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  1. Re:Live there on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, whatever G.I.Joe,
            We have a new rash of justifiable homicides here locally from home and shop break ins in addition to armed robberies. Everything is doing just fine.My favorite old story is from last year when a man lived over his machine shop and was previously shot by burglars. He had a .45 this time, killed one and injured another both armed with either a gun or crowbar. My favorite new story is the Mid-easterner Convenience store owner a few blocks from my work who held a couple crackheads armed with a shotgun with his .40 while cops came. In between are people in an industrial city who are taking advantage of open carry, arming themselves,taking courses and protecting their own without being hassled for it. I'm not getting any stories about overwhelmed home and business owners. I guess until, the bad guys start getting training on COBRA island, then the world just doesn't need the services of G.I.Joe.
              over and out soldier.

  2. Re:Good to hear you care so much about the people on Layoffs Hit Washington Post Mobile Team · · Score: 1

    Well, junkies or not, this is the final fate of Buffets purchases.
    Squeeze till the last dime drops and sell the empty shell.
    No amount of rehab will help it now. Just waiting for the last breath of air in the coffin to stagnate.
    That was what happened to Newspapers. Eventually those spending money will discover news comes faster on Television,Radio and Internet, all basically free. Then they go out with a whimper, not a bang. Everyone fired, auctioneer shows up and you buy an old desk, reception area furniture or lamp. Realtor comes along and sells the building for office space. Buffet reinvests the money in the next dying business. Rinse. Repeat.
    Profit from nothing more than merely making a reasonable purchase, cutting costs and letting nature take its course and recycling the remains to fertilizer. Brilliant.

  3. Re:Good to hear you care so much about the people on Layoffs Hit Washington Post Mobile Team · · Score: 2

    O.K. "Deadish" and "Aliveish" Mr. Particular Pants!

  4. Re:Why? on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 1

    I think I saw Tim Allen demo that once...

  5. Re:Big deal... on Billionaires Secretly Fund Vast Climate Denial Network · · Score: 1

    sry, typo, didn't mean to insinuate you wrote the article or take meds.

  6. Re:Big Questions... on Billionaires Secretly Fund Vast Climate Denial Network · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So, it couldn't be that there is actually any doubt in the ability of zealous global warming researchers to utilize or even realize ALL relevant criteria necessary to perform an accurate analysis? It's just been a big secret conspiracy all this time? The Tri-Lateral Commission? Alien invaders preparing our planet for their environmental needs? Just who are these influential overlords? Kochs? Rockefellers? Disney? All valid suspects. My money is on Microsoft if they're going to attack a solid citizen like Al Gore with his Apple portfolio.
    Did you the author take his medication this week? We have to consider ALL CRITERIA.

  7. Re:Good to hear you care so much about the people on Layoffs Hit Washington Post Mobile Team · · Score: 1

    I find the wisdom that " If there is a need, someone will fill it" to be true in every case.
    Time will bring a reliable way of relating relevant information, aggregation will occur from multiple sources, the news will come.
    When that craps out, something else will come, and so on. Necessity is a Mother.

  8. Re:Good to hear you care so much about the people on Layoffs Hit Washington Post Mobile Team · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well ,it's capitalist like Warren "Larry the Liquidator" Buffet, just milking the Newspapers for their last shred of profit.
    Have you noticed most newspapers getting bought up, kind of turn into bad news tabloids, filled w/ads?
    That's because, that's what sells the papers now. They're dying anyway and mostly just propaganda and spin, which is just entertaining as you want, but useless for actual news. Eventually,when it cannot sustain itself, all will be fired and assets sold off. It was replaced by the internet. Just like the music industry, it is already dead and being eaten alive, it just won't admit it to itself.
    Ironically, it is justice for disservice to mankind and manipulation of information for political agendas. SO, nothing of value was lost. I hope it's like that in Russia.

  9. Re:Live there on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 1

    Your heart is in the right place and noted.
    May your seed be fertile in the belly of your woman... or whatever good wishes are appropriate.

  10. Re:How was it broken into again? on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 1

    Like I said, it's a judgement call.
    He knows his circumstances.He's capable of evaluating the level of security he wants.
    Put whatever deterrent you like in the mix.

    This leaves many options open. Paint balling him for easy identification seemed funny, if you trust cops to actually catch them.
    Shooting electrodes for a stun gun might be effective for keeping them still long enough for the cops to drive over from Winchells and find their asses w/both hands if you are urban. Potato gun? Glue? R-15? Animal Tranquilizers?
    It's a targeting system, you fill in the blanks.
    If we needed a lawyer or ethics management, it would've come up. Quit whining. This is information for someones needs not some Jiminy-cricket morality play.

