We use a web browser, a DOS billing program(that requires Windows installer to load!!...i was gonna build a DOS network with old computers for this part since they are isolated and the program came from a 386-25, damnit)
Nothing like setting up a network of (probably) outdated crap, on an OS thats not supported and that virtually none of the entry level desktop techs that your company would be hiring can support... sounds like its gotten "success story" written all over it.
Nothing like finding out a Dumb terminal emulator is a dog on a 1.6gHz box, shesh:(
I also call BS on this one. We have many Dell GX1s (P3 500-800MHz) working on production lines running 4 sessions of either QWS3270 or IBM PC3270 with McAfee 8.0i running and the machines aren't slow. If you can't get a terminal emulator to work on anything besides a P4 your either using some (nameless, crappy and free) Virus scanner or don't know how to set up Windows. And judging from your desire to setup a network running on DOS, I'd assume its both.
All free, no idiotic 50 dollar a year charge. Nintendo's online features are free, but don't let the facts get in the way of your argument.
God of War 2 just about to be released - looks better than any game on the Wii or 360. And also, why don't you get back to me when you've learned there is more to gaming than how many polygons can be displayed on the screen at once...
It's also OK to run down a field and tackle someone carrying a ball during a sport. Thats called assult when it happens on the street.
I'm not saying that target practice is wrong, I'm saying that not everyone needs to do it. Fine, if people want to make a sport of it, then give them guns with serial numbers and low powered bullets that are tagged.
Its not two seperate issues, and no matter how much you wish it is, its not. Crime isn't going down in this country, its going up. Adding more guns to the mix isn't going to fix that. Social programs (not prisons), like helping people who are stuck on the streets who want help would. As for why we're not doing that, you'll need to look in the mirror and ask yourself. Republicans controlled this country for the last 6 years, and all I see for it is less taxes for the rich, and billions wasted on a war in Iraq... Billions of dollars, boy, where could that money have gone to better use?
Um, brought DC area to its knees? What planet do you live on? Maybe you were scared, but the majority of people don't really feel threatened by a serial killer lose. And, anyway, you're using an example of a nut-job with a gun to state that guns are good? Oh dear, I'd at least hope you have a better argument than that.
You're second point... that 1 out of 10 Americans is going to pick up a gun and fight the government... Are you high, stupid, or both? Most Americans don't care what is really going on in the country, as long as they can turn on "American Idol" or "Deal or No Deal". You might, possibly, get 1 out of 1000 willing to pick up a gun and lose their life in the process if the government tried to do something drastic, like take ALL guns. But I doubt the numbers would be even that high. There was barely any protests when GWB was caught spying on citizens. It'd take something insanely nuts to get people up in arms.
Finally, I'll end with this. America has problems in Iraq not because of the guns (most of which we gave) to the Iraqi people, but because the military today is full of people whose last chance is joining up. We've lowered standards and requirements to the point where if you can't get into college and can't get a decent job and have lots of debt, well, what the hell... join the Army! We sent people to Iraq who probably mostly can't locate it on a map, certainly don't speak the language, but expect them to patrol and act like Police officers. We'd be crazy to expect anything different from what's happening. We terrorize and demoralize the people there and they fight back, again, I ask are you high or stupid or both. Would you expect different?
Yeah, because the fact that you own a handgun or a shotgun or a freaking AK-47 really scares the government.
They'll storm your house, kill your family, kill yourself, and torch the place. Or maybe just burn it down first, and let you all die in the process. No one would ever know any different, because most people don't care.
Your idea that enough people think like you that it would make a difference is utter bullshit.
As in, don't screw with me, because you might get shot and killed in the process?
Thats not fixing the problem (of crime), its shifting it. So you don't get mugged, they find an easier target like an old grandma and mug her instead. Wouldn't it be better to stop crime in the first place? Otherwise, we just have anarchy. Whoever has the biggest gun wins.
OK, I don't mind if we give everyone a freaking musket then. Thats fine. But the guns today are about as similar to the ones in 1776 as computers today are to ones in 1950. Y
So you just do target practice? Then, a second question... Have you ever shot toward a target shaped like a human? Or a target shaped like an Animal?
You're practicing to be a more lethal shot. If you havn't gotten the chance to kill with yours yet, thats a different story. Doesn't change the fact that guns are designed to kill.
Yes, personally I am against letting people make lists of peoples names, home addresses, car make, license plate numbers, and other information that can help whack-jobs (either Left or Right) from going down the list and offing each person.
