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General Airsoft Discussion /
« on: May 28, 2005, 03:47:57 AM »
I'd be interested if I'm not out of the country (probably 50/50 right now).  However, any idea what it looks like?  it's a bit expensive if it's just like another paintball field.  However, if it's actually got some city/officebuilding type things in it that would be really cool.  have you been there moon? Any idea where/how we can get some pictures of the place?

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General Off-Topic Discussion /
« on: May 23, 2005, 06:57:00 PM »
Happy Birthday!

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General Off-Topic Discussion /
« on: May 17, 2005, 05:14:36 PM »
Check out the promo video for this thing.  some guy on DefRev commented that id software made better weapons videos for Doom 3 than they made for the Dread.  If you follow some of the links, you'll find an interesting discussion on physics forum portraying the Dread as rather ineffective given the terminal ballistics and rather impossible given the physics involved.  It's definitely a cool idea, but it makes you wonder that if it really works, why is there only about 2 sec of actual operation on a 5 minute CHEESY video?  I think something fishy's going on here, or the inventor somehow found a way to subvert the laws of physics.  In that case, he deserves a cookie.

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General Airsoft Discussion /
« on: April 21, 2005, 01:03:49 PM »
This is really disappointing in terms of such a laws existence, especially carrying the punishment it does.  No question that what the guy's kid did was stupid, but this law is ridiculous!  Paco (or anyone), any idea when it went on the books?

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General Off-Topic Discussion /
« on: April 06, 2005, 04:22:03 PM »
Quote from: "Florida Statutes"
765.305  Procedure in absence of a living will.--

(1)  In the absence of a living will, the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures from a patient may be made by a health care surrogate designated by the patient pursuant to part II unless the designation limits the surrogate's authority to consent to the withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging procedures.

(2)  Before exercising the incompetent patient's right to forego treatment, the surrogate must be satisfied that:

(a)  The patient does not have a reasonable medical probability of recovering capacity so that the right could be exercised by the patient.

(b)  The patient has an end-stage condition, the patient is in a persistent vegetative state, or the patient's physical condition is terminal.
Section 2 referenced above:
Quote from: "Florida Statutes"
765.202  Designation of a health care surrogate.--

(1)  A written document designating a surrogate to make health care decisions for a principal shall be signed by the principal in the presence of two subscribing adult witnesses. A principal unable to sign the instrument may, in the presence of witnesses, direct that another person sign the principal's name as required herein. An exact copy of the instrument shall be provided to the surrogate.

(2)  The person designated as surrogate shall not act as witness to the execution of the document designating the health care surrogate. At least one person who acts as a witness shall be neither the principal's spouse nor blood relative.

(3)  A document designating a health care surrogate may also designate an alternate surrogate provided the designation is explicit. The alternate surrogate may assume his or her duties as surrogate for the principal if the original surrogate is unwilling or unable to perform his or her duties. The principal's failure to designate an alternate surrogate shall not invalidate the designation.

(4)  If neither the designated surrogate nor the designated alternate surrogate is able or willing to make health care decisions on behalf of the principal and in accordance with the principal's instructions, the health care facility may seek the appointment of a proxy pursuant to part IV.

(5)  A principal may designate a separate surrogate to consent to mental health treatment in the event that the principal is determined by a court to be incompetent to consent to mental health treatment and a guardian advocate is appointed as provided under s. 394.4598. However, unless the document designating the health care surrogate expressly states otherwise, the court shall assume that the health care surrogate authorized to make health care decisions under this chapter is also the principal's choice to make decisions regarding mental health treatment.

(6)  Unless the document states a time of termination, the designation shall remain in effect until revoked by the principal.

(7)  A written designation of a health care surrogate executed pursuant to this section establishes a rebuttable presumption of clear and convincing evidence of the principal's designation of the surrogate.


Seems to me it spells it out pretty clearly.  If i'm missing any relevant sections let me know.

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General Off-Topic Discussion /
« on: April 05, 2005, 05:32:39 PM »
Good one Christian, you got me!  :roll:

Given how crazy the past few days have been for me, I haven't been on AA much and I overlooked it.  If you would like, I would be more than happy to change it to "belated" birthday so you can feel better about it.   ;)

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General Off-Topic Discussion /
« on: April 05, 2005, 05:27:37 PM »
What about the chance that death wasn't what she wanted?  It was not a right to death case as that requires extensive legal documentation that was not present.  The only "evidence" of her wishing to die was her husband's words.  Given his situation it would seem he had some ulterior motives, though no one can really say that conclusively.  In the absence of any real evidence stating that she wanted to die, I think the impetus is on the ones wanting her death to prove that she did. Her family just wanted to take care of her, so try to think about it from that perspective.  What harm is there in letting her live?

