Why did I just get in an argument about reputable sources and why I don't care if the tabloids have a grain of truth in them?
Why?
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
Natter 33 1/3
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Mar 04, 2005 11:21:21 am PST #4165 of 10002
Daisy Jane - Mar 04, 2005 11:22:13 am PST #4166 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Why did I just get in an argument about reputable sources and why I don't care if the tabloids have a grain of truth in them?
Because your specialty is futility?
Tom Scola - Mar 04, 2005 11:22:17 am PST #4167 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I just had to explain to one of the developers here -- one of the senior developers -- why he was getting an integer overflow error. That was CompSci 101, dude.
tommyrot - Mar 04, 2005 11:22:49 am PST #4168 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
but I can't find any indication that the US does.
Canada does, or at least it did in the late '70s.
Where my parents live, only shotguns are allowed for deer hunting. My dad goes further north to less-populated areas to hunt, where rifles are allowed. But that's more a regulation on the hunting season - it doesn't apply to gun ownership itself.
sarameg - Mar 04, 2005 11:23:32 am PST #4169 of 10002
Oh god Heather, you may be right.
tommyrot - Mar 04, 2005 11:23:50 am PST #4170 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
why he was getting an integer overflow error. That was CompSci 101, dude.
You shoulda' told him it's because the integer bucket got too full.
msbelle - Mar 04, 2005 11:24:05 am PST #4171 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
my re-finance is actually moving forward. a month late, but woohoo - movement.
also. I got off my duff and sent some resumes out via this here web thing. I shoulda sent cover letters too, but they weren't required on the website thingy so I didn't.
Vortex - Mar 04, 2005 11:24:07 am PST #4172 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
From brief googling, it looks like laws in some places (Australia, for instance) classify rifles separately from shotguns, but I can't find any indication that the US does.
it would probably be a state by state thing, if it is done. Firearms regulation is not federal (except in the case of automatic weapons)
Kat - Mar 04, 2005 11:25:33 am PST #4173 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Happy birthday Cindy. YAY on the movement msbelle.
We have rain again today and I'm back from both the docs and the bagels. Mmm... bagels. Later we'll have to pick up our bike ride packets but I think I'll go get into bed. or at least flop on the couch and watch bad daytime TV.
Nutty - Mar 04, 2005 11:26:05 am PST #4174 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I know that SWAT team body-armor includes Teflon shoulder pads that go down part of the upper arm because of shotguns. At close range, which is practically all of what a SWAT team does, shotgun pellets (what are they really called?) can go right through the meat of the upper arm and penetrate the chest wall from the side, which is Very Bad. So basically, the body-armor designers had to come up with a way to armor the armpit. Extendo-shoulder pads turned out to be the answer!
I like crazy generativity like that. Discover a problem, fix the problem, and funnylookingness is not necessarily a factor.