Why hasn't the NRA stepped up and paid the hospital bills of the Colorado shooting victums?

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F. George McDuffee
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Since he never knows what he's blithering about, you'd think he could Google a few things as not to look like a total idiot ALL the time. But nope...he's even too stupid to do that.

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Tom Gardner

Firing short bursts was the first thing drilled into you in the military, so you didn't damage the barrel. Idiots see Hollywood special effects with hundreds of rounds being fired, non stop from one weapon and think it's real.

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Michael A. Terrell

"Michael A. Terrell" on Sat, 28 Jul 2012

08:50:56 -0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Ah, I miss understood. In that case, heck, have the cops show up and hand out tickets till they can get the camera installed. They can fund the camera installation.

Arrgh - not your fault, but I have a distinct dislike for Google Map/Earth. Apparently, they've never heard of "I want a close view from overhead. I do not want to try and navigate the streets view." Farkign geeks.

tschus pyotr

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pyotr filipivich

Where would that data come from? AFAIUI, Google buys/licenses data from aerial and satellite photography for the overhead views, and has gathered street view data with cars like this, where it made sense and where they were allowed to do so:

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Maybe some day they'll have autonomous quadracopters flying all over the place so you can inspect the freckles on your sunbathing neighbor, but I don't think that will happen anytime soon.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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Spehro Pefhany

They recorded it with camera pods atop cars, not from helicopters.

jsw

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Jim Wilkins

"Jim Wilkins" on Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:31:58

-0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Yeah, I know that. But if I zoom in close to the ground, say to look and see if there is a sidewalk there, or what might be behind a building , the default assumption is that I want the street view. Which of course doesn't know about back alleys, side streets, or what I am looking for.

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pyotr filipivich

Spehro Pefhany on Sat, 28 Jul 2012

12:49:03 -0400 typed >

Yes. But when the overhead is what I want, I don't want to look at the storefront. Which is the default _assumption_ that if I am "flying" at ten feet, I must ergo want to read street numbers or something.

Fark, the S/w is so freaking "helpful" I forget what it was I wanted, trying to get back to useful data.

tschus pyotr

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pyotr filipivich

Well, the SR-71s are retired and satellites can orbit only so low. Until Google deploys a drone fleet to surveil every street, rooftop and backyard swimming pool you're stuck with horizontal car or vertical satellite photos.

Just be happy they aren't scanning you with millimeter waves yet.

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Do you want tinfoil underwear to go with that beanie?

Would this create a new market demand for chain mail?

Maybe we should be designing steel-wool knitting machines.

jsw

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Jim Wilkins

The idea is that when you get so low that the vertical imagery they have is useless anyway due to lack of resolution, they switch you to street view.

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J. Clarke

They are the worst during shift change when the couple cops in that small town are off the streets

You used to be able to select any point and resolution for a link on Goggle maps. No more.

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Michael A. Terrell

That storefront was the only way I could center the map on that intersection.

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Michael A. Terrell

And breeding a new species of stainless steel sheep? ;-)

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Michael A. Terrell

Have you EVER heard a real gun owner use the word "clip" for a box magazine? THAT'S the true mark of a non gun owner. So, we all KNOW how full of shit he is about this topic too. Typical lying libtard!

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Tom Gardner

"J. Clarke" on Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:15:19 -0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

That is what I've learned. It sucks, and you can't zoom up. I don't want street view - most of the time it is not available where I want to look. And getting "back" is non-intuitive.

There was a time when it would simply display "Sorry, we don't have a better resolution". and leave it up to you.

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pyotr filipivich

I've heard plenty of "real gun owners" use "clip" for "box magazine". I've even heard a US Army gunnery sergeant use it.

But maybe you classify "real gun owner" as something other than "person who owns a real gun".

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J. Clarke

I just use the - sign to back out of street view. You can pan and tilt in street view, and zoom in to read most signs.

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Michael A. Terrell

You didn't call it a 'gun' in the Army. It was a 'weapon', which they were quick to remind those who forgot. Usually followed by 20, and having to recite: "This is my weapon, this my gun! One is for shooting, the other is for fun!!!"

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Michael A. Terrell

That would be "f**n' clip" or f##n' mag", and you didn't because gunnys are Marines, equivalent to Sergeant First Class in the army.

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NCOs aren't trained in the finer points of the English language. It's more important to be understood over background noise than to please the teacher, thus Atten-HUT!

There was a litany of canned responses for calling a sergeant "Sir".

Primarily he would answer "Don't call me Sir, I WORK for a living!"

I was a Specialist 5 (~tech sergeant) and was also supposed to say "Don't call me Sergeant, I can read and write!".

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Jim Wilkins

Clips ARE used by the military, most rifle ammunition is packed and shipped on clips. Maybe you herd the term used correctly. Plenty of military people in my family and none would make the mistake of using the term interchangeably . You can stick up for the idiot, your choice. There are plenty of other clues that he is a liar, he trips up in almost every thing he posts.

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Tom Gardner

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