Signs

WizardPC is on a roll at his new blog - Guns, Cars, and Tech. While covering some familiar territory, he hits on a key point:

"I’ve had business owners tell me that posting reduces their liability. It doesn’t:

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter,reduce or eliminate any civil or criminal liability that a property owner or manager may have for injuries arising on their property."

So let's play a little logic game.

Why do businesses exist? To ensure our safety? No. To make money.

To make money, businesses cannot lose money. So, to protect themselves from lawsuits, they post signs prohibiting guns on the premises.

Except Section D above says they don't get any protection from doing that.

Therefore, if they post a sign, they don't mitigate the risk from lawsuits AND they alienate gun owning customers, therefore reducing their profit.

So it is only logical that business should not post signs prohibiting guns.

And I would like to add that...

Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
And signs don't save people. People save people.

UT Student Housing at Gettysvue

UT will use Bruce Pearl's house as student housing. They should have given it that status before the whole recruiting violation/lying to the NCAA thing. Heck, Little Pearl probably already spent a lot of time there.

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2M J-Pole Antenna Give-away - Update

The winner of the drawing for the 2M J-Pole from Hamuniverse.com/KB9VBR will be announced on August 29, 2001.

Previously mentioned here.

Two Men Enter...

One company leaves Quake 3 Arena with trademark rights! I love it. Bloodless and cheaper than a lawsuit!

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Shades

(First, I can't decide when I see his username if it is "User Doc" or "US Nerd Doc." "US Navy ER Doc" is the last one I come up with.)

USNERDOC likes the Revision Military Sawfly glasses. And he gets you 20% off if you order before Wednesday, August 24 and use the code "DOC".

We are winning.

Plus Mast General Store has removed their "no guns" sign. I wondered if there was one on the door in the back? I never got a chance to check.

The junkbox

Need some odds and ends to supplement your junk box? Try the online market for electronics - the junkbox. You can find old gauges, fire alarm speakers, tubes, connectors, flux capacitors, fuses, etc.



Via Lifehacker

More Bags to Protect Your Stuff

First bags to protect from EMP. Now bags to protect from rust at Zero Corrosion Products.



I don't have any data on the quality of these, but Unc has a discount code to reduce your risk - "sayuncle" for 15% off.

Via SaysUncle

Google Android Ham Radio: The Golf Oscar Oscar Golf One Echo

A fun exercise... what if Google made a ham radio? It is like when I dream about winning the lottery. The G00G1E? I'm sure it would be better than the dual-band P-A-968 Cell Phone. In the Baofeng UV-3R, we've seen that basically a decent SDR can be crammed into a small package. Apple is probably the best at developing the slickest form factor. (Heck, they are even suggesting that we should cut our plugs in half to help slim down our devices. Maybe that would save room for a better antenna.) But, if anyone could pull something wild like this off, it would be Google. All it takes is a couple of Googlers that are hams to take a crazy notion and who knows what could happen. They are all millionaires and could spend a few bucks on a pet project. ;)

I like Rich's suggestions for several features: DSP filtering, CTCSS, APRS, Echolink, and a D-Star alternative codec.

I say bring on PSK31 and a waterfall!



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It is like 9mm, but for rifles!

Since Nutnfancy ended the debate about the best caliber for a handgun, we can now move on to rifles:

"The .223 Rem. is a great cartridge. If you understand its limitations and versatility it is indeed a great one-gun choice. I know it's what I would choose. If the situation arose where I needed a bigger gun, I'd just borrow one."

So to summarize, don't get the largest round and don't get the smallest either. Something in the middle is the best in most situations.