TheBachelor

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  1. My .02: We also have such pourous borders that criminals from all over the world can come here pretty easily. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  2. Get your jackets... "The total amount of cooling ranges from 0.65C up to 0.75C -- a value large enough to erase nearly all the global warming recorded over the past 100 years. All in one year time. For all sources, it's the single fastest temperature change ever recorded, either up or down. " Full article: Temperature Monitors Report Widespread Global Cooling: http://www.dailytech.com/Temperature+Monitors+Report+Worldwide+Global+Cooling/article10866.htm Let the sniping begin! There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  3. To spot the same way most people do at large dropzones, he could either have his dog watch for the green light, or wait for 15-to idiots to yell "get out!" Heck, they're not watching the spot, so it would be no difference for him... [/rant] There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  4. I read that article last week. Pretty much fit's me to a "T". There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  5. From the time I spent looking at the files, I figured they were a proprietary format and/or some sort of hybrid. There is a header on all of the files that is in a (human) readable format. I thought that if I stripped off those bytes, the remainder of the file would be in some "standard" image format. If that were the case, I had hoped that someone could figure out the format. I could write the app to do the conversion once I knew what I was dealing with. I just offered the c-note to see if someone would recognize the format. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  6. O.K. For those of you who answer without looking at the file, following is a hex dump of the top of the file. The left most numbers are the offset from the begging of the file (in decimal). Then there are 16 hexadecimal codes, then the display of that line. Here it is. You'll have to copy and paste it to something with a fixed-space font (like notepad) for it to line up right. 00000000 32 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 30 32 34 30 2000000000010240 00000016 31 33 32 30 30 30 30 30 38 30 0a 32 30 34 38 ff 1320000080.2048ÿ 00000032 ff ff f9 6a 25 a9 6a 15 44 7c e3 08 2c 8e 8f 8a ÿÿùj%©j.D|ã.,ŽŠ 00000048 6d 17 cb ac 58 23 ba 42 c8 f2 84 14 45 91 d1 e4 m.ˬX#ºBÈò„.E‘Ñä 00000064 47 47 41 90 88 c2 2e b5 4f 04 0b cb 70 81 0d 94 GGAˆÂ.µO..Ëp.” 00000080 e3 23 a4 32 3a 47 1e 47 cd a2 3e 66 69 d9 74 4e ã#¤2:G.GÍ¢>fiÙtN 00000096 8b ac 68 71 70 44 7a 20 81 53 8e 2d 08 d0 b4 22 ‹¬hqpDz SŽ-.д" 00000112 24 dc 48 b2 0e 97 d8 b8 e7 1c e3 bd 12 1d da 10 $ÜH².—ظç.ã½..Ú. 00000128 e8 b1 dc 10 21 28 70 44 7e 25 0e 53 e5 3e 23 e2 è±Ü.!(pD~%.Så>#â 00000144 50 ed b9 43 90 e3 ec 41 02 f0 82 1f 11 eb 1a 13 Pí¹CãìA.ð‚..ë.. 00000160 8f d0 88 22 3f c4 78 20 49 51 87 ef 3b 96 3f de Ðˆ"?Äx IQ‡ï;–?Þ 00000176 71 ce 39 43 8f c4 58 2b 48 ee 10 51 a1 a4 71 ca qÎ9CÄX+Hî.Q¡¤qÊ 00000192 1c a1 e8 8e f7 71 1b 24 39 08 e4 c7 29 d6 08 8e .¡èŽ÷q.$9.äÇ)Ö.Ž 00000208 8f a8 e2 82 1a 64 74 d2 08 21 11 5b 1f 28 70 44 ¨â‚.dtÒ.!.[.(pD 00000224 7e 91 43 94 39 c7 08 10 ef c5 97 5c c3 b8 ac 63 ~‘C”9Ç..ïÅ—\ø¬c 00000240 ba 9d df 1d 20 40 98 b8 d0 c1 11 d6 08 8e 85 26 ºß. @˜¸ÐÁ.Ö.Ž…& 00000256 c8 e7 a0 44 7e a7 1c a1 d5 dc 20 af 04 0a 21 b2 Èç D~§.¡ÕÜ ¯..!² 00000272 3a 18 22 3e 23 a4 97 f8 c2 14 dd 44 6c 45 f6 47 :.">#¤—øÂ.ÝDlEöG 00000288 c8 fc 64 72 a8 97 41 50 82 23 e8 b1 c1 11 f6 27 Èüdr¨—AP‚#è±Á.ö' 00000304 1e b3 8f a9 31 e1 08 8b 82 04 2e d1 1f 43 9c 70 .³©1á.‹‚..Ñ.Cœp There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  7. I have about 20,000 of these images. Can't do them one by one. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  8. Resumix was bought by Yahoo!, and they discontinued the product. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  9. Hmmm. Unless I'm missing something, it doesn't look like a MIME formatted file. If you can provide more detail to your answer, please PM me. