Honestly this one’s hard to actually say he’s really been held accountable as long as he’s still breathing. However it is a nice start and if they put him in with the general population he would be on his way to finding out what it’s like to be on the receiving end.
Ronald Baker, may never know the benefit and safety solitary confinement would give you.
I toyed with the idea of setting up a bogus profile as a 22-year-old named Tiffani-with-an-“i” myself, but figured that I’d run afoul of the Department of Natural Resources for hunting over bait.
Tam – findavictim.com
June 18th, 2012
[I have mixed feelings about Foursquare and for the most part still haven’t figured out the purpose. I will say it was nice when Ry and Joe came over for testing since it let me know Ry had arrived in town. Just the same that’s a bit creepy.
I have disabled geo-tagging on the pictures on my phone and have otherwise disabled the location tracking in any application I do use. I don’t let Facebook or Twitter tell people where I am when I push a status update. It is amazing though the amount of information people will push out into public and then act surprised when then figure out bad people can do bad things with it.
Ars Technica wrote up two articles which I highly recommend reading. The first was hardening your Android smart phone from stalkers. The second was the same but geared towards you folks with your iPhones.
I have had many conversations with an individual directly tied to the Windows Phone 7 location system. Bad people doing bad things was of serious concern during development. However standing out in the open while willingly telling your phone, “Yes, tell everyone on the internet exactly where I am right now” kind of defeats their work.
Be safe out there and remember the following: Anything that goes on the internet is ultimately public, especially those things tied to social media.
All that said, I have at times thought the same thing as Tam. Hell when there was a supposed serial rapist on campus I was coming up with ingenious ways to go hunting while not getting caught. I think that was probably a trait inherited from my father, I distinctly remember hearing about him wanting to drive around Tacoma during a rash of car jackings. Maybe if law enforcement would actually catch criminals people wouldn’t think about catching the predators on their own.
Then again, with the attitude that everyone is responsible for crime prevention that could be encouraged. It is merely the job of professional law enforcement to solve crimes after they have happened. Ultimately I don’t have a problem with hunting two legged varmints over bait and find it perfectly fair and ethical. They can remain unharmed quite simply by not trying to victimize someone. -B]
So a coworker just bumped me this little incident through IM.
First up, we all know the identification abilities of both the press and law enforcement are how shall we say, lacking. So I have a feeling it probably was not an AK-47.
Next up is why I’m writing this post. If you’re going to play around with reactive targets, please be aware, be careful, and do it right. Doing stupid stuff can cause the powers that be to outlaw things in an effort to stop stupidity. They seem to think that laws will actually stop stupidity while those of us with functional brains know it just stops the smart and law abiding from enjoying freedom while making it a little more difficult for Darwin to do his job.
I’m not sure exactly why this fire started, there’s a couple different options. First is that the bullet itself struck something and caused a spark resulting in a fire. Not impossible, but not very likely unless they were shooting steel core surplus ammo. I find this a possibility given the expeditious fleeing.
Laughably is the idea that the explosion itself set something on fire. Combustion, and the heat that accompanies it, dissipates in milliseconds at most. For the fireballs we create at Boomershoot we actually have to have road flares to cause the fuel to ignite because there is no heat remaining as the vapor cloud expands. We have added things such as magnesium and other materials and this does help. Assuming this was Tannerite, it is possible that some of the elements were still combusting when it hit the ground, I just am a bit skeptical.
Lastly they were attempting to be Ry and recreate the following.
It is well known that creating a fireball like that can land you in an interesting position. The heat radiated after combustion begins can easily cause surrounding plant life to ignite. We do it prior to the fire season beginning as well for numerous reasons. Trying to put out a fire as it rages across the field wouldn’t exactly be fun. Think of the exploding toilet in 2008.
There is a second reason and that is Boomerite that is spread on the ground can actually cause a fire. The KClO3 breaks down exothermically under UV and can ignite surrounding material.
But seriously, if you’re going to go out into the woods and create a fireball. Be ready for some stuff to be lit on fire. It is going to happen and you better be ready to fight it. So if you’re going to do it please do the following:
Seriously, it only takes one person to screw it up for the rest of us. Please, don’t be that guy.
Thursday night (14JUN12) I started doing some test samples for a large embroidery project I’m working on. The first test started out well, but by the time the last color was being added the needle broke. This did not bode well for the project. I replaced the needle and tried again. It got through maybe two stitches before breaking the needle again. I can’t emphasize enough that when sewing or embroidering, safety eye wear is very necessary. Now, I was lucky and the needle didn’t fly at me, however, the way it breaks is rather violent. Please be careful with sewing projects of any kind.
The needle breakage was the end of sewing for the night. Friday after work I opened up the software program on my computer to rework the stitch types for the design and figured out a potential solution. Then Saturday after work I implemented said solution. I let my machine do its thing, periodically changing colors as it progressed. When the final color started, I backed away and nervously let the machine work. I was very relieved when It finished stitching with no hiccups. The design stitches, however, still need some work along with fixing the tension on my machine.
There should not be any white coming through the dark colors, but I am happy that the design was able to be stitched out. The next step for this design will be putting it on a hat. I have reworked some of the stitch patterns. What you can’t see in the picture is super long stitches in the blue that have the potential to snag. I hope I solved the problem in my software program and will see how it stitches out on the first hat.