But, you have to admit, that the Right seems to have more of these lists than others. The only left organizations I can think of that make lists are Unions with their "Scab Reports" and the like.
To get back on topic, though, most blogs are created to let people feel like they're important and a journalist. Most guns are created so that you can kill something, either a human or an animal. Very few people shoot just to be good at shooting, even people who mainly do target practice do that so they can be more effective in killing (targets shaped like a human, or animal, etc).
No way you can get that. The GPRS specification you wouldn't even get over 6kb/s, and I've never seen even half that on Cingular through either Bluetooth or USB cable. With EDGE I've downloaded at about 6kb/sec but that didn't last long.
T-Mobile is a little faster with GPRS usually around 4 to 5kb and EDGE usually around 10. Still, I couldn't imagine the latency issues you'd have with ping times between 1000ms and 2000ms on average. I thought my calls from Japan were delayed!
The US does this all the time. They lean on third-world nations with threats to pull financial aid if they don't turn over some "drug kingpin" who is supplying the drugs to the mules who bring it in to America. The people who are turned over are breaking no US laws at all, but yet, often times the DEA / FBI goes and "helps" arrest them...
Apparently he can't tell the difference between people from Saudi Arabia, who crashed planes into our buildings, and Iraqis, who had nothing to do with it.
I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be rude, or mean. But seriously, if someone can't see well enough that they need a GUIDE DOG to guide them around, I really don't want them carrying a deadly weapon around. Even if they're VERY careful, its just not safe. There WILL be accidents where people are killed, and I don't think that the value of someone getting to kill an animal should outrank knowing that a human being will die as a result of this.
Capitcha: Lawsuit. Thats what I imagine would be yet another outcome of this.
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Nothing like setting up a network of (probably) outdated crap, on an OS thats not supported and that virtually none of the entry level desktop techs that your company would be hiring can support... sounds like its gotten "success story" written all over it.
I also call BS on this one. We have many Dell GX1s (P3 500-800MHz) working on production lines running 4 sessions of either QWS3270 or IBM PC3270 with McAfee 8.0i running and the machines aren't slow. If you can't get a terminal emulator to work on anything besides a P4 your either using some (nameless, crappy and free) Virus scanner or don't know how to set up Windows. And judging from your desire to setup a network running on DOS, I'd assume its both.
1.3 billion people, plus or minus.
Huh, the activation hotline is open 24/7, I've called them in all hours of the day and night to activate windows. It took like 30 seconds.
I don't see why this is such a major gripe of people.
I was in Japan a few weeks ago, and there were PLENTY of PS3s. Wii's and DS Lites were in short supply.
t ric+City/S5000470.JPG.html (PS3 in Stock, Wii and DS Sold Out!)
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BIC Camera in Tokyo: http://gallery.planetcr.com/gallery2/v/japan/Elec
Also, heres the XBox 360 section: http://gallery.planetcr.com/gallery2/v/japan/nago
Compare that to the Wii section: http://gallery.planetcr.com/gallery2/v/japan/nago
Any more questions over whats more popular there?
It's also OK to run down a field and tackle someone carrying a ball during a sport. Thats called assult when it happens on the street.
I'm not saying that target practice is wrong, I'm saying that not everyone needs to do it. Fine, if people want to make a sport of it, then give them guns with serial numbers and low powered bullets that are tagged.
Its not two seperate issues, and no matter how much you wish it is, its not. Crime isn't going down in this country, its going up. Adding more guns to the mix isn't going to fix that. Social programs (not prisons), like helping people who are stuck on the streets who want help would. As for why we're not doing that, you'll need to look in the mirror and ask yourself. Republicans controlled this country for the last 6 years, and all I see for it is less taxes for the rich, and billions wasted on a war in Iraq... Billions of dollars, boy, where could that money have gone to better use?
Um, brought DC area to its knees? What planet do you live on? Maybe you were scared, but the majority of people don't really feel threatened by a serial killer lose. And, anyway, you're using an example of a nut-job with a gun to state that guns are good? Oh dear, I'd at least hope you have a better argument than that.
You're second point... that 1 out of 10 Americans is going to pick up a gun and fight the government... Are you high, stupid, or both? Most Americans don't care what is really going on in the country, as long as they can turn on "American Idol" or "Deal or No Deal". You might, possibly, get 1 out of 1000 willing to pick up a gun and lose their life in the process if the government tried to do something drastic, like take ALL guns. But I doubt the numbers would be even that high. There was barely any protests when GWB was caught spying on citizens. It'd take something insanely nuts to get people up in arms.
