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  1. Back in March, Emil Kindelberger (DZO/pilot at Beaver Valley Sky Divers) had been admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. Since then, he’s been in and out of the hospital getting better and worse. Today I received word that he passed away around 3am this morning. He was 84 years old.

    Funeral info from Cecil:

    THE VIEWING WILL BE AT TODD'S IN BEAVER ON THIRD STREET (THE MAIN DRAG)

    WED. 2 TO 4 & 7 TO 9

    SERVICE @ TODD'S ON THURSDAY 11:00 AM

    I AM TRYING TO GET THE TURNERS FOR A HALL FOR 12:00 ON THURSDAY.

    COULD YOU ASK EVERYONE TO BRING A COVERED DISH FOR THUSDAY. WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH EMIL LIKED HIS HOLIDAY PICNICS.

    PLEASE ASK EVERYONE TO CALL ANY OF THE JUMPERS AND FRIENDS THAT ARE NOT ON THE EMIAL. THANK YOU





    --Art

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    WTH, you mean Yings typed out this entire thread without any pants on!



    :D Actually, I think ying is Dogbert and everyone arguing with her doesn't have any pants on. :P

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  5. Aw man! This thread is back again???

    Ying, Scott Adams made a cartoon about you:

    Dilbert March 22, 2005

    And the next day's strip too. :)

    :P:D

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  6. I drink milk very little. They need to put the year with the expiration date. :o:D

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  7. Howdy :)
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  8. >:(:D:D:D

    I like how it says "New to Dropzone.com?"

    As if to say you've been fooled by the oldest trick in the book. :D

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  9. It's the big satellite dish southwest of area 69. Map & pic attached.

    HTH,

    Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  10. The antenna next to the big ear has a rig on top. IIRC, just walk to the bottom and you pop on top. Only way down is to jump.

    There's one in Missionary Hill you need a helicopter (or jet pack but it's a pain): http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=1316340;page=1;mh=-1;;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC#1332281

    The one next to the VINEWOOD sign has large invisible platform you can fairly easily land on top of.

    There are cliffs in the desert but you have to pull real quick (jump then pound on the circle button). You can jump off of Mt. Chiliad.

    HTH,

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  11. I think people drive slow in the left lane because they don't know any better, don't give a shit, or don't think it's that big of a deal. I think these are the same people who get on the highway and think that you just pick whatever lane you want for no particular reason. I admit that it annoys me when someone drives in the left lane when they're not passing anybody and you can easily get around in the right lane. It's drive right, pass left people. WTF is so hard about that? >:(

    A little more specific reason is that I think people like having lots of empty lane in front of them. I came to this conclusion while in the car pool lane with moderately heavy traffic and some prick up front keeps pace with the cars in the lane to the right. The lane was empty in front of them. >:(

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

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    Why not have straight up figure 8 track racing as it stands now?

    (ever go watch that stuff, know anything about it? Pretty cool stuff).



    A t-bone at well over 100mph? Ouch! B|

    First I heard about was when I bought a dirt track racing game. Don't much about it though. But I do think it would be fun to watch. B|

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  13. The would be cool. B|

    I wanna see more radical track designs. Don't really care so much for the so-called "cookie-cutter" tracks.

    I want:
    • a figure 8 track (over/under pass in the middle of coarse!)

    • maybe somelike like a cookie cutter except the the back stretch is curved in so there would be a right turn there

    • do like the last bullet but bend in both the front and back stretch so there's a right turn on each

    • any other "mini-road course" type tracks


    These would be cool. B|

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  15. A couple of things I wish NASCAR would do:

    One, make the one last thing truely stock on the cars be the body. I understand they use common templates for most, if not all, of the car. I think it would be cool if it were pure stock (except for front/rear spoilers). That way, if a Chevy wins, then maybe the car you can buy is the most aerodynamic or best suited for racing (body shape wise). Right now, if a Chevy wins, it doesn't mean squat as far as your car sitting out in the driveway is concerned.

    Two, get rid of the plates. They may not need them if they make the bodies (nearly) pure stock. But, if they need to slow down the cars, then do something else to the motor to maintain responsiveness, not something that causes the car to slowly get up to speed.

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  16. I would suggest putting a warning even if it's meant to simulate reality. Just to CYA.

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    I'm curious though... how you would simulate leg/arm/torso movements in the freefall phase in a SIM with a standard game controller?



    I can see a couple of ways.

    One would be to select a body part and then use the sticks to move it. You could only move one at a time (or two if your going to mirror left/right arm or leg movements). This would be very difficult to move around trying to build a formation or whatever. But it could let you experiment with what would happen when if you make small body movements.

    Another would be to generalize the movements. For example, move a stick up to go forward and the body position changes accordingly. Back to go backwards, left/right to turn. other stick to move up/down on z-axis, buttons to front/back loop, ...


    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  17. I can see a market for a skydiving game. You'd have to do much better than what was previously done though (I'm thinking of Skydive! from Gonzo Games (if I got it right) which sucked).

    The skdiving/BASE in GTA: SA is way cool fun. But, if that's all a new game did, it would get old fast.

    As for a true simulator, I think the success would hinge on how well the physics were implemented.

    I posted some thoughts on what a skydive simulator could do Here.

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  18. This was my question too.

    What's meant by "skydiving simulator"?

    Software only or a hardware/software combination?

    Is it meant to be a game or a tool?

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  19. Reminds me of another book, which, interestingly, also has a 'Titan' theme: Futility, The Wreck of the Titan.

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    In 1898 Morgan Robertson wrote Futility, The Wreck of the Titan, a novel of greed, pride and stupidity. It described the maiden voyage of a transatlantic luxury liner named the Titan. Although it was touted as being unsinkable, it strikes an iceburg and sinks with much loss of life.

    In 1912 the Titanic, a transatlantic luxury liner widely touted as unsinkable strikes an iceburg and sinks with great loss of life on her maiden voyage.

    Other similiarities: 


    Titan    Titanic


    Month of wreck      April    April

    Passengers and crew 3,000    2,207

    Lifeboats           24       20

    Tonnage             75,000   66,000

    Length              800 ft.  882.5 ft.

    Propellers          3        3

    Speed at impact     25 knots 23 knots


    Robertson later wrote a book, Beyond the Spectrum, that described a future war fought with aircraft that carried "sun bombs". Incredibly powerful, one bomb could destroy a city, erupting in a flash of light that blinds all who look at it. The war begins in December, started by the Japanese with a sneak attack on Hawaii. . . .

    (Note: The name Titan is a derivitive of the Chaldean word Shitan, which comes from the Hebrew word Satan. It was said that not even God could sink the Titanic. It seems he couldn't pass up this challenge!)



    Source

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  20. Happy Birthday! :)
    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  23. Happy Birthday Flyangel2. :)
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  24. Ok, I think I may have figured out what this is all about and it's pretty damn boring. The vending company just recently (must have been within the past few days) raised the price of Gatorade to $1.25. All the other 20oz drinks are still just a buck. I think they're just trying to protest the 25 cent raise in price. :|

    Maybe I read too much Speaker's Corner because I immediately thought it was politically motivated. :D

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.

  25. If I recall correctly everything was an even dollar amount and I think this was why. :|

    --Art
    Sky-div'ing (ski'div'ing) n. A modern sport that involves parties, bragging, sexual excesses, the imbibing of large quantities of beer, and, on rare occasions, parachuting from aircraft.