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Tracking the Cracks
Roland Piquepaille writes "Israeli physicists from the Weizmann Institute have used a new approach to study how materials break. In a short news release, brilliantly titled "Breaking news", they explain their new method for analyzing the progression of a forming crack. The news release even says that it could have help engineers predict 'exactly how much pressure the levees protecting New Orleans could withstand before giving way.' This method could be used by engineers and material scientists in a vast variety of applications."
Plumbers should especially pay attention.
No existe.
"Scientists all over the world have experimented with crack(ing)"
God spoke to me.
These people crack me up.
... for they let in the light." - Spike Milligan
"All you have to do is be fragile and grateful. So stay the underdog." Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
I thought this was going to be about tracking people who crack software.
double? I think an order of magnitude is a better assumption - i.e. add a zero
But I thought adding a zero would just double...
gtkaml.org
Well, I heard the rumor that the Israelis had taken over the dealing in XTC, but hey, now that I heard it confirmed on slashdot that they're now taking over the crack trade as well, my, gosh.
I'm still trying to figure out what people mean by 'social skills' here.
Obviously this plane could have used a higher FoS number... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-640276788 2357542179&q=md80