I've never said anything about regulating any type of gun.
You're right, that comment was made by pnutjam long before you showed up. My apologies for attributing it to you; it was over two weeks ago and I've had the flu.
You're just deflecting from your idiotic position that guns are as just as dangerous as spoons in the hands of 12 year old girls.
Could it not be, rather, that you are misunderstanding my position, despite having had almost 2 weeks to figure it out? And that thread would have been where to sort that out; not here. Sorry, you just don't get it and this isn't the place for me to explain it to you.
And if guns went away gun violence would just be replaced with some other equally dangerous weapon.
Right now, the most powerful weapon is a nuclear bomb. Since most of us can't wield those, the most powerful weapon we have access to is a gun, which does make a simple knife seem relatively weak. Absent guns, knives are every bit as powerful; like a gun, they require someone to either be equally well-armed or to have a significant statistical advantage in order to win the fight. Knives even bring the advantage of not running out of ammo when used in their default mode and, in a pinch, can become a ranged weapon if thrown. Getting back to spoons, you seem to miss the fact that (as per the links I provided) I was referring to spoons specifically prepared as knives so, in reality, we were talking about knives this whole time.
You ask why spoons (neigh, knives) shouldn't need to be locked up if guns do need to be and, well, my answer to that is go ahead and require it for all deadly weapons. And that would include spoons which have been specifically sharpened to serve as makeshift knives.
How many accidental spoonings have been in the news recently?
Again, considering what was actually being discussed... People slitting their wrists or accidentally lobbing off a thumb is so commonplace that it doesn't even make the news anymore. Inmates sharpening spoons (or chicken bones, or toothbrushes, or even rolled up paper) into makeshift knifes and shanking each other with them is so common it's no longer news.
we know accidental gun violence is so common as to not even warrant a spot in most news anymore
Really? That's why we hear about it on an almost weekly basis, while we rarely hear of blade-related accidents even though they occur on a daily basis? Huh, seems the guns are still newsworthy and the other weapons are so commonplace that we don't even talk about them anymore.
Therein lies the problem.
Now, since this is not the place for this discussion, this will be my last post on the matter. It's easy enough to contact me directly if you wish to continue.
It's really difficult to take you seriously when A) you're an AC, B) you cherry-pick which points you'll discuss (choosing the minor points rather than the important talking points, of course) and C) you bring the discussion into other threads where it does not belong. And you accuse me of idiocy?
I'm not the one who said handguns should be heavily regulated and long guns should be openly available, then cried about accidental shootings which can happen with any gun in untrained or careless hands.
Either the hardware designers designed it and documented it for the software guys, or the other way around. The document already exists, so it really does take the same expertise and effort at this point.
Second, the initial act of writing the firmware is not the only thing a company has to worry about. They have to worry about testing it, deploying it, maintaining it, providing service to users, etc. The cost of paying a programmer to write the firmware is likely a very small part of the total cost of deciding to make Linux support a priority.
And LVFS is about writing firmware to devices. The same firmware the device needs for Windows or Mac. That is, it gives Linux users the ability to perform firmware updates on supported devices without needing a Windows PC or a Mac; it doesn't require Linix-specific firmware from the vendor. All it requires from the vendor is a bit of documentation of the protocols used.
Documentation which, of course, they already have, as their hardware and software engineering teams have to be on the same page.
Wow, psycho much? I'm sorry you wren't quick enough to get that reply into the correct thread, but seriously, let it go. You want to focus on the minor point (the spoons) but not the major point (the guns you think should be openly available), making it clear you don't want an actual discussion on this matter. And now you're following me to other topics to go on about it? My friend, you have no argument; that is why you resort to these tactics.
Youtube [...] removing ads to content they don't approve is just shooting themselves in the foot.
Indeed, I'll support those channels on Patreon and not have to see ads (or use an ad blocker -- which I do anyway) and still use YouTube's storage and bandwidth. They're really doing us a favor when you look at it from the right perspective; they question is how long will it take them to realize they're hurting themselves worse than the channels they're demonetizing.
Or maybe they can retroactively monetize the video once they're cleared it. It's not like they stop showing ads on demonetized videos, they just stop sharing the profits.
You haven't really thought about this much have you. How many 12 year old girls accidentally kill themselves or someone else with a spoon?
