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Rocket Man is Real!

posted by unseenultra 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1504 views
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Swiss pilot, Yves Rossy is the first man in recorded history to fly with jet-powered wings (he personally built) strapped to his back. Here, he jumps out of a plane at 7,500 feet, folds out his wings and accelerates to more than 180 mph.

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written by lesserfool  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Sorry .. this is a dupe of this:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Fusion-Mans-First-Public-Flight-Demonstration-1


written by ashes2flames  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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It isn't a dupe. Just the same subject.


written by gwiz665  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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hmm, this one has music, the other is more like a news report. hmm, we could *discuss this and get a consensus.


written by swampgirl  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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This video is being sent to Sift Talk for discussion - discuss requested by swampgirl.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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It's the same video footage except this one is shorter and has a different sound track.
If you go 15 seconds into this one and 5 seconds into the other one .. it's the same thing.
Sorry.


written by ashes2flames  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Ban 'em all and let God sort 'em out. Oh wait, we're not banning someone? Sorry. Jumped the gun. I've been wanting to use my new instaban powers because I'm a huge prick.


written by blankfist  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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...


written by blankfist  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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it's not really a dupe since it features some footage we don't see in the other post


written by kulpims  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Some is not enough. Dupe it is.


written by MarineGunrock  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Two outta three goldies say it's alright. Anyone else have an opinion? I'm gonna be neutral since I blogged it I guess...


written by swampgirl  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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It's a close call, but I think this one has just enough different footage to qualify it as being different. That makes a total of three out of five opinions here (I'm including the non-goldie's opinion because he has eyes too ), so I'm going to *return it.


written by kronosposeidon  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Returning this video from Sift Talk - return requested by kronosposeidon.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Aero*spacy


written by kronosposeidon  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (Spacy) - requested by kronosposeidon.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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upvote for democracy


written by ashes2flames  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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If this were a dupe, we'd have to clean out a lot of weeds in the sift. Clearly not a dupe.

>>ashes2flame:
>>"It's the same video footage except this one is shorter and has a different sound track.
>>If you go 15 seconds into this one and 5 seconds into the other one .. it's the same thing.
>>Sorry."
Not enough to make it a dupe. If it were the same sound as well, it would be borderline, but now, not at all.

2 things make this not a dupe: New footage, as kulpims said, even if it's not a lot of new footage and different sound.


written by gwiz665  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Not to beat it to death .. but ..

I asked for this to be * discussed because I thought it was a dupe. The community felt it wasn't. I accept that and upvote the video. I'm not out to get anyone here. I honestly hate to see videos get discarded. But I really think dupes are becoming a big problem for the Sift.

I still think this is a dupe. But maybe I don't understand the precise definition of "dupe" on this site. That may be because there is no exact prescribed formula to define one.

There is this however from the FAQ:
"Search the site before submitting to see if the video has already been posted.

Duplicates will be * discarded. A duplicate video is one which contains content already on VideoSift in a published, queued, personal queued, or dead video submission. Minor changes in content, like a few additional insignificant seconds of video or alternate background music, will still be considered dupes. The only exception to this is if the change in audio makes a significant difference to the video content."

So according to the FAQ .. just having new sound or some new video does not mean a submission isn't a dupe.

Now it's all very subjective but .. does adding the song "Rocket Man" make a "significant difference to the video content"? The other video contains significantly more video and informative audio regarding the same event. The only difference I see is a few still photos added to the beginning of this one.

I like both videos. And UnseenUltra, I apologize for bringing this into your first sifted video. But I honestly feel like we have to start tackling the dupe issue here or we will be shifting from sifting YouTube etc to indexing it.


written by ashes2flames  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Invocations (discard) cannot be called by ashes2flames because ashes2flames is not privileged - sorry.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Just to clarify .. the * discard was unintentional. Was a copy/paste from the FAQ


written by ashes2flames  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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*flogs horse*

Hmm, it seems I'm a bit more forgiving with dupes than the letter of the law. I also agree that the dupe situation needs to be addressed, and if you have doubts about a video * discuss is needed. I'm glad we have a democracy on the sift an that it works here.
That being said, I'd rather let 10 dupes through then to discard a non-dupe.


written by gwiz665  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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I'm glad my first post could strike up controversy over guidelines. Since I'm somewhat of a neophyte on this site, I won't insert my own opinion on the topic, and instead leave this dispute to you sift veterans.


written by unseenultra  | 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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*wings


written by kulpims  | 1 year 3 months ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (Wings) - requested by kulpims.


written by siftbot  | 1 year 3 months ago | CH
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*promote


written by joedirt  | 8 months 3 weeks ago | CH
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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Saturday, May 17th, 2008 1:10pm PDT - promote requested by joedirt.


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