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  10. Wanna make $100? I’ll send you a check for $100 if you’re the first to answer this question about the file I have uploaded: What is the image format, and what do I have to do to get the image in a “standard” image format? By “standard”, I mean .jpg, .bmp, .tiff, etc. Hints: The file contains a scanned or faxed image, which is stored on Unix, and can be viewed by a Windows client for an application called “Resumix.” I have FTP’d the file in both binary and ASCII. Looking at the file in hex, it looks like it may be a hybrid format. The directory that the files are in is protected. The user id is “Geek”, and the password is the initials (in upper case) of the U.S. governing body for our sport. I won’t make it a “clicky” because I don’t want the ‘bots picking it up. I also won’t attach them here because I want to get rid of them when it’s figured out. The URL’s are: www dot dauplaise dot net/secure/565065.bin for the binary file www dot dauplaise dot net/secure/565065.asc.bin for the ASCII file Just going to that URL should allow you to save the files. I have tested with both IE and FireFox. If you still have a problem, PM me, and I will email you the files. IMPORTANT: Please PM me if you figure it out. I will post a follow-up message when someone has. If I have multiple correct answers, the first one wins. If you have questions, you can post them here or PM me. Please answer the question I the spirit it was asked. Don’t send me answers like “Just open it in Resumix and save it in another format.” I have thousands of these files, and I need to be able to view them from Windows after I get rid of Resumix. All decisions of the judge (me) are final. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  11. I've known Jim since he got his "A" (which I guess wasn't THAT long ago.) Yeah, jumps his butt off. Agreed that he is a heck of a nice guy. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  12. I've been wearing Ortho-K lenses for about 15 years. I think it's the greatest thing. I can go 24-48 hours without the lenses, and still have nearly 20-20 vision. For your specific questions, here are my answers: It doesn't take much time to put them in (seconds), but you do need to spend a couple of minutes (maybe one) cleaning them after you take them out. It will take you a while to get used to them. The first time I put them in, I thought I had boulders in my eyes. I'd suggest wearing them for shorter times during the day until you get comfortable with them. Now I usually can't even tell that they're in. Again, my vision is good for 24-48 hours or more after I take them out. For some of my annual appointments, I'll have them out for a day or two before going in just to see where I am, and I'm close to 20-20. PM me if you have any other specific questions. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  13. Interesting reading others' experiences. I have an appt with a neuro in about 3 weeks for similar issues. I know at least two other skydivers who have had fusions. One was in the c-spine, and the other was lumbar. In both cases, they are going back for further fusions now. As stated earlier, one fusion usually puts pressure on the vertebrae on either side of it, eventually requiring further fusions. I'll keep watching this thread, and post my surgeon's recommendations. Oh, also, as the one nurse said, putting off surgery for as long as possible seems to be the recommendation of people "in the know." My wife worked as a Physician Assistant in a pain management clinic, and she said the majority of their patients where from failed back surgeries. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  14. No, the Fed cut the fed funds rate. They don't have direct control of the prime rate. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  15. I used that to get out of one stint on jury duty. Still, it took a day and a half of my time before I got to the point where I could claim it. The last time, I got quickly excused by the defense when I wore a "NRA Lifetime Member" jacket. Once again, I had to wait around the courthouse for more than a day until I got in front of the lawyers and the judge. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  16. I used to wear one of their necklaces. Came out in freefall, and (no sh*t), got caught by my 3-ring on my left side at deployment. It quickly broke the chain, and the chain and medallion fell away. I'm sure if I tried, I couldn't make that happen again, but it made me think about what could happen.. