[TML] correlation is not causation (was Propagation times fornews services in Imperium)

[Tom B]

Somehow, forgot the links.

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 4:04 AM, Tom B <kaladorn at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:29 AM, Michael Jenkins <darvedd at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 01/04/2008, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I do have a home protection weapon. For most of the past it was a
> > >  antique samurai sword but now is a 3 foot stick. I would not want to
> > >  face a gun with it but I would and my chances would be good unless
> > the
> > >  in house attacker had his weapon out and was a long ways away from me
> > >  ie over 10 feet (3 meters) away (hard to do in my German house). My
> > >  friends and I have tested this out with water guns and some others
> > >  with paint guns. Naturally, running away first is the way to go if
> > you
> > >  can.
> >
> > <Mode: Monty Python - aka [humour, explicit]>
> > What about a point-ed stick?
> > </Mode>
> >
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> That would be the short-shaft assegai. Probably about as dangerous as a
> katana or a wakisashi in close quarters fighting. In really constrained
> areas, a Fairburn Sykes knife with the conical locking nut would be a good
> choice - double sided, can strike with pommel as well as the blade, can
> slash either direction or stab.
>

http://www.esa-swords.com/FairbairnSykesBC7.htm

http://www.coldsteel.com/spears-high-performance-spears.html