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According to Wiktionary[^]:
A missile that is initially guided, but then follows a ballistic (freely falling) trajectory.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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So a ballistic missile is one that's only part ballistic? And a missile that's completely ballistic isn't ballistic? Glad it's not complicated! 
Anyway, thanks!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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The unguided equivalent is usually referred to as a rocket.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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Ballistic refers to the trajectory, no the missile. If you throw a rock in the air, once it starts descending it's ballistic.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Actually, for a rock thrown in the air, it becomes ballistic as soon as it leaves your hand (the guidance and propulsion system).
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Ballistic because it's a Taepodong[^]and they have balls?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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This is to say that they are just testing regular missiles, and not "cruise" missiles (or guided missiles)
I'd rather be phishing!
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A ballistic missile is a self-propelled projectile that is initially guided or accelerated, but then becomes "ballistic", that is, subject only to gravity and air resistance and no longer moves under its own power.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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In this case it's Lil'Kim who's gone ballistic.
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Most missiles these days aren't ballistic; they're powered and can change direction.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Are whiteboards remarkable?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Why are black boards so often green 
Life is too shor
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Because they are recyclable? Or at least rewritable!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Black boards are green with envy over how remarkable white boards are.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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megaadam wrote: Why are black boards so often green
Acid rain! I blame the parents!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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That is racism, we have to draw the line somewhere *chalk* *chalk*
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Surprisingly Smartboards aren't remarkable.
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And discussion boards debatable?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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We've had all kinds of discussions about what computer setups and monitor setups we have...but now I'm considering getting a new desk chair for my home office. If I decide to put a little money in it to get something nice that lasts what would you recommend? Or do most people go with a cheap walmart chair?
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Put money into a good one.
Cheap ones are made down to a price, and in particular I've noticed that the ever-so-comfy seat pan is made of rubbish foam which compresses until you are sitting on the lump of rough wood under it very quickly.
I replaced my office chair about two or three years ago, and I've had to re-upholster it completely with proper foam (and decent leather) already. The chair it replaced was twenty plus years old when I binned it (and I wish I hadn't)
Remember that you will be sitting in this thing for at least 8 hours a day, 5 days a week - that's probably a similar amount of time to that you spend in bed! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Wise words indeed, choose carefully. About 5 years ago our company changed locations, in the process I was given a new chair. Oy was is terrible (my aching back and backside)! spent a couple of days hunting down my old one, took the person who ended up with it out for lunch a couple of times before I convinced them to switch with me, twas worth it I tell you!
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I threw out my last 100€ chair a very long time ago and replaced it with a fairly schmick one[^] (sorry, couldn't find an english site showing it). Did cost quite a bit but in my eyes it's totally worth it, I've never had any back aches or whatever since and the only thing that had to be replaced after several years of almost daily use were the armrest-pads.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Griff is absolutely right. The cushions of cheap chairs get compressed with use and start hurting you in places where you didn't know you had places, especially if you spend many hours in it every day. A couple of months ago I threw out my old chair for this reason. I went to Office Depot and bought the best one they had. Yes, it was over $200, but worth it. Now all my places are at peace! 
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I won an expensive ergonomic office chair a year or two ago now, and it has made a huge difference to my life. I was struggling at the time with back and hip problems after a car accident, and within hours on the new chair I could feel improvement, and withing just a week or two most of the problems I was having at work had gone away.
Most important features of it that I can tell is good, thick, properly supportive seat, properly configurable arm rests, with plenty of width, and a high back that can be adjusted to get the support in the right areas of the spine.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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My example is of 'No chair'. All my coding, reading, writing are done sitting on the floor. 
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