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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:23:58 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
> > On 20/12/2014 20:48, Jim Henderson wrote:
> >>> Or hunting. How can you say that you need a machine gun to hunt.
> >>> Unless
> >>> >you are hunting mince or ground meat.
> >> I still like Robin Williams' (I think it was) suggestion that we should
> >> give Bambi some serious firepower to even out the odds.
> >>
> >>
> > A truly, American solution. :-P
>
> But of course. Every red-blooded American knows that the way you put a
> fire out is by adding more gasoline. ;)
>
> >>> >Is that not the reason given by the pro gun lobby?
> >>> >The black hats won't know which white hat is carrying.
> >> It's one of several excuses, yeah.
> >>
> >>
> > LOL You sound rightly P'd off with that one.
>
> You think? ;)
>
> >>> >Easy peasy, shoot everyone who is carrying a gun. By definition they
> >>> >are criminals. And since guns are designed to kill not incapacitate I
> >>> >am sure that they won't mind having done to them what they intend to
> >>> >do to others.
> >> Ah, but you can't shoot everyone who's carrying a gun without carrying
> >> a gun.;)
> >>
> >>
> > Use automatic gun detectors in all public places.
>
> Automatic gun detectors with their own firepower? Have you not seen
> Terminator? ;)
>
> >>> >Unless they are wearing a bandoleer of throwing knifes.;-)
> >> I don't know anyone who can throw as many knives as fast as even a non-
> >> automatic weapon, much less a semi- or fully automatic weapon.
> >>
> >>
> > I have been straining my mind to remember the comic charterer, who could
> > have done that.
>
> The Knifekateer. (A common character in the comic strip "Basic
> Instructions" - http://basicinstructions.net/)
>
> Then again, the superheroes in that comic, when they appear, aren't that
> "super", so it seems that the Knifekateer wouldn't be able to manage
> it. ;)
>
> >> I don't have a gun, but I know how to use a number of different
> >> varieties because of him.
> >>
> >> The closest I get to guns these days, though, is playing Borderlands.;)
> >
> > The way to go. :-)
> >
> > The last time I fired a gun was at a rifle club's open day about 45
> > years ago. I am left eyed dominant and right handed so no use at that.
>
> I've got pretty good aim, or used to - though the second time skeet
> shooting, I didn't do so well. It helps to hold the shotgun tight in
> your *shoulder*, not your upper arm. Doing the latter will give you a
> very sore arm, and you won't be able to hit *anything* you intend to.
unless you're using an AA12
;)
Nekar Xenos
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Hi(gh)!
On 22.12.2014 09:23, Stephen wrote:
> On 20/12/2014 20:48, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I still like Robin Williams' (I think it was) suggestion that we should
>> give Bambi some serious firepower to even out the odds.
>>
>
> A truly, American solution. :-P
BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! RATATATATATATATATATATATATATA...
Imagine sweet little fawns with Metal Storm devices mounted on their
backs...! Would be a truly bizarre splatter movie...
See you in Khyberspace!
Yadgar
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:11:07 +0100, Jörg 'Yadgar' Bleimann wrote:
> Hi(gh)!
>
> On 22.12.2014 09:23, Stephen wrote:
>> On 20/12/2014 20:48, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> I still like Robin Williams' (I think it was) suggestion that we
>>> should give Bambi some serious firepower to even out the odds.
>>>
>>>
>> A truly, American solution. :-P
>
> BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! RATATATATATATATATATATATATATA...
>
> Imagine sweet little fawns with Metal Storm devices mounted on their
> backs...! Would be a truly bizarre splatter movie...
>
> See you in Khyberspace!
>
> Yadgar
I'd pay money to watch that film. :)
Jim
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:35:07 +0200, Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> On 17/12/2014 18:15, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>> Also, the weather is a lot milder than Nigeria. A really hot day would
>> be a
>> little over 30 deg Celsius here.
>>
>
> I was there from January to March, just before the Harmattan, I did not
> find Port Harcourt overly hot.
>
I'm not sure exactly which part he was from. He's always saying the heat
there is so bad that all vehicles have to have air-con.
I would like to live in a place that doesn't get any hotter than 24 deg
Celsius and doesn't go below 0 - though snow would be cool :)
>> I have now been informed that it wasn't cable theft, it was a road
>> works mishap.
>> Hopefully I should have adsl again by Sunday.
>
> Good, it did not make sense to me other than vandalism.
Phone cable theft and power cable theft is common in South Africa. I
suppose they don't use whatever the latest technology is in the rest of
the world here. Maybe there's more copper in our cables than elsewhere.
