mommalina
04-26-2007, 03:19 PM
04/25/07 Wed Nite KH Computer Help Desk Chatroom Summary
We floated between 4th and 6th place in computer chatrooms last night,
and closed shortly after midnight.
WHO WAS THERE
KH MEMBERS - Lina, Doug, Dan, Lawrence, Rich, Pi, Jack, Elliot,
Photolady,N3, Rob (kern), Fred, Al (new mic, sounded 20 years
younger! .. :rockon: )
VISITORS WHO CHIMED IN - Patrick C, Coyote, armadillo115nc,
Dong_Doi_Dua_Day ..... and EazzC, who typed "drag with a aol
floppy disk," and quickly left for his next therapy session .. :loco:
COMPUTER TOPICS DISCUSSED
* FIREFOX ADBLOCK PLUS 0.7.5
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
If you haven't installed this yet, you're missing an easier way to enable and
disable AdBlock (red icon in upper righthand corner of browser). Thanks,
Doug!
* BABELFISH FOR SPANISH TRANSLATION
Jack was trying to translate a song into Spanish using Babelfish
[ http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/babelfish/tr ].
He and Pi agreed that using Babelfish could be "messy" -- I have found
it can be hilarious, embarrassing, and even dangerous! The Spanish
subtitles to the Tonight Show (Jay Leno) are a riot!
* SPEECH RECOGNITION
Pi has used Vista Speech Recognition, found it not perfect but useful.
Rich will check it out soon, thinks it may be better than Dragon.
For Microsoft's early recognition software, Pi offered this :D :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_Jp6PxsSQ
* HEADSETS
Doug's Radio Shack headset with boom mic has been one of the best
he's had; beats Sennheiser and all the others.
Larry (Australia) had Sennheiser boom sets with the voice tube of their
aircraft, and they were nothing but trouble.
A $10 LabTech headset works just fine.
* MALWARE THREATS AND PROTECTION
Biggest threat today is spyware not viruses. Java and web exploits are the
big thing now. Java is patching holes as quick as it finds them.
For Vista, Rich is using Nod32, SAS, Acronis 10, Vista firewall. He tried
Avira, but it slowed down Vista boot.
Larry installs Avira AV, Comodo firewall, and Spybot on clients' computers.
A hardware firewall changes the appearance of IP address; for XP,
you need that and XP's firewall.
* AND THERE WAS MORE....
Fearing I would risk inaccuracies, I have not included discussions about:
-PCI USB card internals/externals
- oil-cooled computers
- Tea Timer
- Linux
- Adaware beta
- heatsink/fans noise levels
- and more.
OTHER DISCUSSIONS
*CHINESE MATH PROFICIENCY
Test for Chinese schools is about 20 times more difficult than a first-year
British university question. Thanks, Pi!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6589301.stm
Until next week, take care .. :grouphug:
Lina
We floated between 4th and 6th place in computer chatrooms last night,
and closed shortly after midnight.
WHO WAS THERE
KH MEMBERS - Lina, Doug, Dan, Lawrence, Rich, Pi, Jack, Elliot,
Photolady,N3, Rob (kern), Fred, Al (new mic, sounded 20 years
younger! .. :rockon: )
VISITORS WHO CHIMED IN - Patrick C, Coyote, armadillo115nc,
Dong_Doi_Dua_Day ..... and EazzC, who typed "drag with a aol
floppy disk," and quickly left for his next therapy session .. :loco:
COMPUTER TOPICS DISCUSSED
* FIREFOX ADBLOCK PLUS 0.7.5
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
If you haven't installed this yet, you're missing an easier way to enable and
disable AdBlock (red icon in upper righthand corner of browser). Thanks,
Doug!
* BABELFISH FOR SPANISH TRANSLATION
Jack was trying to translate a song into Spanish using Babelfish
[ http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/babelfish/tr ].
He and Pi agreed that using Babelfish could be "messy" -- I have found
it can be hilarious, embarrassing, and even dangerous! The Spanish
subtitles to the Tonight Show (Jay Leno) are a riot!
* SPEECH RECOGNITION
Pi has used Vista Speech Recognition, found it not perfect but useful.
Rich will check it out soon, thinks it may be better than Dragon.
For Microsoft's early recognition software, Pi offered this :D :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_Jp6PxsSQ
* HEADSETS
Doug's Radio Shack headset with boom mic has been one of the best
he's had; beats Sennheiser and all the others.
Larry (Australia) had Sennheiser boom sets with the voice tube of their
aircraft, and they were nothing but trouble.
A $10 LabTech headset works just fine.
* MALWARE THREATS AND PROTECTION
Biggest threat today is spyware not viruses. Java and web exploits are the
big thing now. Java is patching holes as quick as it finds them.
For Vista, Rich is using Nod32, SAS, Acronis 10, Vista firewall. He tried
Avira, but it slowed down Vista boot.
Larry installs Avira AV, Comodo firewall, and Spybot on clients' computers.
A hardware firewall changes the appearance of IP address; for XP,
you need that and XP's firewall.
* AND THERE WAS MORE....
Fearing I would risk inaccuracies, I have not included discussions about:
-PCI USB card internals/externals
- oil-cooled computers
- Tea Timer
- Linux
- Adaware beta
- heatsink/fans noise levels
- and more.
OTHER DISCUSSIONS
*CHINESE MATH PROFICIENCY
Test for Chinese schools is about 20 times more difficult than a first-year
British university question. Thanks, Pi!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6589301.stm
Until next week, take care .. :grouphug:
Lina