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QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 09:58 AM) And in some countries, usually third world, that is what happens. Here we have legal protections that allow innocent people to walk the streets. We have protections to allow innocent NORMAL people to walk the streets. The mentally disturbed do not qualify.

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 09:57 AM) Alpha, the pro gun lobby has convinced me that criminals will get guns regardless of the laws. So fixing the mental health issue would be more effective than the gun laws. How many people would he have killed with a knife? Baseball bat? Why do we have to regress from gun to knife? Is this to pretend there aren't other violent weapons available? How many people would he have killed with a bow and arrow? Or perhaps a chainsaw? Both far more lethal than a knife or bat, and just as easy to get.

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 09:53 AM) LOL, No. Read my post again. I didn't write hundreds OF thousands, I wrote hundreds OR thousands. And keep in mind, this wasn't an undiagnosed person here...he had a documented history of mental illness, and the treatment he was receiving was apparently "good enough". Which translates too, get him the hell out of here quick, give him advil or something, that'll fix it all. I get your point if you're talking about undiagnosed people...but he wasn't.

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 09:53 AM) Read my post again. I didn't write hundreds OF thousands, I wrote hundreds OR thousands. Sorry misread that, but even better...if its just a few hundred or a thousand we're talking about, I don't get the gripe. These people shouldn't be walking the streets until properly treated, if they even can be treated. IE, get them the f*** off the streets.

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 09:40 AM) He was walking the streets because if we locked up everyone that fit his profile we would be locking up hundreds or thousands of people who would not shoot up a workplace, or commit those crimes. Hindsight is 20/20, predicting who will, and who will not, break those laws, is not. LOL, no. I think you need to read up on this guys history of mental issues. If there are hundreds of thousands of people walking the streets hearing voices in their heads, yes, lock them the f*** up, too.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 08:23 AM) So parents should only be held responsible for their children's' minor indiscretions? Explain please. Where is the line, and why? The line is drawn on a case by case basis. There is only so much you can teach a child/teen/late teen, and if they make a mistake and break a window, that's one thing, but shooting someone and holding the parents responsible? In certain cases, perhaps the parents ARE responsible...such as a case where it's shown that the parents gave their kid a gun, and told him/her to go shoot someone. But in other cases, such as the kid is 15, joins a gang and has to shoot someone for initiation...well, not quite the same. You can even extend that to the kid breaking open a gun safe through nefarious means to get access to their parents gun, and then shooting people with it...ok, maybe we shouldn't hold the parents accountable in THAT case...but if they have a habit of leaving it out, loaded...maybe we can discuss who's 1) responsible and 2) an accessory.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 09:02 AM) You wrote this entire post without adding the phrase "and could buy as many guns as he wanted". I had it in there, but removed it, since it's not true. Current laws should prevent him from being able to buy guns, however, that doesn't stop him from having access to guns anyway. If that was the case, we wouldn't have the issue we have in Chicago with gun violence right now...as I'm pretty damn sure these gangstas aren't carrying around legally purchased guns, but they're still getting their hands on them.

This was another guy who either 1) fell through the cracks, or 2) was ignored by everyone around him because we all love giving people an equal chance, even when they have a history of no self control. In this case it was 2, because he had a documented history of mental illness. This is a guy who's heard voices in his head at times, suffered mental breakdowns, and was actively being "treated" for mental illness...and yet he was still walking the streets. We want it both ways, and this is what happens when you get it both ways. When you're hearing voices in your head that's beyond some minor mental illness, that's pretty severe, and such a person need not be wandering among citizens. So if you want to know why? Because, the system/the people in that system allowed it. And now a number of people are dead or injured, because we wanted to let a loon walk among us as if he was "normal". Oh, and I'm sure he was a real nice guy, and a devoutly peaceful . In this case, I believe he was called a "devout Buddhist", which means he didn't really know dick about Buddhism, and wasn't devout at all.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 12:14 AM) My answers re: Gun Control having thought about this at some length. 1) stronger background checks self explanatory 2) parental liability (gun owner liability) When that 10 year old throws a baseball through the neighbor's window, Dad has to pay for it, but when that 10 year old shoots someone, Dad's not at fault. Seems inconsistent. If you put the parents at risk of legal repercussions, maybe they'll lock up their guns better. 3) gun safety classes gun safety courses mandated in public elementary schools. Never thought I'd suggest something like that, but this is an issue that isn't going to change. Gay marriage and weed are issues the GOP will never win, and this is one liberals will never win, so you have to think about ways to work inside the system. All in all, pretty easy, and a bit more viable than BAN ALL THE GUNS (but don't tell anyone how to get rid of them or how much it'll cost to do so) Can't really agree with you on breaking a window vs going to prison because your kid shoots or kills someone. At all.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 04:51 PM) It's okay, we're quickly approaching a point where the high-end TVs are near indistinguishable and the whole thing becomes highly subjective in nature. I look at CNET for some things, but just as one piece of the puzzle. I, of course, love researching the s*** out of tech purchases. This is very much true. I think there is still a difference in technologies (LCD vs LCD/LED vs Plasma), but any non bargain bin brand is about equal to any other brand of equivalent quality. And for the record, LED tv's are still LCD's, just lit with LED's. I hate when people think they're different. And I'm not saying you did, just pointing it out.

