Posted on 04/04/2009 6:12:14 PM PDT by Cindy
:-)
His name hadn’t been released by that time, smart ass.
And yet you made your commment at that time.
My apology. I must have confused several reports on this event, and missed the fact that he HAD been named in the linked article. Had I been aware, I would not have posted that comment (or the subsequent comment). My bad.
You are right (of course) about the quotation, but it is proper to bracket an explanation within a quote. My statement about acronyms wasn’t about those in common usage.
Cotton.
There is hope!
No. we're becoming South Chicago.
That's the only "experience" O'Bama has.
Which rock have you been living under? The term has been in common use, almost daily for a while, since we kicked in the door in Iraq. IED was coined, by some military bureaucrat most likely, to describe the explosive devices used by Jihadies in various places to kill US and allied soldiers, as well as loads of their own civilians. They make videos of the explosions, and the explosions are generally followed by chants of "Allahu Akbar"
Some of them aren't even really Improvised, rather they are made in factories in Iran.
Part of my job, one of the more objectionable parts, is reviewing software documentation, user's manuals, etc. We routinely gig the writers for not including the definitions of all acronyms and other non standard abbreviations. We generally require an acronym list, but acronym is defined upon first use, that is OK as well. I actually prefer that myself. Doing both is better yet, in case one forgets what an acronym defined on page 4 means when you encounter it again on page 403, one can turn to the acronym list rather than searching for the first use.
Maybe they meant IUD
They still make Crystal Drano
From the description at Wikipedia, it sounds like a second cousin to thermite. :)
According to the National Institutes of Health's Household Products Database, the crystal form is composed of sodium hydroxide, sodium nitrate, sodium chloride, and aluminum.
The power crystals are simply colored salt, and are the least powerful ingredient. The crystallized lye reacts with fats to form soap. The machined shards of aluminum react with the lye to generate near-boiling temperatures. The sharp shards in the hot churning lye physically cut hair and dislodge deposits. Several chemical reactions take place here:
1. When Drāno is added to water, the sodium hydroxide, sodium nitrate, and sodium chloride dissolve. The heat of solution liberated when sodium hydroxide is dissolved warms the mixture.
2. In solution, sodium hydroxide removes the Al2O3 surface layer on the aluminium allowing it to react with water to produce nascent hydrogen, which is a powerful reducing agent. This reaction is exothermic and the heat can cause the mixture to boil. The formula is 2NaOH + 2Al + 2H2O → 3H2 + 2NaAlO2, although the exact species in solution may be NaAl(OH)4. Hydrogen gas creates pressure that can forcefully unstick stubborn clogs as well.
3.The nascent hydrogen reduces nitrate ion to ammonia, removing the fire and explosion hazard posed by free hydrogen gas. The reaction is: 2NO3− + 9H2 → 2NH3 + 6H2O. The water and sodium ions then regenerate sodium hydroxide and nascent hydrogen.
ARRG!
, but if acronyms are defined upon first use...
I'm a very poor proof reader. I'm generally the one who reviews for technical content, not spelling, grammar and format. :)
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