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	Ballista
		The ballista (Latin, from Greek ballistēs, from ballein "to throw") is a powerful weapon conceived as a giant crossbow, to eject heavy darts singly or in groups.
		Ballista in the Middle Ages launched bolts, and were thought to have inspired the European crossbow, though 5th century Chinese crossbows may have also been a factor in the development of these weapons and bolt-throwing ballista.
		The catapult was an evolution of the ballista.
	www.gogoglo.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/ba/ballista.html (280 words)

	Ballista - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Greek ballistae are primarily thought to have been a siege weapon.
		The ballista's relatively lightweight bolts also did not have the high momentum of the stones thrown by the later onagers, trebuchets, or mangonels; these could be as heavy as 200-300 pounds (90-135 kg).
		The Romans continued the development of the Ballista, and it became a highly-prized and valued weapon in the army of the Roman Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ballista (1866 words)

	ballista.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ballistae had long been known in Peloria, but it was the annihilation of their magical support staff that encouraged Lunar generals to adopt ballistae en masse and use them on the field as well as at siege.
		The Lunar ballista (popularly called the "wood wasp" because of its sting) falls between the arbalest and the siege ballista.
		If kept in good repair a ballista might survive decades of use, and it is not uncommon for their crews to grow quite attached to them.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~gerakkag/ballistae.html (527 words)

	Ballista (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ballista was an invaluable Medieval siege attack, and indeed defence, weapon which was similar to a giant crossbow and worked by using tension.
		The Ballista reached Europe during the Medieval era and was used extensively by the French.
		The missiles launched by the Ballista were much lighter than the heavy trebuchet stones and could not gain the high momentum of the heavier missiles.
	www.castles.me.uk /ballista.htm (528 words)

	Garek's Guide to Ballistae
		Since Ballista are immobile once constructed, and have a limited lifespan, they are best suited for the defense of a keep, and secondly to aid in the siege of a keep or other fortified position.
		Once the ballista is built it will drop on the ground, and give the engineer a dialogue box saying the ballista has fallen to the ground, since it would not fit in your backpack.
		Always re-arm the ballista as soon as you've fired it, since that is the longest sequence, and try and deliver bolts onto the enemy as quickly as possibly, since each round requires a minimum of 30 seconds to deliver.
	www.divine-vengeance.com /ballistae.html (2452 words)

	Ballista FAQ
		A robustness failure is defined within the context of Ballista to be a test case which, when executed, produces a non-robust reaction in the form of a system crash, Restart failure (task hang), or Abort failure ("core dump" or in general generates a signal that causes abnormal task termination).
		Ballista is the product of many years of research in the area of dependability, and particular fault injection, at Carnegie Mellon's Institute for Complex Engineered Systems.
		Ballista is only using OS interfaces as a convenient example; our goal is to accomplish hardening of arbitrary software in a way that is as highly automated as possible.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/edrc-ballista/www/faq.html (2147 words)

	Ballista (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		by the ancient Greeks at Syracuse, the ballista was in effect a giant crossbow, used for shooting large arrows or darts.
		Ballistas were typically used for defence against besieging infantry.
		The dart fired by a ballista is a wooden shaft, around five feet long.
	www.codesmiths.com /siege/ballista.htm (214 words)

	The Orcish Ballista Siege Weapon
		The Orcristh Ballista is a despicable, very accurate and destructible war machine crafted by the hand of the Black Orcs of Nybelmar, the Orcristh.
		First of all the ballista needs to be brought into a fixed position, from where it can reach the battlefield, as it cannot be moved during battle.
		The idea on how to further improve a standard ballista came to him in a dream, it is said, though not much is known about the dream itself, it is confirmed that he managed to proposed the idea to the Orcal, the Orcristh Godking, himself.
	www.santharia.com /weapons/ballista_orcristh.htm (892 words)

	Conflict: Rules of Ballista
		During Ballista, a player's linkshell will be disengaged and replaced with a special one used by his/her nation's forces.
		While Ballista is still being performed as a limited event, the match time, level restriction, number of participants allowed, etc. are subject to change.
		During Ballista, the range of all melee weapons is increased.
	www.playonline.com /comnewsus/200404225213.html (2127 words)

