Why do I want to go to heaven?

mindfields51 · 2012-05-24T07:06:08.051660+00:00

....and why did Osama made the list too? wasn't he a true believer, who valiantly fought the infidels, a martyr?

By theists logic, he would be right there, ahead of the queue, along with a bunch of other mass murderers.

mindfields51 · 2012-05-24T07:04:17.188673+00:00

the entire Phelps family

...all except one.

dragonworthy · 2012-05-24T00:05:05.348202+00:00

...was this stipulated in the contract? always read the fine prints!

EDIT: ...early version of a Do Not Compete clause.

KrowbarMO · 2012-05-23T20:52:48.058224+00:00

Actually, no, a number of people jumped out of aircraft without a parachute before. Some of whom even survived to tell the tale.

What's different and new here is that i) he jumped out of the aircraft intentionally ii) with the intent of surviving the experience, and iii) walked away from it unharmed.

amendment64 · 2012-05-23T20:24:33.629451+00:00

I am not a pro at all, but I have some CDs as my 'oh-shit-fund', i.e., what I would use to pay the bills should I lose my source of income - I set it up as a ladder, so should I need the money, I can cash in 1/12th of it every month.

EDIT: ...there is probably a much smarter way to setup a 'oh-shit-fund', any suggestion?

darkesco · 1 day

and many others place their hands on bibles

Yet another reason not to do it: this is definitely unhygienic...

darkesco · 1 day

if you sweat on the bible.

I didn't realize that bodily fluids had to be involved in the process...

darkesco · 1 day

I would ask for a copy of the US constitution. Seems appropriate, and surely there is a copy somewhere in a court of law...

UrinalCakes · 1 day

Surprised nobody mentioned these before:

A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers

IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service

Adaptation of RFC 1149 for IPv6

WestMIRailroader · 1 day

To be fair, riding a bike in The Netherlands is a heck of a lot safer than doing so in most US urban areas.

God_Wills_It · 1 day

approximately 49 km/h

...or about 30 mph.

Flowtos · 1 day

Interesting cultural reference: where I grew up, what to do when finding unexploded ordnance is something that we were taught in school right from first grade (in an age appropriate way), i.e., whom to call, how one marks the area to let other people know of the hazard (while waiting for the people who handle these things at a safe distance), how to recognize an area already marked as hazardous, this sort of things. It is also one of the useful tidbits info printed in the first pages of every phone book.

Flowtos · 1 day

...how thoughtful. We really should pencil SI conversions on bombs before dropping them on countries that insist on the metric system.

chestney · 1 day

What happens next? i.e., what kind of recovery exercise if any do you have to do? what precautions do you have to take from now on? retrospectively, what would/should you have done differently to avoid getting into such tight spot? was there a way to detect the problem earlier?

I am asking this because I lost two colleagues about my age in recent years to heart failures, and it is a bit of a stressful job...

Thehead314 · 1 day

...and think of all the new free storage space you now have in your bathroom cabinets!

BEEPBEEPIMINAJEEP · 1 day

...seriously, if every pilots out there were actually keeping track of what we spend, we might not be doing so well as you did. But then, do we really want to know? :-)

Dizzy_Slip · 1 day

stream of electronic waste that's going to be flowing out of that place.

Please explain how a data center generates a 'stream of electronic waste'...

HorkBajirGafrash · 1 day

you yanks being the odd ones

Not at all, we do it the right way. It is the whole rest of the world which is odd.

HorkBajirGafrash · 2 days

Nope.

That said, go right ahead and see if you can convince an examiner at your next check ride and/or a CFI at your next BFR.

HorkBajirGafrash · 2 days

It ss not technically a clearance ; I know I am picking nits here, but that's the kind of details that can make you fail a check ride :-)

HorkBajirGafrash · 2 days

In USA, all you have to hear to enter Class-C is ATC acknowledging your ID/registration; say, once you called in, ATC replies "N-XXXX stand by" - or whatever, the point is that your registration was acknowledged - you can still get in - because you have "established and maintained two-way radio communications with the ATC facility having jurisdiction" to use FAA phraseology.

If I am not mistaken, that is not enough to do the same in Europe, you need to hear something like "N-XXXX you are cleared through whatever airspace" or something along these lines, i.e., an explicit clearance, just like we do here to get into Class-B.

Am I wrong?

EDIT: I am of course talking about flying VFR; if you are on an IFR flight-plan and clearance, the point is moot.

cantaloupes · 2 days

The Hindenburg had a smoking lounge though, how cool is that? (if you consider the amount of hydrogen it had on board...) - designed with a pressure differential with the rest of the habitat to avoid accidents.

I am kinda fond of this Hindenburg, got interested since I met a nice elderly lady at some garden party I attended, who told me about having flown in the thing.

JeromeTomorrow · 2 days

If only.

Don't be silly.

cantaloupes · 2 days

...actually, yeah, I have moved a piano or two :-) which is why I was fascinated by this one off lighter weight piano that was designed by Zeppelin.

futurefix5 · 2 days

you almost expected him to have a volcano lair outside of Seattle

He doesn't? has anyone checked there?

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