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longer and harder
Conversely, rifle bullets can pierce light armor and are easier to shoot accurately, but even a carbine such as the Colt M4 is larger and / or longer than a submachine gun, making it harder to maneuver in close quarters.
One possible solution for this is to add a functional tumor suppressor gene onto the DNA to be integrated ; however, this poses its own problems, since the longer the DNA is, the harder it is to integrate it efficiently into cell genomes.
Even without considering the effects of fatigue, the longer the handle, the harder it is to guide the head of the hammer to its target at full speed.
Because of this runner, the mouldboard plough is harder to turn around than the scratch plough, and its introduction brought about a change in the shape of fields – from mostly square fields into longer rectangular " strips " ( hence the introduction of the furlong ).
It also supports longer spans, but because of its elastic ( springy ) nature it is harder to handle and somewhat dangerous for inexperienced fencers.
After that there are three levels in each stage that get progressively harder and longer.
Unfortunately, the Major apparently knew all along that Stebbins was his bastard son, and does not care, except as a means to manipulate Stebbins into making the race better by making him into a " rabbit "— referencing the mechanical lure used in a greyhound race to keep the dogs running — so that he will provoke the other Walkers into pushing longer and harder trying to " catch " him.
Large diameter bullets provide more stability, as the larger radius provides more gyroscopic inertia, while long bullets are harder to stabilize, as they tend to be very backheavy and the aerodynamic pressures have a longer " lever " to act on.
This was partly because they could no longer afford rents, partly to provide extra hands to work the boats harder, faster and further, and partly to keep families together.
The fact that shorter hairs are " harder " ( less flexible ) than longer hairs also contributes to this effect.
A chisel with a very hard edge can maintain that edge longer and cut harder material, but, if the entire chisel was too hard, it would shatter under the hammer blows.
Carbide is harder and holds a sharp edge much longer.
Most sculptors are unknown, and the style tended to survive longer in Northern sculpture than painting, as the detailed realism of Early Netherlandish painting was harder to translate into sculpture.
He took it upon himself to train harder and longer than everyone else in order to never be a victim.
For instance, " The National Anthem " opens with radio transmissions, has a harder " fuzz bass " guitar sound and lacks the horns and free jazz ending of the studio version ; " I Might Be Wrong " emphasizes the rhythm section and is more of a rock tune ; " Morning Bell " is driven by Phil Selway's live drums rather than a drum machine ; " Idioteque " builds into a frenzied audience singalong ; " Dollars and Cents " replaces strings with synthesisers and ends with a guitar coda not heard on the album ; while " Everything in Its Right Place " is about three-and-a-half minutes longer, and makes use of improvised effects on a Korg Kaoss Pad.
Defenses against Dennis Milton ( KO 1 ), Ismael Negron ( KO 1 ), and Ron Collins ( TKO 5 ) ended quickly, but Thomas Tate would make Jackson work longer and harder in their August 1992 encounter-Julian had to go to the scorecards for the first time in a title bout in winning a 12-round unanimous decision, scoring a knockdown along the way.
As well, since they are sound effects, they may have a longer duration or sustain than many low-pitched musical notes, which makes them harder to reproduce accurately.
Training armed forces divers, including combat divers, is often harder, longer, and more complicated than civilian sport scuba diver training, typically takes several months full-time, and the trainees must be at full armed forces fitness and discipline at the start.
It is thought that the longer a patient suffers from TN, the harder it may be to reverse the neural pathways associated with the pain.
A player favouring fast stick handling and good puck control would opt for a shorter stick, while a player wanting a harder, faster shot would opt for a longer stick.
He begins his career as a carriage horse for wealthy people but when he " breaks his knees " ( i. e. develops scars on his knees after a bad fall ) he is no longer considered presentable enough and is put to much harder work.
In the 1980s and 1990s replacement parts for Clavinets became harder and harder to find as they were no longer being supported by Hohner.
It is superficially similar to the related Giant Sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ), from which it can be differentiated by the longer leaves ( under 0. 5 cm in the Giant Sequoia ) and smaller cones ( 4 – 6 cm in the Giant Sequoia ), and the harder bark on the trunk ( thick, soft and spongy in Giant Sequoia ).

longer and trigger
The growing season, when the vegetation in the taiga comes alive, is usually slightly longer than the climatic definition of summer as the plants of the boreal biome have a lower threshold to trigger growth.
However, Pacquiao's trainer Roach was confident of a victory as he stated that De La Hoya could no longer " pull the trigger " at that stage of his career.
Extrinsic devices have impurities, also called dopants, added whose ground state energy is closer to the conduction band ; since the electrons do not have as far to jump, lower energy photons ( i. e., longer wavelengths and lower frequencies ) are sufficient to trigger the device.
Changes to the original design were minor and consisted of a shorter trigger, cutouts in the frame behind the trigger, an arched mainspring housing, a longer grip safety spur ( to prevent hammer bite ), a wider front sight, a shorter spur on the hammer, and simplified grip checkering by eliminating the " Double Diamond " reliefs.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph in November 2003, Nigel Short claimed that " Tony was insanely jealous of my success, and his inability to accept that he was no longer Britain's number one was an indication of, if not a trigger for, his descent into madness.
A string or shoelace that could be looped around the cocking handle of a semiautomatic firearm and then behind and in front of the trigger in such a way as to allow the firearm to be fired automatically is no longer considered a machinegun unless it is attached in this manner.
Additionally, some fully automatic trigger groups are also permanently modified in such a way that they can no longer be made to function as fully automatic fire control devices.
The net effect is that the output of the Schmitt trigger only passes from low to high after a received infrared signal excites the photodiode for longer than some known delay, and once the Schmitt trigger is high, it only moves low after the infrared signal ceases to excite the photodiode for longer than a similar known delay.
* A spear ( being a steel shaft slightly longer than the stock / barrel of from 6-10mm in diameter, which lies on top of the barrel or in a track or groove on the top ), and a trigger mechanism to engage the spear ( usually in or near a handle or grip at or near the rear ) to keep the gun in a loaded state of readiness when it is loaded.
The Colt Bisley can be distinguished by the longer grip, the wider hammer spur, and the wider trigger.
The longer, heavier trigger pull of the double action made inadvertent discharge less likely, while the lighter, shorter single action trigger pull allowed faster, more precise discharge of subsequent rounds.
This revolver featured a longer grip, a wider hammer spur, a wider trigger and adjustable sights.
Such missiles have several advantages over other missile guidance techniques ; they do not trigger radar warning receivers ( conferring a measure of surprise ), and they can have a longer range ( since battery life of the seeker head is the limiting factor on the range of most active radar homing systems ).
This design feature results in a somewhat longer time to ready the weapon for firing, because the soldier must remove his right hand from the pistol grip and trigger, as if operating a bolt-action rifle.
It is also safer due to the longer trigger travel required to fire the pistol.
Modifications include removal of stock, longer and heavier barrel, added gas regulator and electric solenoid trigger.
Neurons which are small in relation to their length, such as some neurons in the brain have only electrotonic potentials ( starbust amacrine cells in the retina are believed to have these properties ); longer neurons utilize electrotonic potentials to trigger the action potential.
Both were Bullpup style weapons ; the magazine and chamber are placed behind the trigger and pistol grip, leading to a shorter overall length ( by about 20 %) and a better ratio between barrel length and weapon length ( the overall length of the EM-2 is 9. 5 inches less than the U. S. M14, but its barrel is 2. 5 inches longer ).
The practicalities of doing this in a multi-developer environment of rapid commits are such that it's usual to trigger a short timer after each commit, then to start a build when either this timer expires, or after a rather longer interval since the last build.

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