Walsingham

I wanted a majestic predatory type picture. And no.

Isn't a more pertinent question: what if your ex isn't in the room with your gunsafe?

Since when did being a noisy waste of space qualify as art? reedlereedlereedlereedlereedlereedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle reedlereedlereedlereedlereedle

Hah. Steam's the only DRM I don't have issues with, because - as I say - they sweeten the pill. Which reminds me: I haven't made rude and repuslive gestures in the direction Ubisoft for days. F*** Uibsoft and their attitude to piracy in general and DRM in particular. Sorry, but I have to say regularly that or I get a build up of Ubirage.

Self defense. Imagine the statistically unlikely but still very real threat of armed home intruders. Such things happen daily; even in our perfectly save bubble-world. When said situation happens do you rely on your ability to.... a.) beg to them to not get hurt b.) talk them down c.) scare them away simply with showing presence d.) jump to the phone to call the police and wait for them which will take a couple of minutes (15 in my case) e.) lock yourself and your loved ones in a save room OR do you do all the things mentioned above BUT with a gun in your hand in case nothing works and the worst case scenario happens - you have to defend yourself and your loved ones in the only way left. In my opinion its never a bad thing to have more options, it would be extremely unlikely that armed robbers would engage me when I SHOW them that I'm armed and equal, nobody wants to risk their life for some furniture, a computer and a couple of bucks. The even more extreme way almost never gets ignored - a warning shot. If that fails, well... Its never bad to have more options. *edit* Even here in Austria its not such a great place when it comes to crime like armed robbery, only a couple of kilometers where I live a homeowner got attacked in the middle of the day by several intruders, got nearly beaten to death with an iron pipe and got robbed. The police arrived at the scene 20 minutes later. Such robberies happen increasingly often. Follow the rules of gun safety, store your gun in a safe and its impossible to have an accident. There is no naivety, only logic and responsible firearm handling. Never heard of a case of armed home intruders here in germany since a very long time. In pretty much all cases, the intruders are waiting till you are not at home to start their robbery. Now I am not saying that it can't happen, just that it is a lot more likely to get your home cleared if you are at work or in hollidays than with gun wielding thugs in the night. And in such cases, a gun won't be worth anything to you. That might be different in other countries, but then again... maybe the intruders must be armed there, because home owners have guns too? :> Besides, imagine your guns are stored safely in whatever room. You are in a different room. Now you have armed intruders getting into your home... and you won't be able to reach your gun store, because the intruders are in front of you. Again, your guns won't be worth anything to you now. Besides #2, if you are armed and in front of the intruders, you might scare them / make them aggressive, so a firefight is actually more likely than without guns. Erm... why would you assume you have your guns in another room? Are you just basing that on 1/x where x is the number of rooms in the house?

Woldan, you should be well aware that un-necessary suffering isn't part of the anti-hunting codex. In the UK they made bolt action single shots the only weapons usable for deer then made it illegal to aim for any part of the deer except the brain. But unfortunately only some sort of sniper expert could hit a deer's brain, and if you slightly miss you cause an infectable wound and the deer runs off and hides.. Of course you can't use dogs any more when hunting so you can't find the deer. Net result: the deer dies slowly over the course of several days. This discussion is an attempt to tinker with the dyanmics so anti-hunting people approve. Not making hunting more effective and efficient. Then I'd argue in favour of a rejigged Iron Dome slaved to mm wave radar and active IR, on the back of a pickup.

You bike without a helmet?! If these forums occasionally make us see ourselves in a new light that's got to be good.

JFSOCC, your rejoinders make you sound like an angry tw**. Unless there's something wrong with my monitor.

I'd seriously upgrade the power. I did that last year and it made everything work so much better, even though it was the model shipped with the package I bought. I'm now on (from memory) 850w.

Do you snore? Man has a point.

The native resolution to my monitor is 1920-1200. So that might explain issues. Hugely appreciate the advice. Particularly because it sounds as if I should just chill out. I will make some cardboard models of Russian chicks doing it by way of a thank you. <you know who you are>

In bed by ten last night. Damned strange, but slept well. Raging thirst for coffee this morning. I need to reconnect and clean my printer to do teh firstjob on my list today. The prospect is so boring I am just sitting here not doing it. I have decided I need some enlivening factors to get more done. My favourite idea so far is homicidal strippers attacking my office.

BREAK BREAK! Brace for people flying off the handle!

NSFW - Pete and Dud discuss endangered animals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOZmDsiiXXk

I must have missed the rhino enabled keyboard.

That's company greed at work. They figured out they'll sell more if it doesn't last long so it has to be replaced. I have a black-and-white portable TV that's at least 40 years old, and I must have dropped it a few times. Still works like a charm. The new stuff isn't made to last. Deliberately. And here was me thinking it might be entropy....

You've obviously never come unexpectedly face to face with a baboon. EDIT: I don't want to come across to a bystander as if I'm trying to bash Rosbif. He's a good lad, and to do him credit he's trying to get his head round an opposing viewpoint. How often do I do that? Not very ****ing often. I'd also observe that human perceptions of risk are notoriously borked. Even if Ros accepted logically points about gun safety it's unlikely he'd change his behaviour. I don't pay any attention whatsoever to the statistical likelhood of the things which scare me, in terms of taking precautions. However, I'm not saying we can't try and dscuss this sort of thing rationally when it comes to _national policy_. At that level and where a risk is shared by all, precautions should be oriented on rationalism.

I know that many people have an objection to hunting on the grounds that it isn't sporting. A bear is a mighty foe, but not if you have a rifle powerful enough to perforate a light armoured vehicle. My question is therefore twofold: 1) Would it be acceptable to permit hunting of animals larger than men, if the men were armed with muscle-powered weapons shorter than their arm? 2) Would it be acceptable to permit hunting of smaller animals (foxes etc.) if the hounds were dachshunds? [i attempted to post some adorable pictures of dachhunds, but the goddamn 'dachshund community' regard pictures of these animals as sacred or something, and won't link externally.] [i am inclined to eat the next dachshund I see, with chilli relish, to even the score]

OK, so, my current spec is (partial info I know): Intel Core i7 920@ 2.67 ghz Installed RAM is 6 gig. 64 bit OS Windows 7 pro. Nvidia GTX 470

All right, in that case I do understand. But I personally always worry more about the chance of a weapon in the house doing damage to my family than the extreme off chance that some lunatic breaks in. Well, I guess it's a (relatively) high risk that you can directly mitigate versus a low risk which is less controllable. Which means we differ on our respective faith in being able to manage our kids. My kids are entirely imaginary so they're great. Apart from the giraffes.

Zor, I'm as fond of the Thais as the next man. But I hardly think they have a sound democracy. Oh wait, balls. That's not what you were saying is it?

I will concede that Jadedwolf is fighting his corner well.

We were talking about this last night over a very pleasant meal. I conceded a point which may be interesting. My point is that the warmists assert we have to take radical action or we're apocalypse bound. Since I don't believe radical action is politically possible without a One World State, and I don't want a One World State then I am left with one conclusion: we're going to take expensive but ineffective action. I don't want to take ineffective action at great expense.

Bruce is right, but he can still bugger off.