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I must say I'm thrilled she was able to psyop the Chiefs into the Super Bowl. Now if she can mobilize tik-tokkers, selfie takers, and social media addicts to vote democrat in 2024 I will be thrilled to self identify as a Swiftie.

And in the 'there's no evidence that can't fit a conspiracy' side of things - if the No1 seed and bookies favourite 49ers do beat the Chiefs and win the Superbowl it'll be absolute proof that the Satanic Democrat Cabal had to abandon their plans and cover their tracks because these diligent internet researchers discovered THE TRUTH.

She is the best example of living rent free in their heads - it would be funny if it wasn't so weird.

If it even had a blade...

By the look of the used cutter, it does not cut but munch.

You're forgetting a very important part of the whole situation. They're stupid. They're REALLY fucking stupid. Seen elsewhere: "If Taylor Swift is what it's going to take to defeat MAGA, then sequin my butt and call me a Swiftie."

I was referring to Vigil's PSB-8 Vigil R&D has confirmed that the electronics worked correctly and fired the cutter, but because of the absence of the knife blade, the closing loop could not be cut.

I don’t really get the psychology of this. If all branches of Government are so totally controlled by the Democrats that the Pentagon is willing to fix the Super Bowl for party political gain, if the Democrats are so powerful with such mastery of the media that they can create the Taylor Swift super-mega-ultra-fame juggernaut… then the Republicans have lost. There’s nothing they can do. It’s Democrat control forevermore and, as in 1984, even their token resistance will turn out to be controlled and coordinated by the Democrats. It’s an odd thing to be proud of ‘figuring out’.

There we go - which is correct and how can anyone ever know ? It never fails .....

Sorry to besmirch a passenger on the Cooper flight, but this is an embellishment on his part. We have his 302.

Here is a Mars cutter with a ring blade. I did not find a specially sharpened edge on it. It also does not have a recess in the blade like Vigil blades. In general, one gets the impression of a low level of engineering solutions in m2 devices. Cutter DOM 2014

Now we just need some pranksters to start substituting Taylor's music for the planned music at Trump rallies.

I wonder how many of Taylor Swift's fans have Trump-loving parents Wendy P.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/10227036/db-cooper-hijack-passenger-hostage-cool-boss-charge/ 305 passenger Michael Cooper is interviewed in this article. He has some interesting comments that I had never heard before. "[DB] was just, I would say, cool. Whenever I looked at him, he just looked right back and stared at me like he was the boss." Michael Cooper

Boy this brings back memories of the AAD wars from a decade or more ago! As far as I recall, this is how I'd put this into context compared to the other AAD companies: Cypres always had the hardest, best cutting cutters. Vigil has the circular cutters (effectively 2 blades), that they tout as being a good concept, but have come under some criticism, even though they generally do the job. (eg, one serious critique in "What's going on with AAD's" by Kirk Smith, 2011) Argus had serious cutter issues. They also used circular cutters. (I got the impression that was due more to a Cypres patent in the early days?) Most issues were actually with their older style cutters, before upgrades in hardness & manufacture, but in any case the tide turned against the company and their AAD's are pretty much irrelevant now. Mars M2.... don't recall hearing of cutter issues before (for actual cutting), but never saw any engineering data on their cutter hardness. (There was one accident relating to their very old MPAAD design, not the M2.) Someone should ask Mars about their M2 cutter hardness. That's just one measure of goodness, but a decent one. I would still have to dig up info on other designs, to see what metal hardness values were found for other companies. .......Hmm, here's something I had on the Argus vs. others: (My interpretations of the Polish report on the fatality there in 2009 that involved the Argus.) So, I wonder what an M2 cutter is like. Great testing by the original poster, BasicOne, thanks, but I'd like to see independent confirmation too! [Edit:] After all, the M2 has been reasonably popular in recent years too, and surely cutting loops successfully, even if not out there in number like Vigils and Cypres'.

Oh, the expression "it's the same as a bullet made of shit" shone with a new light..

SAE just completed its NACS EV charging standard, which is a big deal for a few reasons. First off, the NACS standard was formerly the Tesla standard, and thus hostage to an angry man-child who might (for example) pull it from the market if someone claimed it was woke. With the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) behind it, it's now here to stay, and will be revised as needed by that organization. (I predict this will, very shortly, lead to Tesla not following the NACS standard because it's not "theirs" any more - but it's a little too late for that. In the long run they will have to.) Second this standard supports simple charge-point outlets that look like the old Mennekes outlets common in the EU. This means two things. One, they will be easy to embed in things like parking meters without needing a cord along with all the cord-management hardware. Two, they will be harder to vandalize; vandals will no longer be able to cut off the charging cable and take it to a recycling center to make a few cents. This will lead to more working charge points around. (The cable will come with the car, and will cost perhaps $200 to replace if needed.) Third this standard extends the old 120 - 240 volt standard all the way up to 277 volts. 277 volts is the phase to neutral voltage of a 480 volt three phase supply, which is the standard power feed to things like large apartment buildings, big box stores and medium size industrial buildings. This means no transformer needed to install chargers, and each charger will have to carry less current (25% less) leading to cheaper wiring, chargers and fixtures. Installers will run wiring directly from the building's power feed to the chargers without needing that big transformer. Overall these changes will mean more charging stations installed and fewer broken stations once they are installed - as well as lower operating costs for the company providing the charging.

One challenge is, as you mentioned, you have to wait for them to hit the secondary market. A second challenge is that maintenance will be a big unknown for a while - and with skydiving operations tending towards the bare minimum of maintenance, that may result in some ugly problems early on, at least until A+P's get a similar level of understanding that they have now of Continental engines. But once we reach that point, the change will happen quickly. FBO rental organizations will be selling their eplanes because the battery capacity has degraded to the point where they're not safe for cross country flights, and it costs too much to replace it. But for an organization going to 8500 feet and back all day - that's not really an issue. If you can make it to altitude once, you're good. Additionally, there are an awful lot of small DZ's out there who run their aircraft very occasionally during the week, and eplanes are ideal for that. No issues with frequent start/stops. I can see DZ's getting an eplane to run during the week for the occasional tandem or fun jumper load, then keeping it as a backup/overflow plane for their C206 on weekends.