I do not like spreading negativity out there, but I needed to warn people about this device. I bought this for 80 dollars on ebay; I'm not gonna link from whom, because he or she does not deserve more sales of this awful device. When it works, it works, albeit with flaws. The image produced is sharp, as a component-video signal should be, and the colors are accurate, except that there is a green tint to the entire picture. I've read that one has to open these things up and adjust the 'pots' inside (an electrical term) with a screwdriver. I never really tried doing that or minded the green tint too much, because it's very subtle. What I did mind a lot, was the fact that sometimes, it won't work, and I'll only get audio. This is a big problem. I wouldn't mind the colors being a little off, or there being some 'noise' in the video-signal, but when the success-rate of the thing actually working is 50%, it's a deal-breaker. I paid 80 dolla...
Original article: GOP lawmaker pulls out loaded gun in constituent meeting "Republican Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina pulled out a loaded handgun during a meeting with constituents on Friday to make the point that guns are not always dangerous." Sure, that is logically true. An unloaded gun is not dangerous, but a loaded gun is always dangerous, which is precisely what he brought to the meeting. He managed to contradict himself immediately. If he wanted to make a point that guns were not dangerous, he should have brought an unloaded gun. What is his point? What is he trying to accomplish? Is he trying to make people unafraid of guns? Is that really a smart thing to do? Do we really want adults, teens, and children to be so unafraid of loaded guns that we are playing with them like they are basketballs? It is true that guns are just inanimate objects and should not be feared in and of themselves, but the reality is that guns are usually owned by people, a...