tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64690330577758842982024-03-13T13:41:18.379-07:00Technical MusingsThings of interest to the person(s) that have a basic questions about everyday technical things!Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-60458123948648140732022-10-31T08:23:00.003-07:002022-10-31T11:31:39.534-07:00The Inexpensive Utility Item that Everyone Should Own<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1.) <a href="https://www.armysurplusworld.com/brand-new-5-56-ammo-can-50-cal" style="color: #617398; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.armysurplusworld.com/brand-new-5-56-ammo-can-50-cal</a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"> </span></span><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">2.) <a href="https://www.armysurplusworld.com/ammo-can-lock-kit" style="color: #617398; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.armysurplusworld.com/ammo-can-lock-kit</a><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Rarely does one use some object, gadget, and/or device during their military experience(s) that even years later is still a useful object, gadget, and/or device that can easily be adapted for civilian use!</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">One such object, gadget, and/or device is the U. S. military designed 50 caliber ammunition container (1st link). First of all, it is constructed out off a thick enough metal, steel, that it is basically indestructible. Then it is constructed so that its contents remain impervious to any outside water damage. It's also stackable, meaning if you have more than one, they neatly perfectly fit on top of each other. They have a built-in carrying handle which makes them very portable. </span></span></div><div><span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GvxswhqTryMxabHrqZpljnADxrtzGTdKWKBHw2VMtPNgyLoplrfCROSgDKHg6KEgiO0TddegBq54uYb9l4uiRLmBWqctLAmatSh0qbfIjsNQb6GbQulRSI5-BLYG5UH-W4nz5mrncOoCH2fV_pnK6Rso6hMsaOYNjrQM8rOHTBlb-KuOEZDpYsCr0Q/s623/ammo%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="623" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GvxswhqTryMxabHrqZpljnADxrtzGTdKWKBHw2VMtPNgyLoplrfCROSgDKHg6KEgiO0TddegBq54uYb9l4uiRLmBWqctLAmatSh0qbfIjsNQb6GbQulRSI5-BLYG5UH-W4nz5mrncOoCH2fV_pnK6Rso6hMsaOYNjrQM8rOHTBlb-KuOEZDpYsCr0Q/s320/ammo%2001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">Next with a $6.75 USD modification (2nd link), they can be made into a locked security container to store valuable items and/or papers within! 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(See the attached video for ideas on many other uses) </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Cl3_p43Mo&t=791s">(11) Why Buy Ammo Cans? 25 Survival Uses - YouTube</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">I bought and modified one to be a locked device in which to store my ammunition for my Chicom Type 56 Carbine some forty (40) years ago to make sure my sons never could get into dangerous mischief if I wasn't monitoring them at every moment. I also have another plain model in which I have 'copies' of important documents stored that can be just grabbed and carried away in case of any type of emergency!</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">For a price of only ~$17.00 USD, probably most people would find some use for one as a toolbox, emergency medical supplies container, and a host of other practical uses.</span><br style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" /></span><p><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><b>P.S.</b> -->> I found that performing a simple wiping with a cloth saturated with acetone {wife's fingernail polish remover š} removes all of the military nomenclature that is often written on the side of the ammunition can!!</span> </span></p></div>Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-80804712886097275012022-03-12T10:59:00.005-08:002022-03-12T19:47:31.386-08:00<p> </p><p align="center" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Liberation Serif", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">How
to use the Internet to Research your Genealogy</b></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On
April 01, 2022, the U. S. Department of Commerce and its division The
U. S. Census Bureau will release the results of the 1950 U. S. Census
population and housing data. This is mandated by federal </span>statute<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> that
72 years after the census data has </span>been<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> gathered and collated the
results are then to be available to the public for study.</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p><p style="line-height: 100%;"><em><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Did
you know that the U. S. Census is available on the internet for you
to use to research your family's genealogy?</span></span></span></span></span></em></p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It
is really convenient with the internet searches today and generally
can be a great place to start to research your family's genealogy. I
have <u>now</u> made up a chart for all my granddaughters that traces
back their genealogy at least five (5) generations!</span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">METHOD
#1</span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enumerator
-> a person employed in taking a census of the
population.<br />
Enumeration District -> an area that could be
covered by a single census taker in one census period.<br />
</span></span></span><br />
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</p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">All
of the U. S. Census Population and Housing data is stored and
initially accessed through the Enumeration Districts (ED). Knowing
where the person(s) you are trying to research resided during the
year of the U. S. Census that is being analyzed may be a good way to
find the data that you wish to obtain.</span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Using
the site <a href="https://stevemorse.org/census/unified.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;">https://stevemorse.org/census/unified.html</span></span></a>
to find the Enumeration District (ED) for the known location of the
person(s) you are researching most times will be less bothersome and
time consuming than trying to find said person(s) by their given name
& surname {Donāt be surprised at the great number of exact and
similar names there are in most searchable databases}. Once you
follow its directions and list all of the significant data that its
search engine requires{Using Google Earth Pro to find the location
and then switching to Google Maps Street View to obtain the cross
streets its search engine will also request can zero in on the exact
ED for which you are searching}. The same site also has links to the
actual maps which you can view and download to help anyone with their
research. </span></span></span>
</p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Next
you click on the Enumeration District that the search engine
indicates and you will be offered your choice of viewers that can
show you each of the data sheet pages for that particular ED. This
1<sup>st</sup> method probably will be the preferred method for
researching the 1950 U. S. Census Population & Housing data that
is released on April 01, 2022 because it will take quite a while for
all the names of the many persons to be entered into a searchable
database that will be available to the general public to access.</span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">METHOD
#2</span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="line-height: 100%;"><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_883"></a><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_840"></a><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_878"></a><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_902"></a>
<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1.)
Go to the site </span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><a href="http://www.stevemorse.org/census/freesearch.html" target="_blank">http://www.stevemorse.org/census/freesearch.html</a></u></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and
type in your relatives' names at the proper places about 3/4 of the
way down the page. At the top of the page there will be a dialog box
with the year's census you want to search. Be sure to indicate which
year's census you want to research. </span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">{please
note the 1890 census data was destroyed in a fire}</span></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
It is helpful if you know the state in which your relative(s)
resided; otherwise you are going to have to guess in which state they
may have resided. </span></span></span></span>
</p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;"><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_850"></a><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_849"></a>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">......If
you were successful, you should be directed towards a site with many
people with the same name as your relative(s); click on the
highlighted one that may be your relative. That will bring up a
summary sheet of the data on the actual census sheet. If that ISN'T
your relative just move on to the next name in the collection. Save a
copy of the correct summary page.</span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;"><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_887"></a><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_886"></a>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.....At
the bottom of the summary page there will be listed the "GS Film
number" & the "Image Number"; write these numbers
down!</span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="line-height: 100%;"><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_889"></a><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_890"></a><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_891"></a>
<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2.)
