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- animecrazy9, on 10/12/2007, -12/+59My god! I am tired of people bitching about dupes. If two of the same story is on the front page at the same time, that I can see. But a couple months ago? If everyone had seen it, it wouldn't be on the front page again.
"Well, I read about it, and I know about it. That means that everyone MUST also know about it." -jackass
Shut up, stop pissing us off. Obviously enough people who hadn't seen it found it interesting. That's how digg works. If you don't like it, go play with yourself. Plenty of sites for that, and you can stop bothering us. - jrizzo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+43[Insert more useless bitching here]
- crawf061, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37its still in Beta
- themarq, on 10/12/2007, -8/+40A couple of months ago?
Worth a fresh look then I'd say. - RetroRufio, on 10/12/2007, -2/+33Lloyd: "but what if he shot you in the face?"
Harry: "What if they shot me in the face?"
Beth Jordan: "That's a risk we were willing to take."
-Dumb and Dumber - MajorMesses, on 10/12/2007, -4/+35"Initially, Wagner and his collaborators envisioned armor that could be spread on a person, almost like peanut butter on bread."
I like the idea of a bulletproof sandwich. - becominglumberg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31The army uses *tested* technology. Other institutions can take a risk.
- meznak, on 10/12/2007, -11/+34My god! I am tired of people bitching about people bitching about people bitching about dupes. And such.
- Matadon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Because the armor is also stabproof, from what it looks like, and most current body armor doesn't afford great protection against bladed weapons. The fact that this fits like a wetsuit means that there are fewer unarmored gaps where a prisoner could stab the guard. So, pardon the pun, there is a gap that this sort of armor fills nicely.
The body armor that police and military personnel use currently is fairly sufficient for their line of work and well-tested in combat situations. The new armor is going to need to go through a hell of a lot of ballistics testing and real-world use before most law enforcement and/or the military are going to be willing to use it. - blablaman, on 10/12/2007, -6/+22@crawf061
Then it's a good thing it's not developed by Google. - tsaylor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Anyone else notice the date at the top said August 7, 2006? How can this possibly be a dupe then?
- jrizzo, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20I see potential for condoms here...
- ChronicColonic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Cool! Now soldiers and police officers can finally wear tights like the superheroes they really are...although I don't know if I really want to see that. Spandex is not really everyone's best friend....
- Eragmus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Wow you're right!
LOL a story from the future! - crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -19/+32My god! I am tired of people bitching about people bitching about dupes, I mean, if everyone just ignored it, maybe they would just go away. At least they would just get modded down and no one would read it anyways.
- sixlocal, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Yeah, because when i think "condom" i think "body armor." It'd be SO GREAT to not feel anything at all.
- BIllyBobFett, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14Q:What's the first thing that goes through a bird's mind when it hits a car windshield?
A:Its beak. - sleepyness, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18Ok...why not give it to the soldiers first? Prison guards? WTF?
- izzybomb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11If you rtfa it says its geared towards the guards first because the armor is better at preventing stabbings that bulletproof vests can't stop.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I see the potential for shark researchers possibly replacing those crazy-ass chain mail suits with these.
- ArcticCelt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Oh my god I am tired of bitching about all the bitching and feel compelled to bitch every time someone start bitching including me.
[This was a recursive bitching] - chatwithaninja, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9@super_spyder
Isolated compartments would fix that. Its not one big balloon, or you would have bomb proof feet. - Rosco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Now now, can't we just all get along? Maybe some group hug therapy? Come on now everyone, group hug, you'll all feel better afterwards.
- mooninite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7"... to not feel anything at all."
"...anything at all."
*gets mental image of Ned Flanders*
*shivers* - Canthros, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8@lozaning: Of course they're cheap. Everytime the Pentagon wants a new *anything*, it sets off a whole round of bitching about the military-industrial complex; hundred-dollar hammers; the relatively huge expense of maintaining a standing army (as opposed to $Congressman, $Lobbyist, or $Activist's pet project and/or cause); how we should make love, not war; and etc. Want to know why the government's cheap about body armor for the Army? Ask your Congressman or Senator.
- Zipko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This looks like the same stuff they used in the past Olympics. In both skiing and luge they had flexible spandex like suits that allowed full range of motion, but the material hardened on impact to protect against a fall. It was a different company then, but seems like the same material.
- groceryheist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It's like the energy sheilds in Dune! If you stab it hard it stops it, but if you go in slowly it doesn't.
- cjmemay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@wsgeek
WTF are you talking about? The DUPLICATE STORY button is right under the "Bury Story" button - brewyet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The prison guards aren't the first to get the armor, they are the first to "test" the armor.
- kluge, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11[Segmentation fault]
- rumor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6dugg for the use of the word "newfangled"
- crawf061, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5the visualizations of super_spyder and chatwithaninja comments make me laugh
- nailz420, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Cant wait till you can buy gloves made out of this material.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6http://datacore.sciflicks.com/terminator_2/images/terminator_2_large_12.jpg
- tHePeOPle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5More like a garbage bag filled with vegetable soup. Bullet proof vegetable soup, that is.
- Rachda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Reminds of what happens when you mix cornstarch with water, if you get the right mix it should be like putty untill you put pressure on it, then it hardens. (try it)
- bonked, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5especially most law enforment types... mmmm... doooo-ghnuts.....
- YourTechSupport, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Does it stop bullets like a wren hitting a patio door?
- Qopax, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I think you mean may or may not save your life. The suit itself wouldn't get them killed.
- YourTechSupport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's a Snow Crash reference, and technically the liquidy parts were on the bony extremities, whatever.
- TiMMY8765, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3send your skinny partner after them while you call for backup?
- themarq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I for one, prefer to go in slowly.
- duck1123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2and if you shoot it with a laser... nuclear explosion.
- Chasuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My God! I'm tired of the functional illiteracy that is plaguing Digg. It has gotten almost as bad as Slashdot. Is Armor Holdings Inc a "he?" No, Robert R. Schiller is, and until he is identified in the article recap, the "he" is nonsensical, and should be converted to "it."
- afeitarse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Yes, I'm sure once a tyrannical empire is set up in 50 years, we'll look back at technological developments in body armor as the leading cause of our descent into despotism. Spot on.
- roket21, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I think that solders are more likely to get shot by an AK 47
- H3BR3W, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5This?
http://digg.com/tech_news/Pictures_Video:_Flexible_full-body_liquid_armor_ - apocalizer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Dugg down by a average citizen who is actually a drone of the U.S. government being controlled under sophisticated and top secret mind-control techniques, instructed to digg down anyone with the words "maple syrup, poutine or timbit" in their user name because the Canadians didn't fully support our war in Iraq (which has been a complete and total success). Oh, and Abu Gharaib never happened-it was all terrorist propaganda.
- weirdone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@zipko:it is the same material actually. AH bought the rights to it.
The Olympics skiiers were also using it for the purpose of the slalom so they didn't have to wear bulky shinguards when hitting the poles I believe. - MoeWasHere, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually this story was printed in one of the local papers (NY Post) at the beginniing of the year.
But none the less - it's a crazy concept! Dunk a shirt in the stuff and if you try to pierce it, it turns rock hard. But if you caress it slowly its smooth again.
Crazy.
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