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Tue Dec 16 17:23:06 UTC 2014 <assbot> 87 results for 'parachute' : http://s.b-a.link/?q=parachute
Tue Dec 16 17:23:05 UTC 2014 <BingoBoingo> !s parachute
Fri Nov 14 04:50:33 UTC 2014 <decimation> yeah, if anything it's sewing ascii's parachute before being needed
Sat Nov 08 04:33:40 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> most people understand that, if they are not a parachutist, their chance of death from unopened parachute is exactly zero.
Thu Oct 30 19:16:53 UTC 2014 <*> asciilifeform envisions patent lawyers dropped by parachute onto hapless infringers
Sun Oct 05 13:17:31 UTC 2014 <decimation> if one would go to the trouble of engineering an ejection system, why not add a parachute for each seat?
Fri Oct 03 04:12:12 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> parachute didn't open ?
Thu Sep 25 20:52:49 UTC 2014 <thestringpuller> mircea_popescu: the most there is is me going on the record that .6.* is probably okay. << This sounded like a cartoon. Like the Family Guy cut away where the dude throws him a parachute with an anvil in it and says, "That one is probably okay"
Wed Sep 10 14:32:40 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> good analogy, except that, with correct plans, it is possible to survive the bathtub catapult (parachute exists.)
Sun Sep 07 20:47:01 UTC 2014 <asciilifeform> not a political statement, really a physical 'captain obvious.' -- 'if you went splat, clearly your parachute was inadequate.'
Sat Sep 06 02:14:26 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> "Normally a single-engine airplane has to be spun as part of the certification process. The Cirrus wasn?t. The FAA waived this requirement and accepted the airframe parachute as an alternate means of compliance. I kid you not, the spin recovery in a Cirrus is based on deploying the chute. That is the only way a pilot can recover from a spin in a Cirrus."
Sat Sep 06 02:12:37 UTC 2014 <decimation> mircea_popescu: well, the theory on that one blog is that because it has a parachute, inexperienced derps think they are invincible
Sat Sep 06 02:11:20 UTC 2014 <decimation> mircea_popescu: yeah the whole plane has a parachute
Sat Sep 06 02:10:56 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> whoa shit, you mean a parachute FOR THE ACTUAL PLANE !?
Sat Sep 06 02:05:29 UTC 2014 <mircea_popescu> <TheNewDeal> Have you ever heard of a plane with a parachute? << um all of em ?
Sat Sep 06 01:37:12 UTC 2014 <decimation> TheNewDeal: I would like a parachute on a small plane, there are situations where it would save your life
Sat Sep 06 01:35:40 UTC 2014 <kakobrekla> a parachute < o shit, if only it would have an ejection seat
Sat Sep 06 01:34:49 UTC 2014 <TheNewDeal> Most of the planes I have flown on, had no parachute
Sat Sep 06 01:34:15 UTC 2014 <decimation> asciilifeform: the Cirrus has a parachute
Sat Sep 06 01:34:06 UTC 2014 <TheNewDeal> Have you ever heard of a plane with a parachute?