True. But suppose the assault rifles were used to kill children in a school while the handguns were used in gang violence against other gangs. In that case, the assault rifle ban would make sense if the primary goal is to protect innocent children, not armed gang members.
I cannot say if that supposition is true or not. Where did you get the statistic about the # of murders committed with each type of gun? Can you post that source? They might say what kinds of murders they were.
I would love to know this too. If you find any media coverage that has an accurate timeline of events and relevant background like this, please reply with a link.
Just to add on to your point: This is why this is really difficult issue. Limiting the size of clips would minimize the impact of assaults like this. But it would also limit the effectiveness of armed resistance against a tyrannical government.
What do you think of kaws requiring people to lock guns instead of laws limiting magazines? Locking guns would not significantly limit one's ability to resist the government, but would prevent psychologically damaged people from easily stealing them. Every gun owner I know has their gun(s) locked in the kind of case that would resist a rocket launcher anyway. I don't understand why that wasn't the case with Sandy Hook.
I see this was modded to +4 Insightful, but I have no idea what this means. What kind of guns were used in columbine, and what is a "green on blue" attack and how does it relate to the size of ammuniton magazines in the US?
And before someone replies "Just Google it" let me say that when making a point, it would be better to state that point rather than an indirect allusion to the terms one might use to find your point and distill it.
Appliances need a system for automatic updates. The average person does not periodically look for updated firmware for their router, toaster, television, thermostat, etc. If it is connected to the internet, it needs an automatic update system.
(Yes, I know this router is old - I'm just speaking in general)
ABS has close to a zero net effect on fatal crash involvements. Fatal run-off-road crashes of passenger cars increased by a statistically significant 9 percent (90% confidence bounds: 3% to 15% increase), offset by a significant 13-percent reduction in fatal collisions with pedestrians (confidence bounds: 5% to 20%) and a significant 12-percent reduction in collisions with other vehicles on wet roads (confidence bounds: 3% to 20%). ABS is quite effective in nonfatal crashes, reducing the overall crashinvolvement rate by 6 percent in passenger cars (confidence bounds: 4% to 8%) and by 8 percent in LTVs (confidence bounds: 3% to 11%). The combination of electronic stability control (ESC) and ABS will prevent a large proportion of fatal and nonfatal crashes.
Better: Log(“Shutting down”) // Don’t close the log file here because some other thread might still // write to it during shutdown/reboot, which could cause an error dialog // that prevents shutdown. The file will be closed anyway by the OS. Reboot();
One way to do this would be to follow Australia with their National Broadband Network: The government established a fiber network, but commercial service providers can connect to the network to provide internet service. It sounds like the service providers can use that network to provide service. I'm unclear if multiple providers can cover the same area though, which would provide the real competition.
The Wikipedia article also states that they also made sure that "new fibre networks are required to be open access and charge similar prices; these rules are known as the "anti-cherry picking" provisions" which sounds like Network Neutrality to me.
It sounds like you are only aware of the hobby-level printers.
FDM printers are a dead end.
Be aware that they have been around for over a decade. They are very common in engineering companies, ever since they replaced the UV hardened resin printers that came before them. The resins look pretty, but they are brittle and photo-degrade. They still have their place though.
...the overhang issue and the fluid dynamics problems limit this specific technology to "bleeding edge
The overhang issue was solved long ago by using soluble support-material. The hobby-level printers just don't include support for it.
From reading people's stories, it sounds like Cisco succeeded in every way. Linksys' made high-end consumer grade networking equipment. Cisco made enterprise grade networking equipment. Linksys posed two risks to Cisco: One is that Linksys could move into Cisco's territory if they started making enterprise grade equipment. The other is that enterprise users might find that Linksys equipment would be good enough in some cases, eating into Cisco's sales.
Rather than risk that, Cisco bought Linksys and ran them into the ground to increase the size of the gap between their enterprise grade equipment and the nearest competitor. If they succeed in selling the company off, they not only succeeded but they recoup a part of their investment. And if Linksys' brand is soiled then even a good buyer with good management will be stuck.
And having just seen the Hobbit in HFR 3D, I can now agree with the pundits. There are some details you just aren't meant to see. Like the fact that most of Rivendell was a painted backdrop. Or when someone swings a weapon then stops short or misses to avoid hurting another actor. Unless it was a CG character, in which case they slice right through with no loss of momentum. Now I know why they always chop-up fight scenes so much. On the other hand, flying around and panning was wonderful.
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True. But suppose the assault rifles were used to kill children in a school while the handguns were used in gang violence against other gangs. In that case, the assault rifle ban would make sense if the primary goal is to protect innocent children, not armed gang members.
I cannot say if that supposition is true or not. Where did you get the statistic about the # of murders committed with each type of gun? Can you post that source? They might say what kinds of murders they were.
I would love to know this too. If you find any media coverage that has an accurate timeline of events and relevant background like this, please reply with a link.
Mom, I told you nobody mods you up until you register.
You remind me of my mom, who ends every political debate by stating that as people become older and wiser they tend toward being Republicans.
Thank you! That's just the clarification I needed.
Just to add on to your point: This is why this is really difficult issue. Limiting the size of clips would minimize the impact of assaults like this. But it would also limit the effectiveness of armed resistance against a tyrannical government.
