sundevil777

...people doing office work in dark rooms, strobe effect, extreme facial close ups, only 1/2 of a the face on the screen, and some others that I'll think of later - I HATE these director gimmicks. Why is it that directors think this crap improves their films/shows? You can also find it in commercials, sporting events, etc. Why would I want a shot to be jittery? I could understand if an earthquake was happening in the story. It might give some people motion sickness, for me it is just really irritating. Why would seeing (lighting up) only 1/2 of a person's face be an improvement? You know that it must take some effort to prevent light from reflecting and spoiling the desired effect. It is amazing how many Hollywood productions portray people working in very dimly lit office environments. I've seen police interrogation rooms, with a suspect being brow-beaten by the detectives, with almost no light in the room! I suppose this is the opposite strategy to the bright lights in the face to break down a suspect stereotype - being questioned in a dimly lit room would be much worse torture! Sporting events will often use extreme facial close ups. Not just a tight shot, but a person's mouth/eye/nose being the only thing filling your screen - WHY? I don't want to get that close to anyone I'm not going to bed with. I am at a loss to explain why a facial shot with 1/2 the face out of frame is a modern technique worth persisting. I wonder if there is an advocacy group lobbying directors to stop doing this shit. Of course this is all rather silly complaining, it isn't really that important to me, but I'm interested to see how many others have noticed and hate it. I do enjoy watching quality movies, and I think these gimmicks have no value and distract from my enjoyment of the story. Perhaps if less effort were expended to achieve 1/2 lit faces, they could devote themselves to making the acting/story better. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The use of violent force to solve political problems is still the reality we live in. You can wish that it wasn't the case, but... SH's actions forced the president to make a decision. Either go to war, or do nothing as Iraq continued to commit acts of war against us. If you wish we had done nothing, then we might as well have just admitted that the '92 war's cease fire agreement was no longer in effect. He was also the direct sponsor of terrorism. Do you think we should have invaded Afghanistan? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

But there is a difference. It is not the kids that are choosing to be different, it is the parents imposing it upon them. Some of these "differences" impose a high price, such as the multiple surgeries that many little people need. For this reason, I consider the parents on the TV show about the little family to be extremely selfish. I suppose this sort of thing should not be illegal, but I wish that doctors would choose to not do it. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

As riggerrob reported, large reserves can be configured to provide little forward speed and a more gentle vertical speed compared to the typical round reserves that pilots use. I've had enough jumps on small round reserves to know that I'd prefer a large square configured as described. Are round reserves available for pilots that have a slow descent rate = big enough? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Quite right! I also find it amazing that they call us "crusaders", when Islamofacists want to make everyone convert, including making their kidnapped hostages convert to Islam under threat of death. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

The only thing I understand from your statement is that more should be spent on helping New Orleans. It is not "enough said" to understand if you mean anything more than this, such as whether the disparity is evidence that the WTC attack was a conspiracy by the government. If New Orleans isn't getting enough money for rebuilding, is it the fault of the president alone? Are his political opponents powerless to increase funding? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

No way! Just going to that website will install a virus that will take over your computer so that it displays subliminal messages! People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Even if it only had 100 jumps on the rig, the container is worth nothing - really, it has no monetary value at all, it will probably cost money to get it jumpable. That doesn't mean it isn't airworthy, just that you should apply no value to it. The main could sell for 2-300 if it was in outstanding condition. The reserve might get you 3-400. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

It seems that we hear a lot about when gear was stolen, but not about when it is recovered. I think a lot more publicity of the recovery might go far in deterring others from stealing gear. We are wrong to think that jumpers won't steal from each other out of a sense of 'family', some need to be shown by example they can be caught. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

so when you look at your stove (if it is an electric coil) and it is glowing red what does that tell you? when you look at a pile of rubble that is glowing red and orange what does that tell you? It is fucking hot! Stop clouding the issue pease. how did this metal get so hot! I know that the coil on a stove will only be red/orange when it is very hot. That is not true for many other things. What was the melted substance? How hot was it? How do know the answer to these questions? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

