Knee-jerk reactions like 'banning' specific items will never, EVER solve the under-lying problem. Sadly, you obviously think that gun-ownership is the root of all criminal evil in this country, and the cause of such crimes. You, sir, are an idiot.
And whats the under lying problem? Criminalism? Please explain how to solve that. The pragmatic approach is not to rid the world of criminals but to mitigate the damage that they can cause. Making assault weapons less accessible is not a "knee jerk reaction" but common sense. Look at other developed countries.
As I recall it only took a couple of guys with some simple box cutters to kill 3000+ people, so what would
a gun ban do?
Maybe the same thing that dissallowing box-cutters, screening passengers, reinforcing cockpit doors, and including air marshals on flights does e.g. prevent it from happening again.
No gun law would have stopped that guy from coming on campus and doing what he did.
You don't think that banning fully automatic weapons might have made it a bit more difficult to pull off. I don't think 33 kills would be possible with a hunting rifle. Maybe our administration should have tried to renew the Brady Bill when they had the chance.
ah for the constitutional right to bear arms and shoot your fellow Americans.
I agree with the right to bear arms, what I don't agree with is the right to bear fully automatic weapons. I truly don't think this would have been possible with a asaiilant carrying only a shotgun or a hunting rifle. Unfortunately Bush and the other douchebags let the Brady Bill expire, so here's what we are stuck with.
The only thing the White House can be implicated on is doing a piss poor job of discrediting a critic that was spreading open lies about them that the NY Times was lapping up.
Uh no, was the other way around. Bush was selectively desclassifying info e.g. cherry picking data and forwarding it to Judith miller from the nyt to make their case for war. The critic (valarie plames husband) disagreed with judith miller, who in hindsight was was just a shill for the bush admin reporting said cherry picked info. BTW, the NYT has since tossed her. Next time, at least try to get the facts right instead of making shit up.
This was around mid December, I called cust support and went through all the troubleshooting procedures. Long story short, they wanted me to pay 140 for the repairs. After asking for her supervisor etc... they finally agreed to send me a new one for free. They sent a box and i put my old unit in and fed ex'd it back about a week later i got a brand new unit. The total turnaround time was about 10 days. Haven't had any problems since. Since then i've learned that they extended the warranty to one year (from 3 months). So I have to say that my experience was generally good given the situation. Not sure why they would keep sending refurbs. All I can say is that i just followed their instructions to a tea. Maybe this guy was doing something wrong.
I remember those toys you would desperately want when you were a kid for Christmas and they were a blast Christmas day when you finally got them. And then a few days later they were abandoned off in some closet or corner after you realized you were dumb to fall for the marketing hype.
What exactly are people doing with their Wii? People can't possibly still be playing WiiSports.
Hmm, this got modded flame bait for some reason, but I think its a legit point
Your post is utter bullshit. How the hell it got modded interesting is beyond me.
There are always a certain number of people that buy a new PS immediately, but they've never had a console that just flew off the shelves at launch. They're like the locomotive in the industry, take a long time to get moving, but once they are look out. Prices fall, footprint reduces, games come out in droves, sales grow and grow and grow.
Yet, the PS2 initially sold well partly on the basis of the strength of the PlayStation brand and its backward compatibility, selling over 900,000 units in the first weekend in Japan - this is not the same as whats going on now.
unless they screw up the games coming down the pipe in the future, it should be Nintendo's most successful console to date.
I highly doubt the wii, or any console is going to sell better than the first Nintendo system did back in the mid 80's.
We went through this with the XBox 360, but with more speculators. People were trying to unload those things on eBay for months, finally at prices below retail.
If I remember correctly the 360's were selling at a premium on e-bay well into the spring. I think that the point of this article is that we've barely passed X-Mas and the prices are already down around retail, which probably implies low demand. In other words, sony is screwed.
Whereas every time I've needed something from Microsoft, it's been like pulling teeth and... (looks around) GEE! No X-Boxes here!
What did you need from microsoft that they didn't provide? I'm not accusing you of lying, but your story sounds fishy since MS has just recently really gotten into the hardware game. I've actually heard that their xbox customer service is pretty good.
As best I can tell, MS gives the title of MVP to people who do a lot of free tech support for MS - they post a lot in whatever forums MS runs answering questions and generally sticking up for MS's good name.
You could ask the same question about open source developers. Look at Linux, you have a lot of people giving away their spare time to help companies that use the product to get free software.
I think there are numerous reasons for giving away free advice and dedicating effort... Karma, ego, etc... For me, I'm hoping that if a future employer googles my name they'll see my 2,000+ posts helping people out.
Its not illegal. The only real guidelines AFAIK deal w/ FCRA regulations. In most cases PI's dont fall under this and actually have quite a bit of freedom as far as searches. In my opinion, this article is pretty useless. Sounds like this guy was arrested for something else. The fact that he could dig up information on his participant is just the result of a standard background check. ID verification/Credit/Vehicle registration databases readily provide this information and are the bread and butter of backround checks.