Now my next goal is to fix the tension. Bobbin thread should not be showing through the top thread.
That is a test embroidery for a future project. I felt it would be a good start to see if I managed to fix the tension. The design looks good and solid, but upon closer inspection white was still coming through. Granted it was nowhere near as bad as the last design, but it clearly needs more adjustment. I will be testing one more single color design to determine if the tension problem has been solved. After that, hats that have been preordered can finally be embroidered.
So I spent yesterday and today migrating my blog to WordPress. This while mostly successful has had a few minor hiccups.
First up, clean URLs is currently broken. For some reason I have to manually touch every blog post *merely clicking update* for the clean URL to work properly. I haven’t found the PFM in the database that is changing to allow it to work.
While doing that would be an inconvenience there is another issue which makes me want to touch every post. None of the categories imported correctly. The database and content nodes appear to line up correctly but alas the rendering fails for some reason. Updating the content by hand again fixes the problem.
So the wife and I are going to work on going through all 1171 posts updating their categories and getting the clean URLs straightened out. I did spend a decent amount of time creating a list of 301 redirects for all my previous posts. Any and all previous incoming links should still be going to their respective content. They will just have the ugly ?p=xxxx at the end instead of the nice clear /2012/05/23/This-Post-Is-So-Awesome/ url.
The last problem was brought on by my use of Disqus. I wanted to get an export of my comments so I could reimport them into Drupal and then import those comments into WordPress. Disqus would be used on all future content. Well I didn’t get an export of the comments this weekend and I got tired of waiting. If and when they come in, I will work on getting a snap shot of the database and migrating those into the system.
I was going to leave a domain up with the Drupal blog intact, alas for some reason I have not been able to make a subdomain. Why I do not know other than Murphy hates me with a passion.
So yeah, if you notice other stuff that’s broken let me know. I’m working on cleaning up the mess. On the upshot I can blog from my phone now.
If you’re feed broke, let me know. The feedburner feed should have continued uninterrupted. I am working on getting the contact forms back up tonight. Any of you who have my contact info in your address book, bump me a line if you notice anything grossly out of place.
I have some stuff planned for Sunday and today I’ve got some back end work planned. Success may or may not be achieved.
In the mean time, enjoy this gratuitous gun porn from Boomershoot.
Wish me luck.
The worker dragged the dog into the Walmart where the deputy managed to get the dog off of him.
If that had been your dog or mine, it would be destroyed as a dangerous animal and we would carry personal liability for the action of the animal. The handler here is at fault as well for not maintaining positive control of his animal.
Interestingly, I wonder what would happen if the the store employee killed the dog. If you assault a police dog it is considered assaulting a police officer. The courts when involved with a human officer tend to look down on you defending yourself against a corrupt cop unless there is some serious evidence. Heck, Indiana for a while even forbade it, stating you can seek redress in the courts.
I suspect you would not end up in jail, but I’m sure that you would still end up in front of a jury. I can guarantee you this officer is not even going to be suspended, and the dog will continue on duty as normal.
State Sponsored Criminal #349: Jayne Dog
#350: John Doe, Jayne Dog’s Handler
Because when a police K-9 goes berserk in a public place it’s excusable. When you’re dog bites someone in your yard that shouldn’t be there, they put it down. If it just looks at a cop they kill it.
The lesson, preached often here, is this: the government is not your
friend. The people in it are not your friends. They smile. But they
are there because they are the sort of people who like telling other
people what to do, people they do not know, people over whom they have
no moral claim, regarding things that are not justly any business of
theirs. That is what they do. That is who they are.
Ken
– Argyll and Bute Council Afraid of Mild and Polite Criticism, Little Girls, Pictures of Tater Tots
June 14th, 2012
[I have written about this before when our American federales were claiming to be our extended family and friends. Go read the story of Martha and her blog, I’ll wait.
Ken stated what I have already known but given the current tyranny being pushed by Fat Fuck George* it obviously bears repeating. There evidently is a large number of people who seem to think that this government intrusion is acceptable, most likely because they aren’t directly affected. Well what happens Mr. Tory when all the sudden government sets it’s sights on something you are affected by. You’ve already given them permission to intrude in your life, you found it acceptable for them to do it to someone else.
There is some good news about Martha’s story. The council has retreated and Martha’s charity is surging. That is positive however that outcome is only because of the amount of attention this particular story got. How many other similar stories slip under the waves to never been seen or heard about? How many others are crushed under the weight and threat of force from government before anyone knows what happened?
Government is force, and they have a monopoly on the use of it and can self justify it. While we do have some protections thanks to the First Amendment, that doesn’t prevent tyrants from trying to run over it. Remember, there are many who would not mind seeing your First Amendment rights trampled because they disagree with your opinion. Doubly so with the effectiveness of putting the truth on the internet.
Remember, the government is not your friend, it is not your family, its is force and nothing more. It will crush you if given the chance. Government is a necessary evil that should be limited and restrained to the greatest extent possible. For trying to reign back in that beast after it gains the additional power and authority is difficult if not impossible. -B]
*Who is Fat Fuck George, read this.
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