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  1. masher
    Check out http://www.waycool.com.au/html/products/red-eye-0.3-lens.htm for a look at the red eye lens. I use a blue eye, and everything is hunky dory. I've seen handycam footage shot with a red eye, and I can't see any distortion. Then again, it probably depends on your definition of "extreme" -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
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    I thought that wings were primarly for filming formations, -> they slow down when they build... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  3. masher
    Yep That's what I was taught. Right thumb as a guide, fingers to lock, left hand to assist. Peel, punch, clear (with left hand). -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  4. masher
    ok. Just thinking out loud... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  5. masher
    Did the container have canopies in it? Maybe a container without canopies fits your body differently, and it's harder to spot ill-fitting gear. Maybe... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  6. masher
    I don't know if it's the same, but a version of the Woomera had a pull-out for the reserve deployment. . I learnt on ripcord gear. Chest mounted. with an SOS handle. Changed to BOC throwaway / TAS after I got my A (as the APF regs say...) -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  7. masher
    It's for insurance. There's a rule change in progress that would make it the same for overseas jumpers in Australia. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  8. masher
    Please check my stats.... Random numbers average: 4.953.... variance: 8.305... n: 100000 nearest even number average: 4.954.... variance: 8.512... n: 100000 nearest odd number average: 4.954.... variance: 8.419... n: 100000 round up average: 5.003.... variance: 8.468... n: 100000 round down average: 4.904.... variance: 8.459... n: 100000 Using the two sample t test: Round to even -> t=0.028 round to odd -> t=0.040 round up -> t=3.851 round down -> t=3.784 This means that the difference in the averages of the round even/odd sets to the original random numbers is not significant. The difference in the averages of the round up/down sets to the original random numbers is significant at greater than 99.9% CI. I'm pretty sure that's how it works. . Flame away. Of course, you do realise that I'm only doing this to avoid doing my own work, which is already late..... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
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    This news just in. I've yet to confirm its statistical significance, but... 100000 random numbers between 0 and 10, to one decimal place. ie 0.1, 4.6, 3.5, 7.9 10.0 etc.... Generate by the RAND() func in excel, and then truncated to one decimal place. truncated random number average - 4.953 Round to the nearest even number: average = 4.954 Round to the nearest odd number: average = 4.954 Round up: average = 5.003 Round down: average = 4.904 Looks like rounding up or down is dodgy. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  10. masher
    I'm with you there. I'm a static line baby. 2500'?? Whats the problem? You can do 15 seconds from 4k! I was scared on my first jump from height: "It's too high!" :) . anyway, my dytter is set at: 3500' -> you should have broken off by now. 2500' -> you should have a canopy by now. 1500' -> wtf are you doing!??!!?? Normally, I hear my first alarm when I'm tracking and my second just as the slider is coming down. I've heard my third alarm once as my slider was coming down. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  11. masher
    I put my toggles back on my velcro in the landing area. Opening my slider is part of my undressing routine. Open slider, push it down past the toggles, undo chest strap, undo legstraps, take off rig. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  12. masher
    The thing is that pi=3.2 is a hypothesis that can be tested. If you test it, you'll find that pi doesn't equal 3.2; it equals 3.1415926...... . Man from dust, and evolution is crap -> not testable (is that a word?) This is where the faith bit comes in. If you choose to believe, then believe. If not, then don't. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  13. masher
    That idea is crap. eg 51.5->52 52.5->52 51.5 51.6 51.7 51.8 51.9 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 52.4 52.5 = 52 52.6 52.7 52.8 52.9 53.0 53.1 53.2 53.4 = 53 There are less numbers if you do it that way. . Note: always round the same way. Up or down. who cares... Just don't round until the last line... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
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    I remember reading somwhere that if the number you're rounding to is even up go up, odd you go down. Or was it the other way? 51.5 -> 52 44.5 -> 44 -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  15. masher
    Depends on the precision you need. 150 is close enough 147.2 Would you round 0.1472 to 0.150?? It's the same... . aargh confused accuracy and precision.... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  16. masher
    any pics of the knife and its sheath? -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  17. masher
    How long would it take to get to Oz? -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  18. masher
    I'm a happy camper! mmm but you already know that. Then again, I'm not a UK jumper, nor am I camp. I'll shut up now, and get back to writing Chapter 2.... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
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    to far to measure?? -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  20. masher
    and I'm sitting there wondering what the rules are... -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  21. masher
    I was taught to be at 1000' at 45deg from my target. From that point, I start my downwind run. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  22. masher
    I'm at uni. So what ever Curtin is doing..... I did a tracert on www.relativeworkshop.com, but it timed out after a couple of hops, but it also timed out on a few other sites that work, so I don't know. Any computer geeks care to explain? -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  23. masher
    The link works for me, unless I'm getting a cached version. The first line on the page (for me) is: -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  24. masher
    If you think you do, then you do. -- Arching is overrated - Marlies
  25. masher
    This is a SB in response to this fatality: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1083393;#1083393 I've sent an email off to the APF Director Rigging asking for some clarification. wait out -- Arching is overrated - Marlies