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07 August 2019
Modified Or Not
The Delta Elite I've been eyeing from the shop I used to haunt in Iowa...
Well: I don't know much about the model.
I'm not sure about this combination of parts.
Who knows Colt's sufficiently to say?
Update:
The combination of features makes me think that this gun came with a black trigger with three holes drilled into it. That makes me think I will pass. I don't want a near new priced pistol that someone's been tinkering on. Who knows if they knew what they were doing or not?
Well: I don't know much about the model.
I'm not sure about this combination of parts.
Who knows Colt's sufficiently to say?
Update:
The combination of features makes me think that this gun came with a black trigger with three holes drilled into it. That makes me think I will pass. I don't want a near new priced pistol that someone's been tinkering on. Who knows if they knew what they were doing or not?
06 August 2019
What A Coincidence
Florida's Surgeon General Declares Public Health Emergency for Hepatitis A.
That red shaded county in their picture?
Yup, that is the wretched hive of scum and villainy known as Pasco County.
Meth labs and titty bars!
I made an appointment a week ago to get immunized for Hep today.
That red shaded county in their picture?
Yup, that is the wretched hive of scum and villainy known as Pasco County.
Meth labs and titty bars!
I made an appointment a week ago to get immunized for Hep today.
End Of A Good Run
For a while, everything I ordered online and shipped via The Post Office has been showing up a day earlier than predicted.
That run is through.
The parcel I was expecting today is shown as, "arriving late," when I was hoping for it yesterday.
C'est la vie.
That run is through.
The parcel I was expecting today is shown as, "arriving late," when I was hoping for it yesterday.
C'est la vie.
Nukes?
Stolen shamelessly from HERE.
*Roosevelt has left the game.*
Hitler[AoE]: wtf?
Eisenhower: sh1t now we need some1 to join
*tru_m4n has joined the game.*
tru_m4n: hi all
T0J0: hey
Stalin: sup
Churchill: hi
tru_m4n: OMG OMG OMG i got all his stuff!
tru_m4n: NUKES! HOLY shit I GOT NUKES
Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz
tru_m4n: no way i only got like a couple
Stalin: omg dont be gay gimmie nuculer secrets
T0J0: wtf is nukes?
T0J0: holy FUCK holy FUCK hoyl FCUK
*T0J0 has been eliminated.*
*Roosevelt has left the game.*
Hitler[AoE]: wtf?
Eisenhower: sh1t now we need some1 to join
*tru_m4n has joined the game.*
tru_m4n: hi all
T0J0: hey
Stalin: sup
Churchill: hi
tru_m4n: OMG OMG OMG i got all his stuff!
tru_m4n: NUKES! HOLY shit I GOT NUKES
Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz
tru_m4n: no way i only got like a couple
Stalin: omg dont be gay gimmie nuculer secrets
T0J0: wtf is nukes?
T0J0: holy FUCK holy FUCK hoyl FCUK
*T0J0 has been eliminated.*
05 August 2019
Not Out Of The Woods Yet
Trump did not call for more gun control.
That's good.
Cocaine Mitch is still stonewalling bills to expand gun control.
That's good.
It's definitely helping that the shooters were more liberal than not.
That's good.
Cocaine Mitch is still stonewalling bills to expand gun control.
That's good.
It's definitely helping that the shooters were more liberal than not.
Anonymous Background Check
First off, for the existing supply of legal guns outside an FFL, any universal background check is going to be on the honor system.
The supply of illegal guns isn't, ever, going through any background check system regardless of how illegal you make it.
There are legitimate fears that universal background checks are de facto registration and will lead to confiscation down the road.
The fear is legitimate because confiscation has already happened in states with registration.
A 4473, which I am told isn't registration, will have an amazing ability to allow law enforcement to come to your door asking about a particular gun.
If they ban any particular model then they will "just" have to comb through an FFL's 4473's and then swing past the address listed. Probably cross-reference it with change of address forms.
At present, you can have sold the gun and not record where it's gone.
With universal background, you will have to tell them where the check was done and that will lead to the next owner.
But once there's a ban, betcha money that a 4473 with your name on it and a banned model will become grounds for a warrant and all of your still legal guns are going to be recorded too.
Politicians are simplistic creatures.
But I have something of a solution, if we must have universal background checks.
"Anonymous" checks. It's simple enough to create a database of the criminals. You hit the web page, enter the buyer's information and get a go/no-go from the database and a confirmation number.
That number proves you did the check, should something trace back to you and you no longer have it, but doesn't record what was sold.
If both parties are legal to own it, there's no need to record it.
This is only if we must have universal background checks.
And it will still be on the honor system, like a de facto registration system is.
Still, any system is only as good as the data input into it. I seem to recall a mass shooting where, although the shooter was a prohibited person, the Air Force had neglected to file the proper paperwork...
The supply of illegal guns isn't, ever, going through any background check system regardless of how illegal you make it.
There are legitimate fears that universal background checks are de facto registration and will lead to confiscation down the road.
The fear is legitimate because confiscation has already happened in states with registration.
A 4473, which I am told isn't registration, will have an amazing ability to allow law enforcement to come to your door asking about a particular gun.
If they ban any particular model then they will "just" have to comb through an FFL's 4473's and then swing past the address listed. Probably cross-reference it with change of address forms.
At present, you can have sold the gun and not record where it's gone.
With universal background, you will have to tell them where the check was done and that will lead to the next owner.
But once there's a ban, betcha money that a 4473 with your name on it and a banned model will become grounds for a warrant and all of your still legal guns are going to be recorded too.
Politicians are simplistic creatures.
But I have something of a solution, if we must have universal background checks.
"Anonymous" checks. It's simple enough to create a database of the criminals. You hit the web page, enter the buyer's information and get a go/no-go from the database and a confirmation number.
That number proves you did the check, should something trace back to you and you no longer have it, but doesn't record what was sold.
If both parties are legal to own it, there's no need to record it.
This is only if we must have universal background checks.
And it will still be on the honor system, like a de facto registration system is.
Still, any system is only as good as the data input into it. I seem to recall a mass shooting where, although the shooter was a prohibited person, the Air Force had neglected to file the proper paperwork...
An Old Refrain
I don't know about y'all, but I'm a bit ticked off at politicians seeking to curb behavior that I'm not exhibiting by passing laws that force me to behave differently.
"Wasn't me, didn't do it," is no longer a positive defense.
"You share some tangential characteristics with a criminal," is now proof of malfeasance.
You'd think that someone saying that because I am white, male, and own guns I am guilty of mass murder because another white male murdered many people would be considered racist and sexist.
But it isn't any more.
All I know is I didn't shoot anyone.
All I know is I don't hate anyone for the color of their skin. I will admit to hating a few people because of the content of their character, but I hate from afar.
I avoid people I dislike.
I'm way more the type that will be engaged in the most common form of gun violence (suicide) than the least common (any type of rifle).
This is not to say that I am suicidal. Far from it. I've got lots of things to hang around for and experience, so don't call the cops.
"Wasn't me, didn't do it," is no longer a positive defense.
"You share some tangential characteristics with a criminal," is now proof of malfeasance.
You'd think that someone saying that because I am white, male, and own guns I am guilty of mass murder because another white male murdered many people would be considered racist and sexist.
But it isn't any more.
All I know is I didn't shoot anyone.
All I know is I don't hate anyone for the color of their skin. I will admit to hating a few people because of the content of their character, but I hate from afar.
I avoid people I dislike.
I'm way more the type that will be engaged in the most common form of gun violence (suicide) than the least common (any type of rifle).
This is not to say that I am suicidal. Far from it. I've got lots of things to hang around for and experience, so don't call the cops.
Wow
"In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings. On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose… 500 to Medical errors 300 to the Flu 250 to Suicide 200 to Car Accidents 40 to Homicide via Handgun Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data."Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter.
I'd thought he was an irredeemable liberal.
04 August 2019
Was It A Family Dispute?
Apparently, one of the victims in the Dayton Ohio shooting was the perpetrator's sister.
Could this be his motive?
Since they're both dead, we can't ask.
Could this be his motive?
Since they're both dead, we can't ask.
10mm Colt Delta Elite
Reading about the 10mm Luger reminded me of the Colt.
Talk about a starting point that makes the Colt seem downright reasonably priced.
A quick search of Gunbroker shows them running about a grand.
But the best part of the search was seeing the gun shop that I'd spent so much money in back when I lived in Ames, Iowa is selling one.
THAT really got the juices flowing.
I can see Paul now, "He moved 22 years ago, and he's still buying guns from me?"
There's a wistful pull to scour the couch cushions for the spare change to get it.
It'd also plug a hole in my 1911 array.
I've got an M1911A1 in .45 ACP and a Colt Government Model in .38 Super.
I kinda need a 10mm, don't I?
Talk about a starting point that makes the Colt seem downright reasonably priced.
A quick search of Gunbroker shows them running about a grand.
But the best part of the search was seeing the gun shop that I'd spent so much money in back when I lived in Ames, Iowa is selling one.
THAT really got the juices flowing.
