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List of shock sites - Goatse.cx. Main article: Goatse.cx Goatse.cx is one of the most well-known shock sites, and perhaps the most infamous. The image which appears on the site's index, hello.jpg, depicts a man stretching his anus with his hands. While that specific site was taken down by the NIC .cx authority in January 2004, Goat.cx and Hick.org/goat/ became used instead of the original location. Goat.cx now only displays an image of a pumpkin carved to resemble h ...

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Trolls in this category are those intended to be offensive, or those which take the reader to potentially offensive sites. A popular technique amongst Slashdot trolls is to post links to "shock sites" in order to annoy and offend other readers by tricking them into following the links. This is often accomplished by posting the link under the guise of being another link to the article or a rebuttal to the article. A variation on this theme is for a troll to accuse a legitimate link or comment as being a link or reference to a shock sit ...

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The purpose of disruptive trolls is to cause the pages of Slashdot to display in an undesirable way or to otherwise bring attention to themselves. The two major categories of disruptive trolls are crapflooding and page-widening. Slashdot trolling phenomena - Crapflooding. Crapflooding is the posting of many nonsensical or gratuitously offensive messages in order to disrupt th ...

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Trolls that don't fall into the other three categories are idiosyncratic, and their existence is a result of an inside joke related to the workings of Slashdot culture or history or of geek culture itself. Slashdot trolling phenomena - First post. Whenever a new story is posted on Slashdot, comments may be added discussing it and there is often competition between Slashdotters to be the first to post such a comment. Some first posters try to make a short insightful comment to avoid being moderated down. Th ...

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Often, trolls are created with the purpose of tricking the reader into viewing offensive or misleading information, or to deceive them in some way. Slashdot trolling phenomena - Karma whores. Slashdot trolling phenomena - Comment plagiarism. Although comment plagiarism is an underappreciated trolling technique, this form of trolling can still waste many karma points. The troll will search for a highly moderated post a few pages down from the beginning of the discussion, reword ...

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The chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the nitrate of ammonia with chemical formula NH4NO3, is commonly used in agriculture as a high-nitrogen fertilizer. Ammonium nitrate - Use in explosives. Ammonium nitrate has found many uses as a strong oxidizer, primarily as a component of explosives. In this case, it is mixed with a hydrocarbon, usually Diesel fuel (oil) or, less commonly, kerosene. Because of the ready availability in bulk of the raw materials, ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (ANFO) ... Including:

• Ammonium nitrate - Use in explosives
• Ammonium nitrate - Disasters
• Ammonium nitrate - Historically significant accidental explosions
• Ammonium nitrate - Other uses
• Ammonium nitrate - History
• Ammonium nitrate - Production

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Andromeda TV series - Ship weapons. There are 8 major classifications of battleships (and several subcategories under those). Each type of ship has a unique complement of weapons and defenses. The ship's primary armaments are energy weapons based on antiproton technology. Each ship also has a (varying) number of missiles and drone fighters. Andromeda TV series - Andromeda's Weapons. 40 EMP launchers firing 1 kg offensive missiles at 0.9 c (20 megatons of KE) at a rate of 8 roun ...

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Ammonium nitrate decomposes into gases including oxygen when heated (non-explosive reaction); however, ammonium nitrate can be induced to decompose explosively by detonation. Large stockpiles of the material can be a major fire risk due to their supporting oxidation, and may also detonate, as happened in the Texas City disaster of 1947, which led to major changes in the regulations for storage and handling. There are two major classes of incidents resulting in explosions: In the first case, the explosion happens by the me ...

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A wound is type of physical trauma wherein the skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). Before any medical or paramedical evaluation, a wound is considered as minor when: it is superficial (a "flesh wound"); it is away from natural orifices; there is only a minor bleeding; it was not caused by a tool or an animal. Any other wound should be considered as severe. If there is any doubt, ... Including:

• Wound - Types of wound
• Wound - Open
• Wound - Closed
• Wound - First aid
• Wound - Minor Open Wounds small cuts and grazes
• Wound - Severe/Major Open Wound
• Wound - If an object is embedded in a wound
• Wound - Minor Closed Wounds contusions
• Wound - Major Closed Wounds hematoma and crushing injuries
• Wound - Wound healing

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