Mrs. Askin
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email: erinaskin@popejohn.org
Catherine Astor
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Mrs. Elizabeth N. Buniak
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Never mind the T&A in the cheerleader photos, these people are just begging to be signed up for all kinds of mailing lists.
Shining example, folks. Carry on.
So four years after confiscating over $100,000,000 of property from honest Australian citizens, Australia's murder rate dropped at most 10%. Note that during most of the 1990's, their murder rate fluctuated about 5% anyway. Their murder rate was 1.9 the year before the confiscation, five years later, it was 1.8. Accounting for normal statistical fluctuations, gun control had at best a marginal impact on murder rates in Australia.
Also, according to the Australian Institute of Criminology, in "Report #46: Homicide in Australia, 2001-2002", published in April 2003, homicides jumped another 20% in FY2001-02.
Take a look at Gunfacts, Page 51 for a nice summary of the relevant crime rates as told by the Australian government. Here's a tidbit. Offence category Increase from pre-ban Armed robbery 170.1% Kidnapping/abduction 144.0% Assault 130.9% Attempted murder 117.6% Sexual assault 112.6%
Not being murdered is not a privelage. Not being raped is not a privelage. You call America's culture scary? I think that a culture where being victimized is a safe bet is probably a heluva lot scarier.
(sorry for the table, preformatted text isn't allowed by slashcode)
"Top mice vote to bell cat" Yeah, yeah, more we can't win attitude.
Will current posters please instead offer suggestions for how to get the Government to pay attention instead of whining? Or at least, do both? How many millions of smart (don't prove me wrong) people read this? We're a force of Nature on the Internet, capable of manually DDoSing servers into a meltdown.
Let's turn that power to doing good -- statistically, at least one person here is bound to have a good idea.
the time-to-patch, how long it takes between the discovery of a vulnerability and its repair. Frequently with Microshaft, this can be weeks. Maybe months, even. With Mozilla, I keep seeing the patch on either the same day or the next day.
"[The] behavior of the school authorities in this case seem to fit that profile: fearful, arbitrary, disproportionate. Why are they coming down like a ton of bricks on these kids? Because they can, and because administering punishment turns them on. "
"Know thy enemy and know thyself and you shall win a hundred battles." Sun Tsu, The Art of War.
Sometimes I think liberals have a better grip on reality than the 'tough on [whatever]' crowd.
It takes less time to get a handful of internet worms than it does to get Windoze patched.
Broadband is going to be a must if only to keep computers up to date. On my 5k pipe, keeping Windows up to date isn't a terrificly high priority. I put it off until I can download a portable installer on the university T-line.
Former Health Secretary Pushes for VeriChip Implants "Tommy Thompson, the former Bush Health Secretary after implanting a chip into himself, is going to submit a proposal within the next 50 days to promote it for everyone in the USA.
and... Researchers Create Radio Controlled Humans As the story explains, when a weak electrical pulse is delivered to the mastoid behind your ear, your body responds by shifting your balance towards it. If the current is strong enough, it not only throws you off balance, but alters the course of your movement.
Peace through superior firepower -- a piece of him here, a piece of him there.
OTOH, I doubt a.25 would reliably stop anything larger than a large rat. There's a reason they're called 'mouseguns'
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Mrs. Askin CONTACT phone: 973-729-6125 email: erinaskin@popejohn.org Catherine Astor catherineastor@popejohn.org Mrs. Elizabeth N. Buniak elizabethbuniak@popejohn.org Never mind the T&A in the cheerleader photos, these people are just begging to be signed up for all kinds of mailing lists. Shining example, folks. Carry on.
Dead, probably. Which may not be a bad thing. Ever see the Abu Ghraib pictures?
Also, according to the Australian Institute of Criminology, in "Report #46: Homicide in Australia, 2001-2002", published in April 2003, homicides jumped another 20% in FY2001-02.
Take a look at Gunfacts, Page 51 for a nice summary of the relevant crime rates as told by the Australian government. Here's a tidbit.
