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Why do people still use comics sans? It's ugly. http://bancomicsans.com/ EDIT: link made clicky "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

I heard of an enterprise called "locum". Their advertising staff created an ad (printed and diplayed in town), where they would write "locum" and replace the 'o' by an heart... l cum. I wonder if this wasn't on purpose. "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

THIS must be from a german movie? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

No one speaks for or against parasport's Z1 and Z1 EVO? What do you think of these? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Anyone heard of that? http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/news/story?id=2498115 None of you who thought of participating? I wonder how much training they get before they get on the plane... or if they will jump AFF, S/L, tandem... "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

How do tension knots look like? Like a knot on a line? How can they come there? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Is it that one where Scott Miller packs a darkgreen/pink/white sabre? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

I've heard people talking of measuring heart beats during a jump. According to them, newbies have highest pulse upon exit, while experimented jumpers have it at pull time. Is there someone who could confirm? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Agreed. Completely. Do you mean that one: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/safety/detail_page.cgi?ID=536 ? Or could you send a link to that canopy course you write about? I don't really manage to use the search function... Thanks! "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

L&B don't seem to want to produce more audible loggers, they have only their pro-track. Either they want you to buy two units (an audible and their altitrack), or they dislike having the logger in a helmet (turbulences in the air flow around your head disturbs the data). Probably both. But the pro-track is fine, isn't it? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

And what about the AAD releasing your main half a second before opening your reserve? Maybe not practical to have two cutters to your three-rings loops, but... Why not? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

I always feel strange when I hear (read) people speaking or writing about "races". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race Then I just read that it is part of folk taxonomy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_taxonomy), and as such kind of inaccurate: For no one would openly make the analogy between white/black human and teckel/rottweiller... would you? I agree with marc, although it sounds cheesy. The race's name is: human. "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Do you really think any kind of metal is going to break before you lose a finger? I don't think so. I don't *know*, but I do think that it is possible. Pure gold is quite soft, as is plumb or tin. There is an interesting article about issues with rings: http://www.securiteconso.org/notice510.html?id_article=510 See IV.2. in this article. It continues saying that it's not very practical, some rings break when they don't have to, the tuning is difficult... But I think my aunt has a pure gold part in her ring so it would break. It mentions also traction forces at wich some metals would break. It is only one article, but I don't have time to search further, I have to go to the DZ "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

With what noise, the one you left after yourself because your faster than it? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

If the ring breaks at a force below the meat-ripping force... yes. If it is possible or practical to do/have such a ring? I don't know. "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

I've heard of people actually having a really small section (say half a millimeter) of their ring in pure gold, so that the ring would break before their finger. Skydiving or not, I think I'll get such a ring if I ever have to wear one. "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

I thought I had read the whole thread. I hadn't. Sorry. "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

Back to horseshoe malfunction on reserve... Why not have a strong spring *below* the reserve bag in the container? If the PC is in horseshoe then the reserve container is open, so this spring would kick the free-bag out. Once the freebag is out, would there be enough drag to straighten the lines and open the bag, if the PC still is attached to the jumper's body? Maybe not so nice to have a spring in your back after the free-bag has left. This spring could also be free and just fall off when it has done its work. That makes one more thing to look after while hiking for your main and handles (irrelevant drawback I think). A cheap biodegradable spring? :) Btw, could someone explain the catapult or give me a link? (I just hope it isn't what I just described).

About skyhooks... I've heard that relative workshop would maybe allow other manufacturers to use their concept... heard anything about that? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

I did a track jump on friday... and came to think that my legs were quite week. Difficult to hold the track such a long time. "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

How can you do that? Both toggles in one hand? "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com

When they ask "what if the reserve doesn't open, then?", I reply: "Then I die", and start laughing very loud and insane. They get embarassed, but at least they stop asking questions they know the answer of. (btw, hi, first post. I think.) "We call on the common man to rise up in revolt against this evil of typographical ignorance." http://bancomicsans.com