wcw43921 Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 I Was A Professional 911 Truther And I Gave It Up Ternaugh, Cancer and Lucius 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 His comment about YouTube is brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 The Monkees’ ‘Head’: One of Hollywood’s Most Influential and Overlooked Films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 We should be worried about more than assault rifles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Is Sichuan Food Becoming a Victim of Its Own Success? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Meet the latest police tool, Utah's first 'porn dog' Starlord 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Meet the latest police tool, Utah's first 'porn dog' I need him to help find my remote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Yeah, same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 The Monkees’ ‘Head’: One of Hollywood’s Most Influential and Overlooked Films I have seen it and I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 400...YES 400!!...animals rescued from Long Island home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I'd say this was the work of a supervillain--but which one? Texas Woman Claims Spiked Chick-fil-a Drink Caused Crime Spree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 I'd say this was the work of a supervillain--but which one? Obviously, it was Florida Man. wcw43921 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Is that one related to Piltdown Man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Obviously, it was Florida Man. Great Scott! You're right! I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Not really major news, but Amazon's paying out on the antitrust settlement. I scored 23 bucks and some change. Woot! They automagically applied it as a gift card to your account, so if you see an odd gift card on there you don't remember redeeming, that's probably it. Linkage: Information for 2016 Apple eBooks Antitrust Settlement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 Stolen medieval panels restored and reinstalled in Devon church Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Not really major news, but Amazon's paying out on the antitrust settlement. I scored 23 bucks and some change. Woot! They automagically applied it as a gift card to your account, so if you see an odd gift card on there you don't remember redeeming, that's probably it. Linkage: Information for 2016 Apple eBooks Antitrust Settlement No credit for me, but I only recently started buying eBooks from Amazon as opposed to other providers. Now if OneBookShelf were issuing settlement credits I'd be in clover, but I don't think anyone has even sued them despite their very powerful position in the online RPG Book busubess, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 No credit for me, but I only recently started buying eBooks from Amazon as opposed to other providers. Now if OneBookShelf were issuing settlement credits I'd be in clover, but I don't think anyone has even sued them despite their very powerful position in the online RPG Book busubess, I hadn't heard of OneBookShelf, so I looked them up. They're the guys who run RPGNow, etc? I've had no problems with them, and I've gotten a lot of great deals. Why would anyone sue them? Are they up to shenanigans or is there just lack of interest from other companies in entering the space? The latter seems much more likely considering what a niche market RPGs are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 If you own a gun, you're going on the FBI list says Hawaii I'll be honest with you, gun registration, by itself, strikes me as easy to abuse, but not in itself a bad idea. We register to vote, so it's not like use of a right can't be on record But the FBI list? Really? That just sends an entirely different vibe to me. Congrats, you're now on a list with crimelords, predators, and suspected terrorists because.... guns are scary? Eh. Then there is this... Ige's office said he also signed into law two other firearms bills. One makes convictions for stalking and sexual assault among the criminal offenses disqualifying a person from gun ownership. The other requires firearm owners to surrender their weapons if diagnosed with a mental, behavioral or emotional disorder. Regarding that last part: Won't that discourage gun owners from getting help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 If you own a gun, you're going on the FBI list says Hawaii I'll be honest with you, gun registration, by itself, strikes me as easy to abuse, but not in itself a bad idea. We register to vote, so it's not like use of a right can't be on record But the FBI list? Really? That just sends an entirely different vibe to me. Congrats, you're now on a list with crimelords, predators, and suspected terrorists because.... guns are scary? Hawaii has become the first U.S. state to place firearm owners on the FBI's Rap Back, which until now was used to monitor criminal activities by individuals under investigation or people in positions of trust such as school teachers and daycare workers. So crimelords, pridators, suspected terrorist, school teachers and daycare workers, eh? Yep, Ms Greenburg always did strike me as suspicious. You just can't trust anyone who knows that much about math. I get the impression that the list is less of a watch list and more of an information sharing list. Something to make sure that, if a daycare worker is convicted of a sex crime or a gun owner is convicted of a felony outside of their home state, the information gets back to the relevant people inside their home state. Since not allowing convicted felons to own guns isn't overly controversial one would think that sharing information about their felony convictions wouldn't be all that controversial either. Of course this being the US, everything about guns has to be controversial, so that thought would be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Something to make sure that, if a daycare worker is convicted of a sex crime or a gun owner is convicted of a felony outside of their home state, The wording is "arrested" not "convicted" in the article. After reading the FBI's FAQ on the program, which says "criminal activity" I'm not sure which they actually mean. On the surface, it does seem like the aim is to be able to enforce the restricted categories for gun ownership, since background checks at time of purchase are just a snapshot of one's status. The EFF has a lot of reservations about the system, so maybe those should be considered. (Link, Link Part 2) Usually, the objection to such a system would be that it serves as a de facto registration, but Hawaii already has registration requirements, so that angle should be a moot point. The NRA seems to be framing it as a due process issue, stating that people have no way to get off of the list. But if the list doesn't do anything except let the state know when you get arrested in other states, it sounds like a moot point. The only issue I can see is if Hawaii acts on information of an arrest, rather than a conviction, since simply being arrested doesn't get your rights suspended. If you do get indicted (prohibited status), then that's another matter. But you won't have access to your guns, because you aren't going to be allowed to leave the state you were indicted in until the matter's resolved. I think this is ultimately a feel good measure with little positive or negative impact. I doubt it'll be seriously challenged unless someone abuses it. Hermit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted June 26, 2016 Report Share Posted June 26, 2016 What are the odds? Delta Airlines Passenger Gets 160-Seat Aircraft To Himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 No credit for me, but I only recently started buying eBooks from Amazon as opposed to other providers. Now if OneBookShelf were issuing settlement credits I'd be in clover, but I don't think anyone has even sued them despite their very powerful position in the online RPG Book busubess, I hadn't heard of OneBookShelf, so I looked them up. They're the guys who run RPGNow, etc? I've had no problems with them, and I've gotten a lot of great deals. Why would anyone sue them? Are they up to shenanigans or is there just lack of interest from other companies in entering the space? The latter seems much more likely considering what a niche market RPGs are. Just how much of a monopoly position OBS gas is open to conjecture. Many companies do sell their own and affiliated eBooks from their own sites (such as Hero Games). Steve Jackson Games and Paizo don't sell through OBS or Lulu at all, keeping the retail rights exclusive to themselves. Certainly for the smaller presses, though, OBS is the way to go. The question of course is whether OBS gets enough income from selling small and "hobby press" eBooks and Print-on-Demand titles to continue to justify them being subsidized by the more popular publishers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 That doesn't really sound like a monopoly. Why do you think someone would have sued them? I'm not sure I follow your logic from the earlier post (#2767). Just being popular isn't really grounds for a lawsuit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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