	Final Fantasy XI - Ballista - FFXIclopedia
		Ballista Instaport: Show this ticket to any Ballista event staff to receive a free teleport to the area where the next match is taking place.
		Ballista Earring: When in possession of this item, the player will receive information about the next Ballista match and the entry registration time when entering San d’Oria, Bastok, Windurst, or Jeuno from one day prior to the match (Vana’diel time) until the end of the entry period.
		Ballista Band: When in possession of this item, the player will be given the choice of whether to keep or throw away the first Petra he quarries.
	wiki.ffxiclopedia.org /index.php?title=Ballista&printable=yes (8578 words)

	ballista - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		The ballista and the mangonel used the energy created by twisting ropes to create torsion.
		The sudden release of this energy was used to launch large...
		The Roman mangonel also used twisted ropes to provide energy, but the mangonel had only one arm.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /ballista.html (95 words)

	Greek ballista page
		This machine is similar to the ballista siege engines later used by the Romans.
		Ballistae were rather high-maintenance devices and were vulnerable to having their leather or sinew or hemp skeins get wet or even damp, which would cause them to slacken and lose tension, rendering the engine useless.
		This was difficult enough in peaceful conditions, not to mention during the heat of battle, so the death or injury of a critical crew member could compromise the effectiveness of the weapon.
	www.legionxxiv.org /ballista.htm (962 words)

	Ballista: COTS Software Robustness Hardening
		Ballista testing enables users to test the robustness of home-grown and third party software on their own computers.
		Ballista changes this by providing a simple, repeatable way to directly measure software robustness without requiring source code or behavioral specifications.
		The Ballista testing approach is both scalable and portable across a wide variety of application domains.
	www.ece.cmu.edu /~koopman/ballista/index.html (787 words)

	Siege Engine.com: Mista Ballista
		At the 2004 chunk the main stanchions for the torsion frames were bent by the impact of the arms.
		The framework for the Ballista had to be built strong enough to resist the pullback, and to hold up the 2500 pounds we currently estimate of our engine.
		With our ballista, the direction of twist is sideways, so alternate means of twisting is needed.
	www.siege-engine.com /MistaBallista.shtml (610 words)

	How to Make Build Boys' Ballista Catapult Catapults
		The baby ballista throws shells that burst with a cloud of smoke, and it would do no injury to a boy if a bomb burst on his head.
		Place some flour in the paper, then a piece of dough to give it weight, then some more flour; gather the corners of the paper and twist them together like a big paper torpedo; reinforce the twist with a piece of thread or string, and the shell is complete.
		Elevate the front of the ballista by placing some object under it, boards or stones, fasten the other end securely, with the check-string draw back the bat and fasten it back with the trigger.
	www.inquiry.net /outdoor/autumn/guns/ballista.htm (1126 words)

	Medieval Ballista - Full List of Articles
		The Ballista was one of the first catapult weapons used by the Greeks.
		Ballista catapults are believed to have made their first appearance on the battlefield in the fighting days long before the birth of Christ.
		Ballista plans range in complexity from the very basic to the very involved.
	www.medieval-castle-siege-weapons.com /medieval-ballista.html (129 words)

	The Ballista Kit!
		The ballista is an engine of war invented by the Greeks sometime around 800 BCE, and also used by the Romans.
		Ballistas were constructed of different sizes for the various purposes of siege and field warfare.
		We've extensively studied the design and construction of the ballista, and we think this model is a fantastic representation of the ancient Greek machine.
	www.mangonel.com /ballista (413 words)

	Siege Engine.com: Baby Ballista
		Baby Ballista was constructed while we were trying to design Ballista Jr.
		Baby ballista is preparing to fire one of its favorite projectiles, an empty soda can.
		After Mista Ballista had a arm failure on it's second year out at the 2003 Punkin Chunk, we decided to use Baby Ballista as a test platform for a new and lighter bowstring attempt.
	www.siege-engine.com /BabyBallista.shtml (501 words)

	The Ballista
		The ballista was, unlike the Greek Catapulta, built almost entirely out of wood.
		The ballista used an older spring frame type that was more powerful as the arms could travel further, but it was also more expensive so it was used primarily for big stone throwing machines.
		The ballista also had the ratchet device on the outside, made out of steel.
	members.lycos.nl /onager/ballista.html (142 words)

