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That's de-evolution. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

In simplest terms, you have to have a canopy to skydive, you do not have to have a wingsuit which makes it far easier to restrict and enforce. The issue addressed in the BSR is less flying a wingsuit than not properly rigging one and falling out. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

(Insert lesbian trapped in a man's body joke here) Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Why no, that's not restricting the ability of citizens to exercise their constitutional rights... Especially since they can't even transport their guns to the class. This is not a law, this is a pissing match. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Additonally if the USPA created a BSR limiting wingloading, they would open themselves, the DZs, and the manufacturers up to lawsuits from anyone being hurt or killed under "safe" canopies. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

I don't think you understand evolution very well if you believe this to be true. Modern society and medicine has almost completely nullified natural selection and most mutations. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Any of them that thought outsourcing or offshoring was a cost effective idea. Bank of America comes to mind as they spent millions to offshore and then millions to bring it all back. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Bolded the key word from my original post you may have missed.

That post predates my discovery of the reaction of people to me in a thong or to put it another way "back in the pre thong days." Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

The years I spent working before going to college taught me how to assess a situation and fix the problem. The time spent in the classroom getting my degree taught me to find the root cause of the problem and change things so that it wouldn't happen again, as well as to prevent problems from happeng in the first place. You don't have to have college for root cause analysis troubleshooting. Two points: 1. Communication is key. If one is hired for their knowledge, feel free to get a second opinion or question them directly, but simply dismissing one's expertise is never good. At the same time. simply dismissing one's opinion without explanation is not good either. 2. Of the disasters listed, the majority were engineers being ignored by managers and accountants. Which had a "formal education." Add some ego and it's easy to see how it happens. Engineer: It has to be done like this. Manager/Accountant: That's expensive, let's do it this way. Engineer: No. It has to be done like this. Manager/Accountant: No. That's expensive, let's do it this way. Engineer: I'm an engineer!!! I'm right!!! Manager/Accountant: I'm a Business Major. I can cut costs and have final budget say. Humbleness is good for all.

Employee morale has nothing to do with nice or mean, it has to do with respect. If people feel they're being taken advantage of, they're likely to do it right back. Should companies only be using accountants to make all or most decisions? No. But many are and can't figure out why the overall numbers don't change. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Without a doubt, humans have had a negative impact on nature and it's creatures. We continue to expand into more and more space on this planet and drive the wild life out of their natural habitat and of course we have destroyed many eco-systems. But humans can not control Mother Nature. Mother Nature always has and always will be more powerful than humans. Instead of thinking "how can we make the planet colder or hotter" we should be focusing on cleaning up the cancer causing toxins we pump into our water and air supplies. For sure we in the western world have cause great damage to the planet, but it's sad to see China and India pumping cancer causing toxins into the environment at an even higher rate. Come on Bill, I am 99.9999% certain you believe in evolution. You know the planet and it's habitat have adapted and will continue to adapt over time. The strong will morph into stronger life forms and the weak will die off. It has been going on like this for billions of years and it will continue. Life on this planet is not going anywhere, until of course that great big ball in the sky 93 million miles from us burns out in a few billion years. Let's put more talk into controlling the cancer causing toxins in our water and air and worry less about CO2. We have pretty much ended evolution as modern medicine keeps the "weak" alive and able to reproduce. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Deedy, please stop bumping this thread. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

I went there 2 years ago, looked around the hangar for it, and was then told it's gone. It may be back now as they were still doing some upgrades. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Thanks for the reminder. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3899874#3899874 Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Who was it that had the clear jumpsuit? http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3899345#3899345 Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Be great to see you and get to jump with you.

I jump a Racer so just keep all my valuables beneath it. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

With your real world experience, you've been and you should make a great engineer. Just try not to point out to the profs too many times the flaws in their concepts. Yet another reason jobs are going overseas as employers keep inisisting on people with degrees so they have to pay more. They probably still insist on them there, but as the degrees cost less to earn, they people don't insist on as much either. Outsourcing is probably the best example of the flaws of accounting you can get. Employee morale, customer complaints, rework, turnover is HUGE over there so constant retraining. But none of that is factored in except the actual workforce cost. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

The picture of the spool he hit should be here too. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=123043; Additionally jump operations are usually suspended until after medflight and/or the ambulance leaves. Don't be selfish and cut in on others jumping time like this. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

I was equating the grapes with college themselves and getting to eat all of them as the degree. I'm also just expressing my viewpoint and just encouraging people to think for themselves versus just arbitrarilly do what others tell them. I see people as people. I don't treat someone different because they didn't do something, or go somewhere or because they did. In return, all I ask for is the same. If that doesn't happen or someone starts copping an attitude at me, I'll just give it right back.

Bill, your examples are just laughable these days with just sheer unrelatedness to the source material. An engineer definitely shouldn't worry about how something looks or alter their data to change that. But an accountant, whose purpose is to deal with money, shouldn't they be willing to at least try to take all factors into account that may effect money? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Most people who think they know more than the professors usually end up the same way you did....out of school and no degree. The keyword in your remark is fundamentals. It is not meant as a comprehensive course that covers all situations and takes all possible variables into account. It only covers the basics. Since you failed to grasp them it is probably best that you dropped out and moved on with your life without a degree. Are the profs always right? Nope, but 99.99% of the time they are and most are very receptive to being corrected if it is done in a helpful way and not by someone with an attitude. I agree with Kallend. Just because you couldn't reach the grapes doesn't mean they are sour. Most find them to be very nutritious. I didn't think I knew more, I just had questions about what the prof was teaching. And I did it without attitude, merely inquisitive. I've never met an accountant in my life that factors in anything but the actual cost of a budget cut or an increase. Since they can't assign a fixed value to something like morale which may effect productivity, they don't even try. They just ignore all other impact which with as important as we've made exact accounting in our society (we've all said "damn beancounters" as we've been victims of their shortsightedness) is borderline criminal. I tasted the grapes, I didn't care to eat anymore. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Nah.. Just haven't been on DZ.com much lately so I'm behind on all the important stuff - like your B-day! Any further transgressions and you may not get spanked. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.

Was trying to organize a naked speedstar. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=592784#592784 Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.