jimstermer
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What's that stand for?
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I think you mean schweeeet! Gotta get that patented nerd lisp in there.
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The next level of nerdom you will want to avoid is the Dual operating system partition... Why am I a CS major...
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We actually did have some other sayings, those three are just what we've narrowed them down to. I'll throw up the rest incase someone else is looking for shirt sayings. If your parachute fails, remember that you have the REST OF YOUR LIFE to fix it… Will skydive for food (or beer if we want a college version) I don’t believe in gravity… I just think the world sucks I have a strong tendency to throw myself out of airplanes The sky is NOT my limit… It’s my PLAYGROUND The beer light is on! I’m a skydiver… What do you do? Gravity. It’s the law. There’s no such thing as a perfectly good plane. Stupidity kills. The more you arch the better it feels. Mile High Club – Want to join?
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I know there is a skydiving jokes thread going around but I'm looking for short catchy sayings (something that'll fit on the back of a shirt) that will get the attention of whuffos and get them interested enough to atleast ask about what it means. As of now I've got: When in doubt, whip it out! Skydiving: With us you'll be arching you back and screaming for joy all day Anyone can fall out of a plane; skydivers just do it right
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Going with email contacts seems like it would be easier since they would/could follow a more standardized format. I'm not sure about other universities but mine allows us, at any time and at no expense, to create email addresses for student groups. If you just had a contact list you wouldnt really need the groups website. As for the websites, the one currently being used by the club at my school is just on my personal account, we are in the process of getting it transfered over to a www.umich.edu/~skydive or something similar. So for other schools it shouldnt be too hard. Something that might make things easier is to just add on to the current dropzones. Most universitites seem to acknowledge a certain DZ as their home DZ. Would it be easier to allow a user to search for a college and have it return the home DZ and somewhere in the description have that noted?
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Somewhere on the website there should be a section outlining the skydiving clubs at different universities and their clubs. It'd be helpful to know if there's a local college in the area with a club since most people in college are going to be around the same skill level. There's a group of us currently out at the University of Michigan trying to get a group started up and get more people introduced to skydiving. (as of 12/24/06 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jimster/index.html) I've seen a site for Georgia Tech (http://www.gtskydive.com/index.php) and one for Maryland (but i cant seem to find that link)
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Right now the rigs I'm looking at are: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=38229&d=1 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=39146&d=1 http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/classifieds/detail_page.cgi?ID=39457&d=1 any comments or suggestions?
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I'm relatively new to skydiving and am looking to get my first rig. I don't know much about used gear since up till now I've rented my own gear. How old should a good rig be or what would be the oldest i should be willing to get? Under how many jumps should a good beginner rig have? There are a couple rigs that I'm currently looking at. They have Hornet canopies. I personally have never flown a Hornet and was wondering what people thought of them.
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I enrolled in their Solo Transition Program. I'd recommend it to anyone looking to get into skydiving. The instructors make sure you what is expected and how things should work while still keeping it fun for you. I didn’t always get the same instructor over the span of the course but each was just as fun and knowledgeable to learn from. They don’t just teach you about the actual jump but they’ll go into the other equipment used on a jump and will give advice if you want it. The instructors don’t just forget you after you’re done. I made a jump with one or two after my license was done and even just sat down and talked to a couple when the last load for the day was done.