Hi Curtis,

I can open the link and in fact I downloaded the file.  I have all the 
proper codecs installed but can't play the FLV file.

On 6/30/2013 9:50 AM, Howard Kaufman wrote:
> It was quite clear, it is a dropbox link.  For some reason, when I forwarded
> the message to friends, they couldn't open the link, but I could.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 8:33 AM
> Subject: Re: some of my favorite things.
>
>
>> Just to give you a heads-up... by just giving us a URL or address to go to
>> without any more information to tell us what we are going to is not a good
>> idea. Many of us are extremely suspicious of such emails, thinking they
>> could lead us to some virus or spyware or something dastardly. This is not
>> simply paranoia; it happens all of the time, and it is not any kind of
>> accusation about Curtis or anyone. A very good friend of mine got
>> something
>> on his computer a few weeks ago that ended up taking over his computer,
>> sending out messages to everyone in his address book and to every email
>> address it found on his computer. He didn't know anything about it until
>> several of us contacted him, asking him if he intentionally sent out
>> messages with just an URL in them saying something like: "Check this out:"
>> followed by an URL. He reported back that he knew nothing about it; though
>> the message came from his computer. It turned out to be a piece of spyware
>> that also spread to everyone else's computer that clicked on and went to
>> the URL in his message.
>>
>> Caution is the smartest course of action!
>>
>> Ron, K8HSY
>>
>>
>> At 10:50 PM 6/29/2013 -0700, you wrote:
>>> Hey guys, check this out, this is quite a neat thing my friend has
>>> shown me. I put it in my public drop box.
>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4910953/A%20Few%20of%20My%20Favorite%20
>> Things%20About%20ARRL%20Field%20Day%202013.flv
>> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
>> Ph: 270-782-9325
>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
>>
>> Chair, American Council of the Blind's Monthly Monetary Support Program
>> (MMS) Committee
>>
>> President: South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind (SCKCB)