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MEETING SCHEDULE Sunday, March 15, 2015

Official Newsletter of the Pittsburgh Area Computer Club

PACC TALK March 15, 2015

What is inside....

FreeFileSync,

MediaPortal, PeaZip

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Strolling Down Memory (Core) Lane

Museums and online resources help preserve compu-

ting history …….. by Gabe Goldberg

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My Office for iPad

Author: Paul McFedries … Review by Mary Ruth

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Computer Problems Plague Everyone, Even Me

……. by Sandy Berger

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“Free Speech” on the Internet, and More

…… by Diane Fahlbusch

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Safe Travels. A proof-of-concept project lets you

boldly go where you’ve never been before.

….... by Gabe Goldberg

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Easy Basic Backups ….……. by Jim Cerny PAGE # 8

Book Review: Galaxy S4 - The Missing Manual

…. by Steve Costello

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edX Linux Course …… by Cal Esneault PAGE # 10

From the President’s ..and …... Editors Desk PAGE # 10

11:00 -11:25 am

ROOM # 311

Sign In, Pay Dues, Greet visitors, Purchase 50/50

tickets (Optional), Setup Computers,

Connect to Internet , Prep for Meetings

11:00 - 11:25 pm

ROOM # 301

PACC BOD Meeting

11:35 - 12:00 pm Windows New Users

12:00 - 12:30 pm

ROOM # 301

General Meeting, Raffle.

12:35 - 2:30pm

ROOM # 301 FreeFieSync (pg. 1)

MediPortal, PeaZip (pg. 2)

2:35 - 3:30 pm

ROOM # 301

More programs and utilities …...

2:05 - 3:30 pm

ROOM # 311

Hardware SIG

Users Helping Users - guests included

1:00 - 3:30 pm

ROOM # 311

Linux SIG, Members Helping Members,

Computer troubleshooting, Info Exchange

3:30 - 4:00 pm Pack Up Equipment, Doors Close

The bestselling book on Windows,

now updated for the

new 8.1 features Microsoft has fine-tuned Windows 8 with

some important new features, and veteran

author Andy Rathbone explains every one in

this all-new edAAition of a long-time bestsell-

er. Whether you're using Windows for the first

time, upgrading from an older version, or just moving from Windows 8 to 8.1, here's what

you need to know. Learn about the dual inter-

faces, the new Start button, how to customize the interface and boot operations, and more…!

WINDOWS SIG FreeFileSync

“FreeFileSync is a free Open Source software that helps you synchro-

nize files and synchronize folders for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

It is designed to save your time setting up and running backup jobs

while having nice visual feedback along the way. “

“Detect moved and renamed files and folders

Copy locked files (Volume Shadow Copy Service)

Detect conflicts and propagate deletions

Binary file comparison

Configure handling of Symbolic Links

Automate sync as a batch job

Process multiple folder pairs

Comprehensive and detailed error reporting

Copy NTFS security permissions

Copy NTFS extended attributes (compressed, encrypted, sparse)

Copy HFS+ extended attributes and ACLs

Support long file paths with more than 260 characters

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Fail-safe file copy

Cross-platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

Expand environment variables like %UserProfile%

Access variable drive letters by volume name (USB sticks)

Native 64-bit support

Keep versions of deleted/updated files

Prevent disc space bottlenecks via optimal sync sequence

Full Unicode support

Highly optimized runtime performance

Include/exclude files via filter

FreeFileSync portable and local installation available

Handle daylight saving time changes on FAT/FAT32

Use macros %time%, %date%, et al. for recurring backups

Case-sensitive synchronization

Built-in locking: serialize multiple jobs running against the same net-

work share”

Download from the file from: http://www.freefilesync.org/index.php

File size only 12,357 KB. It is sweet!

MediaPortal - from the web site:

“MediaPortal turns your PC into a very advanced MediaCenter / HTPC.

It allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch and store

your videos and DVDs, view, schedule and record live TV as a digital

video recorder and much much more“.

File size: 98,5 MB

Download it from here:

http://www.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-download

“MediaPortal transforms your PC in to a complete media solution where

you can:

Watch, schedule and record live TV - like a TiVo, but better. Play vide-

os, movies, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Listen to music and radio. Enjoy

pictures, home videos or create a slideshow. Stream media, radio and

TV to any HTPC / PC connected to your network. Use a remote to

control your HTPC from your couch. Access MediaPortal from the

web or mobile device. Check the weather, news, RSS feeds, and more.

All in the comfort of your living room, on your big screen LCD or Plas-

ma TV or projector. And that's only the basics. MediaPortal runs on

very simple hardware, connects directly to your TV and displays your

TV Series, Movies and Music in a much more dynamic way...

Want to record the entire series of your favourite soap? No problem!

Want to know which other movies that lovely young actor is in?

You bet! Want to listen to every track by your favourite artist in your

collection regardless of the album?

Easy! Like to show your friends your latest pictures, via a snazzy

slideshow? Simple!”

(Continued from page 1) PeaZip - good stuff!

Download it from here: http://peazip.sourceforge.net/ (6,087KB)

From the PeaZip Web site:

“PeaZip is a free archiver utility, based on solid and proven Open

Source technology of 7-Zip and other great Open Source tools (like

FreeARC, PAQ, UPX...) for supporting additional file formats and fea-

tures, in order to provide an all purpose zip utility featuring a powerful

unified GUI that, unlike most of other classic file archivers like i.e. Win-

Zip and WinRar, is natively portable and cross-platform, being available

for 32 and 64 bit Windows (9x, NT/2K/XP, Vista/7/8, ReactOS, Wine),

and Linux and BSD x86 and x86-64 (desktop neutral application, sup-

ports Gnome, KDE and other desktop environments).

