@TheFreak, @Deano, @Hive13:

Technically, there is no place in the universe where one is not affected by gravity. The astronauts on board the International Space Station are also pulled towards the Earth with a force almost as strong as the one we feel here on the ground. What we usually mean when we say "Zero G" is rather "Free Fall" which is what these base jumpers experience to some degree in the same manner as the astronauts, at least at the start before they reach terminal velocity. Although if you want to be pedantic, "weightlessness" is a better term than zero gravity.

Thanks for the promote!

In reply to this comment by Krupo:
*promote the *comedy - can't take calls in-flight, unless you're in space.

Thnaks for the uplift-I have put a lot of time in here and though some see me as only a trollish element, I have been able to percolate the collective consciousness more often that not-my impact crater is after all, visible to the naked eye from the International Space Station!! Cheers!

In reply to this comment by Playinwithfire:
Choggie,
I havent been here long, signed up in Sept I think, at the request of a friend (Enoch) primarily because a project we worked on together was on the sift, and Im fairly certain I have wore out my video posting welcome on facebook lol this was a good outlet for me. Ive been more active for the past few months for much the same reasons. I generally keep my nose in my music and try to MYOB know what I mean? lol I do watch the docs and things particularly if they are recommended to me, but as a rule prefer not to comment or get into the melee of opinions people seem compelled to share. Theres some good members here, and theres some well... Douchebags here too. Myself I prefer to ignore the douchebaggery and post what I like, sift or no (mostly no lol)
I enjoy sharing with the few who enjoy the same things I do, but stay away from the drama, lifes to short to worry about people sitting in their underwear distributing opinions. Dont let it ruin the things you enjoy about the sift. Now I dont know the things surrounding your exit and return, havent been here long enough, but I do enjoy the things you post, and have appreciated the support you've shown towards the random crap I post lol. I recognize very few names as I surf around in here, but yours is one of them, if I see "choggie" I always have a peek at it and show it some love one little vote drop in a bucket, but lol its all we got.
If you have fun here in certain respects, dont just give up and fade away. I betcha more than a few would miss ya here. Hey Im just a noob so what do I know right?


In reply to this comment by choggie:
Julie, i don;t know how long you've been here at VS but I noticed your comment on the TED talk with Temple Grandin (I saw her presentation and downloaded the film....i loved it..Claire Danes ripped her part a new one)

Part of my legacy here on the site involves a very popular user who bailed when it was voted to allow me back-I am not positive that the reason for his departure was my return, but they guy was pretty adamant about not letting me back, as were some others....he and another user's bullshit were one of the reasons for my leaving as I did (breaking all the rules in the FAQ's in about 10 minutes)-The user in question, Kronosposiden it was told me by another user after the fact, that he has Asburger's....which explained a lot as to his focus on some crap I considered inconsequential at the time-Consequentially, there is some unspoken animosity towards me for this, and my manner here, which appears trollish to the untrained eye-All this to say that after coming back, i had found that the old guard of artistic, expressive, and energetic talent of the place which used to be a tight core, has been replaced by shut-in, insect, douchebags (mostly males who have never been kissed) and I simply can;t keep up with the onslaught-a barrage of crap, foreign to my sensibilities....I am gonna slink away from the place I fear, like so many others have.....cheers and sorry that I am unable to mark this message "private"...the only power that was not returned to me after my resurrection.

Thanks nomino! I never understood why this one didn't get a gazillion votes.

In reply to this comment by nomino:
*quality

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If I ever got the opportunity to visit the International Space Station I would spend every moment I got at the window. What a view..

Forget a ride to the international space station, i want me one of these!

Put HD video screens on all the sideas and show flight footage going over rolling hills, beaches, mountains, whatever.

Those dreams of running along, jumping up and flying would come true!

He did win.

"NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won.

The name "Colbert" beat out NASA's four suggested options in the space agency's effort to have the public help name the addition. The new room will be launched later this year.

NASA's mistake was allowing write-ins. Colbert urged viewers of his Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report" to write in his name. And they complied, with 230,539 votes. That clobbered Serenity, one of the NASA choices, by more than 40,000 votes. Nearly 1.2 million votes were cast by the time the contest ended Friday.

NASA reserves the right to choose an appropriate name. Agency spokesman John Yembrick said NASA will decide in April, but will give top vote-getters the most consideration."

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>> ^burdturgler:
That sucks. So you can't see the video even by going to NASA's site then?

It's just the browser plugin that doesn't work. I can still use windows media player if I'm feeling particularly perverted. I'm pretty sure VLC could probably handle it too.

Well, since I doubt NASA is going to change their live streaming platform anytime soon .. I can make this a sift talk post instead and promote it every week or so .. so

How about on your blog? Blog posts can be promoted too, you know.


People should definitely contact NASA and complain, this material should be as cross platform friendly as possible.

I'm kind of surprised - NASA used to be very QuickTime oriented.

>> ^jonny:
No, it doesn't work for me because there is no browser on the Mac that can embed windows media. It's a known bug created because Microsoft programmed their hooks for the plugin in a non-standard way. (This info might be out of date.)


That sucks. So you can't see the video even by going to NASA's site then? Shitty.
Well, since I doubt NASA is going to change their live streaming platform anytime soon .. I can make this a sift talk post instead and promote it every week or so .. so the small fraction of viewers with windows based machines can enjoy it .. or you could return it and let it die it's miserable death in my p-queue .. whichever.

People should definitely contact NASA and complain, this material should be as cross platform friendly as possible.
I do think the concept of live feed Sifts is very interesting in any event and this one especially. Sorry you can't enjoy it!

And just a side of awesome .. I got to listen to a wrong "phone call" placed between NASA Mission Control and .. someone (Russian staff aboard the ISS? .. not sure .. these guys never shut up really) while I typed this

I was too busy playing this to even stick my head out the window and see the International space station fly over..

>> ^Enzoblue:
^ obviously you've never been at sea for 3 months straight on a US Navy destroyer. Add gravity, 400 men, some bilge gray paint, then take away the nice view and replace it with 360 degrees of sky and sea. These are some pretty nice digs.


How about a submarine? Isn't that even worse?

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looks like an old Atari game....like the international space station does now...