mistercwood

You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

No seriously, is this OhChute? Don't think I've seen him post once since this guy showed up. The arguing style of "put out controversial/ridiculous opinion, debate with purely anecdotal evidence for a bit, then claim not to necessarily support the position you've clearly been fighting very hard to support", is just a teensy bit familiar. Hasn't said anything about the tornado being the fault of the blacks, yet, so I could be off on this one... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

The great big "Comedy Week" overlay musta slipped past ya, hey? You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Oh wow. That last one. Just. Wow. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Eight and three quarters... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Yes. But I'm quite a bit younger than most of you lot... Though the last one I had was with my ex, even though we parted on good terms. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

I've used Swiftkey for years, specifically because of it's prediction awesomeness. While I was still in mobile phone sales, I used to use it as an example of how you could customise android as you liked. The example sentence I used, I'd start typing "Hey mate", then the auto suggest would without fail continue with, "up for a couple beers after work?". You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Unfortunately, you didn't delete anything. The account was only deactivated and whatever info you put on there will never go away Which is how the internet in its entirety should be treated - anything you put out there is forever, so make sure you're ok with that first. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

You don't know how impressive this attitude is. And you are absolutely right about the concern. If you could bottle it, I'd buy gallons to feed to new jumpers. Apparently, the troll has little to no concern for his fellow man and that's sad....and a danger to others. I guess I'm (technically) lucky. The only reason I don't already have my A is that back in January I injured myself on stage 1 (tandem). Going for my practise pulls, I managed to wrench my shoulder quite badly. Still finished all my drills, deployed as per normal. Was sore as hell, but was still able to pilot us down and land without incident. Debriefed the jump, and we agreed we'd see how I was feeling in an hour or two before committing to a further stage. I could see my instructors were concerned, but also wanted to work with me on the continuation if I felt I was up to it. An hour later, I'd already decided I couldn't be 100% confident in my shoulder to jump without getting a doc to check it out first - if I damaged it further on jump 2, I'd have a hell of a time landing alone, let alone performing EPs. Turns out it was the right call, because I dislocated it shortly after while testing my range of movement (as in, maybe 10 minutes after making the decision). Plenty of physio and exercise later, it's almost strong enough now for me to resume my course (but in winter, yay... ). The four months since, my only skydiving "contact" has been youtube and DZ.com. So while I've seen some cool stuff, I've also seen and read every fatality report since January. There's a lot more of them than I would've previously expected. I've read Sanji's history, his bounce, and his bravery since then. I've seen people with 5, 7, 10 thousand jumps continue to shake their heads at preventable incidents, and I've seen where there's debate, and where there's overwhelming consensus. I already knew skydiving was dangerous. I previously thought it was a "safer" kind of dangerous if that makes sense... I guess my takeaway has been that while it most definitely is still dangerous, the onus is on us to make it as safe as we can. Take proper responsibility and get that part nailed down, and less people get broken or die. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

He broke APF rules by doing so, as it happens. You're right, they're not going to forget to break off. The camera guy, on the other hand, might forget to pull because he's too busy filming everyone's deployment sequence. You're also right that jump numbers alone aren't the only factor - you may be woefully unprepared to do something new even though you've got the numbers part down. Even when you've got a "leet" number of jumps... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Not jumping with a camera is a kind of suffering, now? Did you read the other stickied thread I posted? I also like how you flipped his loss of altitude awareness to being a "decision". He didn't decide shit, he got distracted by the camera and ended up a handful of seconds away from bouncing. Here's the video, if you'd like to see a fellow skygod in action. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3894693;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread APF does have hard and fast rules, here it's cert C, 100 jumps minimum. I got a great example of why that still may not be sufficient to be safe shortly after doing my first jump. Instructor loads up a video from maybe a month earlier, a sunset load where the first-time camera guy is on his magical 100th jump. Around breakoff he flips onto his back to get a great shot of everyone else deploying. Real cool, right? Except he's so focussed on getting the great shot first time out, he just keeps on tracking along on his back. And on. And on. No alti checks. He eventually either gets bored or snaps out of it, and rolls over just in time to finally deploy. Right about a grand, maybe a little less. And a few seconds later, his camera gets smacked by the reserve that's just inflated thanks to his AAD. Luckily it's just a side by side, so a short time and a plf later he's on the ground. My instructors words were, "We don't expect him to be around for very long". When I get to a hundred jumps and am allowed to jump a camera, I'd love to go straight for it. But if my instructors and more experienced jumpers around me say to hold back, that's what I'll do. That doesn't make them safety nazis, it makes them concerned about keeping me alive and in one piece. Why would you want to shit on that? You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

This, I suspect, is why they were not taking down many of these pages to start with - every sick freak who subscribes to that page (and there'll be plenty of them) is an extra pair of eyes to throw ads at. As you say, when the loss of revenue from advertisers pulling out outweighs that, they'll flip. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

I'm immediately reminded of something my first year philosophy lecture said - "It's impossible for me to know that the lectern I'm leaning against is actually there at all. However, I'm not about to second guess myself every time I go to put my weight on it". I'm paraphrasing a bit, it was some time ago. Bottom line, I get your position. My response is that it's a childish get-out-of-jail-free card the second anyone questions you. Grow up. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Stated? No. Suggested? You betcha. The sources you've used for your argument that this level of weather control is in fact possible (I trust I'm correctly assessing that as your position? That regardless of whether it's being done, it's capable of being done with current technology?), are a combination of hearsay and conjecture. It's been stated (accurately) that the physics just don't work. Each of your points HAVE been addressed, you just didn't like it when everyone shot you down. Poor thing. Oh well. We'll miss you! You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

In the interest of full disclosure, I did in fact chuckle at a couple of the examples on the page, for 2 main reasons - (a) I have quite a twisted sense of humour, very little is off limits to me provided that (b) there's some kind of actual humour involved. The "Chris Browns Greatest Hits" pic, for example, involves some moderately clever wordplay. Also, for me anyway, it's not a swipe at Rhianna but rather a nice little spotlight on what a misogynistic douche Brown is. Pretty much all of the other pieces in there were lazy, unprovoked rage. That's not lulz worthy, that's pathetic. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Then why on earth do you spend so much time in Speakers Corner? You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

You know, I'd actually pay more attention to the 9/11 videos on youtube if they weren't all like 2 hours long... Less is more, people!! Well duh. Clearly the hurricanes were created so they could, in turn, create the crop circles. Anyone who denies this is clearly having their mind controlled by the government - via fluoride or chemtrails, you pick... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

*sigh* I know. And I don't think it's a case of "might"... You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Where was that suggested? Where was that suggested? Supposed to be, sure. Many of the examples of the objectionable content would suggest we've got a ways to go. Maybe better to focus on what can be done to achieve that? You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

Trolls are so cute. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

I've kind of taken a break from photography, so I urgently needed a new way to burn exorbitant amounts of money. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

I reread it. I think Joey thought he was being "clever". Silly Joey. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

And H.G. Wells invented anti-gravity and the time machine. Seen many of them around? Of course not, they've all been parked in last wednesday. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.

What evidence? The guy in the video said himself said it was empirical, they didn't have any actual hard data recorded to prove it was working. You are playing chicken with a planet - you can't dodge and planets don't blink. Act accordingly.