wpegg: It's a sign of the times I'm afraid.
Nipples were traditionally curved in a "teet" fashoin until the late stages of the first world war. There it was established that if women were to employ more aggresive nipple styles they could be more effective in the war effort. At this point nipples were sharpened and utitilised for improved efficiency in work such as sewing and button making.
In the second world war the "Hammond" nipple style promised improved penetration of materials, allowing them to be used in high ordinance ammo construction. It was argued that such precision nipple manufacturing processes were akin to a bee sting compared to a needle. Metrics showed that a nipple based cutting process was 50% more efficient than existing processes.
During the cold war nipple precision engineering entered a dark phase, where it was theorised that with sufficient load on the breasts, a nipple sufficiently sharpened and honed could split the atom. This lead to Oppenheimers original statement of "I have cum", before revising it to "cough, become death, destroyer of worlds".
I hope this helps.
It makes me sad that this isn't the solution.