Full support: 7z, FreeArc's arc/wrc, sfx (7z and arc), bz2, gz, paq/lpaq/

zpaq, pea, quad/balz, split, tar, upx, zip

Read (browse, extract, test): 7z, apk, bz, bz2, bzip2, tbz2, tbz, gz, gzip,

tgz, tpz, tar, zip, zipx, z01, smzip, arj, cab, chm, chi, chq, chw, hxs, hxi,

hxr, hxq, hxw, lit, cpio, deb, lzh, lha, rar, r01, 00, rpm, z, taz, tz, iso, jar,

ear, war, lha, pet, pup, pak, pk3, pk4, slp, [Content], xpi, wim, u3p,

lzma86, lzma, udf, xar, dmg, hfs, part1, split, swm, tpz, kmz, xz, txz,

vhd, mslz, apm, mbr, fat, ntfs, exe, dll, sys, msi, msp, ods, ots, odm, oth,

oxt, odb, odf, odg, otg, odp, otp, odt, ott, gnm, doc, dot, xls, xlt, ppt, pps,

pot, docx, dotx, xlsx, xltx, swf, flv, quad, balz, zpaq, paq8f, paq8jd,

paq8l, paq8o, lpaq1, lpaq5, lpaq8, ace, arc, wrc, 001, pea, cbz, cbr, cba,

cb7, cbt (and more...)

Repair: FreeArc's arc/wrc

Encrypt:

7Z: 7-Zip AES256 encryption

ZIP: WinZip AES256 AE encryption, and ZipCrypto for legacy compat-

ibility; can decrypt PKZip's AES encryption

ARC: FreeARC AES256, Blowfish, Twofish256 and Serpent256

PEA: AES256 EAX authenticated encryption

PeaZip is localized in 29 languages and is capable of handling all most

popular archive formats (150+ file types), supporting a wide array of

advanced file and archive management features (search, bookmarks,

thumbnail viewer, hashing, find duplicate files, convert archives...),

especially focused on security (strong encryption, two factor authentica-

tion, encrypted password manager, secure deletion...).

The distinctive trait of PeaZip is the innovative and easy to use compres-

sion/extraction interface, more similar to CD burners interfaces rather

than to a classic file compressor. This design makes extremely simple to

check (and update) items set for compression and extraction, integrating

a full featured file manager component.

Also, tasks created in the GUI can be easily saved as batch scripts, in

order to automate backup operations, or for fine tuning, or for learning

purpose, bridging the gap between the ease of use of GUI applications

and power and flexibility of console.”

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Strolling Down Memory (Core) Lane Museums and online resources help preserve computing history

By Gabe Goldberg, APCUG Advisor, Region 2 /

Gabriel Goldberg Computers and Publishing, Inc.

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold

Twitter: GabeG0

Gabe (at) gabegold.com

I had very mixed feelings the first time I saw computer technology I'd

used in my career exhibited as museum artifacts. And I had a similar

reaction to seeing mainframe genealogy ("System/360 begat ...") in

computer history books. While the good news is that today’s main-

frames are close relatives of that first generation on which many of us

grew up, it's easy to forget how much things have changed, and how

far we've come. (Remember 25MB 2314 disk packs, giant 100MB

3330s and timesharing mainframes with half-megabyte memory?) At

the same time, newcomers often lack the perspective to understand

how things originated and why the computing world looks the way it

does.

So it’s interesting and instructive touring real-world and virtual com-

puting museums, lovingly created and maintained by generations of

professionals—many of whom designed, built and used the equipment

written about and shown.

But where to start? Searching yields about 407,000 website hits.

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22computer+museum%22 Of course, adding keywords such as "mainframe" and "IBM" winnows

results to only 127,000 and 66,000, respectively.

Unsurprisingly, the first general search result is the Computer History

Museum. http://www.computerhistory.org/

Organized in the 1960s to exhibit Gordon and Gwen Bell's personal

technology collection in Digital Equipment Corp.'s Boston lobby, it’s

now housed in a multi-million dollar showplace in Mountain View,

Calif. Its website offers a wealth of overview and in-depth reading

material. Exhibits include technology "prehistory;” modern computer

origins, development and history; game playing; system restoration;

and seminal industry contributors recognized as Museum Fellows,

including Konrad Zuse and IBMers Fran Allen, Erich Bloch, Gene

Amdahl and Bob Evans.

A major new exhibit, "Revolution: The First 2,000 Years of Compu-

ting," includes a mainframe gallery, based around an IBM System/360

Model 30 CPU and showing three 2411 magnetic tape drives and a

1311 disk drive. In short, it's a typical smallish System/360 installa-

tion. A small display also describes System/360 solid logic technology

(SLT)—halfway between integrated circuits and transistors, chosen

when integrated circuits weren’t quite mature enough to use on a large

scale and transistors were already "old tech." Searching the online

Revolution exhibit for mainframes http://www.computerhistory.org/

revolution/search?q=mainframe yields more than 60 hits. The

main System/360 story is here.