> I am pleased that you will be connected again. Soon?
>
I am now connected! =D
--
-Nekar Xenos-
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On 27/12/2014 19:19, Nekar Xenos wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:35:07 +0200, Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>
>> On 17/12/2014 18:15, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>>> Also, the weather is a lot milder than Nigeria. A really hot day
>>> would be a
>>> little over 30 deg Celsius here.
>>>
>>
>> I was there from January to March, just before the Harmattan, I did
>> not find Port Harcourt overly hot.
>>
> I'm not sure exactly which part he was from. He's always saying the heat
> there is so bad that all vehicles have to have air-con.
>
That's what I would have thought but I was on the coast and it is always
more temperate near the sea.
> I would like to live in a place that doesn't get any hotter than 24 deg
> Celsius and doesn't go below 0 - though snow would be cool :)
>
Yes, snow is cool. :-P
England is like that but you would have to put up with not seeing blue
skys very often. I have heard quite a few Australians complaining about
that, a lot.
>>
>> Good, it did not make sense to me other than vandalism.
>
> Phone cable theft and power cable theft is common in South Africa.
Probably a lot more poverty then. That would make it more economical,
compared to here.
> I suppose they don't use whatever the latest technology is in the rest of
> the world here. Maybe there's more copper in our cables than elsewhere.
>
>> I am pleased that you will be connected again. Soon?
>>
>
> I am now connected! =D
>
Merry Christmas. :-D
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Regards
Stephen
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On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:47:30 +0200, Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> On 27/12/2014 19:19, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>> I am now connected! =D
>>
>
> Merry Christmas. :-D
>
Thanks =D
One good thing about the lost connection is that we probably won't reach
our 100Gb throttle cap this month :)
--
-Nekar Xenos-
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On 28/12/2014 17:08, Nekar Xenos wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:47:30 +0200, Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>
>> On 27/12/2014 19:19, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>
>>> I am now connected! =D
>>>
>>
>> Merry Christmas. :-D
>>
>
> Thanks =D
>
> One good thing about the lost connection is that we probably won't reach
> our 100Gb throttle cap this month :)
>
http://tinyurl.com/8ksegle
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Regards
Stephen
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On 28-12-2014 19:42, Stephen wrote:
> On 28/12/2014 17:08, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>> On Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:47:30 +0200, Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>>
>>> On 27/12/2014 19:19, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>>
>>>> I am now connected! =D
>>>>
>>>
>>> Merry Christmas. :-D
>>>
>>
>> Thanks =D
>>
>> One good thing about the lost connection is that we probably won't reach
>> our 100Gb throttle cap this month :)
>>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8ksegle
>
>
Coincidence or not, a short part of it was shown today on the television
in a program on our yearly tradition of the top2000 songs. This year it
is at number 1155.
--
Everytime the IT department forbids something that a researcher deems
necessary for her work there will be another hole in the firewall.
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"Nekar Xenos" <nek### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> One good thing about the lost connection is that we probably won't reach
> our 100Gb throttle cap this month :)
I'm not sure I'm even capable of reaching that with my connection (which my ISP
laughably calls "high speed"). They advertize 12 megabytes on TV. Major copy
error there: what they really meant is 12 megaBITS. But I never get more than
1.5 Mb, and that's on a good hour of a good day. Sometimes I get half the speed
of dial-up! There are times (as often as once or twice a day) when I wish I
lived in South Korea.
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:52:50 +0200, Cousin Ricky <rickysttATyahooDOTcom>
wrote:
> "Nekar Xenos" <nek### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> One good thing about the lost connection is that we probably won't reach
>> our 100Gb throttle cap this month :)
>
> I'm not sure I'm even capable of reaching that with my connection (which
> my ISP
> laughably calls "high speed"). They advertize 12 megabytes on TV.
> Major copy
> error there: what they really meant is 12 megaBITS. But I never get
> more than
> 1.5 Mb, and that's on a good hour of a good day. Sometimes I get half
> the speed
> of dial-up! There are times (as often as once or twice a day) when I
> wish I
> lived in South Korea.
>
What country are you in?
I would prefer Peterborough over SOuth Korea - 1Gbps!
I have a 4Mbps connection. there are 8 devices connected via wi-fi plus
the PC direct connection = 9 devices. And my sons are into on-line gaming
and everybody except me watches You-Tube a lot.
Speedtest.net usually tests over 3Mbps {locally}, and downloads have never
been over 500Kbps(international). I have had pings as low as 9 but usually
it\s around 300 to bing.com.
Now my internet connection seems to be disappearing again... :(
... not sure if this message will go through ...
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-Nekar Xenos-
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