2010-11-26, 05:54 | Link #4486 |
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I think there was a certain ancient society (either the Incas or the Mayans) who had an execution ritual to actually rip out someone's heart while they were still alive so yes, I believe it possible. My teacher said you can live up to three seconds after your heart is ripped out.......
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2010-11-26, 06:08 | Link #4487 | ||
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Oh, and by the way Tsu-Tsu, it was the Mayans that practiced heart-ripping. Can't remember anything about the Incas though. And Meotwister, I am no specialist in medical or biological knowledge, and my school.... Er, let's avoid that. I'm just curious how strong the Sternum is? |
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2010-11-26, 06:15 | Link #4489 |
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The sternum has been known to stop even low caliber bullets, knives and stuff. It's actually one of the strongest bones in the body. Those who claim to rip people's hearts out are at most doing it by going through the cartilages attached to the side of the sternum, which is considerably weaker than bone.
Unless of course you're an old lady with osteoporosis, you're unlikely to literally rip through the sternum.
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2010-11-26, 16:29 | Link #4491 | |
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2010-11-26, 19:22 | Link #4492 | |
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I believe it's a track by Shigeru Kishida. As for the name of the song, I'm a little confused as my Japanese, or, let's be honest my hiragana isn't brilliant. In the tags is says くるり, which I phonetically translate as 'kururi', however I'm not sure that means anything. However, at 0:32 in the video, you can see the track name on the screen. But, rather than say くるり, I see it as くるゆ, which again doesn't mean much I don't think, seeing as 'kuru' translates as 'come', but the 'yu'? Edit: Damn me and my failure. It does say くるり, it's just that the font/strokes made り and ゆ look a little similar and my brain hurt. Can anyone translate くるり please? |
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2010-11-26, 23:39 | Link #4493 |
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I have been reading up a little about European history to quell my boredom this week, and I came across an interesting set of swords, one of them is named a Fauchon, another is named a "scramaseax" (Germanic origin).
I looked those stuff up on Wiki but they presented different pictures than those I have seen in the library - the falchion is supposed to be longer, though its shape as a machete is unchanged. The Scram is is supposed to be something like a purely steel Roman Spatha. Does anyone have more pictures of stuff like this? And how does the shape of steelwork and weaponry evolve into such?
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2010-11-27, 01:58 | Link #4494 | |
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2010-11-27, 22:45 | Link #4495 | |
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2010-11-28, 02:27 | Link #4498 | ||
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25000 wpm would equal to 300,000 words in total, taking that half-hour into planning and thinking, as well as writing the introduction and disclaimers. A usual person writes at about 30-40 wpm with a word-processor. Non-stop writing would only kill when it is extended over 3-4 hours. Quote:
Thus I sometimes feel that if my country's lauding of "best education in SEA" is actually an over-exaggeration used as an advertising factor, when we are taught to write like this. Or maybe it is because I am in a business school.
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2010-11-28, 07:36 | Link #4499 | |
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(5000 pages @ 700-1000 words a page - 700 words will give you 23333 wpm ) |
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