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"You can't say this here" Aye, but there are ways you can point people in the right direction without being officious. Words along the lines of "You might get a better answer in XYZ forum" can help things along. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Always got room for a fellow Texan Slappie. Even an impish rapscallion like yourself.

Aye, I know, its good to sidetrack now and then. Its not just the US in Iraq that concerns me, its the foreign policy in general (see my comments on Uzbekistan a few posts up for example). If you think I have no busness questioning the foreign policies of a country I no longer live in, think again. What the US does has profound effects on the rest of the world, eg if you guys can't sort out your budget deficits, a financial crash may ensue, which has wide reaching consequences. That will influence my life. Your patriot act will make it more difficult for me to visit your country, people now require a visa which is a PITA to obtain, that effects me. Unrest in the middle east will drive up oil prices, that effects me. And at the end of the day, I work for an American company. I'm not Anti American, I have many friends there, I am against certain aspects of your foreign policies, and feel I do have the right to question them, because they have an influence on my life. There are uglier troubles going on right now in the world, check out Sudan, Chechnya, and a really nasty situation in Uganda involving 'armies' largely comprised of kids, to mention a few. None of them actually have the huge influence on my life in the same way as those involving the US. And there aren't many people from those other regions I can have a reasonable discussion with. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Plus, the English army aren't in Northern Ireland. Apart from that, the Kiltboy got it mostly right.

"most of the college degreed engineers I meet on the powerhouse jobs are dumb as a ROCK. I have to do THEIR jobs as well as my own." So, who is the dumb one? But I know how you feel.

"I jump with four." No space for any more? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Never heard of one till you mentioned it. Where will it be? I like jumping different planes. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"I'd love to see someone drop-kick his f*cking head!!! " That works for me. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

You can practise by first learning how to herd cats. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Tsk tsk Slappie has been masquerading as a skydiver....what is the world coming to? I'll still speak to you Slappie, and I'll even treat you with the same respect I have always had for you, so watch out! -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"your can store the video with out compression on tape." Yep Speedster, this is the important bit, it means you can pull stuff from the archive and use it in end of years/best of type videos, without any quality loss. For what its worth, and to the geeks amongst us, there is compression involved, but it happens in the camera. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Thats all....the end....." Say its not so, I want more, nice work John. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Switzerland. Cool knives, nice clocks, great chocolate.

Favourite beer. (options to include Shiner,Shiner or Shiner) Favourite music. Favourite book. Favourite film. Sexual preference. RSL fitted? AAD type if any. Wing loading. Preferred colour of pull up. Preferred colour of canopy. Preferred colour scheme for jump suit. Preferred colour scheme for container. Best container for freefly/RW/shooting the shit. Favourite jumpship. Places jumped. Countries visited. Political persuasion. Iraqi war good/bad. Type of vehicle owned. Profession/job/educational status. Mac or PC? Badger number. PCS number. SCR number. Any other silly number that doesn't really mean anything. Post whore ranking. Number of tattoos/piercings. Whether or not the current thread is a repost. Come on Sangiro, quit slacking, this is important......

First you have to work out why you want to put it onto a shiney discie thingie? Archiving/storage of a final project? Send it back to your camera, tape is cheap, quick, and reliable. Distribution? Find out if your intended audience would rather have a VHS tape or a disc. If you must put video on a CDrom and the video is longer than about 2 minutes, I'd recommend you use Tsunami, its free and you can find out about it here.... http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html VCD and SVCD discs should play on most DVD players, SVCD is reported as being better quality than VHS, and you'll get about 20 minutes on a 650 disc. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

Its not that dramatic, in fact its very easy, but it is interesting to see different cultures/architecture etc. And you get to try lots of different beers.

"Who the hell is Gandalf anyway?" He's Harry Potter's grandfather. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"Scotty Carbone (over 130 raft jumps, lots of success). PM him for tips." "Carbonezone" is Scotty and Tammy's username.

"he goes on strike until a new contract is agreed upon" Over here, I guess it would depend on the nature of the 'disagreement', eg if it was over a major change in conditions, health and safety issues, radically changing work patterns etc then sacking the guy could be a little unfair, leading to a tribunal. But generally, if its just an admin delay, then yes he should be bagged for taking unauthorised holidays. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

I was thinking more of Leon, Besson's first US film, I had completely forgotten about the Fifth Elephant (can you blame me?). But point taken, exception that proves the rule? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

"how easy is it to setup?" Very easy. "is there much scope for this type of venture?" It depends on the scale of the S/L operation. I've seen stills and video set up on the strut, quite often operated by the pilot. I used to stick my head out and film s/l students on our islander, and maybe fire off a few stills for their exits, FOC, but that was just me giving some back.

"movies by Besson always have incredible action..." And some great and imaginative camera direction too.

"Gandalf actually says "run, you fools" if I'm not mistaken." He says "Fly".

"I have sympathy for everyone involved in this conflict. It's a fuck-up." Yep. "14 months ago, when I was saying "No" to a non UN backed invasion, you, Rhino etc were saying "Yes." " Yep. And the moral argument that Saddam was a really bad guy so we had to oust him, doesn't cut it with me either. Case in point, the US continue to support Islam Karimov in Uzbekistan, despite his record on human rights. As long as the US administration openly supports people like this, they will engender hatred from oppressed people. "Political opposition is not tolerated in Uzbekistan. The media is not free. The UN says torture is "systematic". Nevertheless, after the attacks of 11 September 2001, Uzbekistan was placed firmly on the map as a US ally. The Uzbek government made its airspace and military facilities available to US forces, facilitating the operation to remove the Taleban in neighbouring Afghanistan. Uzbekistan has since become an important strategic outpost for the United States." Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3582773.stm "In April 1999, for example, President Karimov, portrayed as the guarantor of democracy and human rights, stated publicly that he was prepared to tear off the heads of two hundred people in order to protect Uzbekistan's freedom and stability. Amnesty International is concerned that such statements, together with the authorities' persistent failure to initiate impartial and thorough investigations into allegations of torture and ill-treatment, may create an impression that arbitrary arrest, torture and ill-treatment in general, and in particular of alleged supporters of banned secular political and Islamic opposition parties by law enforcement officials is acceptable and even necessary conduct, and that they can engage in such conduct with impunity." source http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/engEUR620062001!Open I think the solution may be to treat the cause and not the symptom. If you can work out why someone would want to attack you, you may come closer to a solution. Supporting evil people like Karimov may not be the only cause. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

from the article.. "The idea is that the filter will protect your investment from the riggers of freefall" Those nasty riggers. Looks like a nice lens for inside work though.