bob.dino

Yup, as far as I know all the pilot rigs at our DZ have squares in 'em. But then, all the regular pilots are jumpers too.

Out of curiosity, what make & model of container was it? How new was it? Were the canopies in the container the recommended sizes, or were they stuffed in there?

What helmets are Team Mandarin wearing?

Bill Booth (billbooth) agrees with you. Do a search for his opinions on pillow reserve handles - he's discussed the issue on here a number of times.

The Pratt & Whitney PT6 is one of the most popular engines around. Used on Twin Otters, 750XLs, King Airs, Caravans, Porters, most Turbine Beavers, and probably other jump aircraft I can't think of right now. Not used on Skyvans or Casa 212s - they use Garrett powerplants. Per Wikipedia, it's the most popular turboprop in history.

The poll needs to be setup to allow multiple selections before this can happen.

I'd be very surprised if your router could hand out DHCP leases without also providing basic DNS services. What model is it? If you don't want to play with your router, to fix things with static IP addresses, go to the router, tell it not to assign IP addresses below (say) .105 . Give each of your two machines a static IP address below .105. Then, in \WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts on each machine, add a line for the other machine. If MachineA is 192.168.1.100 and MachineB is 192.168.1.101, on MachineA you add a line like: 192.168.1.101 MachineB and on MachineB you add: 192.168.1.100 MachineA This won't solve the problem of easily mapping drives on new machines temporarily added to your network, but at least your two main machines will work.

Really? I haven't seen a security exploit in Java for a very long time. Javascript on the other hand... The only thing that Java and Javascript share is the same stem to their name. Fucking Netscape's marketing dept piggybacking on Java's name recognition.

I'd give you very good money it's not, except in the "almost all windows settings are in the registry, so any configuration problem could be categorised as a registry issue" manner. Note1: This is all from memory, so some or all details may be incorrect. It's either related to the machine's attempts to find each other, or to the file-sharing-related permissions and/or firewall you have set on the machines. However, if it works intermittently, I'd put money on it being a machine discovery issue. Note2: if either machine is Windows 95, 98, or ME, stop now. Upgrade them to a sensible operating system, then continue. Windows uses DNS to resolve other machine names, and if this doesn't work it falls back to NetBIOS. You don't want to be relying on NetBIOS, because it's shit. From our perspective, the main problem is that it's not routable, so it's quite possible that your router (but not a switch) is dropping discovery packets. And I've found it generally problematic unless you put a WINS server on your network. In short, let's not. Note3: to see if NetBIOS is on, go to the properties of your net conn, click on Advanced, then on the WINS tab. Anything other than "Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" means you may be using NetBIOS for name resolution. So, for now we'll focus on getting DNS set up correctly so your machines can talk reliably. You say your machines are getting DHCP leases from your router. That's cool. Is your router also acting as a DNS server? It should be. Checking if it's a routing issue: Try mapping to the IP address of the other machine, rather than its name. eg \\192.168.1.100\share_name. If it works but mapping to \\machine_name\share_name fails, routing is ok, but name resolution is buggered. Checking if it's a DNS issue: At a command-prompt: nslookup machine_name If you get an IP address for the other machine, things are good. If not, it's probably a DNS config issue. Checking if the DHCP server is also acting as a DNS server: At a command-prompt: nslookup At the nslookup prompt: > server dhcp_server_ip_address Then: > client_machine_name If you get "No response from server" there's no DNS server running on your router. Go to the config, turn it on, and run "ipconfig /renew" from both client machines. Then repeat the steps above. If you get "Non-existent domain", then the DHCP server isn't adding your machines to the DNS record when it assigns the leases. Consult documentation, or consider using static internal IP addresses + hosts file for name resolution. If you get "Non-authoritative answer" or "Authoritative answer", then we're nearly there! We have a DNS server answering our queries correctly, but our clients aren't asking it for info. You now have two choices: Manually add the dhcp_server_ip_address to the DNS server settings of each client. In the properties of the net connection, click on "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and make sure the dhcp_server_ip_address is the first on the list. Properly configure the DHCP server to hand out its own IP address as a DNS server when it hands out leases. Consult the documentation for your router. Once done, run "ipconfig /renew" and check that the DNS settings are now correct.

You'd have to pay for my plane ticket to the USA.

Well, you live in Utah. Oral sex is illegal there, isn't it? You wouldn't want an upstanding pillar of society to put himself on the wrong side of the law, would you? Move to Oz .

For RAM it's hard to go wrong with http://www.crucial.com. Crucial is the retail arm of Micron, one of the larger memory manufacturers in the world. They have a lovely selector tool that walks you through exactly what will and won't fit in your machine. Last time I checked pricing, using Crucial was about 40% of the price of buying RAM from Apple.

Frenchy for President!

It's a very odd place, and they really don't trust their customers and sales staff. And they will try to sell you a bunch of stuff you don't really need. But once you know all that, it's a pretty cool place.

Your inability to quote properly makes this post worth preserving in its original form .

Sure, but only if you promise not to send the Coors. What do you want?

Grue is single, and given his degree will be rich in a couple of years. You could get in there early...

VB is just wrong (read the review). And I'm pretty sure you're thinking of Toohey's New (it's in a blue bottle). That's pretty decent. If you do actually want some sent to you, PM me, and I'll see what I can do...

Yes, it would be rude, but it may be unavoidable. First try asking him to speak more slowly.

Have you got a link? I couldn't find it on their website, and I'm always interested in being one of the cool kids. I never was at school .

As I understand it, the ZP.exe is a Sabre1 copy. Not heard anything bad about it, and I know people that jump/have jumped 145 and 170s. Have you checked the size with your instructors to make sure that a 170 is right for you?

There is no owners manual for Precision mains, though apparently George Galloway is working on one.

Per her profile, it was an Infinity.

Having oil and not being a friend of the USA?

How have you got the machines connected? Are you using Netbios or TCP/IP? Do you have a DNS server on your network? A domain controller? Do the machines have static or dynamic IP addresses?