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    Gun Control

    in Chat

    Posted

    with half a brain and some really common items ie car antenna ,oldstyle bottle/can opener, tape and rubberbands and a block of wood you can make a gun ,or is it preferable to do the lock in the sock a rock, machete, baseball bat,tree branch and a million other things .If someone is out to really hurt you can you stop them when they dont care what happens to themselves (you can read suicide bombers here ) theres no way short of killing that person to protect yourself
    I really don't want to debate this topic but, to take a different stance I offer that a number of the killings (such as drive-by shootings) would not happen if it were not for guns. There are some people that will not take a chance on coming up to someone to either fight, stab etc. them. But they will shoot them from a distance. I'm not saying that a majority of those killed by guns would still be alive if there were no guns but I believe, from what I have read in newspapers and seen on the news, that a good number of those people would be.

    Gun Control

    in Chat

    Posted

    Oh but our forefathers granted us the right to bear arms in The Constitution. It?s our right!?

     

    It may be your right but it?s still fucking stupid.

    You'll get no argument from me on that. The problem is that different people interpret the Constitution differently, especially when it comes to firearms. Just as people interpret stats to suit their arguments they do the same thing with the Constitution. I personally believe that the "right to bear arms" was meant for our armed forces and not the general public. Others don't see it that way.

    DL Burning problem

    in ImgBurn Support

    Posted

    I am using datawrite DVD+R DL media, and although I note the comments in other postings, I have made many successful back ups with these discs.

     

    I 18:31:14 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: CMC MAG-D01-00) (Speeds: 2.4x)

    While you may think the backups have been successful you are in for a rude awakening. If you're lucky you may get a few months with those discs. If you're not lucky they may not play right the next time you try to watch them.

    U.S. statistics for the Year 1906:

    in Chat

    Posted · Edited by Movie Junkie

    ah, shame the author didnt bother to do a follow up for the 100 years later
    While I don't plan on doing it I would think the same information, but for 2006, should be easily obtainable.

    U.S. statistics for the Year 1906:

    in Chat

    Posted · Edited by Movie Junkie

    Sorry but the stats came from an email that was forwarded to me so I don't know where they came from.

     

     

     

    Edit

     

    I just did a search and found the stats here. This same information was at a number of other sites as well.

    U.S. statistics for the Year 1906:

    in Chat

    Posted

    there were 15 murders in a year in a 6 square block area where I used to live in NYC not including people shot by cops. The amount of shootings I couldn't count gunfire was a nightly thing, you could almost tell what caliber gun after awhile
    There have been over 230 murders since the beginning of the year here in Philadelphia.

    U.S. statistics for the Year 1906:

    in Chat

    Posted

    U.S. statistics for the Year 1906:

     

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    The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.

     

    Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.

     

    Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

     

    A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.

     

    There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.

     

    The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

     

    Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California.

     

    With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.

     

    The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!

     

    The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour.

     

    The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year .

     

    A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

     

    More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at HOME.

     

    Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!

     

    Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as "substandard."

     

    Sugar cost four cents a pound.

     

    Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

     

    Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

     

    Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

     

    Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.

     

    Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:

     

    1. Pneumonia and influenza

    2. Tuberculosis

    3. Diarrhea

    4. Heart disease

    5. Stroke

     

    The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.

     

    The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!

     

    Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.

     

    There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

     

    Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

     

    Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

     

    Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."

     

    Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.

     

    There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !

     

    Now I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you and others all over the United States, possibly the world, in a matter of seconds!

     

    Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.

    Think About This One!!!

    in Chat

    Posted

    A car company can move its factories to Mexico and claim it's a free market.

     

    A toy company can out source to a Chinese subcontractor and claim it's a free market.

     

    A shoe company can produce its shoes in south east Asia and claim it's free market.

     

    A major bank can incorporate in Bermuda to avoid taxes and claim it's a free market.

     

    We can buy HP Printers made in Mexico. We can buy shirts made in Bangladesh.

     

    We can purchase almost anything we want from 20 different countries BUT, heaven help the elderly who dare to buy their prescription drugs from a Canadian pharmacy. That's called un-American! And you think the pharmaceutical companies don't have a powerful lobby? Think again!

    formatting problems

    in ImgBurn Support

    Posted

    May I then suggest that you go a write a burning program that you think users like and need?

     

    Clearly, in your eyes, ImgBurn just ain't good enough. So, go away and some time we'll come and critique your product and let you know how it stacks up. OK?

     

    In the meantime, please do not make out you are God and know what "people" want. That sickens me, quite frankly. All I know about what "people" want is that hundreds of thousands of people have decided (for themselves, strangely enough) that they like ImgBurn - that is a verifiable fact from the downloads. I truly don't like being told what's good for me.

     

    Regards[/color]

    Well said blu, and with a hell of a lot more diplomacy than I would have had.
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