Pre-cold
12 emails to keep mtg. short
Bay City guy burned through $2M, 60, friends, jail 1 yr, Mom,
Geo Binder reads newsletter
MHSAA & Tigers websites; went nuts last night w/no game!
5 people in Mon’s Lab: turn on, mouse,
Fix Cheryl’s PC
Vendor speaker
Oct is cyber-awareness month
October 24, 2012
October 24, 1901, Annie Taylor, Niagara Falls
Bishop James Ussher, Oct 23, 4004 BC, Earth Began
Past – Future Topics
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May 12
Apr 12
Mar 12
Feb 12
Jan 12
Dec 11
Nov 11
Oct 11
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Win 8 (?)
Howard
Christmas Party (3rd Wednesday)
Latest Gadgets Joe (4th Wednesday)
APCUG
Fav. Programs Board Members
Picnic
YouTube
Larry, Carol, Howard
Lightroom
Bill
Disaster Plan Laura
Routers
Howard
Cloud
Larry
Tablets:
Lynn – iPad, Al – Android
Christmas Party - 3rd Wednesday
Joe
Holiday Technology Shopping List
Carol & Howard Skype
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Vice President
Treasurer
Newsletter
Membership
Webmaster
Publicity
Program Co-Chairs
At-Large Board
Larry Piper
Joe Lykowski
Laura Hammel
Carol Picard
Gary Ensing
Carol Picard
Al Adams
Howard Lewis & Bill Tower
Al Adams & Shirley Salas
Board Meeting
(Oct 8, 2012)
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25 members, $1,3xx balance
Oct: maybe vendor speaker, APCUG freebies
Nov – Joe, Jan – Howard Win 8
Google apps not ready for prime time
Types of raffle items
Quarterly book coupons
Vendor speakers: Best Buy, Verizon
General Comments
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Membership Report
Treasurer’s Report
Status of Individual Members
2 Lab Classes each month
Raffle Drawing Items
Could use more members
• On with the show …
Club Website
http://mcc.apcug.org
1 – added meeting agendas /piper
2 – George Binder
3 – newsletters: 2007 to present
4 – may add 2000-2006; pub format
5 – also have a utilities list /utilities
Current Newsletter
http://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html
Ponderings: Webshots, Cyber Attacks
Links:
Political Links
Google Tips
Cyber Awareness
QR Codes
Safe Passwords
Computer Myths
Hotel Wi-Fi Networks
Remaining Hidden on Internet
General Questions
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New Hardware?
Tablets, thumb drives
New Software?
Win8, Ubuntu 12.10
Newsletter or Web Site?
Microsoft Updates? Other Updates?
News: Technical? Personal Experiences?
05/27/10
APCUG YouTube Preview
http://m.youtube.com/#/user/APCUGVideos/videos?&
desktop_uri=%2Fuser%2FAPCUGVideos%2Fvideos
05/27/10
Webucator
Group voucher number:
9439781
Link: http://www.webucator.com/self-pacedcourses/index.cfm
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
What I Have Learned
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ProShow Gold slide show
Near Field Communication (Android vs. Apple)
Firefox is slow to close
Skype on Win 8
Monitors (and TVs) are dirt cheap
Flooded (daily) with email offers:
TigerDirect, Newegg, SuperMedia, Staples
• Upgraded Ubuntu 12.04 -> 12.10
• Dropbox upgraded: 2.5G -> 3.0G (for free)
What Else I Have Learned
•iPad-mini: $329, Nov 7, 7.9”
•Date of MDN demise
(delivery mechanism)
4 wks: $17 print, $5 e-version (free w/print)
•SSD drives: 2011 = $0.86/Gb, 2012 = $0.47/Gb ($0.10)
30% faster, 0 failure rate, shock-proof
•External speakers for laptop
•Magazines: Wired, Mental Floss, Nat’l Geographic, US News,
Smithsonian, Newsweek, Fortune, Fast Company
Time, Discovery, Pop. Sci/Mech
Interesting Web Sites - #1
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BookMyCloud
http://bookmycloud.com/
Ubuntu 12.10
Quantal Quetzal
Death Knell for Print
Copyright Trolls
50 things surgeons won’t tell you
PIC-COLLAGE .com picture collages (mobile)
MHSAA & Detroit Tigers
• Browsers
• Backup sites
05/27/10
Interesting Web Sites - #2
• Email scams stage a comeback
• 1989 Radio Shack cell phone commercial
• Cell phones eating family budget
• Not liable for WiFi pirates
• Kingsoft
• Nothing Box
http://www.kingsoftstore.com/index
biggeekdad.com/2011/07/the-nothing-box/
Interesting Videos & Books
• The Time Keeper, Mitch Albom, 2012, $15
• The Facebook Guide for Over 50, 2011, $20
• Heroes for my son, Brad Meltzer, 2010, $20
• Assassination of Lincoln, Bill O’Reilly
• Assassination of JFK, Bill O’Reilly
• Long Ranger story
My Personal Questions
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Can we buy Win 7 PCs after 10-26-12 ?