I can see Paul now, "He moved 22 years ago, and he's still buying guns from me?"
There's a wistful pull to scour the couch cushions for the spare change to get it.
It'd also plug a hole in my 1911 array.
I've got an M1911A1 in .45 ACP and a Colt Government Model in .38 Super.
I kinda need a 10mm, don't I?
.45 Luger
They make them!
$8,000 seems a steal compared to what the originals (all two of them) have gone for.
They also make it in 10mm ACP.
Alt Miami Vice model?
The mind doth boggle.
$8,700 for the 10mm 1907 Classic.
How much to get Galco to make a Miami Classic for it?
A gun like this needs an appropriately retro Miami suit. Ironically, it's called a Panama suit.
$8,000 seems a steal compared to what the originals (all two of them) have gone for.
They also make it in 10mm ACP.
Alt Miami Vice model?
The mind doth boggle.
$8,700 for the 10mm 1907 Classic.
How much to get Galco to make a Miami Classic for it?
A gun like this needs an appropriately retro Miami suit. Ironically, it's called a Panama suit.
03 August 2019
Actually It Will Be Your Court Date
The topic of dressing wrong and using the restroom came up in comments on gender dysphoria.
A long time ago in a city, far far away...
There lived a woman, a lesbian, who dressed much as a man would. She cut her hair short, much as a man would. She was stocky of build, a typical "bull-dyke".
She used the women's room one day, as she had her entire life.
She got the shit beat out of her by a couple of "men" who decided that no "fucking tranny" was going to use the same restroom as their precious "women folk".
They quickly discovered that, even in rural and often conservative Iowa, that assault is assault and it's a felony and felons go to prison.
This is why I despise the bathroom "police".
She was never the same after and I miss my friend.
A long time ago in a city, far far away...
There lived a woman, a lesbian, who dressed much as a man would. She cut her hair short, much as a man would. She was stocky of build, a typical "bull-dyke".
She used the women's room one day, as she had her entire life.
She got the shit beat out of her by a couple of "men" who decided that no "fucking tranny" was going to use the same restroom as their precious "women folk".
They quickly discovered that, even in rural and often conservative Iowa, that assault is assault and it's a felony and felons go to prison.
This is why I despise the bathroom "police".
She was never the same after and I miss my friend.
Is It Posted
I am awaiting news to see if the El Paso Wal Mart was 30.06 marked.
If it wasn't, this will be the biggest shooting in a place where carry was allowed.
It also underscores that there really aren't that many carry permits and people carrying to count on them protecting you.
I hate the idea of being killed for a lack of shooting back.
I will prolly BE the person killed for a lack of shooting back, but I don't like the idea.
If it wasn't, this will be the biggest shooting in a place where carry was allowed.
It also underscores that there really aren't that many carry permits and people carrying to count on them protecting you.
I hate the idea of being killed for a lack of shooting back.
I will prolly BE the person killed for a lack of shooting back, but I don't like the idea.
Missing The Mark
Divemedic posted this:
Let's say that letting you pretend you're a gorilla alleviates nearly all of the internal symptoms of your species dysphoria and lets you function at a normal level.
There's a few things that I keep ramming into when seeing the trans issue coming up, but far and above is whether it's a mental illness or not.
The LGBT party line is that it is not a mental illness and it's completely normal.
I don't think that it is correct. Seeing the wrong person in the mirror is not normal. If it's not normal, then it's abnormal and likely a state of mental illness. If you want to get technical, being left-handed is an abnormality too.
The problem of admitting it's a mental illness comes from the people who use this to attack and demean the persons with the problem. You have a cure? An effective cure that does less psychological damage than the affliction?
No. No you do not.
When there's no cure for a disease, you're left with treating symptoms.
Letting the trans person dress like the person they think they are and using the pronouns of that person is treating the symptoms. It doesn't turn a man into a woman, but it allows that person to feel human again. That's something that people with gender dysphoria don't get dressing as the chromosomes dictate.
It's not near so extreme as human v gorilla. Let's try another analogy:
Genetics says I should be bald. Yet we have how many technologies that allow the bald to pretend they have hair?
Something I learned about basic human kindness and politeness AS A CHILD was to not make fun of someone's toupee to their face. That pretending that an obvious rug was hair was just something that we did because compassion for others is the right thing to do.
I can make the same analogy about hair color. How many people dye away the gray?
Gender dysphoria is something without a cure. While there are several treatments, none are 100% effective and none are universally applicable. What worked in one case will fail spectacularly in another.
That's just how psychology works.
