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As stated on the preceeding page, I just got through a teaching/learning experience by giving a course on computer basics to a group of students here on Manitoulin through Cambrian College.
I have to admit that it was my first time at the front of a classroom other than years and years ago when Christian Brothers called me up to the front of the class for a demonstration of corporal punishment. It was rather refreshing not having to bend over and have a goaltenders hockey stick applied to my bottomside.

So, .......to continue on...

Leader of the band:

In honour of the recent passing of Dan Fogelberg:

August 13, 1951 - December 16, 2007

Dan Fogelberg, the singer-songwriter whose melodies about feelings kept unspoken and loves left unrequited touched the hearts of a generation, died Dec 16th at the age of 56.

He passed away at his home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side after a three-year struggle with prostate cancer.

Push / Pull Technology:

The internet is an amazing thing and most of us have absolutely no idea how it works. Like driving cars where you turn on the ignition, place the transmission in Drive and press on the gas pedal, the internet has diffeent techniques.

Pull
Loading your browser takes you to your homepage or startpage. If you type a url into the addressbar a new web page loads and if you click on a link on that page it will open another web page.
- the above are examples of pull technology.

Push
If you go to a specific website and select a channel you get information specifically concerned with that channel - this is push technology

For a more detailed look at this, go over to Scott Finnie's Newsletter.

Dwight D. Eisenhower:

Pictured to the right is Dwight D. Eisenhower, former President and former General during WWII - an amazing man. You can listen to or read his farewell speech of Jan 17, 1961 when he left the role of President to once again become "a private citizen".
Didn't like his politics? The link will provide you with a long list of famous speeches.

History:

Every web page you visit gets listed in a folder called History. This enables you to go back to a page you were looking at an hour, a day or a month ago. Note that your browser settings control how long the history file is maintained so if you want to ensure that you are keeping history for as long as a month, do this:
In IE browser - Tools, Options, Browsing History - Settings and then set the number of days.

The latest IE browser is version 7 and if you click on the left-most "gold star" in your toolbar, a window opens where you can pick either Favourites or History.
Choose History and click on Today - all the sites you visited today will show and to return to them simply click on them.


If you have visited a website that you wish nobody to know about, you can manually remove it from the list. Right-click the site on the list and choose Delete.

You should note that when you select a page to return to it is loaded from your cache (temporary internet files) and if you wish to ensure that the page has not been updated since you were there last you must hit Refresh - this reloads the page anew from the internet.

That's Easy For You To Say:

Computer folk have their own language - you've noticed they like to shorten everything, eh.

Computer Acronyms And Their Meaning

404:  I haven’t a clue

ADN:  Any day now

AFAIK:  As far as I know

AFK:  Away from keyboard

ARE:  Acronym-rich environment

ASAP:  As soon as possible

A/S/L?:  Age/sex/location?

B4N:  Bye for now

BAK:  Back at the keyboard

BAS:  Big a** smile

BBIAB:  Be back in a bit

BBL:  Be back later

BBN:  Bye bye now

BBS:  Be back soon

BEG:  Big evil grin

BF:  Boy friend

BFD:  Big f***ing deal

BFN:  Bye for now

BG:  Big grin

BIBO:  Beer in, beer out

BIOYIOP:  Blow it out your I/O port

BL:  Belly laughing

BMGWL:  Busting my gut with laughter

BOTEC:  Back-of-the-envelope calculation

BRB:  Be right back

BTA:  But then again...

BTDT:  Been there, done that

BTW:  By the way

BWL:  Bursting with laughter

BWTHDIK:  But what the heck do I know...?

CICO:  Coffee in, coffee out

C&G:  Chuckle and grin

CNP:  Continued in next post

CRBT:  Crying real big tears

CU:  See you

CUL:  See you later

CUL8ER:  See you later

CYA:  See ya

CYA:  Cover your ass

CYO:  See you online

DBA:  Doing business as

DL:  Dead link

DLTBBB:  Don’t let the bed bugs bite

DIKU:  Do I know you?

DITYID:  Did I tell you I’m distressed?

DOM:  Dirty old man

DOS:  Dozing off soon

DQMOT:  Don’t quote me on this

DTRT:  Do the right thing

DWB:  Don’t write back

EG:  Evil grin

EMFBI:  Excuse me for butting in

EMSG:  E-mail message

EOM:  End of message

EOT:  End of thread (meaning: end of discussion)

ETLA:  Extended three-letter acronym (that is, an FLA)

F2F:  Face to face

FAQ:  Frequently-ask question(s)

