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• On the post: More Post-Newtown Fallout: Gun Owners Vs. Journalists In New York

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 28 Dec, 2012 @ 04:25pm

  Getting Useful info

  Not only would it be very interesting to cross reference crime rates in the areas with highest gun ownership, I bet if they cross-reference crimes committed with firearms that are registered, we would know if the saying only criminals will have guns if guns are outlawed, holds water.
  
  I am personally thinking it's a lot easier to buy an unregistered gun on the street than try to steal one where someone might shoot you with the very weapon you are trying to steal. But I can't prove that.
  
  I have never seen such a study though. If these weapons are dangerous, this kind of cross study would show it. Since it hasn't come out I am betting someone has done it but it didn't show what they wanted so it never saw the light of day.
  
  Mike - no I don't own an handgun, just long guns and I am not an NRA member - but I don't trust the government either.

• On the post: University Utilizing Faulty Irony Detector Censors Flyer Protesting Its Censorship Policy

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2012 @ 07:56am

  Tolerance -- only goes one way

  Ever notice how tolerance only goes one way.... the offended say that someone doesn't tolerate their right to not be offended but in turn because they are complaining so they don't tolerate the right of someone to offend them?
  
  I find many political and personal choices offending in some manner but I don't seek to prevent them from expressing their point of view, acting on their choices, etc..
  
  I "Tolerate" them, but when I express the point of view that I don't agree with them, I am intolerant and must be silenced.
  
  This is an example of the same re-occurring event throughout human interaction, the intolerance of anything someone feels might make them uncomfortable - the need to tell others how to live their life. But then again that is what I am doing right now - except if they choose not to listen to me, I won't try to disallow them from being heard - and I am "in tolerant". Good thing I ignore the noise.
  
  Mike

• On the post: University Utilizing Faulty Irony Detector Censors Flyer Protesting Its Censorship Policy

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 27 Dec, 2012 @ 07:43am

  Truth about the totalitarian state

  ?The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.?

• On the post: Republican Study Committee Dumps Derek Khanna, Author Of Copyright Reform Brief, After Members Complain

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2012 @ 03:01pm

  Who says movies don't imitate life:

  Senator Roarke:
  
  Power don't come from a badge or a gun. Power comes from lying. Lying big, and gettin' the whole damn world to play along with you. Once you got everybody agreeing with what they know in their hearts ain't true, you've got 'em by the balls.
  
  -Truer words were probably never scripted.

• On the post: EU Officials Propose Internet Cops On Patrol, No Anonymity & No Obscure Languages (Because Terrorism!)

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2012 @ 04:12pm

  Realize who said this

  The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.
  
  == you really don't want to know ==

• On the post: Hachette Hits Libraries With 220% Price Increase On Its Ebooks

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2012 @ 07:39am

  baen books all the way. they have released a good number of their older books for free on their site. including the bolos. which are awesome

• On the post: House Approves Bill To Spy On Americans By Misrepresenting Or Lying About What's In The Bill

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2012 @ 10:26am

  Re: How do they get elected

  The best argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversation with an average voter -- paraphrased from Winston Churchill.
  
  Or as Dave Ramsey says, they might not know who their representative is, or who the president is, but most folks know who got voted off american idol last night ....
  
  We get the government we deserve! Always has been true, always will be.

• On the post: Big Banks Finally Punishing Employees For Fraud… Like The Call Center Guy Who Used A Fake Dime 50 Years Ago

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2012 @ 11:53am

  Re:

  He deserves to be punished, I always told my sons:
  
  If you going to be bad -- be good at it....

• On the post: Copyright Killbots Strike Again: Official DNC Livestream Taken Down By Just About Every Copyright Holder

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2012 @ 05:27am

  Ferris Bueller..... Bueller...... Buller

  Like anyone was actually watching who was not paid to watch (IE news types)....

• On the post: Copyright Killbots Strike Again: Official DNC Livestream Taken Down By Just About Every Copyright Holder

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2012 @ 05:23am

  Phone call ----

  Think Eric got a call??

• On the post: Copyright Enforcement Bots Seek And Destroy Hugo Awards

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 08:02am

  Re: Compensation due?

  Need an edit function!!! make that "seek compensation", advertisers not advertises, "of the broadcast", "are libel"..
  
  Not enough coffee this morning!

• On the post: Copyright Enforcement Bots Seek And Destroy Hugo Awards

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 08:00am

  Compensation due?

  Assuming there is monetary value to the stream of this event, namely the HUGO Awards organization, any advertises, the award recipients, etc. why can't they seem compensation due to the errors on the broadcast stream supplier?
  
  It would seem a pretty legitimate case here for some or all of the affected parties to seek to be compensated right?
  
  If more folks were to follow that route, it would be working within the system and provide precedent one way or another on the limits of such robot enforcement. Some here is libel for damages caused it would seem.
  
  Not a big fan of the legal whip but it seems a good choice in this case to influence future. Sauce for the goose as it were.
  
  Mike

• On the post: Copyright Enforcement Bots Seek And Destroy Hugo Awards

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 07:53am

  Re: Re: Vobile

  Different Generations .....

• On the post: Court: Feds Can Spy On Americans Without Warrants With No Legal Repurcussions

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2012 @ 04:40pm

  Re: Re: Re: Congress's problem?!?

  Actually they can't do anything in this case.. There is in effect a law that says you can't wiretap without a warrant, but there is no penalty in the law for doing that or a recourse for cases where it can be proved. Basically there is nothing judicial, they can't strike down the law, that does no good since it already says that it's illegal. They can only say there is no law under which you can claim redress for damages done. They can't fix that.

• On the post: Court: Feds Can Spy On Americans Without Warrants With No Legal Repurcussions

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2012 @ 04:35pm

  We've met the enemy and it is us?

  ?The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.?
  
  Kudos to those who know who said this.... and ain't it the the truth.

• On the post: Even The Sex At The Olympics Is Sponsored

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 03:48pm

  Re: Re: Sex in the Olympics?

  You sure getting a bronze would be all that bad?? Or does that mean you are third across the line??

• On the post: Even The Sex At The Olympics Is Sponsored

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 03:47pm

  Re: Re: Sex in the Olympics?

  You sure getting a bronze would be all that bad??

• On the post: Even The Sex At The Olympics Is Sponsored

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 12:29pm

  Re: Sex in the Olympics?

  Only if she does ..... and don't forget your scores are tallied for execution as well as technical merit, plus style. Wonder if there is a group of required skills that must be demonstrated.

• On the post: Facebook IPO Mess Turning Into A Legal & Financial Circus As Morgan Stanley Agrees To Adjust Prices On Trades

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 10:27am

  Re: Re: The stock market is rigged

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086465/quotes?qt=qt0539532
  
  better if I put in the link...

• On the post: Facebook IPO Mess Turning Into A Legal & Financial Circus As Morgan Stanley Agrees To Adjust Prices On Trades

  

  MikeC ( profile ), 24 May, 2012 @ 10:27am

  Re: The stock market is rigged

  read the link -- a quote from Trading Place about who makes the money on Wall Street....

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