But to add to the frustration, I use an external COM plugin for data gathering. Trying to get this working with.net was nightmareish.
I've been using.net for over 4 years now and I've never had an issue inegrating w/ existing COM components. Actually Visual Studio does all the work for you, and if for some reason you need to do something it can't handle or need to override something theres plenty of info on it (Hint: search for interop). You are either spreading FUD, or just dont know how to find the answer to some IMO pretty easy questions.
Your parameter types are backwards, also you need to attach your event handler to receive events. More like...
public void Main (EventArgs e) {
Stupid microsoft = new Stupid();
microsoft.GoBankruptIn = 100;
microsoft.OnBankrupt += new EventHandler(On_Bankrupt);
microsoft.Start(); } Public void On_Bankrupt (EventArgs e) { Linux ubuntu = new Linux(); ubuntu.DominatePlanet()}
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You said.NET and Java are pretty mutually exclusive techs, which is not true
Not true? Really? How many projects have you worked on that use both.net and java?
A good developer once they know how to use one can learn use the other to accomplish similar tasks.
You are completely missing the point, which is that developers who dont know websphere, java, oracle etc... will have to ramp up, good developers or not, if using a specific tech is that important to you, fine, you need to plan for it, and its going to affect the project.
Believe me, theres a lot more to these techs than rendering html to the client. Give me a config error in asp.net, i can probably tell you exactly what it is. Give me a J2EE config error, I'm going to have to research it first.
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You must be a shitty reader. Did you read my post cockfuck? and while I'm sure it wouldn't be too dificult to transition to the Java language, I think I'd have the most problems adjusting to the tools
My point was it wasn't the language, douchebag, it was the supporting tools of the platform that takes some experience to learn. Yeah, C# and java are very simmilar syntactically. Of course someone who thinks a programming platform is just syntax (like yourself) would be a "shitty" developer who doesn't see the big picture. oh the irony.
Google "Beta" doesn't carry a whole lot of weight with me seeing as how almost all their crap is beta. Case in point - Google news, that thing has been in beta for going on 5 years now.
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Knee-jerk reactions like 'banning' specific items will never, EVER solve the under-lying problem. Sadly, you obviously think that gun-ownership is the root of all criminal evil in this country, and the cause of such crimes. You, sir, are an idiot.
And whats the under lying problem? Criminalism? Please explain how to solve that. The pragmatic approach is not to rid the world of criminals but to mitigate the damage that they can cause. Making assault weapons less accessible is not a "knee jerk reaction" but common sense. Look at other developed countries.
here you stupid twat
As I recall it only took a couple of guys with some simple box cutters to kill 3000+ people, so what would a gun ban do?
Maybe the same thing that dissallowing box-cutters, screening passengers, reinforcing cockpit doors, and including air marshals on flights does e.g. prevent it from happening again.
No gun law would have stopped that guy from coming on campus and doing what he did.
You don't think that banning fully automatic weapons might have made it a bit more difficult to pull off. I don't think 33 kills would be possible with a hunting rifle. Maybe our administration should have tried to renew the Brady Bill when they had the chance.
ah for the constitutional right to bear arms and shoot your fellow Americans.
I agree with the right to bear arms, what I don't agree with is the right to bear fully automatic weapons. I truly don't think this would have been possible with a asaiilant carrying only a shotgun or a hunting rifle. Unfortunately Bush and the other douchebags let the Brady Bill expire, so here's what we are stuck with.
The only thing the White House can be implicated on is doing a piss poor job of discrediting a critic that was spreading open lies about them that the NY Times was lapping up.
Uh no, was the other way around. Bush was selectively desclassifying info e.g. cherry picking data and forwarding it to Judith miller from the nyt to make their case for war. The critic (valarie plames husband) disagreed with judith miller, who in hindsight was was just a shill for the bush admin reporting said cherry picked info. BTW, the NYT has since tossed her. Next time, at least try to get the facts right instead of making shit up.
This was around mid December, I called cust support and went through all the troubleshooting procedures. Long story short, they wanted me to pay 140 for the repairs. After asking for her supervisor etc... they finally agreed to send me a new one for free. They sent a box and i put my old unit in and fed ex'd it back about a week later i got a brand new unit. The total turnaround time was about 10 days. Haven't had any problems since. Since then i've learned that they extended the warranty to one year (from 3 months). So I have to say that my experience was generally good given the situation. Not sure why they would keep sending refurbs. All I can say is that i just followed their instructions to a tea. Maybe this guy was doing something wrong.
I remember those toys you would desperately want when you were a kid for Christmas and they were a blast Christmas day when you finally got them. And then a few days later they were abandoned off in some closet or corner after you realized you were dumb to fall for the marketing hype. What exactly are people doing with their Wii? People can't possibly still be playing WiiSports.
Hmm, this got modded flame bait for some reason, but I think its a legit point
But they are certainly weak against attacks using rainbowtables.
True. However, this is nothing new, its still a brute force attack. An easy defense from "rainbow tables" is just to supply a salt for your hash.
