USSR collapsed because of incredibly wasteful war in Afghanistan. Talking about obsessions, those big saviors of Western brought down normally functional government with it and brought Afghanistan 30 years of war and fundie paradise
Interesting. During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, for every dollar the USSR spent, we spent 1 - our spending was about 12% of theirs, and we weren't even directly involved (Afghan costs were estimated to be $1 billion annually for the US, and $8 billion annually for the USSR; that is about 0.9% of the USSR GDP).
It was a lot more than just the war that did the USSR in. Trying to keep pace with the economies of the West, trying to keep up with the military arms race with the US, and an ever-more-cynical populace brought it down. The first two were heavily influenced by Thatcher and Reagan; the latter by the Soviet system itself.
So, we could have started it in the mid 1970s when Britain was led by James Callaghan and the US by Jimmy Carter - both of whom were the political opposites of Maggie Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Seems the Soviet leaders had experienced both sides - and whilst the USSR flourished under the former, it collapsed under the latter.
It is no longer possible to buy a sane british car (I don't count Jap assembly plants in the UK, because the clever designing is done elsewhere and those plants are just chimps banging things together).
Here's a clue: that "clever designing" is called engineering. That process of "chimps banging things together" is called manufacturing... If the latter increased, then de-facto Thatcher increased manufacturing.
Pretty much ANY transducer can do that... The key is the distance at which that rating is measured. For every halving of distance, you gain 6 dB additional output. Take a quiet 80 dB speaker at 1 meter, move it to 1 cm, and you've got 120 dB SPL. It's trivial to generate 120 dB SPL from an existing hearing aid - or this new unit - when it's placed in the auditory canal.
Patience, patience, patience more like it. Never seen a 223 (or other small caliber, high velocity round) hollow point that didn't expand quite nicely.
Visit Montana. No restriction on caliber for hunting. I've taken more than a few deer near Hamilton, with just a 223. Shot placement, shot placement, shot placement. And choose your shot - take a good one, not just any available one.
No, I tend to run lower pressure with race tires (Hoosier Speedsters). Contact patch area increases with lower pressure, and sidewall stiffness retains shape on cornering loads. Check with anyone who does serious racing, not just drift guys (who like low-traction systems).
Uh, yeah... Been racing SCCA for about 20 years now (FP class RX-7 right now) and I've never EVER seen some overinflate their tires in an effort to get better traction and cornering. So - I'm gonna call bullshit. Overinflation creates smaller contact patches overall - even when you roll over. Contact patch - much like on a motorcycle - does not change with angle of attack to the road but with inflation.
Given that it was always the first platform hacked at these events, I guess the competitors decided to step up to a real challenge and move to other platforms...
For the last several years, when I've gotten bumped up to business or first class (frequently), I've been supplied with real metal silverware. On an Asiana flight last August, I received a steak knife with a 5" serrated blade - and a matching butter knife, salad fork and dinner fork. All metal, all great weapons, all better than the 9/11 hijackers had.
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No need to actually bring your own weapon with you - just book first-class and have the airlines hand them to you!
If it's a rubble-pile type, then running into even a small amount of that rubble, and moving it, would work just as effectively as hovering above the entire mass. Just displace some of the mass of your rubble pile and you've achieved your result...
Nation that CAN build a bomb in months flat = Nation not to stage a major invasion of. (By the time Russia, Pakistan, or the US could marshal up forces to take on a nation of 70 million, the first bombs are coming off the line).
It would probably take, at most, 1 week to plan and prepare for an overflight of a dozen B-2 bombers, each with 80 guided bombs. Having 1000 heavy bombs surgically dropped on Iran's infrastructure would essentially cripple the nation, giving a larger country the few extra months needed to mount a full-scale invasion.
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USSR collapsed because of incredibly wasteful war in Afghanistan. Talking about obsessions, those big saviors of Western brought down normally functional government with it and brought Afghanistan 30 years of war and fundie paradise
Interesting. During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, for every dollar the USSR spent, we spent 1 - our spending was about 12% of theirs, and we weren't even directly involved (Afghan costs were estimated to be $1 billion annually for the US, and $8 billion annually for the USSR; that is about 0.9% of the USSR GDP).
