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Anyone's seen "Shaun of the Dead"? It's a zombie movie AND a romantic comedy "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

I guess the 400 businessmen are there to sign big juicy contracts that are worth billions of dollars (and thousands of jobs) for the US economy. Isn't that a good thing for the US? "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

Thanks for sharing, that was funny! "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

IMHO, that's what agnosticism is all about. I don't know if there is a god or not, and honestly, I don't care. To me it's just an academic question. What difference does it make in the real world? If we could prove god exists, will wars and suffering and starvation suddenly disappear off the face of the Earth? Obviously not, because if god could do that, why do wars and suffering and starvation exist in the first place? If god exists, he doesn't seem to give a damn about us. When you step on an ant, do you care? Even if the ant considered you a god and prayed to you everyday of its insignificant life? "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

Hi, I've read a lot of fatalities report (on the Incidents forums, in the Fatalities section, and on http://www.skydivingfatalities.info/). Being a software engineer, I would like to gather that information and see if I can come up with something interesting (data analysis, search engine, statistics, correlations, etc...). It's only for my own curiosity, but of course if someone is interested in the results I'd be glad to share them. So here are my questions: - Would it be possible to get a copy (dump) of the DZ.com fatalities database? - Does anyone know who owns the http://www.skydivingfatalities.info/ database? - Does anyone know another good source of fatalities data? - Does anyone thinks it's a stupid idea? If yes, why? Thanks for your time. "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

Agreed. That's a good thing to know. But knowing why is even better. What about if you land 7 times as fast? How hard will the impact be? To answer this question, you need to know which formula to use. And the answer is, the impact will be 49 times as hard. Because kinetic energy is proportional to the speed squared (E=0.5*m*v^2). Of course, acceleration and speed are linked, but they're not the same. They represent two different physical properties, measured using two different units. Would you say that the area of a circle is the same as its diameter? Of course not, even if they're obviously linked. Thanks. Actually, English is my fourth language, behind French, Italian and German (and before Japanese

In Los Angeles, a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap. "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

So much for controlling our borders. "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

Yours too... I'm just curious. Based on that formula, can you explain why the impact is four times harder when speed is doubled? F = m * a God. F = m * a Acceleration is not speed. That's physics 101. Actually, it's KE = 0.5 * m * v^2, but you're talking flying apples and splattered oranges. That's exactly what I wrote (writing conventions aside). Thank you. Okay, that's what I thought... Or to say it in English: you are unable to explain why you hit four times as hard. So I'll explain it to you. Kinetic energy is the energy you have when you move. When you don't move, your kinetic energy is 0. So, when an object hits the ground, its kinetic energy drops suddenly to 0. That is because the kinetic energy it contained was liberated in the form of a sudden strong pressure on the object, a crater in the ground, some heat, some noise and maybe some broken bones. Now, you're right about one thing: when the speed is doubled, the impact is four times harder. But obviously you don't really understand why. Why is the impact four times harder? Because in the equation: E = 0.5 * m * v^2 v is squared. So, when v is 2 times larger, E is 4 times larger. When v is 3 times larger, E is 9 times larger, etc... Furthermore, there's a fundamental thing you don't seem to get: F = m*a describes a force, and E = 0.5*m*v^2 describes an enregy. Force and energy are two different things. Once again, that's physics 101. Wow, now that is real physics... Seriously, you should take a refresher course in physics, because you seem to lack the basics. And please stop trying to teach it to others. You're really not helping them. "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

Yours too... I'm just curious. Based on that formula, can you explain why the impact is four times harder when speed is doubled? Where does that come from? Where is speed in your equation? Here's a hint: The right formula for kinetic energy is E = 0.5 * mass * speed^2 "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

Makes sense to me. Being arrested doesn't mean you did something wrong. You're innocent until proven guilty by due process of law. "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

So... any news? "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

Ok now that's just cruel... "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

O> Congrats!!

