FlyingRhenquest

Ooh! This makes sense. Still, I was watching a crop duster this morning and that looks dangerous as hell! Heh heh heh. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

How the hell is piloting a small aircraft more risky than crop dusting, which you do WHILE PILOTING A SMALL AIRCRAFT?! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I recall about the time I was going through college we were having a new epidemic of scurvy in the colleges because students were trying to live on a diet of ramen and alcohol. None of that stuff has any vitamin C in it. I used to suggest that in order to get enough vitamin C, you had to supplement your diet with strawberry pop tarts. Then I took a look at the nutrition information on pop tarts. There's none in them either (Even the Strawberry one.) Good news though is for about the price of a box of pop tarts you can get a month's supply of vitamin C tablets. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

There's been some very sentimental art posted over on Deviant Art. Stuff like that is why I hit the pretty regularly. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Yeah, most of the companies I've worked for install their own certificates on their desktops, so you won't notice it happening. Sometimes their IT department is completely inept and will let their certificate expire or something. You can open a list of certificates somewhere and view them, but I forget if this is an OS service or a browser service. Anyone on that list could execute a man in the middle attack, assuming they could get your network traffic routed through computers they control. I've used Jmeter to automate web service testing, and Jmeter has a proxy you can install that can execute a man in the middle attack on yourself. This is a feature when it comes to web service test automation. You can record, modify and replay the traffic between your system and the server. You'd be stunned how many programmers only validate their data on the client side. Since Jmeter doesn't use any client side code, it ignores those attempts to prevent invalid data from being passed to the server. The general assumption that if a company developed a piece of software, the software must be safe is a VERY bad assumption. In general, companies have NO idea how to design and develop software. So to recap: 1. Always assume your traffic at work is monitored by the company, even if you're using SSL. 2. Don't blindly trust that any of the software you're using is bug free or safe. It's probably not. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Yeah, AFF students getting on the plane make it rain. It's a well documented weather condition. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

For some reason he always seemed like a person who was in pain and trying to hide it. His humor and drug use seemed like ways to cope for that. But he also always seemed to be someone who was very full of life. When I heard this last night I thought "Nooooo! Robin Williams!" I don't know what drove him to it, but the world will be a darker place without him. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Nope, I'd just heard it second-hand from a couple of the balloon pilots in the area. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I think I followed the radio direction for my first jump. Since I was pulling high compared to the fun jumpers, it was pretty easy just to follow their pattern down. I felt the radio was more of a distraction than anything else. I know a couple of times I could hear it clearly, the instructions were for someone else and following them would have put me in a bad spot. By the time I got to jump 4, my instructor knew me pretty well and told me he was only putting the radio on me because that was the policy with students, but he knew I could get myself back to the ground without it. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

They've complained about the hot air balloons in the area too. Fact of the matter is, they just don't like seeing anyone in "their" sky. The FAA seems pretty hot to increase the length of the runway so that business class jets can land here without weight restrictions. It sounds like Iron Ridge has the go-ahead to start conducting experimental drone operations out of there, too. Whether skydivers are there or not, operations at the airport are only going to increase. Even if the airport were completely shut down, we're on the DIA approach and have dozens of commercial air liners, as well as air traffic from other local airports in Boulder, Erie, Broomfield and a few others. Realistically Longmont's not going to shut Vance Brand down, either. It brings in some fat FAA grants and drives airport-related economic activity. Some of those grants would have to be repaid if the airport were shut down. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Ooh, you know I would, but I'm not a whiny little bitch! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Poetic justice would be if she has to sell her house to pay her legal fees and has to move somewhere else more in her price range, maybe near a major freeway or railroad.... A good chunk of Gunbarrel is RIGHT ON a railroad track! Goddamn thing comes through at 4:30 AM with the conductor leaning on the horn for all it's worth. Strangely I'm the only person who seems to complain about THAT! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Eeh. They seemed like good ideas at the time. Heh heh heh. I liked the first one the most, too. I could probably make a reasonable argument for the others, but I could probably make a reasonable argument against them as well. I've been meeting more veterans lately, and I really do feel like we're asking an awful lot from our military without understanding what a mile in their shoes feels like. That was kind of my rationale for the second one. Last one, well nothing's probably ever going to rein corporations in, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Yeah I've been following this story for a few days. Apparently no one at NASA really understands why it works either, so don't feel bad about that. They said some crap about virtual quantum plasma, but I think "magic" would have been a more honest answer. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