Let's say that I believe myself to be a gorilla. No matter how strongly I believe it, I am still not a gorilla.The button he pushed is only tangentially related to his point about the athletics problem.
Let's say that I take pills to make myself grow more hair to look more like a gorilla. I am still not a gorilla.
If I hire a surgeon to perform an operation to make myself look more like a gorilla, I am still not a gorilla.
If I get a million people to say that I can be whatever I identify myself as, and declare than I am a gorilla, I am still not a gorilla.
If I were to believe myself to be a gorilla and took the steps above, people would say I am crazy.
Let's say that letting you pretend you're a gorilla alleviates nearly all of the internal symptoms of your species dysphoria and lets you function at a normal level.
There's a few things that I keep ramming into when seeing the trans issue coming up, but far and above is whether it's a mental illness or not.
The LGBT party line is that it is not a mental illness and it's completely normal.
I don't think that it is correct. Seeing the wrong person in the mirror is not normal. If it's not normal, then it's abnormal and likely a state of mental illness. If you want to get technical, being left-handed is an abnormality too.
The problem of admitting it's a mental illness comes from the people who use this to attack and demean the persons with the problem. You have a cure? An effective cure that does less psychological damage than the affliction?
No. No you do not.
When there's no cure for a disease, you're left with treating symptoms.
Letting the trans person dress like the person they think they are and using the pronouns of that person is treating the symptoms. It doesn't turn a man into a woman, but it allows that person to feel human again. That's something that people with gender dysphoria don't get dressing as the chromosomes dictate.
It's not near so extreme as human v gorilla. Let's try another analogy:
Let's say that I believe myself to have a full head of hair.
No matter how strongly I believe it, I am still bald.
Let's say that I take pills to make myself grow more hair. I still have male pattern baldness.
If I hire a surgeon to perform an operation to implant hair from elsewhere to my head. I still have male pattern baldness.
If I get a million people to say that I can be whatever I identify myself as, and declare I have hair, I still have male pattern baldness.
If I were to believe myself to have hair and took the steps above, would people would say I am crazy?
Genetics says I should be bald. Yet we have how many technologies that allow the bald to pretend they have hair?
Something I learned about basic human kindness and politeness AS A CHILD was to not make fun of someone's toupee to their face. That pretending that an obvious rug was hair was just something that we did because compassion for others is the right thing to do.
I can make the same analogy about hair color. How many people dye away the gray?
Gender dysphoria is something without a cure. While there are several treatments, none are 100% effective and none are universally applicable. What worked in one case will fail spectacularly in another.
That's just how psychology works.
02 August 2019
Opinions
Because the hilt parts are modular... It's like Lego.
I am torn between configurations
And
I'm leaning towards the second version because it feels better in the hand.
I am torn between configurations
And
I'm leaning towards the second version because it feels better in the hand.
Disclaimer
Because we live in the times we do, I feel I need to clarify.
Wishing death upon the Kennedy Klan does not mean I am planning on killing any Kennedys.
I am not advocating that anyone else take it upon themselves to snuff a JFK relative.
I would even report to the police someone whom I thought was seriously planning to do so.
What I will not do is celebrate their lives or mourn their deaths.
Wishing death upon the Kennedy Klan does not mean I am planning on killing any Kennedys.
I am not advocating that anyone else take it upon themselves to snuff a JFK relative.
I would even report to the police someone whom I thought was seriously planning to do so.
What I will not do is celebrate their lives or mourn their deaths.
Death To Them All
We lost another of "America's Royalty"...
Good!
The sooner that bloodline is scoured off the face of America the better.
One of the points of The American Experiment was to eliminate such dynasties.
The last Kennedy death that mattered to me was Ted, and that was just to make sure he was dead.
Good!
The sooner that bloodline is scoured off the face of America the better.
One of the points of The American Experiment was to eliminate such dynasties.
The last Kennedy death that mattered to me was Ted, and that was just to make sure he was dead.
Damn Busybot
Getting pasted with the spam comments lately.
SIGH.
Not sure what setting you can change to stop it besides shutting off comments.
I also figure there's no way to report them.
SIGH.
Not sure what setting you can change to stop it besides shutting off comments.
I also figure there's no way to report them.
01 August 2019
No Sale
This is where being somewhat handy pays off.
SafetyNet, who makes The Boy's ankle tracker, wants $50 plus $30 shipping for a replacement leather band for it.
For $25, free shipping, I can get the same leather strapping and get 72" of it.
I'll need like 14" for the band and a leather punch.
Guess what we ordered.
SafetyNet, who makes The Boy's ankle tracker, wants $50 plus $30 shipping for a replacement leather band for it.
