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As Dave mentioned, be SURE to look at the dimensions, because they do not match the photo that is shown as the case being for sale. Not by a long shot. Still looks like a great deal, but beware that the case is actually about half the size of the case in the photo

Doing too much of *any*one thing can burn you out on it. "Variety is the spice of life" and all that. Didn't you get bored with sports cars at one point? A lot of it may depend on the DZ as well. Some DZ's really keep things mixed up and rolling along while others sorta count on jumpers volunteering to keep things fresh. Other times, it's politics. Maybe a short break til insurance kicks in will be exactly what you need. Your comment about the 170 downsize seems a little odd though....sort of doesn't seem to belong in the context of the post. Is there more of a story there? Downsizing after a haitus isn't the smartest thing you might do, but you already know that...

congrats to you! Congrats for waiting as well. There are some great wingsuiters in Oz, look up Ed or Fergie, they rock, they're safe, and they'll make sure you know the things you need to know for your own safety and that of others.

Apparently not when it comes to hanging on to toggles during landings.

after having reviewed Matt's release and spoken with him about the way this all took place, any discussion of Discovery is likely incidental. He's got a good case, and as mentioned earlier, the mere action of removing a copyright watermark for publication is a DMCA violation. I suspect Matt's already got the matter well in hand.

It's not small claims under *any* circumstances. One small example, removing a digital watermark is a violation of DMCA, an automatic felony. Small claims court is never a venue for copyright, as copyrights are governed by, controlled by, and determined by acts of Congress and the Congressional library itself. Copyright law is far too complex (usually) even for District courts, and most copyright cases will make it at least as far as a Circuit Court of Appeals. In fairness to the newspaper, Discovery, and Matt, it's entirely possible that the release signed between Matt and the Discovery production company allows them the right to reproduce the images for promotional value (which would be entirely common). In other words, while the situation may suck, it also may be legal.

I have em' all. And even have a drive with matching shots from them all. Just don't have access to that drive at the moment. Wished I had it by now so I could post a fast article on them. The Babydeath has a better color time and cleaner image with greater distortion of color and angle. it's got a narrow profile, and easier to avoid slap.

There are more "technical" answers, but there is not a "better" answer than what you've posted. It's all in the quality of the glass, the polishing, pitch, and math. Ya get what ya pay for.

You can create BD menus, of course. The questions are: -how much scripting do you want to involve? -how much money do you want to spend? Sony has a fabulous deal on BluPrint with BluCode, together they're only 60K. But Sony DVD Architect for example, can do standard linked menus for BD. So can Encore.

have a wonderful Birthday, Valinda. You rock. Hope to see you in a wingsuit again soon.

Are you familiar with what Scientology does to its critics? Not only would his career be over, but his reputation as well. Amen. Not only do they have a published "enemies of Scientology list, but they'll go far beyond their list. He'd suffer less loss actually attacking gays.

My answer to your question will be exceptionally prejudiced, so I'd recommend Googling the Pinnacle software. You'll find quite a few very unhappy owners.. But it does have a sexier interface. Since you own Pinnacle 11, give it a go, see how you feel about it. I suspect you'll be less than thrilled, but at the same time, you might really like it.

If you have Vegas, you also have DVD Architect which is better than Nero for DVD authoring. Render to MPEG2 in Vegas, this keeps things in one colorspace, speeds render times, and keeps colors more saturated and images will appear sharper.

http://www.litepanels.com/lp/products/micropro.html Your link didn't get me anywhere but the BH Homepage I don't know which would be better for you, might call LP first.

