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Apparently their children do. cavete terrae.

The son of Anwar al-Awlaki. He was 16 years old, born in Denver or thereabouts. cavete terrae.

"Terrorist" is the new "Jew". Slap that label on, and kill 'em without remorse. Doesn't matter if they're citizens, or 16 years old, no point in bothering with courts or a justice system. I mean why bother if nobody's gonna call you out on it, right? Any chance they chose the wrong profession? ADAMSON: ...It's an American citizen that is being targeted without due process, without trial. And, he's underage. He's a minor. GIBBS: I would suggest that you should have a far more responsible father if they are truly concerned about the well being of their children. I don't think becoming an al Qaeda jihadist terrorist is the best way to go about doing your business. SEEMS REASONABLE. Let's definitely kill all people whose fathers were assholes. It's us. We're the terrorists. cavete terrae.

"Terrorist" is the new "Jew". Slap that label on, and kill 'em without remorse. Doesn't matter if they're citizens, or 16 years old, no point in bothering with courts or a justice system. I mean why bother if nobody's gonna call you out on it, right? cavete terrae.

Accomplishments need not be positive. He's definitely ordered the murder of more American citizens than any other president that I can name. cavete terrae.

I generally file that under risk aversion to the point of cowardice. cavete terrae.

The funny thing is that a lot of people look at England the same way. Other than the loving jumping over there part cavete terrae.

Incorrect. cavete terrae.

Yup, same boat here. 6'3", 19.5" MLW. Every borrowed rig I've ever put on has been exceptionally uncomfortable. My custom Infinity, however, rocks. cavete terrae.

Right off the top of my head (actually in my pocket right now) I have a beat up old Texas Instruments calculater that I use nearly every day. About 25 years old, works great. I've seen many 30 year old cars with original radios that work fine. All this is meaningless, as is your particular arguement. Not to mention your calculator and car radio didn't cost 1300 frickin' bucks. Then don't jump a fuckin Cypres- I wouldn't jump a Vigil if it were free. To each their own. What exactly is your point? Someone else brought up the maint and frustrating lifespan, I took the ball and ran with it. It's a legitimate complaint that plenty of people have. cavete terrae.

Right off the top of my head (actually in my pocket right now) I have a beat up old Texas Instruments calculater that I use nearly every day. About 25 years old, works great. I've seen many 30 year old cars with original radios that work fine. All this is meaningless, as is your particular arguement. Not to mention your calculator and car radio didn't cost 1300 frickin' bucks. cavete terrae.

I think Airtec makes too much money off of that system for them to give it up. They don't seem to care that they're losing customers to Vigils specifically because some of us don't want to deal with that crap. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and figure they've done the math to figure out that they make more money off of those services than they would off of selling units to the people who jump ship just to avoid them. Do you have any idea how much money Air Tec makes off their maintenance requirements or how many customers they are losing because of it? I doubt it. Name one electrical/digital device you have owned that lasted 20 years. Have you ever given any thought to the fact that Vigil states the life expectancy of their unit is 20 years but they only offer a 2 year warranty? Sparky You're asking the wrong guy :) I administer some electronics in our factory that are well over 20 years old. Oldest computer in active daily use is from '89, and that's in a dusty factory that ranges between 5°C and 50°C. In any case, I don't use an AAD by choice, I do it because it's required by almost every DZ in Australia. Because there's no service centre in Australia, we lose our AADs for over a month if we send them out for service, and the costs associated with all of the bullshit make it untenable for someone like me knowing full well there's a competing product that doesn't have the same shortcomings. I don't know the profit margins on the service, and I don't know if there are many people who refuse to buy a Cypres because of it. I do know, however, there are at least 4 of us within my circle of friends. As for life expectancy vs warranty, that's fine. If it died, I'm guessing fixing it would cost less than the two Airtec services and shipping, and I bet a local rigger can do the module replacement. The Cypres is a good product, but it's an exceptionally inconvenient one to own if you don't live in the US or Europe. cavete terrae.

I think Airtec makes too much money off of that system for them to give it up. They don't seem to care that they're losing customers to Vigils specifically because some of us don't want to deal with that crap. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and figure they've done the math to figure out that they make more money off of those services than they would off of selling units to the people who jump ship just to avoid them. cavete terrae.

Gotta see the girl before I pass judgment on the alleged action. cavete terrae.

Funny, you don't look grueish. cavete terrae.

Oh man I can't imagine the hell and horror of getting ratings converted to APF… *shudder* cavete terrae.

Awesome. cavete terrae.

You probably need to be looking at the French for the bulk of the proliferation issues wrt Israel. There certainly were US spies and the debated MUF incident in 1965, but that differs from government policy, and in any event the NPT came along well after in 1970. Fair cavete terrae.

This. Plus, let's face it, setting up a Jewish state in the middle of the Arab world is like me setting up White Man Paradise in the middle of Somalia. Sort of calling attention to yourself that you might not want, no? cavete terrae.

Looking over the IRM, it looks like I should be able to convert my Australian coach rating to USPA: …and after that, I'd be able to challenge for a static line rating even without having a foreign instructor rating? Am I interpreting this correctly? cavete terrae.

So what was the mistranslation around the Holocaust Denial Conference, or Ahmandinejad's frequent remarks on the subject? Gotta respect a convention that invites David Duke to come all the way over to Tehran! I'm not for a moment saying their government doesn't have some douchebaggery going, but the "wiped off the map" thing that gets bandied about is bullshit. cavete terrae.

On the other side of the coin, I'm an American who was raised Jewish that feels this whole situation could have been avoided if it wasn't decided that displacing one group of people to give a different group of people a place to stay based on some bullshit book was a reasonable idea. There were plenty of places to establish a "jewish state" (in itself a foolish idea), and they picked a stupid one that anyone with an ounce of grey matter would have known would cause a shitstorm. cavete terrae.

Israel has every right to be upset about this. For years, Iran has been talking about wiping Israel off the map. Would you be comfortable if a country that has repeatedly called for your destruction had the ability to carry it out? It's been REPEATEDLY shown that was a mistranslation. cavete terrae.

Not just diet, but behaviour. Here in Australia it's become a hellaciously risk-adverse culture, down to fining adults for not wearing helmets on bicycles. Without any evidence to support my opinion, I blame government health care. WHen the fuckers that make the laws are the fuckers that pay the bills, you can bet they'll do more of the former to try and do less of the latter. cavete terrae.

So here you (and Darius later) openly acknowledge that Iran is full of shit with this deal, that their intent remains to develop nuclear weapons. You're only defending that it is their right to do so. So what is clear is that we can't take anything that Iran says or promises to do at face value. Their history doesn't allow for faith or trust. I find it highly likely that they will go on to violate the second portion of the NPT - where they give nations like Syria, or nationless bodies like Hezbollah the same nuclear capabilities. Without adequate monitors, it may not be possible to tie nuclear ordinance back to the source of origin. As for powering their country - aren't they the 4th largest oil nation on the planet? Don't put words into my mouth. I never said that's their intent, because I'm not the sort of asshole who claims to know things that I'm not privy to. Is it possible? Sure, but it's hard to believe that we didn't give nukes to Israel, and I think that's just as dangerous. As for power vs oil… well, sure, they could be the same sort of fucking idiots who run our country and not plan for the future… cavete terrae.