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So I actually bothered to read the article, and it was great. It's so poorly thought out, it's hilarious. People have devoted more brain power to how they wipe. And the best part is all the comments that say it's brilliant and try to add ideas.

From the page:
"A small issue: Those who are good with numbers will immediately notice that the distance to walk from the ground office to the top office at 36,000 degrees (therefore an equivalent of 100 storeys) is 20 kilometers (twelve miles)."

Why, that hardly even bears mentioning.
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1. Garfield's anthropomorphicism is debatable and generally not acknowledged as a human/animal personification of sexual desire (or funny).
2. How about porno is just really good musical scores that happens to have naked lady characters?
3. lol, Sarah, you furry!
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NeonCat, the bullet hit the front of the iPod and exited the back.

Dave, I don't know where you're getting your facts (well, I probably do, Wikipedia). But the OTV is rated at 1,525 FPS with a 124 grain, 9mm ball round. Not only is an AK-47 round a different ballistic test, the IBA (what he would have been wearing) is a different armor, and the OTV is just a component part of it. In case you don't believe me, you can just read the back of a SAPI plate. It is capable of withstanding a 7.62 X 51 mm round, which is a higher power than a 7.62 X 39 mm AK-47 round.

And, of course, a test of a couple rounds is different than a test of one round, given the IBA has been criticized for failure to defeat multiple hits due to plate fracture.

You obviously don't command a complete understanding of the ballistics involved, so if you prefer to believe a piece of plastic and tin foil stopped an otherwise fatal strike, please, be my guest.
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"It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor." I'm sure the several layers of kevlar and ceramic plates had nothing to do with the bullet stopping.

While it's a slightly interesting story, he'd be fine without the iPod. It's like saying the paint on the tank slows down the shrapnel enough that it can't penetrate the armor, and that's why we paint all our tanks.
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Unforunately, driving fast won't keep you from taking fire. The hope is that the faster you drive, the less time the enemy has to react to your convoy, whether that's with an IED, VBIED, direct fire, or anything else. It's same reason you run instead of walk when you're crossing an open area on foot, regardless of whether you're being fire upon at the time.

You're also not trying to keep the humvee itself from being shot, you're trying to keep the exposed gunners on top from being a stationary target. It's all about attempting to minimize risk for the convoy personnel.

The rule of thumb is not to drive a little faster than whatever traffic happens to be around, it is to drive as fast as the slowest vehicle in the convoy, in other words, as fast as possible.
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