Then go back to the site
</span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: #3333ff;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><a href="http://www.stevemorse.org/census/freesearch.html" target="_blank">http://www.stevemorse.org/census/freesearch.html</a></u></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
and near the bottom of the page you will see places to enter the "GS
Film number" & the "Image Number".</span></span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;"><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_892"></a><a name="yui_3_15_0_1_1428522987571_893"></a>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.....Then
click on the "SEARCH" icon; that should bring up actual
census page you are seeking and you can <i><u>right click</u></i> on
the page and save it to your storage device as a JPG image.</span></span></span></p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;">
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</p><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;">
</span></p><p align="left" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 100%;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Liberation Serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><b>These
are just two of the many methods that are available, that the savvy </b></i></span></span></span><i style="font-family: "Liberation Serif", serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>computer</b></i><i style="font-family: "Liberation Serif", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b> user may gather data from the U. S. Census to perform genealogy
research!</b></i></p><p></p>Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-35209844731782189392020-10-07T11:54:00.003-07:002020-10-07T12:10:55.254-07:00Using an ANALOG time keeping device (watch or clock) as a compass!<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's possible to determine your orientation using an analog watch (i.e., one with hands) in place of a compass. The direction will be correct if the watch is set for true local time, <i><span style="font-family: georgia;">without adjustments for </span></i><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">daylight savings time</span></i>. And the further you are from the equator, the more accurate this method will be.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tYADSMxkIdI/X34MxgetHkI/AAAAAAAALr8/20roN_kpBRgtDEDJR-YfJxGSFYAcLDCEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s358/Northern.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="345" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tYADSMxkIdI/X34MxgetHkI/AAAAAAAALr8/20roN_kpBRgtDEDJR-YfJxGSFYAcLDCEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Northern.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nA4Owdo62Yk/X34M-ZTGlmI/AAAAAAAALsA/heosU_AFyTU8DGP3AIGzL2rfe2etue_ngCLcBGAsYHQ/s365/Southern.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="365" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nA4Owdo62Yk/X34M-ZTGlmI/AAAAAAAALsA/heosU_AFyTU8DGP3AIGzL2rfe2etue_ngCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Southern.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Know the time, but don't have an analog watch? A simple drawing of a watch on a piece of paper or a clock face on the ground, </i><i>as long as it shows the correct time (you only need worry about the hour hand), works just as well.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Can't see the sun clearly, or otherwise having difficulty determining its direction? As long as the sun is able to cast a shadow (which it can often do even through fog), you can determine its direction by holding a thin object (like a pencil or a stick) straight up and down; the resulting shadow will point away from the sun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wonder why you're bisecting angles? As the earth rotates once (each day), the hour hand goes around the clock face twice. So you need to divide the angle by two (i.e., in half).</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-52416915609917273852017-05-19T05:12:00.002-07:002017-05-21T14:27:59.414-07:00Inexpensive Computer OS and File Security<b style="font-weight: normal;"></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial";"></span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Equipment wise the user will have to buy two (2) Flash Drives or SD Cards. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9d1811; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I personally purchased a 32GB Flash Drive and a 64GB Flash Drive from Amazon for $10.00 & $15.00 each.</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Then you need to plug the 64GB [<u>or</u> <u>greater</u>] Flash Drive into the computer and proceeded to copy every folder that on the computer holds any Documentation Files, Audio Files, & precious Photographs + Videos. {depending on what microprocessor the computer has, this might take 30 - to 45 minutes [</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">you don't have to do it in a single setting</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">]} but you then have a good backup of ALL your important data! Remove the 64GB [<u>or</u> <u>greater</u>] Flash drive from the computer when the task is completed!</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Next plug the 32GB Flash Drive into the computer, then RIGHT click on the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Windows</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Icon</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> located on the Task Bar at the bottom of the screen and then LEFT click on the word search that appears in the dialog box.</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Type the phrase "</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Create</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Recovery</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Disk</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">" in the space provided followed by pressing the "Enter" Key; a pop-up dialog box will appear that will guide the user through now making an </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Operating System</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #cb008e; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Recovery Disk</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> on the 32GB Flash Drive. {This may also take some time, [drink a cup of coffee, a soda, or a beer while you wait</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img height="18" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/lZo5HRfc3c71vkY2RTfqe7kleu-VrFDk69C9kRz40E7D1ypNbPQlZC-cNVzCcQ0TPld80A4sDqdV-XPC_3iWv17XFwSNZwr2M64On3l5_tFqv3Yvx7B0D1FOsYJcOBHPy1olA25a" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="18" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">] so be patient} When the process is completed click on finish in the dialog box and remove the 32GB Flash Drive.</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #a46016; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOW</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> if you ever have a virus and/or malware that finds its way onto your computer that your Anti-Viral & Malware software can't seem to eradicate, you are no longer up-the-creek-without-a-paddle!! First contact your Anti-Viral & Malware provider, if they can't help you there is now the option open to you of re-installing your Operating System and your computer's Documentation Files, Audio Files, & precious Photographs + Videos.</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Turn the power off that goes to the computer!</span></b></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Plug the 32GB Flash Drive into the computer!</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Turn the computer on WHILE holding down the F8 or F12 key {</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #999999; font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">depending on your computer brand</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">}!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">D.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> When the computer starts, it will take you to the BIOS start menu!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">E.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Chose to Erase & REFORMAT the Hard Drive!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">F.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Repeat option C and chose to start the computer by loading the Operating System from the 32GB Flash Drive (which is now the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #cb008e; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Recovery Disk</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">G.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> After the Operating System has been re-installed, you can use the 64GB [<u>or</u> <u>greater</u>] Flash Drive to reinstall the computer's Documentation Files, Audio Files, & precious Photographs + Videos.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">H.)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The ONLY last set of task(s) is to download and reinstall all of the Application Programs* that the user prefers!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #cd232c; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Like I cautioned in the beginning, this is an emergency method to always have in reserve, just in case the computer user has to deal with an terrible situation!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">*</span> </b>I wrote a blog in October 2011 about some of the FREEWARE programs that I use as an "alternative" to some of the expensive commercial programs to include:<br />
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<b>Office Suite* </b>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">Microsoft Office </span></strong>ā <span style="color: green;"><b>Libre</b></span><strong><span style="color: #009900;">Office </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;"> </span></strong>(<a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/download"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://www.libreoffice.org/</u></span></a>)<br />
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<b>Optical Character Recognition</b> ā <span style="color: red;"><b>ABBYY FineReader</b></span> ā <span style="color: green;"><b>FreeOCR</b></span> ā (<a href="http://www.paperfile.net/"><span style="color: #473624;">http://www.paperfile.net/</span></a>) <br />
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<strong>Image Manipulation </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">Adobe Photoshop </span></strong>ā <strong><span style="color: #009900;">GIMP </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;"> </span></strong>(<a href="http://www.gimp.org/"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://www.gimp.org/</u></span></a>)<br />
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<strong>Sound Editing </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">WavePad Masters </span></strong>ā <strong><span style="color: #009900;">Audacity </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;"> </span></strong>(<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/"><span style="color: #351c75;">http://audacity.sourceforge.net/</span></a>)<br />
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<strong>File Compression </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">WinZip </span></strong>ā <strong><span style="color: #009900;">Ken Ward's Zipper </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;"> </span></strong>(<a href="http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/zipper/index.html"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/zipper/index.html</u></span></a>)</div>
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Well six (6) years later, the latest versions of these programs are still very viable and excellent alternatives to the commercial programs of similar function! If you are repopulating your computer, it may be a time for you to try a few of them and see if they can serve your programming purposes!!</div>
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</b><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-2926974549097004172016-05-04T08:36:00.000-07:002017-10-27T07:41:44.574-07:00Secure your Vital file(s) from hackers!<br />
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Secure your files
from hackers!</div>
<br />
Hackers from all
over the world are now trying to get your computer to āshareā
your files with them so that they can go through them to see if there
is any information there that can be used to obtain vital information
about you.<br />
<br />
They look for your
business account numbers, your utilities account numbers, your
family's Social Security numbers, your home and/or business
addresses, your health insurance identification number, and so on and
so forth!<br />
<br />
They need that
information to try and gain access to your accounts and/or steal your
identity or even use your information to gain access to a larger
target such as a business institution or your bank.<br />
<br />
I have come to the
conclusion that it is probably now safer for the average user just to
encrypt the sensitive information files that they save and are now
just sitting there located on their hard drive and/or stored
somewhere on the 'cloud'. <i><b>How many users out there now have
their previous yearsā income tax returns just occupying their hard
drives?</b></i> I personally prepare my income taxes using the
collection of spreadsheets that can be found and downloaded from the
internet at <a href="http://www.excel1040.com/"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">http://www.excel1040.com</span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span></span></span></span></span>and I surely wouldnāt
want that information compromised by some unknown hacker(s)!<br />
<br />
However, this
recommendation comes with a little caveat!<br />
<br />
The first thing that
you should realize is that when you encrypt anything; <em>if the
protection was made by 'man' then somewhere that very same protection
can be broken by another 'man'</em>. What you really want to do is to try
and cause the hacker to spent so much time trying to decrypt the
file(s) that it isn't cost effective for the hacker to spent so much
time and effort on your encrypted files and the hacker just moves on
to their next victim, who they perceive will be easier to victimize.<br />
<br />
A few years ago, I
stopped buying Microsoft Office Suite and switched over to the GNU
office suite of <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/">LibreOffice</a>
{it has a cousin named <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice</a>
that is very similar} because it is a free software product and it
serves all of the usual computer user needs as well as is able to
open or save Microsoft Office Suite files.<br />
<br />
My recommendation is
that you ā<b>double encrypt</b>ā all of your sensitive files using
two totally different software programs. NOW, don't be put off by
this recommendation, luckily both <a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/">LibreOffice</a>
& <a href="https://www.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice</a> both come
with a built in encryption feature!<br />
<br />
<strong>1.)</strong> When you go to save the file(s), just click on the word <u>F</u>ile
at the top of the screen and then click on <i>Save As</i> and a
dialog box will open for you to type in the new file name. You will
see a box next to the phrase 'Save with password', make sure that
box is checked and type in the new file name. You will then be
prompted for the password<span style="color: red;"><b>*</b></span> to
allow you to open the file whenever it is accessed. Type in the
password that you want and the file will be saved so that only the
correct password will allow it to be opened and accessed again.<br />
<br />
That is the first
encryption that you could use to protect your file(s).
<br />
<br />
The second program
to finally ādouble encryptā your file(s) that I recommend is
another free program, <a href="http://www.axcrypt.net/">AxCrypt</a>,
that can be downloaded off the internet. So, after you have encrypted
it with the internal encryption of the office suite, you can then
encrypt the whole file again with the stand alone program. That
follows the security trend of ātwo-stepā verification, which a great many major commercial and business institutions have been slowly adopting over the past several years. It is about time the average user join this trend<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>*
</b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>P</b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>assword(</b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>s)</b></span>
ā my suggestion for easy to remember password(s) for the user and a
very difficult password for the hacker to try and guess are old
addresses at previous residences that you, your relatives, and any of your old friends {like girl/boy friend(s)} may have had in the past,
especially if you have changed your city and/or state of residence:</div>
<br />
{<strong>e.g.</strong>
1234MainStreet,AnyCity,AnyState(zip code)}<br />
<br />
Such a password
fulfills <strong>all</strong> the criteria for a very STRONG password, it has
numerals, upper case letters, lower case letters, punctuation
characters, and is more than 21 characters in length! It is estimated
that it would take a super-computer working for 24 hours a day, 7
days a week, over two years to guess such a password. This is something the user will always remember and the hacker will never have a clue of what it could possibly be. Not many
hackers would spend that much time and money for computer time trying
to guess such a password and just move on to their next victim that
they have hacked after failing trying to guess the initial password.