How does that old saying go? "Without pictures, it didn't happen"? "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

(Just for the record, it's not MX, it's Grand Prix motorcycle racing) Did you watch the accident? (link is in my first post) I don't think it's complacency, it's just fate. Tomizawa made a little mistake that happens dozens of times in each race, but he did it at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Even if some of them are young, these guys compete at the highest level, they know the risk and deal with it. Tomizawa knew the sport could be deadly: he always had a "74" on his leathers' shoulder, in memory of Daijiro Kato, who died in Suzuka in 2003. Still, it's very sad to see a young and talented guy like that die live on television. "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

MISANO ADRIATICO, Italy (AP) -- Japanese teenager Shoya Tomizawa died after he crashed and was hit by two other riders during Sunday's Moto2 race at the San Marino Grand Prix in the sport's second fatality in eight days. The 19-year-old Tomizawa lost control of his bike and hit his head on the track as his bike flipped over. While on the track, he was hit at full speed by riders Alex De Angelis and Scott Redding. A statement on the MotoGP website said Tomizawa died of cranial, thoracic and abdominal trauma. Tomizawa was initially put on an artificial respirator at the Misano World Circuit medical centre before he was taken to a hospital in Riccione, where he died. "I'm truly devastated about what happened to Shoya," De Angelis said. "I'm close to his family and all of them loved him a lot. ... In moments like this nothing seems to matter. "I saw Shoya fall in front of me. It is the worst-ever incident in my career. I tried everything I could to avoid him and hit his motorbike instead." De Angelis was treated at the track and allowed to leave. Redding was taken to a hospital to check on his condition. The races continued and the riders were only informed of Tomizawa's death afterward. "I saw the incident on the TV monitor and I could see that it was serious -- but not that serious," said Italian rider Valentino Rossi, who finished third in the featured MotoGP race. "When these things happen, nothing else seems to matter." MotoGP leader Jorge Lorenzo echoed those sentiments. "I don't have much to say about today's race, it is such a sad day," he said. "The loss of Shoya is a tragedy because he was a great guy and a great rider. "I am very sad and want to say how much I am thinking about his family and friends at the moment." Spain's Dani Pedrosa won the MotoGP race to close the day's racing. "They've just told me what happened and words can't describe it," Pedrosa said. Moto2 is the new name for the former 250cc category, one step below the 500cc division of MotoGP. Moto2 also generates tremendous speeds and officials said they decided not to cancel the race due to the fear of other accidents if a red flag was suddenly shown. Tomizawa's death comes a week after 13-year-old Peter Lenz died during a warmup event at the United States Grand Prix in Indianapolis. He crashed and was hit by another rider in a race before the Indianapolis MotoGP last Sunday. "Nothing has happened for two years and now we have two deaths in two weeks," said Carlo Pernat, manager of Loris Capirossi and Marco Simoncelli. "This time it is a boy of only 19 years of age." There have been 46 recorded deaths in MotoGP since the series was founded in 1949. Before 2010, Japan's Daijiro Kato was the last rider to die from an accident. He crashed during the first race of the 2003 season, at Suzuka in Japan, and died following two weeks in a coma. The first ever death in MotoGP occurred at the Isle of Man Grand Prix in 1949. Reuben (Ben) Thomas died when he drove into a banking. http://www.tsr.ch/video/sport/sport-dimanche/2441158-motocyclisme-gp-de-saint-marin-violente-chute-shoya-tomizawa-coequipier-d-aegerter-est-decede-suite-a-ses-hemorragies-internes.html#id=2441158 "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

Nice one!! Two weeks ago, I was waiting to board the plane for the last load of the day, and I noticed 2 sun dogs. Then I forgot about it. Ride to altitude, free fall, deployment... and when I look up at my canopy, I see the sun, the sun dogs, and a circumzenithal arc! I never saw one before, and now here I am, floating quietly 2600 feet above the ground in the sunset, all alone, almost mesmerized by what nature is offering me. It was like a dream, one of the most beautiful moments of my life, and quite a nice way to end a beatiful day of skydiving!

"Building prisons to fight crime is like building cemeteries to fight disease." -- Jack Levin "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

"Introducing first... JUMPING out of the blue airplane... " "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

Oh and by the way, I would love to be sponsored and work as a Combat Life rep too! Need someone in Europe?

Sometimes, there is the grim reaper on skydiving t-shirts... Maybe a picture of you submitting the Grim reaper with a guillotine choke in freefall?

One time I thought I was gonna die during an orgasm: it was amazing and scary at the same time. It was like tetany, like every single muscle in my body was contracted, I could barely breathe, I couldn't even talk Since heart problems run in my family, I thought "okay, that's it, my heart's gonna stop any time now, I'm dead." My girlfriend was freaked out... She gave me water and sugar, and eventually after about 10 minutes, the "seizure" stopped. I guess it was some kind of extreme hypoglycemic shock or something, triggered by the orgasm. Scary but still, I guess dying during an orgasm isn't the worst way to go. "One day, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." Dudeist Skydiver #101

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