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posted by n1 on Friday May 19 2017, @05:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the that-name-again-is-mr.-plow dept.

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

Chinese metal scientists announced they had developed a plow using a new steel alloy.

Plow was initially used in China over 2,000 years ago, centuries earlier than in Europe. However, Chinese farmers nowadays would rather pay over the odds for imported plows because of their better quality and durability.

The situation may soon change, thanks to the new research.

Yan Desheng, of the Institute of Metal Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the new metal was developed on the basis of boron steel, with micro-alloying elements and fine carbide added, so as to increase its hardness while keeping its high ductility.

The new material had been used to make over 1,000 farming tools, such as moldboard plows and rotary blades.

Source: China.org.cn


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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @07:34AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @07:34AM (#512064)

    Truly, Runaway is an idiot, an ignoramous, a bot mon, a singularity amoungst the constellation of Arkansawians, someone so dense, that the Earth is in danger of being sucked into a Black Hole. I prefer not to read anything he posts, since what ever he post is the most pure and reflned bullshit designed to support the Republican cause! He may claim to be an independent, but that is only because he read the word on the box: "Depends". Sounds like "independent", does it not?

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @07:48AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @07:48AM (#512068)

    Truly, Runaway is an idiot, an ignoramous,

    Let's be fair about this whole thing about how ignorant Runaway1956 is. He is profoundly ignorant. He is "American Educational System" ignorant! He cannot distinguish Tashkent from Khotan! Shit, we are lucky if he can tell the difference between Portland, Maine, and Portland, Oregon! Runaway is so ignorant, he cannot tell the difference between cross-dressers and cross-gender! He cannot tell the difference between patriotism and supporting an illegal military operation of which he was a willing and complicit part. Runaway is a war-criminal, and he is too ignorant to know it. He also is a very stupid farmer. Submitting an article like this, playing upon the lack of knowledge of the Urban Elites? Oh, my dear Runaway, you misunderestimate yourself.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @10:42AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @10:42AM (#512113)

      Portland, Maine, and Portland, Oregon

      Is there any difference? Really?

      • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @02:27PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 19 2017, @02:27PM (#512187)

        Subtract one from the other, that will give you the difference...

        • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 19 2017, @05:23PM

          by bob_super (1357) on Friday May 19 2017, @05:23PM (#512266)

          I'm sorry, but nowadays subtractions are legally restricted to benefits, additions to profits, multiplications to scandals, and divisions to people.
          The root of the problem being the failure to integrate cities, we cannot subtract them.

    • (Score: 1) by charon on Friday May 19 2017, @07:29PM (2 children)

      by charon (5660) on Friday May 19 2017, @07:29PM (#512314) Journal
      A philosophical question for you, AC: Is it still mod-bombing if you're not modding?
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @03:09AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @03:09AM (#512507)

        No mod, no mod-bomb. Rather simple, really. Now posting and submitting with a pattern designed to destroy SoylentNews? That's fine, bro!

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @03:12AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @03:12AM (#512508)

          Hmm, also seems that AC is only at the whim of the editors? So, like, Anonymous Coward is not anonymous? Hmmm. Still cowardly, no doubt. Probably just Chelsea getting back at the Runawaytard.