FC:  Fingers crossed

FISH:  First in, still here

FLA:  Four-letter acronym

FMTYEWTK:  Far more than you ever wanted to know

FOMCL:  Falling off my chair laughing

FTBOMH:  From the bottom of my heart

FUBAR:  F***ed up beyond all repair or recognition

FUD:  Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

FWIW:  For what it’s worth

FYI:  For your information

G:  Grin

GA:  Go ahead

GAL:  Get a life

GD&R:  Grinning, ducking, and running

GF:  Girlfriend

GFN:  Gone for now

GGP:  Gotta go pee

GIWIST:  Gee, I wish I’d said that

GL:  Good luck

GMAB:  Give me a break

GMTA:  Great minds think alike

GOL:  Giggling out loud

GTRM:  Going to read mail

GTSY:  Glad to see you

H&K:  Hug and kiss

HAGN:  Have a good night

HAND:  Have a nice day

HHIS:  Hanging head in shame

HIG:  How’s it going

HT:  Hi there

HTH:  Hope this helps

HUB:  Head up butt

IAC:  In any case

IAE:  In any event

IANAL:  I am not a lawyer (but)

IC:  I see

IGP:  I gotta pee

IHA:  I hate acronyms

IHU:  I hear you

IIRC:  If I recall/remember/recollect correctly

ILU or ILY:  I love you

IM:  Immediate message

IMCO:  In my considered opinion

IMHO:  In my humble opinion

IMing:  Chatting with someone online usually while doing other things such as playing trivia or other interactive game

IMNSHO:  In my not so humble opinion

IMO:  In my opinion

IMS:  I am sorry

IOW:  In other words

IPN:  I’m posting naked

IRL:  In real life (that is, when not chatting)

ITIGBS:  I think I’m going to be sick

IWALU:  I will always love you

IYSWIM:  If you see what I mean

J4G:  Just for grins

JBOD:  Just a bunch of disks (like redundant array of independent disks, etc.)

JIC:  Just in case

JK:  Just kidding

JMO:  Just my opinion

JTLYK:  Just to let you know

KISS:  Keep it simple stupid

KIT:  Keep in touch

KOTC:  Kiss on the cheek

KOTL:  Kiss on the lips

KWIM?:  Know what I mean?

L8R:  Later

L8R:  G8R Later gator

LD:  Later, dude

LDR:  Long-distance relationship

LHO:  Laughing head off
 LLTA:  Lots and lots of thunderous applause

LMAO:  Laughing my a** off

LMSO:  Laughing my socks off

LOL:  Laughing out loud

LRF:  Little Rubber Feet (the little pads on the bottom of displays and other equipment)

LSHMBH:  Laughing so hard my belly hurts

LTM:  Laugh to myself

LTNS:  Long time no see

LTR:  Long-term relationship

LULAB:  Love you like a brother

LULAS:  Love you like a sister

LUWAMH:  Love you with all my heart

LY:  Love ya

LY4E:  Love ya forever

MorF:  Male or female

MOSS:  Member of the same sex

MOTOS:  Member of the opposite sex

MTF:  More to follow

MUSM:  Miss you so much

NADT:  Not a darn thing

NFG:  No f*****g good

NFW:  No feasible way or no f*****g way

NIFOC:  Naked in front of computer

NP or N/P:  No problem

NRN:  No response necessary

OIC:  Oh, I see

OLL:  Online love

OMG:  Oh my God

OTF:  Off the floor

OTOH:  On the other hand

OTTOMH:  Off the top of my head

PANS:  Pretty awesome new stuff (as opposed to "POTS")

PAW:  Parents are watching

PCMCIA:  People can’t master computer industry acronyms

PDA:  Public display of affection

PEBCAK:  Problem exists between chair and keyboard

PIBKAC:  Problem is between keyboard and chair

PITA:  Pain in the ass

PM:  Private message

PMFJIB:  Pardon me for jumping in but...

POAHF:  Put on a happy face

::POOF::  Goodbye (leaving the room)

POTS:  Plain old telephone service

PU:  That stinks!

QT:  Cutie

RL:  Real life (that is, when not chatting)

ROR:  Raffing out roud (Engrish for "laughing out loud")

ROTFL:  Rolling on the floor laughing

ROTFLMAO:  Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off

ROTFLMAOWPIMP:  Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off while peeing in my pants

ROTFLMBO:  Rolling on the floor laughing my butt off

RPG:  Role-playing games

RSN:  Real soon now

RT:  Real time

RTFM:  Read the f***ing manual

RYO:  Roll your own (write your own program; derived from cigarettes rolled yourself with tobacco and paper)

S^:  S’up - what’s up

S4L:  Spam for life (what you may get when you become someone’s customer or client)

SHCOON:  Shoot hot coffee out of nose

SEG:  S***-eating grin

SETE:  Smiling ear to ear

SF:  Surfer-friendly (low-graphics Web site)

SHID:  Slaps head in disgust

SNAFU:  Situation normal, all f***ed up

SO:  Significant other

SOL:  Smiling out loud or sh*t out of luck

SOMY:  Sick of me yet?

