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You do realize the amount of money he is going to have to spend come January right? Sure I do. And as long as it didn't come out of my pocket or yours...who cares? Obviously, people of money and influence love him and/or his message/strategy.

Cookie kicked ass both in Elsinore and Utah. She's so tiny....in the right suit she could prolly do 5 mins every jump! She's definitely "Pretty in Pink"

If he's got it to spend (not public funds, after all), then what does it matter? I loved hearing Michelle Obama say she buys her clothing online from JCrewe.

I wanted something with a little flatter glide, faster performance. I still very much love the Silhouettes, and have two with custom logo, etc that I'm keeping for demos. IMO, the Silhouette is a fantastic canopy for beginning or intermediate jumping. You can get some nice little swoops if you push it, or have very docile landings.

How so? Do you have specific examples? VR/Marg I'd submit that having over 4000 dead people voting could have a damaging impact on an election issue. Lacking a State or Federal ID prevented more than 40,000 to be rejected in McCain's home state. I can't imagine that under age voting is much of a problem anywhere. Some contend that illegal aliens/non-citizens had a damaging impact on the elections in 2000.... I can't imagine anyone seriously disputing that proof of citizenship and identification should be required prior to being allowed to cast a vote.

Parallels/Fusion won't work for video; too much data. Vegas itself runs wonderfully under BootCamp.

Recently had a wingsuit student with buckles not only reversed, but at opposite end of leg straps (friction lock/buckle beneath the butt, excess webbing going from butt to front of crotch). After asking the student about it, she explained the rig had been intentionally built that way for comfort. Would never have noticed it in the aircraft. Anyone else ever seen this?

Spot, why did you go with the Storm? Just curious as I was thinking about trying one out soon.. Scott Short answer, I really liked it compared to the Pilot, Safire, Crossfire, Sabre 2, and Spectres I've jumped in the same/similar sizes. Long answer... After having had 6 different Silhouettes ranging from 230 down to 150, I bought a Sabre 2, don't like how it opens with a lot of weight on my head. The Storm opens more like the Silhouette, not at all like the Spectre (although many claim it opens like a Spectre). It flies more like the Sabre 2, and is very responsive. I've jumped a Storm 170 and 150, wanted to try the 135 at Elsinore but the clouds grounded us for the one day I didn't have committed student jumps. Anyway, Kim sent a 150 out to someone else at our DZ, I really liked it. so went with it. I'm keeping the Sabre 2 as well, but waiting on two Storms to be delivered any day now.

"I'm tellin' ya, THIS is the answer to our fuel crisis."

You are right. Using a PC will always take longer than an analog board, unless you are willing to give your customer a video that you haven't seen yourself in real time. Yes you can make a better product with a computer. . I disagree with your thinking here, Phil. Obviously, I'm a digital guy. But you can't make an analog video in 7 mins and consider that you're "seeing it all in real-time" and claim it's the same or even equal product. I don't need to see the intro video in real-time, I shot, edited, and finished it. I've seen it 1000 times if I've seen it once. I don't need to see the ending of the video, I've seen that 1000 times too. They're bookends. I only need to see the start and finish of each scene/clip/event on the timeline. What happened in between is what happened and no amount of editing can change that sequence. I can see those points visually, and hear them audibly. I don't need to play through the entire freefall, I know what happened there. What I *can* do, also not needing to see in real-time, is repeat the exit and deployment in slow motion immediately after they happen in the file. And still not need to see it in real-time. Additionally, I can watch/edit at 3X all the time, and it's identical to seeing/hearing it in real-time. Any faster than 3X, I can't understand the words being said, but I can still see/stop on a frame for purposes of editing. Including render time and menus for a pro-quality DVD, I can match and beat an analog system for creation time, and still give the student a personalized DVD with their name in the video titles, name in the DVD menu, and a *real* menu vs the ridiculous, ugly file selection that most set-top DVD burners offer when used with an analog board. Either way, it's a fairly moot point over the next year or two, because: A-customers are beginning to demand wide-screen at the least, and many analog boards can't process a 1:212 aspect image. B-Customers are slowly beginning to demand, and will more rapidly demand HD acquisition/delivery. HD displays are flying off the shelves, even in times of economic pain. C-No one is offering affordable analog boards any longer. Even Edirol has stopped their SD boards, and the HD-capable consoles are prohibitively expensive, as are the low-end GrassValley consoles. The primary reason we use Sony Vegas at our DZ, is that Vegas allows capture, editing, rendering simultaneously on the same machine. It's quite common that we're capturing from SD tape, Xferring from MSPD (memory stick) while editing in one or two instances, and rendering in a third or fourth instance of the application on the same machine. If you don't understand the Vegas workflow, you can't possibly know how fast this process can be. No other NLE will allow you to run multiple instances of the application simultaneously, and until you've experienced it, it's like trying to explain Playboy to a monk. Using DVD Architect and multiple burners, you can be outputting as many DVDs as you have burners, at the same time. No way, no how, can an analog system compete with that. Imagine capturing over 1000 videos in a week, outputting roughly 50 awards videos, at least 2 dozen television broadcast mixes complete with T/C cues, bars/tones, and archiving from say....30 different camera models and roughly 5 different formats....Yet that's what Vegas allowed and made possible during Nationals. On cheap-ass, store-bought, low-grade computers. Ozzy, I'd seriously consider what most folks are saying about NLE systems. Otherwise, PM me. I might know where you can pick up an old, dirty analog board.