<br />
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Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-91634525075532633992015-05-09T08:08:00.001-07:002015-05-09T08:10:39.490-07:00Manual Washing Machine<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>M</b><b>anual
Washing Machine</b></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtbkXyWFFm8"><span style="color: #ff3333;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtbkXyWFFm8</b></span></span></a></span></div>
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</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>(Watch
the above video to see how to construct and use this device) </b></span></span>
</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>All
parts are available at Home Depot:</b></span></h1>
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<a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Home-Depot-5-gal-Homer-Bucket-05GLHD2/100087613"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Two
(2) </b></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Home-Depot-5-gal-Homer-Bucket-05GLHD2/100087613">5-gal.
Homer Bucket</a>; Model # 05GLHD2 </b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>=
$2.97 x 2 <span style="color: white;">....</span>= </b></span><span style="color: #9999ff;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>$5.94</b></span></span></h1>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/Leaktite-5-gal-Homer-Leakproof-Lid-5GLD-ORANGE-LID-for-5GL-HOMER-PAIL/202264044">Leaktite
5-gal. Homer Leakproof Lid</a>; Model # 5GLD ORANGE LID for 5GL HOMER
PAIL
</b><span style="color: white;"><b>ā¦....................................................................................................</b></span><b>
</b><b>= </b><span style="color: #9999ff;"><b>$1.68</b></span><b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/NIBCO-1-1-2-in-PVC-DWV-Hub-x-SJ-Trap-Adapter-C48017HD112/100345781">NIBCO
1-1/2 in. PVC DWV Hub x SJ Trap Adapter</a>; Model # C48017HD112
</b><span style="color: white;"><b>=......................................................................................................</b></span><b>
= </b><span style="color: #9999ff;"><b>$0.88</b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-5-in-Force-Cup-Plunger-PSC2451/100549270">HDX
5 in. Force Cup Plunger</a>; Model # PSC2451
</b><span style="color: white;"><b>ā¦....................................................................................................</b></span><b>
</b><u><b>= </b></u><span style="color: #9999ff;"><u><b>$2.98</b></u></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>
</b></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>ā¦.......................................................................................................</b></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>$11.48</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">T</span><span style="text-decoration: none;">here
are two modifications to the model that are not shown in the video.</span></span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">1.)
Cut and 1-1/2 inch hole in the lid to the unit; then insert the 1-1/2
inch PVC Trap Adapter through the hole and tighten the adapter, </span><span style="text-decoration: none;">this
strengthens the hole in the lid wh</span><span style="text-decoration: none;">ere</span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the plunger handle is inserted!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">2.)
Substitute a longer broom handle for the original handle that came
with the plunger; this makes it so the user can now operate the
device in the standing position which will relieve any back strain
from having to bend over to manipulat</span><span style="text-decoration: none;">e</span><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the original short handle.</span></span></span><br />
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Do you like to camping?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Are you in an "off-the-grid" situation?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Is your financial situation such that you can not really afford to spend $10.00 or more to do a load of laundry several times a week?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Do you live in an apartment and often have small loads of 'personal laundry' that</span></span>
needs to be attended to on a pretty regular basis?</div>
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Then the above device shown in the link to the video may just be what you are looking for to help assist you with any of the preceding situations. Long before there were electric washing machines, most laundry in this country and still throughout the world was and is still washed by the manual process of hand washing. The usual method is one of each piece of laundry is individually 'scrubbed' by hand which take a while to go through the whole batch. </div>
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The manual washing machine that is shown is extremely low cost {less than $12.00 in total material cost}, can be used very easily in any urban, suburban, rural, and/or emergency situation. Some of the toughest "hard knocks" situations are when the electricity is not functioning for long periods of time and the home and/or commercial laundry facilities are not available to the general populace. Having this manual device sitting in a storage closet may not be a bad insurance policy. {just ask the people that were effected by <em><span style="color: #666666;">Hurricane Sandy</span></em> or the winter of 2014-2015 ice storms}</div>
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For the outdoorsman that enjoys going camping for any period of time, it may be just what is needed to bring some sense of civilization to that primitive lifestyle. Spending 20-30 minutes to process a load of laundry in most primitive settings my seem like a gift from society.</div>
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For the apartment dweller, it means not having to go to the basement laundry facilities hoping that the machines are unused and/or worse yet taking time and effort to travel to a commercial laundering establishment and spending the necessary money to accomplish the task there; just using the device in the bathtub or shower seems much easier.</div>
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SOMETIMES, the low tech solutions to solving everyday problems may be work better than some of the highest technical advances!</div>
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<br />Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-32609909675476968802015-01-11T13:23:00.001-08:002015-01-11T14:42:18.311-08:00Alternative "Luci Lantern" Prototype Example<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.tmart.com/10-Lumens-No-Battery-Dynamo-Crank-Wind-3-LED-Flashlight-Torch-Grey_p185383.html">http://www.tmart.com/10-Lumens-No-Battery-Dynamo-Crank-Wind-3-LED-Flashlight-Torch-Grey_p185383.html</a></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">First I had ordered some of the items from the above site as "toys" for my grand daughters; then I happened to run across the Luci Lantern video on YouTube.</span></span><br />
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I had ordered one of the items listed below to add to my household's emergency kit for the few instances that due to storms, falling trees, exploding transformers, and etc. that the electricity powering our lighting fails to function properly.<br />
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<a href="https://www.mpowerd.com/">https://www.mpowerd.com/</a><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I tried a little experiment and came up with an idea for a prototype example of a similar lantern that has a slightly </span></span>different operating principle than the Luci Lantern. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had an extra 'flashlight', so I took it and an old medium sized plastic mayonnaise jar that was in the recycling bucket and went to work.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I cut an opening in the middle of the plastic top just large enough to insert just the lens section of the 'flashlight'; then using superglue I permanently mounted the 'flashlight' to the lid, I also sealed the joints around the flashlight with hot glue on the inside and outside of the lid. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I then took some aluminum foil and hot glued it to the inside of the lid where there was no 'flashlight' protruding through the inside of the lid <span style="color: #ff3300;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><b>AND</b></i></span></span> on the entire bottom of the plastic jar.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I screwed the lid on the jar, squeezed the handle to charge the unit for about two minutes, turned off the kitchen light, and I had a prototype example lantern; which only cost me all of $2.63 and an old plastic mayonnaise jar the was about to be recycled. It comes with a strap so you can hang it up anywhere! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Luci Lantern works on the principle of light energy charging the 'lithium battery', while the prototype example that I constructed works on the principle of a small dynamo charging a 'super capacitor'.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I never did test how long the "charge" would last because it is a moot point since whenever it dims you can just recharge it again in less than two (2) minutes.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If the Luci Lantern could be fitted with a 'super capacitor' instead of a lithium battery and a flat circular dynamo device instead of having light energy collectors, then it could be an all-weather source of light for those in need of a light source where and when the grid is not available. It may wind up being a little larger in its collapsed form! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>Items</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b> </b></span><u><b>needed</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b> </b></span><u><b>for</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b> </b></span><u><b>the</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b> </b></span><u><b>project</b></u> - <i>$2.63 </i><i>Dynamo Flashlight,</i><i> an old recycled plastic jar, </i><i>Aluminum Foil, small amount of Superglue, small amount of hot glue</i><i>!</i></span></span></div>
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<br />Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-25615123468854817242014-11-23T07:24:00.001-08:002017-11-19T11:35:47.504-08:00Conversion of Analog Photography to Digital Photography<br />
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<span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here
is a photograph that I took </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">in 1967</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> that originally was on the cover of my college's </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><i><u><b>Fine</b></u></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><i><u><b>Arts
</b></u></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">magazine.