It's you who hasn't thought much about this, my friend. In those cases, the guns aren't the problem, irresponsible gun owners and lack of training are the problem. A 12 year old living in a house with a gun should know how to safely handle that gun, even if only to be able to lock it in the gun safe should it ever accidentally be left out; and it should be locked in a damned safe if there are kids in the house. Hell, if should be locked in the safe if there are untrained adults in the house.
If you're going to blame a tool, blame the one who left the weapon out and leave those of us who are responsible enough to keep our shit secure the fuck alone.
You want handguns regulated, but you want open sales of long guns. Do you not realize that the same 12 year old could accidentally kill someone with a rifle? Again, you're the one who hasn't thought this through. Don't worry, I've been on your side of this argument; I eventually got better.
Your posts are becoming more trollish. I question whether you're even the same AC; no matter, though, as I find this entertaining either way.
You've just illustrated my point, actually. One less gun in the hands of a law-abiding gun owner does not equate to one less gun in the hands of criminals. What we see in other countries is truly only possible because they never had guns the way we have guns; we, on the other hand, have... If we make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to obtain guns, they'll be the ones without guns -- criminals sure as hell won't give theirs up.
When that happens, go right ahead and try disarming the gun-wielding criminal with a spoon.
While they can be prepared in ways that make them an alright offensive weapon, the humble spoon isn't so great for defense.
Or hunting.
Oh, and as for your desire to see handguns highly regulated but allow open purchase of long guns, let's see how well that rifle works for you when you're out hiking and come across a black bear. They can be pretty damned sneaky until they're right up on you and that long gun simply ain't gonna do the job of you can't fit it between you and the target. That's why I do carry my 1911 when hiking; I'm on private property, so no permit needed, and a.45ACP to the skull will stop a bear. Thankfully, I've never had to use it, but there have been a few situations where it's been a close call.
Shoot one of those guys with a rifle, at a distance appropriate for a rifle, and you'll have FWS or your local fish and game department so far up your ass you won't shit for a week. There's no way you're convincing them the bear was a threat at that range.
This. The only reason my wife upgraded from her 6S Plus and gave up her headphone jack was that the phone was slowing down. She now has no headphone jack and the knowledge that a much cheaper battery upgrade would have let her keep using her favorite headphones.
The 'THE MARKET HAS SPOKEN' crowd aren't exactly wrong, though. The market has spoken and they're saying that's what they want to sell, regardless of what the other half of the market wants to buy.
That makes no sense... you see, a bomb will blow you up along with the bad guy who also has a bomb. You can, however, stop the bad guy who has a gun, without shoooting yourself, if you also have a gun. Go ahead, try to stop him with a knife, or by shouting "OH LOOK, HE HAS A GUN, THAT IS SO UNCOMMON THAT I NOTICED IT, BUT I AM UNARMED BECAUSE CARRYING A GUN IS SO UNCOMMON, SO I REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP HIM!"
Yeah, making it an "unusual" sight will really help a lot.
I don't know where you're from, buddy, but people walking around with guns out is already an unusual sight in most parts of the US. Being the first person in the room to draw a gun and point it at someone is going to get attention; if other people in the room also have guns, you aren't gonna be shooting anyone. However, if you're the only person in the room with a gun, well, how does you having a gun being unusual stop you from using it? Let's see, someone sees it and calls the cops, who come and stop you... minutes later after you've already cleared the room (and your weapon)?
It takes seconds to draw down on a bad guy with a gun and put two in him if, God forbid, I should ever find myself in that situation. It takes longer than that to even dial 9-1-1. Where the hell do you live that police will have arrive and defused the situation before you've even called them?
Remember: When seconds matter, the police are just minutes away.
Don't worry about that idiot; he hasn't actually looked at T-Mobile in over a decade. Sure, their network used to suck, but so did every other network at some point or another; T-Mo has put more into expanding their network in the last 5 years than the other 3 combined and it's paid off big time.
Buy T Mobile, our phones suck and our prices are high
T-Mobile has the same Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone X as AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon and, with Sprint as the possible exception, has better pricing than the rest. The fuck you talkin' about?
Only when people of different races have different merits. Are you saying that people of different races have different merits? Because it sounds like that's what you're saying, and that is racist.
