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• Guess How Demand Is Going for That Rifle With the Tech That Makes It Difficult to Miss a Shot

  May 17, 2013 at 11:03am

  You still have to make your own wind call. If you have a good ballistics calculator and know your system, dialing for range is easy. It’s knowing what the wind is doing at the target, and at all point in between that’s the hard part. I wouldn’t get one, but it is a great tool, and great technology. It would be great for eliminating a flinch though!

• Here Are the Top 5 ‘Best’ & ‘Worst’ States for Business: Guess Which Ones CEOs Prefer

  May 8, 2013 at 8:37am

  I like that Bushnell 3.5-21 on that large frame AR that Gov. Perry has. I want the new ERS 3.5-21 though, with the zero stop and 10 mil/rev turrets.

• MSNBC Host Responds to Criticism of ‘Kids Belong to Whole Communities’ Promo With This Bible Verse

  April 10, 2013 at 8:38am

  Thufferin’ Thuccotash!

• See What This Alleged Man of God Wrote on a Tip Receipt That Has a Lot of People Upset

  January 31, 2013 at 9:32am

  I don’t like those automatic gratuity policies, personally. But I usually tip 20%, so when I do have to pay the auto-tip I simply add nothing and save a couple percent. But any server dealing with a group big enough to warrant the auto gratuity deserves it.

• Wait Until You Hear the Clever Way Private Gun Buyers Invaded a Gun Buyback Program in Seattle

  January 28, 2013 at 5:01pm

  In reply to mjs6029.

  @THECALMONE
  Re: “There has not been a single mass shooting in Australia since the national gun buy back in 1996.”

  False. In 2002 Xu Hui “William” Wu killed 2 and injured 5 in a shooting at Monash University in Melbourne. A mass shooting is “defined” as one where more than 4 people are shot, right? That’s 7. And the mass KILLINGS didn’t stop either. In 2000 Robert Paul Long lit a hostel on fire, killing 15. It’s clear… only people with 3 names kill. BAN HIGH CAPACITY NAMES!!

• Quick: Would You Swerve to Run Over a Turtle in the Road? Guess What This Study Found

  December 29, 2012 at 1:59pm

  Poor turtles!! I’ve saved many a turtle from such a cruel fate. I saved one in my old apartment complex that a “friend” said he saw and another “friend” said if it was still there when he left he would run it over. I left them in my apartment and scooped the turtle up, put him in my truck, and took him to a pond. Then I saved one from the middle of the road (stopped my car in the road and made a Nissan Armada drive around me). I determined he was trying to commit suicide so I kept him and rehabilitated him. I named him Mario. He was the best turtle that there ever was. I released him in a very nice neighborhood with a large pond with many other turtles. I figured he’d have a better chance around the older rich folks, than college kids. I like turtles.

• DARPA Invests in One-Shot Rifle System Capable Under Varying Conditions for Snipers

  October 25, 2012 at 8:04am

  In reply to lamarlamar.

  Yeah, hitting a man-sized target at 1000 is the easy part. I was hitting 20×40″ steel at 880 yard on my first day going prone behind a rifle (with very little instruction). Haven’t had a chance to get shoot at a 1000 yard target yet though. But Bob is right, the stalking, concealment, and other such field craft is the hard part. Plus the fundamentals and repeatability are the toughest part of the actual shooting. Now this will take some of the guesswork out of reading the wind and range estimation, but nothing is a replacement for good fundamentals.

• Guess How Much the Dress in That Glam Debbie Wasserman Schultz Photo Shoot Costs

  October 8, 2012 at 1:20pm

  But that ISN’T DWS. There’s no way. That person is NOT this person:
  http://watchdog.org/files/2012/07/debbie_wasserman_schultz-4-195×300.jpg

• See the Hilarious — and Scary — Mistakes in Apple’s New Map App

  September 21, 2012 at 4:59pm

  In reply to 48Straights.

  It depends on who made the Android device. My old HTC Evo has taken quite a beating over the years (2 and a half) and while it’s now relegated to ballistic computer duty it still holds its own, especially now that it is off a network and rooted. Battery lasts FOREVER (several days). It didn’t have gorrila glass, has never had a cast, and not one scratch on the glass. My Samsung Galaxy Nexus S has some small scratches and does have Gorilla glass (I’m not a fan of that particular Corning product). I think it’s just in the coating used on it. Anyway, it’s a very solid phone as well, and very snappy running JellyBean. Not to mention all my old chargers, and plugs (which can be had literally for pennies sometimes on Amazon) still work with it. Something to be said for backward comparability. But there is also something to be said for Apple’s quality control… well TOTAL control. But that’s not bad. You don’t have to worry about what apps work with your phone, can the graphics chip handle this game, etc. Apple forces conformity, which end with a very seamless experience. Android is a little more free form. You get some interesting things you might not see on iPhone, but then there is no guarantee that it’ll run on your particular device. Both companies have terrible politics, so that’s a wash.

• See the Hilarious — and Scary — Mistakes in Apple’s New Map App

  September 21, 2012 at 4:46pm

  In reply to Pounding_hammer.

  Can’t we all agree that each has it’s own strengths and weaknesses? Apple products seem to be focused toward simplicity, while non-apple products are more customization centered. For example, there are a TON of things I can do on my Android phone that would be unthinkable for an iPhone. Now most required rooting, but then even a “jailbroken” iPhone lags behind a comparable rooted android device. No overclocking an iPhone… or underclocking or undervolting for battery life. Now, granted an iPhone will have better battery life, but when I use my phone as a ballistic calculator, I like to be able to have a spare battery in my bag, and that’s impossible with an iPhone. I can just drop music and movies into a folder on my phone, no iTunes to fool with.

  But iPhones aren’t all bad. As I mentioned, they have excellent battery life. They have the consistency that you will NEVER be able to have with a platform designed for multiple devices. They are very simple and intuitive to use, yet still very powerful, just not very customizable. But how many people REALLY want experimental operating systems (like me) or want to overclock their phone? iPhones are great for those folks. But I’m a 27 year old computer nerd, so I like to tinker. My grandparents have iPhones and they are in their mid 70′s. I now get daily emails from my grandmother’s cell phone. The same woman who 10 years ago claimed she’d never have a use for call waiting!! She never would have mastered