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">The
photograph was also used in the college yearbook on Page 13 {</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">I
disliked the way their Layout Editor cropped the image</span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">}:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://archive.org/stream/yamacraw196736ogle#page/13/mode/1up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/stream/yamacraw196736ogle#page/13/mode/1up</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">,
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<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222;">then
it was used for a couple of years later in the course bulletins on
Page 5:</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://archive.org/stream/oglethorpecolleg6869ogle#page/n5/mode/1up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/stream/oglethorpecolleg6869ogle#page/n5/mode/1up</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><span style="font-variant: normal;">
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<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://archive.org/stream/oglethorpecolleg6970ogle#page/n5/mode/1up">https://archive.org/stream/oglethorpecolleg6970ogle#page/n5/mode/1u</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;"><a href="https://archive.org/stream/oglethorpecolleg6970ogle#page/n5/mode/1up">p</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of
course back in 1967 we had pretty primitive darkroom facilities tucked
away in the basement of a building with terrible ventilation, so dust
particles on the negatives was always a big problem!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Years
later when photograph became all digital, I converted the image from
analog to digital taking a relatively pristine copy of an original print and scanning it into a digital .jpg file at 1200 DPI. I then used </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_blank">GIMP</a><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">to
retouch the photograph to remove all those dust spots that kept
getting on the negative in that old darkroom. The resulting
photograph then looked like the following:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Since the original use for the photograph was for the cover of the
college's </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><i><u><b>Fine</b></u></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><i><u><b>Arts</b></u></i></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> magazine,
I then dabbled with the photograph to make it more artsy by again
using </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">GIMP</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant: normal;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> to
add some color to an original monochrome Black & White photograph
resulting in the following image:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">Finally using my image manipulation program I also made a 3D anaglyph photograph from that original, you can see the 3D effect by wearing anaglyph glasses (using Red & Cyan lens). Viewing the photograph in the 3D mode really gives the viewer a feeling of how remote the wooded areas of the campus were back in 1967. Students could really find solitude for personal thoughts back then just by going for walks in the secluded areas of the campus.<br />
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To see exactly how to produce a 3D Anaglyph photograph using the <a href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_blank">GIMP</a> program, download the following tutorial and read and learn how to produce photographs with this eye catching effect:</div>
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In a <b>Q&A</b> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/technology/personaltech/recording-live-audio-streams-in-windows.html?ref=technology" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><i>article</i></b></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> on 10/07/2014, <b><i>'The New York Times'</i></b> published how to record live audio streams. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">ALL of the cables can be bought from </span><a href="http://mycablemart.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: small;">MyCableMart</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">!</span> </b></span></div>
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You connect this device to your <b>Speaker Jack</b> in the back of your computer!</div>
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<b>THEN </b>you can connect one jack to your speakers (if necessary) </div>
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<b>NEXT</b> you connect the following cable:</div>
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<b>One</b> end goes to the other jack and the <b>OTHER </b>end connects to the <i><span style="color: blue;"><b>Line In jack</b></span></i> on the back of your computer.</div>
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<b>NEXT</b> you get the <b><u><span style="color: red;">free</span></u></b> <b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;"><a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank"><i>Audacity</i></a></span></b> software and when you run it make sure you have the following settings:</div>
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Then you can record any sound that you hear on your computer using the <b><u><span style="color: red;">free</span></u></b> <b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;"><a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank"><i>Audacity</i></a></span></b> software.</div>
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To have your computer running <b><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">Audacity</span></a> </i></span></b>to AUTOMATICALLY record when the audio from your computer's audio source starts; click on 'Edit' and then on 'preferences', make sure that the 'record' dialog box has the following items checked!</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">With this setup you can record any live or recorded audio that is played on your computer, no matter what its source, and then at your leisure, use </span><b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">Audacity</a></i></span></b><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b><span style="color: blue;">to edit those recordings any way that you see fit. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">HOWEVER, check your <u style="color: blue;">state</u> <u style="color: blue;">laws</u> about recording any VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone audio; in some states you can record if you are one of the parties in the conversation without the other party's notification AND in other states you have to notify the other party to the conversation that it is being recorded.</span></div>
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With just a small
change of cabling, the user can also configure their computer system
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cassette tapes, and any old analog audio output devices that have RCA
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any analog device {Turntable, Cassette Player, and Radio} can be
recorded using the <strong><u><span style="color: red;">free</span></u></strong> <b><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: comic sans ms, sans-serif;"><a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank"><i>Audacity</i></a></span></b> program to be saved as digital files of any type
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AT&T introduced the āPicturephone System" in 1964, you can read about it at this website:</div>
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AT&T charged $160.00 per month in 1964 <span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416346170982_782" style="color: #999999;"><b id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416346170982_781">[equivalent to $1228.55 per month in 2014] </b></span><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416346170982_784" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416346170982_783" style="font-weight: normal;">and of course only a few businesses could afford those prices, so it was a technology that never caught on with American society.</span></span><br />
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My Wife and myself originally signed up for Skype a few of years ago because our younger son was going to be spending several months overseas and we all wanted to be able to communicate with each other over that vast distance.<br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">2.) <a href="http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">ooVoo</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><strong><em>{Did You KNOW that ooVoo Software System gives the users FREE 12 person video conferencing? Could be IDEAL for organizing family reunions, investment club meetings, and/or such!}</em></strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_785" style="font-weight: normal;">I<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> recently made a video phone call via </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">āSkypeā</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></i><span style="color: black;"></span><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_791" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_790" style="font-weight: normal;"> with a good friend that I have known for 56 years that now resides 3000 miles away in California over the internet for FREE </span></span><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_809" style="color: #999999;"><b id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_808">{costing really </b></span><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_816" style="color: #999999;"><b id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_815">part of </b></span><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_818" style="color: #999999;"><b id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_817">my monthly ISP fee}</b></span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_793" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_792" style="font-weight: normal;">and <span style="color: #222222;">I also recently happened to send an email to a U.S. Army Primary Flight School classmate, someone I have not seen or spoken to in forty-five (45) years, and then he placed a video/chat notice to me via Gmail and we spoke via <strong><em>"Google Video/Chat"</em></strong> for a good three quarters of an hour; he was in Germany and I was in the USA. It was very nice catching up with him about how our lives have transpired since serving together at Ft. Wolters, TX in 1969, </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">also for FREE </span></span><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_795" style="color: #999999;"><b id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_794">{again costing really </b></span><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_804" style="color: #999999;"><b id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_803">part of </b></span><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_802" style="color: #999999;"><b id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_801">my monthly ISP fee}</b></span><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_800" style="color: black;"><span id="yui_3_15_0_1_1416356808366_799" style="font-weight: normal;">. Finally, I also have video chatted with 'computer club' friend of mine that lives in the mid west using <strong><em>"ooVoo"</em></strong> software.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="color: #222222;">Anyone that has family and/or friends several hundreds of miles to several thousands of miles away, then I suggest that if it is at all possible, internet users should probably join each of these services to be able to hold voice and video communications with those </span></span></span></span>friends. <strong>The reason I think that the prudent user should have ALL three (3) is because one never knows when one of the particular services may have an outage; it is <u>always</u> good to have a couple of back-ups! </strong></div>
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These internet visual communication services fits right into my new saying, "If its FREE, then it is for ME!"<br />
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The only equipment cost, other than my computer system, was $20.00 for a middle of the road 'Macally' web-cam bought on sale through "Amazon" several years ago.</div>
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The internet has really opened up the world of digital audio/visual communication to the general public way beyond anything that could have been imagined in the old analog audio/visual communication world first tried by AT&T. The world probably can thank <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/STO/Focus_Areas/Communications_and_Networks.aspx" target="_blank">DARPA</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sasson" target="_blank">Steven Sasson,</a> for by society combining their two discoveries has been the key to widespread digital audio/visual communication!</div>
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There is a newer version of program that does an excellent job of emulating the Texas Instruments Home Computer (TI-99/4A) from the late 1970s and early 1980s.<br />
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Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-21877336284029021642013-04-24T11:59:00.002-07:002013-04-24T17:14:57.584-07:00Retro Computing with "Plato" Courseware!<br />
<pre class="western" style="color: #202020; font-size: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Introduction</span></span></pre>
<pre class="western" style="font-size: 13.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">
<span style="color: black;">PLATO is an acronym for: <b>Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations</b>.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Typewriter', 'Courier New', monospace;">
</span></span></pre>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b style="font-family: 'times new roman';">The TI-99/4A Plato Cartridge was the ONLY computer system that allowed an independent collection of Plato Courseware to be accessed on the computer; the Atari Plato Cartridge only allowed the computer to act as a Plato Terminal where the computer connected to a mainframe via a telephone connection.</b><b style="color: #007f40; font-family: 'times new roman';"> </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</div>
