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[HTC Rezound] BreatheALittle:
This is where people misinterpret the Constitution. It says you have a right to bear arms. Simple as that. Rehauling the process to obtain a gun does not infringe on your rights. Banning guns outright would, but not revamping the process. If it makes it harder for those with mental instabilities (who could pose a threat) to obtain a gun, then isn't that something you would support?

Please, no one else say "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." Yes. WITH GUNS. Guns are an instrument designed to severely injure or kill. Why do you have one? To shoot animals? Defend yourself (to either injure or kill an attacker)? That is their purpose. Please don't misinterpret what I'm saying. People have the Constitutional right to own guns. However, when we see statistics showing that high percentages of guns are purchased from shops without going through the proper background check or procedures, then it should be obvious that a restructuring of the process is necessary.

And if you say "I don't want the government to control us, it should be the other way around," keep in mind this is a representative democracy, not a direct democracy. We elected our Congress to represent the wants/opinions of the majority of the people. If you think back to near the beginnings of democracy, and even the Enlightenment period, people have always made some compromises in order to benefit the greater good. If the compromise is that I have to go through a more rigorous process to obtain a gun, then I'm all in.

That's all I'll comment on regarding this topic. Otherwise, I'm sure with the varying differences of opinions, this will turn unnecessarily heated. So... back to your regularly scheduled conversation... :)
[HTC Rezound] Insidious:
Here's another thing to think about:

Banning guns won't stop people from getting guns. The illegal gun trade is very lucrative, and there are websites that you can go on and easily buy an AK-47 from some guy in Russia. Gizmodo even did an article about it. People will find a way to obtain firearms. Its like prohibition, when alcohol was criminalized, the amount of of consumption went up and moonshining was at an all time high.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Yes, guns are an instrument that you can use to murder.

But as I previously said, you don't blame your fork for making you fat. You made the decision to eat too much. End of story.
[HTC Rezound] tehknics:
The bad thing is that a lot of these crazies won't be the ones purchasing the guns. So even if mom/dad/brother/friend/etc is completely sane and able to purchase a gun and jump thru whatever hoops to get it, it doesn't mean that someone that isn't all there in the head can't gain access to it in some way.

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[HTC Rezound] Neo:
I agree that there needs to be some higher level of gun control. Not a ban, but definitely a more strict process for being able to obtain one. Unfortunately for this case however, it was his mother who owned them and not the 20 year old son with the "personality disorder" who apparently had readily available access to them.
[HTC Rezound] SynisterWolf:
The 2nd amendment was put into place so when have the right to defend ourselves and our property. No where in there does it state what type of gun. I feel all semi auto and high caliber guns should be law enforcement or trained professional only. Ammo shouldn't be easily accessible to the public. Same with the jacket and igniter for said bullets. I know this won't stop all the violence but it will slow it down.

I also believe that each school needs a faculty member with gun training , like marshals on a plane, in each school. Again this won't stop it from happening. But it could minimize the casualties rate. We have nurses at schools and first aid teams in the work place. Why not have this? Times are changing and I think its time. IMHO

What are your thoughts?

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[HTC Rezound] antp121:
The new Jersey gun laws are already too strict -__-
[HTC Rezound] Neo:
I agree to this completely. We do our best to protect our children at home yet we don't realize that we bundle them all up every morning and leave them free to any drifter or psychopath that can easily walk into the school in any state in any country. Of course this is not our intention nor do most see it that way until something tragic like this happens. just yesterday, my first grade son forgot his book bag so I took it up to the school myself and walked right in and too the cafeteria where are all the elementary school kids were waiting for the bell to ring to go to their class. I very well could have had things stashed in that child's book bag. I of course thought nothing of it until I read the news yesterday and informed my wife how easy it is for anyone to get into these schools. I came in through the front door too.

Had an armed person been stationed at the door they would have had to check my bag. this is something we should all be conscious about without a tragedy having to remind us that these things happen. I don't intend to cause a fuss for our elementary school, nor am I suggesting that everyone attending the school have a sense of paranoia over their babies being away from home unguarded, but I want to make it known how easy it was for me to come into the school. At the same time, parents cannot be restricted from coming to school where their children are. Thus, this whole situation can be alleviated by proper enforcement within the schools.

