indyz

And for those interested in the complete predictions of Ian Pearson (the Orgasmatron wacko), you can find it right here (PDF file). I just took another look, and humans will be assimilated into the Net by 2075. Convenient, thats right around when I expect my physical body to give out. Unfortunately, the smart machines (which will be self-aware and superior to humans in 13 years) will have wiped most of us out by 2030. Whew. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

falshirmspringen, eh? Ich haette nicht gewusst wie man sagt "skydiving" auf deutsch. God my German sucks. Shoulda pay more attention in class. "Ein Bier bitte. Einmal Bier bitte." That's all I need. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

The thing that puts me off about Olympic hockey is that you are basically just watching the NHL divided up by nationality, at least among the good teams. Team USA is 100% NHL and the only non-NHL players on the Russian team were 2 backup goalies. Team Canada and Sweden are both made up almost entirely of NHL players. Then again, Belarus only had 1 NHL player, and look what happened there. And USA is gonna win anyway. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

That same article also predicts that computers will become sentient in the next 50 years and try to eliminate the human race. It also says that methods for time travel and faster than light travel will be invented by 2050. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

Hey allen, Just a little bit of forum advice: Typing in all caps is the same thing as yelling. I can count on one hand the number of questions that I have seen go unanswered in the "serious" forums (everything other than Talkback), and most of them have been in all caps. A lot of people, myself included, usually won't even bother reading it. Just my two cents. Oh, and a smiley never hurts either. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

Best SNL sketches in the last 5 years. You can find videos of all of them on the web if you look hard enough. While you're at it, get the one with Garth Brooks as Babette in "Old French Whore." Anyway, here are two of my favorites: Connery: "I pose a conundrum to you; a riddle if you will." Trebek: "I don't want to hear it." Connery: "What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? One's a sick duck; I forget how it ends, but your mother's a whore." Trebek: This is the sound a doggy makes. Connery: Moo. Trebek: No. Connery: Well thats the sound your mother made last night Trebek: OK, that's not necessary. Burt Reynolds: Who is, uh, Scooby-Doo. Trebek: No. Burt Reynolds: That was a funny dog Scooby-Doo, he drove around in a van and solved mysteries. Trebek: That is incorrect. Burt Reynolds: No thats correct. I remember, he had a pal Scrappy Doo. Trebek: No. French Stewart: Who is John Caffey and the Beaver Brown Band thank you very much I'll take animal sounds for 800. Trebek: No! Good Lord! We would have accepted bow-wow, or Ruff. Connery: Oh, rough, just how your mother likes it eh Trebek? Trebek: C'mon that is way out of line... -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

They aren't saying that the alti is "correct," only that there are no parallax errors. A parallax error is caused by the angle that the user looks at the altimeter, not by any mechanical flaw. Staring at my Altimaster III from about a foot away, with the face of the dial perpendicular to my vision, it is centered on 500 feet. By turning it in my hand, I can get an apparent reading of anywhere between 200 and 800 feet. I'll admit, these are extreme, but if I read my altimeter tilted slightly down at pull time and slighty up after I'm under canopy, a 200 foot difference is easily possble. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

Hehe. "If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy!" -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

"I have a feeling we'll be seeing Sherry Bobbins again some day." *THUMP-WHOOOSH* -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

Uh... Mmm? Hmm. So, uh, yeah. Anyway, I'll be over there if anybody needs me. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

Lightenings can't be taken terminal, correct? -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

I think somebody in the G&R forum said that Tri's were originally CReW canopies. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

The Straight Dope. Look in the archives. It's a newspaper column, so I don't know if using it would be kosher. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

Tiny little picture there Joe. I was glad to see those BC rigs that Archway had go out the door. The new Wings are soooooooo much better. Cypres, two handle cutaway, square reserve. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

The Skydiver's Handbook by Dan Pointer and Mike Turoff has diagrams and descriptions of the manuevers you are interested in, except for backtracking. It also covers equipment, spotting, canopy flight, and other topics. It's a good read with tons of useful information. Whoa, that sounded like an ad or something. Anyway, it's a good book and comes recommended by more than a few people on these boards. Check it out. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

Yep, it's getting worse. They are worried that the body count might run into the thousands. See this Guardian article for more info. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

Ouch, the landing on that base jump is nasty. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

0:2:0. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

I dunno, he got away with putting the bodies in the yard for years. As of yesterday they were up to 97 bodies and those are just the ones that were out in the open or stacked in sheds. They still have to excavate the property and they expect to find even more. Ewww. -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

The incinerator was out of commission and I'm guessing that a bonfire behind the crematory every night would be kind of suspicious. MSNBC's story -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

The Spark rocks. Make sure to read the other articles while you are there, like the Stiny Feet Diaries, and How to Lose a Fight so the Other Guy Goes to Jail . -- Brian Homepage AIM: suprmath

Awesome!

That would be the jot (archaic) or tittle. -- Brian Homepage

On the subject of Britney Spears: Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics -- Brian Homepage

They cut the scene where she dances around in her underwear, so I won't even go see it once it's at the $1.50 theater. -- Brian Homepage