Offence category Increase from pre-ban
Armed robbery 170.1%
Kidnapping/abduction 144.0%
Assault 130.9%
Attempted murder 117.6%
Sexual assault 112.6%
Not being murdered is not a privelage. Not being raped is not a privelage. You call America's culture scary? I think that a culture where being victimized is a safe bet is probably a heluva lot scarier.
(sorry for the table, preformatted text isn't allowed by slashcode)
"Top mice vote to bell cat" Yeah, yeah, more we can't win attitude.
Will current posters please instead offer suggestions for how to get the Government to pay attention instead of whining? Or at least, do both? How many millions of smart (don't prove me wrong) people read this? We're a force of Nature on the Internet, capable of manually DDoSing servers into a meltdown.
Let's turn that power to doing good -- statistically, at least one person here is bound to have a good idea.
The UN also wants to be the sole armed body on the planet. Do you trust them to carry that burden responsibly? Do you really trust them to not use their control of the internet to further this end?
Simple answer - never take it off. Just carry a 3-6' USB extension cord and leave it straped on while it's plugged in.
So has the ATF.
Not like it stops them.
For the love of god, it's 'moot' not 'mute'. 'Moot' is irrelevant. 'Mute' is a button on your remote control. >_
News flash -- we don't want Sony to sign our favorite garage band. That's a death knell for interesting music.
My only response to Mr. Ross is "You say 'bitch' like it's a bad thing."
Halo for Mac?
I've seen it in the Apple store at Millenia.
"It's okay, I'm sure they'll listen to Reason"
- Neal Stephenson
It's one fifteen A.M. Cut me some slack, it sure sounded insightful at the time.
the time-to-patch, how long it takes between the discovery of a vulnerability and its repair. Frequently with Microshaft, this can be weeks. Maybe months, even. With Mozilla, I keep seeing the patch on either the same day or the next day.
So just one question... If there is unmet demand, why the hell didn't they sell "Welcome to F*king Australia" signs at the tourist traps?
Actually, I think their book-plus-CD model works better, and I know that it's a better understood model -- ever heard of drugdealerware? ^_^
He who has the shiniest armor will be hit by shiney-seeking missiles.
Do you know how much power you can tap from a gas turbine the size of Rhode Island, the kind that an F16 mounts?
Neither do I, but it's a whole hell of a lot.
No, we're going to see lots of brighly colored targets for optically-guided cruise missiles.
Who wants to bet that the next release will contain a universal IM client, and the one after that will use a Google IM network?
That's remakably insightfull, actually.
"[The] behavior of the school authorities in this case seem to fit that profile: fearful, arbitrary, disproportionate. Why are they coming down like a ton of bricks on these kids? Because they can, and because administering punishment turns them on. "
And let me be the first to say... ewwwwwwww...
"Know thy enemy and know thyself and you shall win a hundred battles." Sun Tsu, The Art of War. Sometimes I think liberals have a better grip on reality than the 'tough on [whatever]' crowd.
It takes less time to get a handful of internet worms than it does to get Windoze patched.
Broadband is going to be a must if only to keep computers up to date. On my 5k pipe, keeping Windows up to date isn't a terrificly high priority. I put it off until I can download a portable installer on the university T-line.
Death before dishonor. Coffee before both.
From the front page:
Former Health Secretary Pushes for VeriChip Implants
"Tommy Thompson, the former Bush Health Secretary after implanting a chip into himself, is going to submit a proposal within the next 50 days to promote it for everyone in the USA.
and...
Researchers Create Radio Controlled Humans
As the story explains, when a weak electrical pulse is delivered to the mastoid behind your ear, your body responds by shifting your balance towards it. If the current is strong enough, it not only throws you off balance, but alters the course of your movement.
Am I the only one that sees the problem here?
Peace through superior firepower -- a piece of him here, a piece of him there. OTOH, I doubt a .25 would reliably stop anything larger than a large rat. There's a reason they're called 'mouseguns'