In the USA everybody has (or is able to have) guns,
Not legally. I'm banned from owning guns for my entire life because I was convicted for giving a friend of mine a nickel bag of pot when I was 16. Anybody convicted of a felony (and almost everything is a felony these days) is banned from owning a gun.
The most interesting thing from that article I think is the last line: "The government said the findings would have a minimal impact on longevity figures, which are based on census data collated during home visits. In addition, men over 98 and women over 103 are not factored into life expectancy calculations."
Would it really skew the averages that much to include everybody?
Look at it this way, if someone had claimed to have invented something that... I don't know, neutralized the pepper spray that the riot police were using to break up the demonstrations.
This is largely unrelated to your point, and I'm going to disappoint you by not providing any sources, but there is a common remedy for pepper spray. It is, somewhat ironically, called LAW, which stands for Liquid Antacid and Water. Basically mix one part unflavored (as in not mint!) Maalox (or equivalent) and one part water. Apply liberally to the affected mucous membranes and skin. I try to keep a couple water bottles full of it on me when attending protests.
Of course it would be better to find a preventative solution but at least this provides some quick relief from the horrible burning once you've been sprayed.
Amy Goodman does a fair job as well in my opinion. Of course she doesn't have the same reach as Jon Stewart, but she's there, telling it like it is, and has been for some time.
Of course, I grow plums and apples myself. I was just picking on your specific example of maple, especially for somebody who wants to supplement their diet with something home grown relatively quickly.
I'm more interested in growing spirulina algae to supplement my income. Apparently the stuff sells to health nuts for $80/lb.
These guys claim to be "Open-Source" but when you go to their website they want you to come to California and pay $150 for a seminar to learn from them. No designs or instruction available for free.
Except it takes around 40 years before a maple tree is large enough to tap. And California isn't exactly the ideal climate for growing sugar maples in.
And yet for some reason that doesn't stop clueless developers from putting it in their installers with [agree] [disagree] buttons. It always makes me sigh whenever I click through and "agree" to the GPL.
I mean, yeah, getting hit with one looks like it wouldn't be fun, but it's not as if he almost died. He also was running the motor and the prop without having it anchored to anything.
If you or your children are going to work/play with power tools, electronics, chemistry, or other form of engineering, you need to know what precautions to take to safely use your equipment and what the risks are when something fails.
In this case about the worst case scenario is loss of control resulting in somebody to get some surface lacerations. If your kid is intentionally flying $300 model airplanes into people, then perhaps you shouldn't let him fly one to begin with. Parents should be able to determine their children's ability to deal with a certain level of danger. If your kid's not prepared to handle high rpm propellers/BB gun/reciprocating saw then don't let them, but it's not a reason to hold back the kids that are.
They would probably tell god that his residence in the holy land 2000 years ago disqualifies him for US citizenship and thus he has no standing to sue.
If you make it out of childhood without one deep cut, broken bone, or serious concussion, you're not really ready to be considered an adult yet.
Some parts of life are dangerous. We have to learn to deal with and accept this when growing up. This particular example doesn't even seem life threateningly dangerous. Just get-some-stitches or maybe worst case lose-a-finger dangerous.
A bit off topic, but, does anybody know what the "channel=fs" parameter in those Google search URLs are? I looked around but all I could find were other people asking the question with no answers other than Ubuntu adds them in for some reason.
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Exactly. I get so tired of the "waaaah, my grandma cant do $X without help on it" complaints. Our elders are always asking for help with their computers no matter what software is on it. If they need help, either help them, or tell them to buy a support contract (or buy one for them if you're nice and can afford it).
Eventually they'll die and wont need tech support anymore.
Soon after that technology will start confusing the shit out of you and you'll be asking your kids for help.
The fucked up thing about the whole thing is most of these malware writers are kids and/or people with kids in shitty environments. They do work like this because Bob down the street bought a new bike with the money he made selling spam bots, and my kids are fucking starving, so fuck those rich people I'm infecting their computers to send spam to pay my bills.
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In the USA everybody has (or is able to have) guns,
Not legally. I'm banned from owning guns for my entire life because I was convicted for giving a friend of mine a nickel bag of pot when I was 16. Anybody convicted of a felony (and almost everything is a felony these days) is banned from owning a gun.
The most interesting thing from that article I think is the last line: "The government said the findings would have a minimal impact on longevity figures, which are based on census data collated during home visits. In addition, men over 98 and women over 103 are not factored into life expectancy calculations."
Would it really skew the averages that much to include everybody?
