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On an extra related note, now Cabela’s online charges sales tax since Bass Pro has a physical presence in TN. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In all seriousness, I take this to mean if a sign specifically does not reference 39-17-1359 it is not “valid”? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Guess I’m good, I don’t carry a Beretta or revolver of any kind. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I would be a Glock branded carbine done right in a heartbeat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Dang. Did that get deleted or is it still around? I missed that one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I have debated on whether or not to get involved in this, I decided that I should probably put forth my input. Ok, first, let me comment on Photoshop vs. Lightroom. It isn't about "which one is better", but rather "which one fits what I'm doing". Lightroom - Commonly referred as "used to adjust pixels". Technically, more so a DAM (Digital Asset Management) than an image editor. This is always my first step in "editing photos". I may shoot 1000 - 2000 photos in assignment, Lightroom is the catalog that I dump them into, tag, sort through, flag, etc. It is excellent at "adjusting pixels". What this means is that you go and shoot a photo of your family and then you can very easily adjust the colors, exposure, sharpness, etc. Yes, more recent versions have added in "photo editing tools" such as blemish removal, etc, but it typically is not the best suited for that sort of thing. Lightroom is my overall favorite photo related program. You can apply adjustments to a batch of photos (if you shoot 100 photos in the same room with the same lighting, you can adjust the white balance on a single photo and them "copy" it to the rest. Would you rather do this or adjust the white balance in all the photos manually? Also, it is the bee's knees for exporting; You can set all sorts of presets for exporting and then export 1 photo or 10,000 photos and have it generate certain file size, types, etc. Photoshop - Commonly referred as "used to move pixels". Instead of adjusting pixels, think of Photoshop as what you use when you want to move them. What I'm talking about here is generally things like blemish removal, cloning, liquefy, dodge/burn, etc. If you want to take a photo of your grandmother and make her look 20 again, here is where you would do it. While I might be able to "speed edit" a photo in Lightroom in under a minute, you might spend hours on a single photo in Photoshop depending on what you wish to do. It is immeasurably multitudes more powerful than Lightroom for manipulating photos. Now, personally I hate that direction that Adobe is going. I bought Lighroom 6 outright and still use it. I haven't touched Photoshop in a while. However, in my opinion the monthly $9.99 "Photographer's Bundle" that gives you Photoshop and Lightroom is an excellent deal. Now, let me speak on alternatives. GIMP - Cross Platform (Windows, Mac, Linux), FOSS (Free Open Source Software). I used this for years when I exclusively ran a Linux machine. GIMP is very powerful. It isn't exactly easy. It attempts to be a Photoshop replacement and does mostly a decent job. Like I said, not necessarily easy but it is free. I'd say it is worth installing regardless of what you plan on using long term. Pixelmator/Pixelmator Pro - Excellent entry level editor on Mac OS. Does not do anything DAM related, strictly for editing. I believe only the "Pro" version handles RAW files. Wonderful lightweight program that I sometimes have used for performing very quick tasks. Worth a look. Affinity Photo - Very nice editor on Mac OS/Windows. Currently, I'm trying to make this work for me as a full replacement for Photoshop. I do all the quick adjustments in Lightroom and then export the image to Affinity Photo and then save it back to Lightroom for cataloging (automatically happens, no big deal). In my opinion, much speedier than Photoshop as it is a newer program from the ground up. Takes advantage of a lot of Mac OS technologies (Metal, for example). Free trial available, I'd save give it a go. My advice? Either $9.99/month Photoshop + Lightroom from Adobe OR Lightroom 6 (standalone purchase) + Affinity or Pixelmator/GIMP depending on platform. Now, Affinity is supposed to release a DAM sometime upcoming. Although I love Lightroom, I'll get rid of it in an instant as soon as a true alternative pops up. Overall, in my opinion, Adobe has lost direction and releases updates way too slowly and is riddled with bugs. It's become too bloated. I yearn for a true alternative but at the moment no true alternative to Lightroom exists in my opinion.