For $25, free shipping, I can get the same leather strapping and get 72" of it.
I'll need like 14" for the band and a leather punch.
Guess what we ordered.
Cold War Scumbags Eligible
On Tuesday, President Trump Signed S.504 and changed the eligibility dates to join The American Legion.
Link to Kyrsten Sinema's page on it.
If you served and have an honorable discharge from December 7, 1941 to a date yet to be determined...
You can join up!
I have fired off my electronic application to the national site. I guess I then join a local post once that's been accepted.
I don't know how this is supposed to work.
Link to Kyrsten Sinema's page on it.
If you served and have an honorable discharge from December 7, 1941 to a date yet to be determined...
You can join up!
I have fired off my electronic application to the national site. I guess I then join a local post once that's been accepted.
I don't know how this is supposed to work.
Drillin' Tappin' Hoggin'
Got the switch plate mounted on my saber!
First I drilled and tapped for the 4-40 mounting screws.
Then I hogged out the space under the threaded in the switch plate. It's ugly because Dremel® and it will be hidden under the plate and switches. So I didn't take a picture!
First I drilled and tapped for the 4-40 mounting screws.
Then I hogged out the space under the threaded in the switch plate. It's ugly because Dremel® and it will be hidden under the plate and switches. So I didn't take a picture!
Let's Misunderstand Capitalism
Miguel found this.
OK, gun banners, buy Wal Mart out of .223 Remington.
Do you know what you just did?
Sent a signal to Wal Mart Corporate that .223 Remington is in high demand and they should order more so as to not run out again.
Wal Mart's order for more ammo will cause the manufacturers to make more .223 Remington relative to other calibers; or expand production capacity.
Liberals don't understand capitalism. This plan will lead to there being MORE .223 Remington for sale, not less.
Ironically, a refusal to buy this ammunition would have the effect they want... except we gun owners already buy enough for Wal Mart to keep stocking it regularly.
Liberal morons (redundancy alert) buying or not buying ammo will not eliminate it.
Just about the only effect this might have is some police department might get some more trigger time because they have some free ammo for training.
Hey... weren't the liberals all "fuck the police" not all that long ago about
31 July 2019
Misogynist Sci-Fi Fans?
If we hate women in science fiction so much, why is Gunnery Sergeant Draper such a fan favorite?
Update:
Another character I really like from The Expanse is Chrisjen Avasarala.
We fans got that show saved and it's chocked full of good female characters.
Update:
Another character I really like from The Expanse is Chrisjen Avasarala.
We fans got that show saved and it's chocked full of good female characters.
Pointing And Laughing Is Forbidden By VA Policy
On Friday I went back to the doctor to follow up on my rotting pecker.
It's MUCH better, but not as eradicated as the doc would like.
Prescription strength meds on the way!
Because it wasn't eradicated by the over-the-counter meds by now; she went into "The patient is lying about being a married man and must have actually had some sex somewhere in here."
She ordered a full round of STD tests!
I do not have:
Chlamydia
Syphillus
Gohnorrea
Herpes
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
or
HIV
Ma'am, you have to have sex with someone else to catch those; I'm married. There is no nookie thanks to the chilling effect on the libido from wedding cake.
She also gave me an interesting lecture about herpes. You can have it for decades and not know.
Ididnotknowthat. Thatissomescaryshitrightthere!
I was not a very careful person about sex before I were married (and, honestly, neither was The Lovely Harvey).
Imagine the awkward conversation to explain that you've had herpes all this time and haven't been cheating!
Another test that was performed, to figure out what fungus/yeast we were dealing with was a scraping of the affected area.
This is exactly what it sounds like and you don't want them to do it to you.
It's MUCH better, but not as eradicated as the doc would like.
Prescription strength meds on the way!
Because it wasn't eradicated by the over-the-counter meds by now; she went into "The patient is lying about being a married man and must have actually had some sex somewhere in here."
She ordered a full round of STD tests!
I do not have:
Chlamydia
Syphillus
Gohnorrea
Herpes
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
or
HIV
Ma'am, you have to have sex with someone else to catch those; I'm married. There is no nookie thanks to the chilling effect on the libido from wedding cake.
She also gave me an interesting lecture about herpes. You can have it for decades and not know.
Ididnotknowthat. Thatissomescaryshitrightthere!
I was not a very careful person about sex before I were married (and, honestly, neither was The Lovely Harvey).
Imagine the awkward conversation to explain that you've had herpes all this time and haven't been cheating!
Another test that was performed, to figure out what fungus/yeast we were dealing with was a scraping of the affected area.
This is exactly what it sounds like and you don't want them to do it to you.