Look at it this way, if someone had claimed to have invented something that... I don't know, neutralized the pepper spray that the riot police were using to break up the demonstrations.
This is largely unrelated to your point, and I'm going to disappoint you by not providing any sources, but there is a common remedy for pepper spray. It is, somewhat ironically, called LAW, which stands for Liquid Antacid and Water. Basically mix one part unflavored (as in not mint!) Maalox (or equivalent) and one part water. Apply liberally to the affected mucous membranes and skin. I try to keep a couple water bottles full of it on me when attending protests.
Of course it would be better to find a preventative solution but at least this provides some quick relief from the horrible burning once you've been sprayed.
See what you get for reading the article?
Yes, you just put the corrected word in [brackets].
Amy Goodman does a fair job as well in my opinion. Of course she doesn't have the same reach as Jon Stewart, but she's there, telling it like it is, and has been for some time.
Of course, I grow plums and apples myself. I was just picking on your specific example of maple, especially for somebody who wants to supplement their diet with something home grown relatively quickly.
I'm more interested in growing spirulina algae to supplement my income. Apparently the stuff sells to health nuts for $80/lb.
These guys claim to be "Open-Source" but when you go to their website they want you to come to California and pay $150 for a seminar to learn from them. No designs or instruction available for free.
Except it takes around 40 years before a maple tree is large enough to tap. And California isn't exactly the ideal climate for growing sugar maples in.
From the link you provided: "Since 1988, the program has been funded by an excise tax of 75 cents on every purchased dose of covered vaccine."
Our tax dollars at work, paying off nutcases $20,000,000 to avoid a $10,000 trial. Brilliant.
(Yes I pulled that trial cost right out of my ass, but I doubt it would be anywhere near the 20 mil they settled for)
And yet for some reason that doesn't stop clueless developers from putting it in their installers with [agree] [disagree] buttons. It always makes me sigh whenever I click through and "agree" to the GPL.
But at least he is clearly de-authorizing them from using said card and if they do he can contest the charges and/or sue them for credit card fraud.
It is debatable whether this will do any good in the end but at least it makes it a bit more difficult for them to claim they had his permission.
With the ever increasing definition of the term, any one of us could one day wake up and be a terrorist without changing a single habit.
Slashdot: News For Nerds, Advice For Criminals. :-D
I mean, yeah, getting hit with one looks like it wouldn't be fun, but it's not as if he almost died. He also was running the motor and the prop without having it anchored to anything.
If you or your children are going to work/play with power tools, electronics, chemistry, or other form of engineering, you need to know what precautions to take to safely use your equipment and what the risks are when something fails.
In this case about the worst case scenario is loss of control resulting in somebody to get some surface lacerations. If your kid is intentionally flying $300 model airplanes into people, then perhaps you shouldn't let him fly one to begin with. Parents should be able to determine their children's ability to deal with a certain level of danger. If your kid's not prepared to handle high rpm propellers/BB gun/reciprocating saw then don't let them, but it's not a reason to hold back the kids that are.
Sorry my humor module is apparently misconfigured.
They would probably tell god that his residence in the holy land 2000 years ago disqualifies him for US citizenship and thus he has no standing to sue.
"ballistic"
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
If you make it out of childhood without one deep cut, broken bone, or serious concussion, you're not really ready to be considered an adult yet.
Some parts of life are dangerous. We have to learn to deal with and accept this when growing up. This particular example doesn't even seem life threateningly dangerous. Just get-some-stitches or maybe worst case lose-a-finger dangerous.
A bit off topic, but, does anybody know what the "channel=fs" parameter in those Google search URLs are? I looked around but all I could find were other people asking the question with no answers other than Ubuntu adds them in for some reason.
Exactly. I get so tired of the "waaaah, my grandma cant do $X without help on it" complaints. Our elders are always asking for help with their computers no matter what software is on it. If they need help, either help them, or tell them to buy a support contract (or buy one for them if you're nice and can afford it).
Eventually they'll die and wont need tech support anymore.
Soon after that technology will start confusing the shit out of you and you'll be asking your kids for help.
Get over it.
The fucked up thing about the whole thing is most of these malware writers are kids and/or people with kids in shitty environments. They do work like this because Bob down the street bought a new bike with the money he made selling spam bots, and my kids are fucking starving, so fuck those rich people I'm infecting their computers to send spam to pay my bills.
You want to get rid of spam and malware?
Fix the global economy so nobody is poor.
If it took my employees 10 years to learn how to do their job, well, let's just say they would never see year 2.
On the up side, maybe with a single world government we can finally get some environmental regulations in place that will work.