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In the cited example the crime decreased over the entire city. Sure you could say they moved to Baltimore but if the scene is not ripe for criminal activity then it won't flourish. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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IS THERE AN "ALL-AROUND" SKYDIVING COMPETITION?
DJL replied to GLIDEANGLE's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
You say this because you're a wuss. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher -
IS THERE AN "ALL-AROUND" SKYDIVING COMPETITION?
DJL replied to GLIDEANGLE's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
That would be fun but it would be difficult to go from freefall to CRW and then try to swoop the CRW canopies. A better sequence would be. 1. CRW - four-way rotations - make 4 points. 2. All four cut away 3. RW - make 8 points 4. Deploy high performance canopy packed into reserve container. 5. SWOOP! Unfortunately skydivers are a bunch of lame pussies. They'd never be down for something this fun. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher -
I've only been there one and had a great time even though we weren't there for overnight festivities. We were there training for our 8-way CRW team and even though we were busy and mostly hanging to ourselves most of the people made an effort to introduce themselves. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Amen. But at least DC tried. I'm still surprised at how easy it is to buy something that has a primary purpose of killing people. If that's the case in TX then the country should follow "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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That's still a little short-sighted to say that we can't get rid of crime without getting rid of guns; a bit of a cop-out in itself. I'm sure you have examples of where it has worked and where it has not worked. What ELSE worked? Any device can be misused and guns are just an easy way of doing it. So easy that it's difficult to control it. But of course we can't just say that since we can't stop it we shouldn't try. See my wiki link in the post above. I think it's funny that within the article the major points are that gentrification and revitalization worked to get rid of crime and lower the murder rate and that nobody can conclusively say that gun control did anything. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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The murder rate in DC has actually halved since the crack wars peaked in the late 80's. However, what DID lower the crime in DC was the effort that the city put into revitalizing neighborhoods. I used to go to little clubs in the area next to Chinatown and it was ramshakle and crime ridden. In came the city and brought the MCI (Verizon) Center and boom, bye bye crime. The same thing is going on in Southeast in places where no white man dared to go. My girlfriend lives in Columbia Heights which used to be a nasty nasty place. It now has mostly young professionals. So what's the lesson? Improve the community and the crime will go away. Easy for a city with money on hand and a will to make the change but a ban definitely wasn't what changed the city. Crime in Washington DC "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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{raises hand} Of a sort ... when I was 16, my aunt gave me subscriptions to Elle, Seventeen, and some other 'fashion' magazine because I wasn't 'girly' enough in her opinion. (At the time, my reading interest was more Sky & Telescope, Discover, and Backpacker.) It was also the same year I got this present from my dad. VR/Marg So what self help book did you get her the next year? "Easing the Pain" by Dr. Jack Kevorkian? "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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You seem to forget that the average redneck is pretty lazy. He'll just go cut down his neighbors bush and stick it in the living room. I think this thing ws pretty inventive. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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You may want to see if your identity has been jacked. The way they do this is that next they have someone call and say they're your bank and are working on nailing these guys but could we get a little information... "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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I'm not sure you understand what's going on here. You do realize that these guys are scam arists, right? They're not creditors. I have to wonder why they keep hitting you up; you say over a period of months? Have you ever given them credit card or personal information? Maybe let something slip because you were trying to validate your identity or financial status? Scammers drink until the well is dry and there is a reason that they think they can get one over on you. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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I'm looking forward to Jeep's diesel engine (by VW) getting approved for the US. I don't like most diesels that are currently available. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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I cycle 100 miles/per week. Now show me how to carry home 4 bags of groceries from the supermarket on foot or on my bike. BAM!!! "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Plug-ins are being developed (in some countries) as cars or bikes but what you suggest is sort of counter to the concept of saving energy. For those short trips…walk, run, bike. When did life get so busy and arduous that we need AC and a radio just to go a few blocks? One way that a hybrid engine maximizes energy usage is by minimizing weight. The batteries that will make that trip to the corner store so cheap lose their value when you have to haul them all over tar-nation. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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So ya'll are being serious about having a car modified to run on vegetable oil??? Never heard of it.... http://www.greasecar.com/ "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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There was less crime back then? You're kidding right? Or are you one of those people who I just shouldn't argue with. Literal translations of 12th and 16th century BC text written in what is now practically a lost language have never gotten us anywhere. Read up. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Ditto. The cost of fuel will need to be at about $3.75/gal for you to break even depending on how much you drive (I drive alot). The mod to veg oil is about $1.5k in materials and you can have a shop install it. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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As an avid beer buyer I've found that the mini-kegs cost more per volume than cans and you also can't get all of it out. The best bang for buck is with full sized kegs. Move out and draw fire...come back when you have a keg castle. 1 keg = 168 beers = 7 cases 1 keg (shit beer) = $65 (??) 7 cases = $84 (??) "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Measuring brainactivity on skydivers
DJL replied to lilchief's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
I wouldn't say "whether or not" but how. Every time I pitch I cringe a little and thinkg "Ok, what's it gonna be." "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher -
That's a great design but you should remove "freefly" from it. The design stands alone. The comparison is a surfer shirt that says "Surf's Up!" when the surf design is great all by itself. Edit: Also, see if you can find a different T to put it on, something with more of an athletic fit. Also, I think it's a little low on the shirt. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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Do you believe there are triangles whose angles add up to 270 degrees?
DJL replied to kallend's topic in Speakers Corner
Using how many dimensions? OOOOHHHHH GOTCHA!!! "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher -
"Doppler Shift" is the result of relative motion between two objects?
DJL replied to quade's topic in Speakers Corner
I answered no because I was thinking about the fact that the medium could also change - but I'll have to take it back. I'm sure we can assume that as the objects move and emit sound or light or whatever frequency that allows us to know they exist, that the (singular or plural) media stays the same. Ha, yup. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher -
ACLU doesn't have any data for executions that were erroneous. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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As in the Gunpowder Plot Guy? Yeah, not really contemporary. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher
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I'm aware of this and have read Sister Prejean's books. Doesn't help, but thanks. "I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher