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'Netline News
August 1, 2005 |
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From the
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Welcome to our August eNewsletter. This month's
edition shows you how to make $250,000, be informed during the
hurricane season, quickly find pizza delivery service while on the
road, and attach vCards to your outgoing e-mail messages. Enjoy the
last days of summer!
We think you'll find the information contained in this newsletter to be a valuable tool for enhancing your Internet experience. If, however, you'd
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< Your Local Help
Desk
< Tech Tips & Tricks
< Sites of the Month |
<
Bad Predictions
<
Feature of the Month
< This Month's Chronicles |
< Question
and Answer
< Internet Classes |
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This Month's Chronicles |
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Flower:
Gladiolus
Birthstone:
Peridot
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August 2005 |
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Aug. 1st......... |
Family Day |
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Aug.
3rd......... |
National Night Out |
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Aug.
5th.......... |
Sister's Day |
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Aug. 10th....... |
S'mores Day |
This Day in
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www.scopesys.com/anyday
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Bad Predictions |
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"Physics as we know it will be
over in six months." - Physicist Max
Born, 1928.
"I think there is a world market for
maybe five computers." -- Thomas
Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
"But what...is it good for?" --
Engineer at IBM, 1968, commenting on
the microchip
"640K ought to be enough for
anybody." -- Attributed to Bill
Gates, 1981
"Ours has been the first, and
doubtless to be the last, to visit
this profitless locality." -- Lt.
Joseph Ives, after visiting the
Grand Canyon in 1861.
"Drill for oil? You mean drill into
the ground to try and find oil?
You're crazy." -- Workers whom Edwin
L. Drake tried to enlist to his
project to drill for oil in 1859.
"Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is
ridiculous fiction." -- Pierre
Pachet, Professor of Physiology at
Toulouse, 1872
"Everything that can be invented has
been invented." -- Attributed to
Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S.
Office of Patents, 1899
"Airplanes are interesting toys but
of no military value." -- Marechal
Ferdinand Foch, Professor of
Strategy, Ecole Superieure de
Guerre.
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What Is
JPEG?
Question: I hear people talk
about JPEG files. I know they are
pictures but what is JPEG?
Answer: JPEG is named after the
committee (the Joint Photographic
Experts Group) that created this
technology. It's a very commonly used
file format that utilizes compression
for saving and viewing images.
Most people who send photos to friends
via e-mail attachments first save the
photos as JPEGs so that the recipient
can easily open and view the photos.
Many digital cameras save photos
directly to JPEG format.
Every commonly used e-mail software
program (i.e. Outlook Express, Outlook,
Netscape Messenger, Entourage,
Thunderbird, Eudora, etc.) has the
ability to display a JPEG image file.
(There's no need to download the JPEG
software separately.) Also, if you save
JPEG images from your e-mail client or
Web browser and store them on your hard
drive, a simple double click will open
the JPEG image with a viewer
application. On a Macintosh, the viewer
app is called "Preview" and on Windows
XP it's called "Windows Picture and Fax
Viewer." Both are part of the standard
operating system installation so
again there's no need to download any
type of JPEG software.
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Question and Answer |
Q. How
can I get $250,000 from Microsoft?
A. Although he damaged thousands
of computers, a German teenager has
wormed his way out of jail. Sven Jaschan,
19, was sentenced last month for
creating and unleashing the Sasser
computer worm, a type of
self-replicating virus that crashed
computers worldwide within minutes of
being released over the Internet back in
February 2004. The worm attacked holes
in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 and
Windows XP operating systems.
Jaschan escaped jail time because he was
a minor (age 17) when he committed the
crime. He was found guilty on three
counts of computer sabotage and four
counts of data manipulation. Jaschan
received a suspended sentence of 21
months and was ordered to perform 30
hours of community service.
Jaschan's loss was two informants' gain,
however. In November 2003,
Microsoft put $5 million into its
"Antivirus Reward Program" to pay
tipsters for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of virus and worm
authors. Now that Jaschan has been
convicted, two unidentified informants
will share a $250,000 bounty.
Microsoft is still offering $250,000
each for information that leads to the
conviction of the authors of three
notorious viruses: the Blaster worm (MSBlast.A),
the Sobig virus, and the Mydoom.B worm.
So if you have information about the
persons who created these viruses,
Microsoft Corp., along with some
heavy-hitting government agencies, would
welcome the opportunity to talk to you.
You can learn the procedures for
reporting leads at this Microsoft web
page:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/.
Reminder: Please be sure to install and
utilize virus-scanning software, to
update this software on a regular basis,
and to scan all incoming attachments
before opening them, even if the
attachment shows coming from a trusted
source. The ultimate responsibility of
protecting your computer against worms
and viruses lies with you. In addition,
many viruses and worms spread not only
via e-mail, but also through the sharing
of files when using floppy disks, zip
disks, and networks, as well as when
downloading software. Be sure to scan
these files for infections as well.
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Tech Tips & Tricks |
Short Tutorial:
Attaching vCards To
E-mail Messages
The use of vCards (short for virtual business cards) is
growing in popularity as a signature-line replacement
within e-mail messages, especially for business e-mail.
vCards are essentially digital business cards that can
be attached to your e-mail messages. They usually
contain text-based information such as address, phone
and fax numbers, and website addresses. The cards appear
as attachments to e-mail messages with a .vcf
file extension name.
To create your own vCard to attach to outgoing e-mail
messages, you'll first need to add your own information
as a new contact in your address book. This step is very
similar with most any e-mail software program. When
using Outlook Express via Windows XP, here's how:
1) Open your address book by clicking on the "Address
Book" button on your Outlook Express button bar.
2) Click on the "New" button and select "New Contact"
from the drop-down menu. Fill out the data fields with
your contact information. Click "OK" when you're
finished.
