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From: anybody@anywhere-anytime.com
In article <1181768162.164623.142250@e26g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,
SFTVratings wrote:
> On Jun 8, 7:08 pm, Anybody wrote:
> > In article <1181304463.544299.295...@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> > SFTVratings wrote:
> > > C'Pi wrote:
> > > > SFTVratings wrote:
> >
> > > > > But with the Jedi, it's pretty obvious if you jump out of a moving
> > > > > speeder, you're going to die. It was only "the luck of fools" that
> > > > > saved Anakin.
> >
> > > > No, it was good aim and timing. He didn't just randomly jump out of a
> > > > speeder. He obviously knew what he was doing, since he'd done it
> > > > before.
> >
> > > (1) He almost missed. (2) And once on the ship, he almost fell off,
> > > because he couldn't properly grasp the slippery metal (bit like trying
> > > to hang-on to a NASCAR at 170 mph). And most importantly:
> >
> > > (3) What if the pilot had suddenly made a left turn & gone in a
> > > different direction? Then what would Anakin have done??? He'd have
> > > no ship to land on!
> >
> > > Foolish risk.
> >
> > "Foolish" is in the ye of the beholder. It was a calculated risk since
> > the Jedi can see things in the future (even though not 100%
> > accurately).
> >
> > As before, things are labelled "foolish" when they don't work and when
> > they do work they're called "heroic" - it's a very fine line.
>
> Okay then, by your logic, we (meaning you and I) can just jump out of
> a building, on the chance that a plane might be flying by, and we can
> catch it.
>
> Yeah.
>
> Sure.
>
> Stupid idea.
I said it was a CALCULATED risk. Yes, there was a risk of failing, but
Anakin didn't consider it big enough to worry about.
If you want to jump out of a building, be my guest. Personaly I would
calculate the risk of that failing being about 99.9999999999%.
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