Win 7 Updates on Asus, et. al. winfixtool, fwupdate
VA Hospital in Saginaw
Handicapping jockey weights in horse racing?
Edsel had shift buttons on steering wheel ?
What about Video recording of screen ?
Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines
Google Play
GoDaddy website
Personal Experiences
This is an Alert to help you manage your credit card account.
As you requested, we are notifying you of any charges over the amount of ($USD) 200.00, as
specified in your Alert settings. A charge of ($USD) 406.13 at Google Store has been
authorized on Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:53:51 -0500.
Do not reply to this Alert.
If you have questions, please call the number on the back of your credit card, or send a secure
message from your Inbox on www.Chase.com/login.aspx=22B26E
To see all of the Alerts available to you, or to manage your Alert settings, please log on to
www.Chase.com.
Web Browsers
• Pipers-Place.net
10 different browsers
• Wikipedia Article
44 different browsers
Online Backup Sites
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Skydrive
Spideroak
SugarSync
Dropbox
Mozy
CX.com
ADrive
www.idrive.com
www.spideroak.com
http://spideroak.com
www.dropbox.com
www.adrive.com
Time for the Raffle Drawing ?
Survey
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House temperature set
ACT, SAT, GRE exams ?
GPS in car. Use it?
Backup Heating: fireplace, propane, etc
Browser: IE, Firefox, Chrome, Other
List of medications & doctors
System Info: Belarc, System
Generator; hookup to home wiring
M.C.C. Lab Notes for Attendees
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Never tell your password(s) to ANYBODY; it’s OK to write it down in a safe place.
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eMail: don’t forward anything; it probably isn’t true, and besides, I’M NOT INTERESTED;
if you are trying to force me to read something, I will only think less of you.
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Religious sites are the WORST for spam and viruses; so are little old lady (and men) sites.
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No, on 2nd thought, your family are the worst for sending you viruses.
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Get an anti-virus software and keep it up to date. (Microsoft Security Essentials)
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You are the biggest security threat to your computer.
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Believe nothing you read/hear; double check your facts. (snopes.com)
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Few people, particularly doctors, walk on water.
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Never ask your barber if you need a haircut; same for salesmen.
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Backup what you cannot replace.
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Get a 2nd email (or even a 3rd ); use Gmail or Hotmail
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Like cars, any type computer will get you there; some will be easier and more costly.
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Get your act together on PASSWORDS:
(Pogo)
(we have a system, and it works: Klatu)
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1910-1960
Genius
Gifted
Above Avg.
Normal
Deficient
Moron
Imbecile
Idiot
I.Q.
145-164
125-134
115-124
85-115
71-84
51-70
26-50
0-25
1961 – P.C. era
Mildly Retarded
Moderate Retarded
Severely Retarded
Profoundly Retarded
Ads – What’s The Catch
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Send in your gold
Free credit scores
Professor & free CDs
Geiko & Progressive Car Insurance
Body Building
Weight Loss
Pay shipping on 2nd item
Carnival Games – Magic Illusions –
What I Have Learned
How to convert PPT to DVD’s to play on your TV?
Camtasia
Xilosoft
Wink
MovieMaker
• yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes
• Wason & Stroop Tests
Bayes Theorem
Questions for Individuals
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Al:
Howard:
Carol:
Gary:
05/27/10
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Membership List
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Al Adams
Jerry Arch
Larry Ault
George Binder
Kathy Bohl
Mary Branson
Terry Brown
Jim Carrier
John Dashner
D. Ducommon
Gary-Jan Ensing
Laura Hammel
Rich Holbrook
Bill Kocher
Frank Koenig
Gust Kookootsedes
Howard Lewis
Joe Lykowski
Judy Vogel
Robert Miller
Harry Morton
Frank Neeb
Ron Picardi
Carol Picard
Larry-Judy Piper
Shirley Salas
Bill Tower
Lynn Walker
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