The bottom line here is that a)none of us can or will know the whole story, b) she was not PVS (as evaluated by numerous doctors) and c) the government should have had no part in killing her via judicial homicide.  Judges apparently exist to push their own agendas in the modern world and I think it's a horrible tragedy that the matter at hand was really that after the feeding tube was removed the courts couldn't act fast enough to overturn the previous rulings and her life got ended by bureaucracy.  Sure, any info you find will be biased one way or the other, but go to terrisfight.org if you want to see some of the myths about Terri and the case.  

Also, it is ridiculous to say that she should die since her life holds nothing for her since we have no way of really knowing what it's like internally given how she is physically.  Consciousness is one of the least understood phenomena in existence, snap judgements about what it must be like for her are ill-advised at best and sheer idiocy more likely.  Also, Reaver, MRI's are a structural brain imaging technique that are used to evaluate extent of physical damage which in no way deals with what part of the brain a person is currently using (or in other words, are not functionally based).  I imagine you mean fMRI's?  Do you have a source for this information?  I'm a student of neuroscience at Stanford and I would be very interested to see any kind of fMRI data on her.

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General Off-Topic Discussion /
« on: April 05, 2005, 04:52:25 PM »
Happy Birthday John!

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Accessories & Gear /
« on: February 25, 2005, 06:26:02 PM »
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Weight: Less than 2 lb.(two plates)


Those are some buff toy soldiers...

Unless they're made of stripped nuclei or depleted uranium, they've gotta be big boy sized.

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AEG's /
« on: February 21, 2005, 09:15:34 PM »
Good start.  

Just my opinion, but don't paint the mags or the pistol grip.  Your gloves cover the grip so it doesn't matter anyway and if you do paint it, it can eventually much up your gloves.  Painted mags are just silly.  If you have the time and want to make it look really cool, strip it down and paint the components separately.  Leave a few unpainted (like the trigger, buffer tube and selector switch).  Finally, I'd recommend making the green and brown into more solid strips, making the whole thing fuzzy isn't quite as effective IMO.

Here's a link to mine I did awhile back:  

http://www.stanford.edu/~nhasulak/uploa ... mog36k.jpg

and

http://www.stanford.edu/~nhasulak/uploa ... og36k2.jpg

It's definitely more of a forest job... you can see how it wasn't that effective at LCIII in the dry grass, but in the shadows it's invisible.

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General Airsoft Discussion /
« on: February 20, 2005, 05:29:38 PM »
And it wasn't LeftForDead, we checked the IP's.  Plus the guys tone shoulda been enough to clue you in to that conclusion.  LFD was jsut caught in his deception and/or didn't like the heat he was drawing.  Recon on the other hand just seems like an a$$hole. Maybe some crappy airsoft forum got shut down recently and the rejects are flocking here in droves?

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General Off-Topic Discussion /
« on: February 16, 2005, 05:49:37 PM »
or any old html file.  It doesn't matter.  My point was to try using the full http address to see if it's hosted correctly.  Open notepad, type the code above with a full address as the href, hit file, save, change type to all files and save as something.html.  Open it with IE or firefox and click the link.  It's that easy.

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General Off-Topic Discussion /
« on: February 16, 2005, 05:01:29 PM »
try putting the full address of the movie in and accessing it from these forums.  

ie < a href="http://reallylongurl.com/100_1328.mov">Click! < / a >

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General Airsoft Discussion / Re: ?
« on: February 16, 2005, 04:58:27 PM »
Quote from: "Geronimo"
Someone told me they were thinking of banning in arizona too.


*GASP*  Oh no!  they're coming!  :roll:

Geronimo, get your info straight and think about the content of your post before you post it. It doesn't help anyone out to post baseless rumors that "someone" told you "they" were going to do.  If you have facts or names, please let us know, but short of that, your post was meaningless.

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General Airsoft Discussion /
« on: February 15, 2005, 04:08:09 AM »
I'm getting my popcorn and some front row seats!

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