PC only. Gotta have Bootcamp/Intel proc to run on a MacBookPro

*if?* You mean "when?" I predict we'll see absolutely nothing different for at least 6 months. Then he'll show early signs of graying hair. And there will be a great gnashing of teeth and wailing in the Red states for the next 3.5 years. The Sarah Palin will attempt to resurrect her dumbass carcass as a contender, for at least 3 weeks.

Deci, you're the one confused, I think... There are two software tools called "Edition." Premiere "Edition" Canopus Edius "Edition" And Pinnacle had one called "Liquid Edition" for years until Avid killed it. I thought you were referring to one of these tools, vs meaning "editing" software/tools.

I have found Strong trap door almost non existant. Therefore there is no trapdoor really.. Well...may be non-existent in your world, but I've got at least 400 jumps with Strong systems, and vid of the person mentioned above getting caught in the non-existent trapdoor, from a fair distance away. we're now all Vector, which is more pronounced, so I've changed the way I fly when I know we're near deployment. In any event, it's a place a camera flyer doesn't want to be during deployment. Back to point, a four way team doesn't have a trapdoor, regardless of what gear they're using. Tandems often do, and it's amplified (or not) depending on the gear used by the tandem instructor.

Agreed. I'm particularly cognizant of a trapdoor effect from a Strong system, having seen it, and having watched a friend undergo months of PT and recovery time. It kept him out of the air for the year. The hole was huge. My friend had over 10k skydives at the time, and still got caught. Just lucky no one was killed. Only his experience saved him from anything worse than what he got, and that was bad enough. Trapdoor or no, I've twice seen camera people fall into the burble and land on the TI as well. Never seen a camera or RW person entangle with the drogue, as Jarno posted up-thread.

Yes, it has a docking station. Yes, it has AV I/O which connects to a HypEye Yes, you have to reset auto focus every 12 hours (like any new camera on a 12 hour clock). Good? Great pictures, very reasonable price. Shoots SD or HD. Bad? Has potential for shake in some flying configurations. It costs money. You'll have to modify any camera box you buy for it. Fits the same as a CX7 box.

But not all tandem gear cause trapdoor either.. So you know for certain what tandem gear this DZ is using? I don't.

not to mention that a four-way team doesn't have a trapdoor that can kill one or all three...

Uhh...I'm probably as old, if not older than you. I too, remember the Carter years. And remember them somewhat differently. Odd that what you remember is different than what US history demonstrates, and what you remember is worse than what any major economic watchgroup remembers. Economic depression...I'd happily challenge you to ever point to a period in your life that remotely approaches the world I come from. You don't stand a prayer. We see it on the rez much earlier than you're gonna see it in Whitebread, Ohio. I'm one of those that benefit from "redistribution." And am grateful for programs set up by those damn liberals. Even though I was daft enough to be conservative in my younger years. More to the point...I'm not the one buying into interpretations of what someone says someone else thinks the speaker might have meant. Maybe. The majority of Americans know what's good for them, and in just over a week our country will have taken it's first step forward to better times. Start the bitching early, cuz the 'Pub's have lost this one. thank heaven. (or W...)

But, but, but,...with that setup, your photos are always upside DOWN!! Seriously, we've had a couple people complain that their photos were upside down (I used to mount my stills the same way)

Have you kicked your packer today?

Remove the social programs and government insurance from the discussion; When? The only reason it's not as bad as the depression of the 1930s is because we learned a thing or two. That aside, how much worse do you need it to become? The IMF states that there is a one-in-four chance that by the time this is over, the impact will be greater than the Great Depression, only this time it's a global impact rather than predominantly a local one. Finally...who's buying into the media portrayal? Dem's don't need to do this sort of hatchet job on McSame, because he's beyond attack. Why kick a loser when he's down?

If I understand you correctly, you'd support the extreme power given big business by a corrupt Congress, Senate, and their ass-licking lobbyists is just? And beneficial to the general welfare of the American public? that their abuse of laws and programs created for the general welfare of the American public have led us to the worst economic crisis in US history is good for our posterity? And that the actions and behaviors of corrupt politicians over the past couple decades have been in accordance with the intent of the Constitution of the USA?

You'll need to cut it off, but you can leave a small bit of 'tail.' A rigger should be able to re-stitch it on, should you need it.

In Utah and Nevada, they do for certain....dunno about anywhere else.