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  1. mattjw916
    ...then why is there no such thing as IDE RAID arrays on mid-high end business servers? RAID 1 suffers from a 50% overhead and there is no performance benefit. RAID 5 has less overhead, better performance in reading data, better scalability, but of course requires at least 3 drives. IDE is CPU intensive as opposed to SCSI which is designed to serve multiple requests from multiple independant hosts unlike IDE/SATA. Take a few minutes to look through the business class servers of any major manufacturer and you will see that NO ONE offers IDE RAID solutions... and it's for a reason. NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    don't encourage him NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    I think you should have a copy of the first shirt sent to Neal Houston... I'm sure he'd loooooove it. ...and tell him it's for his "birthday" NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    I feel your pain!
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    damn Frenchy... you should skydive more and post less... I remember when you had like twice the number of jumps as me. NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    I never said I was anti-windtunnel... what I have a problem with is people pimping the wind tunnel to impressionable AFF students excessively. For instance, the post some time ago about the student that conviced him/herself they needed an HOUR of tunnel to be able to pass AFF because of bad body position. (Just to clarify, I am not talking about the recent Elsinore thread it was a different one.) If you want to be a great skydiver, you might want to actually make some skydives too. Learning mantis, centerpoint turns, etc can be done in the sky too after all.
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    This might answer some questions: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1281348;search_string=honking%20right%20along;#1281348 NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    I have actually had people ask me why I bought such a "large" reserve too! ...and no, I am not joking! NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    I do understand your point and appreciate it, but we will have to agree to disagree as to whether or not the infamous chart should be used as a guideline or a rule. In the last 4 months, in almost 100 jumps, with most of them being under Sabre2 190s, Spectre 190s, and my Safire 189 I have only had one late-flare that resulted in nothing more than some grass-stains on my pants and a good laugh later at the bar. BTW, my H&P this morning in El Paso had a nice, uneventful, straight-in landing. NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    But I have had other "smart" people tell me I am fine under my canopy of choice... so who am I to believe? NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    monkeylip flies one... NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    um yeah... I'd take the time to respond but I have to go figure out how to fit a 260sq ft canopy in my M5 sized Mirage container because the density altitude of the dropzone I am jumping at tomorrow is kinda high. FWIW, I have Brian's book, I bought it shortly after I received my A license and since then have spent a very large percentage of my jumps working solely on "the most important part" of the skydive. I take canopy control very seriously and if any one of the numerous PST caliber jumpers I know even once said, "dude, you are out of control." Believe me, I would listen! But that is simply not the case... The chart is a great guideline IMO but hauling off and calling people who HAVE spent the time, money and sought out the proper training "jackasses" is way off-base. From one jackass to another... happy holidays... NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    I have never been in a hanging harness and was taught EP with a containerless harness. The main thing to remember is LOOK for your handles, as they can move or can be covered by clothing. FWIW, the one place I have seen that used a hanging harness used one that suspended you by the main risers and when you cut-away let you drop slightly so I guess it had two attachment points. It was seemingly the most realistic method I have seen to date. When I first got my gear I fired my reserve off since it showed up packed and it was only the second rig I had used with a soft reserve handle. I wanted to make sure that I could pull the handle one handed. It was amazingly easy IMO, but I'm not exactly a small guy. edit: if you talk to your local rigger he(she) might be inclined to let you fire off someone's (or your own if it's due) so you can feel the pull force required. Good luck! NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    IDE in a server?!! You should probably try and get some level of fault tolerance for that thing. I suggest a minimum of a 3 drive RAID 5 setup, preferrably using SCSI drives. BTW, I should be able to get you a decent deal on a refurbished HP server/drives if you want in the future. NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    What type of hard drive does your server use? IDE, SATA, SCSI, FC-AL??? I might be able to come up with something. Thanks for the vid hosting BTW, ~Matt~ NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    sigh... that makes me wish I was still in the Army... well almost.
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    Thanks for the info Phree. NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    Just one... but I can't wait for the Eloy tunnel to open. :) NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    That's good advice... there seems to be a lot of, "do as I say, but not as I do." in skydiving. NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    I think my friend who shot up into the air at nearly a 45 degree angle at the end of a botched swoop under his highly loaded Onyx would have to disagree... see illustration... (he was uninjured btw) edit: I can't type!!! NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    There was your first problem... waaay too agressive of an approach IMHO. Define "much" that sounds very arbitrary to me. My loading is marginally higher, we have similar experience levels, but the most I do is double-front approaches. I'm not trying to start an argument at all but wouldn't you agree that your accident was more a function of poor judgement than w/l? Q: for the learned folks: Obviously I'm no canopy expert, but doesn't a higher w/l mean potentially a longer recovery arc therby giving you more of a chance to level off with rears or toggles should you find yourself "in the corner" because you could've started your approach at a higher altitude? Granted you would have more airspeed with the higher w/l, but that equates more lift, hence more flare power? (sorry for the run-on sentence ) edit: typo NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    Don't sweat it... it is more fun to jump in warm weather than in the snow... NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    Dude, you can take ANY canopy and fly it straight into the ground or target fixate and wad yourself up around a telephone pole or similarly unflinching object. ...and how on earth did you slam your back onto the ground at 30mph under such a "mellow" w/l? edit: FWIW currency should play a much bigger role in canopy choices as well IMO. NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
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    OMFG!!! You're gunna diiiiieeeee!!! NSCR-2376, SCR-15080
  25. mattjw916
    The poll should really have differentiated between those who are fractionally over Brian's recommendations and those that are waaaay over. A couple extra sq ft probably aren't going to make a big difference if you do something retarded. Now if you are talking about 40 extra sq ft, that's a bigger difference that could potentially save your life. Technically I am over esp since my vintage '99 Safire is actually more like a 175 than a 189 due to Precision's measuring method at the time (which I didn't discover until after I had ~30 jumps on the canopy). But, I have never once had any of the canopy gurus tell me I am "unsafe" or that I need to "slow down". Quite the opposite in fact. My $0.02. edit: oops! NSCR-2376, SCR-15080