Or 9/11 could of been thwarted if people rushed the terrorists on the planes, etc.
People are quite feeble, much more than you might think. Just because someone has the ability to kill doesn't mean they'll make usage of it. Unfortunately this is fact, otherwise things would be just like Hollywood movies or video games.
Yeah well, not everyone is a hardened, sharpshooting, ex-military badass. Welcome to reality.
Just because someone might of had a gun during that whole ordeal doesn't mean that they would of gotten the chance to use it OR even had the experience to use it in a positive manner. It's possible the whole situation would of been exacerbated for many reasons, including now you have two (or more) people in a building under extreme amounts of duress with the means to kill other people.
Yeah actually, that's exactly what it's for: preventing theft. Problem is, then the thieves usually borrow some scissors or a knife off the sales floor (At say, Target or Wal-Mart) or come prepared which then means that the thief is "armed" with some sort of weapon.
It's also a pain in the ass for a paying customer to deal with (as stated previously elsewhere) much like anything that prevents theft.
A bit late for me to respond to this but I'll go ahead anyway.
It doesn't work that way. You can require a shop to do all you want but you have to understand that a LOT of pawn shops are dirty - they know they are getting stolen goods and they know that the people selling it to them is doing it for drugs. In some of the stores we busted, they even had a drug dealer working inside the shop. The Pawn Shop owners simply don't care and will bend all kinds of rules; the thieves bring them merchandise and the shop make money off it.
So what happens if some machinery rips off your arm, You'd scream probably.
and you need to shut the equipment off before your arm gets mangled to bits? Scream louder.
I'm sure you could figure out a way to shut it off with your other arm, right? Or maybe it's left now...
A large amount of the people who steal retail DVDs (box sets are a big target;small and expensive) are drug addicts and this is how they pay for their habit.
Now a bit more on topic...
The thief will just fence the stolen DVDs and be on his or her merry way to buy whatever drug of choice. Most likely the fence would be a pawn shop. What's to stop this pawn shop from getting a hold of one of these devices? If the pawn shop isn't eligible to obtain one, then they have two options: Steal one or package the DVDs up and get them to a reseller who will just then restock Best Buy or Target or whatever with the stolen goods.
I don't see what good this chip can do. It just causes more bullshit steps and solves nothing.
I replaced my old VI660 with an A900, the only feature I don't really use is bluetooth. Other than that, I actually use it for photos, to play mp3s while working out, and what phones are supposed to be used for. Are those "bloated features" treating you well, Mr.TenPercent?
Thus did man first see the signs that the End Times were upon him; their once chortled jokes of Stars and Treks were seen as trollish notions to the great public.
There shall be vats of Unthinking Cloned Meat for everybody. Finally! I just hope that bathing in cloned meat gives me the same gratification I get from real meat.
It's to bad Beryl sucks. How does it suck?
It is too bloated. How is it bloated?
And the manager is too complicated. What? It has everything clearly labeled and sorted into different perfectly sensible sections.
The developers screwed up on Beryl. They added to much useless junk and lack the ability to make it user-friendly to boot. OK, now I'm positive you've never used Beryl. Which I can pretty much say to just about anyone that tries to criticize Beryl/Compiz/whatever about it's visuals harming productivity and such. You people realize you can turn off (or on) pretty much anything you want? You could just keep on the "expose" feature if you wanted.
What they've brought to the Linux desktop is a great thing. Anyone who tries to say otherwise needs to do themselves a favor and actually try it before speaking up.
What a splendid pie,
Pizza-pizza pie,
Every minute, every second,
Buy, buy, buy, buy buy,
What a splendid pie,
Pizza-pizza pie,
Every minute, every second,
Buy, buy, buy, buy buy.
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives,
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives.
Need therapy, therapy,
Advertising causes need,
Therapy, therapy,
Advertising causes.
(System of a down - Chic 'N' Stu - Steal this Album)
From the article:
Some people have also pointed out a cool little nano-tech inch-worm from Dartmouth that moves along a mesh of wires. Do I even have to defend pico's place here? "...it reacts to electric changes in the grid of electrodes it moves on. This grid also supplies the microrobot with the power needed to make these movements." While I'm impressed with the (incredibly) micro-bot, it still can't carry around its own juice. I can't compete at a nano-level, so here's hoping they don't make a battery soon that can strap to its back.
