AggieDave 6 #1 April 30, 2003 Anyone see this stuff? The jewlery in the ad in Parachutist? Single Helix was created by a couple guys at my DZ, I know they'd been working on it for a while, but I just saw the ad, man that stuff looks kick ass. I'm gonna have to go buy one.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiebear21 0 #2 April 30, 2003 Any links online??? Hey - is that signature from the song Convoy? We've been singing that here! Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mouth 0 #3 April 30, 2003 Welcome back, Dave. -- Hot Mama At least you know where you stand even if it is in a pile of shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiebear21 0 #4 April 30, 2003 Hey sexy!!! Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #5 April 30, 2003 Yeah, its http://www.single-helix.com Sig line is from a Jerry Jeff Walker song, not Convoy. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #6 April 30, 2003 Chris LeDoux did that song too. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #7 April 30, 2003 Wow, that stuff is really nice! Must...purchase...jewelry....Skydiving is for cool people only Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #8 April 30, 2003 Quote Chris LeDoux did that song too "You are correct...heeey-ooooo, yes!" I like Jerry Jeff's version better, though. (sorry, i love doing that Ed McMahon quote...)--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #9 April 30, 2003 Just got my Alumni magazine from Cambridge. They are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA by having Crick and Watson unveil a plaque - in The Eagle pub! The Eagle is where they had lunch every day, and where Crick formally announced their discovery.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #10 May 1, 2003 That's pretty cool, I don't think I would even be allowed in the same bar with guys like that, something about actually understanding this stuff... --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #11 May 1, 2003 Quote That's pretty cool, I don't think I would even be allowed in the same bar with guys like that, something about actually understanding this stuff... I thought it was pretty cool too - putting the plaque for one of the major scientific achievements of the 20th century in a pub. The Eagle has been there for about 300 years - it was a major hang-out for US 8th Air Force fighter pilots during WWII, and the ceiling in one of the bars is completely covered with 8th AAF grafitti.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #12 May 1, 2003 Damn, that bar is even older then Skybytch...*running away before I get beaten by Lisa...* --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #13 May 1, 2003 Quote Damn, that bar is even older then Skybytch...*running away before I get beaten by Lisa...* *runs too, the reprocussion could be felt across TX Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #14 May 1, 2003 Quote Quote That's pretty cool, I don't think I would even be allowed in the same bar with guys like that, something about actually understanding this stuff... I thought it was pretty cool too - putting the plaque for one of the major scientific achievements of the 20th century in a pub. The Eagle has been there for about 300 years - it was a major hang-out for US 8th Air Force fighter pilots during WWII, and the ceiling in one of the bars is completely covered with 8th AAF grafitti. It's where Crick and Watson hatched some of their best plots to crack the code. Some of those plots weren't so good, though. Have a look at "Life Story", aka "The Race for the Double Helix", which dramatizes Crick & Watson's competition with Linus Pauling and others. Should be mandatory viewing for high school science classes, because it's both entertaining and fascinating. Jeff Goldblum and Tim Piggot-Smith play Watson and Crick, respectively. There's also a new feature out about Rosalind Franklin, that documents her contributions to the project. There are a lot of people who still feel that she should have shared the Nobel Prize with Crick and Watson, and I tend to agree."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #15 May 1, 2003 Quote Quote Quote That's pretty cool, I don't think I would even be allowed in the same bar with guys like that, something about actually understanding this stuff... I thought it was pretty cool too - putting the plaque for one of the major scientific achievements of the 20th century in a pub. The Eagle has been there for about 300 years - it was a major hang-out for US 8th Air Force fighter pilots during WWII, and the ceiling in one of the bars is completely covered with 8th AAF grafitti. It's where Crick and Watson hatched some of their best plots to crack the code. Some of those plots weren't so good, though. Have a look at "Life Story", aka "The Race for the Double Helix", which dramatizes Crick & Watson's competition with Linus Pauling and others. Should be mandatory viewing for high school science classes, because it's both entertaining and fascinating. Jeff Goldblum and Tim Piggot-Smith play Watson and Crick, respectively. There's also a new feature out about Rosalind Franklin, that documents her contributions to the project. There are a lot of people who still feel that she should have shared the Nobel Prize with Crick and Watson, and I tend to agree. Nobel Prizes can't be awarded posthumously - Franklin died before the Nobel was awarded. If they gave them to dead folks, where would it stop? Aristotle, Galileo, Newton...?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haylee 0 #16 May 1, 2003 Do you know if Mark will bring some samples out to the DZ to check out??Haylee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #17 May 1, 2003 I still don't understand why there is no Nobel prize for mathematics. If it wasn't for Reimann, for instance, none of that general relativity stuff would be possible. Not to mention Banach, Hilbert and their spaces, that are used in quantum mechanics left and right. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #18 May 1, 2003 Absolutely kickass. I fell in love with tracking when I tried it last weekend, and I'm getting a tracker tag. -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #19 May 1, 2003 I don't know if he is or not, if he comes by the DZ today I'll ask (that's where I am). I know that once I get the one I ordered, then I'll show that one off. --"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #20 May 1, 2003 QuoteI still don't understand why there is no Nobel prize for mathematics. If it wasn't for Reimann, for instance, none of that general relativity stuff would be possible. Not to mention Banach, Hilbert and their spaces, that are used in quantum mechanics left and right. 'Cos good old Alfred Nobel left his fortune to endow prizes in peace, literature, physics, chemistry and medicine. Much later on the Swedes decided to add economics - a majorly bad judgement call IMO, since it opened the door to all the University of Chicago weenies. Besides, mathematics has its own prestigious prize, the Fields Medal.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