<h3 style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: times new roman; font-size: small;">In mid 1983 TI and Control Data struck a deal to release the PLATO courseware for the TI-99/4A. Until this time PLATO was only available to large businesses, universities and government offices, as it ran on main frames.<br /><br />TI released 108 courses with 481 programs for students in grades 1 through 12. To be able to use the PLATO system you needed: TI-99/4A console, Disk controller and drives, memory expansion, and of course the PLATO interpreter cartridge.</span></span></h3>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Did you know
that there is a whole community of TI-99/4A hobbyist that are avid
PLATO enthusiasts?</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many of the
TI-99/4A enthusiasts over the years have acquired the entire TI-99/4A
Plato System which consists of a Plato Cartridge & 481 90K 5Ā¼
inch disks.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are now
even TI-99/4A emulators that run on IBM PCs running Windows 7 that
also execute the Plato System as it was executed back when Control
Data sold the product.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1.) </span></span><a href="http://www.99er.net/download2/index.php?act=view&id=216"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: arial;">http://www.99er.net/download2/index.php?act=view&id=216</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2.) </span></span><a href="http://www.99er.net/download2/index.php?act=view&id=217"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: arial;">http://www.99er.net/download2/index.php?act=view&id=217</span></span></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3.) </span></span><a href="http://www.99er.net/download2/index.php?act=view&id=218"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: arial;">http://www.99er.net/download2/index.php?act=view&id=218</span></span></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It may be a
curiosity resource that you might want to obtain and
demonstrate an actual Plato System from around circa 1983 in action! </span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;">TI Plato
Course-Ware is divided into eight curricula:</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1) Basic Skills
Math</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2) Basic Skills
Reading</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3) Basic Skills
Grammar</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4) High School
Skills Writing</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5) High School
Skills Math</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6) High School
Skills Reading</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7) High School
Skills Science</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8) High School
Skills Social Studies</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curriculum 1:
Basic Skills Math</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Basic
number ideas</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5201
(15205575) Numbers 0-9 </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5202
(15205595) Numbers 10-1000 </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Addition </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5203
(15205655) Addition 1 </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5204
(15205657) Addition 2 </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Subtraction </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5205
(15205683) Subtraction ā basic concepts </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5206
(15205700) Subtraction skills </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Multiplication </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5207
(15205673) Multiplication ā basic concepts </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5208
(15205765) Multiplication skills 1 </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5209
(15205828) Multiplication skills 2 </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Division</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5210
(15205830) Division ā basic concepts</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5211
(15205847) Division skills 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5212
(15205873) Division skills 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Fractions</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5213
(15205945) Fractions ā terminology and concepts</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5214
(15205993) Addition and subtraction</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5215
(15207271) Multiplication and division</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Decimals</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5216
(15207319) Decimals ā terminology and concepts</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Ratio,
proportion and percent</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5217
(15207321) Ratio, proportion and percent</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Geometry and measurement</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5218
(15207347) Geometry ā basic concepts</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5219
(15207407) Measurement</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curriculum 2:
Basic Skills Reading</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Making
new words</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5220
(15207409) Basic word building</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5221
(15207426) More basic word building</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5222
(15207446) Complex word building</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5223
(15207509) Prefixes, suffixes and compound words</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5224
(15207511) More prefixes and suffixes</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5225
(15207534) Prefixes and suffixes in context</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Understanding new words</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5226
(15207554) Selecting the proper words</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5227
(15207580) Choosing the proper words</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5228
(15207603) Dealing with confusing words</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5229
(15207623) Word meanings</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5230
(15207643) Applying new words</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5231
(15207660) Understanding and using new words </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Understanding what you read</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5232
(15207683) Locating basic facts </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5233
(15207700) More basic facts from reading</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5234
(15207717) Understanding what you read</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5235
(15207737) Remembering what you read</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5236
(15207800) Remembering more of what you read</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5237
(15207802) Interpreting what you read </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Thinking about what you read</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5238
(15207819) Understanding basic facts</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5239
(15207839) Understanding more of what you read</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5240
(15207856) Describers and conclusions</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5241
(15207873) Different types of describers and conclusions</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5242
(15207893) Understanding the whole story</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Judging what you read</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5243
(15207910) Fact and non-fact</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5244
(15207921) Author's purpose</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5245
(15207935) Evaluating what you read1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5246
(15207949) Author's purpose and your conclusions</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5247
(15207966) Separating fact from opinion</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curriculum 3:
Basic Skills Grammar</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Parts
of Speech</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5248
(15204600) Nouns and Verbs </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5249
(15204617) More about nouns and verbs</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5250
(15204634) Pronouns</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5251
(15204654) Making nouns and pronouns agree</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5252
(15204668) Adjectives and adverbs</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5253
(15204688) Prepositions, conjunctions and articles</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Building and using sentences</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5254
(15204702) Learning about sentences</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5255
(15204716) Phrases and Clauses</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5256
(15204733) Subject and verb agreement</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5257
(15204750) More about sentences</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Spelling and usage</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5258
(15204764) More than one </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5259
(15204778) Word confusion</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5260
(15204795) Possessives</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Capital letters and punctuation</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5261
(15204809) Capital letters</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5262
15204826) Punctuation</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Writing letters</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5263
(15204843) Making letters look right</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5264
(15204857) Giving the employer the correct information</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curriculum 4:
High School Skills Writing</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Spelling and punctuation</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5265
(15208506) Spelling</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5266
(15208523) Punctuation</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Grammar</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5267
(15208543) Grammar 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5268
(15208566) Grammar 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5269
(15208592) Grammar 3</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Diction</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5270
(15208609) Diction</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Sentence structure</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5271
(15208629) Sentence structure</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Logic
and organization</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5272
(15208649) Logic and organization</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curriculum 5:
High School Skills Math</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Basic
number ideas</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5273
(15205250) Basic number ideas 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5274
(15205267) Basic number ideas 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Math
sentences in one variable</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5275
(15205287) Math sentences in one variable 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5276
(15205304) Math sentences in one variable 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Math
sentences in two variables</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5277
(15205321) Math sentences in two variables</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Geometry</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5278
(15205338) Geometry</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Measurement</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5279
(15205358) Measurement</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Special Topics</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5280
(15205378) Special topics</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Practical reading</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5281
(15205400) Practical reading 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5282
(15205423) Practical reading 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
General reading</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5283
(15205443) General reading 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5284
(15205463) General reading 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Prose
literature</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5285
(15205486) Prose literature 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5286
(15205500) Prose literature 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5287
(15205520) Prose literature 3</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curriculum 6:
High School Skills Reading</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Poetry</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5288
(15205537) Poetry</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Drama</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5289
(15205557) Drama</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curriculum 7:
High School Skills Science</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Physics</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5290
(15208860) Physics 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5291
(15208923) Physics 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Chemistry</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5292
(15208983) Chemistry</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject: Earth
science</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5293
(15209031) Earth science 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5294
(15209033) Earth science 2 </span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Biology</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5295
(15209091) Biology 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5296
(15209130) Biology 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5297
(15209172) Biology 3</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5298
(15209220) Biology 4</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curriculum 8:
High School Skills Social Studies</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Geography</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5299
(15208669) Geography</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Economics</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5300