http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/mainframe-

computers/7

Further north along the West Coast, another museum has a different

orientation: presenting major historic computing technologies in ac-

tion, showing how people used them. Founded by Microsoft's Paul

Allen, The Living Computer Museum in Seattle includes such blinky-

light wonders as Princeton University's huge System/360 Model 91

console panel. Real old-timers can try their hands and test their memo-

ries working on an IBM sorter and keypunch, and try to convince

relatives that these were once mainstream computing technology. Non

-IBM computers include DEC’s PDP-7/8/10KI/11, Sigma 9 and

Unisys V380. http://www.livingcomputermuseum.org/

Many museums cover the whole computing spectrum, exhibiting dif-

ferent amounts of mainframe history and technology. A bit off the

beaten path is the American Computer and Robotics Museum in Bo-

zeman, Mont., describing itself as "The world's oldest continually

operating museum of its kind" and "Inch for inch, the best museum in

the world." http://www.compustory.com/

In Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian Institution—nicknamed "The

Nation's Attic”—of course has computing resources. An online

COBOL exhibition lets you "learn about COBOL, or Common Busi-

ness Oriented Language, one of the first computer-programming lan-

guages to run successfully on different brands of computers.” The

Computer History Collection includes artifacts related to producing,

collecting, modifying, manipulating and using information in modern

American society, with two dozen mainframe computers or compo-

nents. There's plenty more to be nostalgic about, including 100 periph-

erals, 1,000 electronic components and 450 electronic calculators. Plus

150 cubic feet of documentation—which sounds like less than what I

had to move whenever I changed programming jobs!

http://americanhistory.si.edu/cobol/introduction /

http://americanhistory.si.edu/comphist/

Overseas are several museums in Germany, where many computers

and related technologies originated, and where IBM has for decades

had major development and manufacturing facilities. Stuttgart has

Computermuseum der Fakultat Informatik, which includes a 4331

Model 2 complete with at least a few of its manuals.

http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/index.en.html

http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dev_en/

ibm4331/ibm4331.html

http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/

cm003_en.html

Not far from Stuttgart, there's indeed history galore was exhibited at

the IBM museum in Sindelfingen. Unfortunately, it’s moved to IBM’s

Boeblingen Lab where they’re building a new exhibit, but focus has

changed and the primary audience is IBM customers. So it’s not open

to the public.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/Perspectives/History-galore-at-

IBM-museum/2005/01/31/1107020294580.html

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/

HistoryofIBMDataProcessing.pdf

The Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum in Paderborn, Germany, is billed

as the world's largest computer museum. In more than 6,000 square

meters of floor space, it depicts the 5,000-year history, present and

future of information technology, from origins of numbers and charac-

ters in 3000 B.C. to the 21st century computer age. The museum's

depth is shown by having separate curators for areas such as "punched

card technology, PCs and media history" and "typing machines, office

technique, German computers and Nixdorf.” While it surprisingly has

no IBM mainframes, it features original ENIAC components, two

Zuse devices (Z11 and Z23) and a Cray 2.

http://www.hnf.de/en/ueber-uns.html /

http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/documents/pdf/

HistoryofIBMDataProcessing.pdf

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rooms and hallways. They made me feel nostalgic, since I'd used and

worked on many of them. My wife was less impressed, calling the

house a computer mausoleum, proving that one person's interesting

museum is another's ... well, let's not call it that. So check out the

worldwide assortment of tributes to computing technologies we've all

used which shaped today's world. And explore the computing world's

diversity; browse a bit beyond System/360 and its descendants to see

how others have computed.

This article first appeared on http//www.destinationz.org and is used

with the author's permission. Gabe Goldberg has developed, worked

with and written about technology for decades. He can be contacted at

destination.z@gabegold.com.

My Office for iPad Author: Paul McFedries

Review by Mary Ruth Butler, Member,

Let’s Compute, CA

Publisher: Que Publishing

Rating: Excellent Level of information: Intermediate

Introduction: This review covers “My Office for iPad” from an inter-

mediate user’s viewpoint.

I have used books written by Paul McFedries before; I found this book

to be up to the standards I have come to expect from McFedries.

The book is well organized and the instructions are easy to follow. I

especially liked the color coding used for the illustrations.

The book follows a very logical pattern in discussing the various apps

and includes an excellent discussion of Office 365. One criticism I

have, which is a minor one, is that I think the author should have in-

cluded more discussion on use of the apps for viewing only.

That point notwithstanding, I think the book offers the reader a thor-

ough discussion on the use of the various apps so that the reader can

take maximum advantage of Office 365 on the iPad. The explanations

cover virtually all of the tasks that the reader would likely want to

accomplish on the iPad.

The individual sections on each of the apps are in enough detail to

permit the reader to achieve excellent command of each one. The “It’s

Not All Good“ notes are very helpful in pointing out some of the limi-

tations of Office 365.

I was pleased that McFedries included a section on the use of

OneDrive. This application is an excellent tool for both PC and Mac

users. I especially liked the information on sharing OneDrive docu-

ments including the capability to use an extra level of security by re-

quiring the recipient to log in with using a Microsoft account.

Perhaps the most surprising feature of the book is the Excel Work-

sheet Function Reference section. Although I am a confirmed Excel

user, the Excel reference section offers a very easy way to expand the

use of Excel. This section will be helpful in using Excel in the full

Office Suite on my PC as well as on the iPad.

The completeness of the book’s index is worth noting. I found it to be

easy to use and very complete.

I would definitely recommend that anyone who is interested in using

Office 365 on an iPad buy the book.

