When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?

Mal ,'Out Of Gas'


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.


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.


Lee - Mar 04, 2005 11:27:06 am PST #4175 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

That sounds like a nice afternoon, Kat.

I probably don't have an area of expertise.


Daisy Jane - Mar 04, 2005 11:27:22 am PST #4176 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Aw, but I was just joking sarameg! Everything you're an expert in is totally non-futile!


tommyrot - Mar 04, 2005 11:28:05 am PST #4177 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.

Firearms regulation is not federal (except in the case of automatic weapons)

And, you know, missiles and nuclear weapons.

There was this millionaire who bought a Soviet missle launcher vehicle, complete with missile. He had to prove that the missile had been "de-weaponized" (so it was impossible to use) before they let him bring it into the US.


Nutty - Mar 04, 2005 11:29:58 am PST #4178 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

This is why people should not be allowed to be millionaires, unless they are me.


sarameg - Mar 04, 2005 11:30:20 am PST #4179 of 10002

Aw, but I was just joking sarameg!

But is is so TRUE.