Here's to hoping that they DO make one that has it's own power source.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, but how much do the hard drives weight?
Both of my favorites this year are "semi-casual" platformers:
Knytt Stories
http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?main=02Knytt_Stories
Trilby: The Art of Theft
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/games/yahtzee/artoftheft
And people thought the first one was cold...
Mission accomplished! Everyone needs a laugh once in a while. :)
Now that this is cleared up, will you marry me?
Wait, don't run away!
Or 9/11 could of been thwarted if people rushed the terrorists on the planes, etc.
People are quite feeble, much more than you might think. Just because someone has the ability to kill doesn't mean they'll make usage of it. Unfortunately this is fact, otherwise things would be just like Hollywood movies or video games.
Yeah well, not everyone is a hardened, sharpshooting, ex-military badass. Welcome to reality.
Just because someone might of had a gun during that whole ordeal doesn't mean that they would of gotten the chance to use it OR even had the experience to use it in a positive manner. It's possible the whole situation would of been exacerbated for many reasons, including now you have two (or more) people in a building under extreme amounts of duress with the means to kill other people.
Yeah actually, that's exactly what it's for: preventing theft. Problem is, then the thieves usually borrow some scissors or a knife off the sales floor (At say, Target or Wal-Mart) or come prepared which then means that the thief is "armed" with some sort of weapon.
It's also a pain in the ass for a paying customer to deal with (as stated previously elsewhere) much like anything that prevents theft.
Before that can happen we need someone to make a pie throwing game to train us.
A bit late for me to respond to this but I'll go ahead anyway.
It doesn't work that way. You can require a shop to do all you want but you have to understand that a LOT of pawn shops are dirty - they know they are getting stolen goods and they know that the people selling it to them is doing it for drugs. In some of the stores we busted, they even had a drug dealer working inside the shop. The Pawn Shop owners simply don't care and will bend all kinds of rules; the thieves bring them merchandise and the shop make money off it.
I'm sure you could figure out a way to shut it off with your other arm, right? Or maybe it's left now...
A large amount of the people who steal retail DVDs (box sets are a big target;small and expensive) are drug addicts and this is how they pay for their habit.
Now a bit more on topic...
The thief will just fence the stolen DVDs and be on his or her merry way to buy whatever drug of choice. Most likely the fence would be a pawn shop. What's to stop this pawn shop from getting a hold of one of these devices? If the pawn shop isn't eligible to obtain one, then they have two options: Steal one or package the DVDs up and get them to a reseller who will just then restock Best Buy or Target or whatever with the stolen goods.
I don't see what good this chip can do. It just causes more bullshit steps and solves nothing.
It's a pad of paper and a really nice pencil.
No.
Thus did man first see the signs that the End Times were upon him; their once chortled jokes of Stars and Treks were seen as trollish notions to the great public.
So it was written.
When you're lookin' to become a razorguy, chummer.
Actually, probably 4th circle or possibly 8th circle, Bolgia 7.
Hopefully they don't stop gnawing until well past the head.
I recommend they get ON the drugs. All of them! They taste like Skittles. Easy ordering and fast delivery.
It's to bad Beryl sucks. How does it suck?
It is too bloated. How is it bloated?
And the manager is too complicated. What? It has everything clearly labeled and sorted into different perfectly sensible sections.
The developers screwed up on Beryl. They added to much useless junk and lack the ability to make it user-friendly to boot. OK, now I'm positive you've never used Beryl. Which I can pretty much say to just about anyone that tries to criticize Beryl/Compiz/whatever about it's visuals harming productivity and such. You people realize you can turn off (or on) pretty much anything you want? You could just keep on the "expose" feature if you wanted.
What they've brought to the Linux desktop is a great thing. Anyone who tries to say otherwise needs to do themselves a favor and actually try it before speaking up.
And behold, at this time did mankind finally solve the ages old question of what exactly drives man to murder another.
So it was written.
What a splendid pie,
Pizza-pizza pie,
Every minute, every second,
Buy, buy, buy, buy buy,
What a splendid pie,
Pizza-pizza pie,
Every minute, every second,
Buy, buy, buy, buy buy.
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives,
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives.
Need therapy, therapy,
Advertising causes need,
Therapy, therapy,
Advertising causes.
(System of a down - Chic 'N' Stu - Steal this Album)
Here's to hoping that they DO make one that has it's own power source.