IBM itself has a few historic information resources, found by search-

ing IBM.com.

http://www.ibm.com/Search/?q=%22ibm+museum%22

Endicott, N.Y.—where IBM and many technologies/products originat-

ed—is represented by its Visitors Center. While not tech-centric, it

includes the Thomas J. Watson-IBM room which examines his profes-

sional career and development of IBM.

http://www.endicottny.com/VCmuseum.html

The Rhode Island Computer Museum has a diverse collection (from

Apollo Jabba to Wang Peripherals) but not many mainframe or IBM

items.

http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/

Some museums specialize, such as the Computer Graphics Museum in

Salt Lake City, though, i’s presence is still largely online. I'd love to

see an IBM 2250 Graphics Display Unit, something I battled with

supporting under VM/CMS.

http://computergraphicsmuseum.org/

A group called Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists runs a muse-

um in Wall Township, N.J., with five exhibits: mainframes, minicom-

puters, homebrew-era computers, business microcomputers and con-

sumer microcomputers.

http://www.midatlanticretro.org/

For more online resources, there’s a list of physical and virtual com-

puter museums.

http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/merged.html#PhysicalCompMus

http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/merged.html#OtherCompVMus

Yahoo's directory lists about a dozen computer exhibits.

http://dir.yahoo.com/computers_and_internet/history/museums/

Wikipedia describes and lists various museum categories: online,

North American, European, Latin American, Middle East and Ocean-

ia, along with further reading.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_museum

Many online communities exist for reminiscing and chatting about

bygone systems; two such lists are here.

http://www.classiccmp.org/lists.html

Researching this article tempted me to join multiple museums, but I'll

content myself with mapping their locations and attempting to connect

the dots by visiting as many of them as possible. Perhaps I'll log

equipment and systems found on which I worked.

Much has been written on computing's origins and evolution. Two

books essential for mainframers are “IBM's Early Computers” and

especially “IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems.”

http://www.amazon.com/IBMs-Early-Computers-History-

Computing/dp/0262022257/ref=sr_1_1?

s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377020591&sr=1-1&keywords=ibm%

27s+early+computers

http://www.amazon.com/IBMs-Early-Systems-History-

Computing/dp/0262161230/ref=sr_1_2?

s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377020724&sr=1-2&keywords=ibm%

27s+early+computers

Sometimes museums are found in surprising places. I describe a

friend's home as being decorated in "early mainframe,” since he's

tastefully placed various mainframe components—large I/O devices

and controllers and such, not mere circuit boards or control panels—in

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Computer Problems Plague Everyone, Even Me Sandy Berger, CompuKISS

Sandy (at) compukiss.com

www.compukiss.com

Why do things change on your computer? One day everything comes

up just as it normally does. The next day, you can't get on the

Internet, the icons are in a different place, and/or your program is

working differently. Well I am here to tell you that everyone has

problems like this -- even me! Here's the whole story!

When weird things happen on the computer, most people

immediately blame themselves saying, "I must have done something

to make this happen." The truth, however, is that in the computer

world changes can happen without your having done a thing to cause

them. This was really brought home to me this week when I had

several "problems" with my own computer

When I sat down to work on the computer last Monday, the icons for

my password manager and several other shortcuts that I use regularly

were no longer on my browser toolbar at the top of the screen. On

Tuesday, when I opened my Quicken program, the numbers and text

was twice as large as normal. On Thursday I tried to play some

music and found that iTunes was no longer working. On Friday I

found that my CD drive, which I hadn't used for months, was no

longer working.

Now, it is unusual for all of these things to happen in one week, but

it is not unusual for them to happen. I did not do anything to cause

any of these changes. So what happened? Well the simple

explanation is that the computer is run by millions of lines of code.

As you work on the computer, add files, and download programs,

things change. Even installing updates from the manufacturer causes

changes. Sometimes these changes, even if they are aimed at making

a certain part of the computer better or more secure, can adversely

affect other programs and other computer operations.

Although these types of changes can produce huge frustrations for

the end user, the first thing to learn is that you probably didn't cause

the different behavior and that, if you remain cool and calm, you can

often correct the changes. Here's how I got through my aggravating

week.

To find the missing icons, I had to look carefully at the screen where

they normally appear. I found two arrows next to where the icons

normally appeared. Low and behold, when I pressed the arrows, the

missing icons cascaded down. To actually solve the problem, I

simply put my cursor on the area next to the arrows until it turned

into a double-ended arrow. Then I dragged that to the left and my

icons appeared and remained on the screen.

Quicken was another disconcerting item. For several days, the text

and numbers appeared larger one time and smaller the next. To be

honest, I never found the cause, but luckily it all went back to normal

and has stayed that way.

Why in the world would iTunes stop working? I had no explanation,

but I did have an easy solution. I simply reinstalled the iTunes

program. It was aggravating and a bit time-consuming to have to do

so, but after I did, everything went back to normal.

The most vexing problem was my CD drive. Last time I used it, it

worked fine. Now wasn't working. It did not appear in My Computer

at all. A trip over to the Device Manager showed the CD drive with a

yellow exclamation meaning that it was not working properly, which I

already knew. I tried a few things like uninstalling the CD driver and

rebooting, but had no success. I knew that this could be a hardware

problem. Perhaps the drive itself had stopped working. I also knew,

that it could be a software problem. Since the driver and filters from

the operating system are used to run the CD drive and other

peripherals, I decided to check that out first. I headed over to the

Microsoft website where I found a Microsoft tool called "Fix It." I

used it to troubleshoot and correct the problem. There are multiple Fix

It tools, and the proper one can be a bit hard to find, but Fix It checked

out the software, found the problem, and helped me quickly solve the

problem at no cost. That sure beat having to purchase and install a new

CD drive.

