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Re:Those odd-looking security barriers by mfontani on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @12:19PM (#21464639)
> where it prevented a 7,200kg lorry travelling at 32kph from penetrating less than five metres.

Doesn't "preventing from penetrating less" mean it allowed it to penetrate more?

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Re:Those odd-looking security barriers by wongarsu on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @03:56PM (#21467162)
I would read it as equivalent to "forced it to penetrate at least five meters, if it penetrates at all".

If I prevent you from entering a password shorter than 8 characters that means you can either not enter a password or one with at least 8 characters. This is exactly analogous.

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Re:Those odd-looking security barriers by klyrs on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @06:47PM (#21468880)
New rule in 2020: any news article that doesn't have a glaring typo, a sentence missing its subject or object, or mistaken double negative was written by AI
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Re:Those odd-looking security barriers by NullPrefix on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @12:35PM (#21464822)
Jury of English Majors http://themetapicture.com/media/funny-court-confession-jury....
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