But it isn't a good debate. It is a ridiculous debate. I have heard the conspiracy theorists claim that the towers fell faster than gravity would allow, and that this supported their claims of an intentional demolition. Apparently the demolition crew was able to enhance gravity, which would be great so that we could also have anti-gravity, but I think we'll have to wait a bit for that development. Now, I hear that the lower floors would have prevented the building from falling down so fast. You threw out a ridiculous estimate of 1/2 second for each floor. Why do you have to estimate the effect of the lower floors? Shouldn't the scientist/engineer advocates of the conspiracy theory have a better estimate for that effect? It would be a better debate if you would take on the arguments of those that have already disputed the assertions of the conspiracy theories. You are just restating the claims that have already been shown false. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

What a load of bullshit. According to you, it is possible to determine the temperature of something by its color. That is total crap. Devices that remotely measure an object's temp do it with by detecting infared light, it can't be done by measuring visible light. A little bit of misinformation goes a long way toward convincing yourself that you know more than you do. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Perhaps condonation is being confused with condemnation. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I completely disagree. From same root word, same root meaning applied to different parts of speech.. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Earlier, you assumed that each floor of the WTC would have delayed the collapse by 1/2 second. It shows that you have no real appreciation of the engineering and physics involved. The WTC collapse was not symmetric, at least one of the towers had the upper levels definitely fall sideways as the initial collapse began. You are trusting some sources of info without question, and assuming that everyone that hasn't seen the light are blind sheep or part of the conspiracy. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Can you imagine what it would feel like if... Commercial airplanes of the future are more like the B2, a flying wing where the seats are layout out across much of the wing span? How it would feel to be in a plane rocking like that - way out/far from the centerline? Seriously, that is a major problem for that type of configuration. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I don't understand how that is defending Foley. It seems to me to be just pointing out the hypocrisy of the left. Quite different than defending Foley. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

So do you recommend students to do this kind of "updates"? No, I wouldn't recommend it, but that is a different question than what you posed. It depends on the student. Some first time students would be quite capable of doing it with only the instructions to guide them. Others would be dangerous even if they have a thousand jumps. What is really important is that people know their limitations - as Clint Eastwood would say. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I don't care who kills them, but all the deer that are near roads should be killed without limitation. After hitting a deer, and it nearly causing me to crash, I want all of them dead. There will still be plenty of them in National Parks and such. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Isn't it true that she wasn't wearing a seat belt? I would think that causing an accident such as what happened would be a very uncertain method of assassination, so I can't believe that it was a conspiracy to kill her. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I don't think that you are certified to modify, repair skydiving equipment. Installing slinks is not modification or repair, and there are no limitations on mods/repairs done to mains. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Coming from a supporter of the party of Karl Rove, that is really funny. Politicians do what politicians do. Foley did what creeps and pedophiles do. Wow... sending erotic emails to people above the age of consent is pedophilia, now? What are they calling what Studds did, then? A couple of months ago you neo-cons were falling all over yourselves trying to get distance from Foley. Now he did nothing wrong? Please explain. Nobody said he did nothing wrong. Just that it wasn't pedophilia. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

That would be pissing in the faces of the voters of SD in particular, and the entire USA in general. I hope he's smarter than that. Governors have been in such a position to appoint a replacement before, and I thought that they always appoint someone of their own party. For the governor to do otherwise would be "pissing in the faces" of the voters that put him in office. Why would you expect the governor to appoint a Dem? That is just not how it works. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Of course, if the Dem leadership had not held on to the story, but had tried to make political points out of it right away, then they wouldn't be a story of hypocrisy to tell the media. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

There is evidence of such things as you mention, but I assert it is not credible. You get 0 debate points from the William Buckley scoring committee for that response. Really lousy analogy. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am