I do "catch" your point that unless someone is caught, the law can't be enforced, but if enough illegal actions are not being caught, then more aggressive means of protecting the content will be undertaken (Anyone remember the BMG rootkit fiasco?) Bear in mind, there are two similar yet very different discussions here. "Catching" is easier and will become easier because of DRM in forms that aren't yet in heavy use (and may never be), but there are newer forms of DRM coming up that aren't OS or device based. Serialization of files is just one example. They'll be hassles too, but putting in to Marg's "1984" terms.... When you wanted to copy a friend's Van Halen album, you had to go over to his house with your cassette recorder or he brought the record to you. It was a real-time process, and you used a cassette that was lesser in quality than the original LP was. But at least you had a copy. More importantly, at *that* time, artists were partially compensated for that illegal action due to royalties embedded in the sale of blank cassettes. For a very brief period of time, blank CD's had this embedded compensation too, but then it was easily demonstrated that CD's served a larger, greater purpose than copyright violation. Those embedded royalties no longer exist. Let's entirely put aside mom/pop/Room 101 buddies copying MP3's and DVDs for a moment. That's a tiny part of the picture. For the moment, no artist, artist rights organization, or publishers organization is very concerned about you giving me a copy of the new AC/DC recording. Pennies add up, but it's the wholesale redistribution that has them fired up and taking action (as it should). Look at Amazon. One of the world's largest on-line distributors and they got their ass handed to them in a hat because they weren't paying attention. Perhaps some thought policing would have been of benefit to them? BTW, this has happened to Apple at least three times I'm aware of, and so that means it's probably happened 30 or 300 times.... Bringing up Amazon's EULA is a waste of time. Amazon unwittingly violated the law. They have no choice but to correct their violation. As mentioned earlier, I disagree with how they corrected their mistake, but regardless of "how" they did it, they _had_ to correct their mistake. No option. Is this a serious question? Why buy a car vs using public transportation? Why have a cell phone vs using pay phones? Why have an iPod vs going to a bar to hear music? Why have cable vs watching whatever is on the "big three?" Why go to Mickey D's vs cooking lunch in your own home? ....the list is lengthy and all effectively have the same primary answer. Convenience. Cost plays a small role, but convenience is a huge deal to most humans. You're quite incorrect in this assumption (aside from mixing copyright and patents) but there are just some things not worth trying to explain. But the earth isn't flat... I'm not talking about any case in point, it's merely an argument of intellectual blindness and intentional stupidity, IMO. In fact, no such case law exists with regard to the above discussion. The lack of case law does not invalidate the argument. Most anyone not living under a rock for the past 20 years is aware that using copyrighted music for tandem (and other similar videos) is illegal. Both criminal and civil. Sort of back to point...the 'mom/pop' violators we see being prosecuted these days are merely examples to remind people of the laws and consequences. Until the mass copying (like skydiving DVDs and trunk sales) is stopped....mom n' pops, jr. high school kids won't be much of a focus unless it's really eggregious and overt demonstration of theft (like the stupid soccer mom that bragged about uploads/downloads on television). Then there was the Native American woman (who still represents the biggest personal fine levied against an individual who was coincidentally, defended by a member of the Dropzone.com community) that also made a little too much noise about what she was up to, and how much she'd been uploading. What is important for society to (at some point) recognize is that creative ideas are in perpetuity, the property of the creator of that creative work. At no point can an artist sign away their rights to creative works (outside of WFH, but that's another discussion), because the law recognizes that as artists, we sometimes/usually need to be protected from ourselves. For example, Prof. John Kallend wrote an excellent treatise on the 45 degree rule and provides his creative and technical work as a no-cost benefit to the community at large. Whatever his motivations for doing so may be, the creative aspects of that work are forever his, and he may "recall" or rescind his permissions for the free use of his works, at _any_ point in time. Because the creative aspect of his work is his, and his alone, for at least 70 years following his passing. As a community, we're permitted (licensed) to use and benefit from his works for as long as he chooses to allow us to. Just say for example, one day he chooses to no longer make his PowerPoint and data available to people to use without cost, there would be some small rumbling, maybe a name called, but for the most part, this community would probably defend his right to protect and collect some form of revenue for his efforts. We'd feel that way, because we know him, he contributes to the community, and darn it all, folks just like him. It's when the scope becomes larger that folks lose that "personalized" view and start to think possessively of those things that "benefit" their lives. It's easy to depersonalize the theft of a George Orwell book for example, because; -who here was a bowling buddy with Orwell? -a common argument is "he's already made enough money from his books, what's it hurt if one or two copies get stolen?" -It was electronic theft, no actual dollars were involved in the printing, distribution, advertisement, etc of the book, right? So it's harmless? My fear is that the copyright picture is going to become a lot more ugly before it gets better, and the burden on the consumer and developers will continue to be a rollercoaster ride of too much/too little over the next coming years before technology allows it to stabilize and function with some form of common sense. If the answer were easy, then we'd already have it. What we currently have are a couple dozen miserable failures in protection schemes that have only served to hurt all parties involved. And there will *always* be hacks. The question is when do we reach a balance point that the hack is more trouble than accessing the content is worth? I've quit using any production software that uses PACE anti-piracy protection, because it's too big a hassle. Curiously enough, Apple's "Cocktail" was presented today as a means of selling more music/album pieces/content/extras. What newspeak aren't telling you is that there are indeed DRM components in the mix.... It's gonna be a long time til the fat lady sings on this discussion. Over 300 years of old laws, old concepts, and 30 years of new technologies to somehow reconcile. Meanwhile, Big Brother is watching.

