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  1. Maybe someone can help me. I inadvertantly downloaded an ActiveX control and now I can't get rid of it. Things I've already done... 1. Found the files on the drive but it won't let me delete them 2. Run a couple of anti-spyware programs but it doesn't find it. 3. Ran MSCONFIG and turned off all of the programs that run at startup. It's extremely annoying. It's from a company called SPyLock http://www.spylocked.com/?aff=321 Any help would be appreciated Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  2. 3 from in the house....2 from Starbuck's Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  3. http://www.gustavhasford.com/short.htm Short Timers is a good read Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  4. The good people at Aerodyne have always gone above and beyond my expectations. Should have taken the demo and PA removed by slotperfect. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  5. Just hope it never goes away completely. After 26 years I still have a great respect for the hostile environment that is skydiving. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  6. Mr. Gore most certainly is... Clicky Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  7. On this point we agree. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  8. I talked to them and specifically asked about skydiving. They told me it is covered What they told you and what the policy states may be 2 different things. The only thing that matters is the verbage of the policy. I'd be checking it. I'm positive the company's actuaries have a very different view of scuba vs. skydiving. The only question I would have is, is skydiving SPECIFICALLY excluded as a cause of death. It gets even more interesting than that. If skydiving is listed as an exclusion and they can prove you were jumping they might be able to deny payment on the death claim on the grounds that you willfully violated the terms. Of course, they would refund all of your premiums but they'd rather do that than pay the claim. Bottom line is that if you want life insurance and you want to include the possibility of going in as a cause of death you will pay a higher premium. And it's not as simple as not telling them about it. Same goes for any clause. If you're a smoker and you fail to disclose that it is conceivable they could try to deny the claim. I'm sure underwriting departments love that I send them skydivers and other oddballs). Hehe...licensed in Ohio and my company won't even consider it...for life or health. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
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  10. Enlighten us with your alternative Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  11. Was that really necessary. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  12. I don't see where it covers jumps. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  13. Caymans, Costa Maya, Belize and Cozumel. I like the Caymans the best. Belize was the most "foreign" port if ya know what I mean. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  14. unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. Amendment V No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Amendment VI In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. Amendment VII In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. Amendment VIII Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. It does allow for exceptions. In my book 9/11 was an invasion...an act of war on our own soil Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  15. One plausible reason for waiting so long to charge him is the possibility that taking him, or any of these people to trial would require revealing souce information and blowing a valuable intelligence asset. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  16. Just got back from a Western Carribean...my beer cruise. Lots of good things and some things I didn't like. Enjoy the shore excursions. Put some Jimmy Buffett on your iPod. Pay no attention to the fat and the old. Don't let anyone talk you into seeing one of those cheesy shows in the theatre. Drink alot. At $7.50 each you'll enjoy it more. Relax and go with it. Enter the gambling tournaments....they're cheap and fun. Take movies. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  17. We did that type of thing prior to 9/11. Hell, we didn't even have the intelligence ops in place to let us know guys like Padilla were here or coming here. I for one am not ready to just let him wander around free to do his deeds. I still say you have to grab guys like that and detain them for however long it takes. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  18. It's pointless to propose solutions to someone who denies there's a problem. The point of "bitching about the problem" (as you put it) is to convince you there IS a problem. However you seem to approve of a government that comes up with new categories of people and their treatment outside of the rule of law when circumstances are apparently urgent. So no amount of bitching that the US government is making all sorts of ad hoc exceptions to its own laws will bother you. You like it that way. Humor me. What's your proposed solution? Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  19. And if you don't have solid evidence of a crime? Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  20. As I thought..nothing about how to do it differently. Where are all you people who know everything about everything? This is typical...bitch about the problem but offer no solution or viable alternative. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  21. Are YOU technically a citizen too, or some other kind? It seems that you have no problem in depriving technical citizens of their Constitutionally guaranteed rights. When I said he was technically a citizen I never said he wasn't a citizen, or a technical citizen. He is a citizen in the same way you or I am with a couple of very big exceptions...I don't think the government could make this statement about you... The Justice Department said last year that Padilla has told interrogators that before the September 11 terror attacks he met with al Qaeda's late military chief, Mohamed Atef, about the apartment bombing plot, and Abu Zubaydah, the terror group's accused operations chief who is now in custody, about stealing radioactive material to be used in a crude explosive device. ... and if they could make that statement about you I'd prefer they treat you the same way. Now, someone here will parrot the part about how the government can come and just take you away...tin foil hat and all. Please, I'm still waiting for someone to tell me how they would have done it differently. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  22. I would not destroy the freedoms and protections afforded to me by the law in order to defend against some other threat OK...tell me what you would have done with Padilla. You know he's associated himself with terror organizations...he was no boy scout when he was in the US a few years back. You have some intelligence indicating he is planning a dirty bomb attack but you can't prove it and he just showed up at your front door asking to come into your country. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  23. He was an american citizen, arrested in Chicago! Padilla -- who also goes by the name of Abdullah Al Muhajir -- was arrested at O'Hare International Airport after arriving from Pakistan on a connecting flight through Zurich. A Muslim convert with a violent criminal past in the United States, Padilla had spent recent years in the Middle East. He may technically be an american citizen but I think he was up to no good. Why do you think he suddenly decided he wanted to return to the U.S.? Certainly the government had some issues. They probably can't prove the "dirty bomb" theory but I have no problem with their actions here. the first X people would be carted off. After that, people would start answering the door differently. If a special class can be created for Padilla, a special class can be created for anyone. Do you really think the gov't is gonna come knocking on your door and take you away? If that was the case 2/3 of the people posting here would be gone. Smokin that stuff makes you paranoid. Actually, the reason we've seen no attacks is because I wear a necklace with a shark's tooth and a closing pin. Overall, the United States and our partners have disrupted at least ten serious al Qaeda terrorist plots since September the 11th, including three al Qaeda plots to attack inside the United States. We've stopped at least five more al Qaeda efforts to case targets in the United States, or infiltrate operatives into our country. Because of this steady progress, the enemy is wounded -- but the enemy is still capable of global operations. Our commitment is clear: We will not relent until the organized international terror networks are exposed and broken, and their leaders held to account for their acts of murder. GWB 10/6/05 So much oversimplification going on here. You're looking for perfect and it doesn't exist. For clean and comfortable and it doesn't exist. And in all your pontification I haven't heard anyone say how they would handle it differently. You assume you know everything the gov't knows about these folks...whether it can be proved in a court of law or not. You don't and probably never will. I'm glad that you're concerned and see your role as watchdog...keep up the good work. Leave the rest of it to the people who are tasked with the nearly impossible job of protecting US soil from people whose sole purpose is your death. I'd have to say they're doing just fine. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  24. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSSwkbwwGDg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzuS09yHPfU Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne
  25. airdvr

    Fun Job

    No doubt...when I first saw it I thought he was going to fly into the lines. I'm sure there has to be some standard of weather conditions involved. I don't think he could stay that close if there was any wind at all. Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne