NoBanStan

I'm sorry to hear this brother. My thoughts and prayers for you and your family.

  I knew someone would be able to substantiate my claim :)

This reminds me of the viral game nine inch nails did with their year zero album.   http://www.nin.wiki/Year_Zero_Research  for those that care for this kind of thing. It's a pretty neat story.

  My guess, he's turned and following his fathers footsteps. Every sith needs an overlord right?

For those of you who're interested.   Me? "cautious optimism". But I'm only a fan of the original trilogy theater releases.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE

My wife who knows very little about firearms still knows who he is. At the NRA con, she said to me "wow, look how tall those guys are" (she's 5'3"). I said "Yeah that's Hickok and his son". She almost took off at a sprint to ask him for a picture!   She's seen me watching his videos and her boss is a fellow 2A guy, so she got excited to show everyone she had met him.

  As much as I like to see people who deserve it "get theirs", I would suggest against this. One of the biggest appeals about this site is that it doesn't hang people like an ARFCOM. Typically those who cause problems just disappear over time and we're left with a community of mostly likable people.   David, forgive my analogy, but you or the other admins cleaning house without us knowing is kind of like mom and dad struggling with the bills but the kids have no idea. You do a good job of it.   Besides, the ones you plan to shame will likely be gone anyhow.   Of course, if they make an utter fool of themselves, post away :)

This is TGO.... You sure that's a tight enough group? You fired 5 didn't you?

If only he could cut his calories this well.     I'm sorry, I went there :D

Be careful of those fordged uppers, they'll give you the D.

Work pays for it, so I do every year.

You're the second person who has my unicorn bolt gun (SPS). I'm gonna start pm'ing you .308 for the next decade. Maybe you'll eventually give it to me :D :D :D

This is my unicorn bolt gun. They aren't that expensive, so it's on my list. grats

  Brilliant. It's as if you have common sense!

oof, I didn't even know they made a part 2.   Well, that's a lie, i've seen parts of it (i think). There were flying ones or something. It was really bad.... but, that's part of the appeal

    the site I linked isn't the only source.   http://killscreendaily.com/articles/china-counting-videogame-purchases-against-your-credit-score/   http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-scary-concerns-chinas-credit-scores-are-raising/

  I have to fathom they view it almost like a drug. Those who do are less useful for society. 

Well, one redditor seems to have a different take on it. Seems like it's some form of "internet credit".   The article is written irresponsibly. Since the source it based on is a fabricated story. "open sesame" will open the door of hidden treasures for "Ali baba" (the company name behind it) based on Arabia fairy tales. Isn't it obvious this is at best a marketing stunt? "Sesame Credit System" is a 3rd party online reputation (called Credit but not really) evaluation and tracking system run within the boundary of services provided by "Alibaba", the giant internet company in China equivalent of Amazon+Ebay(Paypal)+Facebook. While this system is based on big data, it takes in user's internet posts, the product you bought, etc into account, then produces a credit score, which is used if you want to apply loan from the same company, all this happens within the boundaries of services provided by one company, Alibaba. So it is not too different from Amazon reputation, or Reddit karma. The difference is the sesame score is cleverly named "Credit Score" and it has a range between 0 and 900, to confuse people, especially those who lives in the US "Credit China" is a government run business complaint/case history tracking system, similar to BBB. It claims it also tracks 900k individuals, or 0.08% of the total population, however these individuals are most likely business representatives. This system does NOT generate a credit score as result. Unlike what the article claimed. The two systems are not linked in any way. So, the foundation of the article is based on a frictional, "would-be" story. The article assumes Ali's credit system is the ultimate version of government credit system. It's easy to see that is unlikely and not feasible because government does not have access to the intimate details of buyer-seller relation, among other information. They may attempt to obtain that information in a secret way (or through excuses like "state secret"), somehow. However, will they use secret info in a public credit score? My guess is unlikely. You must realize no matter how big Alibaba is, they still have competitors (in fact, many huge companies as competitors), and China also have anti-monopoly laws. Alibaba's system is not implementable at the State level, because it requires a virtual monopoly of e-commerce, online communication, phone, etc by ONE company. Be it private or state-owned, that is the end of Chinese economy. So even if the government will build a social credit system, it will be likely NOT based on online communications, your message on discussion forums, or buying/selling records. Those are still within each private company's database (like Alibaba). More likely, (and this is just my speculation) the government system is based on record of debt collection, loan, tax etc just like the US credit system today. The difference might be that it will be a government department, not three independent organizations, that keep credit scores. Then, there is the question of if your credit score needs to be accessible by other people. In most countries, you can pay a fee to get to know other people's credit score, for example, as part of background check. How easy/difficult Chinese government will make this process be, I can not predict.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2990203/security/aclu-orwellian-citizen-score-chinas-credit-score-system-is-a-warning-for-americans.html   From the article:   "In China, every citizen is being assigned a credit score that drops if a person buys and plays video games, or posts political comments online “without prior permission," or even if social media "friends" do so. The ACLU said the credit rating system, an Orwellian nightmare, should serve as a warning to Americans."

  I'm sure 3 seasons from now they'll have a rewind of them leaving and the dad at the head of the table as they drove out will reappear. His entire family will have died and now he's a lunatic cannibal rapist who is seeking revenge.....

Anyone notice that they drove off and left the gate to the neighborhood open? I know they mentioned the neighbors never helped them.... but that's a low blow.   Overall I'm unimpressed. The writing isn't very clever. It's like the writers decided ahead of time that everyone in this universe is a bad person (besides the main cast). They're either a cannibal, a rapist, a murderer, or a crazy person. Is it so hard to fathom that there might be normal people left in the world? I guess it's easier to write in a villain than to come up with something clever. Why not introduce some variations on the zombie? Maybe fast ones or something.

If you'll read it again, I said I like him. I'm also keeping that fondness at face value so I don't accidentally learn that perhaps he's a Jimmy Carey type.

This is the EXACT photo I had in my head when I posted above :D

  Well someone had to figure out that you can suck spray paint fumes out of a bag to get high.......

    I was yelling at the TV during this scene! LOLOLOL