Dear Poland
Germany won't help in the Persian Gulf.
Dear Poland,
Want some payback?
I don't think any US forces should be risked protecting a nation which won't even send logistics support on an operation which protects their own interests far more than our own.
How much of Germany do you want, Poland?
The empty shell of Die Heer should be a push-over, especially since Frau Merkel's defense plan is to let the US do it for her.
Dear Poland,
Want some payback?
I don't think any US forces should be risked protecting a nation which won't even send logistics support on an operation which protects their own interests far more than our own.
How much of Germany do you want, Poland?
The empty shell of Die Heer should be a push-over, especially since Frau Merkel's defense plan is to let the US do it for her.
Apparently I Am Rich
Apex Gun Parts is selling an R604 upper for a fucking grand! (no guarantee this link is still good).
Charlotte is sporting such an upper. (Edit: changed the picture to show later iteration of her with the partial fence lower.)
I even have the period correct chromed, slick-side bolt carrier.
Charlotte is sporting such an upper. (Edit: changed the picture to show later iteration of her with the partial fence lower.)
I even have the period correct chromed, slick-side bolt carrier.
30 July 2019
Border Policies Are Breaking Up Families
The Democrats are concerned about how border policies are breaking up families?
The sure didn't show any concern about how welfare policies destroyed families.
Scads of kids, no fathers.
Younger and younger mothers.
Unemployment incentivized.
No escape route out.
The sure didn't show any concern about how welfare policies destroyed families.
Scads of kids, no fathers.
Younger and younger mothers.
Unemployment incentivized.
No escape route out.
That Might Explain It
The light pipe on the Truglo front sight is loose on my M&P 9.
Bummer.
Trijicon is on sale at Midway...
Bummer.
Trijicon is on sale at Midway...
29 July 2019
New Paradigm
I am rapidly discovering two things about everything I think is interesting or important.
The first is they are never interesting or important to anyone else.
The second is that I am completely wrong about whatever it is.
There's more to it than that, but those are the core things.
It's like I live in a delusional Dunning-Kruger state at all times.
To the point I am wondering what accidental happenstance has allowed me to keep breathing in the correct sequence all these years.
I do know one thing. There's endless topics that I cannot understand because I am not a subject of that topic.
I cannot understand women's rights or feminism because I am not a woman.
I cannot understand what it's like to be a racial minority because I am not a racial minority.
I cannot understand anything about LGBT rights because I am not LGBT myself.
Anything I think I know about any of these topics is wrong, see Dunning-Kruger.
In short, I am discovering that I am an irredeemable bigot who hates everyone and everything not like myself who'd been thinking that I didn't hate anyone.
I am happy that I have been put in my place by my betters and I will endeavor to never leave it again.
The first is they are never interesting or important to anyone else.
The second is that I am completely wrong about whatever it is.
There's more to it than that, but those are the core things.
It's like I live in a delusional Dunning-Kruger state at all times.
To the point I am wondering what accidental happenstance has allowed me to keep breathing in the correct sequence all these years.
I do know one thing. There's endless topics that I cannot understand because I am not a subject of that topic.
I cannot understand women's rights or feminism because I am not a woman.
I cannot understand what it's like to be a racial minority because I am not a racial minority.
I cannot understand anything about LGBT rights because I am not LGBT myself.
Anything I think I know about any of these topics is wrong, see Dunning-Kruger.
In short, I am discovering that I am an irredeemable bigot who hates everyone and everything not like myself who'd been thinking that I didn't hate anyone.
I am happy that I have been put in my place by my betters and I will endeavor to never leave it again.
Clue
Criminal who crossed state lines to commit a felony with a firearm illegal at the scene of the crime in a gun-free zone?
I notice that the news stories are saying he purchased the "SKS AK-47-type assault rifle" legally in Nevada are not calling the scumbag "Nevada Man".
Which makes me think he's a Californian.
That means that it wasn't legal for him to buy that rifle in Nevada.
Even if he was a legal resident of Nevada...
Crossing state lines to commit a crime is, in itself, a crime.
Breaking and entering is a crime.
Having the unregistered "SKS AK-47-type assault rifle" in California is a crime.
Having a "SKS AK-47-type assault rifle" with any of a list of forbidden features in California is a crime.
Having a "SKS AK-47-type assault rifle" in a gun free zone is a crime.
I notice that the news stories are saying he purchased the "SKS AK-47-type assault rifle" legally in Nevada are not calling the scumbag "Nevada Man".
Which makes me think he's a Californian.
That means that it wasn't legal for him to buy that rifle in Nevada.