You don't think the victims are innocent? Also, and I repeat myself, guns aren't going anywhere. The cat's out of the bag; we would have needed stricter gun laws before guns began to outnumber people in this country. I'm all for compromise where there is some benefit to be realized, but you won't get me to agree to it when the time for that benefit has long passed. That's where we are today and it's really not my fault you're too goddamned dense to see it.
Or, to put it another way, my 1911 sat on display at the gun shop for a year before I bought it and killed nobody in that time. I've owned it for over a year and it has still killed nobody. If guns were the problem, I'd at least have a hole in my foot by now, but I don't.
Why, yes it could. In fact, one of the things that supposedly made SD better than MMC, which it replaced, was this (emphasis mine):
Cards can protect their contents from erasure or modification, prevent access by non-authorized users, and protect copyrighted content using digital rights management.
Of course, no implementation that I've come across since the format was released over 18 years ago has implemented that highlighted bit.
Lets see a 12 year old girl do that much damage with a spoon.
You don't think a 12 year old girl can do that much damage with a spoon? By 12, they've learned enough biology to know where the jugular vein and femoral artery reside. She could very certainly have done that damage with a spoon.
But all violent crime is the same, bla bla bla.
Now, I never said that, did I? What I did say, however, is that taking guns away (which we all know ain't gonna happen in the first place, so why are we even talking like it might?) won't stop the violence, it will only shift it. What we need to be doing is solving the societal issues that lead to the violence in the first place.
Your kind don't want to do that because it's much more difficult than imagining a world where criminals obey gun laws. And when I say "your kind", I won't mean the anti-gun crowd, I mean idiots; even an anti-gunner with an IQ above room temperature will throw their weight behind fixing this broken society, guns or not.
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Ugh... tactical advantage, not statistical... still getting over that flu.
I've never said anything about regulating any type of gun.
You're right, that comment was made by pnutjam long before you showed up. My apologies for attributing it to you; it was over two weeks ago and I've had the flu.
You're just deflecting from your idiotic position that guns are as just as dangerous as spoons in the hands of 12 year old girls.
Could it not be, rather, that you are misunderstanding my position, despite having had almost 2 weeks to figure it out? And that thread would have been where to sort that out; not here. Sorry, you just don't get it and this isn't the place for me to explain it to you.
And if guns went away gun violence would just be replaced with some other equally dangerous weapon.
Right now, the most powerful weapon is a nuclear bomb. Since most of us can't wield those, the most powerful weapon we have access to is a gun, which does make a simple knife seem relatively weak. Absent guns, knives are every bit as powerful; like a gun, they require someone to either be equally well-armed or to have a significant statistical advantage in order to win the fight. Knives even bring the advantage of not running out of ammo when used in their default mode and, in a pinch, can become a ranged weapon if thrown. Getting back to spoons, you seem to miss the fact that (as per the links I provided) I was referring to spoons specifically prepared as knives so, in reality, we were talking about knives this whole time.
You ask why spoons (neigh, knives) shouldn't need to be locked up if guns do need to be and, well, my answer to that is go ahead and require it for all deadly weapons. And that would include spoons which have been specifically sharpened to serve as makeshift knives.
How many accidental spoonings have been in the news recently?
Again, considering what was actually being discussed... People slitting their wrists or accidentally lobbing off a thumb is so commonplace that it doesn't even make the news anymore. Inmates sharpening spoons (or chicken bones, or toothbrushes, or even rolled up paper) into makeshift knifes and shanking each other with them is so common it's no longer news.
we know accidental gun violence is so common as to not even warrant a spot in most news anymore
Really? That's why we hear about it on an almost weekly basis, while we rarely hear of blade-related accidents even though they occur on a daily basis? Huh, seems the guns are still newsworthy and the other weapons are so commonplace that we don't even talk about them anymore.
Therein lies the problem.
Now, since this is not the place for this discussion, this will be my last post on the matter. It's easy enough to contact me directly if you wish to continue.
It's really difficult to take you seriously when A) you're an AC, B) you cherry-pick which points you'll discuss (choosing the minor points rather than the important talking points, of course) and C) you bring the discussion into other threads where it does not belong. And you accuse me of idiocy?
I'm not the one who said handguns should be heavily regulated and long guns should be openly available, then cried about accidental shootings which can happen with any gun in untrained or careless hands.
