Zenister

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  1. John, your smart-ass attack posts are getting rather tiresome. It does not become you. Come up with something intelligent once in a while, eh? Meh, I just got under his skin the other day so "I had it coming." It's just a game...I equate it to two chipmunks chasing each other up and down a tree. During the praise and worship in church this AM I became focused on the hurt, anger, sorrow, fear, etc in the souls of those folks. They sit alone in a shallow pool and strongly resent those of us who frolic together in the deep end. They know that we collectively know something. They know they can't sense it or have it in their present state of mind. Tears swelled in my eyes. I used to be just like them. Damn that sounds like good Koolaid. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  2. You can see the boom's shadow at several points in the video. Any idea which model? (products in the link above) or how he was capturing the video? The recording solutions on the page look rather bulky compared to what you can see him wearing. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  3. http://immersivemedia.com/products/ ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  4. Just checked. It does. (I generally use Firefox but) You have to click on the picture that loads on the drop page to load the video. Once its loaded you can click and pan. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  5. cleans coffee off monitor.... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  6. Views like that make an amazing accomplishment absolutely epic... cant wait until that is the standard. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  7. If that one gave you vertigo try this one.. http://immersivemedia.com/demos/skydive-world-record/ edit: just in case its not obvious.. once the video loads.. try left clicking and panning. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  8. this is amazingly cool.... http://immersivemedia.com/demos/skydive-world-record/ still cant believe I have to manually make links clicky... what is this 2002? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  9. Two years doesn't change much... Missing you Gorilla. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  10. http://unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/index.html ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  11. Kind of like the Europeans who want to avoid thinking about the fact that the Mongols pretty much rape pillaged and plundered the entire land mass from coast to coast. Diversity is a joke. Everyone is human. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  12. I've fenced against several Olympic pentathletes as they often compete at lower levels to develop their skills. As a B rated fencer (A gets you in the group where you MIGHT be good enough to try out for the Olympic team) I had no problems with any of them I'd faced. But that is rather the point, they arent (despite the boyfriends claim in the article linked) the best at any of the sports they participate in as a pentathlete, but they are good at all of them. The particular skill that defines them is the running/shooting. (same with the winter variant of ski/shooting) its a very refined skill to slow your breathing and relax quickly enough to engage multiple targets and then take off again, but that doesnt mean they'd even place in a pure shooting or running competition. btw West Point doesn't even teach sabre anymore. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  13. Pretty damn obvious, eh? Kim Rhode, our shotgun medalists is no cover girl, but I'd love to hang out with her and get some wing shooting tips. I admire the heck out of her ability. And NO, you f-ers can't have my man card. Well if you're looking for a hottie with a gun how about Margaux Isaksen, our pentathlete. She also knows how to use a sword To be fair no Pentathlete "knows" how to use a sword, they know a few tricks to get a couple of points. Very few do well even at lower fencing levels as they dont specialize anywhere near enough to become good. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  14. Can you pull? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  15. IMO they have completely with Season 2. I really really enjoyed Season 1 even having read the books, I though the changes they made were legitimate a fit the medium. But Season 2 was pitiful IMO, changes for no apparent reason (some because they dont believe their audience is very savvy apparently) and some that significantly degrade the plot, motivations and character development. The Song of Ice and Fire (aka the books) has some amazingly complex characters and plotlines and while I thought those were reflected very well in the 1st season (in many cases the actor/actresses portraying them did a great job of implying inner dialogue not delivered and scenes not shot) the 2nd season was completely disappointing. and the farce that was the climactic battle of Blackwater..... A siege that should have involved tens of thousands had all of 100 and looked exactly like they were fighting over the tiny set... I know.. budget time.. blah blah but really HBO has all the budget they needed but are just spending it badly on the wrong things.. by way of comparison these battle scenes were made 30 years ago on a budget of 11m with no access to CGI and still represents the standard for "Medieval combat" www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA8MeJFRh04 HBO has 1 episode in the 3rd season to prove to me they understand what makes the story great. Trust the text, trust your actors, stop reinventing the wheel. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  16. Zenister

    Freeflysuit

    only if the tunnel's suits fit you well. If you are in between their sizes the smaller ones will restrict your range of motion and the larger ones will flap around so much you wont learn proper position and control as quickly. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  17. That might be kind of fun actually, in a car you don't mind being scratched. speaking from experience driving from Barstow to Vegas it definitely is... I only wish I'd had my GoPro on the dash when it happened. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  18. German and Western European driving is different from North American driving; for one, Germany doesn't just give anyone a license, it takes hours and hours of proper instruction to get your license. As a European schooled driver, I'm confident in my abilities but here in North America I can't trust the other idiots with whom I have to share the road. Though I'd love to see 85mph/130kph as a legal limit, I feel it should come with proper driver education. Another factor is the vehicle condition, there are cars that are legal to drive over here that would have been taken off the road 10 years ago in most European countries. This. ^ The education and ability of your average American driver is extremely poor. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  19. You do realize the planet they are on in Prometheus is NOT the planet Alien takes place on? ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  20. Zenister

    The Avengers

    Enjoyed it for the most part.. wasnt as good as the first Iron Man however.. I'm still wondering how much cash Sharon shelled out to have Tony Stark wear a recreation of a Never Say Die Sabbath Tshirt just in time for the farce of a Black Sabbath reunion... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  21. No real damage done to the sport. I've seen a number of posts saying this has motivated them to book their tandem. People are funny and will figure that falling out of their harness is less of a risk. I mean an old lady managed to hang on so how hard can it be? (I'm giving a whuffo viewpoint, not mine) I'll bet that in the mainstream media an elderly woman comes off as a fool, and the TI comes off as a hero. After all, he did save her life! casual survey of the comments on the various sites I've followed this video on support your bet. A few commentors with some skydiving knowledge (and a few who are clearly skydivers) try to educate them as to what really went wrong here, but you are dead on balls... the interpretation seems to be "she should have known better than to be skydiving at her age...." "poor instructor having to deal with that woman" etc... ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  22. This. The one thing I do agree that the government should do is mandate calorie count information on menus. Even if its not 100% accurate it is incredibly helpful with weight management. I'll skimp on my lunch/dinner calories when I know I going to a beer tasting later... knowing (roughly) how much I'm eating helps moderate. is/was turning into a fat bastard himself lately ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  23. no idea why any particular animal does anything, but underwater the distances you are talking about do very little to change the 'volume' beaching is another matter. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  24. perhaps the "dumb shit animals" are just trying to get anywhere where it is FUCKING QUIET for the first time in the last 100 years... imagine living your entire life in a machine factory.. that is what whales hear all their lives in the industrial age. and no just because you are human does not make you "more deserving of resources". A good portion of humanity is doing little more than stealing oxygen. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.
  25. Zenister

    Silk canopy

    silk shirts are also rather common, its nearly a given you've seen one without realizing it... I've 2 raw silk shirts I absolutely adore and they aren't 'frilly' at all, other than the cloth they are made exactly like any other long sleeve collared shirt. ____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.