that happened to me once - i did accidently uncheck the "always ask" option. very frustrating. anyway, found an expanation of how to fix it for you - pasted below.

good luck

From: "Christy"
To: 1stpickpctips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:14:09 -0500
"I was downloading a ZIP file and when IE asked me whether I
wanted to save the file to disk or open it from the current
location, I unchecked the box that says "Always ask before
downloading this type of file." I didn't know that meant that I
would no longer have a choice of saving the file or opening it.
Now that I
understand, I want to undo it. But how do I do that?"

To fix this problem, open any Explorer folder window and choose
Tools (or View) > Folder Options > File Types (older versions of
Windows may have a slightly different names or locations for
these menu items). In the File Types window, scroll to the end
and click the "ZIP" or "WinZip" entry. If you installed a program
other than WinZip for handling ZIP programs, such as ZipMagic for
example, you would look up that program name. Under Windows 2000
and XP, the file type is listed by the extension instead of the
program's name, which makes more sense. Once you've selected the
proper Zip file entry, press Edit (in Win9x) or Advanced in Win
XP. Place a check mark beside "Confirm open after download."
That'll do it.

Ricky, i'm sorry to hear about your ankle and the subsequent encounter with such a self-centred (insert appropriate swear word here). unfortunately people like that do exist and seem to be able to go through life devoid of empathy and compassion - i believe it's called 'being shallow'. rest assured there are people out there who would stop and help you but please, please don't fall off the curb again to see if you can find one. hope your ankle feels a lot better soon. :)

thank you for taking the time to create the tutorial. it is very informative.

happy birthday draculaz 21 is a great age - i should know, i've been 21 for years ;)

thanks for sharing your creative techniques :)

Thanks so much for posting this Zahn - I've been trying to work out lattices for ages. Much appreciated for the time you spent posting this.

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a convertor from stds to a dem format that is accepted by bryce can be found at
http://data.geocomm.com/dem/sdts2dem.html
there's also a link to a tute on this page.

i like using this site as it downloads relatively small sections of data.

have fun :)