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- Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:38 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
Hello Carl, Where do these guns come from, I wonder? Do they get purchased at "gun shows" where there is NO background check, and NO waiting period? Do they get stolen from gun stores and from homes? Actually there are background checks at gun shows. I t does vary from state to state , but any deal...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:40 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
What i always find strange is this 'arm myself against the government' arguement.. If you need to arm yourself vs a government you elected yourselfs, maybe you're already way to late with your revolution and claiming back your freedom. It's nothing new. It was put into our constitution over 200 yea...
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:53 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
DJKEST, you seem to hve missed Nick705's post (or at least didnt respond to it). He has pointed out that your graphs are not just inaccurate, they are damned wrong. Here are the official government statistics for murder in the USA and UK (thanks to nick). UK, 765 homicides 2005/2006, populous ~ 60,...
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:56 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
Years ago a friend and myself went to a field where he tested his new shotgun. When he was done we were leaving and he had it pointed downwards, at my foot . I moved out of the way. He asked me why I did that. The safety was on . I said "so?". So he pulls the trigger and WHOOM which left this hole ...
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:49 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
Fact: Since gun banning has escalated in the UK, the rate of crime – especially violent crime –has risen. Fact: This recent increase in crimes has nothing to do with gun laws. Increase in these types of crimes are mostly caused by immigration, not by gun ban. These are the types of crimes that ...
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:57 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
I agree that people are overmedicated now. Is it the pharmaceutical companies? Is it people's casual attitude to alter their bodies chemistry? I think we should be looking at the root causes of violence and try and figure out what is really causing the problem. I totally understand peoples fear of g...
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:29 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
Myth: The availability of guns causes crime Fact: Though the number of firearms owned by private citizens has been increasing steadily since 1970, the overall rate of homicides and suicides has not risen.86 As the chart shows, there is no correlationbetween the availability of firearms and the rate...
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:19 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
This is ridiculous. The mere fact that you are trying to argue this way is funny. Why? You cannot wave a magic wand and make all the guns dissapear. His theory did include the word if, so this part of your argument has no value, though I lean towards what you're saying, because of the overall low c...
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:10 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Radeon HD 3400 and 3600
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18101
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:42 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
Myth: Britain has strict gun control and a low crime rate Fact: Since gun banning has escalated in the UK, the rate of crime – especially violent crime –has risen. Fact: Street robberies soared 28% in 2001. Violent crime was up 11%, murders up 4%, and rapes are up 14%.311 Fact: This trend conti...
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:36 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
The fact that America has a very high murder rate full stop says a lot about its people, but I would willingly bet hard cash that if all of the guns in america vanished overnight your murder rate would half. This is ridiculous. The mere fact that you are trying to argue this way is funny. Why? You ...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:17 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Radeon HD 3400 and 3600
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18101
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:15 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Stopping Murders in the USA ?
- Replies: 339
- Views: 113639
BTW, the Bible says only God has the right to judge what's right and wrong, mere mortals don't. So the lady's words are plain herecy :). You also ignore where the Bible says "an eye for an eye" ? The judging thing you are referring to is saying that only God can say whether or not someone is going ...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:28 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Samsung single-platter 250GB drive
- Replies: 51
- Views: 36981
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:21 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 903527
We'de all be driving eco-friendly hydrocarbon free cars by now if the auto companies, oil companies and a few well placed politicians hadn't castrated the California Clean Air law and gave GM the wedge to withdraw and stop upgrading the EV-1. Other car companies are equally culpable. I disagree. Ga...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:17 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: PC in aquarium full of mineral oil
- Replies: 136
- Views: 258029
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:57 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Super Efficient Cars [very large pictures]
- Replies: 387
- Views: 903527
20HP I've seen go karts with more than that :lol: But seriously there is some cool concepts here. I really dig the first and 2nd ones you posted. First one I think tries a little too hard to look like a spaceship. Also, it appears that there is no suspension in that car? Could just be seeing it wron...
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:11 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: FS: 5000+ Black, Gigabyte, Thermalright
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2150
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:41 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: "Plan B 3.0"
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10944
I disgressed. In most disasters you need to be a really selfish and unrealistic person not to say to yourself "There but for the grace of (enter your spiritual leader here) go I." I'd imagine that only 25% of Americans or less actually did anything to help following 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina. Some ...
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:37 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: "Plan B 3.0"
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10944
I was totally going to vote, but then I realized my state is having a gay caucus, and not a primary. Our primary isn't until August. No point in going to the caucus. Mit Romney and Barak Obama is who CO is going to pick though. At this point, I'm so fed up w/ the Republican party, that I may have to...
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:36 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Hackers declare war on Scientology.
- Replies: 62
- Views: 38604
I think he's saying that people create their own reality. So for example, if you believe Scientology then it's the truth, to you. You could get into the whole argument of what is truth and what is real. Does something on the news make it real? How about something in a book? How about something in yo...
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:30 am
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: FS: 5000+ Black, Gigabyte, Thermalright
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2150
FS: 5000+ Black, Gigabyte, Thermalright
Hello! I've got some parts from my old system I'd like to sell while they are still worth something. AMD 5000+ Black Edition. I bought this 4 months ago. It ran at 3.0GHz @ stock voltage. I tried for 3.2GHz, but I didn't feel like increasing the voltage too much, so I gave up on it. I've got the ori...
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:52 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Earthwatts 380w vs. Corsair HX520 fan noise
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8397
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:59 pm
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Antec Solo @ Newegg for $40 after $30 MIR and free shipping
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5531
- Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:56 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Ultimate Cheap-o video card?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2052
Ultimate Cheap-o video card?
Wondering if you guys thought about HD2400PRO vs. nVidia 7300LE vs. others.. 1) Must be passive 2) Low low power consumption! Parents do a lot of pictures, including RAW images up to 10MB. They don't think the integrated graphics will cut it (plus will start to eat away at their 2GB of RAM). 7300LE ...
- Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:57 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Hypermiling: A new hobby for gas savers & environmentali
- Replies: 95
- Views: 45741
In our 2005 Corolla, we just got back from a little road trip. 1st tank of gas, we got 37.6 MPG. Next one was 35.5 MPG driving 80 mph on the freeway in the fast lane. This was with 4 adults and a full trunk. Highest was 41.2 MPG on the same trip, but car unloaded and it was a little warmer outside. ...
- Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:54 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Hypermiling: A new hobby for gas savers & environmentali
- Replies: 95
- Views: 45741
Long live the deisel jetta! I had a 1980 model while in college. clueless driver that I was at the time, it still got 40mpg in the city. And I clocked it at 55mpg on a long road trip. it boggles me why the current gen deisels get half that at best :/ Why? They weigh more w/ all the safety features ...
- Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:27 pm
- Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
- Topic: Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 Pro: The Alpine 7 Revisited
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9149
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:43 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: "Plan B 3.0"
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10944
so let me get this straight: in order to be a useful member of society, you have to abandon your studies and with it any hope of a decent career or prospects, so you can be just as much of a drain on society in the future as those poor victims of hurrican Katrina? what kind of bizarre, f'-ed up log...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:38 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: How Cold Can You Get?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 18773