Friday, August 5, 2011

#p2

I follow Miguel's Gun Free Zone blog and he posts all the crazy things that are written on the CSGV Facebook wall. The posts usually have the #p2 hashtag.

I finally broke down and looked #p2 up here. The following are not the most popular definitions, but they work for me.
This hashtag is used by socialists/communists and their sympathizers to disseminate propaganda and anti-American sentiment.

#p2 big government liberals whose main goal is to destroy the Constitution and replace it with a Marxist society.

The Grandpa Box

Yeah, I use one.

Dilbert.com

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Awesome 404 Error Message

Nosh: 404 from Firespotter Labs on Vimeo.


Via Sharp as a Marble

Zuckerburg Thinks Using Real Names Creates a Polite Society

According to this article, Zuckerburg thinks requiring us to use our real names will make us play nice in the sandbox. Has he seen what people say using their real name? I don't argue that he has the right to determine how his business is run. I just think he is wrong.

Via Slashdot.org

Crimson Trace Light Guard

I keep thinking about getting a Glock 19 or a S&W M&P 9mm and the Crimson Trace Light Guard would be a nice addition.



Check out the picture from pdb Reviews The Crimson Trace Light Guard: Part 1 that compares the Light Guard and TLR-1. I really like the wide beam on the Light Guard.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Shipping Confirmation from Ham Radio Outlet

That was the title of an e-mail I received this morning. Something fun is on its way to Brick's shack.

Guns and Radios

I've visited AR15.com on various occasions, but until I uncovered today's post about the Baofeng UV-3R, I had no idea that they had a Ham Radio section in their forums -- including Ham Radio 101 and 57 pages of Everything You Wanted to Know About Ham Radio But Were Too Confused to Ask.

Christians

My understanding of God's message is quite different from those discussed by Ken at Popehat. It is sad when the "good" guys aren't even close to being good. I'm not close to perfect, but it is hard to believe the people can reconcile being Christian and making comments like "can we start killing them now? few groups are filled with more hatred." In this case, they are talking about atheists, but it could be directed at just about any group that doesn't match their views.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

A Case for Pseudonyms

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) makes the case for Pseudonyms. I do not fear for my life, but I still think there ought to be some separation between personal and public - on-line pseudonyms seem to be a reasonable method for maintaining that separation. If I started doing evil things with this blog, then there is a legal process for finding out who am. Not that it would be that hard given the various tidbits of personal information I've provided in my posts to track me down IRL.

A Tax on People that are bad at Math?

I thought the lottery was supposed to be a tax on people who were bad at math - not a way to guarantee a profit for those that can count.

Via Slashdot