smjjames Posted July 6, 2018 Posted July 6, 2018 Saw that one on another site, and that should be Mother Nature 1, Poachers 0 Though unfortunately, the lions may have to be put down, unless the lions make a habit of eating people or something, dunno how they handle that.
Guard Dog Posted July 6, 2018 Posted July 6, 2018 It's a private sanctuary. That guy that owns it can do whatever he likes. My money is on him chalking it up to karma and letting it go. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
injurai Posted July 9, 2018 Posted July 9, 2018 Holy ****, this advice is life changing. Gonna hit up my favorite game devs, musicians, and directors to get that sweet sweet intellectual property that the publishers are fleecing me on. 3
Amentep Posted July 9, 2018 Posted July 9, 2018 Do many game devs, musicians and directors post scientific papers in scientific journals then? I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man
Guard Dog Posted July 9, 2018 Posted July 9, 2018 This is just priceless! https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/07/06/corps-denies-using-dating-apps-to-recruit-new-marines/ "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Agiel Posted July 9, 2018 Posted July 9, 2018 In light of Trump's proposed Space Force, I thought I'd share a rather snazzy cover for a book on the topic: 2 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
Raithe Posted July 10, 2018 Posted July 10, 2018 5 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted July 10, 2018 Posted July 10, 2018 We are all public figures now "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gromnir Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 We are all public figures now could not bring our self to read. saw the headings at the top o' the linked page herpes erotica bachelorella mental health ... sounds like jeopardy categories... if jeopardy were set in an s&m sex bar and as host o' the show, alex trebek were replaced by the gimp from pulp fiction. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Guard Dog Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 ugh https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/07/07/viral-video-el-paso-police-officer-pulls-gun-children-curse-him/765965002/ "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Malcador Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 https://wgntv.com/2018/07/10/illinois-cop-on-desk-duty-after-dispute-over-puerto-rican-shirt/ Not quite as bad as drawing a weapon and acting hard, but still kind of funny to see him just shuffle off. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Raithe Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 Elon Musk on Thailand Cave Rescue Do you want super villains? Because this is how you get super villains. Taunt the rich guy who builds spacecraft, weapons and gadgets. He could go Batman or Iron Man... OR he could go Dr. Doom. stahp it "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted July 11, 2018 Posted July 11, 2018 And okay, who is going to step up and open it first? Huge mystery sarcophagus unearthed in Egypt "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
injurai Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 And okay, who is going to step up and open it first? Huge mystery sarcophagus unearthed in Egypt 1000 years of darkness right there.
Guard Dog Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 Congratulations to the TSA and those fun loving, crotch grabbing, airport screeners. The 3rd US Circuit has extended the qualified immunity that allows the police to do pretty much whatever they want to whomever they want to airport screeners. That's right. Those ill-tempered, under-educated wanna-be cops in the airport that just love rifling through your s--t and occasionally stealing a thing or two can now legally and with impunity detain you, arrest you, break your stuff, beat the holy hell out of you, handcuff you to the table and f--k you in the rear all while calling it a cavity search. Of course, as the court said in it's decision, Congress can reel them in. So all we need is for Democrats and Republicans to do something that lessens the power of the government? Sure, I'll hold my breath for that one. Of course they because they are protected from the consequences of being abusive does not necessarily mean they WILL be abusive right? Well, lefts just say that law enforcement in this country does not exactly have a stellar record of "fair and equal application of the law" when left to their own devices. https://ca.news.yahoo.com/tsa-screeners-win-immunity-flier-abuse-claims-u-150740124.html "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Gfted1 Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 My most recent trip to Mexico really highlighted the different approaches to flight safety. Leaving the US, I had to remove: shoes, wallet, phone and belt just to walk into the full body scanner, while the rest of my stuff went through x-ray. Arriving in Mexico we approach a small desk where the guy asks "are you bringing any cigarettes or alcohol into the country", "no", "ok push this button", *looks at lone button on the desk*, *pushes button*, a green light illuminates! HUZZAH! I later learned that it is a random system and if the light had turned Red, my bags would have been searched. Leaving Mexico, they couldn't care less. No removing of shoes or belt, no body scanner, just a simple x-ray and metal detector. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Elerond Posted July 12, 2018 Posted July 12, 2018 Interestingly it was freedom of speech that gives everybody right to print their own guns not gun rights https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/10/court-victory-legalizes-3d-printable-gun-blueprints/ Court victory legalizes 3D-printable gun blueprints A multi-year legal battle over the ability to distribute computer models of gun parts and replicate them in 3D printers has ended in defeat for government authorities who sought to prevent the practice. Cody Wilson, the gunmaker and free speech advocate behind the lawsuit, now intends to expand his operations, providing printable gun blueprints to all who desire them. The longer story of the lawsuit is well told by Andy Greenberg over at Wired, but the decision is eloquent on its own. The fundamental question is whether making 3D models of gun components available online is covered by the free speech rights granted by the First Amendment.
