Slashdot Mirror


User: nschubach

nschubach's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
5,115
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 5,115

  1. Re:Lousy ideas on Using Technology To Make Guns Safer · · Score: 1

    Sure mine may have been different (It was given by a former JAG officer) but I do at least one clip of each type whenever possible (the lights out can be tough when you don't have the whole range) on my trips to the range. I mainly bought the gun for the target practice aspect and I find that the point and shoot practice helps me with my normal sight shooting by getting me accustomed to the weapon. We were taught two shots. One to the chest and the second should have a better chance for a head shot because of recoil. With my normal practice sessions, I find that I end up a body shot both of them, but I can understand someone with less practice could not compensate for recoil on the second shot.

  2. Re:TSA, terrorism, gun control, and mass shootings on Taking Sense Away: Confessions of a Former TSA Screener · · Score: 2

    But their killing each other only inflates the "death by gun" statistics making it look like the major cities have some sort of major gun problem when it's really just a tool used by people looking to hurt their competition or destitute customer.

  3. Re:Lousy ideas on Using Technology To Make Guns Safer · · Score: 1

    In a situation like that, you aren't aiming to destroy a tank with your small arms. You are only making it harder for them to achieve their goal. It's nuisance warfare. If you keep the military forces busy for even a short period of time, others can build up required tools to combat the forces. (IEDs, etc.) If you just throw your hands up and give into the military might there's no possible way to win.

  4. Re:Lousy ideas on Using Technology To Make Guns Safer · · Score: 1

    It was "standard" in my concealed carry class along with "night shooting" (lights out) and lift to fire (from the table to shoot)

  5. Re:Missing the point. on Using Technology To Make Guns Safer · · Score: 1

    It's Parenting 101 (I also grew up in a rural area) and my brother is teaching his daughters the same things.

  6. Re:Missing the point. on Using Technology To Make Guns Safer · · Score: 1

    You had a drill on a rifle. The 1911 is a pistol. The 1911 has a bolt in the slide and to assemble the slide you have to push the barrel in and rotate an unlocking mechanism to remove the slide.

  7. Re:Specs, still on TI-84+C-Silver Edition: That C Stands For Color · · Score: 1

    Seems to be an issue with Chrome for Android.

  8. Re:Specs, still on TI-84+C-Silver Edition: That C Stands For Color · · Score: 1

    The link must have cut something off?

    Your search - sqrt(cos(3*x))*cos(100*y)+1.5*sqrt(abs(x)) + 0.8 x is from -1 to 1, y is from -1 to 1, z is from 0 ... - did not match any documents.

  9. Re:what baffles me on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 1

    I mean, there is one game where you literally run around eating pills and dead people! This Pac-Man must be stopped.

  10. Re:Games are violent on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 1

    As someone who has had to kill something with a handgun (it was a wounded ground hog) I can tell you that it very much is a gory and sensitive process. I imagine that many soldiers with PTSD could also attest that simply using a gun does not remove the sensitivity to killing something.

  11. Re:Welcome to being a target on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 2

    This... and unfortunately, we live in a society now where every vile act is held up and shown to everyone. People looking to "go out with a bang" now have a theater to demonstrate their prowess. If we didn't cover every one of these acts like the OJ case, criminals wouldn't be seeking the attention and fame that comes with mass killings. If this story was a heading in the local paper without names or only the names of the victims... I'd bet that copycat criminals would be far less likely to do it again.

  12. Re:do they have catalytic converters in asia? on The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution From Car Exhaust · · Score: 1

    I'd never heard that, but a quick search net me a rather entertaining eBay page: http://www.ebay.com/motors/carsandtrucks/Tesla/Roadster/2010/Catalytic-Converters

    The fun side of generic categories...

  13. Re:Tesla, here we come on The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution From Car Exhaust · · Score: 1

    Why not quantum entangle an onboard generator?

  14. Re:More congestion = more pollution on The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution From Car Exhaust · · Score: 1

    Did you know that property values are highest where roads are the narrowest?

    By that logic, my parents should be rich with their 40 acre homestead next to the one lane township road... I'll assume you mean property values in cities.

  15. Re:So, Cassini is like my sister on Cassini's Christmas Gift: In the Shadow of Saturn · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In case anyone is interested:

    The mosaic being released today by the mission and the imaging team, in celebration of the 2012 holiday season, does not contain Earth; along with the sun, our planet is hidden behind Saturn. However, it was taken when Cassini was closer to Saturn and therefore shows more detail in the rings than the one taken in 2006.

    (Source)

  16. Re:Tesla, here we come on The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution From Car Exhaust · · Score: 1

    ...and reserve my gas burning vehicle for ... various other cargo needs

    For my daily commute, I need enough space for me and my laptop. A motorcycle would do, except for that whole being exposed to the elements thing. A reverse trike is the next step up from that, and it wouldn't require special operating procedures, laws, or balance at low speeds. I'd be willing to bet there's a large market of daily commuters that would also fit that bill.

  17. Re:Ban Cars on The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution From Car Exhaust · · Score: 1

    Anything over that would be considered an Assault Car? Or do they need aggressive features like spoilers and drilled rotors?

  18. Re:Tesla, here we come on The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution From Car Exhaust · · Score: 1

    I'd be happy with a reasonably priced single seat reverse trike (something like this) for my daily commute and reserve my gas burning vehicle for long range driving, trips to the market, and various other cargo needs (like people.)

  19. Re:how to prove this? on The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution From Car Exhaust · · Score: 1

    It's simple really. You have someone lay in the garage and run a pipe from the exhaust to their mouth. If they die it must be from the pollution cars create that killed them.

  20. Re:Diesel Kills on The World's Fastest-Growing Cause of Death Is Pollution From Car Exhaust · · Score: 1

    Or they modded it. I've been behind a few modern (2010+) diesel pickup trucks that spew smoke like it's going out of style. I can only assume it's from the owner messing up something in the quest for power.

  21. Re:LOve the game, hate the real money bullshit on Game Review: Planetside 2 (video) · · Score: 1

    I really want to love Borderlands 2 but each and every expansion they've offered is the same story treadmill with it's own brand new currency (Eridium, Torgue Tokens, Seraph Crystals... because the in game money isn't good enough?) and blanket template that were farmed out to another company just to kick out content. None of them so far have equated to the fun I had with General Knoxx or Dr. Ned's.

    I truly feel ripped off with the season pass purchase and it will be a hard sell to get me to buy into BL3.

  22. Re:10 years does not fit the crime on Hacker Behind Leaked Nude Celebrity Photos Gets 10 Years · · Score: 1

    Well, he would have had to burgle many houses and probably killed/raped many nannies to get all the celebrity photos so I think as a serial rapist/murderer he might have seen more time.

  23. Re:Open Source information? on Hacker Behind Leaked Nude Celebrity Photos Gets 10 Years · · Score: 2

    I'm sure you'd still be in court for calling your new deodorant "Mountain Dew"

  24. Re:Canvas 2D, Level 2 ?? on W3C Finalizes the Definition of HTML5 · · Score: 1

    The only "sane" reason I can think off the top of my head for being able to constrain the mouse to the window is for 3D (mouselook). What other reason would they allow that?

  25. Re:Mayan Calendar was right on W3C Finalizes the Definition of HTML5 · · Score: 0

    cough Edge cough