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The Gypsy Kings have a sweet cover of Hotel California.... http://youtube.com/watch?v=rgU8xe8hl80 "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

http://www.cypres.cc/Sites/englisch/Frameset_engl_MY_CYPRES.htm $120 seems like a reasonable cost for this service. YMMV.

ah... fuhget about it. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

I think this is one of the "your mileage may vary" issues. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Hoop earrings and blue eyeliner/ eye shadow. It's a linear scale... if it's discreet I'm ok. But that Mimi character from the Drew Carey show... Gahhhhhh! "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Judicial "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Yes. The information is available on the Airtec website. Click the services button and scroll down to "Model change 1-pin 2-pin" http://www.cypres.cc/Sites/englisch/Frameset_engl_products.htm "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Talk to your rigger. You will need to buy a new 1 pin cutter to replace the 2-pin cutter for the cypres2. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Go tandem. seriously.

That's what I do too. I believe the EULA for Adobe Acrobat allows installation on two machines. If you have a friend... (hint hint) "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Voice Over has too much reverb... and crackling tenor... did you record it in the bathroom? James Earl Jones would have been a better choice... but you only had a day... "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

What is this 'originality' you speak of? why not make a skydive? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

You made the right decision.

http://www.aviation-history.com/theory/lift.htm The article covers the basic physics that apply: "To begin to understand lift we must return to high school physics and review Newton’s first and third laws. (We will introduce Newton’s second law a little later.) Newton’s first law states a body at rest will remain at rest, and a body in motion will continue in straight-line motion unless subjected to an external applied force. That means, if one sees a bend in the flow of air, or if air originally at rest is accelerated into motion, there is a force acting on it. Newton’s third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. As an example, an object sitting on a table exerts a force on the table (its weight) and the table puts an equal and opposite force on the object to hold it up. In order to generate lift a wing must do something to the air. What the wing does to the air is the action while lift is the reaction." And it explains the boundary layer and laminar flow of air around the wing: "The natural question is "how does the wing divert the air down?" When a moving fluid, such as air or water, comes into contact with a curved surface it will try to follow that surface. To demonstrate this effect, hold a water glass horizontally under a faucet such that a small stream of water just touches the side of the glass. Instead of flowing straight down, the presence of the glass causes the water to wrap around the glass as is shown in figure 8. This tendency of fluids to follow a curved surface is known as the Coanda effect. From Newton’s first law we know that for the fluid to bend there must be a force acting on it. From Newton’s third law we know that the fluid must put an equal and opposite force on the object that caused the fluid to bend. Why should a fluid follow a curved surface? The answer is viscosity: the resistance to flow which also gives the air a kind of "stickiness." Viscosity in air is very small but it is enough for the air molecules to want to stick to the surface. The relative velocity between the surface and the nearest air molecules is exactly zero. (That is why one cannot hose the dust off of a car and why there is dust on the backside of the fans in a wind tunnel.) Just above the surface the fluid has some small velocity. The farther one goes from the surface the faster the fluid is moving until the external velocity is reached (note that this occurs in less than an inch). Because the fluid near the surface has a change in velocity, the fluid flow is bent towards the surface. Unless the bend is too tight, the fluid will follow the surface. This volume of air around the wing that appears to be partially stuck to the wing is called the "boundary layer"." "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

It was more along the lines of "why don't the majority of tandem jumps stand up"? I'm really new to the sport, is it because of the equipment? I see most AFF jumpers stand up on their big student canopies, why aren't tandems masters standing up with their massive tandem canopies? These are legit questions, I have no idea... I would have assumed two people, twice the weight, twice the size of the canopy and all was fine and dandy to flare in perfectly to stand up everytime? Don't take any offence to this anyone, I only learn by asking questions. Read some threads in the instructors forum. Part has to do with training... the risk of 'trying' to stand it up is the consequence of not 'standing' it up. Anything could happen... and if the student mis-times it (sets their feet down first) ? think of it like a pilot... if the 'nose gear' touches down first there is a greater risk of the 'plane' doing an endo.... hence a face plant for the 'nose gear' on a tandem. my training (by the mfg) included not attempting to stand up landings... (it's largely skill and timing) grass on the DZ jump suit is no big deal compared to an injury to you or the student. YMMV "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Soon he'll have a gold medal and be working for PD... "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Fucking sweet tits! *frenchy knows what I mean* Holy Bu-jesus! (saved to disk) "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Microsoft office picture manager? I think there are some free sites on the web, too. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Hey Ken, I don't know who it was but I'm betting that they aren't getting an invite to the next bigway invitational. or 4-way for that matter.... "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

For some reason I thought of this segment from jackass. http://youtube.com/watch?v=l4iKGkRQ75g Warning NSFW maybe? Firehose rodeo was good too. http://youtube.com/watch?v=nexIEk8eCKU "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Don't forget your letter of recommendation. "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Who was the clown in this one? http://youtube.com/watch?v=OHt8CUhbJPk&feature=related Guy using FF techniques to get down to an RW formation... OW! "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

http://www.thinkgeek.com/ The Super Pii Pii brothers is a pretty neat game for the Wii. USB pregnancy test. Betamax to HD-DVD converter Youtube Taser-DVD Camera Wii Sports conversion to iPhone. I didn't figure it out until I went to purchase the HD-DVD player for a friend... "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Kind of like this Kiwi who called the police and claimed he was being assaulted by a wombat. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5haQ6m9WGjn1n6rlkukC8srxeTmvA Is this really someone you'd want doing community service work? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken

Have you seen Death Proof or Ronin? "Buttons aren't toys." - Trillian Ken