(15208695) Economics 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5301
(15208715) Economics 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Behavioral science</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5302
(15208735) Behavioral science 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5303
(15208752) Behavioral science 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
Political science</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5304
(15208769) Political science 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5305
(15208786) Political science 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subject:
History</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5306
(15208809) History 1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5307
(15208826) History 2</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">PHD 5308
(15208843) History 3</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Now the users can see what a nice collection of Plato Software that the TI-99/4A </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">had available for the machine as compared to other micro computer users.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br style="font-family: Georgia;" />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Conversely, they can actually load a Plato Terminal program onto their current </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">computers and then join the </span><a href="http://www.cyber1.org/" style="font-family: Georgia;">www.cyber1.org</a><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> site to then experience Plato from a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">mainframe as it was back in the mid 1980s for a comparison between the two </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">methods of accessing Plato Software.</span></span></div>
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Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-84647846531129018492012-11-23T09:30:00.000-08:002012-11-23T09:34:08.444-08:00Necessary FREEWARE Update<br />
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Here is a quick list of FREEWARE if used by the ānewā computer owner can save a great deal of money that can be put towards other things, like more RAM memory, a blu-ray DVD reader/writer, a Web Camera, and/or a higher resolution monitor, instead of software for the new computer. If fact the amount of money saved could be worth hundreds of dollars to the ānewā computer owner!<br />
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<strong>Optical Disks </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">Nero </span></strong>ā <strong><span style="color: #009900;">CDBurnerXP </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;"> </span></strong>(<a href="http://cdburnerxp.se/" style="color: #956839;"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://cdburnerxp.se/</u></span></a>)<br />
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<strong>Office Suite* </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">Microsoft Office </span></strong>ā <span style="color: green;"><b>Libre</b></span><strong><span style="color: #009900;">Office </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;"></span></strong>(<a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/download" style="color: #956839;"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://www.libreoffice.org/</u></span></a>)<br />
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<b>Optical Character Recognition</b> ā <span style="color: red;"><b>ABBYY FineReader</b></span> ā <span style="color: green;"><b>FreeOCR</b></span>ā (<a href="http://www.paperfile.net/" style="color: #956839;">http://www.paperfile.net/</a>)</div>
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<strong>Image Manipulation </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">Adobe Photoshop </span></strong>ā <strong><span style="color: #009900;">GIMP </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;"></span></strong>(<a href="http://www.gimp.org/" style="color: #956839;"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://www.gimp.org/</u></span></a>)<br />
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<strong>Sound Editing </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">WavePad Masters </span></strong>ā <strong><span style="color: #009900;">Audacity </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;"></span></strong>(<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" style="color: #956839;">http://audacity.sourceforge.net/</a>)<br />
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<strong>File Compression </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">WinZip </span></strong>ā <strong><span style="color: #009900;">Ken Ward's Zipper </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;"></span></strong>(<a href="http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/zipper/index.html" style="color: #956839;"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/zipper/index.html</u></span></a>)<br />
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<b>Web Cam</b> ā <span style="color: red;"><b>YouCam </b></span><span style="color: black;"><b>ā</b></span><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span><span style="color: green;"><b>Debut Video Capture Software </b></span><span style="color: navy;"><b>ā</b></span><span style="color: green;"><b></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">(</span><cite><a href="http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html" style="color: #956839;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html</span></span></span></a></cite><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">)</span></span></div>
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*<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Here are four online sites that have excellent tutorials for the basic parts of OpenOffice or LibreOffice!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1. Writer: </span><a href="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=102" style="color: #956839;"><span style="color: #473624;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u>http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=102</u></span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2. Calc: </span><a href="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=117" style="color: #956839;"><span style="color: #473624;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u>http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=117</u></span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3. Impress: </span><a href="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=122" style="color: #956839;"><span style="color: #473624;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u>http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=122</u></span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4. Base: </span><span style="color: #473624;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u><a href="http://inpics.net/tutorials/base2/basics.html" style="color: #956839;">http://inpics.net/tutorials/base2/basics.html</a></u></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Update</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #473624;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Web Cam</span> </b></span><span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">ā </span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><b>YouCam </b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><b>ā</b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><b> </b></span><span style="color: green; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><b>Debut Video Capture Software </b></span><span style="color: navy; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><b>ā</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">(</span><cite style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><a href="http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html" style="color: #956839;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html</span></span></span></a></cite><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">)</span></span><span style="color: #473624;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #473624;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">After 30 days this software restricts the format that the video can be saved trying to force the user to "buy" an expensive commercial item. Thus the user then needs access to a FREE program to convert the video to their desired choice of format. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #473624; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Video Converter </b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><span style="color: #29303b;">ā </span><b><span style="color: red;">Any Video Converter Ultimate</span></b><span style="color: #29303b;"> </span></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;"><span style="background-color: #fff3db;"><span style="color: #29303b;">ā </span><span style="color: #38761d;">Any Video Converter</span><span style="color: #29303b;"> </span></span></b><b style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">ā </b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: #fff3db;">(</span><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><a href="http://http%3B//www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/"><span style="color: #20124d;">http;//www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/</span></a>)</span></span><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-8812496156511539732011-11-27T20:07:00.001-08:002011-11-27T20:13:54.583-08:00FREE or Inexpensive VoIP Services<br />
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Here is a list of FREE or Inexpensive VoIP Services that are available to the average user:</div>
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Google -----------> FREE text
messaging to any mobile phone in the USA & Canada, FREE unlimited
VoIP telephone calls to anywhere in the USA & Canada, FREE
unlimited Video messaging anywhere in the world with another Google
user {must have a Google email account, be online, and be signed up
for <i>Google Voice & Video Chat</i>}</div>
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Skype ------------> FREE unlimited
Video messaging or VoIP telephone calls anywhere in the world with
another Skype user, $30.00 per year {$2.50 per month} for unlimited VoIP
telephone calls to anywhere in the USA & Canada (Computer needed)</div>
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MagicJack ------> $39.95 per 1<sup>st</sup>
year, $19.95 per year {$1.67 per month} thereafter for unlimited [VoIP telephone calls with a computer] to anywhere in the USA & Canada or
another MagicJack/MagicJack <i>plus</i> user anywhere in the world</div>
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MagicJack <i>Plus</i> > $69.95 per
1<sup>st</sup> year, $19.95 per year {$1.67 per month} thereafter for unlimited [VoIP telephone calls with or without computer] to anywhere
in the USA & Canada or another MagicJack/MagicJack <i>plus</i>
user anywhere in the world</div>Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-42098584696192611952011-10-19T07:37:00.000-07:002011-10-24T17:10:27.124-07:00VoIP and the "NEW" magicJack+Ā®<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span><br />
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The new magicJacK+Ā® has finally caught up with the Ooma System! The user no longer needs a computer to get VoIP 24 hr service; once the user activates the dongle on their computer {picks their user name, picks their password, and picks their telephone number} with the corporation then they can plug it into a 117V wall socket, run an Ethernet cable from the dongle to a router that is connected to DSL or Cable services, and then connect a telephone system to the phone jack on the dongle. </div>
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All the user has to do is keep their router on 24/7, they can now turn their computer off whenever they want to do so. The user can buy a good router for $49.97:</div>
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<a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Linksys-E1200-Wireless-N-Router/16401813" rel="nofollow" style="color: #234786; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv1200469106Apple-style-span"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1319034785_0">http://www.walmart.com/ip/Linksys-E1200-Wireless-N-Router/16401813</span></span></a></div>
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The cost of the magicJack+Ā® dongle and the 1st year of telephone service is only $69.95; then the standard rate of $19.95/per year for each year thereafter OR you can then buy five (5) years of service for $69.95 at a time (that is cheaper that one (1) month of service on Verion, AT&T, Cavalier, or any other land line company.</div>
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So for an initial output of around $120.00 the user is up and running! </div>Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-88829580351894671272011-10-17T17:45:00.000-07:002012-06-02T21:00:37.833-07:00Necessary Freeware<br />
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Here is a quick list of
FREEWARE if used by the ānewā computer owner can save a great
deal of money that can be put towards other things, like more RAM
memory, a blu-ray DVD reader/writer, a Web Camera, and/or a higher
resolution monitor, instead of software for the new computer. If fact
the amount of money saved could be worth hundreds of dollars to the
ānewā computer owner!<br />
<br />
<strong>Software Type </strong>ā
<strong><span style="color: red;">Commercial Name </span></strong>ā
<strong><span style="color: #009900;">Freeware Name </span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;">
</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;">(</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #3333ff;">Download
Location</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;">)</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #3333ff;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black;">==============================================</span></strong><br />
<br />
<strong>Virus
Suite </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">Norton </span></strong>ā
<strong><span style="color: #009900;">MSE </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;">
</span></strong>(<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/default.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security_essentials/default.aspx</a><span style="color: #473624;"><u>
</u></span>)<br />
<br />
<strong>Optical Disks </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">Nero
</span></strong>ā <strong><span style="color: #009900;">CDBurnerXP </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;">
</span></strong>(<a href="http://cdburnerxp.se/"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://cdburnerxp.se/</u></span></a>)<br />
<br />
<strong>Office