Well, now everything on my computer is back to normal. At least for

the moment. The moral of the story is that, unfortunately, we have to

expect glitches when working with computers. The best thing that you

can do is to keep your eyes open for possible solutions, learn as much

as you can about how your computer works and be bold enough to

troubleshoot small problems. I keep my Sherlock Holmes hat ready for

use at any time. You may want to do the same.

My eBay for Seniors By Michael Miller, Que Publishing

Review by Melvin Weekley, Editor,

Seniors Computer Group, CA

Mlweekle (at) cox.net www.SCGsd.org

Rating: 5 Stars

Excellent resource for the beginner and the experienced user

This is an excellent book, the best I have seen on the subject of using

eBay.

What I like the most is the organization of the subject matter and the

indexes. The table of contacts has an excellent list of the topics that

will interest most readers and you can read about a topic that is of

particular interest or just read through the book.

The index is quite thorough and is easy to find the particular topic you

wish to read about.

The content of the book is very thorough and written in a style to ap-

peal to all level of readers. A person just starting to use eBay will find

it extremely helpful in guiding them through the process of learning

and using eBay. The experienced reader can jump quickly to the par-

ticular topic they wish to learn more about and get the details they

need.

The book also has excellent charts of the

various items included in each area and

makes it simple and quick to find what you

need.

I would recommend this book to anyone from

the one considering trying out eBay to the

experienced user just wanting a quick refer-

ence to details of using eBay.

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never look at what they’re doing?!” Additionally, there is a marked

increase in pedophile crimes due to internet communications.

Some recent evidence of statements being curtailed involves Twitter

and Facebook postings. Some are blatant stupidity, as in the March

29th Facebook posting by Colleen Chudney that she did drink but did

not get caught by the breathalyzer test by her parole officer. The 22

year old was on probation for a 2012 drunk driving offense, and part

of her parole was that she refrained from consuming any alcohol.

Her parole officer saw the posting and called her. She hung up on

him, which is another parole violation. He insisted on a urine test to

check for drinking within the previous 80 hours. She was granted

another 93 days in jail instead of her parole ending just a few weeks

later.

A recent case involved a man who posted a public message about his

estranged wife on Facebook. On November 23, 2011 Mark Byron

posted the hate filled rant. It sparked great debate on the online

circles while the case was pending. Of course most of the

commentators ignored the fact that a court order of protection had

already been issued to his wife and son after he was convicted of

civil domestic violence against her last year. On February 23, 2012,

a judge ruled that he had to post a lengthy apology and corrections to

his previous inaccuracies on his Facebook page for 30 days or face

60 days in prison and $500 fine.

Musician Courtney Love’s 2010 public Twitter posting to reporter

Alan Cross about an unnamed attorney who was “bought off” is

another recent example. The attorney, Rhonda Holmes, brought a

defamation case against Love. Surprisingly, the case was decided in

Love’s favor on January 25, 2014, since the attorney was not named,

the posting was quickly removed once Love realized she had marked

it “public” instead of “private,” and, although the statement was false

and injurious to Holmes’s reputation, the case itself restored that

reputation. (Each state’s laws have nuances to them.)

However, Love had to pay $430,000 in damages when she was sued

in 2011 over statements posted on Twitter and Myspace regarding

fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir. There is currently another case

still pending, brought by Simorangkir against Love, based on

accusations of theft on the Howard Stern's radio show and “taunting”

on the social media site Pinterest.

The press has also become one of the greatest violators in the past

few decades. They do not always verify their facts before reporting a

story, and news stories are really editorials rather than reporting. The

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“Free Speech” on the Internet, and More

By Diane Fahlbusch, President, ICON PC User Group

(ICONPCUG), Long Island, NY

June 2014 issue, The ICONPCUG Graphic

www.iconcpug.org

Editor (at) iconcpug.org

Social networking has allowed people to express themselves to either

select people or to the public. Unfortunately, many posters do not

exercise restraint, claiming it is their “right.” Freedom of Speech is a

highly treasured right granted to Americans. However, it is also the

most misunderstood and abused rights granted under the First

Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. To quote it

directly, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of

religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the

freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people

peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress

of grievances. “

But does this give one the complete freedom to say whatever,

whenever and however one wants?

The original purpose of Freedom of Speech was to allow for

religious freedom and different political views to be expressed.

When the USSR started making some changes, it was jokingly

phrased that citizens still had the same long lines to wait in, but were

now allowed to complain about them. This is something Americans

take for granted. The Constitution also allowed the press to publish

verified facts and editorials without recrimination. (The key here is

VERIFIED facts. The Watergate scandal was actually exposed to by

two reporters, which then led to criminal investigations.) However,

that does not give one carte blanche to say whatever one wants. This

is evidenced by the existence of cease and desist orders, gag orders,

restraining orders, retractions and the like emanating from

defamation and harassment cases.

Defamation is defined as “the action of damaging the good

reputation of someone”, and encompasses both slander and libel.

Slander is SPOKEN defamation or false statements. Libel is

“WRITTEN, PRINTED or PICTORIAL representation which

unjustly damages an individual’s reputation, OR the act of

presenting such a statement to the public.” Harassment is

“disturbing or irritating persistently.” All of these actions may land

one in court.

The fastest growing concern in police departments is Cyber-bullying.

Perhaps part of the problem is that the parents are really not

supervising what their children are doing on. As one Suffolk County

Police officer stated, “Would you just drop your kid off at Times

Square at 10:00am and go back at 5:00pm to pick them up? Well,

what do you think you’re doing when you hand them an I-Pad and

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Safe Travels A proof-of-concept project lets you boldly go

where you’ve never been before

By Gabe Goldberg, APCUG Advisor, Region 2 /

Gabriel Goldberg Computers and Publishing, Inc.