Father of 4 over here. One in first grade, the other in kindergarten so it really struck home for us
[HTC Rezound] Obaterista93:
The one that disturbed me the most about my school was the fact that our emergency evac procedures were publicly known. For example in a bomb threat our entire student body was evacuated down to our football stadium. It would be so easy someone to mass kill because everyone is taken to a pre defined location. A bomb under the bleachers could take out everyone. Our school does however always have one armed police officer on campus, but that's in a student body of 1800. Like he would be able to do much. We truly do have a false sense of security sometimes.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
The thing is a lot of the people who end up doing these mass shootings have no previous criminal record or mental health issues or don't own the guns legally. Another thing is you can kill with anything it's not just guns, like the dude in China who went around slashing people he didn't have a gun yet he still murdered a ton of people.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Schools do usually have protection measures against random people coming into the building ( i know for us if theres an intruder, we all have to go into the corner and turn off the lights/lock the door) but i have always wondered how practical that would be...
[HTC Rezound] darkghost568:
Exactly. I mean you burst into a school in the middle of a the week. It's not like there's not going to be any kids in the classrooms. Just because it's dark in the classrooms doesn't mean nobody's in them. And if the person ever went through school him/herself they already know those procedures.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
My friend just posted this on fb. Makes the most sense IMO
[HTC Rezound] Obaterista93:
I've never understood the logic on our doors. They only lock so that they can't be opened from the outside, but can be from the inside. The kicker? There is a window on the door right next to the door handle.

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Interesting note... one of the places in the US that has an insanely high violent crime rate also has the strictest gun laws. Washington DC is notorious for violent crime, and civilians are not permitted to carry firearms there. At all. I've always been told that laws only keep honest people honest. In DC, what that's done is disarm the civilians while the criminals are still armed.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
SO! the great company VZW is "accidentally" removed voicemail from ALL my lines AND switched my mom to Visual Voicemail (an extra $3 a month) so i spent the last 30mins on the phone re-adding it to all my lines and removing the visual version from my moms line. we now have to re-setup our passwords and personal greetings -__-
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
So the great company Verizon Wireless has "accidentally" removed voicemail from all my lines and switched my mom to Visual Voicemail (for an extra $3 a month), so I spent the last 30 minutes on the phone re-adding it to my lines and removing the visual version from my mom's line. We now have to setup our passwords and personal greetings again.

There, I fixed it for you.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
I agree with this the most.
[HTC Rezound] SynisterWolf:
I believe some faculty should be trained on gun safety and protection. They should also have a gun on campus, easily accessible for them yet hard for the children to get. Gun safe, undisclosed location , gun lock ect. Idk why they haven't done this yet. It might not stop the violence, but it will lower the body count.

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[HTC Rezound] antp121:
If I was a teacher, I'd have a gun stashed away at the bottom of a file cabinet or something.
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Locked, of course.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Why? :P
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
I understand wanting less gun control and all, but really? The teachers having guns? We don't live in a fantasy world.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
He has a really good point. If one of the teachers had a gun they may have been able to save 20 children.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Wouldn't that make you feel safer if one teacher had a gun? I would love that.
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Maybe not the kindergarten teachers, but SOME responsible, trained adult on-campus.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Well I am hired by the county as a "Student Technician". I run sound for big events at local schools.

By the wake county policy, I am allowed to have concealed pepper spray since I am also staff. :D
[HTC Rezound] SynisterWolf:
im all for someone on campus. Doesn't have to be the teacher. But someone that is trained. Like a sky marshal.

I'm not for less control. I would like it more controls on simi automatics.

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[HTC Rezound] evilstewie23:
You need to watch salad fingers on YouTube in order. Those videos are weird as hell
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Any of you guys watch =3?
[HTC Rezound] kierandill:
Off Topic should be a sub-forum, not a thread. Almost by definition.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Rusty Spoons... I'm still scared. And yeah I watch =3
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
got my overseas buddy who has a sensation XE to finally root his phone today......he's trying for S-off; same process as ours, with the wire trick...so he's using the insulated paper clip.

fun stuff lol

it's so hard explaining how to flash roms and stuff because it's second nature to me now, so i forget to explain in detail why something needs to be done , or when, or forget one tiny step because i;'m so used to just DOING it.....explianing sucks lol
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
same haha i got my friend to root his atrix and it was so hard explaining these things to him lol he gets it now. also my friend has a droid charge and i got him rommin it up. sure they dont stalk xda like me but i tell them when they have rom updates and they know what to do.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
haha yeah this guys gonna learn quick. i saw team pkmn had charmeleon released for the sensation so i told him to drop everything and go run that! he's pumped for sense 4
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I'm trying to get my friend to root his Epic 4G but he's a noob and he keeps putting it off
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
another friend has a Gnex and he ran it stock. im like wtf! why did you even get that phone?!?! i put aokp on it and he fell in love. i told him to try linaro and he said it felt the same. idk
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I really can't wait till cm9 gets to our phone. And with linaro its going to be even better. I have cm7 on my incredible themed to look like ics, but some real ics love for our rezound will be nice
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
My touch pad runs ics like a boss thanks to protekk. He got us aokp which has the best wifi to date. I believe in him. If he can get a device not made for android to run aokp lile it does, this should be a hell of a pot easier. And same. Cm9/aokp would make this phone no question.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Just to let you know, I'm pretty sure HP released android source for the touchpad, and the android project for it was started because of people who bought used developer ones from eBay who have their rom dumps... Not to take credit from protekk, but he didn't start it from the ground up... Didn't cm9 come first anyways?
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Well we got cm7 and then development kinda stopped. I left for like 2 months during that time. I came back to find milestone 4 and I tried it. Aokp still has better wifi though. Cm9 always cuts out for me. And idk about android source. I think that was fake when they got android stock on the tp. Btw, my touch pad doesnt want to turn on lol. Hasn't been able to turn on in like a week. Its not out of battery because it s been plugged in....
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I read about the android source on engadget so... But that sucks about ur touchpad.. If you decide it's a brick and don't need it u can send it to me, I could probably fix it :p jkjk
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Well it kinda sorta worked today. It said low battery and then turned off again. I'll just leave it plugged in for a little longer...
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
5 day usage I'm so screwed without unlimited
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
jesus dude what in the hell do you do on your phone??? haha
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Twitter,facebook,taptalk, and YouTube mostly
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Jeez dude do u have wifi?

