Your opinions, please!

A nice thing to do. I think to show your support for rec.aviation.* you
should
also provide the rec.aviation.* FAQ. That would balance it out and
provide a
great source of information for all pilots.

Great idea!

Where can I find the FAQs?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ...
"WAKE UP!!!" wrote:

.... bunches of info ....

Do you do this sort of research for a living? If so, please contact me by email.
Nothing nefarious, I would simply like to find out if a particular person is
still alive.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."


I don't do it for a living, but if it's for a good cause I'll run a
quick search for you for free. My databases aren't perfect, but
they're very good. If I don't come up with anything, it doesn't mean
they're dead, it's one of those "you can't prove a negative" things.
Contact me at the address listed but I'll probably turn it off in a
couple of weeks, since in the 12 hours since I posted I've gotten 145
virus emails there.

Jay, I'd tell you how I got your SSN, but then I'd have to kill you

SSN's are EVERYWHERE, they're easier to get than an unlisted phone
number. By the time I get it, I can't tell where it came from, the
data is blended, matched and combined. I confirmed yours with an old
CD I have from FAA listing all the certified pilots and their ssns.
They don't do it anymore, but I still have the CD.

Mother's maiden names are only a little more secure. Getting the
spelling of your wife's name was automatic, off the databases, but I
have no idea how to say it.

PhyrePhox wrote:

Since you are using frontpage you might not be able to change some
things. Also since the ceilings are 500' 3sm vis
in rain and I've now got nothing to do.... I'll take your source code and
change it around a bit and send it to you to take
a look at.

While you're at it, see if you can figure out why I wind up at the top of the
list if I use the back button to return from viewing a photo. It also completely
reloads the page when I do this, so it takes a long time to looks around.

What happens is 1. Click on URL. Page takes several second to load. 2. Scroll
down just checking things out. 3. Click on (for example), M. Powell's photo.
Loads fast. View. 4. Click on "back". Page takes several seconds to load. Find
myself at the first entry on the page. 5. Either start back at step 2 or scroll
up to click on the "P" in the alphabet.

I'm running Netscape 4.79.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:59:13 GMT "Jay Honeck" wrote:

A nice thing to do. I think to show your support for rec.aviation.* you
should
also provide the rec.aviation.* FAQ. That would balance it out and
provide a
great source of information for all pilots.

Great idea!

Where can I find the FAQs?

This will require some work on your part. You'll have to treat each FAQ
differently I'll bet. Some you will only have to mirror, others you might need
to actually adopt and maintain. The google archives can provide the meat. And
it's easy enough to figure out which questions keep getting asked over and over
again. This would be a great thing to have. You can solicit help from the
posters here. Maybe ask for volunteers to maintain a topic or two.
Collaboration will make it simpler and better overall.

http://google.com/search?q=rec.aviation.*+FAQ

Word to the wise, you may be taking on a responsibility that could last
a long time. But it's for a good cause, don't you tihnk?


R. Hubbell

--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Word to the wise, you may be taking on a responsibility that could last
a long time. But it's for a good cause, don't you tihnk?

This is probably a dumb question, but what has to be maintained? After all
these years, aren't the FAQs pretty "set in stone"?

Can't I just copy/paste it into a page, and be done?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:hJMCb.532802$HS4.4070962@attbi_s01...
Word to the wise, you may be taking on a responsibility that could last
a long time. But it's for a good cause, don't you tihnk?

This is probably a dumb question, but what has to be maintained? After
all
these years, aren't the FAQs pretty "set in stone"?

Can't I just copy/paste it into a page, and be done?

Youse guys are talking about two different things.

Rich S.

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 16:04:14 GMT, "Cy Galley"
wrote:

My original SS card had printed on the face... Not to be used for
identication. How Ironic as the IRS requires a SS#.

Jesus Christ! You still have that? Do you still have your original
pilot's license that was signed by Orville too?

"Stu Gotts" wrote in message
.. .
Jay;
If you belong to your local Better Business Bureau, you get the weekly
e-communications. I'm not sure this business only group would be on
such high alert if it weren't actually happening. Very few businesses
are on this bandwagon to make a profit, so although none of your
1,298,066 friends have been victimized, it's still real. Yes, I have
personally heard from one of my customers that she was/is involved in
this. Too much work trying to prove "That's not me!". And to think
of all the owner maintenance I've signed off in the logs over the
years is scary! I changed all my license numbers and strongly suggest
everyone do the same. NEVER give out your SSN to anyone who shouldn't
have it, PERIOD! There is actually a federal law on the books stating
that SSN's are not to be used for record keeping.

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 01:43:53 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

We all know the problem with our pilot license numbers. The
name and address of a pilot, his SS number and the exact N-number,
serial number, and address of his airplane, a very valuable tangible
asset, might make easy picking for an identity thief. Am I being
overly cautious, yes.

You know, I hear this ALL THE TIME -- yet, I've never met a single person
who has actually suffered from "identity theft".

As you all know, I use my real name, my real address, my real email
address
(well, mostly), and the real name of my business -- thus far, with
minimal
hassle. Am I being stupid? Dunno -- but I simply can't bring myself to
hide
behind a phony name.

I *really* enjoy the new Visa commercials, with the guy's voice-over on
the
little old lady -- they're hilarious and really get the point across
about
the risks of identity theft. However, they *are* trying to sell a
product,
and (as a result) the cynic in me rises to the fore. I just have to
wonder
if this whole "identity theft" thing isn't a product of Madison Avenue,
once
again trying to fan the flames of our own paranoia, in an effort to sell
us
something?

Does anyone know a real person who has suffered this fate?

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote:

Dashi wrote:

Do you know anyone that has been murdered?

I did. I knew three murderers, too.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

I interpreted the question as present tense ... :-)

Peter

See http://makeshorter.com/?54L24q45H Why reinvent the FAQ?

"R. Hubbell" wrote in message
news:5_LCb.2824$pY.2722@fed1read04...
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 18:59:13 GMT "Jay Honeck"
wrote:
Where can I find the FAQs?

http://google.com/search?q=rec.aviation.*+FAQ

"Bryan Martin" wrote in message ...
in article 9LGCb.534625$Tr4.1461954@attbi_s03, Cy Galley at
wrote on 12/13/03 11:04 AM:

We all know the problem with our pilot license numbers. The
name and address of a pilot, his SS number and the exact N-number,
serial number, and address of his airplane, a very valuable tangible
asset, might make easy picking for an identity thief. Am I being
overly cautious, yes.


Go to http://registry.faa.gov/airmen.asp#R...ofCertificates and you
can download a form to request a new airman certificate that does not use
your SSN as the certificate number. You can even request that the FAA not
use your SSN for any purposes in your airman file.



We have all had that option all along. When I got my ticket back in 76 I had the option to use the SSN or have the fed
assign a number. I chose to have them assign a number...