FreeflyChile

How about just "McGyver-ing" the parachute silk and nylon to make a sail, then using the oxygen tanks to propel yourself across the lunar surface? aside from the air, i'd imagine the food and water would be useless because since you're in a space suit, how do you eat and drink? or if you need line of sight for the radio to work, just use the parachute and oxygen to go straight up until you see the ship and then call them, then use the remaining oxygen to slow your descent.

you can get the SNES Zelda for the Game Boy Advance, but then that requires buy a GBA or DS.

Well, of course, unless you get nailed by an airplane like I did once....

Goes to show -- you swoop too close to other planets, you get grounded and get your planet license revoked.

You could always try this one, where your god does cocaine! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/2396503.stm

I think that was done at Archway in Vandalia, IL and used one of Skydive Chicago's otters.... Gary Peek is in the video, and I think Kirk Verner is too (as his father used to own the DZ).

That wasn't his point. The point is that no faith is required to prove the existence of calculus, but faith is required to believe in the existence of the Christian god as described in the bible. Now it's been a long time since i had a class on probability, but according to math, isn't there no such thing as 100% or 0%? therefore, you can never be certain that something will happen or that a certain result will occur. What i'm getting at is that science and math is just observations taken to explain a phenomenon, giving the MOST LIKELY outcome of a similar circumstance -- so in a way, you have to have a bit of faith in science or math to bridge that gap of uncertainty (however small or insignificant that uncertainty may be) -- however unlikely, there is a small probability that next time you add 2+2, the answer will be 5. this in no way represents my view on religion -- i feel that science is a more reliable way to explain things -- but i think that everything requires a bit of faith because there's no real way to be absolutely sure about anything (again -- using probability, not "feeling" sure about stuff)

This belongs in the Speakers' Corner!

hahaha yeah the simpsons parodies of the twilight zone have always been some of the funniest episodes ever. they also did the gremlin one and the one with the kid with powers (and bart turns homer into a jack in the box)

I was wondering about that too...I heard somewhere that taking the testosterone the night before his dramatic comeback wouldnt have helped him so why would he do it? The thing that I have been thinking about is that yes, the burden of proof is on him, but for a second think if some drug test at work turned up positive even though you know you haven't taken any drugs. what possible reaction from you would help your cause? Given all the crap with Armstrong and the accusations about doping with him, I don't hold the drug test results associated with cycling in a very high regard and though the burden is on Landis to prove foul play, I'm more inclined to believe him than to believe Gatlin or Palmeiro...

Amen. While listening to the radio of course is usually the right thing to do, it's good that the OP had a clear enough mind to think about what was going on instead of blindly relying on the radio. on my 3rd static line jump, I got caught between radio guys and no one talked me down and was able to land fine....good to know that you remembered the talk on the ground. on the other hand, there's always students that dont htink and when the radio fails just fly straight and land several miles away....

my favorite part was that this time, he got to choose the contestants..... they are all much nastier looking than the last batch! he seems to have a thing for chicks wiht gaps in their teeth.

yah, shortly after getting oblivion i got a 60 inch sony hdtv -- makes that game look that much greater.

For anyone that still has old nintendo cartridges but no working NES: www.playmessiah.com Also, I have a 360 and it works awesome...also, oblivion is a game that will last you all winter...

Regarding whether the family knows what's in the waiver.... I'm only a law student, and anyone who's a real lawyer can confirm this or correct me on it, but if i remember my first year classes correctly, you can't sign away someone's right to sue for certain things. Again, I don't remember exactly where i learned it, but i do remember being in class where we were told that you can't waive someone else's right to sue (though i dont remember where it applies) and i remember thinking that it went against every waiver for skydiving i ever signed..... from my understanding, no waiver is airtight.

as i hope to be a lawyer in about a year and a half, i'd love to have "highway to hell" by ACDC play as i walk into court.

hey...i went to U of I and i said it takes off!

i think people are looking at this as a problem of the plane being a car with wings, where the traction and propulsion come from the contact with the ground, where in fact the forward force is generated by the contact of the props with the air. if you could create this conveyor belt that could instantly match the speed of the wheels in either direction, the plane would take off because the belt would act as a frictionless surface. essentially, for the wheels to spin you need a difference in speed between the wheel and the conveyor, which, as stated, doesnt happen -- if the conveyor instantly matches the speed of the wheel, there is no time for teh wheel to move, and the speed of the wheel would always have to = 0. therefore the plane would simply slide down the runway till it took off. even if the conveyor only moved in one direction it would still take off. for the wheel to move, there has to be an initial movement of the plane relative to the belt (because the belt MATCHES the wheel speed, and the force is provided by the plane, not the belt) and if there is forward movement of the plane, the plane can eventually take off. edited to add: sundevil said this several posts ago. it's late and i was too lazy to read all the replies.

Amen. I have the season 6 DVD and it's a murderer's row of great episodes. the simpsons is not as funny as family guy NOW. but in it's prime, nothing could touch the simpsons.

here's to you, Mr Static line student you know skydiving is not really scary unless you do it alone and have to climb out of the plane. you go through the practice ripcord pulls until you can cut the cord, because you know freefall is something you earn! so have a beer, mr static line student, because you'll be under canopy before you know what the hell is going on

Here's to you, MR Old time cessna dropzone member! you scoff at zippy rides to altitude, as 45 minutes is how god intended you to fly. those 45 minutes are worth every bit of those 10 thousand feet. so crack open a beer, Mr old time cessna guy, because a 6 way is a 2 plane load and a turbine is something a guy from India wears on his head

Civ 4 for me

Mr Fart in the Plane Guy

hahaha well it's nice to feel the love! i want to be at CSC more next season, and planned to at least get a 50 jump package for that. right now, because of other expenses, even that is looking unlikely, but i'll see what i can do. regardless i'll be out there more than i was this season. I'm sure that law school isn't as bad as med school...it's just other things related to law school (ie drinking on every day that ends in -y) sometimes made coming out to the dz hard. in any case, the winter's actually a welcome rest this year.

i've dropped off my jumping because of some of the reasons mentioned above, but also other priorities come up -- while in law school it's harder to head out to the dz every weekend. also, when i have the city of chicago to party in, the dz parties look a lot less attractive.