It is not unusual for metals to be increased in strength after polishing or grinding, as a method of stress relief. Ceramics, while beyond my experience, are likely similiar.
Ubuntu seems to be driving Debian, not the other way around. While based on Debian, it is by far not limited to sid et. al. as they take their own road with packages to use and not... While I use another distro, I have used Ubuntu, and can say that it was fairly complete for what it is.
Remebering my days on the floor of the hospital and responding to codes, Zoll (tm) defib machines (and all defibs actually) are dc and provide a range of power-typically 300 Joules. This is enough to kill (by forcing repolarization of the cardiac tissue during the wrong point of the cycle thus inducing lethal arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia or more likely ventricular fibrilliation. DC ain't nothing to fool with.
Yet another case of the parents not watching what their children are doing. But, if this means AOL gets hammered in the courts, I suppose I'm for it, as a loyal slashdotter..........
All jokes aside, parents should be supervising thier children's wherabouts and doings, rather than the big brotherish leanings that this implies should be implemented--it is evident that not even the watchers can be trusted. Who do you trust with your children, yourself or some stranger that is hired by AOL or other isp for close to min wage to watch for this shit?
While the obvious is well, obvious, it stands to reason that S. Korea has a pretty insane population density (supported by the assistance of U. S. Troops, or they would likely be under the thumb of a dictator by now btw.) The U. S., for all its faults (poor legislative knowledge base on things technical being one of them), has its population base stretched over much area, thus making broadband more expensive for the provider.
Hence you see the attempt at WiMax et. al.--they realize that they can make money on those far from the wire if they could only reach them......
Fitting nickname.........
All joking aside, there is much that can be done to prevent prison in the first place. Treatment facilities for one. Another is apropriate sentencing. I am aware of at least one person, involved in a scheme to blackmail a catholic priest on the issue that said priest molested his girlfriend, that got 6 years. There was no threat of violence. Yet another man convicted of rape recieved only three years. Both are housed at the same facility.
Yet society still feels that "a felony is a felony" I agree that much needs to be done before people go to prison, but it isnt only minority groups that need this. Those after prison, many disadvantaged by lack of sufficient education, and subtle racism (if of a minority group), are further eliminated from most employment, and so are forced by the situation to fall back into the easiest way to survive--crime, whether it is theft or robbery or fraud or drug dealing. Is this what society wants????
Yet prosecutors constantly tout their conviction rates--how about recidivism rates?
It is said that 10% of the american population has a history of felony conviction. I would be willing to wager that a disproportonate number of them are in the lower income bracket. Many are very motivated and intelligent, yet now have the additional stigma of the felony rap..........and no way of 'expunging' the conviction.
100 years ago there was a method of escape. This is no longer available. To the detriment of society at large
Improving society at large doesnt take serious tax dollars or otherwise spending what limited resources we have, it would behoove us to observe how the unions of prison guards (oh wait theyre 'corrections officers') push for ever more prisons, and lend 'support' to prosecution candidates which are viewed as 'lock em up' types (thereby ensuring their jobs). When america (excuse me, the us) awakes, we will likely all be either locked up, or 'corrections officers'
And that, I'm afraid, is the american way.
I appreciate your attempt to get karma by cracking what you think is a joke, but prison rape is no joke. Part of the reason it occurs (and rape by my definition includes coercion as well as outright physical attacks, the coercive techniques are much more devious and dangerous as they are more likely to involve eventual prostitution and less likely to incur the authorities attention) is that there are:
1. Large numbers of men in close quarters with no sexual outlet. This has obvious ramificaitons, especally when the population is young and testosterone laden.
2. Large populations of people with nothing to lose: life sentences mean there is no hope of good treatment, and if one is the top of the food chain size wise and not fearful of others in fights etc. then predatory behavior will result.
3. Lack of genuine conjugal visits. This fosters the dissolusionment of the family bond, already weakened by moving of the prisoner far from his home. If the prisoner ever has any hope of being released, this increases his likelihood of recidivism greatly.
Prison is no joke, and prison rape is especally no joke.
Lest you think I'm overblowing the problem, the majority of prisons in this country are "minimum" security (but due to overcrowding there are individuals incarcerated in these with life sentences) These places tend not to have the overt physical rapes, but the insidious coercive type is rampant, with the wink wink, nudge nudge of the 'corrections officers'
Stop prison rape now
Just to set you straight, depeleted uranium is not used to 'harden' projectile shells, it is the only substance known to fracture in the direction of stress, thereby 'sharpening' itself as it penetrates, instead of mushrooming as tungsten will. Additionally, it provides a much higher cross sectional density allowing for a stronger, longer, heavier, self sharpening round along the way.
Former Soviet countries have similiar technology, in addition to HEAT warheads with DU liners instead of copper--the benefits of which i imagine would be due to the density mainly as the liners are converted to plasma and accelerated so the shearing properties would not be a feature. The environmental effects of the HEAT rounds i would think would be much worse--plasma jets of highly toxic DU would be quite nasty to breathe in....
I am not for environmental degredation, yet I do understand the necessity of weapons that are capable of doing the job for which they are intended.