	Ballista Royale
		Ballista Royale is a great way to introduce more organized competition to a part of FFXI that so many people like myself enjoy very much.
		Me and my team mates, who are also my linkshell members, have grown closer in our bonds and learned a wealth of information on strategies, do's and don'ts, and just had tons of fun versus various teams of people who we may or may not know.
		Normal ballista matches are quite long by comparison, and are generally more forgiving if you make a mistake.
	na.square-enix.com /events/ffxi/ballista/2005/teamprofiles.html (3512 words)

	Final Fantasy XI Ballista
		Ballista is Final Fantasy XI small version of PvP (Player vs Player) game mode that allows players from different nations to compete against one another in a sporting event.
		However note that the face of Ballista is constantly changing with each new updates from SquareEnix.
		The fundalmental basic is still there but for new additions and features to Ballista, see Playonline.com and in-game for more details.
	www.rpgdreamersalliance.com /ballista.php (2033 words)

	Ballista - Alternative, Funk, Rock, All That - Store
		This record swings all the way from ballady (is that a word) I Should Have Known to the little-bit-funky Rhythm For You all the way to rap-rock with songs like Save Me and Stargaze.
		This is the band that would later move on to become Ballista.
		The CD was lovingly crafted with lots of funk, bizarro lyrics, and a little humor thrown in hither and yon.
	www.ballistamusic.com /store.htm (162 words)

	FINAL FANTASY XI Fan Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		First we had our Ballista Royale World matches where teams from each world competed against each other in an effort to be ranked the top team from their world.
		This breakaway from the stalemate must have invigorated the Japanese Ballista Champions or caught the North American champions off guard because the score rose continuously for team Lovehame from that point on.
		Using 30 Ballista points, players wearing the Laurel Crown are able to instantly warp to the Ballista NPC in Ru'Lude Gardens.
	www.ffxifestival.com /ballista.html (1380 words)

	For your country! Maior's Guide to Ballista \| Clan of the Angry Monkey (FFXI) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ballista is an incredibly fun and risk-free aspect of the game.
		This guide is written with the assumption that you have already read his guide, have your Ballista license, and know where to go to find out about upcoming matches.
		Ballista teams stick together and use group strategies to win.
	ffxi.clanam.org /node/view/314 (3341 words)

	ballista - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		ballista : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		BALLISTA : The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary) [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=ballista (162 words)

	Ballista Publications
		June 2002 Retrospective presentation slidesof what we learned on the Ballista project.
		Overview presentation slides of the Ballista project from late 2000 and
		Ballista precursor work: "Middleware Enabled Fault Management for Commercial Operating Systems" (M.S. thesis)
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/edrc-ballista/www/pubs.html (412 words)

	The Ballista Diary - The Day Wehnimer's Fell
		Glancing at the ballista, you notice it's already loaded, and you can't really lug any of the logs any farther than a few feet.
		You also see a huge leathery-winged reptile that is flying around, a fl emerald-eyed basilisk, a dark green cobra, a four-armed serpent magess, a putrid rotting zombie, a rotting hag, a scaled Luukosian soldier, a massive rotting plague worm, a ruined mud and wood barricade, a wayside inn and the wooden gates.
		The massive log within the ballista is slowly drawn back fully and looks ready to fire.
	www.angelfire.com /games4/kobolds/ballista.html (9207 words)

	Broadlook Ballista - Build Company Lists and Target Niche Markets for Marketing and Recruiting Professionals
		Broadlook Ballista is a breakthrough company list generation solution.
		Ballista builds plans for the Broadlook Engine to research.
		Ballista enables you to build your own targeted sales and marketing list within any niche.
	www.broadlook.com /ballista (170 words)

	Ballista - Alternative, Funk, Rock, All That - Home
		Pick up Ballista's CDs at a show, from the store page, or from any of the following online retailers: Tower Records, CD Baby, or
		News - Stay up to date on what's going on with Ballista on the blog page.
		Shows - Buy show tickets, find out when and where ballista is playing, see Ballista's past shows
	www.ballistamusic.com /main.aspx (259 words)

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