That was you.
Idiot.
And my point is if any part of a firmware upload mechanism requires an NDA, they're doing it wrong.
Trade secrets for a firmware upload? If that's the case, they're doing it wrong. We've been uploading firmware to devices since at least the 70's.
If it's not, they're doing it wrong.
Either the hardware designers designed it and documented it for the software guys, or the other way around. The document already exists, so it really does take the same expertise and effort at this point.
Second, the initial act of writing the firmware is not the only thing a company has to worry about. They have to worry about testing it, deploying it, maintaining it, providing service to users, etc. The cost of paying a programmer to write the firmware is likely a very small part of the total cost of deciding to make Linux support a priority.
And LVFS is about writing firmware to devices. The same firmware the device needs for Windows or Mac. That is, it gives Linux users the ability to perform firmware updates on supported devices without needing a Windows PC or a Mac; it doesn't require Linix-specific firmware from the vendor. All it requires from the vendor is a bit of documentation of the protocols used.
Documentation which, of course, they already have, as their hardware and software engineering teams have to be on the same page.
Wow, psycho much? I'm sorry you wren't quick enough to get that reply into the correct thread, but seriously, let it go. You want to focus on the minor point (the spoons) but not the major point (the guns you think should be openly available), making it clear you don't want an actual discussion on this matter. And now you're following me to other topics to go on about it? My friend, you have no argument; that is why you resort to these tactics.
There was literally no use change between my analog watch I wore before, and the smart watch I wear on a regular basis now.
Playing a bit of Devil's Advocate here, but it sounds like there was, perhaps, no reason for the change, then?
Youtube [...] removing ads to content they don't approve is just shooting themselves in the foot.
Indeed, I'll support those channels on Patreon and not have to see ads (or use an ad blocker -- which I do anyway) and still use YouTube's storage and bandwidth. They're really doing us a favor when you look at it from the right perspective; they question is how long will it take them to realize they're hurting themselves worse than the channels they're demonetizing.
Or maybe they can retroactively monetize the video once they're cleared it. It's not like they stop showing ads on demonetized videos, they just stop sharing the profits.
You haven't really thought about this much have you. How many 12 year old girls accidentally kill themselves or someone else with a spoon?
It's you who hasn't thought much about this, my friend. In those cases, the guns aren't the problem, irresponsible gun owners and lack of training are the problem. A 12 year old living in a house with a gun should know how to safely handle that gun, even if only to be able to lock it in the gun safe should it ever accidentally be left out; and it should be locked in a damned safe if there are kids in the house. Hell, if should be locked in the safe if there are untrained adults in the house.
If you're going to blame a tool, blame the one who left the weapon out and leave those of us who are responsible enough to keep our shit secure the fuck alone.
You want handguns regulated, but you want open sales of long guns. Do you not realize that the same 12 year old could accidentally kill someone with a rifle? Again, you're the one who hasn't thought this through. Don't worry, I've been on your side of this argument; I eventually got better.
Glad to see you finally realized spoons are no match for the indiscriminate killing power of a gun.
I never said they were.
Now you just need to understand not all 12 year old girls are criminals.
I also never said they were. The ones who would kill with a gun are, though; and they would just as well kill with a spoon.
If you're going to troll, at least put some effort into it.
Your posts are becoming more trollish. I question whether you're even the same AC; no matter, though, as I find this entertaining either way.
.45ACP to the skull will stop a bear. Thankfully, I've never had to use it, but there have been a few situations where it's been a close call.
You've just illustrated my point, actually. One less gun in the hands of a law-abiding gun owner does not equate to one less gun in the hands of criminals. What we see in other countries is truly only possible because they never had guns the way we have guns; we, on the other hand, have... If we make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to obtain guns, they'll be the ones without guns -- criminals sure as hell won't give theirs up.
When that happens, go right ahead and try disarming the gun-wielding criminal with a spoon.
While they can be prepared in ways that make them an alright offensive weapon, the humble spoon isn't so great for defense.
Or hunting.
