If there's anything I've learned from Stargate SG1 - it's that the military is far more competent than civilian organizations when it comes to handling advanced weaponry and technology.

Well, 18 people killed by dogs this year in the US alone according to the wikis. Sure, not quite as many as in this tragedy - but that's just one year.

My point is - just because you don't understand something doesn't mean nobody does. Sure, let's be sane about gun control - but that doesn't mean no guns for anybody.

disclosure: I have a dog, car, and play video games. I do not own a gun.

Video games have no use but to waste time. Nobody has any use for a video game. Not a computer nerd, not a teenager, not anyone.

Cars have no use but to cause accidents and pollution. No one has any use for a car. Not a commuter, not a delivery man, not anyone.

Dogs have no use but to bite and shit. No one has any use for a dog. Not a deaf person, not a police officer, not anyone.

C'mon man, *think* before you post.

Well, when you've exhausted the legal means to escape your tormentor, what is left to you?

Praise the lord and pass the ammunition!

This is right on - we only ever think that there must be a perfect solution to the problem that won't have any unforeseen consequences. We want "set it and forget it" laws. Fortunately (or unfortunately), reality is far more fluid - particularly in law and politics. This is exactly why we have the legal and political systems we have: to provide the flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances. Sure, people will take advantage of law and politics - but as they say - eternal vigilance is the price we pay to live in a democratic society.

...I might be, but then again I'm not a nice person.

You don't understand, man! Somebody said something in a way we don't like! We will have blood!!!!

Not to nitpick too terribly much, but the recession was in the works well before 2007. Republicans blame Democrats, Democrats blame Republicans, and everybody believes they're right and the other guy is wrong because we can't handle the thought that we might have had a part to play.

It's not green energy that's the problem - it's tax dollars going to subsidize any industry. If your product is not cost effective, government money is not going to change that.

Don't forget - many museums contain a great deal of items on loan from private collections.

...proper cubicles. God I hate the fact that I had to read that twice to figure out what I didn't like about the term.

My answer: Because if I stay home, I likely would just be goofing off...

Well, one difference is that Apple made Newtons. Quicktakes were just re-branded Fuji digital cameras.

I suppose this isn't really germane to this conversation, but I wanted to point it out somewhere...

Well, it only takes one real success to make a company - Apple seems to have done quite well...