The ammunition for this weapon has two explosive charges, front and back. My guess would be the first decelerates the projectile, and the second provides the lethal fragments. Have a look at the video here (linked in TFA): XM-25 rifle in action - it looks like it works pretty well to me.

This seems to be something that causes a lot of confusion, and a lot of knee jerk dismissal of agile principles. "Working software over comprehensive documentation" isn't saying that documentation is unnecessary - just that it's better to expend effort on getting your software working than trying to document each and every aspect of the system. If it's important that users have strong passwords, it is far better to write the code to ensure that users have strong passwords than it is to spend your time deciding and documenting exactly what a strong password is. I've worked in companies in the past where a simple change like modifying the password policy would involve a couple of days of documentation, discussion and sign off. Often the code changes would take around half a day, maybe just a couple of hours, but we still had to go through the documentation and sign off no matter what. Agile is kicking against that, and saying that it's better to just get stuff done. Documentation is still important - coding is just more important.

I'm not really sure what kids can and can't buy in America, but as far as I'm concerned fewer kiddies playing games like MW2 would make the game far more enjoyable. I'm not bothered about protecting the children, that can be left to their parents: I just want them off my game servers :)

Heh, yeah fair enough. Any Lego game is fine by me (I'm pretty sure I've played them all), but I wouldn't count them as being derivative marketing. I'm referring more to games that are released within a few weeks of the film itself, so are able to fully cash in on all the PR the film generates. Never played the Toy Story games, but prior experience with games like LotR, Shrek and Beowulf suggest that they may be the exception which proves the rule.

I work by this rule - don't ever buy a game that's basically just derivative merchandising for a film. Enough people will buy the game simply because they liked the film, so there's no incentive to make the game any good.

It's not that I don't think they'll be technically possible, I just don't think they'll be commonly used, and that's what the question was asking.
I don't think that many people will want flying cars - it's a bit like having an electric bicycle instead of a motorbike. The electric bike will get you there, but the motorbike has greater range, is faster and more comfortable, etc, etc. In other words, if you're going to fly part of the way there, why would you want to land and drive the final few miles? Don't get a flying car, buy a personal aeroplane instead. Once flying cars are possible, what's the point in building roads?

Looks like he got a little upset about people calling bullshit and withdrew the article: http://www.malcolmsteward.co.uk/?p=2495 He says "I know full well that it is ‘scientifically’ not possible for a data cable to exert such influence but I know what we heard and hoped that maybe someone might be able to throw some light on what might be going on." In the original article, he liked the "increased naturalness in both the sound of instruments and voices, which seemed more organic, human and less ‘electronic’, and in the music’s rhythmical progression" Maybe he just changed CD while testing the cable, and liked the second disc better...

It's pretty simple - don't be a sociopath. People who answer calls on speakerphone deserve everything they get and more.

This is Slashdot. Around here, an STD should be worn like a medal. "Hey, guys, I've had sex, AND I can prove it!"

I don't think DeLeo's got a problem with gambling per se. The way I see it, he's more likely to have an issue with gambling being allowed to happen someplace where his friends don't profit from it, or where it means that Massachusetts dollars are leaving the state.