Just watched it. Loved it. My Wife said it was her favorite of all of them. So, they are doing something right, and let’s face it, they couldn’t appeal to everyone in the world. Personally, I love the original trilogy. Everyone here is dissecting everything and critiquing it, as if the original trilogy didn’t have its own blunders scientifically. Ok, so the bombs may not fall the the Starship Destroyer via gravity. Maybe they are magnetic? I loved how they took their ship towards the end and went light speed towards the Starship Destroyer. That was great and I wished they had simply thought of that earlier. Much to my surprise (I was betting that Snoke would offer to take Ren as an apprentice and push Kylo aside, angering him home to Luke and reconciliation and taking Rey straight to power and the dark side) I enjoyed watching Kylo take charge and not be so wimpy. Instantly jumped many points on my list as becoming badass. At this point, I feel letdown that Snoke wasn’t more powerful. Assuming he is truly dead, he was worthless. I at minimum wanted some sort of backstory, and more importantly why did he look the way he did? Was he a Sith? I was dearly hoping that Palpatine had learned how to cheat death and it was him in an altered form. I would have even went with Snoke being Darth Plagueis. I feel like more people, particularly bad, died than expected. Is Phasma gone? Couldn’t believe Snoke was gone. Excited to see where it all ends. Looks like they doubled down on Ren being good and Kylo being bad. I was hoping for either a switcheroo, or Kylo killing Snoke and then himself dying while protecting Ren after revealing that they were twins. Cannot wait for the Han Solo and the Kanobi films coming out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Couldn’t have been, the third “Winner” took the place of the chicken dinner. Chicken dinners come with two winners, not three. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My wife and I just watched “A Christmas Story: Live!” It’s on Hulu. Pretty dang good production but I enjoy the movie more. I’d check it out though for anyone that enjoys the movie. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sure, but I doubt anyone with clearance is going to let me sneak in for visual verification, or toggle systems on or off. In this case, guessing and trust are all I have? Besides, if it comes down to us needing to launch missiles, I’m not sure whether it truly matters that ours work or not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I am guessing our missile systems work as designed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, overall I feel like the fears in this video are valid. But like any weapon, it can be used appropriately or misused. Use a handful of drones such as these to infiltrate and take out an active shooter in a matter of 15 seconds with no collateral damage? I don’t think anyone could find much harm in that. However, use them to purge an entire city of a certain ethnicity, then that’s major. And, generally speaking, entirely possible. What I am most curious about is their use as an assassination tool. Even with today’s technology, it seems possible to program a few of these things to identify and eliminate a specific target all within seconds. And of course they could be setup/activated from across the world, sitting in a coffee shop. Also, the ones in the video used explosive charges. Imagine a version that used a silent dart delivery system to deliver poison/ radiation KGB/Putin style. A few of these could eliminate an entire regime in the cover of night and likely be undetected until it was over. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Let me further emphasize and put it this way: Those “antique computer systems” you speak of aren’t going to magically compute new capabilities than what they were designed to do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The “example” the guy had was simply a theoretical look into the future. That was not a real demonstration. It even says so in the video. Also, your solution for a “Ticking Time Bomb” is to upgrade things? Technologically speaking, any system is a better system if it uses the most simplex way of accomplishing what it needs to do. If the systems setup as our “antique computer system” that control our nukes do what they need, then that is probably all we need. Sure, we could upgrade then, and give them the very AI that you are afraid of. Or Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, smartphone access, or voice activation. Or we could leave them as the system that hasn’t had any issues since the decades ago that they were implemented. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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50 years ago was right around the height of the Cold War. The technology from then was and is still very capable and dangerous. The “Minuteman 3” (the only land based ICBM currently in our arsenal) went into service in 1970. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They are doing rocket testing. What have you seen that leads you believe they haven't been creating and testing them? If he is "getting ICBM's" from anywhere else already established, he's getting ripped off by all accounts.

Dang good question, wish I knew. Someone jumps up and says nothing to worry about and then a few months later someone else jumps up and says that it is the biggest threat we have. So the people within artillery range aren’t leverage? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It isn’t at all about legality and rules of engagement, but rather about civil liability. If the church appoints a security team and then that team screws up and accidentally shoots someone’s five year old, the church could be held responsible. If there just happens to be someone that carries do the same, the church would be held much less liable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I forget the cost, but Costco near Chattanooga has an ammo can deal where you get a .50 and a .30 can for like $12-15 bucks if I recall. Pretty sure they are China made but not a bad deal if you have uses for both sizes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

To be fair, I sure couldn’t and doubt that most people here could tire their shoes at age four. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What if someone uses a fake ID? Are we responsible for it or do we get a pass? What if we check and they “clear” today but next month they get persecuted. Do we have to prove when they bought it? Oh, you say the free online check I ran will suffice? I thought it wasn’t being kept as a record... Seriously, a rather large number of the active shooters acquired their firearms through an FFL with a background check. They passed because they didn’t have a history at that point. Some of the ones that did/would have failed had someone do a straw purchase for them. That’s already a serious federal crime. It didn’t stop that from happening anyways, did it? And, plot spoiler, even if you managed to eliminate 100% of the sales you would hope to eliminate, then those people would turn to either making them or stealing them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great! I sent the money. I hope money order was ok? But I made a mistake and sent $1,000 instead of $100. My mistake! Once it is cashed, why don’t you keep an extra $100 for yourself and send me the $800 back in cash when you send the item? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk