Depends on how you're using the blade. Against lightly armored or unarmored opponents a very sharp edge is great for lopping off limbs and such. Yes it will require a lot of sharpening to keep that edge but a blade of that quality would tend to be owned by someone wealthy enough to have trained personnel to do the sharpening for them after they'd been in battle. The grunt who sharpened his own weapon when he was at the point of exhaustion after a battle probably would never have the chance to wield a blade such as that.
I had an anthropology instructor state that humans have actually changed very little in the past 100,000 years or so. I believe that especially in light of so many times we discover that many discoveries in recent centuries were actually processes discovered and then forgotten thousands of years earlier. The biggest reason we THINK we've "progressed" so far is that at its core humanity is just a bunch of highly egotistical pricks..... We like to downplay our ancestors' accomplishments to make ours seem so much better.......
I can't lay hands on a link at the moment but I read some info a few months ago that the growth enhancement only applied in the CAFO situations. In an organic situation or pretty much anything else close to natural there didn't seem to be any enhancement to growth. So basically if you're raising animals in a stressful, filthy environment that reduces growth then low level antibiotics are just what you want to make them bigger, comparatively healthier (for that environment) and thus more likely to survive to slaughter time.
Nothing wrong with using antibiotics to cure a disease even of a farm animal if it's given a chance to clear its system before being sent to slaughter. The huge issue with antibiotics in "farming" is that they are fed at low levels to the animals in an attempt to PREVENT them from getting sick due to the extremely poor conditions they're being raised in. Sadly it ends up being cost effective for them due to the huge subsidies they get which basically allows them to sell the animals for LESS than what it costs to raise them under normal circumstances. There's no way I can buy chicks and raise them to slaughtering age for 99 cents a pound like you can get chickens for in the grocery store. (or even $1.29 a pound as I just saw in a Publix ad just now)
Deterrent is probably a good way of putting it since dolphins typically take advantage of an opportunity to attack a shark. I've seen some stories of divers "rescued" by dolphins in what may have been more of a "Oh look! A SHARK!!! I HATE those things!!" than a "Oh look! A human in trouble! I must rescue them!" situation. And sharks may be just intelligent enough to not want to attempt to attack somebody with a dolphin swimming around them.
Yeah in that time period the torpedoes were typically most effective against stationary targets since they were slower or about the same speed. The faster ones I was looking at info on a while back were typically in the 15 - 18 kt range so that thing would have been a speed demon for the time.
(Part of some "War of the Worlds" research I've done off and on over the past couple decades......)
It's a tangled history with AT&T being greedy pricks over the whole thing. Considering they apparently didn't contribute financially to the project in the early stages that makes it even more interesting. For the most part I always considered the division between BSD and Unix being whether you paid licensing fees to AT&T. It's a very muddy delineation since Unix systems tend to contain BSD code but I guess it keeps the lawyers happy.......
A few years prior to that (probably around 2003 or so) Gentoo was a pain to install on a Mac but it was SOOOOO cool to see the penguin on the screen once I got it going.
There's still an absurdly large chunk of the US that has no viable high speed internet not to mention no real public transit. Last place I lived the closest bus stop was 10 miles away and I've lived places where it was MUCH farther to find any public transit. There was no "running up to the corner in your 4WD to get a loaf of bread" (I've seen a similar quote here before) as even Circle K was several miles away and trips to the grocery store were well planned and involved ensuring I had a couple coolers in the back of the truck to keep refrigerated and frozen foods that way on the trip back.
It's not common but it does happen. Unfortunately the protectionism that's so vital in trying to keep cops safe can take precedence over sanity and people who have no business wielding a badge not only get to do so but end up being protected. If you've not heard of it happening then you haven't seen much in the way of news.
Yeah it's just one more thing to try to make the world safer but totally ignoring many other factors that kill many more people. Especially with many studies that show distracted driving being, in many cases, WORSE than drunk driving. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Driving-while-Texting-Six-Times-More-Dangerous-than-Driving-while-Drunk.html
Personally I'd rather see somebody with a BAC of.08 on the road than many other activities that lead to even more fatal wrecks.
Not to mention the people who decide to sleep it off in the BACK SEAT and with the keys in their pocket who still end up "DWI" because they're in a vehicle and passed out in an alcoholic stupor when the cop investigates the vehicle in the parking lot. No clue if those hold up in court but I've seen them in the news off and on.
If you add gender into your results the picture tends to look a LOT different. Women tend to be more inclined to suicide by overdoses and other "less violent" methods while men are much more likely to use firearms and such. http://www.suicide.org/suicide-statistics.html is the only link I bothered to look up but I've seen some other more detailed info.
Sad thing is the cops who are supposed to be ticketing us for texting while driving and such are doing the same thing but somehow that's OK. I've seen a cop rear-end the vehicle ahead due to being distracted by whatever he was looking up on his laptop that is positioned nicely so they can use them while driving. I was under the impression they weren't supposed to do that either but apparently it's quite common for them to be on the laptop while driving so go figure.....
If the drivers in Ontario drive like they do when they come to Florida then they're flat out dangerous on the road even with a BAC of 0.00..............
In the context of that amendment well regulated did actually mean something more like well trained. The expectation was that owning a firearm would require regular training to maintain proficiency. The 2nd amendment also gave the right to form militias and those have to have some level of "control by rule" etc. by somebody being in charge. No military unit, even a militia, can operate well as a total anarchy. That also is something that would require regular training to ensure the members of the militia could operate smoothly and efficiently.
You might want to post a couple more definitions of regulate and perhaps even read the US constitution and various other writings by the authors that in some cases expounded upon topics included in the document.......
That inspection and training had nothing to do with the Federal Government - it was local militias that the Federal Government could also call upon should the need arise.
Tasers also have some issues with heavy coats and such while a bullet will generally penetrate them. Tasers also have been known to kill people with heart problems as has been discovered in some autopsies. They're not considered non-lethal, only LESS lethal.
Actually the.223 round is designed for hunting small to medium sized critters like prairie dogs and coyotes. I'm not aware of any round designed specifically to wound - pretty much anything that is used in a rifle or pistol is designed for hunting of various types and the object is to kill whatever you're shooting. Larger rounds for larger creatures, smaller rounds for smaller ones.
According to TFA it's only "exceptional" cases so it's not ordinarily going to take man-power away. Israel is anything but stupid when it comes to security and it doesn't appear this is any exception. I'd expect that the average tourist would have to try REALLY HARD to meet the criteria for the email check. TFA also mentions that denying them access to your email doesn't automatically mean you don't get into the country. I'll readily admit I don't care for that sort of policy but I also don't care for the policies the US has implemented since 9/11. I have no intentions of travelling to Israel and do my best to avoid flying in the US. But I would far rather deal with Israeli security than the circus we have in the US...........
Interesting thing is I've had to deal with the increased security we have at US military bases since 9/11 and think it's rather overkill as well in many cases but at least I was getting paid to deal with that......:)
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Depends on how you're using the blade. Against lightly armored or unarmored opponents a very sharp edge is great for lopping off limbs and such. Yes it will require a lot of sharpening to keep that edge but a blade of that quality would tend to be owned by someone wealthy enough to have trained personnel to do the sharpening for them after they'd been in battle. The grunt who sharpened his own weapon when he was at the point of exhaustion after a battle probably would never have the chance to wield a blade such as that.
I had an anthropology instructor state that humans have actually changed very little in the past 100,000 years or so. I believe that especially in light of so many times we discover that many discoveries in recent centuries were actually processes discovered and then forgotten thousands of years earlier. The biggest reason we THINK we've "progressed" so far is that at its core humanity is just a bunch of highly egotistical pricks..... We like to downplay our ancestors' accomplishments to make ours seem so much better.......
I can't lay hands on a link at the moment but I read some info a few months ago that the growth enhancement only applied in the CAFO situations. In an organic situation or pretty much anything else close to natural there didn't seem to be any enhancement to growth. So basically if you're raising animals in a stressful, filthy environment that reduces growth then low level antibiotics are just what you want to make them bigger, comparatively healthier (for that environment) and thus more likely to survive to slaughter time.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR602405
Just be careful and watch for signs of further irritation. They can be rather harsh with frequent use.
Nothing wrong with using antibiotics to cure a disease even of a farm animal if it's given a chance to clear its system before being sent to slaughter. The huge issue with antibiotics in "farming" is that they are fed at low levels to the animals in an attempt to PREVENT them from getting sick due to the extremely poor conditions they're being raised in. Sadly it ends up being cost effective for them due to the huge subsidies they get which basically allows them to sell the animals for LESS than what it costs to raise them under normal circumstances. There's no way I can buy chicks and raise them to slaughtering age for 99 cents a pound like you can get chickens for in the grocery store. (or even $1.29 a pound as I just saw in a Publix ad just now)
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/health-care/item/15447-irs-illegally-seized-medical-records-of-10-million-americans-lawsuit-claims
This article has some interesting commentary on the situation.
Deterrent is probably a good way of putting it since dolphins typically take advantage of an opportunity to attack a shark. I've seen some stories of divers "rescued" by dolphins in what may have been more of a "Oh look! A SHARK!!! I HATE those things!!" than a "Oh look! A human in trouble! I must rescue them!" situation. And sharks may be just intelligent enough to not want to attempt to attack somebody with a dolphin swimming around them.
Yeah in that time period the torpedoes were typically most effective against stationary targets since they were slower or about the same speed. The faster ones I was looking at info on a while back were typically in the 15 - 18 kt range so that thing would have been a speed demon for the time.
