am willing to pay.
Europe has very strict gun control laws.
They have very little gun violence.
Less guns =less gun violence.
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But if there are less guns, it's less likely gun violence will occur.
Less guns = less gun violence. Pretty straightforward.
This is incorrect. In Europe, there are very strict gun laws.
Guns are very difficult to possess, both for lunatics and non-lunatics.
Thus, there is less gun violence.
Less guns = less gun violence.
No, guns are a problem. Those sorts of events are very rare, even in China, a nation of >1 Billion people.
We are having a mass killing at the rate of 1 a week.
LESS GUNS = LESS GUN VIOLENCE!
The facts are that gun laws make it more difficult to criminals to get guns, making these things less frequent.
Citation: Europe.
LESS GUNS = LESS GUN VIOLENCE
It's quite simple.
Except European countries have very low amounts of gun violence precisely because they strictly control guns with laws.
The trope that if you outlaw guns only outlaws will have gun implies that mass amounts of outlaws will have guns.
The facts are that this is not the case; Europe does not have mass amounts of people going around shooting people wile defenseless citizens do nothing.
face it: Less guns= less gun violence.
The first one is sport. You are misusing the gun.
The second two examples are perfect: The purpose of a gun is to kill.
If you use a gun for target practice, you are misusing it. It's like "using" a fully-functional car by painting it and displaying it as a piece of artwork in a museum. Yes, you are using it, but not for it's original intended purpose.
No, the purpose is not merely to shoot, but to kill. If you use the gun for target practice, you are misusing it.
I can paint a car and put it on a building as a sign for a drive-through restaurant. If I do that, I'm misusing the car.
You are misusing the gun. You can do target practice with a crossbow or with a dart.
If you use a gun for target practice, you are not using it for it's intended purpose.
I can paint a car with a logo and put it on top of a building to be the sign for a drive-through restaurant, and I am "using" the car, but not for its intended purpose.
The intended purpose of a gun is to kill.
Shockingly enough, in countries where there are strict gun laws, there appear to be less shootings by criminals than int he U.S.
This is the simple fact opponents of gun control simply cannot deal with.
Less guns mean less gun violence.
Period.
Right, I actually read that part after I did RTFA, but that doesn't answer the part in the OP, which was
"The vulnerability is already being exploited by at least two display ad analytics companies across billions of page impressions per month.'"
How does using a virtual keyboard have anything to do with this? Sure the amount of people using virtual keyboard is incredibly small, and the ads rolled over or visited by those folks are probably much smaller still.
to RFA, can someone explain exactly how this can be exploited by analytics companies with regards to ads?
If my browser is not active, and I have, say, an iTunes window open on top, then how will these analytic companies know the mouse is over a spot on iTunes that has an ad underneath in the browser window? Are ad companies making money by your mouse just moving over an area rather than clicking on it? I know there are those ad companies that have flash/html5 ads that do something nifty when you roll over them, but for there to be any money made, I thought you had to click somewhere in the ad. So how would an analytic company make money on just the rollovers when the browser isn't active?
That's weird; I thought I wrote wierd. Weird.
It's Christmas at ground zero
There's music in the air
The sleigh bells are ringing and the carolers are singing
While the air raid sirens blare
It's Christmas at ground zero
The button has been pressed
The radio just let us know
That this is not a test
Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping
It's the end of all humanity
No more time for last-minute shopping
It's time to face your final destiny
It's Christmas at ground zero
There's panic in the crowd
We can dodge debris while we trim the tree
Underneath the mushroom cloud
Ronald Reagan:
Well, the big day is only a few hours away now.
I'm sure you're all looking forward to it
as much as we are.
You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop
Or Jack Frost on your windowsill
But if someone's climbing down your chimney
You better load your gun and shoot to kill
It's Christmas at ground zero
And if the radiation level's okay
I'll go out with you and see all the new
Mutations on New Year's Day
It's Christmas at ground zero
Just seconds left to go
I'll duck and cover with my Yuletide lover
Underneath the mistletoe
It's Christmas at ground zero
Now the missiles are on their way
What a crazy fluke, we're gonna get nuked
On this jolly holiday
What a crazy fluke, we're gonna get nuked
On this jolly holiday!
--Wierd Al Yankovic
Christmas At Ground Zero
Oddly enough - and I don't mean this jokingly - psychopaths are very good at doing the same thing. True clinical psychopaths have the inability to function normally by understanding other people's emotions and having any sort of empathy. To function in normal society, psychopaths -learn- social interactions in much the same way you did. It doesn't come naturally to them, but they are generally smart enough to realize their own personal lives will be more difficult if they don't learn these cues.
Of course the huge difference is that the psychopath learn these social cues with a greater aim in mind beyond merely fitting in. They learn these things because they are inherently manipulative and care only about their own well being. They get very good at "faking" empathy because it gets them money, power, or sex.
I'm not comparing you to a psychopath...I just find it interesting that people with two vastly different types of disorders have to use the same skills to "fit in", but each person uses these skills for vastly different purposes.
Yes, well, but those clubs don't actually require you to have those sizable "assets". You must have technical skills as well, such as the ability to dance using a slippery silver pole. And oddly enough, some colleges actually teach this.
It depends on what you want to do.
I have an M.A. in History. At no point in my life have I done anything for a living using the History part of my M.A.
I have always, even while getting that degree, done computer work, and have always been good with machines. But I couldn't handle the math/programming part, and I have been doing Front-End development for 15 years now and love it. Yeah, I have a bit of debt, but the M.A., I am sure, has gotten me in the door for interviews. It does tell an employer that you are serious and have had rigorous training in a field, and that, coupled with my experience, has been a big help.