  11. Re:Why? on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 1

    Excellent idea.
    I've done high profile contract work for Audio Defense Systems.
    The average person can alternate white and pink noise at those volumes cheaply enough. Use of a timer is a good idea and shut it off after 10 min or so.
    People of means and governments can afford to pump an effective 9 - 11 c.p.s. at 180 dB which has inhumane features to contribute to the nervous system along with hearing damage.
    Do not use around puppy dogs.

  12. Re:Why? on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 0

    Lol , the upside to that is; once you have disabled the intruder, he is your little puppy to pwn.
    Dig out his wallet and get his personal info, tie him up and do a little recon. Come back with pictures of his family and residence.
    Go ahead and dig out a set of rose pruners at this point. Take off one knuckle of a pinky and start asking for addresses, phone numbers and names of his friends.
    Take off a few digits to amuse yourself. At this point, he is just a babbling mess and pretty useless. Beat him retarded with a piece of rebar, tattoo thief across his forehead and dump him either back on the sidewalk of his "hood" as a warning or in the E.R. parking lot , dependent on your level of interest in his well being.
    Pat yourself on the back for ruining a criminal career, saving tax dollars and educating yourself on "special interrogation" methods.
    No need to disturb the donut testers.They're busy collecting fines to buy more toys with and have no interest in your special feelings or needs.

  13. Re:Live there on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "An initial period of several months of intense training in marksmanship and urban combat followed up with weekly practice and regular refresher training will be needed."

    What a load of shit. A good gun safety course takes a few afternoons on the weekend. The urge to return to the range and practice is natural.
    Most gunplay with handguns occurs at less than 50 feet and the majority of that at less than 25 feet. Train intensely if you are shooting for the Olympics, train realistically if you want to hit a human size target effectively. Choose an adequate weapon for the task at hand. A .45 cal is just about perfect for personal protection.
      a .40 will go through walls, cars easily, a .38 couldn't bring down an aged Pope with a whole clip, a 9mm is just a Euro .38. .357,.44 and .50 are fine for disabling freight trains and semi-trucks .22 and .32 will protect you from rabbits.

    Mostly, get gun advise from someone involved with weapons and training. Getting a bunch of anti-gun-nut propaganda from some pacifist hippie on the internet is useless as the one giving it.

  14. Re:How was it broken into again? on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 1

    These dogs are not pets, you expect them to work all night and be vicious. Be prepared to keep an animal mean and unsociable. Dogs that aren't dedicated to protection tend to just bark a lot, nip and get shot by intruders. Be prepared to have animal rights people up your butt about it as well.
    Not a bad idea for a rural farm area, not so good for urban areas.Impractical.

  15. Re:How was it broken into again? on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 2

    My suggestion would be a modified version of this sentry system http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uetmdJJkpdQ
    Mod it with a .410 shotgun for use with anything from rock salt to birdshot to deer slugs, dependent on the damage you want to inflict.
    Stun gun? Flame thrower? I'd fool around with marking them up w/paintball, but these guys sound aggressive enough that putting them down would be best for all.
    Just a judgement call, but you know your situation better than me.

              Heres a bit about the open source software used to run it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECa4lUD-WFs
    Open Vision Control.

    It's better to PWN than be PWND.

  16. Product for Whom? on Ask Slashdot: I Just Need... Marketing? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you know your demographic?
    Who are you selling this mystery widget to?
    ADVERTISE/HYPE/BLOG
    Rinse and repeat

    Not controversial enough? Add a nearly naked model with an assault rifle.
    If you're not selling anything now, whatever it is, doesn't work.
    Back to the drawing board.

  17. Re:They can call it on California Professors Unveil Proposal To Attack Asteroids With Lasers · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm thinking Atari had it before Star Wars did. Did they channel Ronald Reagan to come up with this idea?
    There are millions of "Asteroids" champs out there just drooling to do the "space drone" piloting thingy.
    I'm thinking the government knew all along and the video game was a last ditch attempt to find the ultimate savior of the world, fully trained.
    They've known about the Asteroid attack for years, recent Islamic Prophesy masks the fact that it is entirely the work of Iranians, secretly not enriching uranium, but operating a giant electromagnet aimed at the Van Halen belt. Mohammed predicted hemmorhoids would befall sinners and politicians who drew him into the Sunday Funnies. All in all though, it boils down to a $cientologist Plot. L.Ron Hubbard went to his cupboard to get his ticket to go on a Tom Cruise. But when he got there, the cupboard grew hair, but G.Gordon Liddy grew none. It's all connected, you'll see! Or at least smell.
           