smjjames Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) Not to mention that it runs right up against the gun manufacturers own business (the big ones that would rather eat small manufacturers than co-exist that is) if you can just 3D print one, why bother buying one from the shop, right? Of course, the gun manufacturers could get into the business of selling codes or whatever to unlock purchases of gun blueprints instead of making them themselves, but they’d have to upend their entire business structure. Software companies have been doing the exact same kind of thing for decades, so, it’s not like they’re breaking into a brand new business model nobody has tried. Edited July 13, 2018 by smjjames
injurai Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 Information wants to be free, and if we can one day develop Star Trek replicators, then the first amendment will prove itself once and for all as the highest value of freedom to secure.
Volourn Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 "Not to mention that it runs right up against the gun manufacturers own business (the big ones that would rather eat small manufacturers than co-exist that is) if you can just 3D print one, why bother buying one from the shop, right?" Yeha, but that's pretty much true for any product. In theory, anyone can brew their own beer... most don't. *shrug* DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
Gromnir Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 "Not to mention that it runs right up against the gun manufacturers own business (the big ones that would rather eat small manufacturers than co-exist that is) if you can just 3D print one, why bother buying one from the shop, right?" Yeha, but that's pretty much true for any product. In theory, anyone can brew their own beer... most don't. *shrug* understandable confusion. somebody writes a book 'bout how to makes toxic brew 58, which is illegal to produce, sell or distribute in hazard county, USA. the author o' the guide wouldn't be subject to prohibitions re toxic brew 58 insofar as his/her book is concerned. likewise, owning or selling the manual wouldn't be illegal in hazard, or any other US county. is an admitted legal fiction at play. when does toxic brew 58 become more than a process applied to specific ingredients measured in exact proportions? when does a collection o printed plastic parts become a gun? dilbert prints out all the gun parts for a fully auto weapon. to prospective purchasers, dilbert sells all those parts via separate purchases-- also provides instructions how to assemble. dilbert purposeful does not include a final screw or bolt as part o' his sale o' his 99.99% gun+ instructions. is dilbert subject to firearms sales laws? yeah, but why? and how many parts can he sell before he is selling a weapon? most dangerous single "part" would arguable be assembly instructions, but is the one part dilbert would be certain safe to sell... save for fact the instructions would be highly relevant evidence insofar as dilbert's intentions in selling all the other parts. the plans for gun manufacture or brew illegal beverage gets protection same way as does anarK!$7 k00ckb00k. ideas, even inherent harmful, is protected. process and parts? not so much protection for parts and process, but is often difficult to separate parts and process and is requiring ugly mental contortion to decide the point at which collection o' actions and ingredients is sufficient transformed to become something... else. to further confuse, once an illegal product is successful complete, the legal system's hindsight is perfect beyond mere 20/20. those even remote tangential in creation or transportation o' illegal drugs or firearms or whatever may become subject to conspiracy charges whereby they is just as guilty for crimes as is bosses/kingpins/masterminds. HA! Good Fun! 1 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Raithe Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQpa_NYXUGI&f "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Malcador Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 A little late but was the 50th anniversary of My Lai this year, I didn't know about the role this guy played in it though - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Thompson_Jr. During the My Lai massacre, Thompson and his Hiller OH-23 Raven crew, Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence Colburn, stopped a number of killings by threatening and blocking officers and enlisted soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division. Additionally, Thompson and his crew saved a number of Vietnamese civilians by personally escorting them away from advancing United States Army ground units and assuring their evacuation by air. Thompson reported the atrocities by radio several times while at Sơn Mỹ. Although these reports reached Task Force Barker operational headquarters, nothing was done to stop the massacre. After evacuating a child to a Quảng Ngãi hospital, Thompson angrily reported to his superiors at Task Force Barker headquarters that a massacre was occurring at Sơn Mỹ. Immediately following Thompson's report, Lieutenant Colonel Frank A. Barker ordered all ground units in Sơn Mỹ to cease search and destroy operations in the village. Have to love this part though Thompson quickly received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions at My Lai. The citation for the award fabricated events, for example praising Thompson for taking to a hospital a Vietnamese child "...caught in intense crossfire". It also stated that his "...sound judgment had greatly enhanced Vietnamese–American relations in the operational area." 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Gfted1 Posted July 13, 2018 Posted July 13, 2018 I used to have an original copy of the anarchist cookbook. I havent seen it in decades, wonder where it went. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
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