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Comment Re:Rather Have a Map of Assualt Rifle Owners (Score 2) 1232

Move to California or NJ or CT or NY or MA, and you can enjoy your false sense of security.

BTW, REAL assault weapons are almost impossible to get due to NFA of 1934 and Hughes of 86. What you're so terrified of are rifles that only LOOK like assault rifles. But considering the stupidity of your statement, I highly doubt you have the IQ to understand the difference.

Comment Re:Dumb law is dumb (Score 1) 1165

WRONG.

A gun is designed to accelerate a lead and copper projectile. Some of these projectiles have properties that are suitable for stopping a medium sized mammal such as a deer or human. A deer rifle in 308 winchester would be an good example.

And some are designed for totally different purposes. A rifle in 17HMR is not likely to kill someone if you shot them with it, but it's an excellent platform for small game such as rabbits, squirrels, etc.

Stop spouting gun control bullshit and learn some REAL facts for a change.

Comment Back in the good old days of Syndicate..... (Score 1) 431

I used to love taking a squad armed to the max with the latest in death dealing goodies, and wiping out everything that moved :)

Anyone remember the mission where you were supposed to assassinate a political figure, and he's giving a speech to a HUGE crowd?

Lets just say flame throwers were truly epic for that mission (evil grin).

Comment Apple ships slow crappy 5400rpm hard drives (Score 1) 627

I was shocked to see that Apple was shipping slow 5400 rpm drives on $2000+ computers. On a $500 beater, i understand the logic of cutting $10 off the build cost (and sacrificing 20% of the disk I/O performance) by using a 5400 rpm drive (vs a 7200) , but jesus Apple, you really must be trying to squeeze every last dollar for Jobs's coke habit these days to pull such a boner move.

Comment its because of fed.gov I run my own mail server (Score 3, Informative) 228

When the fascists at the NSA and FBI started their massive domestic spying program (Echelon, Carnivore, etc), I decided to make their lives harder and run my own mail server. While they can still snoop on the big boys (yahoo, aol, msn, etc), at least email from my end is safe, and if I send emails to non US based mail servers over SSL, theres at least some chance the fascists cant read the traffic.

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Son Sues Mother Over Facebook Posts 428

Most kids hate having their parents join in on a discussion on Facebook, but one 16-year-old in Arkansas hates it so much he has filed suit against his mother, charging her with harassment. From the article: "An Arkadelphia mother is charged with harassment for making entries on her son's Facebook page. Denise New's 16-year-old son filed charges against her last month and requested a no-contact order after he claims she posted slanderous entries about him on the social networking site. New says she was just trying to monitor what he was posting." Seems like he could just unfriend her.
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Licensing an Abandonware Game? 148

WolverineOfLove writes "I'm recreating a 1980s abandonware game with copyrights that have been seemingly unused for the past 18 years. The situation is detailed further in a Slashdot journal entry I just wrote, but in short: Is it worth dealing with all the copyrights and paying money if I want to recreate an abandonware title as an open source game? I know there are legal implications to certain decisions I might make, but there is a real possibility that this game's copyright holder will do nothing with the rights, and I'd much prefer preserving it for others than letting it fade away."

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