S5E1 - Flash forward to Walt w/hair, at Denny's eating pancakes, putting the number 52 on his cakes with bacon. We will be returning to that moment in short order.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 12:28 PM) Does CNET take money from vendors? It seems year after year they always lean a certain direction on things like TV's. Seems fishy I stopped trusting CNET a long time ago. I remember reading some stuff about them I didn't like, I can't recall what it was now, but their articles/writing/reviews haven't done much to change my opinion of them as of late.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Sep 16, 2013 -> 11:07 PM) I don't think he was referring to that particular limitation of the first amendment, it was more along the lines of if you lock people up for saying hateful things about the government then you're going to have less people who hate the government out in society and fewer terror attacks. Lives saved? Sure. But at what cost? At what point do we realize that in the process of stupid-proofing our country by banning everything risky we've essentially sentenced all those lives saved (and those would were going to live anyways) to meaningless existence where deviating from a politically correct liberal norm is bound to break some kind of law. Don't even start to call this paranoia or me alluding to some grand conspiracy, because I'm not. There are too many laws in this country and entirely too many people who somehow think we need more. We've long since made all the necessary laws to protect the right to property, liberty and life; now were in this habit of confusing causation and correlation where we ban things that in and of themselves are harmless but when abused can lead to someone committing an act we already have a law against. We're basically on this legislative hunt to eradicate every trace of suffering in this country, something we'll never be successful at, and have willingly signed away freedom after freedom in that pursuit. He knew exactly what he meant without you needing to explain it to him.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 16, 2013 -> 01:53 PM) Walt didnt grovel for his life, he groveled for Hank's life. I believe he groveled for his life when Gus Fring was going to kill him, though.

...and while I'm at it, may I say to AMC, STOP trying to make Low Winter Sun happen, like fetch, it's NOT going to happen.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 16, 2013 -> 11:41 AM) Just amazing Breaking Bad. Just amazing. Hank went out a man, so that's good. Walt's call to Skyler was brilliant. Only two episodes left. This is the greatest show ever, and building to the greatest ending to the greatest show...ever. Not waiting until the final 15 minutes of the final show to start doing things...while highlighting AND showing TRUE character change throughout. Amazing.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 15, 2013 -> 12:05 PM) At least I'm not the only one. If it wasn't giving up my fingerprints to the NSA, the fact taht I should lock but don't is why the iphone 5s fingerprint thing is a bit intriguing to me. They already have your prints.

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 15, 2013 -> 07:11 AM) I am pretty close to deciding on Lasik surgery to correct my nearsightedness. Thoughts? Anyone here have the surgery done? Friends? Family? Right now my biggest worry is after writing the check for four large to still need reading glasses. The surgeon believes I will be free from contacts but I also read stats that 10% of patients still need some form of vision correction. My friend had it done and said she'd do it again...went from barely being able to see without contacts in to nearly perfect vision.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 13, 2013 -> 11:06 AM) Never once cracked an iphone screen, week 2 with the 5, smashed. I never did either, so I figured my time was coming. When the i5 came out I purchased Apple Care + with it, which I NEVER buy. So of course, so far so good... If I didn't have that, I'm sure I would have broken it 5 times now.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 04:54 PM) Kevin Hart and Tosh are awesome, Aziz I never thought was funny until the roast last week...he was hilarious there. And as everyone else said, Chapelle? Really? A lot of them have their moments, but at the moment, I don't think anyone is funnier than CK and Gaffigan. Silverman even being in the top 10 of comedians is a joke, same with Chapelle like this was still 2004...but at least Chapelle could be argued for in a past context...why the f*** Silverman is there at all is indefensible.

QUOTE (Tex @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 01:12 PM) http://www.imdb.com/list/xqtUYuXCxaM/ Agree? Disagree? Other than #9 and #10, yes, I disagree. #1 hasn't made me laugh in about 5 years now, and the rest of them almost never have, including the Internets infallible Galafinakis, who I find completely overrated.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 12, 2013 -> 12:08 AM) Oh my god, this may be the greatest parody video I have ever seen. Hahaha, wow. That was awesome.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 06:56 PM) My phone has a fingerprint scanner. It's kind of cool, but I don't need any password or security on my phone, so I just have mine turned off. WTF? As a security technologist, I cannot comprehend this mentality. ANY device containing personal information, of you, or of others, absolutely requires security/passwords, and then some. The first and second rule when a knowledgable thief steals someones smart phone is 1) pop out the sim and 2) disable wifi. And if it's already unlocked/unguarded like yours is, I now have infinite time to browse around it for useful information.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 09:47 AM) And this is their master plan... So long as it works and works well, I don't care.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 11, 2013 -> 09:07 AM) I sold my iPhone 4 in June for 225 (before eBay took a surprisingly large chunk of that) Bought an HTC One and am never turning back I just can't get into Android, it's just not for me. I hate dealing with my brother and his wife's Galaxy S3's whenever they need help with something. Also, I have too much Apple stuff to bother with Android for the foreseeable future...everything I have works seamlessly together without extra configuration, gimmicks, or 3rd party software to do so.