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| Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>: Aug 05 07:41AM +1000 > Cannot read for content (54%). This person cannot follow written-only directions. > 60% of American Households do not buy any book in a year. > Does not believe in Evolution (42% creationism, 32% evolution, 26% no opinion). **Don't forget the most terrifying ones: 87% believe in the existence of God. 62,979,879 Americans voted for Trump. [Shakes head] 30% of adults Americans own guns. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| John Robertson <spam@flippers.com>: Aug 04 02:58PM -0700 > Does not believe in Evolution (42% creationism, 32% evolution, 26% no opinion). > Peter Wieck > Melrose Park, PA from a survey in 2016 (it appears) https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/americans-knowledge-of-the-branches-of-government-is-declining/ John :-#)# |
| Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>: Aug 04 11:34PM +0100 On Tue, 4 Aug 2020 06:33:09 -0700 (PDT), "pfjw@aol.com" >> to young girls. In English English it just means cozy and comfortable >> and is only applied to residential dwellings. >That would be euphemism. That's what I typed in! The spell-checker in my Agent newsreader (created by the American corp, Forte) changed it to 'uphamism' for reasons only know to itself. |
| "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: Aug 04 03:39PM -0700 On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 6:34:27 PM UTC-4, Cursitor Doom wrote: > That's what I typed in! The spell-checker in my Agent newsreader > (created by the American corp, Forte) changed it to 'uphamism' for > reasons only know to itself. Why do I very much doubt that? Keep in mind that "Uphamism" is a (forgive the term) Urban-Slang term not much heard or seen outside the ghetto. If that is your goal, go for it. But, at the very least, own it. Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
| "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: Aug 04 04:16PM -0700 > 30% of adults Americans own guns. Yep. I do as well. And I am quite adept at their use. Give me any (Civilian) long-gun, and about 10-20 sight-in rounds, and I will be consistently within 10 mm at 100 meters. Give me any (Civilian) hand-gun and I will be the same under the same conditions at about 10 meters. At the same time, the only legitimate home-defense weapon is a shotgun. Care to understand why? Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
| Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>: Aug 05 10:50AM +1000 >> 30% of adults Americans own guns. > Yep. I do as well. And I am quite adept at their use. Give me any (Civilian) long-gun, and about 10-20 sight-in rounds, and I will be consistently within 10 mm at 100 meters. Give me any (Civilian) hand-gun and I will be the same under the same conditions at about 10 meters. **Meh. I SCUBA dive, abseil, ride my bikes and do other stuff. Sucking up lead fumes does nothing to excite me. > At the same time, the only legitimate home-defense weapon is a shotgun. Care to understand why? **Doesn't matter. Self defence using a firearm is largely mythical. And that is the problem with many Americans. They suffer mass paranoid delusions. No other civilised nation has employed the failed experiment of allowing civilians to be so heavily armed. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| John Robertson <spam@flippers.com>: Aug 04 06:12PM -0700 On 2020/08/04 5:50 p.m., Trevor Wilson wrote: > And that is the problem with many Americans. They suffer mass paranoid > delusions. No other civilised nation has employed the failed experiment > of allowing civilians to be so heavily armed. Switzerland? However everyone went through serious training. It seems that to qualify in many of the states you just have to be breathing - not even that if the buyer is using a dead person's ID... However in many cases where US homeowners are armed the folks that break in end up using those weapons against them. (from 2014) https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/02/having-a-gun-in-the-house-doesnt-make-a-woman-safer/284022/ Now, if the CDC was ALLOWED to collect statistics on gun violence - which I think they are now(?) - then perhaps some answers could be given that weren't from gun nuts and no gun nuts. As a point of clarity, I like small bore rifles, and sell arcade games that use guns. I just think that carrying them for 'self-defense' is stupid and the western marshals (and town councils) of the 1800s agreed, banning weapons from their towns. You checked them in when you arrived, and returned when leaving town. Didn't always work, but what does? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/did-the-wild-west-have-mo_b_956035 John |
| Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au>: Aug 05 12:14PM +1000 On 5/08/2020 11:12 am, John Robertson wrote: >> delusions. No other civilised nation has employed the failed >> experiment of allowing civilians to be so heavily armed. > Switzerland? **Not the same thing. Points: * They're not civilians. * They are only allowed to carry them in the streets under very strict conditions. * Sales of firearms must be registered with the government. However everyone went through serious training. It seems > that to qualify in many of the states you just have to be breathing - > not even that if the buyer is using a dead person's ID... **Yep. It's a huge sad, tragic joke, perpetuated by the NRA and the firearms manufacturers. Americans are too dumb to realise that the 10,000 Americans that are murdered each year is an appalling example of bad public policy. > in end up using those weapons against them. > (from 2014) > https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/02/having-a-gun-in-the-house-doesnt-make-a-woman-safer/284022/ **Of course. Many Americans fail to secure their firearms properly. You can't shoot an intruder when you're asleep. > Now, if the CDC was ALLOWED to collect statistics on gun violence - > which I think they are now(?) - then perhaps some answers could be given > that weren't from gun nuts and no gun nuts. **The NRA and gutless politicians who kow-tow to their craven, money grubbing ways would never allow that. > banning weapons from their towns. You checked them in when you arrived, > and returned when leaving town. Didn't always work, but what does? > https://www.huffpost.com/entry/did-the-wild-west-have-mo_b_956035 **I rather think that we, here in Australia, have gun control law settings pretty close to OK. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
| legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca>: Aug 04 03:37PM -0400 >I'm discouraged by this experience with DVD media and >hardware, for data. >RL Going through the usual business - reinstalling DVD drivers manually on W7 Lenovo desk machine. . . I find one blank Sony DVD+R that registers in the explorer window ( for LG HT burner disk)- slowly but not actually knobbling the system. OK - I burn data to it (nero2015) at the slowest speed (4x). - Nero data verification fails, post burn 'too many errors'. - - The newly-written disk no longer displays in explorer without freezing out the system. The defective disk loads and displays normally, with the newly- burned data on my laptop (mitsubishi dvdwriter). All 6200 files are in their proper directory structures. CDroller, testing 6000 files in 40 minutes, identifies some files that are 'poorly defined'. These are mostly text files with file extensions used in database (.csv), CAD (gerber and drill), and simulation (LTSpice) software. Seems a new drive is the only option. Anyone know of one that is a serious piece of equipment - noy intended to be replaced sooner than the media it handles? RL |
| bilou <bilou@sfr.fr>: Aug 04 10:54PM +0200 On 04/08/2020 21:37, legg wrote: > The defective disk loads and displays normally, with the newly- > burned data on my laptop (mitsubishi dvdwriter). All 6200 files > are in their proper directory structures. A trick I found useful sometimes is reading the bad DVDR with the bad drive upside down or on its side. It is very time consuming any way :-( |
| legg <legg@nospam.magma.ca>: Aug 04 05:56PM -0400 >A trick I found useful sometimes is reading the bad DVDR with the >bad drive upside down or on its side. >It is very time consuming any way :-( Well, I know that works with floppies, but it's not really practical with internal drives. I've got two towers that expect the optical drive to work sideways, which they mostly do, until they don't. It was one of those that developed the sticky door (before it was replaced). You could get it going temporarily with a slim jim pressed under a left 'bottom' edge, when restored to horizontal, later. RL |
| "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: Aug 04 09:57AM -0700 On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 12:00:59 PM UTC-4, Sjouke Burry wrote: > > BCO Update > Invert the synaptic relay, them remove the stutter pin, > and press the bi-lateral flightcontrol stick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
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