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  1. Now, now, let's not be so parochial. Assholes are found at every drop zone all over the planet and eventually every planet with a jumpable atmosphere. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  2. Oh god no. Valentina was picked to be the first woman in space because she was a skydiver[/I]. Not kidding. You can look it up. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  3. And what happens to the person, who through no fault of his own, becomes sick or injured? Waste of resources? Toss them out the airlock? quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  4. If enough people don't like the work assignments, their oxygen supply will get cut off anyway. This isn't something that's going to work with the wrong people. Fine for Generation 0. What happens a few years down the line? Seriously, I think this is one of the big unanswered questions in the entire Mars colonization thing regardless of whose proposal you read. Nobody seems to want to address how it's going to be governed. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  5. I love Elon Musk's solutions to transporting people to Mars. The man is a genius. However, I can't help wondering how he will deal with what I'm calling the "Jamestown Problems." From Wikipedia; Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia#Arrival_and_beginning_.281607.E2.80.931609.29 On each ship he'll have 100 paying customers and five crew members. Once the ships arrive on Mars, do the crew members remain "in charge"? What if the 100 paying customers decide they don't want to be under their control? What if a few of the paying customers decide they don't like whatever work assignments have been given to them? Do the crew members cut off their oxygen supply? Until Mars becomes self-sustaining, does Musk essentially rule the civilization? quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  6. Unless, of course, it involves kissing the ring of tyrants with horrible records of human rights abuse in the Middle East like KSA or UAE. Then we're just good little mercenaries for blood money. (And people wonder why terrorists attack the US.) quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  7. Your words say, yes. However, I think your post says something a little different. I think you're still at least a little conflicted on the subject or you wouldn't have posted at all. Instead, you went to some small effort to make a post about it. Do you think you're trying to convince us, or yourself? quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  8. Comment from Musk via Twitter. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/878334920141135872 quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  9. Yeah, not a dead center, but still very nice. I think as long as the center of the rocket lands within the circle it still qualifies for their pro rating. ;) Edited to add: for those who missed it, check out the attached. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  10. Niiice. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  11. Also a high stress landing for the booster. Will be using 3 engines this time. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  12. Oliver brings it every damn time. So good. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  13. Bookmarked for future reference. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  14. This is nothing particularly new to the Republican party. Take a look back at the 43rd administration. The President was mediocre in education and experience best, yet "likable" to the Republican base, and the VP was considered to be unelectable as President. So, they run the likable guy, have him take the heat meanwhile there is sort of a better educated/qualified guy sitting at the Naval Observatory getting all sorts of Republican "goodies" done. Now, I never dreamt of a Cheney Presidency, not at all, but on paper he would have been the better guy except for his obvious unlikability. Trump does switch this around a little bit, but there is no denying he has a few rabid supporters. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  15. Regardless of whether the container ship was transmitting, the Fitz should have seen it coming in a couple of ways, AND shouldn't the Fitz ALWAYS be looking out for threats from small Zodiacs filled with explosives to generic navigational threats? quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  16. Not just ships radar, but also the venerable mark-1 eyeball on the forecastle, stern, port, and starboard. The amount of failure which had to happen for this to occur is astounding. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  17. Can somebody explain to me how a container ship out maneuvers a destroyer to ram it? Container ships do NOT turn on a dime and the ACX Crystal is roughly five times more massive than the Fitz. It would have taken the container ship maybe 15 minutes to a half hour to make a turn such as described. Regardless of any conspiracy theories, this was almost certainly avoidable by the Fitz, if only it had. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  18. Quackery which doesn't hold up to investigation. http://pathstoknowledge.com/1022/a-critique-of-david-r-hawkins-and-kinesiology/ Have you used the Path to Knowledge often? Do you believe the authors have credibility? The author of the article you cited is anonymous. At least, I did not find his name. That said, I am not studying David Hawkins for all his works or his political beliefs. I read one book of his because the Holy Spirit put it in my awareness and I found it educational and comforting. It validated some of my professional philosophies. The question, and my response, only applied to the LoC "calibration" nonsense. And let's be perfectly clear here, it's complete and utter nonsense on the level of reading tea leaves, or bumps on the head, or palm reading. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  19. Didn't see a link to back that up anywhere in the story....would love to have it. Just be certain you understand that's not the reporter's issue. He's quoting Pitcavage, a research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism. Now, sure, it would have been nice for reporter to have provided a link to the ADL web site and specific research, but at a certain point a reporter can't footnote every word every person says he's quoting in a story. At a certain point, we sort of let the responsibility for the words rest on the person who said them, and my guess is in normal conversations with people you don't provide a link to every statement you make either. The question really becomes one of trust. Sure, trust, but verify. However, if you're going to do require every phrase every expert utters by linked so you can check it, then what is the actual point of having experts in the first place? Check the stuff. Sure. I get that. Requiring a link for every statement? That's maybe going a little overboard. That's like asking your pilot to see he math when he tells you he's bucking a headwind and you're going to be arriving a little late. At some point, you have to take them at their word a little bit. That said, here's a document written by the ADL a couple of years ago so it's not tainted by the events of the last couple of weeks. https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Murder-and-Extremism-in-the-United-States-in-2015-web.pdf quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  20. Quackery which doesn't hold up to investigation. http://pathstoknowledge.com/1022/a-critique-of-david-r-hawkins-and-kinesiology/ quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  21. I tried to use Shakespeare, you said you weren't familiar. I was trying to use an example I thought you were familiar with. You stated you didn't think the intent of an author was important, but rather how the audience interpreted it. I think I just proved that's not the case. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  22. Jesus was actually resurrected and it is proven by those who have experienced salvation through His gift of life. If it was a myth, a metaphor, then it is impossible to believe that the original apostles would have gladly been martyred just to perpetuate a lie. Think about that! If you say this, then you do, in fact, care about the concept of authorial intent. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver
  23. Reagan once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. There you go, Reagan is allegedly linked to murder. Ipso facto, House of Cards was based on Ronnie and Nancy
  24. Reagan once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. There you go, Reagan is allegedly linked to murder. Ipso facto, House of Cards was based on Ronnie and Nancy
  25. I guess we have a different definition of "sane." Just because a person can make a plan of some sort, doesn't mean he's "sane." Other people who have made plans but were clearly insane might include, Ted Kaczynski. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver