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Liquid Armor the New Bulletproof Vest
kjh1 writes "Armor Holdings Inc. plans to start selling their 'liquid armor' next year. The new armor, originally envisioned to be spread on like peanut butter, is instead sprayed onto Kevlar in ultrathin coats. From the article: 'it's a mix of polyethylene glycol, a polymer found in laxatives and other consumer products, and nanobits of silica, or purified sand. Together they produce a "sheer-thickening liquid" that stiffens instantly into a shield when hit hard by an object. It reverts to its liquid state just as fast when the energy from the projectile dissipates.'"
First the military is developing something called an "ultrasonic tourniquet", now somebody is making bulletproof peanut butter?? Fuck this shit, the universe is just too weird right now. I am going to bed.
"it's a mix of polyethylene glycol, a polymer found in laxatives..."
As if having a gun fired at you isn't enough to make you shit your pants...
My snobby boss loves to swim in his private pool. Oh, what fun it would be to coat the surface of it with this stuff so when he dives in head first he gives himself a nose bleed. Of course the stuff will instantly reliquify, letting him slide into the water like he just got the worst belly-flop ever.
But could it stop a lightsaber? Cause you know there's scientists in North Korea working on lightsaber technology. Mr. President, we cannot allow a lightsaber gap!
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Product Announcement! New, glistening panty-hose. Shimmering as if they're wet. Catches eyes. Attracts only the daring. Promotes celibacy and abstinence!
... humiliation as you try again and again, unable to even stretch the panty-chasty-hose. The situation goes... limp.
In the heat of the moment, you push her against the wall and kiss. Heat. Fire. Desire. You reach down below her skirt, and trying to be spontanious, rip at her pantyhose... but wait! No satisfying tear or gasp escape from her lips...
"Liqui-hose, helping you dodge a bullet every night."
> Ok, forget the bulletproof vests, because I'll never need one.
Never say never!
It's in Dune. Shields result in a form of fighting in which the object is to make way for a slow knife atatck that will go through the shield. Off-topic, it's a pity that Herbert didn't stop at the first book because the rest were so poor by comparison. He used up a lifetime of good ideas in one book and couldn't think of any others. Sad...a friend once suggested that the only titles missing from the series were Dune Buggy and Dune ot forsake me oh my darling.
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So how would this have protected his Sergeant's groin?
"What are you doing, soldier?"
"Painting my groin, sir..."
Can they produce gloves able to stand up to shark bites ?
Thereby forcing sharks to evolve frickin' lasers on their heads.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
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Hrmmm...
So with this new advanced 'd30' stuff, does that mean you need to roll a natural 30 to get a critical hit?
It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
if ... you're not a drunk/wreckless driver that is likely to slam into a building/rock face/telephone pole/whatever
I would think it very unlikely that a driver reckless enough to be likely to slam into buildings or rock faces would remain wreckless for long.
Darn. Now I'll have to respec my Rogue to use maces instead of daggers.
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Where on earth did you grow up that old wives talk about knife-fighting while wearing kevlar?
I hate printers.
Funny that they use an ingredient found in laxatives for all of those "oh crap" moments.
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Did these "friends" of yours also happen to have a car full of explosives and yelling "God is Great" when they hit the tank.
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Yeah, because when they say "bounce off", they obviously mean that it reflects the bullets away perfectly at their original speeds. Hence, they are *doubling* the energy of the impact in the perfectly ideal billiard-ball reaction that happens every time a bullet hits the armour in real life.
Of course, they also have the benefit that whenever someone shoots at the armour, the bullet is bounced directly back down the barrel of their gun, possibly killing them.
This stuff sounds like liquid "Stretch Armstrong". The thing was pretty mushy and pliable, but, man if you got hit over the head with one of those...you were 'out' for awhile...
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
"Arg! My squeedleespooch!" -Zim, Invader Zim
Of course, this only happens when shooting at Chuck Norris.
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Bill Hicks predicted the future:
*pshwhshswsh*
"What's that?"
"Musket repellant."
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Can we ... PLEASE... stop talking about groin shots?!??
Thanks.
...and thus inversely proportional to testicular mass.