Suite* </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">Microsoft Office </span></strong>ā
<span style="color: green;"><b>Libre</b></span><strong><span style="color: #009900;">Office
</span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;">
</span></strong>(<a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/download"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://www.libreoffice.org/</u></span></a>)<br />
<br />
<b>Optical
Character Recognition</b> ā <span style="color: red;"><b>ABBYY
FineReader</b></span> ā <span style="color: green;"><b>FreeOCR</b></span>
ā (<a href="http://www.paperfile.net/">http://www.paperfile.net/</a>)
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<strong>Image Manipulation </strong>ā
<strong><span style="color: red;">Adobe Photoshop </span></strong>ā
<strong><span style="color: #009900;">GIMP </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;">
</span></strong>(<a href="http://www.gimp.org/"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://www.gimp.org/</u></span></a>)<br />
<br />
<strong>Sound
Editing </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">WavePad Masters </span></strong>ā
<strong><span style="color: #009900;">Audacity </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;">
</span></strong>(<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">http://audacity.sourceforge.net/</a>)<br />
<br />
<strong>File
Compression </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">WinZip </span></strong>ā
<strong><span style="color: #009900;">Ken Ward's Zipper </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;">
</span></strong>(<a href="http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/zipper/index.html"><span style="color: navy;"><u>http://www.trans4mind.com/personal_development/zipper/index.html</u></span></a>)<br />
<br />
<strong>Registry
Cleaner </strong>ā <strong><span style="color: red;">RegCure </span></strong>ā
<strong><span style="color: #009900;">Eusing Free Registry Cleaner </span></strong><strong><span style="color: navy;">ā</span></strong><strong><span style="color: #009900;">
</span></strong>(<a href="http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm">http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm</a>)</div>
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<b>Web Cam</b> ā <span style="color: red;"><b>YouCam
</b></span><span style="color: black;"><b>ā</b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>
</b></span><span style="color: green;"><b>Debut Video Capture Software </b></span><span style="color: navy;"><b>ā</b></span><span style="color: green;"><b>
</b></span>
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<span style="color: black;">(</span><cite><a href="http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html</span></span></span></a></cite><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">)</span></span></span></div>
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*<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Here are
four online sites that have excellent tutorials for the basic parts
of OpenOffice or LibreOffice!</i></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1.
Writer: </span><a href="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=102"><span style="color: #473624;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u>http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=102</u></span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">2.
Calc: </span><a href="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=117"><span style="color: #473624;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u>http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=117</u></span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">3.
Impress: </span><a href="http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=122"><span style="color: #473624;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u>http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computer/topic.aspx?id=122</u></span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">4.
Base: </span><a href="http://inpics.net/tutorials/base2/basics.html"><span style="color: #473624;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><u>http://inpics.net/tutorials/base2/basics.html</u></span></span></a></div>
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</div>Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-54598226748693040282011-10-17T09:59:00.000-07:002011-10-24T17:09:03.838-07:00Video & VoIP Services<br />
Remember when in the late 1960s and during the 1970s that American Telegraph and Telephone (AT&T) were the only 'game' in town and that they were going to bring the consumer 'Video Telephones' were the consumers could see to whom they were communicating as well as converse with them?<br />
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AT&T presented the consumer with various video telephone models that cost many hundreds of dollars and they charged the consumers a great deal on money for the consumer to have the system installed and to then have the service in their residence or place of business.<br />
<br />
Well look at things now! AT&T is not the only 'game' in town and having a video telephone service is both very inexpensive for both the equipment needed {web cameras with built in microphones can be bought for as little as $25.00} and the costs to have that very same service at the residence or place of business is non-existent {āif it is free, then it is for meā}.<br />
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The advent of 'Voice over Internet Protocol' has made that wondrous service of the all those years ago a common place service of 'modern' times.<br />
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There are two such services available to the consumer; both of which can be classified as 'FREE':<br />
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1.) Google - <a href="http://www.google.com/chat/video">http://www.google.com/chat/video</a><br />
2.) Skype - <a href="http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/windows/">http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/windows/</a><br />
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Of these two services right now I
personally prefer the Google service because they seem to have better
'technical assistance' than does the Skype service.</div>
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However, now that Skype has officially
has become a separate division under the umbrella of Microsoft
Corporation only time will tell if their 'technical assistance' will
improve!</div>Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-61669144249951470772010-05-23T22:28:00.000-07:002011-10-24T17:10:08.365-07:00Retro Computing<br />
When I bought my FIRST Home Computer back in 1983, like millions of other users out there it was a Texas Instruments - TI 99/4A. Like many other users out there I learned how to program and use it for technical office processes like word processing (TI Writer) & making and using spreadsheets (Microsoft Multiplan).<br />
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Like many a 'first love' that TI 99/4A computer was never completely remembered or wholly forgotten!!<br />
<br />
I packed my TI 99/4A away long ago, but recently ran across Cory Burr's Win99/4A, an EXCELLENT simulator of the TI 99/4A with full speech capabilities, sound capabilities, and very good module compatibility that runs on PCs running "Windows". I can now get back into writing programs in Extended Basic, using the Mini Memory Cartridge again, and using the good educational modules for my nieces, nephews, and other children; all this on my PC. <br />
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Just go to on the http address below. It will take you directly to where the file is located and can be downloaded.<br />
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http://www.99er.net/<br />
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Over 200 Cartridges (Modules) in file format are available for download for Win994a. Just go to on the http address below. It will take you directly to where the files are located and can be downloaded.<br />
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http://www.99er.net/<br />
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Download and uncompress the cartridge(s) item. This may take a little while since the file is roughly 27meg. Uncompress the contents of this file into the "carts" directory under the "Win994a" folder of your hard disk. This will make all 200+ carts available to Win994a next time you start it up. Enjoy.<br />
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Try it!<br />
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Win994a-TI-99/4A Simulator for Windows<br />
<br />
Win994a is a TI-99/4A simulator written by Cory Burr that installs and runs in the Windows environment.<br />
<br />
Win994a is not a perfectly accurate emulation of the TI-99/4a; and it was never intended to be. The author decided not to implement certain aspects of the TI-99/4a either because they are rarely used or were considered of "no-value-added". The author vigorously apologizes to those users who will miss a favorite peripheral or item of functionality. The list below details the various functionality provided by the Win994a Simulator. <br />
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General Functionality:<br />
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Boots and runs all console ROM and GROM based functions including console BASIC. <br />
CRU bits for the keyboard are implemented; some CRU bits for the Disk Controller and RS232 Interface are implemented. <br />
TMS9918a video chip functionality is implemented. <br />
TMS9919 sound chip functionality is implemented. <br />
TMS5520 speech synthesizer chip is implemented. <br />
Full floppy disk and disk controller functionality. <br />
Full cassette tape functionality for CS1. <br />
32k Memory Expansion supported. <br />
PIO and RS232 ports are supported, but using a different method than the original TI99/4a. <br />
Support for one joystick input (using numeric keypad). <br />
Runs over 200 cartridges correctly. Cartridges that depend on non-implemented CRU bits or non-documented video chip operation will fail.<br />
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Specifics:<br />
<br />
All TMS9940 CPU instructions are implemented. CPU clock ticks are accumulated for both instructions and fast/slow memory accesses. When enough clock ticks have been accumulated for 1/16 of a second real elapsed time, Win994a checks the high precision clock (available in the PentiumPro and above processors) and gives up enough of the time slice so that accurate running time is maintained. <br />
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Console based cassette tape functions for CS1 supported. <br />
Console ROM and multiple console GROM functionality implemented. <br />
Multiple peripheral based ROMs supported. <br />
Multiple cartridge based ROMs, GROMs, and RAM supported. <br />
TMS9918a: Uses DirectX for all operations. Video modes GRAPHICS, TEXT, MULTICOLOR, BITMAP, BITMAP-TEXT, and BITMAP-MULTICOLOR are implemented. Sprites, sprite coincidence, screen blanking, and vertical interrupt operations are implemented. <br />
TMS9919: Uses DirectSound for all operations. All three voices and noise channel supported. <br />
TMS5520: Speech synthesizer functions implemented. <br />
Disk Controller and three floppy drives fully supported. <br />
PIO and RS232 ports are supported, but using a different method than the original TI99/4a. PIO/1, PIO/2, RS232/1, RS232/2, RS232/3, and RS232/4 provide six separate pathways for making printouts through Window's print system. They do not provide input/output capabilities with the PC's actual hardware ports. <br />
Support for one joystick input (using the keyboard numeric keypad) is implemented.<br />
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Using RXB [Rich Extended Basic] and FUNLWEB [Funnel Web] together is as close as one can get to having a "DOS" like operating system for the TI99/4A Computer along with its Emulators & Simulators*. No longer having a physical TI99/4A computer set up, one can imagine this must be the same situation for those users that have the ability to use this physical set up of their computer.<br />
<br />
Again this example just shows anyone that is willing to investigate how the potential of this computer was not developed by its parent company in a corporate decision to not have this consumer computer compete with its business computer.<br />
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RXB was developed by Richard Gilbertson and FUNLWEB was developed by Tony & Will McGovern, these two groups of gentlemen were thousands of miles apart and probably developed their programs out of a necessity because the 'operating system' that was offered by the parent computer company was so inferior. Sometimes the small group can really out perform the big company. <br />
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Now maybe the TI99/4A Computer along with its Emulators & Simulators* users with the RXB & FUNLWEB programs could start a mild rediscovery of this computer type if they each made a concerted effort to publicize the availability of this material worldwide over the Internet<br />
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*Classic99, M.E.S.S., PC99, and Win994aCurrent Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-28261609540972667102009-04-25T06:44:00.000-07:002009-04-25T06:56:03.459-07:00Users can NOT beat the price!Five years, 60 months, for $59.95. That is what I paid when I renewed my service contract with YMax Communications (magicJack) after having it the initial year. That comes to one (1) dollar per month for a second phone line in the house.<br /><br />The Federal, state, and local taxes and fees almost make up 50% 0f the bill!<br /><br />My current Cavalier Telephone service costs:<br /><br />unlimited local & long distance plan .... 34.95<br />listing - non publish ............................... 3.95<br />energy recovery charge ........................ 2.95<br />data service recovery chagre ............... 2.00<br />fed excise tax .......................................... .63<br />gross receipts ......................................... .25<br />state special tax ..................................... 2.65<br />state sales tax ........................................ .82<br />local sales tax ......................................... .14<br />emerg. 911 service ................................ 1.00<br />USF interstate toll ............................... .34<br />relay surcharge .................................... .08<br />USF line charge .................................... 1.10<br />LNP surcharge ..................................... .99<br />end user access fee .............................. 3.97<br />end user common line ......................... 9.00<br />_______________________________________<br />............................................................... 64.72<br /><br />so less than what I paid for one (1) month of service with Cavalier Telephone, I was able to get five (5) years of service with magicJack! Of course I ordered the five years of continued service.Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-54570231549777547052009-01-01T16:45:00.000-08:002009-01-05T09:05:57.597-08:00magicJackĀ® vs. SkypeĀ®<div align="center"><br />magicJackĀ® vs. SkypeĀ®<br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">I have looked into SkypeĀ® vs. magicJackĀ® and have determined that the two services are very, very, very much alike! One is hardware based while the other is software based.<br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">If you know from my association with the computer world going back as far as the TI 99/4a that I have always been a hardware man. :-) For that reason, I favor magicJackĀ® between the two services.<br /></div><div align="left">magicJackĀ® costs $1.67 per month for calls to anywhere in the U.S.A. or Canada, $1.00 per month with a 5 year license; versus $2.95 per month with SkypeĀ®, $1.48 per month with a 1 year account.<br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">They both have conference calling, voice mail, and call forwarding. SkypeĀ® charges money for other features that magicJackĀ® does not charge their users, however that is minimum -> however it still costs the user money.<br /></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">The magicJackĀ® portability feature is the tipping point that makes it the better of the two services.<br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">magicJackĀ® softphone features<br /></div><div align="left">* Menu ā Switch to headset, download Outlook plug-in, and other configuration options.</div><div align="left">* Contacts ā This is your list of contacts for quick reference.</div><div align="left">* Calls ā This provides call history. Using this feature allows you to quickly and easily reconnect to past calls.</div><div align="left">* Favorites ā This lists your favorite contacts like Mother In Law, Sister In Law etc.</div><div align="left">* Redial ā redial</div><div align="left">* Vmail ā This lets you set your own voice mail. To set MagicJack voice mail message you must login to their website and select user options to set voice mail for different locations. I also like the fact MagicJack sends an email with the .WAV file of the voice mail.</div><div align="left">* 411 ā Is an internet linked to Free411.com.</div><div align="left">* Google ā A simple hot link to Google for web searching.</div><div align="left">* Weather - A simple hot link to the weather channel</div><div align="left">* Fix - A simple hot link to software fixes of many minor problems</div><div align="left">* 911 Address ā This function defaults to your original entry in MagicJack, but it also gives the benefit of adding multiple address in case you use this at work, home, families houses etc. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="center">**********************<br /></div><div align="left"><strong></strong> </div><div align="left"><strong>Portability</strong> - this lets you take or send the magicJackĀ® dongle overseas to call friends, family, business associates, and etc. anywhere in the world for just the cost of the device and its original service contracts. Sure beats a telephone calling card for members of the Armed Services, students, and vacationers.</div><div align="center"><br />*************************<br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">magicJackĀ® lets you use your computer's mic/speakers, a headset, or a regular telephone interface with its dongle while SkypeĀ® has your computer's mic/speakers or a headset interface.<br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">My brother-in-law uses his magicJackĀ® dongle with his laptop and a headset when he is on the streets of Philadelphia with its FREE citywide Wi-Fi and with a cordless phone when he is in his home.</div><div align="center"><br />*************************</div><div align="left"></div>Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469033057775884298.post-37261003987652958442008-12-20T15:33:00.000-08:002009-01-17T15:26:34.180-08:00magicJackĀ® RealityāMost users that are having ātroubleā with their magicJackĀ® dongle are usually having connection problems with their computer's USB ports and its power supply to those ports!ā<br /><br />How many USB devices are currently plugged in?<br /><br />Power-Hungry USB Ports<br /><br />The number of USB devices that the users can plug into the computer these days, with cameras, scanners, printers, keyboards, pointing devices, PDAs, hard disks and many more peripherals using the USB interface that often runs off the computer's power through the USB bus. This is more of a convenience since the users don't have to plug in a separate electrical cord, but it's also easy to overload the USB ports if the users plug a number of devices into many of the available ports.Does the user's PC's USB ports supply enough electricity to power all the devices they have attached to them? Plugging too much gear into a bus-powered USB hub (one with no external power adapter) can overwhelm a USB port by demanding more than the 500 mA it can supply.<br /><br />Check the power demands on any USB port in Windows XP by right-clicking My Computer and choosing Properties, Hardware, Device Manager.<br /><br />1. Double-click Universal Serial Bus controllers,<br />2. Double-click the USB Root Hub entry, choose the Power tab, and add up the amounts in the "Power Required" column.<br /><br />(Below is the advice which many users forget about.)<br /><br />In a few rare instances, the USB port on the user's computer may not have enough electrical power for the magicJackĀ® dongle to work properly.<br /><br />Try using a externally AC powered USB hub to plug the magicJackĀ® dongle into instead of using the computer's USB port if there are 'many' other USB devices connected to the computer or if the magicJackĀ® dongle acts erratically with audio and connection problems. <br />[e.g. Startech .COM ST4200USB 4-PORT USB 2.0 HUB (ST4200USB)Ā»(Cost $19.14)] <br /><br />magicJackĀ® may or may not work best when plugged directly into a USB port on the computer.<br /><br />Do not plug the magicJackĀ® dongle into a multi port USB hub that is not AC powered.<br /><br /><br />Another option if you don't want to buy yet another device is to check the Power Management function of your computers USB Root Hub. Under Windows XP, disabling the Power Management for all USB Root Hubs in your system may resolve the problem.<br /><br />Here is how to do it:<br /><br />1. Open the Device Manager (Start-> right click on "My Computer", click on "Properties" -> Hardware -> Device Manager)<br />2. Look under the category Universal Serial Bus controllers and find the USB Root Hub.<br />3. Right click and select Properties, go to the Power Management tab<br />4. Uncheck the box "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power." and click "OK".<br /><br />Repeat this for each of the USB Root Hubs shown in the Device Manager.<br /><br />After the user has connected the magicJackĀ® dongle for the first time, registered the device, and has the 'softphone' on the screen, the user should probably run TCP Optimizer to ātuneā the computer to work with it in an efficient manner; it can be downloaded from the following website:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php">http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php</a><br /><br />The program can aid both the novice and the advanced user in tweaking related TCP/IP parameters in the Windows Registry, making it easy to tune your system to the type of Internet connection used. The tool uses advanced algorithms, and the bandwidth delay product to find the best TCP Window for your specific connection speed. It provides for easy tuning of all related TCP/IP parameters, such as MTU, RWIN, and even advanced ones like QoS and ToS/Diffserv prioritization. The program works with all current versions of Windows, and includes additional tools, such as testing average latency over multiple hosts, and finding the largest possible packet size (MTU).<br /><br />The user can use the TCP Optimizer by following these short instructions:<br /><br />1. Choose the maximum Connection Speed from the slider bar (the maximum available bandwidth, in kilobits per second)<br />2. Choose the Network Interface, or check to Modify All Network Adapters<br />3. Pick "Optimal settings" from the radio-buttons near the bottom of the program<br />4. Click on the "Apply changes" button and reboot<br /><br /><br />If you get annoyed by the softphone pop-up dialog box constantly coming on to your monitor's screen every time the telephone system is activated, then you can try this program to curtain that feature:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.download.com/MagicBlock/3000-2349_4-10838528.html?cdlPid=10843178">http://www.download.com/MagicBlock/3000-2349_4-10838528.html?cdlPid=10843178</a><br /><br />magicJackĀ® Uses<br /><br />Number One<br /><br />1. Inexpensive Secondary Telephone Service Ā»[Costing $19.95 per year or 5Ā¢ per day]<br />2. Excellent adjunct to expensive prime time and/or poor indoor Cellular Telephone Service<br />3. Distribute magicJackĀ® phone number to all contacts as primary contact number<br />4. When outdoors have the magicJackĀ® phone number forwarded to cell phone<br />5. When indoors use magickJackĀ® phone number to reach and be reached by contacts<br /><br />Number Two<br /><br />1. Inexpensive Second Telephone Service for your home Ā»[Costing $19.95 per year or 5Ā¢ per day]<br />2. If you don't want to leave your computer on overnight, just have the magicJackĀ® phone number forwarded to your Primary service when shutdown<br />3. Excellent teenager(s) own phone line instead of expensive cellular phone when at home ā can be used like magicJackĀ® Uses Number One as above<br /><br />Number Three<br /><br />1. Inexpensive telephone service for a home business Ā»[Costing $19.95 per year or 5Ā¢ per day]<br />2. Built in voice mail makes it easy for customers messages to be heard via email when away from home business location, like when at your primary employment<br /><br />magicJackĀ® Support<br /><br /><a href="http://www.magic-jack.info/linkpage.htm">http://www.magic-jack.info/linkpage.htm</a><br /><br />YMax Communications Corp.<br />5700 Georgia Avenue<br />West Palm Beach, FL 33405<br />Phone: 561-586-3380<br />Alt: 888-230-0060<br />Fax: 561-586-2328<br />Email: <a href="mailto:peter.russo@ymaxcorp.com">peter.russo@ymaxcorp.com</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:russop@magicjack.com">russop@magicjack.com</a><br /><br />Competitive Local Exchange Regulated by WUTCYMAX Communications Corp.<br />Daniel Borislow, President & CEO<br />223 Sunset Avenue, Suite 223<br />Palm Beach, FL 33480<br />407-740-3031<br /><br />Customer Contact:Michael Shippey, Customer Service Manager<br />5700 Georgia Ave<br />West Palm Beach, FL 33405<br />Phone:888-230-0060<br />Fax: 561-586-2328<br />Email: <a href="mailto:michael.shippey@ymaxcorp.com">michael.shippey@ymaxcorp.com</a><br />Email: <a href="mailto:russop@magicjack.com">russop@magicjack.com</a><br /><br />Financial Support: (281) 404-1551 open from 11am to 8pm EST<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbbsoutheastflorida.org/BBBWeb/Forms/Business/CompanyReportPage_Expository.aspx?CompanyID=92003333">http://www.bbbsoutheastflorida.org/BBBWeb/Forms/Business/CompanyReportPage_Expository.aspx?CompanyID=92003333</a><br /><br />Various Instructions for REMOVING magicJackĀ® Software (Windows Operating System)<br /><br />Version Number One<br /><br />1. Unplug the magicJackĀ® dongle. Go to āStartā in Windows and click on ārunā and type (enter) regedit and press Enter.<br />2. Now Click on + Sign next to HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE.<br />3. Click on + Sign next to SYSTEM.<br />4. Click on + Sign next to CurrentControlSet.<br />5. Click on + Sign next to Enum.<br />6. Locate the folder called USB. Right Click on the Folder and Click on āPermissionsā.<br />7. In permissions Click on the Check Mark called āAllowā to the right of āFull Controlā.<br />8. Click OK.<br />9. Next Click on + Sign next to USB and locate two folders called āVid1307ā³.<br />10. Right Click on one at a time and select Delete.<br />11. Next Click on - Sign next to USB.<br />12. Right Click on the folder named USBSTOR and Allow permissions.<br />13. Next Click on + Sign next to USBSTOR.<br />14. Locate the folders named āCdRom&Ven_YMAX&Prod_MagicJack&Revā and āDisk&Ven_YMAX&Prod_MagicJack&Revā<br />15. Right Click on these Folders one at a time and hit Delete.<br /><br />Version Number Two<br /><br />1. Double Click on your Hard Drive (usually called C:\).<br />2. Double Click on Documents and Settings.<br />3. Double Click on the Folder that has the Username you use when logging into Windows.<br />4. Double Click on Application Data.<br />5. Double Click on Folder labeled āmjusbspā.<br />6. Double Click on Folder labeled āin00000ā³.<br />7. Find the Setup File there and Delete.<br /><br />Version Number Three<br /><br />1. Use Device Manager to Uninstall the MagicJack cdrom/disk drive/usb hub.<br />2. Unplug the magicJackĀ® device.<br />3. Delete the mjusbsp Directory and all Subdirectories (probably at c:\documents and settings\(your user profile name)\application data\mjusbsp).<br />4. Use regedit to locate the HKEY Current User Talk4Free entries and Delete the Talk4Free Key and all Subkeys.<br />5. Delete the MagicJack Directory and all Subdirectores (probably at c:\documents and settings\(your user profile name)\local settings\application data\magicjack).<br />6. Delete any start menu and desktop Icons.7. Reboot.<br /><br />magicJackĀ® Telephone Service Throughout the Entire Residence or Business<br /><br />The user can have the service throughout the entire building by purchasing something like the newer General Electric Model 25931 Series 5.8 GHz Cordless Handset Speakerphone SystemĀ®.<br /><br />The telephone system is EXPANDABLE with up to a total of four (4) handsets (by purchase of optional Model 25901 handsets with charge cradles)<br /><br />How to save money and pay for magicJackĀ® Service with interest earned after one year!<br /><br />1. The average cost of land line telephone service (AT&T, Cavalier, Qwest, Sprint, or Verizon) with all federal, state, and local taxes and fees is $60.00 per month<br />2. Deposit $720.00 [12 months of land line payments saved] in an on line account (ING or HSBC linked to you Debit Card Account) earning at least 2.8% interest per year at the time you initiate magicJackĀ® Service<br />3. After one (1) year you will have earned enough money in interest to pay for the coming yearly magicJackĀ® payment<br />4. Transfer the interest earned to your Debit Card Account and pay your magicJackĀ® service fee<br />5. This account will allow you to use [OPM] āOther People's Moneyā to pay for your magicJackĀ® service for each year you chose to maintain it.Current Thoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06748271782698165353noreply@blogger.com6