Just curious... Ed Pawlowski from NorCal trains civilian and military jumpers too.

His surname wasn't Pawlowski was it ?

And that's before the challenges of distributing textbooks to Limpopo ...

If you're getting the N then you probably won't use the USB, so you'll be fine.

If you're trying to use the scanner part of a brother MFC device on 64 bit Debian / Ubuntu / Mint, you need to be aware that the brother brscan packages install the shared objects into /usr/lib64 and sane only looks in /usr/lib.

Other than that, they're great.

I moved _from_ Zimbabwe many years ago, but not to the USA.

Whether you like it or not though, right now Zimbabwe has a more functional government than the USA does. It be run by a despot, against the good of its people and corrupt as all hell, but it's running. People can visit their national parks.

Microsoft Office is being mandated for some tasks. That means that all of these students will need a Windows license. What's the point of loading Linux at home after you've already had to load windows? It makes it just that little bit harder for them.

Yeah, but the issuing government is gone. Where's the issuing government?

Right now, Zimbabwe has a more functional government than the issuing government of the $100 bill.

> flight crew doesn't get paid til they pull away

Not in civilised countries that require that staff be paid for the duration of the time they are at work and performing their duties.

Firstly, the light is red for the car, so the pedestrian is not jaywalking in this scenario. Secondly, at least 2 people have died because of actions like this in the UK alone.

You've never seen anyone sitting at a red light suddenly shock to attention thinking that something has changed and start to move forward? I've seen it hundreds of times. Put a pedestrian in front of them, and thud.

If you want command of a ton of steel in a public space, the least you can do is pay attention at all times.

A hardcover book is as likely to kill you as a tablet - and they're allowed under current rules.

I just want to be able to read my Kindle during takeoff and landing. I'm a nervous flyer, and having something to distract me from the mass violation of the law of gravity and the impending death that I fear every time we push away from the stand would really help!

It does keep me buying books in the airport stores though :)

> And to answer your question. If you like GTA. Your pretty dumb.

Pot, meet kettle...

I wasn't aware of that... That makes crashplan much more appealing actually. Thanks - I'll read up on it!

I was replying to
> The country most similar to US would be UK. It has a total gun ban.

That statement is a complete lie. We have many guns legally available here. I have a semi-automatic shotgun and a semi-automatic rifle. My semi-auto shotgun is a cheap Turkish make, so I wouldn't trust it in a combat situation, but it does fine for wildfowling and clay shooting.

With rifles, we actually have _fewer_ restrictions on things like magazine capacity than many places in the USA. It's harder to get a rifle, but once you are licenced, accessories and magazines are fairly easy to come by.