When I was a kid, Radio Shack was the place I went to buy resistors and capacitors and transistors to make the things I made with them. It was awesome. The guys working in the place knew their shit, and I would stand around chinning with them for hours. Today, you could do the same thing with computer hardware, but RS just totally screwed the pooch.
Game over. The Culture of Fear has won. If your children play outside they will catch Ebola.
Why didn't you just get an FAC and gun to defend yourself? Even if he can't get his gun, he can get a gun from somewhere. That way, you would have had some way of defending yourself. Wouldn't you rather be empowered than a victim?
I, for one, would like to know my "mute quotient," as feedback such as that might help me to modify my posting style. I will convince no-one of my better point of view if my eloquence goes unheard.
Bleh. I'm tired of all the misandry this event inspired. Let's try looking at the real problem, which is mental health. EDIT: And if anyone says "no, the problem is GUNS," I'm gonna shoot you.
Maybe not what you're looking for, but what about one of the new privacy OS's designed to work with the Tor network?
I know nothing about this, or if it is still alive: http://thehackernews.com/2012/03/anonymous-os-01-anonymous-hackers.html
Honestly, I have no idea how I ended up on this list. I hope this doesn't mean I have to be nice to people now. I mean, yeah, it's good to have opinions and discuss them coherently and cite facts and stuff. But at the end of the day, I'm right and everyone else can go pound sand. As long as everyone keeps that in mind, we'll get along fine.
I like the way this guy thinks.
Because the difference is purely cosmetic. Nobody is arguing for unrestrained possession of automatic weapons -- aka "machine guns." And the difference between your basic hunting rifle and what people refer to as "assault rifles" is simply a difference in stock, sight and magazine. Imma gonna hold my nose and, as much as I hate to, link to Fox News. Because even a broken clock is right sometimes, and this is one of Fox's moments: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/16/gun-debate-what-makes-gun-assault-rifle/
Sensible legislation already exists. Before anyone in the U.S. can purchase any firearm, in any state, they must undergo a full background check. You cannot buy a firearm if you: Have been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
When it comes to handguns, almost every state has requirements for carrying pistols, which often include requirements for training, supervised range time, and, yes, more background checks. When people start wringing their hands about needing more legislation to keep guns out of the hands of the wrong people, I immediately know that they're just spouting bullshit and don't have a clue what they are talking about. We already have sensible legislation. What we don't fucking have is adequate care for our mentally ill. We also don't have a society that has any resemblance of economic parity, and one that demonizes 50% of its population for being the wrong gender. Gun control is just a shibboleth. The real key to dealing with gun violence is not the guns, but the underlying mechanisms leading to their misuse.
I repeat: This is a national requirement, not state. Most states impose their own, additional conditions; in my case, simply to purchase ammunition for hunting, I had to pass a secondary background check and pass two courses, one involving hunting and one on gun safety. Are under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
Are a fugitive from justice;
Are an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance;
Have been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution;
Are illegally or unlawfully in the United States;
Have been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;
Having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced U.S. citizenship;
Are subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner;
Have been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
Meh, he's probably just trying to get laid with some SJW. I honestly don't see where he's been sexist.
Well, I wasn't quite as misinformed as I thought, but I really don't give myself an A+ for this. Thanks for the DSA tip.
I thought enigmail relied on PGP which is, you know...not so private.
I don't think he's whackadoo at all. A fuckload of us skirted the black hole of the recession. Some went in. Some came out, a lot didn't. At least not whole. I think just a bit of big-heartedness is due here.
No.
I've never really figured out a question that Wolfram Alpha can actually answer. I'm glad it is finding a purpose in life.
Feminist whinging + character assassination. I'm not impressed.
I did too, but since they decided not to support Linux, i'll give it a pass.
I haven't had time to watch a football game since 1992 when my daughter was born. Where do people get the time to do this?