Even if he was a legal resident of Nevada...
Crossing state lines to commit a crime is, in itself, a crime.
Breaking and entering is a crime.
Having the unregistered "SKS AK-47-type assault rifle" in California is a crime.
Having a "SKS AK-47-type assault rifle" with any of a list of forbidden features in California is a crime.
Having a "SKS AK-47-type assault rifle" in a gun free zone is a crime.
Bits And Pieces Dribs And Drabs
The pommel and blade-holder for The Lovely Harvey's saber have arrived!
Progress is being made.
Our switches arrived in the same package.
The silver switch should light purple and the black one orange. The smaller thing is a charging port.
The tabs will have to be bent somewhat to clear the battery pack.
My next step will be figuring out where I want it, drill and tap the mounting holes, mark the switch locations and hog out the hilt for them.
I don't have Harvey's switch mounting box yet...
Darn It
The tritium on the front sight of my M&P appears to be giving up the ghost faster than the rear sight.
I wonder if I cracked the vial...
They're Truglo sights I installed back in Dec 2014, so they shouldn't be dimming much at all yet, let lone just the one dot in the front sight.
The Truglo sights in my Glock 17 are all just as bright as the rear of the S&W...
I wonder if I cracked the vial...
They're Truglo sights I installed back in Dec 2014, so they shouldn't be dimming much at all yet, let lone just the one dot in the front sight.
The Truglo sights in my Glock 17 are all just as bright as the rear of the S&W...
28 July 2019
Cutting Problem
Light Sabers and Variable-Swords are two science fiction weapons which really captured my imagination as a youth.
GURPS: Ultra Tech has stats for both.
The light saber is called a force sword (Ultra Tech p. 166) and it does 8d(5) burn damage.
The variable sword is called a stasis switchblade (Ultra Tech p. 164) and is does sw+1d+R(10) cut damage. R is equal to the currently set reach and can be from 0 to 30, but is only valid at that reach. ie with it set to 30 you still only get +5 on the person five hexes away. The cutting power is also dependent on the strength of the wielder. The average Joe with a 10 ST is going to do 2d+2(10) cut at a bastard sword length of R 2. Typical fighter ST of 12 will up that to 3d(10) cut.
I cannot find the rules for how to just cut something so don't really have a basis to compare them for cutting power absolutely.
But I do have some real world tools from High Tech to give some relative cutting power comparison.
A TL8 chainsaw (High Tech p. 27) does sw+1d cut. 2d cut for ST 10 and 2d+2 for ST 12.
A cutting torch does 1d+3(2) burn per second.
A plasma torch does 3d+6(2) burn per second.
It becomes difficult to make a fair comparison because of the armor divisor, or not.
Because inanimate objects are unresisting, I think we can assume max damage every turn.
Substances with a low DR make the armor divisor not matter much. A DR 1 substance, like 1" of wood, gets attacked pretty much with just the dice of all five tools here. Because wood is combustible, we have other things to check when using the cutting torch and force sword.
1" of mild steel, however, has a DR of 56. The stasis switchblade gets treats it as DR 6, the force sword as DR 12 and the cutting and plasma torches as DR 28.
The chainsaw cannot hurt it.
Hmmmm, it appears that our torch can't cut 1" mild steel plate. There might be other rules I'm missing here, because I know you can cut 1" mild steel with a cutting torch. The "per second" rule might treat it as a cumulative deal where you're doing the damage and eventually wearing through; so four turns of max damage to get the DR melted then another 7 to get the 1-hex hole cut.
Alternatively it could be add 4 seconds of cutting time for every application of max-damage to the material... Then it would take 35 seconds to make a 1-hex hole.
For the plasma torch, 2 seconds to eliminate the DR and two more to finish the hole. Alternate: 9 seconds to make the hole.
The stasis switchblade with a ST 10 wielder doesn't have the "per second" qualifier so they will have to penetrate the DR every time. With 14 points of damage every turn, 6 will be lost to getting through that DR every turn so 8 damage every second and 8 seconds to make a 1-hex hole. The ST 12 wielder does just two more points per turn, making their hole in 6 seconds.
The force sword does it's damage every second like the cutting torch when being used as a tool. the DR 12 is penetrated in the first second leaving 36 to damage the plate and the next second completing the 1-hex hole. Alternate: still two seconds.
GURPS: Ultra Tech has stats for both.
The light saber is called a force sword (Ultra Tech p. 166) and it does 8d(5) burn damage.