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0

http://destinationz.org/Mainframe-Solution/Application-

Development/Safe-Travels.aspx Gabe (at) gabegold.com

Proof-of-concept (POC) demonstration projects can blaze a trail,

doing something on a small scale, for the first time, but perhaps

changing basic assumptions and potentially influencing an industry

or the world. One recent example was the privately launched Dragon

supply capsule reaching the International Space Station; the early

mainframe Linux implementations represent another.

Closer to home, IT POC projects are sometimes called pilot studies

or prototypes. In the data center development/rollout scheme of

things, they come much earlier than efforts such as beta tests, the last

bit of fitness evaluation and tweaking before full release or

production. Of course, even though “proof” connotes assured

success, POCs occasionally fail—but that can be good news, because

a concept disproved at an early stage often prevents a large disaster.

Major mainframe changes often begin with POC projects.

Sometimes they’re even off-radar “skunkworks” efforts, hidden until

results are irrefutable and leading to game-changing successes.

Linux on System z is frequently introduced with this toe-in-the-water

approach, then scaled for huge server consolidation.

But in spite of being a simple concept, POCs require more than a

rote idea-try-results-success progression. Detailed planning and

careful implementation make projects much more likely to succeed.

Specifically, keep the following in mind:

Consider politics. Your bright idea might tread on someone’s toes;

don’t offer or threaten to make anyone’s favorite technology

obsolete. Emphasize collaboration and synergies. Don’t be overly

clandestine; managers might not appreciate being surprised, even by

a good-news project. Watch for C-level changes that influence

receptivity to your effort, because new players often bring different

assumptions and biases. In such cases, be prepared to justify/sell

your project again with compelling and objective information.

Be creative to solve real issues. Anticipate how unused resources

might be deployed to meet future demands or solve sudden

problems. For example, having Linux servers already running allows

quick response when new services are required or distributed servers

fail. Seize opportunities when new technologies or insights arrive.

Scratch an itch. Deal with a long-time technical frustration or

address a business problem not solved by “business as usual.”

Find a sponsor with an itch. Does an IT executive need a dashboard

showing operational status or a scorecard tracking active projects?

Are distributed servers growing out of control just because they

always have? Listen for “If only...” conversations and make them

real.

Set business-related goals. Build on—don’t repeat—what’s been

done. There’s no doubt that Linux runs on System z hardware, so

don’t set out to prove that. Rather, demonstrate how mainframe

Linux can improve your organization’s IT function, cost-

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best example is the man accused of setting off a home-made pipe

bomb at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Almost everyone remembers

his name, Richard Jewell, because for 10 days the news stations kept

flashing his picture and name and basically stating that he did it.

Numerous newspapers also made the same claim. They could have

chosen to say that this man was a key to the investigation. They also

selectively exposed facts about his personal life to present an

unsavory character. And even when he was cleared by the police a

few weeks later, no one bothered to repeatedly show his picture and

state that he was actually a hero. (He was a temporarily employed

security guard making little more than minimum wage, yet he risked

his life to help others.) And of course, most people cannot name the

actual bomber. For the record, it was Eric Rudolf. He first became a

suspect in 1998 and pleaded guilty in 2005 after eluding arrest for

five years.

As an immediate aftermath of this “Freedom of Speech,” Richard

Jewell found that he was unemployable after all of the press

coverage. Not only would potential employers rip up his resume and/

or job application when they saw his name, but he was cursed at,

thrown out of potential employers’ offices and sometimes had things

thrown at him. Even strangers on the streets of Atlanta and other

towns bombarded him with verbal and physical abuse (spitting,

punching and kicking). He had no choice but to sue those who had

maligned him. The NY Post, NBC, and CNN just settled quickly,

although they maintained there was no wrongdoing. But Cox

network, owners of a string of news stations and publication, took

the case to court and dragged it through the appeals court. Sadly on

both accounts, the case was dismissed in August, 2007 after Richard

Jewell’s death because there was no plaintiff. However, law

enforcement agencies reevaluated how, when and what information

to release to the public to prevent what they now call “The Richard

Jewell Syndrome.”

Devices come with instruction manuals and warning labels.

Unfortunately speech does not come with this message: WARNING

- Engage brain before engaging mouth. People also seem to have

lost their common sense and consideration. Why would you discuss

your life publically on your social media page – or someone else’s?

That is part of the problem with social media – very few think before

they post. The other problem is that the postings can be marked

either “public” or “private”, but most people do not pay attention to

this. Furthermore, that private post you just sent can in turn be

resent and made public by your “friend.” Another interesting point is

that even emails that are sent across a public network (otherwise

known as the internet) are considered “public” messages, according

to copyright law.

So, no, one DOES NOT have the RIGHT to say whatever pops into

one’s head – especially on social media, or any other media. And

remember, the first four letters of Twitter spell “TWI.T. Act

responsibly and don’t be one!

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Be business-oriented. You might be driven by technology but

financial issues will affect and perhaps dominate decision making. If

you have an IT chargeback system, use it for the POC. If you don’t,

provide management with cost/benefit information as compelling as

your concept’s validation.

Understand and address financial issues. Know what drives your

organization—opportunities, hot spots, sore spots—and match your

concept to them.

