Class action law suit: Acer laptop, ~2005, Vista, RAM

May 22, 2013

May 24, 1844

S. Morse demo code

May 25, 1935

Jesse Owens, U/M Track

May 22, 1992 Johnny Carson Retires

Past – Future Topics

• Jun 13Cloneing, feedback on Webinars• May 13Backups Carol, Laura, Howard, Larry, et. al.• Apr 13Favorite 5: Websites & Apps/Programs• Mar 13 email scams Joe, Howard & Larry• Feb 13 Library Ann Jarvis• Jan 13 Win 8 Howard• Dec 12Christmas Party (3rd Wednesday)• Nov 12Latest Gadgets Joe (4th Wednesday)• Oct 12 APCUG Greg West• Sep 12 Fav. Programs Board Members• Aug 12 Picnic• Jun 12 YouTube Larry, Carol, Howard• May 12 Lightroom Bill• Apr 12 Disaster Plan Laura• Mar 12 Routers Howard• Feb 12 Cloud Larry

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Who Are Our Officers ?

• President Larry Piper

• Vice President Joe Lykowski

• Treasurer Laura Hammel

• Newsletter Carol Picard

• Membership Gary Ensing

• Webmaster Carol Picard

• Publicity Al Adams

• Program Co-Chairs Howard Lewis & Bill Tower

• At-Large Board Al Adams

Board Meeting(May 2, 2013)

• 27 members, $1,873 balance

• Possible topics:

• Imaging – Cloning - Ghosting

• Updates on: cloud, tablets, slide show

• Torrents, PowerPoint, Windows 2013

• Raspberry Pi, Linux

General Comments

• Membership Report• Treasurer’s Report• Status of Individual Members• Tonight’s Raffle Drawing Item(s)

• On with the show …

https://tails.boum.org/index.en.html

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What is a Backup ?

• You get your data back

• You can copy your data to ANY DEVICE

• Your data may or may not be encrypted

• Your data may be stored anywhere

• You do NOT save your programs

• You do NOT save your OS

• You cannot rebuild a damaged/stolen PC

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Backup Types

• Do Nothing

• Copy to: Floppys, CDs, DVDs, Flash Drive, HD

• Copy to: Home Network, Share with Friend

• Copy to: Cloud

• Copy to: Domain

• NAS system

• Commercial Software

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Backup Errors

• Don’t do anything (Leo)

• Copy to same hard drive

• Copy to different HD, but same PC

• Don’t move backup off site

• Don’t test backup

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Backup Speakers

• Howard – vanilla, basic, MCC

• Carol – NAS, school (bus)

• Laura – NAS

• Lynn – Cloud (Carbonite, Other)

• Larry – other member’s comments

• Larry – backup by type, on Cloud, for free

• Larry – dental office (lost everything)

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• DOW: 5-6 tapes, Div-Corp trade, 1/day

• Domain: don’t allow straight backups

• Dental: 700 patients/mo; x-rays, $, schedule– Ran into ‘Perfect Storm’; lost ~20 days, no testing– Have both proprietary software & IT guy– Legally, cannot physically take data offsite

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Important Stuff

• TAILS - https://tails.boum.org/index.en.html

• Charter pkg: -$40, new, free DOCSIS 3 modem

• Ubuntu 13.04 released; not much new. Mageia

Club Website

http://mcc.apcug.org

1 – added meeting agendas /piper2 – 3 – newsletters: 2007 to present4 – may add 2000-2006; pub format5 – also have a utilities list /utilities

Current Newsletterhttp://mcc.apcug.org/newsletters.html

Ponderings: Computing Outside

Tips, Tricks – Howard; Ask ToolbarMapsTable PC vs. Desktop/Laptop PCAmazing PIXELTip Corner81 Apps10 Ways to use Smartphone Camera

RepairSound Volume on TVMushroom huntingMedical Fair PriceSeal video

General Questions

• New Hardware? Tablets• New Software? Win7, 8

Upgrades• Newsletter or Web Site?• Microsoft Updates? Other Updates?

• News: Technical? • Personal Experiences?• Computer Repairs?