The variable sword is called a stasis switchblade (Ultra Tech p. 164) and is does sw+1d+R(10) cut damage. R is equal to the currently set reach and can be from 0 to 30, but is only valid at that reach. ie with it set to 30 you still only get +5 on the person five hexes away. The cutting power is also dependent on the strength of the wielder. The average Joe with a 10 ST is going to do 2d+2(10) cut at a bastard sword length of R 2. Typical fighter ST of 12 will up that to 3d(10) cut.
I cannot find the rules for how to just cut something so don't really have a basis to compare them for cutting power absolutely.
But I do have some real world tools from High Tech to give some relative cutting power comparison.
A TL8 chainsaw (High Tech p. 27) does sw+1d cut. 2d cut for ST 10 and 2d+2 for ST 12.
A cutting torch does 1d+3(2) burn per second.
A plasma torch does 3d+6(2) burn per second.
It becomes difficult to make a fair comparison because of the armor divisor, or not.
Because inanimate objects are unresisting, I think we can assume max damage every turn.
Substances with a low DR make the armor divisor not matter much. A DR 1 substance, like 1" of wood, gets attacked pretty much with just the dice of all five tools here. Because wood is combustible, we have other things to check when using the cutting torch and force sword.
1" of mild steel, however, has a DR of 56. The stasis switchblade gets treats it as DR 6, the force sword as DR 12 and the cutting and plasma torches as DR 28.
The chainsaw cannot hurt it.
Hmmmm, it appears that our torch can't cut 1" mild steel plate. There might be other rules I'm missing here, because I know you can cut 1" mild steel with a cutting torch. The "per second" rule might treat it as a cumulative deal where you're doing the damage and eventually wearing through; so four turns of max damage to get the DR melted then another 7 to get the 1-hex hole cut.
Alternatively it could be add 4 seconds of cutting time for every application of max-damage to the material... Then it would take 35 seconds to make a 1-hex hole.
For the plasma torch, 2 seconds to eliminate the DR and two more to finish the hole. Alternate: 9 seconds to make the hole.
The stasis switchblade with a ST 10 wielder doesn't have the "per second" qualifier so they will have to penetrate the DR every time. With 14 points of damage every turn, 6 will be lost to getting through that DR every turn so 8 damage every second and 8 seconds to make a 1-hex hole. The ST 12 wielder does just two more points per turn, making their hole in 6 seconds.
The force sword does it's damage every second like the cutting torch when being used as a tool. the DR 12 is penetrated in the first second leaving 36 to damage the plate and the next second completing the 1-hex hole. Alternate: still two seconds.
Package Problem
Because I sourced my light saber laser sword force sword parts from The Custom Saber Shop, I've been space constrained from day one for the internal components, most especially for batteries.
Marv has been basing his design on a Russian saber enthusiast who used plumbing supplies and a bit of artistry.
Marv is discovering that Russia uses different pipe standards than The USA.
Three times now he's bumped into the part recommended by the Russian guy are just a little too big to fit inside the PVC drain tubing he's using.
He's getting close to having to redesign his innards to better accommodate the restraints placed on him by what he can get from Lowe's and Home Depot. That will mean repackaging his batteries and getting a smaller speaker.
I feel for him, I really do.
Marv has been basing his design on a Russian saber enthusiast who used plumbing supplies and a bit of artistry.
Marv is discovering that Russia uses different pipe standards than The USA.
Three times now he's bumped into the part recommended by the Russian guy are just a little too big to fit inside the PVC drain tubing he's using.
He's getting close to having to redesign his innards to better accommodate the restraints placed on him by what he can get from Lowe's and Home Depot. That will mean repackaging his batteries and getting a smaller speaker.
I feel for him, I really do.
Simple Pleasures
Yesterday was just a hang-out and do nothing day.
It's amazing how much you do when you're doing nothing.
Had Marv over for dinner and a couple of beers, then we burned up the accumulation of tree trimmings (it dropped below 90, we were COLD!).
Sat on the back patio just watching the stars creep across the sky and chatted.
Achieved the goal of accomplishing not a damn thing and we're happy for it.
It's amazing how much you do when you're doing nothing.
Had Marv over for dinner and a couple of beers, then we burned up the accumulation of tree trimmings (it dropped below 90, we were COLD!).
Sat on the back patio just watching the stars creep across the sky and chatted.
Achieved the goal of accomplishing not a damn thing and we're happy for it.
26 July 2019
25 July 2019
This Is Not Agreed
I'm for strengthening the border.
This is not strengthening the border.
Papiere Bitte?
This is not the most recent video, but I can't find where the practice has stopped.
This is not strengthening the border.
Papiere Bitte?
This is not the most recent video, but I can't find where the practice has stopped.
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