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Edit: screw auto-join posts -_-
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Yeah sort of it's very unreliable like it will just stop getting any signal randomly then sometimes like 0.2mbps but when its going I get from 15mbps to 36mbps

Edit oh yeah 1500 sucks
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
Don't schools have security guards and campus police for that? Or at least middle and high schools I attended.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
We have one deputy, and he has a gun. But that is only because we have lots of fights and drug problems.

We do also have one of those rent-a-cops that does parking stuff. But he isn't a threat to anyone.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
The police that are put in schools are the most incompetent jackass' the police have to offer. They really just pick on kids for wearing hats and such, that's it.
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
Police? Here in Mississippi, a police officer is the last person I'd rely on for protection.
[HTC Rezound] Obaterista93:
Our school has two Security Officers, and one actually Police officer on duty. His job is worked out with the PD as a sort of... dual shift type thing. He works at the school during weekdays, and has normal patrol other times.
[HTC Rezound] Khayos:
Changed that for ya, just remember because one officer maybe a jackass, it doesn't mean they all are. Just like all the kids aren't snot nosed little brats who need a slap upside the head.

:)
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Well they never do anything about drugs or fights or anything. We have 2 officers at my school and 1 at my old school and all they do is pick on kids who've done nothing. I got randomly searched for drugs no reason. When where you last in school?
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
This kinda stuff is really location-dependent.

So you should ask "where were you last in school", not when.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
I guess you're right.
[HTC Rezound] tehknics:
True... I live out in the boonies and security is the last thing you'd see at a school here. Heck, I still see a lot of trucks with gun racks in the back window.

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[HTC Rezound] Khayos:
The last school I went to was back in England , we don't use guns to solve problems. We're pretty good with baseball bats though, but we don't play baseball. Hmm. ;)

The last school I was around was here in GA, and definitely not in a good neighbourhood. Oh, and I was in a marked car. :)
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
I think the principal or some kind of non teacher should. We actually don't have any police at my school. Our doors are locked though, except for at the beginning of the day. There are also cameras that are monitored by this huge guy. Idk what his title is but that's all he does lmao
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
On a lighter note I finally get decent internet and USB 3 is a hell of a lot faster than USB 2.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
In other news, the Earth revolves around the sun.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
I've never had a use for USB 3 till today.
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
I've never bothered to take a basic science class until today.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
well damn
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Lol just yanking your legs
[HTC Rezound] Obaterista93:
Once again, I win the award for most nocturnal Rezound user.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
What are you taking about?

Edit: 15000 (didn't even mean to)
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
I'm at work from 12a - 10:30a.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Maybe that's why they made it and why every new motherboard has like 4 headers for USB 3?

I have an external HDD that is USB 3 and I get read speeds of over 400 Mb/s
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
External HDD for your qustionable material?
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Well, it's an enclosure. I stuck the 320 gb HDD from my laptop that died last week in there.

Oh yeah, my laptop died last week. Power light and CPU fan but no HDD activity or anything. I am sure it is a RAM failure.

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Oh, and I am going to try UniBeast today. My brother is home and he has mountain lion.
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
400 Mb/s = 50 MB/s which is not that fast.

(the theoretical limit of USB 2.0 is 480 Mb/s, but in practice, it's somewhere less than that. So in your case, USB 3.0 was necessary for max performance, albeit only by a little)
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Maybe it was MB/s. I didn't notice.

In other news, the mountain lion installation seems to be going smoothly!
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Yay it worked!
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Now you have a sub-par operating system!!! YES!!
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
I still have windows and Ubuntu. :P

Best of all 3 worlds.

But I am reinstalling for the 4th time because my kexts keep killing it. :D
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Solid state drives can get 400 MB/s.