3) To save a copy of your record as a vCard, select the
contact profile you just created in the address book and
then click on the "File" menu. Select "Export" from the
drop-down menu and then "Business Card (vCard)..." from
the submenu.
4) Click the "Save" button to save your vCard to your
documents folder and then close your address book.
The tutorials below show how to then attach your vCard
to an outgoing e-mail message when using a variety of
e-mail software programs and operating systems.
*Attaching a vCard in Outlook Express When Using Windows
XP:
1) Click on "Tools" on your Outlook Express menu bar and
select "Options" from the drop-down menu. The Options
window will open. Click on the "Compose" tab.
2) Under the "Business Cards" section, click on the
checkbox next to "Mail." Click on the downward pointing
arrow next to the "Mail" field and select your vCard. If
you leave "Mail" checked, your vCard will be added to
each outgoing e-mail. If not, you can select it from the
Insert menu on each of your outgoing e-mail messages
before sending them.
3) Compose and send your message.
*Attaching a vCard in Entourage When Using Macintosh OSX:
1) Click on the Address Book icon on your Entourage
button bar and click on the contact card you want to
send as a vCard.
2) Click on the Entourage Contact menu and drop down to
"Forward as vCard." A new e-mail message will be created
with the vCard information that you have selected
attached to it.
3) Compose and send your message.
*Attaching a vCard in Mail.app When Using Macintosh OSX:
1) Create a new message by clicking on the "New" button
on the Mail.app button bar.
2) Click on the "Address" button on the Mail.app button
bar. The "Addresses" window will appear. Click on the
entry's name in the "Name" column and drag it to the
body of the message.
3) Compose and send your message.
*Attaching a vCard in Mozilla's Thunderbird 1.0 Using
Windows XP and Macintosh OS X:
1) Click on the Thunderbird "Tools" menu and drop down
to "Account Settings." The "Account Settings" window
will open. Click on your account name and look for the
checkbox next to "Attach my vCard to messages" and click
on it.
2) Click on the "Edit Card..." button. Check your
contact information and click "OK."
3) If you leave the box next to "Attach my vCard to
messages" checked, your vCard will attach to each
outgoing e-mail for that account. If you uncheck it, you
can add it manually as needed.
4) Create a new e-mail message by clicking on the
"Write" button. If you left the checkbox unchecked in
step #3 above, click on the small arrow next to the
"Attach" button on the message button bar and select
"Personal Card (vCard)" from the drop-down menu.
5) Compose and send your message.
*Attaching a vCard in Netscape 7 When Using Windows XP
and Macintosh OS X:
1) Click on the Netscape Messenger "Edit" menu and drop
down to "Mail Newsgroups Account Settings." The "Mail
Newsgroups Account Settings" window will open.
2) Look for the checkbox next to "Attach my vCard to
messages" and click on it. Click on the "Edit Card"
button. Check your contact information and click "OK."
3) If you leave the box next to "Attach my vCard to
messages" checked, your vCard will attach to each
outgoing e-mail message for that account. If you uncheck
it, you can add the vCard manually as needed.
4) Create a new e-mail message by clicking on the
"Compose" button. If you left the checkbox in step #3
above unchecked, click on the arrow on the "Attach"
button of the message button bar and select "Personal
Card (vCard)" from the drop-down menu.
5) Compose and send your message.
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Sites of the Month: |
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Pizza Delivered Fast When On The Road
http://local.google.com/
- Here's a handy tool when you are
traveling on the road and have access to an Internet connection. Let's
say you are in your hotel room and would like to have some pizza
delivered. Simply go to this site, type in "pizza delivery," and enter
the town and state in which you are lodging. The resulting page provides
a listing of pizza delivery restaurants along with phone numbers,
addresses, and a map showing the pizza restaurant locations within the
local area. Pretty amazing!
Slurpee Celebrates 40 Years Of Brain Freezes
http://slurpee.com/
- This year marks the 40th anniversary
of 7-Eleven's Slurpee drink. Yes, the king of all brain freeze
concoctions was introduced back in 1965 by the 7-Eleven convenience
store chain. Today more than 13 million Slurpee drinks are consumed each
month. Did you know that residents of Manitoba, Canada, consume more
Slurpee beverages than any other city on earth? For more mind boggling
Slurpee-related trivia and to waste hours upon hours of your life
playing the mesmerizing Slurpeedrop Game, head over to this site.
New Animated Disney Film Released This Month
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/valiant/
- From the producer of Shrek and Shrek
2 comes the new Disney animated film, Valiant. The movie is loosely
based on the true story of carrier pigeons used by the United Kingdom
during World War II to communicate with the Allied troops and the French
Resistance. Valiant, a comically clumsy pigeon who sneaks his way into
the Royal Pigeon Service, is assigned one of the most important jobs of
the war -- carrying essential messages just prior to the D-Day invasion.
See this site for trailer and clips, photos, games, and downloads.
Hurricane Season Is Back
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml
- Tropical storm season is back once again. The National Hurricane
Center's Tropical Prediction website includes links to the latest
satellite imagery, an archived history of the most destructive
hurricanes of yesteryear, links to your closest National Doppler Radar
Site, and the official list of Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names. (Some
pretty unique names are found here.) Batten down the hatches!
Livestrong Wristbands Support Cancer Research
http://nike.com/wearyellow/main.html
- Last month Lance Armstrong won a
record-breaking seventh Tour de France. What makes this feat even more
amazing is that he did so as a cancer survivor. Lance's deep resolve has
provided inspiration to those affected by cancer around the world. The
Lance Armstrong Foundation's mission is to inspire and empower people
with cancer to live strong. Learn more about the power of yellow and
what you can do to support cancer research awareness.
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