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It's more than likely that I'm wrong. I didn't see/read the whole speech, I just read the key points on CNN as Powell was delivering it. Ever since the "18 times the speed of light" comment... Still, I believe my main point about the urgency of his disarmament still stands. I hear you. And feel free to poke me, I don't mind. -- 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.

Just a quick comment. The force is slightly higher than that because this is a spiral and the calculations are for a circular path. The gravitational force does add a certain component, though I imagine it's fairly difficult to ascertain exactly how much. On the other hand, you are always told how fast your canopy is diving when it's spinning, and the dive happens entirely due to gravity, so the extra G can be pretty significant. So what actually happens is that the aerodynamics of the canopy (Lift) are causing the circular component of the spiral, and gravity is causing the downward motion. The net force is somewhere in between. All that crap means that it's fairly difficult to design a device that will measure the Gs exactly, because this force is in no particular direction and depends on many different things. I'm sure it's possible though. You can get a good picture from a tension scale on the risers and a gyroscope, for sure. Point is, it's nothing to joke about. Somebody in Incidents I believe posted about a spinner they had that gave them tunnel vision. Cue sig line. -- 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.

Definitely true. I remember a friend told me that he asked his highschool chemistry teacher how to make TNT(tri-nitro toluene, I believe) in the kitchen. The chemistry teacher came back with a page of handwriting. At the top it said in big red letters "DO NOT DO THIS". And then it explained, in detail, how to make TNT in your kitchen. I was using that more as an example than anything. Also, I believe Powell mentioned it in his speech. -- 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.

Ain't that a rig you wouldn't mind putting on and jumping? -- 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.

Yeah, no kidding. You just don't feel any more need to do stupid shit on the road. Lately I've been doing some really dumb stuff, like skidding on purpose on an icy road. You don't have to tell me, I know It seems that, during the jumping season, driving just becomes a way to go from point A to point B. -- 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.

ROFL!!! +pats the pretty reserve container+ Mmmmm, reserve. Don't worry, it's in good hands -- 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.

I remember back in the day when we used to crack online games for fun. It's really not that difficult, especially if it's a Shockwave. A little more difficult if it's a Java, but even obfuscated proggies can be read. Shockwave was just silly - download the file, open in favourite editor, kaputnik. Eventually you grow up and realize that doing this stuff is just plain silly. Whats the point? -- 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.

Haha, ain't that the truth! I was going to pick up a friend to go to the DZ and assemble my brand-spankin' used rig, and I got hit in a damn parking lot. First thought - shit, I hope the gear's ok. Second thought - damn, I hope those folks are ok. Third thought - hrm, am I ok?! -- 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.

You're forgetting that there is a time issue here. We need him not to just disarm in some distant future, we need those weapons gone now, and for good reason. The real concern is not that he will use them, but that he will give them to someone who will. Those terrorists arrested in London, where did they get the ricin from? I do, however, agree that the US must wait for the inspectors to give up before attacking. I'm hoping that what will happen will not compare with Dresden, but I can't help but think back to the bombing of Beirut by Israel. -- 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.

I share your pain. It's TDC here. Too Damn Cold. The season starts in 5 days, and I'm so altitude deprived I'm probably gonna jump. It's gonna be around -10C, so it should be quite an experience. Thank God for neoprene -- 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.

That's rediculous. I think it would be better to just make sure that the rig is not easily identifiable as a rig. Keep it in a bag or something. -- 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.

As for me, I made mistakes, but I wouldn't want to change them. They made me who I am today. Edited to make it not sound condescending (sorry) -- 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.

The Road not Taken by Robert Frost - 1916 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. --- I would change none of my decisions. Only in the presence of others do we make mistakes, get several roads in a wood. If there are no consequences, there are no choices. If there are no choices, there is no growth. Let there be mistakes, I think I turned out alright. -- 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.

Didn't we do this one already? -- 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.

Wildblue takes the cake. It's a difficult problem. -- 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.

I don't know anything about welding, but I've competed before, and I tell you, don't give a shit about those that cheat. You know your welds were the best, that's all that matters. Congratulations. -- 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.

Can't really pay attention to this thread right now, but here's a mean one for you: You have 12 steel balls (no jokes please). One of them is defective. It may be either heavier or lighter, you don't know. You have a balance scale but no weights, just the balls. Find the defective ball in exactly 3 measurements. -- 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.

I've always thought these kinds of things are not very fair. A solution to the puzzle should "feel" right, and you just don't feel right about the solution to this one. I've actually seen people who got it but dismissed the solution because it didn't seem 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.

That's some nice standflying there. -- 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.

Only if she can help us with our math problems. Or any other exhange you would like to offer -- 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.

So that you can just plomp it down without worrying about orientation? -- 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.

Here's a brainteaser, what does your screenname mean? I mean, first I read the QTP, as q-tip Sorry

9.375 minutes. -- 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.

Take the chicken, bring it to the other shore. Go back, take the grain. Go to the other shore, put the grain down, pick up the chicken (I'm assuming the farmer can control the chicken). Go back, swap the chicken for the fox. Put the fox on the other shore and return for the chicken. -- 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.

Here are some methods of proof for ya: Proof by Simple Example Proof by Complex Diagram Proof by Intimidating Symbols Proof by Violent Gesturing Proof by Homework Assignment Here's an entertaining proof for ya: Theorem: There are no boring numbers. Proof: Assume interesting numbers are finite (all non-interesting numbers are boring). Then there is a largest interesting number. Let N be that number. Consider N + 1. This number is the first non-interesting number, which is pretty damn interesting. Contradiction, QED. (c) mathNews at my uni. -- 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.