First, why on earth go to avi for anything, period? Second, motion blur can be artificially added. are you _sure_ you're not adding it? I suspect Nero and compression conversion rate is where this problem is occurring (why even bother using Nero?) Rendering to avi first accomplishes three things; -wastes a HUGE amount of time -converts 4:2:0 color sample to 4:1:1 color sample to be converted back to 4:2:0 color sample for DVD -Runs an exceptionally high risk of creating low-bitrate file on final output.

Actually very easy to enforce; just difficult to catch. Now it's easy(ier) to catch, it becomes a decision of what falls into DeMinimis and what is worth spending the cash to defend (although if owners don't defend, they'll eventully lose the right/opportunity to defend, which may well be what drives a large portion of copyright law changes in the far future).

Not even close by the most broad concept. The copyright holders don't get to negotiate copyright value of a master. Amazon handled it badly, IMO, but their first responsibility was in vetting the reps and warrants of the third-party provider that at some point claimed they had the right to distribute the ebooks. However, had Amazon taken no action, it becomes criminal as well as civil. To Marg's question; we've given up nothing over the years. What has changed is our access, but the laws as relates to distribution have changed very, very little (other than the MickeyMouse/Bono Act). Unfortunately, music (as one example) is the soundtrack of our lives and because we take these things so personally, there becomes a sense of "ownership." Add to that the fact that we can legally have a copy in our DVD/CD player, iPod, HDD, and other digital delivery mechanisms (although DMCA prohibits being able to play the same file back at the same time on multiple devices), the modern consumer has equated freedom of access to "ownership." The concept of "license to listen" is even now, still very alien to most music lovers. Other than those who have published music, no member of this community actually owns any music at all; you merely possess a license to listen. In the case of an ebook, you own nothing but a license to read, or with a DVD, a license to watch. Nothing more than permission to enjoy. No, B&N couldn't/wouldn't sneak into your home in the middle of the night to retrieve illegal prints of a popular novel, but that's not a relevant comparison in that the Kindle version isn't tangible; the B&N purchase is. One thing I still find knee-slapping hilarious in this discussion within this community is that someone may be pissed about this happening via a Kindle, but in the very same breath are still using copyrighted media in their skydiving videos posted online or in student/tandem DVDs and defending their right to do so. ("I bought the CD so it must be OK") To reiterate my opinion however, Amazon handled this situation poorly. One option would have been to pay royalties to a legit distributor of the Orwell books and given purchasers an option to have a legal licensed copy, or exchange the illegal copy for some other legit book. _That_ would probably have been less costly than the obvious loss of customer support they've recently experienced.

IMO, you're doing the best thing for yourself and others if you go out and do a few more than 30 more jumps before putting on the camera. All/most of those jumps should be relative work jumps just to be sure you can get in/get out of tight situations. The helmet looks great, in that it doesn't have stills doesn't have ringsight...nice n' stripped for getting started, nd then you'll eventully end up putting more into it as you gain more experience.

Many people are happily using CX100/105 for FS, VRW, etc. There are a lot of variables that may be at play such as the mount, burble, lens, lens adapter, etc. Bear in mind as well that the widescreen nature and higher resolution will amplify any movement that any of the above may be causing. Can you provide more info regarding mounting, etc? What is the "special mod?"

You took the words right outta Berry Gordie's mouth. Overall, I thought the piece was nicely done, and edited much the way my team would have edited it. If it bleeds it leads and this one had great setups all over it. Scott comes off very powerfully on camera, making it that much easier to build climax points.

Sart with a .5 or .6, grow from there, once you're ready to start jumping with tandems. Practice on coaching students. Learn to work with safe distances and on your belly first.

HDD-Hard Disk Drive (I have *lots* of these) AAD-Automatic Activation Device (I have two of these) ADD-Attention DEficit Disorder ( You can't count that high related to me) HD-High Definition, often confused with HDD due to stupid marketing. HD camcorders can record to HDD but we can't use HDD camcorders for skydiving due to altitude problems. I wish you could help with the healing process too. CRPS is _no_ fun at all. Avoid at all costs. During the Civil War, they dealt with CRPS via amputation (back then it was called "RSD"). Get Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum. You'll thank me for it later.

For working with AVCHD, Premiere Pro CS4 or Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum are your best bets. In neither case will the graphics card cause it to "fly through" anything, but a fast 'puter with a fast HDD certainly will. healing is going backwards, thanks for asking!

I think it's important to recognize that your DZ has something very special and unique too, Derrick. Not many places are like yours. If more DZ's were, I think the retention rate would not only be higher, but so would the conversion from tandem to AFF/A License.