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Super Lloyd wrote: So.. how many tank and jet fighter do you own?
If you plan on resisting the US military I am curious about your odds...
0) We don't have to have "tanks and jet fighters", and proof of that is the cave-dwellers kicking our military's ass in Pakistan (and Russia's ass before that).
1) I don't know where you get the idea that "planning" to resist the US military. And if you had any kind of reading comprehension (much less, a true desire to get some knowledge about what you're inferring), you would know EXACTLY why the 2nd Amendment is in our Bill of Rights. Here, I'll break the amendment down for you:
"A well regulated Militia," - Back when the Constitution was drafted, regular army troops were referred to as "regulars" because they were trained/equipped with standard tactics, strategies and weapons. "Well regulated" does not mean controlled, it means trained and equipped. Further, because the adopters of the Constitution did not trust a standing army, their actual intent was to have the populace be able to form a militia for local defense. Furthermore, this means that the arms we can keep and bear should be battlefield capable, because without that condition, the right to keep and bear is essentially a pointless right (unless you're a cave-dweller in Pakistan, evidently).
"...being necessary to the security of a free State, " - The founders realized that without arms, a citizen could not defend himself, his family, or his country from a tyrannical (or invading foreign) government.
"the right of the people to keep and bear Arms," - this clause infers that the right to defend oneself is a pre-existing natural right. This means the right to bear arms is not "granted" by the government, nor restricted to "militias", but is inherent by the very existence of the individual.
"shall not be infringed." - This means the government cannot infringe on our right to keep and bear arms.
If you need proof of ANY of the intent of the founding fathers regarding the reason for having the 2nd Amendment, there is PLENTY of proof available in the writings and speeches of the very people that wrote the Constitution. My advice is to start with the Federalist Papers, and go from there. I don't expect anyone here that is not a US citizen to be willing to do that kind of research, or even be informed/educated enough about US history to even be aware of the facts. However, you have no f*ckin' place telling Americans that we're f*cked up because we own guns.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: "...I don't know where you get the idea that "planning" to resist the US military...
from that:
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: , I don't even expect you to, because you are STILL convinced that your government is looking out for your best interests
It quite looked like it was implied...
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: We don't expect foreigners to understand.
Good on you! Because they don't!
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Halt safari! This thread started as a joke, but now is getting perilously close to a flame war (which is forbidden in the Lounge.) Let's shake hands and terminate the thread here!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Believe me, it's nowhere close to a flame war.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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If only if Stewie Vander hits you with lightsaber.
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That would scare the kids...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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True.
And there are other good reasons for buying it, too.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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And here I was, shortly before my half centennial, thinking that surely I had seen it all by now!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Makes me wonder if the water comes out in asthmatic coughs, or whether the coughs turn into gurgling sounds
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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I just discovered it's gone since W7 (which I'm using.)
I need it!
I think I can use Putty[^].
Marc
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Yup, read those. There was also a google link for using PuTTY, which was brain dead simple to do. Comms are working!
Marc
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It was useful without running in the background constantly spying and using up system resources. It didn't fit the Windows 10 paradigm.
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I have used Termite on Weven, I managed to use the Pro edition of Hyperterminal too, so I think it will work, if you have a legal copy from XP. PuTTy seemed a bit over-engineer for the use I needed.
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I use HyperTerminal all the time with Windows 7. You just have to download the two files: one EXE and and DLL. They're not tied to a specific Windows version.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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I use QVT/Term, have since the 90s. It's more compatible with OpenVMS. If I recall correctly, very few terminus emulation systems emulate the "GOLD" key effectively; QVT/Term does (possibly Reflection does too).
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This just in[^] ...
Edit: Link fixed!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
modified 2-Jun-16 13:01pm.
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Did the hamsters eat your link? It's a 404 at the moment.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Beg pudding. Sliced off the final letter. All fixed now!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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From $4.5 Billion To Nothing[^]
Ouch! Poor girl.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Kinda hard to have sympathy with someone who is under investigation by just about every Federal body in existence!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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