Remember that potentially vast scalability is among the mainframe’s

traditional strengths. A metaphor suggested is handling an open-pit

mine with a massive hauler, rather than a fleet of pickup trucks. Start

small and anticipate growth, perhaps avoiding or displacing a more

expensive server farm.

Ultimately, your POCs—Linux on System z, private/public cloud

computing, enterprise-wide encryption, streamlined business

processes, whatever—will succeed or fail based on quantifiable

organizational benefits, with perhaps a dose of politics. If you’ve

adequately planned and executed, and maintained stakeholder buy-

in, your reward may be scaling enterprise-wide.

This article first appeared on http//www.destinationz.org and is used

with the author's permission. Gabe Goldberg has developed, worked

with and written about technology for decades. He can be contacted

at destination.z@gabegold.com.

Easy Basic Backups By Jim Cerny, 2nd Vice President, Sarasota PCUG, FL

August 2014 issue, Sarasota Technology Monitor

www.spcug.org

jimcerny123 (at) gmail.com

Unfortunately it is not a perfect world and, as you know, any

mechanical device can fail. Because your computer and/or your hard

drive can fail, everyone (this means you) needs to take the extra step

on a regular basis to make sure that you have a good backup. I am

always surprised at the number of people who just don’t do backups

at all – they will have a real problem if something goes wrong. There

have been many “backup” articles written and I would encourage

you to read some of them. But the purpose of this article is just to

give you the basics first and then you can decide what further steps

you need to take and what more information you may need. Here is

the “basic backup” information:

1. Why do I need to do a backup? – In case your computer or hard

drive fails

2. What is a “backup” anyway? It is simply a copy on another

memory device.

3. What should I back up? This is good question. I do not backup

my entire “C” drive, I only backup those files that are important

to me – those files I NEED to keep. I do not backup my

software/programs. For example, I have many documents (files)

which I created using the Word program. Well, I can use

someone else’s Word program and their computer in an

emergency to open those files from my backup device. I can

also use “Open Office” to open those files. I just need my files

which I have backed up and a computer that has Word or is

connected to the internet. Get the picture? A backup is also

great when you get a new computer and need to put all your (Continued on page 9)

effectiveness, customer service, flexibility, reliability, etc.

Be reasonable. Don’t “boil the ocean”—or even, necessarily, the

swimming pool. Set achievable but meaningful goals. Perhaps boil

the bathtub by running a small-scale private cloud service in an

LPAR, or by introducing a new Web service with a dozen

lightweight Linux servers under z/VM. That is, start with small

applications/services rather than the most complex and resource-

intensive application, no matter how impressive the latter might be.

Perhaps use a personal System z development tool such as System z

Personal Development Tool (zPDT) or Rational Developer for

System z (RDz) as an entry point for a larger concept. Success will

come from scaling up results, and failure won’t consume much time

or money.

Be prepared. When your POC succeeds, it might enter production

without being re-implemented, let alone re-architected. That is,

choose meaningful naming conventions for servers, file directories,

users and such that can scale and be publicized, rather than being

restrictive and embarrassing (e.g., Star Trek character-named servers

or random data names). Follow industry standards and best practices,

along with (especially) current installation policies.

Establish evaluation criteria and stick to them. The concept you’re

proving should be measurable, e.g., function, performance, cost,

scalability. Focus on the initial goal and avoid mission creep,

analysis paralysis and perpetual testing. If it’s not in production by

the deadline, abandon it.

Compare alternatives fairly. Don’t burden mainframe cost with other

platform expenses or too much shared infrastructure and overhead

costs. Include and apportion precise costs for servers, associated

software and staffing. Beware of fudged numbers when requested for

head-to-head comparison.

Be flexible. Things change, requirements evolve. Don’t hang onto

cherished ideas whose time has passed, whether they’ve become

irrelevant or are now commodities not needing validation.

Be collaborative. Mainframe-only—even all-IBM—data centers are

rare. But the System z platform is still the central server workhorse.

So the more it connects to and supports other platforms and

networks, the more valuable it is and the more enthusiastic other

systems’ staffs will be supporting a POC and its full adoption. When

appropriate, blend disciplines. Successful Linux on System z

projects involve z/VM folks learning a little Linux, and the Linux

team understanding a bit about z/VM. That develops a common

language and framework. For each group, it’s like travel to a foreign

country, learning enough of the language, terminology, customs and

concepts to find the bathroom and order a beer. Heterogeneous

computing supplements mainframe strengths with other similarly fit-

for-purpose technologies.

Involve relevant vendors. If you’re porting cross-platform,

understand versions, support, licensing and contractual issues.

Because vendors often perform and participate in POC projects

themselves, you might receive quick buy-in and favorable terms by

suggesting and enabling new market areas for them. But you might

not want to nest POCs—that is, have yours rely on the success of a

vendor’s—so tread carefully here. Negotiate realistic prices for

ancillary tools such as server provisioning, backup, system

management and performance management.

Speak up. The best potential technology solution does no good if it’s

a secret.

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liking, but by all means do your backups. One of the worst-case

scenarios is that your computer quits working, you decide to buy a

new computer, but you cannot move any of your files to the new

computer because you didn’t make any backups! Every once in a

while, ask yourself: “What would I do if my computer quits working?”

Book Review: Galaxy S4 - The Missing Manual The book that should have come with the site

By Steve Costello, President / Editor,

Boca Raton Computer Society, FL

May 2014 issue, Boca Bits

http://brcs.org/ editor (at) brcs.org

I have read several of the Missing Manual series of books and find

them very informative.