So I got all jiggy with the whitehouse.gov petitions. First up, I was thinking "You know, I bet the problems with the VA hospitals would get fixed in a hurry if Congress had to use them." Then I realized that might actually be a pretty good fix for that particular problem. So... http://wh.gov/lzmQc While on the roll, I though, "Maybe we'd think a bit more about who we go to war with, if we still have the draft." So... http://wh.gov/lzmUl Because why not? Finally, I thought if corporations want to be people, they should have the opportunity to experience mortality. So... http://wh.gov/lzmUE Feel free to sign any of that if you agree. Also feel free to tell me I'm crazy if you don't. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Microwave burrito drive! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I started at 42. There's still time to get a lot of jumps in. About 80% of skydiving is learning how to relax. Same thing with driving. I still remember what the first time behind the wheel was like -- my eyes didn't know where to go to gather information I was looking for, I was moving a couple tons of steel faster than I'd ever gone before and I didn't know how anything worked. Once I got familiar with the environment and started to relax, my driving got much better. My first few skydives very much reminded me of that. Tunnel time helps a lot, if you have one near you. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Ah yes, the age old story of Boy Meets Girl, Boy Dates Girl, Boy Likes Girl, Girl says "We need to talk about how much time you're spending at the dropzone..." Boy dumps girl. Sounds like you're in stage 4. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I don't know that you'd be able to get the door open. Plus there's the whole airspeed thing, odds of getting sucked into an engine or whanged by the tail, and the fact that they generally hang out at altitudes where a few seconds of exposure to the environment would be enough to knock you out if not kill you. That's not to say I couldn't imagine a few scenarios where it might be feasible, but they're extremely unlikely. In the mean time I'll keep flying with my rig. Not because I think it could ever save my life on the flight, but because I don't want to check $8000+ worth of gear under the plane. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

I hate to be that guy but... http://nikasamarina.deviantart.com/art/spirit-of-nature-440040526 http://strangeris.deviantart.com/art/dna-snakes-finished-359299574 http://meatshop-tattoo.deviantart.com/art/Double-ram-tattoo-pro-photo-348458043 I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Yeah, I'm starting to think that about 80% of skydiving is learning how to relax. I noticed I was always tense in the tunnel, trying to pay attention to my instructor. So once I was comfortable flying on my own in there, I did a 10 minute session where I told the instructor I had no objectives other than to just fly around and have fun. It made a massive difference in my flying -- I felt all the tension leave my body the second I hit the air, and I flew like a boss in there. It's kind of the same thing with driving. I remember being very tense when I was just starting out -- didn't know how the car worked, my eyes didn't know where to look to collect vital information about the car, and I was moving a ton of steel going several times faster than I'd ever gone before. Once I started to relax, everything became so much smoother. I'm guessing a lot of things are like that. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

The way to get comfortable with it is do more skydives! From what I've seen tunnel time can help with some of the AFF levels, but that first jump is still a pretty overwhelming experience at least for some people. Everyone's too different to really predict how it's going to go for you. You can't practice canopy flight, but a basic conservative pattern is not too difficult, and I've seen dozens of AFF students accomplish it. You just have to be aware that if the radio's out or you can't understand it, it's still ultimately falls to you to get to the ground safely. So pay attention when they're talking about the pattern and wind indicators! Though I recall that I mostly just cheated and followed the parachute in front of me heh heh heh. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Why not just get a New York cop to choke the guy? That works pretty well... What, too soon? I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

Hey guys! If you do skydiving for a living -- coach, TI, pro swooper, whatever, can you write beer off on your taxes? I'd think you could file it under "marketing expenses." Still looking for a way to write beer off on my taxes... Edit: Of course if you're really creative you can expense it! I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

It looks kind of thick but you might be able to attach it to a riser or something, assuming it doesn't get snapped off by the opening. The best bet would be to talk to a rigger and see where you could fit one. Looks like you'd have to be able to remove it to recharge it. Also looks like you'd need a base station within 4 miles of the canopy to locate it -- if I understand correctly, the tracker communicates with the base station, which in turn connects to the internet via your wifi. The places I jump have been pretty rural, so the range could be a potential issue. It looks like the device can communicate with any base station though, so if they crowdsource enough base stations, coverage might not be a problem. I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?