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Old 12-17-2010, 11:50 AM
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Default Class Act Chad!

You have proven once again to be a class act Chad! This whole thing is pretty strange. One thing I would also suggest is to remove all references to your N number, as a search can pull up lots of information about you as you well know. I am definately reviewing my site for this type of information, based on what has happened here. With regard to the watermarking of photo's, I did have at one time a program which would do this in bulk, I will see if I still have it or remember what it is.
Now get back to flying that thing!
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Old 12-17-2010, 11:51 AM
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WOW... Interesting read.

You handled the kid wisely and maturely. I hope his apology was sincere. His future actions will show in time.

I know I enjoy reading the information and seeing the pictures of builders logs. I copy a few pictures every so often so I can refer to them when I someday hope to start my build. They are usually of the look or technique I'd like to put into my build. Or if I buy it would be what I'm looking for. It could be paint scheme or placement of gauges on the panel.

I hope such information stays available as it certainly is a valuable resource. But I agree that credit should be given to the originator. I'd hate to see a 'patent infringement' war start up...

Cute dog BTW... You better check the dog show boards for someone else showing it off...
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Old 12-17-2010, 12:15 PM
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This whole incident is weird...probably benign, but weird.

I find it up there with the weirdos who take pictures of planes and post all the info on them (like owner's name, address, etc.). Creepy.
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Old 12-17-2010, 12:16 PM
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Hilarious. I started reading this thread and it was growing faster than I could read!

Just a random thought: Chad, if you continue to stay in touch with your internet stalker and forge some kind of mentoring relationship, maybe a flight out to Kansas would be in order to give the kid a ride and let him buy you lunch.

What apparently started out as an innocent and anonymous prank mushroomed into (what he thought was) an innocent, anonymous online persona that gave him some measure of self-worth and gratification. Unless he's some kind of freaky terrorist wannabe posing as a KU student, he may well be trying his best to get past this as painlessly as possible. That's how it reads to me, and only Chad would know.

Just as Chad confesses to always try to think the best of people, I think it would be pretty cool if the young perp turned into a fellow RVer someday because he and Chad formed a friendship and turned a weird beginning into a lasting friendship. Stupid high school kids often turn into less stupid college kids and finally graduate into relatively normal adults. If they don't go to Cornell or UC Berkley.

Or, he evolves into a sociopath and becomes another Son of Sam. It could go either way.

Well handled, Chad. Keep looking for ways to make lemonade from lemons.
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Old 12-17-2010, 12:32 PM
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I had a discussion yesterday afternoon about watermarking photos. I'm not sure how I would go about doing that with THOUSANDS of pics I have in my build log. Does anyone know if there is a way to do that with Front Page 2000? Going thru one by one ain't gonna happen...
Chad, On Windows you may want to look at IrfanView. There's a tutorial on using it for watermarking here. On linux, I use ImageMagick for that type of thing. Both tools can operate in batch mode.

Good luck,
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Old 12-17-2010, 12:36 PM
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Chad, you definitely handled this well, I have to give you kudos there. I have to say that I know myself well enough to know I would not have been nearly as calm and diplomatic as you were. As to whether or not the kid is sincere in his apologies - only time will tell. I'm an old, cranky, jaded curmudgeon and I'm pessimistic about people in general so my natural inclination is that he's stringing you along hoping an apology will make it all OK.

On the other hand I've also been known to be wrong once or twice, and I've made my share of boneheaded mistakes that I was legitimately sorry for (but 5 years? seriously?). I'm still of the opinion that a leopard doesn't change it's spots - but I'll allow a small glimmer of a chance that it's legit, and I hope you can reach inside the kids head and set him right before the law puts him away for his next big screwup.

I'll give 5:1 odds he ends up in the pen inside 3 years. I hope you can prove me wrong.
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Old 12-17-2010, 12:53 PM
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I'll give 5:1 odds he ends up in the pen inside 3 years. I hope you can prove me wrong.
Me too...
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Old 12-17-2010, 01:28 PM
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Default What if...?

I'm sure many of us have probably asked ourselves, "What if this had happened to me?"

Well, in my case, IF I had built a web site seven ( has it really been that long? ) years ago when I first opened my empennage kit, AND the kid had selected my site to purloin, then he would have been the laughing stock of his Cyber-friends for taking this long to get halfway through the wing kit!!!

Has anyone else had that thought? I didn't want to make fun of the situation when it first started, but it appears Chad now has things under control, so I thought I'd try to lighten everyone up a little.

For his purposes, whatever his intentions, he's "fortunate" to have picked a builder who stayed on track as well as one who is as understanding as Chad. I'm still hopeful there will be a happy ending for this story.
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Old 12-17-2010, 02:09 PM
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Default Wonderful job Chad!

Wow, I hadn't had a chance to check this thread since it'd early days, like, yesterday!

Lots of great posts, some that made me wince, and some that made me smile. Some pretty good points that oppose my viewpoint that I hadn't thought of.

You've handled this situation with true concern and grace. You're a good soul, hope to meet you one day. (maybe OSH 2011?)

I pray that our young Mr. Nick learns a lot from this and chooses to move on to great real things.. I'm sure a lot of us have learned from this as well.

Bless you Chad for your compassion.

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Old 12-17-2010, 02:47 PM
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Well done Chad...talk about a shocker! I like your approach; direct, compassionate, reasonable and caring.

That's something I can look up to. In this day and age of reaction, rage and finger pointing its nice to be reminded of a higher state of being.

No if only I can remember that the next time someone makes a right handed turn from the left turn lane in front of me ...

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