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You don't need to be an expert to make that cut, though. Being reasonably strong enough is fine, and I suspect the student had enough adrenaline in him to do it. I don't think his sword would have too sharp an edge either, which is a plus here. The hard part of that cut is due to the bones, which for the hand area (fingers and palm plus wrist), aren't too thick and not hard to chop through. A thick bone like the humerous or the femur would be more difficult and would take more strength and/or skill. Quote:
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2009-09-15, 22:42 | Link #3962 | |
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Meh.... I have all my thermometers and weather gadgets set to celsius, compute data, cook, etc in metric when its possible. The US loses enough money to make your head spin because of *conversion round off* in trade. Okay.. done ranting :P
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2009-09-16, 00:47 | Link #3964 | |
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On my side, whether the U.S. goes metric or stays with the English measure system isn't important. If you are big and/or important enough, then you're the boss. What others do or say, if they don't involve you, do not matter; if it does involve you, then you're the Head Honcho whose opinion, in the end, matters the most and don't need to conform to everyone else. Of course, if you're not that important, then to be honest, you have bigger problems anyway if your delusions of grandeur get in the way. GM's 60-day guarantee is now in play With the Clunkers program recently over, GM looks to be trying to do 2 things here: Juice up its sales and win some PR brownie points. The sceptics out there are already talking about people abusing the program by using it like a car rental.
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2009-09-16, 01:12 | Link #3965 |
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It's very likely that that burglar use his hand trying to block the slash (the student probably attacked him screaming "Kyaaa"- no kidding). So no, a single bat swing wouldn't work. An amateurish slash would likely go astray and thus wouldn't kill the unlucky guy ( If it's a onehit, one must know exactly where to land it- most likely, it's just a reflex resulted from years of training).
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2009-09-16, 02:20 | Link #3967 |
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That'd require cracking whatever encryption the airforce uses for the signal or getting it from a spy. I'm not going to say it's impossible for Iran to do it, but it's far more likely that it was just a malfunction. Now the Taliban I will say it's impossible. I doubt they have the ability to plant a spy int he US to steal the codes, or the computers needed to even have a remote chance of cracking a decent encryption setup.
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2009-09-16, 03:38 | Link #3968 | |
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2009-09-16, 07:03 | Link #3969 | ||
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2009-09-16, 08:58 | Link #3974 | ||
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But seriously, I think it is up to the person's conscience. IMO, when I see cute girls I do feel like groping them when they are not looking, but I keep telling myself that it isn't fair to the girl. What if someone else (referring to males, girls are fine with me) gropes my girlfriend or wife? Honestly, it isn't fair to the girl unless she offers herself to me. Quote:
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2009-09-16, 12:33 | Link #3977 |
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Yeah.... like the girl has to actually *want* it. General use of the term "groper" in news doesn't include that segment of men who choose to treat women like human beings instead of things.
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Considering that the guy took the life of the burglar in one slash, I assumed his stance as iaido as that it is most likely he killed the guy upon unsheathing the blade as opposed to slashing randomly as that it wouldn't be an one-hit kill. More over, the burglar showed up unexpectedly meaning the guy was most likely unprepared yet it still turned out as an one-hit kill. Generally, if the guy wasn't skilled at iaido, it would be extremely difficult to perform an one-hit kill under those circumstances. Also, wielding a katana cannot be compared to wielding a baseball bat as that the weapon was originally made for the usage of sports while the latter is supposedly a symbol of the samurai spirit as opposed to being a weapon for murder. Speaking of which, it is also because of these kinds of incidents, blades are always best to be kept inside sheathes and never to be used. Nonetheless, I hope nothing bad happens to the Hopkins guy. |
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