Had you read more than the first thirteen words on the Wikipedia article, you would have learned that body armor of that type is used almost exclusively by the military. Last I checked, small-town SWAT doesn't normally go out with $1500 in body armor plates.
And one more thing -- let this be a lesson why your research sources should not be limited to the Wonkypedia alone...
Not sure if the M855A1 was officially signed off on. I personally hope that the big machine will give the 5.56 SOST round another look before any money is spent on this 'environmentally friendly' upgrade...
Correction -- XM193 denotes a QC rejected M193 round, which is a 55 grain 5.56mm FMJ ball round. It is no longer issued in the majority of brnaches/units The most common 5.56 round now is the M855 green tip -- 62 grain FMJ round with a steel core. Now sounds like M855A1 is the next large scale (minor gain) switch.
If people outside of the USA think that allowing people to make their own decisions regarding their personal safety is stupid then it must be! Oh wait -- are those the same people who banned their citizens from carrying pocket knives?
Clearly the dude in question is not playing with a full deck, but you are making some dangerous and misinformed generalizations. On the subject of the 'French giving us the country' horseshit, seems like your attitude towards the US is, shall we say, close-minded?
It surprised me that no one mentioned this before -- ever before the merger, both AT&T and BellSouth residential DSL connections blocked access to any SMTP ports other than their own. At least that's the case in Georgia and Ohio.
Since I have 3 email accounts from other providers, I could not use their SMTP servers to send mail. Calling BellSouth was hilarious: their answer basically boiled down to "Well, sir, that's easy -- all you have to do is to upgrade to a Business DSL plan!". After escalating this through tech support managers to (useless) customer service reps, and at one point being told angrily that I should just accept it and that that's the way BellSouth protects *me* from spam, I canceled my BellSouth service and went elsewhere.
...you can't deny over 30% of your population... the most basic rights, including citizenship and education for children, based on their nationality, and be seen otherwise. That would be enthnicity, not nationality.
And there are plenty of Estonian nationals which are ethnically russian. What Estonian government is trying to do is to make sure that its citizens can
(a) speak the language of the country they want to be citizens of (no, it ain't russkiy), and
(b) that the future Estonian citizens will have loyalty to their country first, and not to the former eastern overlord.
I would hardly call Estonia a neo-fascist regime. I for one feel that it is the only way for them to break away from the former colonial ruler and set the course towards a modern society. And they are getting there at a good pace too. I wish that more Eastern European nations that broke away form Mother Russia (Ukraine, for one) would have the guts to do the same.
"In other news, the wikipedia.org web site screeched to a halt as/. readers rushed to lookup the meaning of the term 'routine' applied in the context of software systems. The RIM public relations department could not be reached for a clarification as to why such an anachronism was used in their announcement."
Chandler: "Quick, we must telegraph presidend Coolidge!"
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Yep. In other news - spoons make people fat :)
Had you read more than the first thirteen words on the Wikipedia article, you would have learned that body armor of that type is used almost exclusively by the military. Last I checked, small-town SWAT doesn't normally go out with $1500 in body armor plates.
And one more thing -- let this be a lesson why your research sources should not be limited to the Wonkypedia alone...
Not sure if the M855A1 was officially signed off on. I personally hope that the big machine will give the 5.56 SOST round another look before any money is spent on this 'environmentally friendly' upgrade...
You should check again :)
Correction -- XM193 denotes a QC rejected M193 round, which is a 55 grain 5.56mm FMJ ball round. It is no longer issued in the majority of brnaches/units The most common 5.56 round now is the M855 green tip -- 62 grain FMJ round with a steel core. Now sounds like M855A1 is the next large scale (minor gain) switch.
Google is your friend, junior. It still works. Even in your parents basement. Put down your PS3 for a second, and look up SAPI, then ESAPI.
Holy misinformation central... Wow. Check your sources friend-o.
If people outside of the USA think that allowing people to make their own decisions regarding their personal safety is stupid then it must be! Oh wait -- are those the same people who banned their citizens from carrying pocket knives? Clearly the dude in question is not playing with a full deck, but you are making some dangerous and misinformed generalizations. On the subject of the 'French giving us the country' horseshit, seems like your attitude towards the US is, shall we say, close-minded?
It surprised me that no one mentioned this before -- ever before the merger, both AT&T and BellSouth residential DSL connections blocked access to any SMTP ports other than their own. At least that's the case in Georgia and Ohio. Since I have 3 email accounts from other providers, I could not use their SMTP servers to send mail. Calling BellSouth was hilarious: their answer basically boiled down to "Well, sir, that's easy -- all you have to do is to upgrade to a Business DSL plan!". After escalating this through tech support managers to (useless) customer service reps, and at one point being told angrily that I should just accept it and that that's the way BellSouth protects *me* from spam, I canceled my BellSouth service and went elsewhere.
Naah, I'm just overthinking this
Well said indeed!
...you can't deny over 30% of your populationAnd there are plenty of Estonian nationals which are ethnically russian. What Estonian government is trying to do is to make sure that its citizens can
(a) speak the language of the country they want to be citizens of (no, it ain't russkiy), and
(b) that the future Estonian citizens will have loyalty to their country first, and not to the former eastern overlord.
I would hardly call Estonia a neo-fascist regime. I for one feel that it is the only way for them to break away from the former colonial ruler and set the course towards a modern society. And they are getting there at a good pace too. I wish that more Eastern European nations that broke away form Mother Russia (Ukraine, for one) would have the guts to do the same.
A picture is worth a thousand words. This sums it all up: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Blz5v1swwXw
"In other news, the wikipedia.org web site screeched to a halt as /. readers rushed to lookup the meaning of the term 'routine' applied in the context of software systems. The RIM public relations department could not be reached for a clarification as to why such an anachronism was used in their announcement."
Chandler: "Quick, we must telegraph presidend Coolidge!"
That the new AT&T is behaving like... well... the old AT&T.