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    Only if it were a British map. - Dan G
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    As soon as you get hurt or sick. Then it becomes everyone else's problem but yours. - Dan G
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    Or how many times you can get poor working class people to vote Republican? - Dan G
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    Then why are we talking about Venezuela? If you want to use Venezuela's experience to reinforce an argument about England, Australia, or the US, then you have to actually provide data about Venezuela. - Dan G
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    In all fairness, no one has posted any data on how many guns were actually confiscated. Announcing a plan to confiscate guns is a lot different than actually doing it. If you can correlate a reduction in gun ownership to an increase in crime, your point would be much stronger. - Dan G
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    What about divorced parents? Should their kids get kicked out? - Dan G
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    Sure, and now multiply that by 60 again. Unless you live your live at Benny Hill speed, there are 3600 seconds in an hour, not 60. Do you do windows, too? - Dan G
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    Dude. Radio waves are electromagnetic radiation, just like visible light. Here, get your learn on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum Hold the Armour All, please. - Dan G
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    186,000 miles/sec = 670,000,000 miles/hour When are you coming over? - Dan G
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    And in some cases the school they attended was an engineering one. You keep saying this, but can't explain why. I've tried to explain in layman's terms repeatedly why you are wrong, but you just keep repeating this line. Are you just screwing with us, or do you actually want people to answer your questions? - Dan G
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    I'm a structural analyst working on solid rocket motors. Don't tell anyone in the 911 thread or I'll be accused of arguing from authority. - Dan G
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    Um, believing in any supernatural being is about the same to me. I picked the FSM because I think the whole movement is funny. If you prefer, I could substitute Siva, Thor, or Zeus. Or do you think that people who believed/believe in them are childish and stupid? - Dan G
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    Although I don't share your worldview, I appreciate that you are always polite and friendly. I let max get under my skin. I really only intended to insult him. If I insulted anyone else, I apologize. I still disagree that it takes a lot of faith to be faithlesss. I can see where you are coming from. I would rephase your position as, "It takes a lot of confidence for athiests to subject themselves to the risk that they are wrong." Perhaps it is a personality trait. I'm a bit of a control freak, and instead of believing what other people tell me, I want to prove it myself. In all my years, I've never seen anything personally that would lead me to believe in God. Having the Bible, or preachers, or my parents tell me that God exists and Jesus was his son just doesn't cut it for me. If it is enough for you (or you have some personal "evidence") then I have no problem with that. I respect your decision, and I expect the same level of respect in turn. - Dan G
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    I wasn't replying to you. I was replying to max's attack on my beliefs as "self-diefying". I actually don't begrudge anybody's religious faith at all. If it works for you, great. It doesn't work for me, and I don't appreciate people like max telling me that I'm selfish, evil, stupid, etc. I just wanted him to realize how insulting his attack was by replying in kind. - Dan G
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    Look who's talking. Or, the only reason we are here to make such self-righteous statements is that the laws of physics for this particular universe happened to be in balance. The other infinite universes that may have sprung into existence didn't work out, so there was no one there to make up God. You think that the chances of this universe randomly working out so well are almost nil. I agree, but almost is enough. And yours would be the logical conclusion for someone whose existence is so empty that they need to make up an imaginary friend that loves them just as they are. - Dan G
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    Do you believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster? No? It takes as much faith for you no have no belief in the FSM as it takes me to have no belief in your God. - Dan G
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    So you believe that for "freefall" to occur, that all structural integrity needs to be removed. Although you really don't know what you're talking about, I'll play along. How many floors do you believe were completely removed by explosives? More than one? If only the bottom floor was removed by explosives, then the building would presumably "freefall" for ten feet, and then we'd be right back where we started. You do not, in fact, need to remove all the structure to create a complete collapse. Have you ever popped a ballon with a pin? All you are doing is creating a very small hole in the structure. In your world, the rest of that structure should prevent a rapid collapse. In reality, even a small hole in a ballon (or the weakening of enough columns in a building) can lead to a rapid collapse when the rest of the structure is almost instantly overstressed. It might even look instantaneous on low quality video (just like a ballon bursting). - Dan G
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    If he's really a world ranked swooper, then he may be arrogant, but it's hard to argue that he is ignorant. Maybe he's just sick of ignorant twatmuppets (great word, BTW) trying to fly canopies that they aren't ready for, and coming to him for validation. People are always asking me for advice on achieving supermodel good looks, and frankly, I'm sick of ugly people trying to be way hotter than they are. - Dan G
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    Since, as you say, he was not rude, why are you all in a huff? You didn't provide the whole story to him, and then get mad when he is clearly trying to look out for your safety. I don't get it. My advice is to cowboy up. - Dan G
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    Skydive Orange in Virginia does not accept Skyride Certs. - Dan G
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    I find it most curious that you and billvon both had the exact same answer. Could it be that you are both government plants here to keep the sheeple from asking questions? Why did you both immediately try to steer the discussion away from government Local Gravity Control? LGC has been well documented by literally billions of engineers, architects, and Slurpee machine repairmen. When they release their report next (week, month, year, whatever) we'll see who has the last laugh. Pfft, rocket packs. Ridiculous! - Dan G
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    What can possibly "assist" a building in falling faster? Did the government increase local gravity? My continuity is fine. You are making no sense. - Dan G
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    As opposed to the Republicans' definition, which is... Oh wait, it's exactly the same. - Dan G
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    Did you read my reply above? How can any building, explosive rigged or not, fall at "freefall speed" in your world? If the presence of material below the collapse prevents "freefall speed" then it is not possible regardless of how the collapse was initiated. Please respond. - Dan G
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    In my limited experience both sexes have the privacy hang-up, not just women. I've served with women who had no problem sharing facilities, and men who wouldn't allow it. It cuts both ways. I don't think the privacy issues is all that big a deal. The potential for love triangles and fratertnization is a better argument, but that's easily taken care of by effective leadership. - Dan G