Zenister

Yeah, kind of like the Nasdaq predicted the flourishing IT climate that exists today. nice generalization. now go do some real research and tell me how often the futures market has made correct forecasts. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

the administration does not directly supervise DARPA they just approve funding. Projects are started and stopped all the time without top level approval.. micro management is a terrible thing. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

We also got to watch Keri qualify for 'Pro' swooper on sunday afternoon... 5 nice carving swoops.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

go do some research into futures markets and their accuracy at predicting trends vs other means. Its a method of collecting information that is not available otherwise, as there is no incentive to provide it. your not looking at it from a wholistic perspective. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

actually youve got it a bit backwards. you dont investigate the people 'betting' (and its not betting in the traditional sense) because they do so 'anonymously, but you would get a early warning because those 'investors' could possiblyhave insider information that they would never share otherwise... it was an idea with alot of potential unfortunately its highly distasteful and the shortsighted politicians used it as a publicity lever without any real understanding of the concept. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

it has nothing to do with the administration. its a DARPA project, and dispite the distasteful nature, it could have been a great analytical tool. you'll never do anything great if you dont think outside the lines.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

actually i dont think i could be a hooker (professionally), since you then have no say over who/when you have sex because you have bills to pay... i'm having the same sort of ambivalence about becoming a skydiving professional, i would hate to see something i love doing become 'just a job'. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

Career? what Career? i do what ever i enjoy that pays the bills, when i stop enjoying it (or it stops paying the bills) i do something else... you are what you do with your attention & your time, not what you job title says you are... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

oh i'll be laughing right with you at the performance idiots (i honestly think this was a rather lame attempt) but this is an illustration of a techologically induced cultural change as significant as cell phones or internet access. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

it may seem 'stupid & retarded' now, but what you might be missing is the performance artists are illustrating the next revolution in cultural media use, long before it becomes mainstream... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

of course the problem with the per capita method is a fairly significant portion of the US population doesnt pay any taxes.. i'm quite sure the amount that comes out of my paycheck is more than 40$ per year ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

yea. i should also mention that it only takes 3 (4 prefered)to sent the cessna up for H&Ps, so you can do lots of those on the slow afternoons.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

usually its the otter, it only takes one tandem (or AFF) to send the otteror one $180 jump ticket. i actually did my first full altitude (10.5) cessna jump at Kapow last week.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

"mind you moose bites can be pretty nasty" ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

heya if your going to be at Kapow this afternoon I'll head out that way afterwork..thanks for the heads up on the tandems its sometimes hit or miss with full altitude rides during the week.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

OH YEAH, I forgot how hard you have it with internet access and phone calls. BTW is the ice cream hard enough for you or do they need better refrigeration? So who you gonna drunk call first from the 'stan? damn and yous guys joke on MI... see the soldiers of MI airconditioned or we'll cry -from the ballad of the blue beret... heya Kris just sent you a PM...my new phone doesnt ring quite enough since all the ex's dont have the new number ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

Ok So you have to use your imagination a bit. Oh well. And therein lies the problem its not imagination you need, its the ability to turn off any shred of logical thought ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

ok so now we need to do a HD dive where we all sideslip the whole time.. what should we call it?? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

damn, that at least would be the easiest to get back.. when i landed off yesterday i passed 4 guys with 4 wheelers that were out picking berries, I didnt see a canopy with them though, and they 'seemed' pretty cool gave me directions on the easiest way to get back on the DZ.. i hope someone just picked it up and hasnt returned it to the DZ yet.. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

go ask a lawyer what who liable the JM/ST&A who let them skip would be if they went in? recommendations are just that, and do not bind anyone to any particular progression, they are simply 'best practices' that be used or ignored at the individuals decision. there is a key word there individual no one is making safety decisions for anyone else, so there is no transferred liability. actually we can continue to do nothing. So long as the individual is responsible for themselves they are the only one who can be sued for the canopy choices they make when they fuck it. It wont be pleasant, and it wont help anyone who wants to learn, but they arent the real problem anyway. Increasing canopy knowledge is great, developing and distributing classes, courses and materials for everyone to use is wonderful. Encouraging everyone to seek that knowledge should be everyones goal when they see someone 'at risk', but creating mandatory regulations that makes the ST&A potentially liable for any accident you have because "he said you'd be safe" at that wingloading is not. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

there is no part of AFF that lets anyone else decide that you can 'skip a step' because you've demonstrated the skills already. Imagine the situation if a ST&A (and the JMs who were teaching him) let an AFF student skipped from level 1 to level 4 and he went in?? if we step up rules that say "not this until this, unless this person say ok" and something happens afterwards its very easy to point the finger at the person who said it was ok for you to 'break the rules' it doesnt matter that you've proven you can handle it. If you are beyond the 'normal written guidelines' and you screw up (or have flukey winds etc..) the person who signed you off to 'exceed the wing loading guidlines' could be held responsible. Arguments from this forum could easily be used to back it "you less likely to be injured or killed under a lighter wing loading" setting mandatory limits and creating a 'sign off/ test out system' will shift the burden of responsibility from the person jumping to the person who signed them off. thats were the liability issue is, and why mandatory wing loading restrictions are a bad idea. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

Computers and machines can never do anything they have not been programmed to do. This does not leave out the possibility of some nutcase programming a machine to kill people and try to take over the world. not true we are getting closer and closer to writing programs that can write their own code to deal with situations not covered otherwise.. thats what AI is all about..if at some point any machine becomes 'aware' there is really no telling how it might react. a good story to read would be Harlan Ellison's "I have no mouth but i must scream" ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

WTF??? i'd almost guarantee farmer bastard has it.. although i did see a number of guys on 4 wheeler out picking berries when i landed off late sunday... dude that so blows.... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

Hmmm I don't know. Were all the t-1000's in the shop that day? Would the movie be any fun if it was one shot per brainstem? Because then the movie would be over? yeah we cant expect them to just write the plot so it doenst have such gaping holes can you?? that might take effort and consume some of the effects budget to hire competent writers ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

and here i thought you cared about the future of our sport there is far more to it than that.. it doenst matter if the lawyer thinks "we dont care", we dont have to care. We have to provide the materials & opportunity to advance your skills beyond the basics, and encourage everyone to use them. The system we have now makes ONE PERSON responsible for their actions (as it always should be, the ST&A isnt going to pull for you) and that person has signed a waiver that has already stood up in court multiple times. but your never going to prevent more fatalities. the fact is the more people who jump the more fatalities we have and no system will ever prevent that. What we need to do is create a system that gives the jumpers the tools to help themselves. Mandating it is where we will get in trouble because YOU are no longer responsible for your safety and skills someone else is and that someone else is open to liability if you fail. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.