Jimbo

And it took them how long to figure out that auto execution of attachments was a bad idea? I'll continue to block this crap at the gateway. I remember when email was text, nothing more. Then came uuencode and multiple messages, etc.... then came html, then came full blown attachments. Then came the exploits. If I had had my way I would blocked _all_ attachment, but management wasn't so cool with that idea. If people want to transfer files they can use FTP or copy stuff around on shared drives at work. Bah. Humbug.

That is the real world price. PD charges closer to $1800.00 I believe. - Jim

BooHoo. I bought a round canopy made of F111 fabric in 1972 and then the damn manufacturers went and these new fangled square things, so I bought one of those, then they made them out of that new fangled ZP fabric, so I bought one of those, then came elliptical canopies, so I bought one of those...... it goes on.

Nice catch. :) I haven't looked at that rule in about 6 months. - Jim

The simple answer is that the rule described above rejects all mail with attachments that might be executed by Microsoft Outlook. It's saved us a ton of headaches. Since M$ won't fix their goddamn mail client we'll just reject the mail that makes it break.

You didn't say I couldn't pass it on.

What Lisa said. Me too. What exactly did you mean when you said 'anytime soon'? Did you ask him what he meant when he said 'anytime soon'? Skydivers, it seems to me, are an impatient bunch, when we want something 'soon' we want it next week, not next year. I'm guessing you didn't ask the right questions. I've been in contact, on and off, with Icarus and they've never denied the rework of the Safire. They've never promised a date on it either. If you talk to them nicely they might even give you reasonable trade on the canopies you have provided you buy the new Safire. Then again, maybe they won't. By the way, just by jumping the canopy you're saying something good about it. You're saying that you trust it to save your life, you're saying that it's good enough to put you and your wife gently back on this fine planet of ours. If you really feel that way you should sell yours, both of them. - Jim Edited by Jimbo on 05/01/02 02:06 AM (server time).

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What exactly did you mean when you said 'anytime soon'? Did you ask him what he meant when he said 'anytime soon'? Skydivers, it seems to me, are an impatient bunch, when we want something 'soon' we want it next week, not next year. I'm guessing you didn't ask the right questions. I've been in contact, on and off, with Icarus and they've never denied the rework of the Safire. They've never promised a date on it either. If you talk to them nicely they might even give you reasonable trade on the canopies you have provided you buy the new Safire. Then again, maybe they won't. By the way, just by jumping the canopy you're saying something good about it. You're saying that you trust it to save your life, you're saying that it's good enough to put you and your wife gently back on this fine planet of ours. If you really feel that way you should sell yours, both of them. - Jim

I put about 6 jumps on a Sabre2 170 @1.5:1 last weekend. This is one nice canopy. Seemed to have a flatter glide than my Safire, faster turns, lighter/more responsive on the front risers, great glide in brakes to make it back from that long spot, and the landings are a dream! I'm planning to demo a few more canopies this summer, but the Sabre2 scored big points with me. I really don't want to jump my Safire anymore. I shouldn't demo things I can't afford. - Jim

I've been lucky enough to stay clean at home, and these little rules make sure I (and the rest of the company) stay clean at work. /^(.*)name="(.*).(hta|com|pif|vbs|vbx|ovl|sys|bin|dll|vbe|js|jse|jsp|exe|bat|cmd|vxd|scr|chm)"$/ REJECT # # This _should_ block the klez worm - it's a snippet from the BASE64 Encoding # used by most mailers today. A bit kludgy, but it should work. # /^135AAItEjhyJRI8ci0SOGIlEjxiLRI4UiUSPFItEjhCJRI8Qi0SODIlEjwyLRI4IiUSPCItE$/ REJECT Klez is pretty active right now. We're seeing about 50 Klez rejects a day. Long live Postfix. Down with Sendmail.

It's not the Sabre2, it's not the Stilletto, it's not a VX/FX or even the Velocity. It's not the Cobalt or the Crossfire, it's not the Omega, the Spectre, or the Triathalon. What is it then? It's the C2000 by OverSteer Ind. Apparently the folks at Pier Ltd had some free time on their hands. - Jim

Whiskey == Jamisons (It's Irish whiskey, so smoooooooth) Vodka == Stoli or Kettle one. Don't be fooled into thinking that Absolute is good. It's not. Tequilla == Patrone is OK, Two Fingers is good. Stay away from Jose Cuervo Scotch == Wouldn't drink it if you made me. I'd rather eat dirt.

Permission granted. Go jump.

Do you really think that these people (They're people before they're priests) would _not_ molest children if they were married? I don't buy it. - Jim

Wow. The 'discussions' here on dz.com are far from true 'internet' flame wars. I would call these more of a thread from hell (TFH).

So, there's this announcement on the front page about the new Icarus product line for 2002. Anyone been lucky enough to jump one of these new canopies yet? Test pilots? Close friends of Simon? What did you think? - Jim

0:9:0 It looks like that's all I'm going to get this weekend. The rain has moved in I don't think it's going to go away. Oh well, at least I got to demo the Sabre II - that's a nice canopy. Anyone wanna by a Safire? - Jim

Dude - keep your pointless post whoring in talk-back where it belongs. - Jim

There's an article right here on dropzone.com com that addresses your question. Read Spot Cleaning of Nylon Parachute Fabric Good luck. - Jim

Drew - I think you missed my point. Mine was quite simply a statement of fact, that it is not necessary to do a 'high performance' landing when flying a high performance parachute. I'm not going to speculate why people buy the parachutes they do and I am absolutely not saying that high performance landings are wrong, but I might suggest that someone might not want to perform a high performance landing under the following situations: * landing off in a tight spot * not having the altitude or room to perform a high performance landing * first few jumps on a new parachute * first few jumps on a high performance parachute I'm sure there are more. It is still possible to land these parachutes gently with a conservative straight in approach. - Jim

My guess is that the rigger asked the question when his reserve was being repacked. At that point the rigger could have, at the direction of the customer, completely removed the RSL. I got the impression that he used the RSL on the skydive in question. - Jim

That's a misconception that could well get you killed. I've seen a lot of high-performance canopies jump at my DZ with loadings between 1.4 and well over 2 - I've also seen them landed with nothing more than a straight in approach, putting the jumper gently down on the ground. You shouldn't have to perform a high speed approach on any modern canopy to get a decent landing. - Jim

What about the new Cobalt cross braced tandem canopy? Think about this: 2 jumpers @ 200lbs each + 50 lbs of gear under a 350 sqft canopy produces a wing loading of 1.28. I'm guessing there's nothing wrong with, and maybe something right, about flying a lightly loaded cross braced canopy. - Jim

That was cool. It stopped after an hour or so. It was this silly midi music playing in the background even while the CD was playing. It's interesting.