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It is not unusual for metals to be increased in strength after polishing or grinding, as a method of stress relief. Ceramics, while beyond my experience, are likely similiar.
Ubuntu seems to be driving Debian, not the other way around. While based on Debian, it is by far not limited to sid et. al. as they take their own road with packages to use and not... While I use another distro, I have used Ubuntu, and can say that it was fairly complete for what it is.
Remebering my days on the floor of the hospital and responding to codes, Zoll (tm) defib machines (and all defibs actually) are dc and provide a range of power-typically 300 Joules. This is enough to kill (by forcing repolarization of the cardiac tissue during the wrong point of the cycle thus inducing lethal arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia or more likely ventricular fibrilliation. DC ain't nothing to fool with.
Yet another case of the parents not watching what their children are doing. But, if this means AOL gets hammered in the courts, I suppose I'm for it, as a loyal slashdotter.......... All jokes aside, parents should be supervising thier children's wherabouts and doings, rather than the big brotherish leanings that this implies should be implemented--it is evident that not even the watchers can be trusted. Who do you trust with your children, yourself or some stranger that is hired by AOL or other isp for close to min wage to watch for this shit?
While the obvious is well, obvious, it stands to reason that S. Korea has a pretty insane population density (supported by the assistance of U. S. Troops, or they would likely be under the thumb of a dictator by now btw.) The U. S., for all its faults (poor legislative knowledge base on things technical being one of them), has its population base stretched over much area, thus making broadband more expensive for the provider. Hence you see the attempt at WiMax et. al.--they realize that they can make money on those far from the wire if they could only reach them......
Is this really the case, are is it yet another attempt by corporations to subtly supress their employee's reading habits???
Fitting nickname......... All joking aside, there is much that can be done to prevent prison in the first place. Treatment facilities for one. Another is apropriate sentencing. I am aware of at least one person, involved in a scheme to blackmail a catholic priest on the issue that said priest molested his girlfriend, that got 6 years. There was no threat of violence. Yet another man convicted of rape recieved only three years. Both are housed at the same facility. Yet society still feels that "a felony is a felony" I agree that much needs to be done before people go to prison, but it isnt only minority groups that need this. Those after prison, many disadvantaged by lack of sufficient education, and subtle racism (if of a minority group), are further eliminated from most employment, and so are forced by the situation to fall back into the easiest way to survive--crime, whether it is theft or robbery or fraud or drug dealing. Is this what society wants???? Yet prosecutors constantly tout their conviction rates--how about recidivism rates? It is said that 10% of the american population has a history of felony conviction. I would be willing to wager that a disproportonate number of them are in the lower income bracket. Many are very motivated and intelligent, yet now have the additional stigma of the felony rap..........and no way of 'expunging' the conviction. 100 years ago there was a method of escape. This is no longer available. To the detriment of society at large Improving society at large doesnt take serious tax dollars or otherwise spending what limited resources we have, it would behoove us to observe how the unions of prison guards (oh wait theyre 'corrections officers') push for ever more prisons, and lend 'support' to prosecution candidates which are viewed as 'lock em up' types (thereby ensuring their jobs). When america (excuse me, the us) awakes, we will likely all be either locked up, or 'corrections officers' And that, I'm afraid, is the american way.
I appreciate your attempt to get karma by cracking what you think is a joke, but prison rape is no joke. Part of the reason it occurs (and rape by my definition includes coercion as well as outright physical attacks, the coercive techniques are much more devious and dangerous as they are more likely to involve eventual prostitution and less likely to incur the authorities attention) is that there are: 1. Large numbers of men in close quarters with no sexual outlet. This has obvious ramificaitons, especally when the population is young and testosterone laden. 2. Large populations of people with nothing to lose: life sentences mean there is no hope of good treatment, and if one is the top of the food chain size wise and not fearful of others in fights etc. then predatory behavior will result. 3. Lack of genuine conjugal visits. This fosters the dissolusionment of the family bond, already weakened by moving of the prisoner far from his home. If the prisoner ever has any hope of being released, this increases his likelihood of recidivism greatly. Prison is no joke, and prison rape is especally no joke. Lest you think I'm overblowing the problem, the majority of prisons in this country are "minimum" security (but due to overcrowding there are individuals incarcerated in these with life sentences) These places tend not to have the overt physical rapes, but the insidious coercive type is rampant, with the wink wink, nudge nudge of the 'corrections officers' Stop prison rape now
Just to set you straight, depeleted uranium is not used to 'harden' projectile shells, it is the only substance known to fracture in the direction of stress, thereby 'sharpening' itself as it penetrates, instead of mushrooming as tungsten will. Additionally, it provides a much higher cross sectional density allowing for a stronger, longer, heavier, self sharpening round along the way.
Former Soviet countries have similiar technology, in addition to HEAT warheads with DU liners instead of copper--the benefits of which i imagine would be due to the density mainly as the liners are converted to plasma and accelerated so the shearing properties would not be a feature. The environmental effects of the HEAT rounds i would think would be much worse--plasma jets of highly toxic DU would be quite nasty to breathe in....
I am not for environmental degredation, yet I do understand the necessity of weapons that are capable of doing the job for which they are intended.