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Back In The Day (tm) when I was in college, I was in a small martial arts club. One of the exercises that we did was called "Intent Exercise". In turn, each student was required to kneel down in front of Sensei, with his back to her and his eyes closed. She would stand there with a shinai...

As opposed to using the Judicial System to destroy people they don't like. That's obviously ok. :banghead: On the other hand, the defendant in this case is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, either: Golly, could that be because you didn't tell your side? In court? Like you were...

One thing to consider when doing this in combination with X10-type systems: X10 modules communicate across the power lines in your house by modulating a high-frequency, low-power signal on the wire. To a UPS or a surge protector, that looks like line noise, and is generally filtered out. In...

Speaking as a member of the stereotypically anti-gun, liberal dirt-worshiping bunnyhugger camp: I see it as my role to protect my family, my Grove, and (therefore, if for no other reason) myself from harm. Moral conflict: zero. -BP

Do I get bonus points for the fact that I saw the portion marking, didn't even read the paragraph so marked, and started to get serious willies about what the heck Leatherneck was up to? :o Gods, I need a vacation. -BP

It's also mirror-imaged; the little pushbutton for the takedown lever is on the right side of the frame. -BP

I shouldn't have read it at work, either. This is the sort of thing that makes me wish that there was something I could say that's as simple and yet singularly meaningful as the "Semper Fi" that the Marines can offer to each other. But as someone who has never put on a uniform, I guess all...

As the designated guardian of my home Grove, that's a question that I have already had to think about. If I knew they were innocents, then: Yes. Yes, I would. Namaste, -BP

BTW, Mauser, You may wish to edit your post to note that some of the content on the page is not particularly safe for work, even though the video itself is fine... -BP

I'd actually be interested in participating in the jury process. But I've never been tapped for the pool, much less for jury duty itself. I imagine the specific selection process varies from state to state, and probably from county to county as well. But can anyone give me a general idea of...

No, it's precisely the same issue: whether or not an employer has the right to regulate the appearance and conduct of their employees. If employers have the right to set standards for what employees can and cannot say or do while acting on behalf of, or on the premises of, the employer, then...

This is not a first-amendment case. This is about an employer telling an employee what is and what is not acceptable on the employer's premises. As a citizen, Mr. Gray has the right to wear his hat and drive his truck, signs and all, to the Public Works offices if he wants to. As an employee...

Take a picture of it with on a newspaper, and then get that photo notarized. Or mail it to yourself (for the postmark) and don't open it unless/until you have to prove the dates. The newspaper establishes that you had it after a certain date, and the notary or the postmark establishes that...

I know what he meant by his 53% remark. It was a simple misuse of words. See, what he really meant was, He's using VPC's definition of "children", which is to say, "everyone under an age limit we determine so as to be able to state an awful-sounding statistic about the number of kids killed...

Fly320s, I think you're talking about two different technologies. The "location" thing that you can turn off is GPS location for e911 service; the phone itself knows its own position by using GPS just like any other mapping or location tool. The phone can then report its position...

President Bush keeps talking about his "Comprehensive Plan" to deal with illegal immigration, and all of the conservative talk-show hosts keep insisting that he doesn't actually have one, and demanding that he explain what his plan actually is. They're missing the point. They believe that...

Yeah, I have to agree with you on this point. And just because Mr. Harry Homeowner gathers with a whole bunch of like critters and forms an HOA with them does not mean that a townhouse community is any more of a culture than an ant farm. It is quite arrogant to assume that because we cannot...

Hank, Good point. But she hasn't initiated contact of any type, and in fact hasn't said anything to anyone who remains at the Grove. The worst she's done is write a poorly-worded screed in her blog. Which is fine. As I said, it's mostly that the situation with her got me thinking about...

Um. I define "Oathbreaker" as "One who breaks oaths". As in, the ones she made to the rest of us in her circle. Where do you get "emotionally and mentally unstable" from "able to empirically determine that someone has violated her sworn word"? Oh, and extra points for making a clever...

JJpdxpinkpistols You make valid points. I guess the question that I have failed to articulate is this: If a person that I know to be HIV-positive has expressed an intent to attack me, is the legal threshold for self-defense using deadly force different, since although it is unlikely for...