Your post is utter bullshit. How the hell it got modded interesting is beyond me.
There are always a certain number of people that buy a new PS immediately, but they've never had a console that just flew off the shelves at launch. They're like the locomotive in the industry, take a long time to get moving, but once they are look out. Prices fall, footprint reduces, games come out in droves, sales grow and grow and grow.
Yet, the PS2 initially sold well partly on the basis of the strength of the PlayStation brand and its backward compatibility, selling over 900,000 units in the first weekend in Japan - this is not the same as whats going on now.
unless they screw up the games coming down the pipe in the future, it should be Nintendo's most successful console to date.
I highly doubt the wii, or any console is going to sell better than the first Nintendo system did back in the mid 80's.
We went through this with the XBox 360, but with more speculators. People were trying to unload those things on eBay for months, finally at prices below retail.
If I remember correctly the 360's were selling at a premium on e-bay well into the spring. I think that the point of this article is that we've barely passed X-Mas and the prices are already down around retail, which probably implies low demand. In other words, sony is screwed.
Whereas every time I've needed something from Microsoft, it's been like pulling teeth and... (looks around) GEE! No X-Boxes here!
What did you need from microsoft that they didn't provide? I'm not accusing you of lying, but your story sounds fishy since MS has just recently really gotten into the hardware game. I've actually heard that their xbox customer service is pretty good.
/obligitory That's the same combination I have on my luggage!
This guy goes and makes it multithreaded... Great just what we need.
As best I can tell, MS gives the title of MVP to people who do a lot of free tech support for MS - they post a lot in whatever forums MS runs answering questions and generally sticking up for MS's good name.
You could ask the same question about open source developers. Look at Linux, you have a lot of people giving away their spare time to help companies that use the product to get free software.
I think there are numerous reasons for giving away free advice and dedicating effort... Karma, ego, etc... For me, I'm hoping that if a future employer googles my name they'll see my 2,000+ posts helping people out.
This was my thought exactly; the summary is misleading, he's actually praising the CLR.
freedom from hemmorhoids? FREEdHEM hemmorhoidal cream...
freedom from hemmorhoids? FREEdHEM hemmorhoidal cream..
freedom from hemmorhoids? FREEdHEM hemmorhoidal cream.
Hehe reminds me of that Simpsons episode...
DENTAL PLAN! Lisa Need Braces...
DENTAL PLAN! Lisa Need Braces...
DENTAL PLAN! Lisa Need Braces...
DENTAL PLAN! Lisa Need Braces...
Its not illegal. The only real guidelines AFAIK deal w/ FCRA regulations. In most cases PI's dont fall under this and actually have quite a bit of freedom as far as searches. In my opinion, this article is pretty useless. Sounds like this guy was arrested for something else. The fact that he could dig up information on his participant is just the result of a standard background check. ID verification/Credit/Vehicle registration databases readily provide this information and are the bread and butter of backround checks.
Hence the expression "9 women can't have a baby in 1 month."
But to add to the frustration, I use an external COM plugin for data gathering. Trying to get this working with .net was nightmareish.
.net for over 4 years now and I've never had an issue inegrating w/ existing COM components. Actually Visual Studio does all the work for you, and if for some reason you need to do something it can't handle or need to override something theres plenty of info on it (Hint: search for interop). You are either spreading FUD, or just dont know how to find the answer to some IMO pretty easy questions.
I've been using
Your parameter types are backwards, also you need to attach your event handler to receive events. More like...
public void Main (EventArgs e) {
Stupid microsoft = new Stupid();
microsoft.GoBankruptIn = 100;
microsoft.OnBankrupt += new EventHandler(On_Bankrupt);
microsoft.Start();
}
Public void On_Bankrupt (EventArgs e) {
Linux ubuntu = new Linux();
ubuntu.DominatePlanet()}
You said .NET and Java are pretty mutually exclusive techs, which is not true .net and java?
Not true? Really? How many projects have you worked on that use both
A good developer once they know how to use one can learn use the other to accomplish similar tasks.
You are completely missing the point, which is that developers who dont know websphere, java, oracle etc... will have to ramp up, good developers or not, if using a specific tech is that important to you, fine, you need to plan for it, and its going to affect the project.
Believe me, theres a lot more to these techs than rendering html to the client. Give me a config error in asp.net, i can probably tell you exactly what it is. Give me a J2EE config error, I'm going to have to research it first.
You must be a shitty reader. Did you read my post cockfuck?
and while I'm sure it wouldn't be too dificult to transition to the Java language, I think I'd have the most problems adjusting to the tools
My point was it wasn't the language, douchebag, it was the supporting tools of the platform that takes some experience to learn. Yeah, C# and java are very simmilar syntactically. Of course someone who thinks a programming platform is just syntax (like yourself) would be a "shitty" developer who doesn't see the big picture. oh the irony.
Google "Beta" doesn't carry a whole lot of weight with me seeing as how almost all their crap is beta. Case in point - Google news, that thing has been in beta for going on 5 years now.