devildog

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  1. devildog

    FFC

    So, been wanting to fly a wingsuit since jump 1, and now that I've *finally* hit 200, I'll be doing my FFC tomorrow. Any last minute advice I should heed/know while I painfully watch the clock slowly tick? :) You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  2. waiting for you :) You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  3. you mean the edited version was covered. Yeah, we knew that already. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  4. "...with special training." encase you missed that part. Every one of those is arguable. And just what sort of classroom / ground school do you think will actually teach those skills / be a substitute for actual experience? You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  5. You guys make it sound like his GoPro is a nuclear bomb that is going to explode in the air... All the incidents I've read about small format camera could have been avoided by just not being retarded. If there was an actual training program then there would be less. I still don't understand the 200 recommendation...I think it should be B-license with special training. The reason these incidents happen is because most of these people simply don't know. How about we let them know instead of just waiting for something to happen and then bashing the hell out of each other? So you're saying at 50 jumps a jumper is knows EPs inside and out? Has landing accuracy that's consistent and comparable to someone with 200+ jumps? Has enough experience to be calm when the shit hits the fan and now he has to worry about a camera on his head as well? Has enough self control not to stay in free fall for that one last shot? etc. etc. And that's just going by your recommendation. This guy apparently is shooting with an A in his 30s. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  6. That's what sensory overload is. You're brain is being bombarded by all your senses in a way its never had before, and it's can't keep up. Time dilation works both ways. For some, the free fall seems over too quick, others, time stretches out. My first jump, when I went to do my first COA I thought I had lost a lot of altitude when I went to check. I was surprised to find we were well above 12k because it felt like I had been falling forever. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  7. Posts like this remind me of Kang vs Kudos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk12ALX9fz8 You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  8. Always good, but I could see some people saying, "I'm gonna be here..." and wanting to know who to look for as well, even if they haven't met them. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  9. Oh I know. I'm not saying there aren't problems accepting credit cards. But Paypal has long been practicing a policy where they will literally freeze your account for zero reason (no one even has to complain / contest a charge), and if you're the unlucky guy/gal/business hit with it, you'll be spending months getting it back. Like I said, there have been a few class actions suits (I was part of one of the first) that sued and won. Anywho, I didn't mean to throw this off on a tangent, just thought the link might be helpful to some. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  10. There have been a few class actions suits against PP (which PP lost) for just this reason. If you want help / general info on the matter, go here: http://www.paypalsucks.com/ You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  11. I would like to see a quote of him making this "promise". http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/promise/521/cut-cost-typical-familys-health-insurance-premium-/ Took 5 secs (if that) on Google. Funny thing is, the speech got removed from BO's website... gee, wonder why? You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  12. I havent even ordered one yet... dare I hope it arrives in a few weeks? You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  13. Yeah I had someone friend me on FB, and for the longest time, I couldn't place her name until I finally did and became "the one that got away." You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  14. I'll have to claim ignorance then on the Harris poll. But anywho, to my original point, when Darwin first came out, most of the religious didn't care. The Church of England put out the statement in favor of the theory, claiming to the effect that Darwin made a grand discovery on how God shaped the Universe, and many at the time didn't like the idea of miracles being needed to form life (because God should be able to create a Universe that didn't need intervention). History really doesn't see a mass objection (pun not intended) to evolution until the early 1900s when portions of Christianity felt threatened by it and started to push back. Personally, I think it's silly (to put religion at odds with GTE "just because"). Christianity does not rise or fall based on whether or not one's genes are capable of changing over time. But some apparently feel otherwise. I can't really think of any religion, large or small, that really goes to pieces over GTE either. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  15. Maybe I should say militant about only evolution. As a side note, BAs are a pretty small slice of the pie. Anywho, most of those polls phrase the question that they are talking about abiogenesis, and not evolution. Usually something, "Do you think evolution best describes the origin of life?" (which of course, GTE has nothing to do with it). You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  16. Meanwhile in the real world, Christianity is to science, what cancer is to toddlers. Even if it doesn't snuff them out completely it's extremely bad for their development. That's why (for example) the most vocal opponents of evolution are Christians. That analogy makes zero sense. Nice try though. Never mind that large portions of the bedrock of science was laid down by Christians (among other faiths). But hey, you don't have to believe me. Go look up Darwin. Go look up who criticized him. And then look up their background and beliefs. It's a pretty rudimentary research if you really want to know. Course, that would risk blowing the bubble of revisionism you and others have created. So I won't hold my breath. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  17. And meanwhile, in the real world... In the real world, atheists continue to bury their heads. Sorry to burst your secular-scientists-are-gods bubble. Only the hardened fundies have a problem with evolution, which, was not the case for Darwin's contemporaries. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  18. Europe would have been in trouble, but there was no way Japan, Germany and Italy would have ever succeeded in a US invasion. They simply didn't have the logistics for such a campaign. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  19. No, just the "newest troll" award. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  20. http://www.mediaite.com/online/george-zimmermans-defense-will-pursue-traditional-self-defense-strategy/ http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/zimmerman-lawyer-wont-pursue-stand-your-ground 4-5 days later he says he wont (just goggled it). So, not sure which it is at this point. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  21. Funny thing is tho, when Darwin came out with it, most of the Christian scientists saw it as how God works in the Universe. It was the atheists / agnostics that slammed Darwin time and again because it bucked the status quo. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  22. I thought I saw something about the defense not pursuing SYG? You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  23. Not sure the points on the scorecard, but here's one for you, definitely not a 2/3 majority vote :) http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/09/05/jerusalem_and_god_get_booed_at_dem_convention-comments.html You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  24. devildog

    MSNBC

    par for the course You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.
  25. What part is beyond spin? You can look up the numbers of who supported what bill / act / law throughout history pretty easily. You stop breathing for a few minutes and everyone jumps to conclusions.