I was making the same point that it was simple, but still not nearly as simple as hitting someone with a heavy object. You'll notice that in places where guns are less convenient, weapons of more convenience tend to win out. A trip to the hardware store for a length of pipe and then to the sporting goods store for ammunition takes time and planning, while bashing someone with a tire iron requires that it hasn't been inadvertently left out of the trunk the last time you needed to use your spare.

The time and planning bit is likely still the reason you don't see more of this. The task may not be complex or difficult, but it is still time-consuming.

in such places, ammunition is typically regulated as well. that same length of pipe needed to serve as the barrel is far easier to simply club someone with.

it truly is dead simple. in fact, you can likely find a zip gun of sorts and ammunition at your local hardware store in the form of a .22 nail gun. modified slightly, it would be rather intimidating at close range.

This is Slashdot, and you lacked a car analogy. He thought you did well and was trying to protect you from later complaints.

It could simply be that the images for Canada are newer. Google tends to start projects in the US first and then expand them later - and later comes better cameras, faster and denser storage, and so on.

That's a problem with a solution, URIs (and usually, context as well) manage to differentiate perfectly there. Otherwise, COMMAND.COM would be a much bigger problem than AUTOEXEC.BAT.

If this is the case, then you add nothing useful to the conversation, simply more noise. And despite, the opinion expressed by GP seems entirely valid, so you seem to be the only one not providing anything of value.

Oh, and so you're aware, Google Voice (alone) cannot record outbound calls. Page linked in my previous post explains that as well. Apps such as sipdroid do not have this limitation.

Using sipdroid with Google Voice or any SIP provider you can record calls locally, silently and if wanted, automatically. I assume other similar apps (like csipsimple) behave similarly, but I've only used sipdroid personally.

Google Voice alone will record calls if you press 4 during the call, but does not record locally and announces that you are recording to both sides of the call. You have to enable this feature first. See: http://support.google.com/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=115082

As always, be familiar with the laws about recording telephone calls in your jurisdiction. If unsure, don't. ;)

I've never been to Australia, but I have been asked for an ID in EB Games and several other retailers in both the US and Canada. I'm 26, but it's been some time since I could pass for a high school student. However, in at least some of the jurisdictions, sale of certian games to minors results in a fine for both the salesperson and the store's owner/management, from what I understand.

Not really, he's more a carcinogen. The cancer is people who continually respond to these posts. And seriously, how is this worse than GNAA, other than lacking any semblance of a sense of humour? At least they managed to be amusing on a couple of rare occasions.

The saying goes 'don't feed the trolls' for a reason. Ignore it or mod it down, don't reply and call more attention to it.

And here I go making it worse. :)

Never been to southern Ontario, have you?

Seems to be strip malls and fast food all the way down.

ICE is a branch of DHS these days:

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the second largest investigative agency in the federal government. Created in 2003 through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ICE now has more than 20,000 employees in offices in all 50 states and 47 foreign countries.

www.ice.gov/about/overview/

Such a tragedy that your life would be cut so short!

Funnier still that it's modded +5 insightful.

He's the bofh, he does not need your password. Your home directory is gone. The backups? Lets see, intermittent environmental interrupt problem... I can work with this.