It was a lot more than just the war that did the USSR in. Trying to keep pace with the economies of the West, trying to keep up with the military arms race with the US, and an ever-more-cynical populace brought it down. The first two were heavily influenced by Thatcher and Reagan; the latter by the Soviet system itself.
So, we could have started it in the mid 1970s when Britain was led by James Callaghan and the US by Jimmy Carter - both of whom were the political opposites of Maggie Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Seems the Soviet leaders had experienced both sides - and whilst the USSR flourished under the former, it collapsed under the latter.
It is no longer possible to buy a sane british car (I don't count Jap assembly plants in the UK, because the clever designing is done elsewhere and those plants are just chimps banging things together).
Here's a clue: that "clever designing" is called engineering. That process of "chimps banging things together" is called manufacturing... If the latter increased, then de-facto Thatcher increased manufacturing.
When was Ms. Thatcher the Prime Minister? Methinks you are attributing today's poor economy to a leader who stepped down 23 years ago...
Pretty much ANY transducer can do that... The key is the distance at which that rating is measured. For every halving of distance, you gain 6 dB additional output. Take a quiet 80 dB speaker at 1 meter, move it to 1 cm, and you've got 120 dB SPL. It's trivial to generate 120 dB SPL from an existing hearing aid - or this new unit - when it's placed in the auditory canal.
She doesn't want him to dilute his stock...
I guess you missed the "[citation needed]" part of the Wiki entry...
Patience, patience, patience more like it. Never seen a 223 (or other small caliber, high velocity round) hollow point that didn't expand quite nicely.
Visit Montana. No restriction on caliber for hunting. I've taken more than a few deer near Hamilton, with just a 223. Shot placement, shot placement, shot placement. And choose your shot - take a good one, not just any available one.
No, I tend to run lower pressure with race tires (Hoosier Speedsters). Contact patch area increases with lower pressure, and sidewall stiffness retains shape on cornering loads. Check with anyone who does serious racing, not just drift guys (who like low-traction systems).
Uh, yeah... Been racing SCCA for about 20 years now (FP class RX-7 right now) and I've never EVER seen some overinflate their tires in an effort to get better traction and cornering. So - I'm gonna call bullshit. Overinflation creates smaller contact patches overall - even when you roll over. Contact patch - much like on a motorcycle - does not change with angle of attack to the road but with inflation.
The quantity of available romantic partners dramatically increases if you're someone less than the size of Jabba the Hutt...
As long as you remember you have significantly decreased your traction - worse cornering and braking are the results of over-inflation.
Hmmm... Electing the spiritual/moral leader of roughly 1 billion people. Yeah, I can't think of ANY WAY that could be "stuff that matters"...
Actually, we're down to 862. We're deprecating the Mayan method since the world didn't end at the end of their time...
Given that it was always the first platform hacked at these events, I guess the competitors decided to step up to a real challenge and move to other platforms...
No need to actually bring your own weapon with you - just book first-class and have the airlines hand them to you!
A well-placed slapshot is not only entertaining - it solves the issue of the screaming brat.
If it's a rubble-pile type, then running into even a small amount of that rubble, and moving it, would work just as effectively as hovering above the entire mass. Just displace some of the mass of your rubble pile and you've achieved your result...
Do you work for a for-profit, or even well-known non-profit? Then you too work for advertisers...
Orson Scott Card appreciates your use of his imaginative solution to a similar - albeit far-fetched - threat.
The Tick says otherwise...
Idiot. Everyone KNOWS that Canada doesn't have scientists! It's too cold - your brain can't work up there...
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Nation that CAN build a bomb in months flat = Nation not to stage a major invasion of. (By the time Russia, Pakistan, or the US could marshal up forces to take on a nation of 70 million, the first bombs are coming off the line).
It would probably take, at most, 1 week to plan and prepare for an overflight of a dozen B-2 bombers, each with 80 guided bombs. Having 1000 heavy bombs surgically dropped on Iran's infrastructure would essentially cripple the nation, giving a larger country the few extra months needed to mount a full-scale invasion.