  18. Re:Finally on Evil, Almost Full Vim Implementation In Emacs, Reaches 1.0 · · Score: 1

    So, If I use Evil in Emacs to interface with the Diagnostics/Settings, I can make my Chevrolet run like a Ford?

  19. Re:Nope on NY Times' Broder Responds To Tesla's Elon Musk · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Try, " he's a journalist",
    As an ex-journalist, I can tell you, being an asshole is what gets you the story. No one cares if Mary Sunshine writes about marshmallows and lollipops.
    If there is no controversy, there is no story, certainly no front page, and then no paycheck. Musk is just job fodder, it's got nothing to do with anything relevant, just Broder notching his belt.
    It's a hard thing to shake, as many of you can attest over the years, I still play in the threads with a similar writing style adapted to forums. Amazing assertion, conflicting response, bring out the facts and pound,pound,pound. Before you know it, you've been sucked in and are part of the sickness. It's so funny, people are suckers for "news" and take propaganda like medicine. It's not about news, it's about careers and selling ads.
    Although there is freedom of the press, you'll note, Jefferson is always quoted saying that there is nothing to be learned from the "News papers". It's always been the same, but now digital and faster, speeding the lies to your frontal lobes in HD and stereo surround.

  20. Re:Well on Iceland Considers Internet Porn Ban · · Score: 1

    That still won't work, Fuck Democracy. This is a perfect example of tyranny by a majority. Some poor homely bastard, too homely to buy an illegal prostitute, is now too homely to get a little internet pr0n to wax his dolphin with. He'll just have to settle for the Montgomery Wards underwear ad or the Nat'l Geographic.
    Bombed back to the stone age by Democratic decision. No Chalupa for YOU!

  21. Re:OK then what about the 2nd amendment? on Spy Drones Used To Hunt Down Christopher Dorner · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ahh a tyrrany fight.
    But just right now we are watching our low I.Q. boys shoot it out.
    I just wonder how many more will get shot up in the name of this obviously personal battle. Two last I checked. Does anybody know what the Vegas line on this is?
    Adding an armed drone could hike the casualty count nicely, more if it is cops and not military running the show. I don't care how much training you give a rock, it's still only smart as a rock, but with combat training. Police commonly exclude very high above average I.Q.s as independent thinkers and do not hire them.
    Mustn't have anyone making decisions and judgement calls on their own now. I notice it doesn't stop corruption though. I think it would be o.k. to hire a few rocket scientists for a change.

  22. Re:fræk on In 2011, Fracking Was #2 In Causing Greenhouse Gas In US · · Score: 1

    Over my lifetime I've gone from a heavily obese 20 something to a lean muscular 50ish. Oh I got some blubber around the belt area, but I'm still active and manage up to 700 lb loads by hand w/physics. The first thing that helped was to quit eating sugar/corn syrup.
    Cut down on frying. (Canola fried foods don't digest for me either) .The next thing that helped was cutting out mystery meat ( bologna , spam, hot dogs) and other process foods young guys with low wages live on. Still I can eat most everything but beans. I didn't even do refries back then. Don't get me wrong, beans are yummy, but we all pay in the end (by my end). The best thing I can do for mankind is to just eat something else.
    As for fiber, I do a wonderfully high fiber diet with loads of whole grains, cactus, fruit, fresh veg. Just not beans.
    I do the gym at least twice a week for weight and cardio. I still tell everyone about my plan to live to 120.

  23. Re: The Truth About Ethanol on Corn Shortage Hampers US Ethanol Production · · Score: 1

    Just another fine example of why voting for the Repubmocrat 1 party system is a bad idea. More of the same, another circuit down the spiral everyday. Nothing to lose by voting for one of the several third parties ( talk about an oxymoron) , given the circumstances of my groceries and gas doubling in cost in years recent, and everything to gain. No More Repubmocrats!

  24. Re:No, it shouldn't on Should the Start of Chinese New Year Be a Federal Holiday? · · Score: 1

    No, but it should lighten their load. S.A.D. is, in this case a contributor, but not the only symptom. I'd focus on the symptoms that something could be done about.
    Sitting under plant lights might be helpful to some, but removing the cause of so much angst is going to make the unavoidable much more bearable.

  25. Re:COMPUTERS AS YOU KNOW THEM ARE DEAD !! on Brookstone Rover 2.0 SpyTank Teardown · · Score: 1

    DEAD is what I had in mind.
    Possums, raiding my grapevines and strawberry patch.
    I'm thinking Brookstone with a .410 shotgun mounted on it doin' a little night warfare.
    Just modify this idea and software http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uetmdJJkpdQ