(Part of some "War of the Worlds" research I've done off and on over the past couple decades......)
Slashdot isn't about TFA - it's about the commentary!
If you're going to read TFA then you don't need slashdot...............
It's a tangled history with AT&T being greedy pricks over the whole thing. Considering they apparently didn't contribute financially to the project in the early stages that makes it even more interesting. For the most part I always considered the division between BSD and Unix being whether you paid licensing fees to AT&T. It's a very muddy delineation since Unix systems tend to contain BSD code but I guess it keeps the lawyers happy.......
A few years prior to that (probably around 2003 or so) Gentoo was a pain to install on a Mac but it was SOOOOO cool to see the penguin on the screen once I got it going.
Leave it to an AC to point out the obvious....................
There's still an absurdly large chunk of the US that has no viable high speed internet not to mention no real public transit. Last place I lived the closest bus stop was 10 miles away and I've lived places where it was MUCH farther to find any public transit. There was no "running up to the corner in your 4WD to get a loaf of bread" (I've seen a similar quote here before) as even Circle K was several miles away and trips to the grocery store were well planned and involved ensuring I had a couple coolers in the back of the truck to keep refrigerated and frozen foods that way on the trip back.
It's not common but it does happen. Unfortunately the protectionism that's so vital in trying to keep cops safe can take precedence over sanity and people who have no business wielding a badge not only get to do so but end up being protected. If you've not heard of it happening then you haven't seen much in the way of news.
Yeah it's just one more thing to try to make the world safer but totally ignoring many other factors that kill many more people. Especially with many studies that show distracted driving being, in many cases, WORSE than drunk driving. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/files/Driving-while-Texting-Six-Times-More-Dangerous-than-Driving-while-Drunk.html .08 on the road than many other activities that lead to even more fatal wrecks.
Personally I'd rather see somebody with a BAC of
Not to mention the people who decide to sleep it off in the BACK SEAT and with the keys in their pocket who still end up "DWI" because they're in a vehicle and passed out in an alcoholic stupor when the cop investigates the vehicle in the parking lot. No clue if those hold up in court but I've seen them in the news off and on.
If you add gender into your results the picture tends to look a LOT different. Women tend to be more inclined to suicide by overdoses and other "less violent" methods while men are much more likely to use firearms and such. http://www.suicide.org/suicide-statistics.html is the only link I bothered to look up but I've seen some other more detailed info.
Sad thing is the cops who are supposed to be ticketing us for texting while driving and such are doing the same thing but somehow that's OK. I've seen a cop rear-end the vehicle ahead due to being distracted by whatever he was looking up on his laptop that is positioned nicely so they can use them while driving. I was under the impression they weren't supposed to do that either but apparently it's quite common for them to be on the laptop while driving so go figure.....
If the drivers in Ontario drive like they do when they come to Florida then they're flat out dangerous on the road even with a BAC of 0.00..............
In the context of that amendment well regulated did actually mean something more like well trained. The expectation was that owning a firearm would require regular training to maintain proficiency. The 2nd amendment also gave the right to form militias and those have to have some level of "control by rule" etc. by somebody being in charge. No military unit, even a militia, can operate well as a total anarchy. That also is something that would require regular training to ensure the members of the militia could operate smoothly and efficiently.
You might want to post a couple more definitions of regulate and perhaps even read the US constitution and various other writings by the authors that in some cases expounded upon topics included in the document.......
That inspection and training had nothing to do with the Federal Government - it was local militias that the Federal Government could also call upon should the need arise.
Tasers also have some issues with heavy coats and such while a bullet will generally penetrate them. Tasers also have been known to kill people with heart problems as has been discovered in some autopsies. They're not considered non-lethal, only LESS lethal.
Actually the .223 round is designed for hunting small to medium sized critters like prairie dogs and coyotes. I'm not aware of any round designed specifically to wound - pretty much anything that is used in a rifle or pistol is designed for hunting of various types and the object is to kill whatever you're shooting. Larger rounds for larger creatures, smaller rounds for smaller ones.
According to TFA it's only "exceptional" cases so it's not ordinarily going to take man-power away. Israel is anything but stupid when it comes to security and it doesn't appear this is any exception. I'd expect that the average tourist would have to try REALLY HARD to meet the criteria for the email check. TFA also mentions that denying them access to your email doesn't automatically mean you don't get into the country. I'll readily admit I don't care for that sort of policy but I also don't care for the policies the US has implemented since 9/11. I have no intentions of travelling to Israel and do my best to avoid flying in the US. But I would far rather deal with Israeli security than the circus we have in the US...........
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Interesting thing is I've had to deal with the increased security we have at US military bases since 9/11 and think it's rather overkill as well in many cases but at least I was getting paid to deal with that......
The best defense is a good offense.......