Previous Missing Manual Reviews

January 2013 - Wordpress: The Missing Manual

http://ctublog.sefcug.com/wordpress-the-missing-manual-by-matthew-

macdonald/

April 2012 - Google+: The Missing Manual

http://sefccw.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/book-review-google-the-

missing-manual-by-kevin-purdy/

Disclosure

I received this through the O'Reilly User Group Program at no cost,

and decided to review it, as I have a Sprint Galaxy S4 and want to get

the most out of it.

Review

The book is divided into five parts:

Part I - The Basics

If you've had your S4 for a while, you should at least skim this part to

make sure you are aware of these basics.

Part II - The Built-In Features

This part deals with taking pictures/videos, music management, GPS,

the calendar, and more.

Part III - The Galaxy S4 Online

Learn about networks, hotspots, email, getting apps, etc. with you S4.

Part IV - Advanced Features

How to synch/transfer files, virtual private networking (VPN), voice

control, settings list, different connections/accounts, and more.

Part V - Appendixes

Setup and sign up, accessories, troubleshooting and maintenance.

NOTES

Note 1: "This book happens to be written based on the Samsung Gal-

axy S4 sold for T-Mobile phones, so it may slightly differ from what

you see on phones from other carriers." Quoted from the Frequently

Asked Question box on page 27.

Note 2: My S4 is for Sprint, but for the most part things are the same.

There are some different default apps of course.

Conclusion

Well worth the investment of time and money to get the most out of

your Samsung Galaxy S4.

Author: Preston Gralla

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Released: August 2013

Price: Ebook $15.99, Print $19.99

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920022824.do

files in it. I backup everything in the “My documents” and “My

pictures” folders – that is, I backup all the files I have in “My

documents” and all “My photos”. I do not backup “My music” or

“My videos” because I don’t have any of those that are important

to me. You do NOT have to backup your email or anything that

you have saved on the internet cloud (such as on Google Drive, or

Dropbox for example). Certainly you may choose to use the

internet cloud as your backup device. NOTE: Photos and videos

take up MUCH more space than other files –see below.

4. How often should I do a backup? As often as needed so that you

do not lose anything important. I do a backup every three or four

weeks.

5. How do you do a backup? I use either an external hard drive or a

thumb drive that plugs into a USB port on my computer. (I don’t

recommend using CD or DVD disks for doing backups as you will

probably run out of space on the disk and have to use too many of

them.) I just connect my drive, create a new folder on the drive

called “backup 7-31-2014” (the date). Then I just open the

Windows Explorer and drag the entire “My documents” folder to

that backup folder, and then do the same for “My pictures.” It

takes about 20 or 30 minutes, but you can do other things on your

computer in the meantime. While the files are being copied, you

will see a green bar lengthen from left to right until the copy is

complete. There is also a time estimate shown which is usually

inaccurate.

6. How much space do I need on the device? To find out how much

space you are using now on your “C” drive for any folder, open up

the “Windows Explorer” program and, on the list of folders in the

left column, find “My documents”. RIGHT-click the mouse on

that folder to get a pop-up menu, then left-click on “properties”.

You will see how much space that folder is taking up and that is

how much space you will need on your backup device to copy it.

It will also tell you how many files are in that folder. My “My

documents” takes up about 300 megabytes. My “My photos” takes

up well over 6 gigabytes. So I will count on needing about 7

gigabytes of memory for EACH backup. If you get an external

hard drive, pay the extra bucks and get a one-terabyte drive and

you will have lots of space. Or you can get a 32 or a 64 gigabyte

thumb drive which, for me, can easily hold my last two backups.

7. How many backups should you keep? I only keep the most recent

two backups. After I create a new backup, I delete the oldest from

the device to save space.

8. Anything special about photos? Yes, they take up much more

space. On my computer, my pictures take up almost twenty times

the space of my documents or other files. So, I handle my pictures

differently. I only keep the last two years of pictures on my

computer. Every year I copy the oldest photos (from three years

ago) to CDs and put them in my photo album. If you have really

special photos, you should back them up with your other files and

not put them on a CD. I have heard stories that CDs may not last

forever and can deteriorate.

Are there other choices or ways of doing backups? You bet. There are

programs that you can buy or download from the internet that can

automatically do the backups for you. Sometimes backup programs

come with the memory device you purchase. There is “the cloud”

option too, where you can put your files on the cloud and let that

company keep them for you (i.e. such as using Google Drive or

Dropbox). But their free space is limited and you may have to pay for

more space. Perhaps one of these other ways will be more to your

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From the Presidents,

……. Editor’s desk

Required reading: Always good reading available here …….

Strolling Down Memory (Core) Lane

Museums and online resources help preserve

computing history …….. by Gabe Goldberg PAGE # 3

My Office for iPad Author: Paul McFedries

.… Review by Mary Ruth Butler PAGE # 4

Computer Problems Plague Everyone, Even Me

……. by Sandy Berger PAGE # 5

“Free Speech” on the Internet, and More

…… by Diane Fahlbusch PAGE # 6

Safe Travels. A proof-of-concept project lets you

boldly go where you’ve never been before.

….... by Gabe Goldberg PAGE # 7

Easy Basic Backups ….……. by Jim Cerny PAGE # 8

Book Review: Galaxy S4 - The Missing Manual

…. by Steve Costello PAGE # 9

edX Linux Course …… by Cal Esneault PAGE #10

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521-4096

P A C C 1975 - 2015

IN ITS FORTY-FIRST YEAR

NEXT PACC MEETING

IS ON March 15, 2015