Most injuries and deaths due to gun violence are not killed by terrorists. They're killed by people close to them who happen to have guns because they're easy to obtain, armed intruders who again have guns because they're easy to get, and gang members who - you guessed it - have guns because they're easy to get.

Now, while I agree that people who are out to murder will find a way to do so either way, but it's exponentially easier to kill somebody with a gun than with a knife or baseball bat. Consider the problem of children getting shot due to accidental discharge: A baseball bat can't accidentally kill someone - you pretty well have to do that on purpose. In the case of a kitchen knife, there are two differences between them and guns (aside from the obviousness of it being a close range weapon): 1. people use kitchen knives every day, so children are accustomed to them and know how very dangerous they are because they're constantly reminded, and 2. knives are usually kept out in the open, and are used to cut food, so they lack the "cool and secretive" aspect that guns have, which is likely one of the main reasons a 7 year old would even be interested in a gun.

Arguing against gun control because it won't prevent ALL violence is ridiculous. It's like arguing against seatbelts because "some people will still die in car accidents".

What's the legitimate way to obtain a copy of the film Song of the South or the animated television series Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea?

The legitimate way was to have bought a copy when they were available. I'm not saying I agree with the current length of copyright, but if I start to sell copies of an artistic work, and then stop doing so, that's my prerogative. This would be the case even if copyright only lasted a day.

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Totally agreed. What is "wrong" or "evil" about suicide? The only thing I can think of is the feelings of loved ones, which, in reality, is a pretty "selfish" thing to feel.

The music industry, in attempting to sell the world "the next nirvana" was what ruined POP MUSIC during the 90's. If that's all you listened to, that's your fault. Kurt Cobain was an artist in the truest sense of the word, caring about nothing other than creating what he saw as art.

X11 may not be the default windowing system for OSX, but it's been available since OSX's inception. Also, Darwin is not FreeBSD, even though it is based on it. You need to compile everything from source to make it work (this is the definition of non-trivial). And lastly (albeit most importantly), Apple hardware is comparably priced with anything from Dell, HP, or Lenovo (check it out). That being said, if the author wanted a retina display for whatever reason, he needed to buy a MBP. The other manufacturers you name don't offer products with this high resolution. My first laptop was an ibook G4 which I bought second-hand, just to see what the fuss was about. Although I had the same opinion of OSX at that time, I was wrong. It took me about a year before I jettisoned OSX in favour of Debian (and later Ubuntu, when it worked well enough). The hardware, though, was fantastic. I've since owned several laptops and none have outlasted that old ibook, which is still in use (it's our kitchen computer now).

That's exactly what my wife and I did, but we only mailed the dvds to older people. Everyone we felt was comfortable using the internet got a link to our custom website which featured the video on the front page and all other info in the primary menu. It was hosted at megananddick.com, but there's still an archive of it at megananddick.dickmacinnis.com

I'm writing this from an HTC incredible S, and it definitely has touch to focus, along with HTC sense interface, software updates to gingerbread although it was released with froyo, very speedy interface/apps, two very quick cameras, an almost identical design to an iphone with the exception of the removable battery, all the benefits of android, none of the drawbacks of ios, an unprecendented amount of available apps via a small checkbox that allows me to install 3rd party apps, and it costs the same as an iphone 4s.

It takes about an hour to install, configure and run UCK (Ubuntu Customization Kit), and is as easy as installing apps via synaptic. When you're done, you have a custom install disc that you can share and voila: You're a contributor.

I wish I had (or knew how to use) mod points. This is right up my alley as far as humour goes. Strange that when I read it it was modded simply "2".

I assume you mean "when will Debian update WINE?", because a new version of WINE just came out last week.

Why on earth would anyone use XFCE for a "light" desktop, especially as a Linux user, when there's Fluxbox?

I would think that calling dumbing-down "retarding down" is incredibly insensitive. I'm not sure why you'd even suggest that. Not that "dumbing down" is any better really, as the word dumb originally referred to someone who is mute. But at least nobody refers to a mute person as "dumb" anymore (at least nobody under 60). And yes, I realize that the ageism in my last parenthesis is just as offensive as what I'm railing against. Have a nice day ;-)