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  1. Well these are two of the canopies I've been flying a lot lately, though not loaded quite as much.

    Safire2 189 at 1:1
    Sabre2 170 at 1.1:1

    My subjective impression is that the Safire is smoother and softer in turns with a lot more glide and the Sabre is a lot more snappy and aggressive and levels off with minimal toggle input. Some of this may be due to the .1 loading difference, but also I can bury the toggles on the Safire and hold them indefinitely, whereas the Sabre will stall rather harshly.

    To sum it up

    Sabre2 - more aggressive
    Safire2 - friendlier

    I would like to try a safire2 169 for a better comparison, but for me the flight characteristics of the Safire2 are preferable.

    I have not flown a crossfire yet, but I am very interested in both that and the Nitron.
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  2. I'm looking for a new suit that will do double duty in the tunnel and sky. I want something fast that can still generate a good amount of lift and power. That said, I know the tonfly suits are extremely popular (especially with the tunnel instructors where I am) and I really like the quality. If anyone had any experience with the new Deepseed line of Vyper suits I would really like to hear it. That and their invertor both look good and I'd like to give them a chance if the quality can match tonfly.
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  3. This is a nice little article that has some good history and describes (essentially) the way I always pack.

    http://www.precision.aero/packing.htm
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    Power Bars. ;)



    PROTIEN!!!

    You see this? This is my new haircut! All my buddies got the same haircut and you know what that means? We're falling asleep while pulling security in the patrol base tonight!
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  13. A lot of really valid concerns have been expressed on this thread.

    Now suppose the S.O. who wanted to borrow your rig was not a licensed skydiver but still on student status, and you weren't going to be there, or even able to be contacted, while the rig was being borrowed.

    How would this affect your decision?
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    It's the baseball bats. The world market is GLUTTED with baseball bats. Now it may be the Chinese that are cranking them out, but nobody's sure. And since little league soccer is rapidly replacing little league baseball in popularity in the US, it can't be the Hondurans (who do play a lot of baseball), because they're all too busy getting their backs wet in the Rio Grande so they can camp in Masterrig's back yard. Anyhoo, the more baseball bats there are, the more cuddly seals get their heads bashed in, so there are fewer seals, so there are fewer polar bears. Which causes global warming.

    Find out why there's a glut of baseball bats and you'll solve global warming.




    How can you be so short sighted?


    Well, the answer becomes plainly obvious once you realize that all those extra baseball bats are ALUMINUM!


    What else is made from aluminum?

    Airplanes.

    And who flies around in airplanes a lot?

    Skydivers.

    And what do skydivers drink a lot of?

    Beer.

    And what is beer made from?

    Hops and Barley.

    And where do Hops and Barley come from?

    The ground.

    And what else comes from the ground?


    Zombies.



    Now if we can just find out where all these damn zombies are coming from, we can solve global warming.
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    I would tend to agree with this, but surely there are those that would not act unjustly...what makes them so different? I'd suspect the answer lies within the varying levels of pride in each and every individual.



    First what do you describe as pride?

    And what is it about pride that you attribute to the tendency to act justly or unjustly?
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  22. Plato attempts to address this question with the story of the Ring of Gyges.

    His character, Glaucon, argues that men are only just in so far as it benefits them, and that they are unjust whenever certain that they can get away with it.

    By this reasoning it is not that power corrupts, so much as that power reveals the corruption which is already present.
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    Christianity is more of a recognition than it is a belief in some far fetched stories. If you can grasp the separation that exists between you and God, then it is easy to understand. Christ is the way back to the relationship with God that we were created for.



    You see, none of that makes the slightest bit of sense to me. To me it is quite far fetched indeed. It's a nice mythology, but Egyptian symbolism is nice too, as is Sumerian. Whether it is Osiris risen or Christ risen, it is still just stories, to me.

    However, to me, Taoism just makes sense.

    I like things that make sense. They are sensible.
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    It's a choice to believe or not. How is that confusing? We've spent the past few pages discussing how science is often just as unbelievable.



    That's just it. It isn't a choice. I can't just choose to "believe" something that doesn't make any sense to me.

    If I "chose to believe" I would just be lying to myself and I would know it.

    Nothing in science needs to be believed. It isn't a requirement.
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    David Berkowitz believed that his neighbor's dog was possessed by a demon, and that the demon communicated with him. . . He followed those instructions and killed six people.

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    And today he is a man of God.

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