So all was well with my library card since the mid 1980's until around 2004. And then the library decides it needs a link to an official ID at the same time the DoJ/FBI/CIA comes asking for records.
Back when the American Library Association was supposedly standing up to Ashcroft and his ilk, my library card mysteriously expired. The one that I applied for decades ago, just by filling out a little card. No problem, they told me. Just apply for another. It will only take a few minutes. And please show some form of government-issued picture ID.
I see Dice is prepared for this change. That's why their stinkin' Video Blights are in the middle of the page. It's a short step to have them play on load.
We would have to eat those herbivores. And that runs counter to the lefties agenda of converting everyone to veganism.
And then there's the issue of the rare Siberian gopher. Introducing herds of large animals into the ecosystem will result in their burrows in the permafrost being trampled.
why would the perp leave it behind at the scene of the crime?
Because registration has very little to do with crimes. It's about printing out a list, going down the street and telling people to please hand them in.
Actually, the biggest problem was indeed the sonic booms
That depends on their frequency. Back in the 1970's, they used to fly SR-71 training missions over my town. No big deal, but then there were not that many. It's just like distant thunder. But do that a few dozen times a day, every day....
Today, that might not be as problematic for commercial flights. New air traffic controls and patterns no longer route everyone through the same corridors (between radio nevigation beacons). They use GPS and so flight paths can be spread out, reducing the impact on individual communities.
They did some sonic boom testing back in Oklahoma in the 1960s. It wasn't too big a problem until the FAA/Air Force agreed to pick up the tab for cracked glass and plaster. Then quite a few people came forward. Even though the FAA calculated that the sonic boom overpressures were an order of magnitude less than that required to break windows. But what the hell. New windows for free!
This is why the market looks better for business jet size supersonic planes. There is a small market for people that will pay 10 or 20k to get there fast. This includes the ability to operate from private airfields and depart on your passengers' schedules.
There are a number of lathe or hydraulic press attachments available. And lathes are much more comon than CNC mills or a single purpose Ghost Gunner mill. You could buy the carbide buttons and a pull rod and take a community college night class to get access to the machinery easily if you don't have it in your home shop like I do*.
*My lathe is a bit short for rifle barrels, but I can do pistols just fine.
The barrel is 1) the hardest part of a gun to make
Not really.
And now the problem becomes tracking a 'gun' made up of several serialized, traceable parts. Barrels need to be replaced due to wear or when a weapon is re-chambered for different rounds. I'll guarantee that, should a system be developed to track multiple gun parts, it will be brought down by a relatively small group of gun owners switching parts around and submitting the required paperwork frequently.
Or I'll just design a rifle and name it an AR'; DROP TABLE Barrels;--
It's not fear. It's part of the socialists plan to allow an uprising of the proletariat to effect political change. They want what you have and will rise up to take it or just destroy it when the left wing decides its time for the change. They can instruct the police to look the other way. But there's not much they can do about the Roof Koreans (and others) who are still capable of defending themselves.
Everything else is spare parts and can be bought/sold/traded without tracking or registration. The lower receiver is defined as the gun and is the part with the serial number.
The day the Stasi come to collect your registered guns, the only part you have to account for is the lower receiver. Everything else not present can be explained away as sold at a gun show, traded with friends, etc. Or perhaps it's buried out in the woods. So if people can make their own LR and dig up the hidden bits, the confiscators are royally screwed without a major change in firearms regulations.
... working its way up to replacing legitimate content with alternative and possibly corrupt stuff? In the case of GIMP for Windows, it has been sold off to an advertising provider. For nmap, the motivation could be more nefarious. As an important tool for performing network and security diagnostics, the implications of a crippled copy could be far more nefarious.
... a new bug in a recent Skype client? Or has it been there all along and just not found?
Any thoughts on why it happens to be the URL prefix that does this? Was this some attempt at incorporating web page pushes using the messenger that went horribly wrong?
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So all was well with my library card since the mid 1980's until around 2004. And then the library decides it needs a link to an official ID at the same time the DoJ/FBI/CIA comes asking for records.
Yeah, right.
Back when the American Library Association was supposedly standing up to Ashcroft and his ilk, my library card mysteriously expired. The one that I applied for decades ago, just by filling out a little card. No problem, they told me. Just apply for another. It will only take a few minutes. And please show some form of government-issued picture ID.
I have an Apple IIci they can use.
This sounds like the makings of a good book,
Rape, murder, incest, bigamy. Aliens come down from space and brainwash the population. Do you think it would sell?
Some things need to be said...
If only there was a discussion group not under the control of the same corporate parent. Hmm ......
I see Dice is prepared for this change. That's why their stinkin' Video Blights are in the middle of the page. It's a short step to have them play on load.
But, but ...
We would have to eat those herbivores. And that runs counter to the lefties agenda of converting everyone to veganism.
And then there's the issue of the rare Siberian gopher. Introducing herds of large animals into the ecosystem will result in their burrows in the permafrost being trampled.
Then they'll want it back
They'll vote themselves an exemption to the law. Just like Congress permits its members to engage in insider trading.
licensed by netflix for your region.
So, how did Bell Media get 'a pieca da action' (say it with a James Cagney accent) for Netflix sales in Canada?
"Dat's a nice little video service ya got there, buddy. Be a shame if sumtin' happened to it. Heh, heh."
systemd uses binary logs. So no-one will be able to read anything anyway.
why would the perp leave it behind at the scene of the crime?
Because registration has very little to do with crimes. It's about printing out a list, going down the street and telling people to please hand them in.
Actually, the biggest problem was indeed the sonic booms
That depends on their frequency. Back in the 1970's, they used to fly SR-71 training missions over my town. No big deal, but then there were not that many. It's just like distant thunder. But do that a few dozen times a day, every day ....
Today, that might not be as problematic for commercial flights. New air traffic controls and patterns no longer route everyone through the same corridors (between radio nevigation beacons). They use GPS and so flight paths can be spread out, reducing the impact on individual communities.
They did some sonic boom testing back in Oklahoma in the 1960s. It wasn't too big a problem until the FAA/Air Force agreed to pick up the tab for cracked glass and plaster. Then quite a few people came forward. Even though the FAA calculated that the sonic boom overpressures were an order of magnitude less than that required to break windows. But what the hell. New windows for free!
I don't think I could afford the 10k
This is why the market looks better for business jet size supersonic planes. There is a small market for people that will pay 10 or 20k to get there fast. This includes the ability to operate from private airfields and depart on your passengers' schedules.
No, not really.
There are a number of lathe or hydraulic press attachments available. And lathes are much more comon than CNC mills or a single purpose Ghost Gunner mill. You could buy the carbide buttons and a pull rod and take a community college night class to get access to the machinery easily if you don't have it in your home shop like I do*.
*My lathe is a bit short for rifle barrels, but I can do pistols just fine.
The barrel is 1) the hardest part of a gun to make
Not really.
And now the problem becomes tracking a 'gun' made up of several serialized, traceable parts. Barrels need to be replaced due to wear or when a weapon is re-chambered for different rounds. I'll guarantee that, should a system be developed to track multiple gun parts, it will be brought down by a relatively small group of gun owners switching parts around and submitting the required paperwork frequently.
Or I'll just design a rifle and name it an AR'; DROP TABLE Barrels;--
It's not fear. It's part of the socialists plan to allow an uprising of the proletariat to effect political change. They want what you have and will rise up to take it or just destroy it when the left wing decides its time for the change. They can instruct the police to look the other way. But there's not much they can do about the Roof Koreans (and others) who are still capable of defending themselves.
Legally, it is.
Everything else is spare parts and can be bought/sold/traded without tracking or registration. The lower receiver is defined as the gun and is the part with the serial number.
The day the Stasi come to collect your registered guns, the only part you have to account for is the lower receiver. Everything else not present can be explained away as sold at a gun show, traded with friends, etc. Or perhaps it's buried out in the woods. So if people can make their own LR and dig up the hidden bits, the confiscators are royally screwed without a major change in firearms regulations.
"Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime."
The power balance is just too lopsided. If they ask, just tell them that, on advice of counsel, you respectfully decline to communicate with them.
NSA, please go away.
Any thoughts on why it happens to be the URL prefix that does this? Was this some attempt at incorporating web page pushes using the messenger that went horribly wrong?
And once it was actually pretty sleek and good, then it was bought by Microsoft.
FTFY