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Nuckin' futcas
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invisible bump
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Good math! I'm glad someone was allowed to specify it.
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I think you divided at the end when you should have multiplied. A pack tray that is 12 x 6 is 72 sq. inches. So a one-inch thick layer of fabric on top of that would be 72 cubic inches. But the 29 cubic inches in question is only 40% of 72 cubic inches. So the layer of space that 29 cubic inches would occupy is only 40% of that one inch layer, or .4 inches thick. And .4 inches is a layer only about three-eighths of an inch thick. I don't think there's many of us whose pack trays are so tight that we couldn't stuff another 3/8" layer of fabric in there.
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When doing a forum search for posts, I try and order them by date/time so I can read them in order. It seems to be trying to order them with newest posts first, and oldest ones last. But the sort sequence is jumbled up. Some dates are out of place, putting later dates before earlier dates. And within a particular date, some times are jumbled up, with some later times occurring before earlier times. It makes it hard to read things in the order in which they were written. Example attached: 1) Search parameters showing requested sort sequence by date/time. 2) Search results showing jumbled date/time entries. Maybe it's trying to do descending by date, and screwing that up. And then ascending time within date, which should actually be descending time within date to match the descending dates.
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Alex Jones Shows Off His Newest Tin-Foil Fashion
BeteNoire replied to quade's topic in Speakers Corner
I think I'll just put him into the category of "entertainment". -
I think you divided at the end when you should have multiplied. A pack tray that is 12 x 6 is 72 sq. inches. So a one-inch thick layer of fabric on top of that would be 72 cubic inches. But the 29 cubic inches in question is only 40% of 72 cubic inches. So the layer of space that 29 cubic inches would occupy is only 40% of that one inch layer, or .4 inches thick. And .4 inches is a layer only about three-eighths of an inch thick. I don't think there's many of us whose pack trays are so tight that we couldn't stuff another 3/8" layer of fabric in there.
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A lotto winner like that ought to be able to set up an interest bearing account which would provide free beer every weekend in perpetuity. Just sayin...
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Agreed! So I guess the next milestone is 5 million. Heck, YOU alone have almost 1% of those 4,444,444 posts!
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Isn't that how Motorola started out? Yes. And when driving on bumpy roads and the needle kept skipping tracks, rap music was invented.
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The cube root of 29 is about 3.07, or in other words a cube that is 3" on each side. That's not much volume. It's about the size of two doughnuts stacked one on top of the other.
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2) Never try and stoke the bonfire by throwing in a gallon of Jet-A fuel.
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No I wouldn't, I've seen the kind of people who play the lotto! They seem like a pretty normal cross-section of society to me: http://www.ohiolottery.com/Winners/See-Stories This kind of reaction seems to be just another kind of snobbery, where non-lotto players feel they're superior to lotto players. Just like some beer drinkers insist that their brand is superior to what others drink. The odds of winning for the players are certainly much better than the odds of the non-players, which are zip! It's a free country, and if it's worth it to them, then they don't deserve to be criticized for it.
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Quote: "hit another skydiver in freefall at nearly 120 mph" No, not likely. Misleading statement. The guy he hit might have been doing 120, but for him to hit that guy with a closing speed of 120, he would have had to be in a 240 mph dive. Not likely on a normal group skydive. And if he had, consequences would have been far more severe.
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I'd like an executive summary, please, in plain English.
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So, have any of the packers unexpectedly failed to show up for work a few days in a row?
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Can anyone identify this important clue?
BeteNoire replied to DarlaJones's topic in Skydiving History & Trivia
Try the folks at the Yuma, Arizona military testing facility. I think they have something to do with missiles and parachutes. http://www.yuma.army.mil/ Also White Sands: http://www.wsmr.army.mil/Pages/Home.aspx Aerojet Fine Chemicals? (maker of missile propulsion material): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerojet -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10068945/Dubai-style-island-off-coast-of-Barcelona-provokes-dismay.html
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Um, not always. Lots of women get pregnant while on birth control - it's not a sure-fire guarantee. And if you're talking about abortion, they should not be faulted for choosing not to abort. So sometimes you end up with children, even though you didn't intend to, and because you did the right thing by stepping up to take responsibility by not aborting them. Birth control effectiveness: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control/birth-control-effectiveness-chart-22710.htm
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The subject of downsizing on canopies is a legitimate Safety & Training topic. They're not talking about what they had for dinner or what movie they saw. I sure hope my spelling was suitable for you.
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That's not what I get out of it. I think he's happy with his life, with having a wife and kids, and finds it so fulfilling that he can't understand why everyone doesn't want the same. To each his own.
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I wasn't there so I don't know what kind of tone the comment was made in. But in the context of a debate about the economy and unemployment, he could have been simply pointing out that you have more freedom of choice than others. That would not necessarily be a criticism of your lifestyle, just simply pointing out that people who are married with kids are more tied down than you are, and may not have the same freedom of choices. And to take the opposite of your argument - therefore you should not judge their situation based upon your own perspective. It's not about labeling each other good or bad - just pointing out the differences.
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Go ahead, I dare you.
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What kind of jump plane is this?
BeteNoire replied to BeteNoire's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
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Look at the chart in the back of the Para-Gear catalog. "Small" should not be your primary selection criteria. And at that size, the differences are going to be rather minor - just a few cubic inches. So, pick something that you can handle safely, and don't worry about those few cubic inches.