Oh, and as for your desire to see handguns highly regulated but allow open purchase of long guns, let's see how well that rifle works for you when you're out hiking and come across a black bear. They can be pretty damned sneaky until they're right up on you and that long gun simply ain't gonna do the job of you can't fit it between you and the target. That's why I do carry my 1911 when hiking; I'm on private property, so no permit needed, and a
Shoot one of those guys with a rifle, at a distance appropriate for a rifle, and you'll have FWS or your local fish and game department so far up your ass you won't shit for a week. There's no way you're convincing them the bear was a threat at that range.
This. The only reason my wife upgraded from her 6S Plus and gave up her headphone jack was that the phone was slowing down. She now has no headphone jack and the knowledge that a much cheaper battery upgrade would have let her keep using her favorite headphones.
The 'THE MARKET HAS SPOKEN' crowd aren't exactly wrong, though. The market has spoken and they're saying that's what they want to sell, regardless of what the other half of the market wants to buy.
That makes no sense... you see, a bomb will blow you up along with the bad guy who also has a bomb. You can, however, stop the bad guy who has a gun, without shoooting yourself, if you also have a gun. Go ahead, try to stop him with a knife, or by shouting "OH LOOK, HE HAS A GUN, THAT IS SO UNCOMMON THAT I NOTICED IT, BUT I AM UNARMED BECAUSE CARRYING A GUN IS SO UNCOMMON, SO I REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO STOP HIM!"
Yeah, making it an "unusual" sight will really help a lot.
I don't know where you're from, buddy, but people walking around with guns out is already an unusual sight in most parts of the US. Being the first person in the room to draw a gun and point it at someone is going to get attention; if other people in the room also have guns, you aren't gonna be shooting anyone. However, if you're the only person in the room with a gun, well, how does you having a gun being unusual stop you from using it? Let's see, someone sees it and calls the cops, who come and stop you... minutes later after you've already cleared the room (and your weapon)?
It takes seconds to draw down on a bad guy with a gun and put two in him if, God forbid, I should ever find myself in that situation. It takes longer than that to even dial 9-1-1. Where the hell do you live that police will have arrive and defused the situation before you've even called them?
Remember: When seconds matter, the police are just minutes away.
Don't worry about that idiot; he hasn't actually looked at T-Mobile in over a decade. Sure, their network used to suck, but so did every other network at some point or another; T-Mo has put more into expanding their network in the last 5 years than the other 3 combined and it's paid off big time.
Buy T Mobile, our phones suck and our prices are high
T-Mobile has the same Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone X as AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon and, with Sprint as the possible exception, has better pricing than the rest. The fuck you talkin' about?
Only when people of different races have different merits. Are you saying that people of different races have different merits? Because it sounds like that's what you're saying, and that is racist.
You don't think the victims are innocent? Also, and I repeat myself, guns aren't going anywhere. The cat's out of the bag; we would have needed stricter gun laws before guns began to outnumber people in this country. I'm all for compromise where there is some benefit to be realized, but you won't get me to agree to it when the time for that benefit has long passed. That's where we are today and it's really not my fault you're too goddamned dense to see it.
Or, to put it another way, my 1911 sat on display at the gun shop for a year before I bought it and killed nobody in that time. I've owned it for over a year and it has still killed nobody. If guns were the problem, I'd at least have a hole in my foot by now, but I don't.
Your move.
Cards can protect their contents from erasure or modification
Maybe read the linked article and some of its references? I mean hell, this tech has been around for over 18 years and is well documented.
Cards can protect their contents from erasure or modification, prevent access by non-authorized users, and protect copyrighted content using digital rights management.
Of course, no implementation that I've come across since the format was released over 18 years ago has implemented that highlighted bit.
Lets see a 12 year old girl do that much damage with a spoon.
You don't think a 12 year old girl can do that much damage with a spoon? By 12, they've learned enough biology to know where the jugular vein and femoral artery reside. She could very certainly have done that damage with a spoon.
But all violent crime is the same, bla bla bla.
Now, I never said that, did I? What I did say, however, is that taking guns away (which we all know ain't gonna happen in the first place, so why are we even talking like it might?) won't stop the violence, it will only shift it. What we need to be doing is solving the societal issues that lead to the violence in the first place.
Your kind don't want to do that because it's much more difficult than imagining a world where criminals obey gun laws. And when I say "your kind", I won't mean the anti-gun crowd, I mean idiots; even an anti-gunner with an IQ above room temperature will throw their weight behind fixing this broken society, guns or not.