Maybe the highest-end hard drives as well, but forgot about a cheap laptop drive.

50 MB/s is realistic for an average laptop drive.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
*Best of two world's

Ubuntu and OSX are both Unix based so :P
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Unix is similar to Linux but definitely not the same.
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Linux was originally a written-from-scratch Minix clone.

Read basic history. :rolleyes:

Edit:

This was what I was looking for.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Unix_history-simple.svg
[HTC Rezound] darkghost568:
Thanks Ashton :rolleyes:
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Ashton would be like this:

Since OSX is directly descended from Unix, it is the superior operating system!

Linux is a cheap knockoff and uses software from that communist RMS!

:p
[HTC Rezound] Obaterista93:
Just now saw this... I mean that every night around twoish, this forum dies. And then I feel lonely. And I sit in a corner, cry, and eat Ben & Jerry's because everyone left me. Okay, maybe I dramatized a bit, but you get my point.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
What I meant by my comment was that Unix is closed source and Linux is open.
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
(I actually meant to say that to ant)

I know you know basic history.
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
I've been having so much fun with TF2 lately. Makes me regret buying Black Ops 2 in retrospect. I wish there was a way I could get a refund for it.

I've been getting a lot better at MvM, which is a lot of fun with friends.
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Or trade games like you can with console games. I know it would go against their agreements with all the companies, but people do it all the time with console games, and i see no reason why you shouldnt be able to do it for PC games as well.
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
You don't use Steam, do you?
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Are you protesting DRM or do you not understand what it is?
[HTC Rezound] Obaterista93:
DRM? I had that STD once...
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
How do you play BF3 without DRM?

(Or do you use console)
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Well, OS X is all up and running.

I like iWork much better than office. :)

When I first installed it thought it was a 13' MacBook pro. But I fixed that. Now it thinks it is a MacPro.

And what's so great about mountain lion? I don't notice any difference.
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
FTFY

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Exactly. Epiphany yet?
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Mountain lion is all under the hood
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Like.....?
[HTC Rezound] werdna87:
Yes, i do use steam

I am mostly protesting it. I know it is to prevent people from pirateing the game, but if steam had a system where you could trade games i dont see how that would be a problem

Even BF3 for console has DRM (it has an online code)
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
http://bit.ly/Wg0WRl
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
What bootloader should I use to be able to select between Windows, OS X, and Ubuntu and set windows as the default?
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
No epiphanies yet.

Sigh.
[HTC Rezound] Khayos:
Refit http://refit.sourceforge.net/
[HTC Rezound] Obaterista93:
Console, sadly. (Xbox) My PC could never run BF3.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I use refit on my Mac, but I read somewhere that it screws stuff up on a hackintosh
[HTC Rezound] Khayos:
A quick google says it works. Dunno, i don't use a hackintosh. :)
[HTC Rezound] Insidious:
Really wish I could easily hackintosh my pc. Too bad I'm using nvidia and amd :/.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Nvidias fine amd is not.
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
rEFIt is for EFI, hence the EFI.

My guess it that Gray is using BIOS.
[HTC Rezound] pmania:
Heys guys what's a sense 4 ROM that uses HD skins? Someone just sent me some to text and I forgot which is HD or qhd ..
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
The westboro baptist church is picketing the funerals of the kids who were killed in the Connecticut shooting. If they were at one of my family members funerals, I would beat the crap out of them and have 0 regret. I hope they rot in hell.
[HTC Rezound] tehknics:
Wtf? Why they picketing?

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[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Because they're a hatemongering bigot cult that's why.
[HTC Rezound] SirSigma:
Because they're on a mission to make themselves the most hated group in the world.
[HTC Rezound] Obaterista93:
On a lighter note.... what do you guys think of Linux Mint?
[HTC Rezound] platinumrims:
I like it. I have been using it off and on. I wish I could my games and stuff on it. Otherwise it almost completely useless lol
[HTC Rezound] Obaterista93:
I wish I could use netflix on it, mostly(but that's what VM's are for). I don't really do much computer gaming because my specs suck. My computer runs Linux way better than Windows though, and i had gotten bored of Ubuntu. Last time I tried Mint it was 13, but I just install 64 bit 14(wonder why I need 64 bit.......lol)
[HTC Rezound] wlmeng11:
Install Arch.

We have cookies.
[HTC Rezound] Obaterista93:
If I felt confident that I could without completely making my computer FUBAR I would.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
I've got EFI.

And refit says that it doesn't work booting windows off of a second or third disk.

I have windows and Ubuntu on primary, and OS X on my old laptop hard drive.

I just want something that will boot all 3 and set a time out so it will default to windows.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Theyre picketing because they think that God sent to the shooter. Somehow that's what they think. Now anonymous and the KKK are after them lol