Each household qualifies for up to two $40 certificates to purchase digital tuners, so broadcast television will still be "free" and work with your existing analog televisions. It's even better than a tax break for consumer electronics manufacturers and big-box retailers.
Most rifle bullets don't go through walls. 5.56mm is notorious for being stopped by 2 sheets of drywall. Any professional knows this.
The professionals at GlobalSecurity.org disagree.
"For the 5.56-mm round, maximum penetration occurs at 200 meters. At ranges less then 25 meters, penetration is greatly reduced. At 10 meters, penetration by the M16 round is poor due to the tremendous stress placed on this high-speed round, which causes it to yaw upon striking a target. Stress causes the projectile to break up, and the resulting fragments are often too small to penetrate.
Even with reduced penetration at short ranges, interior walls made of thin wood paneling, sheetrock, or plaster are no protection against 5.56-mm rounds. Common office furniture such as desks and chairs cannot stop these rounds, but a layer of books 18 to 24 inches thick can. Wooden frame buildings and single cinder block walls offer little protection from 5.56-mm rounds."
Blackwater is pretty handy for the forces "visiting" Iraq mainly because they are above the law and don't get hobbled by pesky military laws like US soldiers do. Completely false - the US government laws do cover Blackwater staff in Iraq, under any but the most paranoid interpretations of the law. Not completely false. As has been widely reported, Blackwater is immune to both Iraqi law and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. What exactly is the law anyway in regards to armed civilian military contractors?
From what I hear, Microsoft is pretty desperate about getting their products onto educational institutions (yet another strategy they stole from Apple circa. 1980-90's). If you play your cards right, you just might be able to land some kind of corporate "grant".
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Each household qualifies for up to two $40 certificates to purchase digital tuners, so broadcast television will still be "free" and work with your existing analog televisions. It's even better than a tax break for consumer electronics manufacturers and big-box retailers.
The professionals at GlobalSecurity.org disagree.
"For the 5.56-mm round, maximum penetration occurs at 200 meters. At ranges less then 25 meters, penetration is greatly reduced. At 10 meters, penetration by the M16 round is poor due to the tremendous stress placed on this high-speed round, which causes it to yaw upon striking a target. Stress causes the projectile to break up, and the resulting fragments are often too small to penetrate.
Even with reduced penetration at short ranges, interior walls made of thin wood paneling, sheetrock, or plaster are no protection against 5.56-mm rounds. Common office furniture such as desks and chairs cannot stop these rounds, but a layer of books 18 to 24 inches thick can. Wooden frame buildings and single cinder block walls offer little protection from 5.56-mm rounds."
Blackwater is pretty handy for the forces "visiting" Iraq mainly because they are above the law and don't get hobbled by pesky military laws like US soldiers do. Completely false - the US government laws do cover Blackwater staff in Iraq, under any but the most paranoid interpretations of the law.
Not completely false. As has been widely reported, Blackwater is immune to both Iraqi law and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. What exactly is the law anyway in regards to armed civilian military contractors?
From what I hear, Microsoft is pretty desperate about getting their products onto educational institutions (yet another strategy they stole from Apple circa. 1980-90's). If you play your cards right, you just might be able to land some kind of corporate "grant".