Finally, I'll end with this. America has problems in Iraq not because of the guns (most of which we gave) to the Iraqi people, but because the military today is full of people whose last chance is joining up. We've lowered standards and requirements to the point where if you can't get into college and can't get a decent job and have lots of debt, well, what the hell... join the Army! We sent people to Iraq who probably mostly can't locate it on a map, certainly don't speak the language, but expect them to patrol and act like Police officers. We'd be crazy to expect anything different from what's happening. We terrorize and demoralize the people there and they fight back, again, I ask are you high or stupid or both. Would you expect different?
Yeah, because the fact that you own a handgun or a shotgun or a freaking AK-47 really scares the government.
They'll storm your house, kill your family, kill yourself, and torch the place. Or maybe just burn it down first, and let you all die in the process. No one would ever know any different, because most people don't care.
Your idea that enough people think like you that it would make a difference is utter bullshit.
As in, don't screw with me, because you might get shot and killed in the process?
Thats not fixing the problem (of crime), its shifting it. So you don't get mugged, they find an easier target like an old grandma and mug her instead. Wouldn't it be better to stop crime in the first place? Otherwise, we just have anarchy. Whoever has the biggest gun wins.
OK, I don't mind if we give everyone a freaking musket then. Thats fine. But the guns today are about as similar to the ones in 1776 as computers today are to ones in 1950. Y
So you just do target practice? Then, a second question... Have you ever shot toward a target shaped like a human? Or a target shaped like an Animal?
You're practicing to be a more lethal shot. If you havn't gotten the chance to kill with yours yet, thats a different story. Doesn't change the fact that guns are designed to kill.
Yes, personally I am against letting people make lists of peoples names, home addresses, car make, license plate numbers, and other information that can help whack-jobs (either Left or Right) from going down the list and offing each person.
But, you have to admit, that the Right seems to have more of these lists than others. The only left organizations I can think of that make lists are Unions with their "Scab Reports" and the like.
To get back on topic, though, most blogs are created to let people feel like they're important and a journalist. Most guns are created so that you can kill something, either a human or an animal. Very few people shoot just to be good at shooting, even people who mainly do target practice do that so they can be more effective in killing (targets shaped like a human, or animal, etc).
Why don't you get back to me when the main use of a blog is to kill something?
Then why do they have credit card readers at the gift shop. I call BS on this one.
No way you can get that. The GPRS specification you wouldn't even get over 6kb/s, and I've never seen even half that on Cingular through either Bluetooth or USB cable. With EDGE I've downloaded at about 6kb/sec but that didn't last long.
T-Mobile is a little faster with GPRS usually around 4 to 5kb and EDGE usually around 10. Still, I couldn't imagine the latency issues you'd have with ping times between 1000ms and 2000ms on average. I thought my calls from Japan were delayed!
-Shawn
Latency is the issue, usually average about 800ms over GPRS and about 1200ms over compressed EDGE.
I'm sorry, but no way you can get VoIP to work decently over a 2 to 3kb/s link with wildly variable latency like that.
The US does this all the time. They lean on third-world nations with threats to pull financial aid if they don't turn over some "drug kingpin" who is supplying the drugs to the mules who bring it in to America. The people who are turned over are breaking no US laws at all, but yet, often times the DEA / FBI goes and "helps" arrest them...
Mod parent down as retarded Bush voter.
Apparently he can't tell the difference between people from Saudi Arabia, who crashed planes into our buildings, and Iraqis, who had nothing to do with it.
Did he ask what he had to do to get it included, kill someone?
Bad joke, bad joke I know...
Were the people in your family blind?
No?
Then what the hell does that story have to do with this discussion?
Most states require you to be able to pass a test (which involves reading) to get a drivers license. And your point is/was?
I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be rude, or mean. But seriously, if someone can't see well enough that they need a GUIDE DOG to guide them around, I really don't want them carrying a deadly weapon around. Even if they're VERY careful, its just not safe. There WILL be accidents where people are killed, and I don't think that the value of someone getting to kill an animal should outrank knowing that a human being will die as a result of this.
Capitcha: Lawsuit. Thats what I imagine would be yet another outcome of this.
They will if you have a big wallet to match!
:(
Alas, the part of the puzzle I am missing...
Many people don't think that abortion is murder.
A few do.
A very, very vocal, and very, very ignorant few.