What do you think of kaws requiring people to lock guns instead of laws limiting magazines? Locking guns would not significantly limit one's ability to resist the government, but would prevent psychologically damaged people from easily stealing them. Every gun owner I know has their gun(s) locked in the kind of case that would resist a rocket launcher anyway. I don't understand why that wasn't the case with Sandy Hook.
I see this was modded to +4 Insightful, but I have no idea what this means. What kind of guns were used in columbine, and what is a "green on blue" attack and how does it relate to the size of ammuniton magazines in the US?
And before someone replies "Just Google it" let me say that when making a point, it would be better to state that point rather than an indirect allusion to the terms one might use to find your point and distill it.
Appliances need a system for automatic updates. The average person does not periodically look for updated firmware for their router, toaster, television, thermostat, etc. If it is connected to the internet, it needs an automatic update system.
(Yes, I know this router is old - I'm just speaking in general)
Fortunately humans are animals!
got a 0 on the writing portion since I decided to write an essay about how useless speed writing is.
Sounds like you convinced them!
So how does your purchasing department work? You can't buy anything without https.
They have.
One state supreme court struck down a law making recording police officers illegal. And the Department of Justice wrote a letter to the police departments telling them to knock it off. And several courts have repeatedly thrown out these cases already.
This is a good point in general. But every time I ran the unit test it rebooted my computer. :-)
But ABS brakes have drastically reduced the number of high speed collisions
I was curious so I looked this up. You are correct. But readers should also be aware that ABS really only helps on non-fatal crashes.
The abstract from the paper:
ABS has close to a zero net effect on fatal crash involvements. Fatal run-off-road crashes of passenger cars increased by a statistically significant 9 percent (90% confidence bounds: 3% to 15% increase), offset by a significant 13-percent reduction in fatal collisions with pedestrians (confidence bounds: 5% to 20%) and a significant 12-percent reduction in collisions with other vehicles on wet roads (confidence bounds: 3% to 20%). ABS is quite effective in nonfatal crashes, reducing the overall crashinvolvement rate by 6 percent in passenger cars (confidence bounds: 4% to 8%) and by 8 percent in LTVs (confidence bounds: 3% to 11%). The combination of electronic stability control (ESC) and ABS will prevent a large proportion of fatal and nonfatal crashes.
When removing code, consider commenting why it was removed. I've seen cases where code was removed then added back in causing bugs to reappear.
Before:
Log(“Shutting down”)
CloseLog();
Reboot();
After:
Log("Shutting down”)
Reboot();
Better:
// Don’t close the log file here because some other thread might still
// write to it during shutdown/reboot, which could cause an error dialog
// that prevents shutdown. The file will be closed anyway by the OS.
Log(“Shutting down”)
Reboot();
It does, in many places. I was going to cite Deuteronomy 13:5-10 but a Google search lends a better compilation:
What the Bible says about stoning
One way to do this would be to follow Australia with their National Broadband Network: The government established a fiber network, but commercial service providers can connect to the network to provide internet service. It sounds like the service providers can use that network to provide service. I'm unclear if multiple providers can cover the same area though, which would provide the real competition.
The Wikipedia article also states that they also made sure that "new fibre networks are required to be open access and charge similar prices; these rules are known as the "anti-cherry picking" provisions" which sounds like Network Neutrality to me.
It sounds like you are only aware of the hobby-level printers.
FDM printers are a dead end.
Be aware that they have been around for over a decade. They are very common in engineering companies, ever since they replaced the UV hardened resin printers that came before them. The resins look pretty, but they are brittle and photo-degrade. They still have their place though.
...the overhang issue and the fluid dynamics problems limit this specific technology to "bleeding edge
The overhang issue was solved long ago by using soluble support-material. The hobby-level printers just don't include support for it.
Yes. The Japanese are anatomically correct.
I can't seem to fit these 2 hard drives into my laptop. :-p
Cheekiness aside, this is why I want to see more hybrid drives.
From reading people's stories, it sounds like Cisco succeeded in every way. Linksys' made high-end consumer grade networking equipment. Cisco made enterprise grade networking equipment. Linksys posed two risks to Cisco: One is that Linksys could move into Cisco's territory if they started making enterprise grade equipment. The other is that enterprise users might find that Linksys equipment would be good enough in some cases, eating into Cisco's sales.
Rather than risk that, Cisco bought Linksys and ran them into the ground to increase the size of the gap between their enterprise grade equipment and the nearest competitor. If they succeed in selling the company off, they not only succeeded but they recoup a part of their investment. And if Linksys' brand is soiled then even a good buyer with good management will be stuck.
It sounds like it was a good plan.
And having just seen the Hobbit in HFR 3D, I can now agree with the pundits. There are some details you just aren't meant to see. Like the fact that most of Rivendell was a painted backdrop. Or when someone swings a weapon then stops short or misses to avoid hurting another actor. Unless it was a CG character, in which case they slice right through with no loss of momentum. Now I know why they always chop-up fight scenes so much. On the other hand, flying around and panning was wonderful.
Check out this guys information on Lost ABS casting. Very interesting!
The laws of physics make it too easy for nutcases to have guns.
It's hard to scale temporal resolution by non-integer values.