I've got a Colt Walker on my fireplace mantle shelf. Weighs a 'ton'!

I get a kick watching Josey Wales fling two around, like they were .38 snub noses!

How about a 50 cent Big Chief and a 10 cent pencil? Talk about learning tools. And you don't have to worry about it 'crashing'.

Ah, but with the 1858, come the need , it will provide all the other.

Better get the powder, brass, and primers to go with it. Unless you're using a muzzleloader.

And lead !!!

ain't buyin real estate. silver and gold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t66iSkxq7...

If you believe that, I'll make you the same deal I made NickUrsis. Shoreline property, reasonably priced, cash only, no refunds. Oh, you already have that.

I was being sarcastic- surely there just been a little error, a mistake. they are all safe and sound.

What did you want?

Well, it seems we have something Eisenhower never dreamed of but potentially the most dangerous boondoggle in our history. Do you think all these laptops, et c. which have 'disappeared' are staying here ? I don't think so. I'm pretty sure a lot of them are making their way to countries inimical to us and will be used against us.

I want to know the numbers at the end of the year of how many of these ipad are still functional. And how many were stolen.

Yes. If you try to keep them away from Ayn Rand, the more interesting it becomes. It's like trying to force kids not to smoke or take drugs. It paradoxically makes it cool. Since ancient times people have known that people by their very nature refuse to obey a benevolent dictator's demand that they not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Yes???

The benefits of this technology are great. With all new technology there is potential for abuse. Many expensive gadgets will be stolen/lost at the expense of the taxpayer. I fear these children will be shortchanged and helpless if for some reason they can't charge their batteries. How many young people do you run into nowadays behind a counter that can't make change? They are wonderful supplements, but there is no substitute for basic education (3Rs) when preparing one for interaction in the real world.

I agree

johnrobert

I'm surprised they weren't selling them. technology is disruptive. some kids may download AS and the movies. it breaks them out of Common Core and shows they are thinking.

I completely agree that children, esp young children, don't need to be encouraged to have screen time.
OTOH, I think tablet computers will replace books and will also replace some of the desktop lab equipment I currently use in my job.
I didn't fully understand the disastrous breach of security thing, but I think they said the kids hacked the computer so they use the computers to socialize and do things the adults didn't like them doing. This is great! Don't do what I tell you. Use your brain and make what you want happen! We should make them harder to hack, but not so hard they can't do it, so they fight to get out of the box adults want to put them in. I don't want to hear them grow up and say, "I did what I was told! I went to school. I took out loans, just as I was told. Now give me a job!" I want them ignoring what they're told.

More than likely, what we get is a VERY large dose of anarchy or a VERY large dose of tyranny, neither of which is palatable to civilized people. I agree that gadflies are essential to moving things forward. They are not tolerated well because they make people uncomfortable with what they have always known. There is a word which describes those who will not change even when shown the efficacy of the new way. It' s called 'extinction'. In a way, I am arguing your case for you but, by the same token, too much at once is too disruptive of order and can have dire consequences.

I agree there are limits, but I fundamentally like people who _take action_ to push the limits in an intelligent way. Sometimes they'll be wrong. But pushing the limits pushes society forward. I may have to fight certain actions I don't like, but I much prefer people who _take action_ to those who don't, even if that means I have to deal with people taking actions I must resist b/c they're wrongheaded. I like a little dose of anarchy and chaos. I like to think the world, and eventually the solar system, are big enough to make room for people who take crazy ideas and run with them with no regard whatsoever to my opinion.

That way lies anarchy and chaos. Yes, I want them to think outside the box for how else will we go to the stars. But they must learn to do so within certain constraints wherein they control those impulses to destruction for its own sake. We already see that enough today.