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W∴ Balboos, GHB15-Jul-16 3:14

15-Jul-16 3:14

I've a long gun. A few extra clips, too, but only eight rounds/each.

Your reply is very much in character - turning to the guns. That's OK as it's important to you. The questions is, at least implicitly, is gun control punishment?

Years ago, in Chicago, I bought a revolver. There was a three-day waiting period before I could pick it up. That, I feel, is a good thing: no one should need a gun "NOW!". If you don't cool off in three days you'd find some way to do something, anyway. For a normal purchaser, it's not problem. But how far should this go?

Background checks are pointless if there's a legal loophole. Similarly, not allowing ownership of every type of available weapon is not a unconstitutional burden on honest people. I really wouldn't want a lot of people I know to have an RPG at their disposal. Imagine the fun during road-rage!

But, if you concede that there should be some limitations on weapons available to the public (just think how stupid users of your applications are and you know why), you have to decide where that line is. That is (should be) the real discussion. In at least two other countries (Canada, Israel), gun possession/ownership exceeds that of the USA, per capita, so it's not the guns. It's the owners.

And that's the problem. No one running for office has proposed 'taking your guns away' - that's not in the power of any president.

The thing is, there are two problems.

(1) People who want regulations without thinking them through.
(2) People who want to prevent any regulations without thinking it through

Get rid of the above two problems and good gun laws could be made that protect OUR rights and still manage to prevent the ease of creating disasters. But this requires thinking and so the fight will continue and the body count will, as well.

Ravings en masse^
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

W∴ Balboos, GHB15-Jul-16 2:17

15-Jul-16 2:17

Horribly, I had foreseen this method of attack over a decade ago - only it was executed in the form of a coordinated effort (rental trucks all over a country, small towns and large, creating serious nation-wide fear). Probably this is already on the horizon.

There are others such possibilities - but like the above, I do not 'share' lest I plant a seed in someones mind.

The driver is dead (I'm waiting for the Swiss minister of foreign affairs to call this an extra-judicial execution). They'll find another - or, noting the success, a small army of them.

The real question for the West is - what needs to be done to motivate them to stop killing innocent people at random. Then, don't blink . . . just do it.

Ravings en masse^
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

#realJSOP15-Jul-16 2:56

#realJSOP

15-Jul-16 2:56

W∴ Balboos wrote:
The real question for the West is - what needs to be done to motivate them to stop killing innocent people at random.

When you find out who the perpetrator is, find every member of his/her family, and kill them all - loudly and with prejudice. I know, then you're lowering yourself to their level blah-f*ckin-blah-blah... Well, life is a sh|t sandwich, and as long as you're having dinner, you should share what's on your plate with those that would do you harm.

It's time to stop being politically-correct lib-tard snowflakes that believe hugs, kisses, and understanding are the solution to this problem.

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

W∴ Balboos, GHB15-Jul-16 3:01

15-Jul-16 3:01

Oddly, I've suggest the effectiveness of that reply to terrorism for years. I'm not sure I can actually advocate it - but if the end-justifies-the-means it's quite a winner.

My inspiration: Israeli bulldozing of homes of terrorists. That way the sc^mbags that dance and give out candy when innocent people are murdered had to consider that their family would pay a price. My note was that if entire families were killed once or twice, the number of martyrs would decline significantly. Saving many lives in the long run - and importantly - lives of innocents.

Ravings en masse^
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

den2k8815-Jul-16 3:23

den2k88

15-Jul-16 3:23

If you ever found a State let me know, I'll be there applying for citizenship the very next instant.

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Nagy Vilmos15-Jul-16 2:56

Nagy Vilmos

15-Jul-16 2:56

A friend is down in Nice with his wife who's in recuperation after an illness. Really not too relaxing for them but I know they're okay.

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Thanks, Microsoft. Oops, You Did It Again!

Stephen Gonzalez15-Jul-16 4:23

Stephen Gonzalez

15-Jul-16 4:23

My condolences.

raddevus14-Jul-16 9:37

14-Jul-16 9:37

I have VStudio Community 2015 on a VM.
In the recent past I developed my ASP.NET MVC-based web site and components in Community 2015 and I've written articles here on those projects.

It's been a few weeks and I just opened VStudio 2015 on that machine to create a new MVC project and there is no choice anywhere in the projects to create an MVC project.
I cannot find it.

I googled and found the stackoverflow (below)and have tried all these things and nothing.
I'm uninstalling the Web Developer Tools and I'll install them again and see if it works.

Crazy, Microsoft. Crazy.

Missing MVC template in Visual Studio 2015 - Stack Overflow[^]

My book, Launch Your Android App, is available at Amazon.com.

ZurdoDev14-Jul-16 10:02

ZurdoDev

14-Jul-16 10:02

raddevus wrote:
Crazy, Microsoft. Crazy.

They most certainly are. I never have bugs in my code. Sniff | :^)

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

raddevus14-Jul-16 10:08

14-Jul-16 10:08

Microsoft is too big to have bugs in their code.
They're not allowed. I'm placing them on double-secret probation!!

My book, Launch Your Android App, is available at Amazon.com.

ZurdoDev14-Jul-16 10:10

ZurdoDev

14-Jul-16 10:10

raddevus wrote:
Microsoft is too big to have bugs in their code.

That's why I work for a small company. Bugs are OK. $Shucks | :-\$

# of bugs is relative to size of company. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

raddevus14-Jul-16 10:15

14-Jul-16 10:15

Absolutely! No one even uses my code except me.
I can have all the bugs I want.
It's the way it was meant to be.

My book, Launch Your Android App, is available at Amazon.com.

Brisingr Aerowing14-Jul-16 10:02

Brisingr Aerowing

14-Jul-16 10:02

Ooooooooooo-kay then... D'Oh! | :doh:

Some things make you wonder...

What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?

The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.

Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

raddevus14-Jul-16 10:07

14-Jul-16 10:07

Microsoft will add/remove the packages you need, whether you need them or not.
And I mean, remove the ones you need. Add the ones you don't. Laugh | :laugh:

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xiecsuk14-Jul-16 22:06

xiecsuk

14-Jul-16 22:06

This creates an MVC application as far as I understand it.

New Project
ASP.Net Web App
From the ASP.NET 5 Templates, select
Web Application

The resultant code that is created has folders for Controllers, Models and Views, which is an MVC app as I understand it.

You are expected to set your folders and project name as you go through, of course.

raddevus15-Jul-16 2:33

A new response to end user complaints

15-Jul-16 2:33

Thanks for the input. I finally got it working.
I think I also forgot that now, the MVC Project doesn't show up until after you select ASP.NET Web App and previously that meant the project was just an ASPX type of web app.
A bit confusing in the VStudio interface.
Thanks again,

My book, Launch Your Android App, is available at Amazon.com.

Foothill14-Jul-16 8:10

Foothill

14-Jul-16 8:10

When the end users complain about why an application doesn't have X or Y functionality I am going to give them this reply:

"Anything that is perfect, isn't useful. Anything that is useful, isn't perfect."

if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016

Re: A new response to end user complaints

W∴ Balboos, GHB14-Jul-16 8:14