What I Have Learned

Micro SD cards come in classes: 2, 4, 6 & 10 (speed, mB/sec)

Yahoo acquires Tumblr for $1.1 B

Coping with UEIF boot process

Download MaximumPC magazine

Microsoft X-Box One ???

What Else I Have Learned

• England: “diligent search” overrules copyright law•

Interesting Web Sites - #1

• Sunrise-Sunset Annual Table Graph• 12 Easy Tasks You Should Be Doing for Your PC• Amazon Launches Cloud Similar to Dropbox• Life-logging Memento a 5M picture every 30 sec• McAfee biometric Cloud login (now Intel)• Keep Feds from snooping your Cloud data• Google web link shortener http://goo.gl/ • Computer Shopper• Ophelia Dell thumb drive PC, plugs into HDMI, $100

Interesting Web Sites - #2

• Detect heart pulse with webcam• Google Keep note taking• Molten-salt nuclear reactor, ½ cost, MIT• Cancel <100 accounts, WikiCancel• Flickr to 1 T free storage ?• 23andMe.com DNA testing

American psychiatry is morally challenged

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Interesting Videos & Books

• Face recognition

• Human Needs

• Prehistoric Google

• IT Message

• Arpanet

My Personal Questions

• GPS coordinates on mobile device

• Can I have 3 networks in my house?

• Chartermi.net email on mobile device

• 33 1/3 records & albums—what are they worth?

• Can you index spreadsheets? Apparently No

• How to increase a partition size

• Remove MS Word blocks, sections, lines

• GoDaddy website

Time for the Raffle Drawing ?

• Pipers-Place.net 10 different browsers

• Wikipedia Article 44 different browsers

Online Backup Sites• IDrive www.idrive.com

• Skydrive

• Amazon

• SugarSync http://spideroak.com • Dropbox www.dropbox.com

• Mozy

• TeamDrive

• ADrive www.adrive.com

• Cubby www.cubby.com

PC Repairs• Mall – Computers To Go

• Circle – Compucon

• SAMSA

• Best Buy – Geek Squad

• PC Knights

• Staples

• Mid Michigan Computer – Bill Church

• Rich Holbrook

• Airport Grocery

• Frank Koenig

• Ken’s Typewriter

Survey

• 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

1 Never tell your password(s) to ANYBODY; it’s OK to write it down in a safe place.

2 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.

3 Religious sites are the WORST for spam and viruses; so are little old lady (and men) sites.

4 No, on 2nd thought, your family are the worst for sending you viruses.

5 Get an anti-virus software and keep it up to date. (Microsoft Security Essentials)

6 You are the biggest security threat to your computer. (Pogo)

7 Believe nothing you read/hear; double check your facts. (snopes.com)

8 Few people, particularly doctors, walk on water.

9 Never ask your barber if you need a haircut; same for salesmen.

a Backup what you cannot replace.

b Get a 2nd email (or even a 3rd ); use Gmail or Hotmail

c Like cars, any type computer will get you there; some will be easier and more costly.

d Get your act together on PASSWORDS: (we have a system, and it works: Klatu)

Definitions

• 1910-1960 I.Q. 1961 – P.C. era

• Genius 145-164

• Gifted 125-134

• Above Avg. 115-124

• Normal 85-115

• Deficient 71-84 Mildly Retarded

• Moron 51-70 Moderate Retarded

• Imbecile 26-50 Severely Retarded

• Idiot 0-25 Profoundly Retarded

Ads – What’s The Catch

• 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 LearnedHow to convert PPT to DVD’s to play on your TV?

Camtasia Xilosoft

Wink MovieMaker

• yudkowsky.net/rational/bayes Bayes Theorem• Wason & Stroop Tests

Questions for Individuals

• Laura:

• Al:

• Howard:

• Carol:

• Gary:

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Membership List

• Al Adams Frank Koenig• Jerry Arch Gust Kookootsedes• Larry Ault Howard Lewis• George Binder Joe Lykowski• Kathy Bohl Judy Vogel• Mary Branson Robert Miller• Terry Brown Harry Morton• Jim Carrier Frank Neeb• John Dashner Ron Picardi• D. Ducommon Carol Picard• Gary-Jan Ensing Larry-Judy Piper• Laura Hammel Shirley Salas• Rich Holbrook Bill Tower• Bill Kocher Lynn Walker

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