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I am not planning any nuclear attacks

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Re: I am not planning any nuclear attacks

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Post by tgb »

mattmaroon wrote: post #5
Bahamut wrote: post #3

Sadly, if you look carefully at the pictures, it's pretty clear it's for a game...and I didn't even need to read that he mentioned that they were game ideas. Goes to show how dumb people can be.

No it's not. At all. I mean, a rational person might make the assumption that this guy is not actually whiteboarding an ICBM launch from a rented apartment. But there's nothing about it indicating to a non-technical person that it's a game.

Honestly I hope that even non-technical people know that the blast radius of a nuclear bomb is somewhere around the size of a city, not several US states. But there goes my optimism again...

Re: I am not planning any nuclear attacks

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Post by ctz »

madaxe_again wrote: post #9

Ah, letting agents. I got evicted from a property years ago because they did a surprise inspection while I was out (which is, of course, totally illegal), and decided they'd found "mountains of cocaine" on the kitchen counters. It was fucking Ajax kitchen cleaning powder. Still, they didn't care. The police (who they contacted) thought it was laughable, but couldn't do anything about the fact they were evicting me.

What did the court say when they applied for a possession order?

Re: I am not planning any nuclear attacks

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Post by Zikes »

crazypyro wrote: post #18
mattmaroon wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No it's not. At all. I mean, a rational person might make the assumption that this guy is not actually whiteboarding an ICBM launch from a rented apartment. But there's nothing about it indicating to a non-technical person that it's a game.

Uhhh? The "mouse click" was a dead give away. Also, Occam's Razor. Is this guy programming a game in his apartment or is he programming a ICBM with 0 related hardware plus probably no other corroborating evidence. No reason to act like it takes more than a couple minutes of investigation to figure this shit out. Edit: for the guy below me, since I can't reply directly, find me a nuclear missile guidance system that i…

Yep, you'd never find something so silly as a computer mouse in the Pentagon.

Re: I am not planning any nuclear attacks

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Post by gambiting »

madaxe_again wrote: post #13
cpfohl wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What state did you live in? You've got tenant rights, and one of them is almost certainly "You can't be evicted for cleaning your apartment." Just a wild guess.

The fine state of County Durham. As a tenant - a student tenant, no less - your rights are virtually squat.

That is absolutely not true. Having rented properties in the UK I know that letting agencies will treat you like shit. No matter. Contact the property ombudsman, he will sort them out:

http://www.tpos.co.uk/

Might even recommend going to court over it.

Re: I am not planning any nuclear attacks

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Post by lclarkmichalek »

madaxe_again wrote: post #13
cpfohl wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What state did you live in? You've got tenant rights, and one of them is almost certainly "You can't be evicted for cleaning your apartment." Just a wild guess.

The fine state of County Durham. As a tenant - a student tenant, no less - your rights are virtually squat.

Knowing some landlords, the number one thing they complain about is how impossible it is to evict anyone. I really doubt you had any rights.

Re: I am not planning any nuclear attacks

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Post by citricsquid »

madaxe_again wrote: post #9

Ah, letting agents. I got evicted from a property years ago because they did a surprise inspection while I was out (which is, of course, totally illegal), and decided they'd found "mountains of cocaine" on the kitchen counters. It was fucking Ajax kitchen cleaning powder. Still, they didn't care. The police (who they contacted) thought it was laughable, but couldn't do anything about the fact they were evicting me.

For the sake of clarity it's worth noting that in England tenant rights are quite good. For an eviction to take place it must be ordered by the courts and a landlord can only apply to the courts for possession after providing a tenant with 2 months notice. A quick eviction in England takes 3 months, an average eviction is closer to 5 and in some cases it can take much much longer. The only situation in which someone can be evicted with no notice is if they are a lodger (renting a room with a resident landlord), which wouldn't involve letting agents or inspections. The confusion over evictions in England comes from tenants not understanding their rights, a notice to quit (Section 21) is NOT an eviction.

A tenant can only be evicted for rent arrears if they have over 2 months rent due (and bringing the arrears under 2 months at any time invalidates any court action), landlords cannot evict if they have not legally protected the tenants deposit and landlords have no rights to enter a tenanted property unless it is an emergency.

Re: I am not planning any nuclear attacks

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Post by gambiting »

kjjw wrote: post #14
orf wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hardly, that is a personal project so wouldn't count as work. Renting a property for non-commercial use then running an office out of it is quite rightfully prohibited.

As if they could comprehend the difference. And anyway - quite wrongly! What if one works from home? And whatever happened to fostering entrepreneurship, innovation and asking people to take their own lives in their hands by doing things like setting up their own company, all these things that the current UK conservative government claims to want and support? The law around lettings in the UK is detrimental not just…

The simple answer is - insurance. Let's say that you have an accident at home while doing your office work(because you stayed at home that day), and the house is on fire. Suddenly the insurance agency refuses to pay because the house was not insured for commercial purposes. Stupid, I know.

Re: I am not planning any nuclear attacks

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Post by sampo »

mattmaroon wrote: post #5
Bahamut wrote: post #3

Sadly, if you look carefully at the pictures, it's pretty clear it's for a game...and I didn't even need to read that he mentioned that they were game ideas. Goes to show how dumb people can be.

No it's not. At all. I mean, a rational person might make the assumption that this guy is not actually whiteboarding an ICBM launch from a rented apartment. But there's nothing about it indicating to a non-technical person that it's a game.

Common sense tells that anyone who has access to Intercontinental Missiles probably does not sketch a trajectory by hand on a whiteboard in a rental apartment. Even if there were no it-technical context, it could be a plan for a novel or a movie script. Than much even non-technical people with common sense should be able to guess.

Re: I am not planning any nuclear attacks

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Post by cjslep »

Zikes wrote: post #16
madaxe_again wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Mouse click" That's the mouse that you put in the nose of a MIRV, and when it starts clicking its teeth because it's damnably chilly in space, it's time to re-enter. Right?

Nukes are computer controlled. Computers have mice. Mice are used for things other than playing games.

> Nukes are computer controlled.

"Guided" sure, "controlled" is a bit ambiguous. Launching them requires more than just a click.

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