SOT:  Short on time

SOTMG:  Short on time must go

STFW:  Search the f*****g Web

STW:  Search the Web

SU:  Shut up

SUAKM:  Shut up and kiss me

SUP:  What’s up

SWAG:  Stupid wild-a** guess

SWAK:  Sealed with a kiss

SWL:  Screaming with laughter

SYS:  See you soon

TA:  Thanks again

TAFN:  That’s all for now

TANSTAAFL:  There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch

TCOY:  Take care of yourself

TFH:  Thread from hell (a discussion that just won’t die and is often irrelevant to the purpose of the forum or group)

TGIF:  Thank God it’s Friday

THX:  Thanks

TIA:  Thanks in advance (used if you post a question and are expecting a helpful reply)

TILII:  Tell it like it is

TLA:  Three-letter acronym

TLK2UL8R:  Talk to you later

TMI:  Too much information

TNT:  Till next time

TOPCA:  Til our paths cross again (early Celtic chat term)

TOY:  Thinking of you

TPTB:  The powers that be

TTFN:  Ta-Ta for now

TTT:  Thought that, too (when someone types in what you were about to type)

TTYL:  Talk to you later

TU:  Thank you

TY:  Thank you

UAPITA:  You’re a pain in the ass

UW:  You’re welcome

VBG:  Very big grin

VBSEG:  Very big s***-eating grin

WAG:  Wild a** guess

WAYD:  What are you doing

WB:  Welcome back

WBS:  Write back soon

WDALYB:  Who died and left you boss?

WDALYIC:  Who died and left you in charge?

WEG:  Wicked evil grin

WFM:  Works for me

WIBNI:  Wouldn’t it be nice if

WT?:  What/who the ?

WTFO:  What the F***! Over!

WTG:  Way to go!

WTGP?:  Want to go private?

WU?:  What’s up?

WUF?:  Where are you from?

WYSIWYG:  What you see is what you get

YBS:  You’ll be sorry

YGBSM:  You gotta be s***tin’ me!

YMMV:  Your mileage may vary

YW:  You’re welcome

Why Don't I Use My Computer?:

Lots of people I know are totally unaware of Windows Explorer instead they use My Computer. Probably they were told about My Computer as a new user for safety sake. My Computer displays one folder at a time and doing it that way, new users are less apt to be confused and do something bad like delete a needed file.

Windows Explorer displays everything and depending on how you use your computer, you can set View to the way that works best for you. I have mine set to Details. If I'm looking at a folder that contains all graphics, I reset it to Thumbnails - it all depends on your needs.

Some people prefer a third-party file manager like Explorer XP , or Free Commander.

IE Browser Ver 7 Advanced Settings:

Your browser is set to run with default settings which you may choose to modify. I went to a web page that recommended certain Advanced Settings that may or may not work for you. You can try these settings and if they are not to your liking, you can simply reset to default.

To see your current settings:
In Internet Explorer click on Tools / Internet Options / Advanced Tab

Pictured here are the settings recommended:




I took the liberty of changing one setting - it pertains to the fifth graphic above where I do NOT delete temporary internet files when the browser is closed. Clearing your cache on every use of the browser makes no sense to me as it would only serve to slow down your internet experience.

Restore Advanced Settings can be used to put your browser's advanced settings back to default.

Run your browser settings through PC Pitstop's Online Scan to make sure your settings are optimized.

PC Pitstop will make recommendations to improve your setup.

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I would've had this company do a web page, but Marie wasn't too keen on it. Go ahead and call me henpecked. You weren't the guy who had to sleep with her.

We could have wiped out the Nazis in eight weeks if only we had this guy in our IT department.

I asked him but he had the idea that I was connected to a porn site.



Tony Curtis was hot, but I would never had sung to the President if this guy was born twenty years earlier. I bet I'd still be alive too!
Yes, it's true
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Being Indispensable

Sometime, when you are feeling important,
Sometime, when your ego's in full bloom,
Sometime, when you take it for granted,
You're the only qualified one in the room...
Sometime, when you feel that your going,
Would leave an unfillable hole,
Just follow these few simple instructions
And see how it humbles your soul.
Take a bucket and fill it with water,
Put your hand in it up tio your wrist,
Pull it out, and the hole that is remaining,
Is the measure of how you'll be missed!
You may splash all you please when you enter,
You can stir up the water galore ~
But stop and you'll find in a minute, That it looks quite the same as before.
The moral of this quaint observation,
Is to do the very best that you can,
Be proud of yourself, but remember,
There is only one indispensable man.

This above Is Dedicatated To The Memory Of Correctional Sergeant Hal Burchfield
12/16/47 - 6/8/85
Killed In The Line Of Duty
San Quentin State Prison, California Department of Corrections

Dang,

Looks like I gotta find some content to fill this thing up more...

'You know Bert, that POKO sure is opinionated !'