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  17. It seems that what the RIAA was saying was illegal was that Howell ripped the CD's, then put them in a Kazaa folder for sharing. Just ripping them is not illegal. See this link: http://blogs.eweek.com/applewatch/content/a_cautious_mea_culpa_to_the_riaa_1.html?kc=EWKNLEND010408STR1 I've seen a couple other sites that make the same correction. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  18. Actually Charles Rangel proposed a "mother of all tax reforms" (tax increases) in 2007. You can search his name and find a ton of articles. Here is one that gives an overview, along with a number of links to more information: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rangel_tax_overhaul_plan_(2007) There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  19. I see that here in Southern California. The OUTRAGEOUS thing lately is some cities in California are REQUIRING Home Depot to build "Day Laborer Centers" when they build new stores. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  20. I was offered $20,000 by a friend for such an arrangement. I probably would have considered it, but I was makeing good money, and $20K would have been just a drop in the bucket. She eventually found someone else, and she got her green card. I never did ask her how hard the interview was. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  21. I'm sure it's all about sales. If they're not selling enough of them, they'll probably be dropped. I don't think you can blame them for that. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  22. I know 3 people who are still living today because of them. Two of those people had more than 3,000 jumps when they were saved. The other was just off student status. On the other hand, I no nobody personally who has been injured or killed due to a msifire. I'm not saying that it doesn't happen, I have just never seen it. Probably 99 percent of my jumps have been with an AAD. I'm not afraid to jump without one, but I prefer the safety. Money isn't an issue for me, so I have one in both of my rigs, and there will be one in any future rigs I buy. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  23. The only card I have with a fee is my card that gets me frequent flier miles. For $50 a year, I get 40,000 or 50,000 miles, so that's two flights for $50. I do have an Amex card that gets miles with no fee, but that's my business card, and I don't use it nearly as much as the personal card. Since AMEX isn't accepted in as many places, I keep the Mastercard with the fee for personal use. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  24. Re: "I'm a racist and hate everybody." When I was in jury duty earlier this year, a guy got up and and said something similar (the defendant was black.) The judge got pissed, and told him to "wait outside." He then asked if any of the rest of us if we were going to "pull something like that." He went on to explain that he had heard them all (too many to go into here.) Anyway, we later found out that the judge made the guy report to the jury room for the next week. Oh, here in Los Angeles County, we have a "1-day or 1-trial" system. You are on call, and if you get called in, and don't get seated on a jury that first day, you're done (with some exceptions.) Due to that rule, it's almost impossible get get excused. The case that they were picking a jury for was a murder case. I get paid by the hour, so I didn't want to be on that jury. I wore a "NRA Lifetime Member" jacket. The defense attorney excused me without asking me a single question. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...
  25. From the link, please note the following: "Authorities have said Carol Anne Gotbaum, who was handcuffed and shackled to a bench, may have accidentally strangled herself Friday." "Police said she was later found unconscious and not breathing with the chain from the shackle pulled against the front of her neck. It appeared that Gotbaum got tangled as she tried to manipulate the handcuffs from behind her to the front, police said. " So much for it definitely being the cops' fault. There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...