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    I can say that we are working hard at getting this removed very soon.


    Well, I guess I can't ask for more than that. Thanks for the information and good luck.

    I suppose that the ugliness of spam has made anti-spam systems a bit overzealous at times. For example, I can remember McAfee Site Advisor blacklisting subscription pages of (highly technical) mailinglists on the grounds of "receiving lots of e-mails after having filled in an e-mail address". That is of course exactly what such subscription pages are for. Likewise, as long as the dropzone.com mailserver(s) cannot be used as relay(s) for spammers, the domain does not belong on blacklists.

    Again, thanks for the explanation and good luck remedying the situation.

    Fonz
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  2. When trying to send mail today to a familiar address, I received a failure notice:

    :
    173.199.170.19 does not like recipient.
    Remote host said: 550-"JunkMail rejected - dz.nmsrv.com (dropzone.com) [204.187.14.148] is in an
    550 RBL, see Blocked - see http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?204.187.14.148"
    Giving up on 173.199.170.19.

    Any thoughts?
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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    Even though you're using a different platform, is it possible that it's adware that needs to be cleaned?



    Possible? I suppose so.
    Likely? Theoretically Keira Knightley and Natalie Portman could both fall in love with me and not mind sharing ;)

    It's probably just something internal that goes wrong with Opera when it's kept running for a long time.

    Fonz
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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    You may need a registry cleaner...



    Thanks for the suggestion but no, I don't. Registries are a Windows thing and I use something else.

    However, the login prompts appear to be gone now.

    I'm still somewhat curious as to what caused it in the first place because it just isn't supposed to happen. My educated guess though, is that it's more likely that some of Opera's internals don't function entirely properly on long continuous runs than that it's the advertiser's fault.

    Thanks everybody.

    Fonz
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  5. Screenie can be found here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~zoefsam/fonz/spamshot.jpg

    This recently started occurring for *every* page loaded from dropzone.com. Clicking cancel only leads to a new prompt, after cancelling three times the page is finally displayed. Running Opera's Ghostery extension (with "bug" blocking enabled) reduces this to one prompt per page loaded.

    Fonz
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  6. Since a couple of days I've been getting login prompts (!) from traveladvertising.com. Initially THREE times for every dz.com page visited with Opera, but installing Ghostery takes it down to "only" one per page.

    Can this be fixed please?
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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    if a twin engine jump plane pilot has the left engine producing a 220Hz and the right producing a 225Hz, one would hear a 5Hz wawa. Assuming one listened.



    Nice example B|

    Btw: I finally managed to find a reference. The word I was looking for is "beat(ing)", apparently.

    Thanks,

    Alphons
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  8. Hi all,

    I'm looking for the English word to describe a mathematical phenomenon.

    When you superimpose two (co)sines of slightly different frequencies (say, y1=sin(9x) and y2=sin(8x) or something), the resulting waveform consists of periodic blob-kind of thingies, the amplitude kinda like a waveform itself.

    In Dutch, it's called "zweving" which literally means floatation, but I doubt it's called that in English.

    Thanks in advance,

    Alphons
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  9. Thanks for the info, Bill.

    With regard to the second point though, could you explain why pull-out is less suitable for beginners trained on throw-out? Is it just unwise to make the transition that early or is there more to it?
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  10. Myth no. 1: Pull-outs provide somewhat faster openings.

    Myth no. 2: Pull-outs are less suitable for beginners.

    Could somebody please play Mythbuster and call "confirmed" or "busted" on these?

    Alphons
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  12. Don't know. But what I do know is that if I wanted to marry a corpse I'd choose Emily over Anna Nicole any day of the week...

    Anna Nicole as a corpse bride would sure make for a nice song, though.

    Alphons
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  13. If you had to choose, which character (dead or alive) whould you like to be?

    I didn't make it a poll because the list of options would be too long.

    Personally, I'd go for Bonejangles.

    Alphons
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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    when selling a main canopy...do you include the d bag and pilot chute or does that go with the rig????



    The lines and slider are part of the canopy, pretty much everything else belongs to the rig. Toggles, risers, d-bag, bridle, pilot chute, deployment handle, you name it.

    Think about it. Those components must fit the rig. They are designed to work with a particular rig design and vice versa.

    Your rig could be equipped with a ZP pilot chute while the buyer's rig is approved for F-111 pilot chutes only (or the other way around). And the pilot chute must fit the rig's BOC pouch of course.

    D-bags (and containers) not only come in different sizes, but in different shapes too. For example, a Voodoo d-bag probably won't fit into a Dolphin except maybe by (extreme) coincidence.

    Not so sure about connector links though. They seem pretty universal so you may choose to keep them with the rig or send them with the canopy. Probably works fine both ways.

    Alphons
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  16. Beer

    Diced tomatoes
    Tomato paste
    Tomato sauce
    Spring onions
    Onions
    Diced beef
    Canned meatballs (or minced meat if I can't find any good ones)
    Vermicelli
    Bread
    Beer
    Beer
    Beer
    Butter milk

    Alphons (I'm having tomato soup and bread today)
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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    I got moves in the bedroom that would make Gene Simmons blush....



    You mean he doesn't wear the KISS make-up all the time? I'm shocked :o

    Alphons (there's another myth busted)
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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    I cannot find ANYTHING telling me what this message really means. Just says call support.



    Okay, now I'm intrigued... I'm going to try and find out. If I succeed, I'll let you know.

    Alphons
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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    Anyone else have a nav system?



    Not yet. But I might get one now that I've started paragliding.

    Alphons
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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    IWhen do you most enjoy a beer?



    At the moment I'd say after work.

    But when I go back to university this autumn it's probably going to be beer around the clock B|

    Alphons (when programming in C, I think beer is a prerequisite to getting any work done)
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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    Dell isn't talking, just replacing the WHOLE SERVER



    Perhaps Dell should be replaced itself...

    I avoid Dell hardware, especially for server purposes. And I don't know what the error message means but from your story it seems to me like you're being squeezed.

    Alphons
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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    But if you put them in a box, do you really know they're still there?



    Actually, you don't. You're merely looking at the odds of them still being there or not.

    Sounds to me like you should take a course in quantum physics. I think you'll do quite well :ph34r:

    Alphons
    And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes.
    -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy