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Qel Hoth

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  1. And they don't pay shit. I looked into it a few years ago when I couldn't find a job, was 25k a year. You get what you pay for...
  2. I also keep my ammo in the same place as my guns. Most of it is in the safe, what doesn't fit is in ammo cans in the closet. All my guns are stored loaded, with at least 2 full magazines. Keep in mind that this is in a house will all adults, and there are never any unsupervised children. While I expect to never need to use my weapons for self defense, if you keep the ammo separate you might as well just have a club instead.
  3. Or maybe they'll be fine upstanding people. Remember that 400 years ago we were burning people alive or drowning them to see if they were witches, or how about stoning women who had an affair? Our past is not exactly unblemished.
  4. I would disagree, justice is not served by prosecuting every violation of the law. She had no intent to cause harm, and her actions resulted in no harm. How you fire a weapon when attempting to put the safety on though I don't quite understand.
  5. 15 rounds is good to go in NJ, for semi-auto handguns or rifles. Anything not semi-auto (revolver, pump, bolt, etc), have unlimited mags. Semi-auto shotgun is 6 rounds.
  6. I think the point being made is that officer Thompson should never have been involved in the first place, so his professionalism is irrelevant.
  7. Are you sure that picture wasn't taken in 1975?
  8. You would be incorrect in your thinking. You need to be a registered manufacturer to build (not assemble) an AR. With an 80% lower you are taking unfinished parts and manufacturing a finished firearm.
  9. Only to recieve handgun ammo, and only to receive it in NJ. it is perfectly legal to buy handgun ammo in PA and bring it back without an FPID.
  10. I did a few months ago and the shop owner came on here and started insulting me...
  11. Android's built-in browser has had HTML5 support since 2.0.
  12. The statistic for LEO having to fire in anger in their entire career is somewhere around 1-2%, correct? More than likely these weapons will never be fired other than at the range, especially in Flemington...
  13. But if you read the actual statute you will see no such requirement.
  14. Assuming you are in your home, you actually could articulate a reason to shoot, though I don't think I would shoot someone just trying to run away. As always, IANAL.
  15. According to the article it was in winslow township. Im not familiar with the name but it may be a privately owned pharmacy, and the pharmacist may be the owner, or he might have a permit for all we know.
  16. Go pick a random high school, walk in and start asking kids what significance 12/7 has.
  17. Whoever came up with this policy needs to go back to high school civics class... We aren't supposed to prove we didn't break the law, the government is supposed to prove we did.
  18. I would agree with your interpretation. It's much like the NJ handgun ammo law, you must have a FID to RECEIVE handgun ammo in NJ, but if you received it out of NJ, you are already in possession of the ammo when you return to NJ and are allowed to possess it without a FID. Based on the quotes above, you must fill out the form any buy from a dealer, IF in NYS. Outside of NYS the spray only needs that label. As always IANAL.
  19. Any cite? On 9/11 the network was overwhelmed with volume, especially on and around nyc, so calls failed to complete. It has happened a few times since, with the most recent I remember being the earthquake last year. Texts worked fine, but nobody could make a call where I was.
  20. Provided I'm not working (and I shouldn't be...) I will be there.
  21. People would buy it because people are lazy. How many people actually have vegetable gardens?
  22. Not necessarily true any more. The law restricts hollow point and "dum-dum" bullets, and does not define the term "dum-dum." A recent ruling determined that the meaning of "dum-dum" is plain. Webster defines "dum-dum" as any bullet designed to expand "more than usual."
  23. Warning, giant wall of text ahead that you will find boring if not interested in PC/electronics. There are a number of caveats with buying HP/Dell/etc computers and then upgrading them however. One is that the cases are almost always mid-towers, which in and of itself is not a problem, but can make it difficult or impossible to install many of the larger graphics cards. For example, my current computer was once a Dell Inspiron 530, which is a mid tower. I had to do quite a bit of maneuvering to get my ATI/AMD 4850 to fit, as it was too long to drop straight in. Also, many cases not specifically designed for gaming or high end workstations can have cooling problems depending upon the combination of parts in the computer. Most OEM cases lack the ability to mount intake fans as well as side exhaust fans which can be important for high end graphics cards that do not exhaust to the rear. A number of OEM cases (I'm looking at you black Dell Dimension cases from 2003-2006) have spectacularly bad cooling in which the ONLY fan in the system is a rear exhaust fan with a hood to force air over the heatsink of the notoriously hot P4. Also, the modern mid-range and above GPUs will generally partially or completely cover the heatsink for the southbridge. While there is usually sufficient clearance, restricted airflow could potentially cause problems if the ambient temperature in the case is already high. Lastly on heat, OEM cases almost always lack any kind of cable management, which while not as much of a problem since the death of PATA/IDE interfaces, excessive or untidy cables can restrict airflow and exacerbate any heat related problems. Another problem will likely be power. OEM machines invariably ship with 250-350W PSUs, a 250W PSU will not run a modern mid-range GPU, a 350W PSU might depending on the rest of the system's power demands. Also OEM PSUs will likely lack 6+2 or 8 pin PCIE connectors, though many may have 6 pins. If you intend to turn an off the shelf PC into a gaming PC, you will likely need to replace the power supply. While PSUs are not necessarily expensive (500W PSUs are plenty for a mid-range gaming system in most cases), efficient PSUs can be significantly more expensive. PSUs can be either unrated or rated with the 80 PLUS system. An unrated PSU has no requirements on how efficiently it transforms AC to DC, an 80 PLUS rated PSU can vary from 80% minimum (80 PLUS) to about 90% (80 PLUS Gold). Because of the way PSUs work, they are most efficient between 50 and 80% of their maximum load, which means a bigger PSU isn't necessarily better. A 1000W PSU providing 100W (slightly more than typical idle, somewhat near typical web surfing/MS Office) may waste 30-40% of its energy, regardless of certification as PSUs are not tested below 20%, meaning 130-140W is used, with 30-40W being dissipated as heat. a 300W 80 PLUS will dissipate a maximum of 20W as heat, and draw a maximum of 120W. The last major caveat with OEM cases is not nearly as significant as it was 6-10 years ago, but is still occasionally a problem. Some OEM cases use proprietary parts, particularly PSUs and motherboards. While almost all PSUs are now standard ATX form factor, a number of manufacturers use BTX motherboards as opposed to ATX. Although BTX is an industry standard, it is considerably more difficult to find BTX motherboards than it is to find ATX/MiniATX. Also, a number of budget PCs, of which the HP P2 series comes to mind, now use mini-ITX boards which offer minimal or no expansion capability as well as use DC power input and a laptop-like brick adapter as opposed to a traditional PSU. I promise I'll start speaking English again now. While AMD does tend to run slightly cooler, and Intel processor will often times get the job done significantly faster. This is especially noticeable with video transcoding and AES encryption on Sandy and Ivy Bridge. The price point is very correct though. A comparable Intel processor is often $25-100 more expensive than its AMD counterpart, excluding the LGA 2011 chips which have no AMD counterpart and are stupidly expensive for insignificant (for most applications) performance gain. I really do wish AMD would come out with something to beat Intel like they did back when Intel was on the P4 architectures, but sadly they haven't. Even the new A series aren't true dual/quad/six/eight core processors...
  24. I believe the discharge law did exempt certain shotgun tracers, but I'm at work now so I can't easily pull the stature up. A range that allows them is another story though.
  25. If you are required to do something for work, it's work, and you need to be paid for it...
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