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1. The Award Winning Monthly Publication of the Mountain Computer User Group Vol 13 Issue 8 Our August Program Will Feature Tablet Computers The Mountain Computer User Group will present a program on tablet computers for the August 12th meeting The most popular of these devices have been the I Pads Kindles Windows 8 and Android machines They have soared in popularity in recent years with many consumers wondering whether they should buy such a device and if so which one best suits their needs This program will explain the advantages of using a tablet rather than a traditional computer or laptop and review the current market The features of the different types and brands will compared The program will be presented by Jim Bell and John Yandell past presidents of MCUG and avid tablet users There will be regular door prizes for members As always if you bring a guest you will get an additional door prize ticket There will be the sale of raffle tickets for the August September 50 00 Walmart Gift Card They sell for 3 00 each two for 5 00 or seven for 10 00 Please support your club by purchasing some Next month s regular meeting will be on September 9th Wilson Lecture Hall Room 201 Goolsby Building Young Harris College Young Harris GA 6 00PM 6 45PM Question and Answer Session 6 50PM 7 00PM Meeting 7 00PM 8 00PM Program August 2013 Mountain Computer User Group P O Box 474 Young Harris GA 305822. It appears in Explorer as just another drive and can be used as any other drive Using it to back up the system is really convenient Just start your backup software select the destination and go What could be easier Ap newert chnology Since the computer connection is USB you can swap drives in the dock without having to turn the computer off just plug and play While the dock is useful for a desktop it s even better for a laptop To Voyager 3 pp replace the etaan i neuser hard drive ina laptop means opening the base removing tiny screws and then installing the replacement Again the dock is a breeze to use with a laptop You are simply adding a hard drive instead of replacing one The box comes with a brief User Manual the dock itself which has a slot for a 2 5 drive and a hinged flap for a 3 5 drive a power cord and transformer and a USB 3 0 cable that is backward compatible with USB 2 0 The dock itself has a power button which supplies power to the SATA drive anactivity LED which also serves to show when power is on and a drive eject button No drivers are required This is a handy solution to having an additional hard drive easily accessible with the ability to swap out multiple drives for either your desktop or your laptop About Voyager S3 Drive Dock Vendor Newer Tech www newertech com Price 35 6 Mountain Bits amp Bytes August 2013 Attention MCUG Members MCUG Needs Your Help As
3. X752N color cartridges Five available 5 00 ea If you buy all five you get free one black and one color that were opened but not used Call Tom Allen 706 400 9124 TOM S TIPS Passphrases Not Passwords For an interesting twist to computering why not try using phrases for passwords They will be easier to remember and probably more difficult to hack Num bers punctuation marks mathmatical signs and upper and lower case letters may be used to complicate the hacking process You may want to use a phrase about your grandkids such as My Johnny has a 20 00 per hour job offer or Beth is a straight A student at GaTech The opportunities are endless And if you are hacked then the whole world may be in danger Mountain Bits amp Bytes Documents Destruction Dates for 2013 It is that time again The Document Destruc tion Eventsand Electronic Recycling Events are scheduled TVs are accepted for a 10 00 charge because it costs this much to recycle due to the high amount of mercury in the glass All other electronics are free but a 5 00 per car volunteer donation is requested and all donations will be going to the Mountain Animal Shelter Over the last three years over 1500 00 was collected for the Shelter We wish to thank our partners Document Destruction Service and Atlanta Recycling Solutions for working to provide these services The event will be held at the corner of Timber line Road and H
4. ade without ever leaving thy tent And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load but simply said How Dear And Dot replied I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale and they will reply telling you who hath the best price The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah s Pony Stable UPS Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums And the drums rang out and were an immediate success Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price without ever having to move from his tent To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew It was knownas Must Send Drum Over Sound MSDOS and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures Hebrew To The People HT TP And the young men did take to Dot Com s trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites or NERDS And lo the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer Brother William of Gates who bought off every drum maker in the land Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates drumheads and drumstic
5. ks And Dot did say Oh Abraham what we have started is being taken over by others And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel or eBay as it came to be known He said We need a name that reflects what we are And Dot replied Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators YAHOO said Abraham And because it was Dot s idea they named it YAHOO Dot Com Abraham s cousin Joshua being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid GEEK that he was soon started using Dot s drums to locate things around the countryside It soon became known as God s Own Official Guide to Locating Everything GOOGLE This is surely true August 2013 Mountain Bits amp Bytes Review Voyager S3 Drive Dock By George Harding Treasurer Tucson Computer Society AZ February 2013 issue eJournal www aztcs org Georgehardingsbd at earthlink net If you have a desktop computer and have had to change or add a new hard drive you know what a task that is Getting to the insides of the computer is the first challenge mine is under the desk so I have to disconnect all the cables and move the computer out where I can work on it Then you have to fish around and remove the old drive mount and connect the new one and then put everything back together The voyager S3 Drive Dock saves you a lot of time and effort It requires a SATA drive and attaches to your computer with USB 3 0 You insert your drive in the dock turn the dock on and you are in business
6. mcugUsers gmail com Officers for 2013 President Randy Gehring Vice President Jim Bell Past President Art Frenz Secretary Treasurer Diane Frenz Publisher Editor Tom Allen Webmaster Randy Gehring Board of Directors for 2013 Richard Botting Vacant Tim Cassidy Bob Vaughan MCUG Monthly Meeting Schedule The regular monthly meeting of the Mountain Computer User Group MCUG is held on the second Monday of every month at 6 p m for Q amp A and 7 00 p m for the business meeting and program in the Wilson Lecture Hall Room 201 of the Goolsby Building on the campus of Young Harris College in Young Harris GA All regular monthly meetings and SIGs are open to everyone regardless of membership status MCUG Membership Annual dues are 24 and extend membership privileges to two 2 members of a household Membership privileges in clude special discounts on vendor products access to prod ucts for evaluation and review and association with a great bunch of people Affiliation The Mountain Computer User Group is a member of APCUG a nonprofit international organization dedicated to promoting communications between PC user groups and the computer industry Group Purpose The Mountain Computer User Group is a nonprofit tax exempt educational organization without corporate or ven dor affiliation Its purpose is the encouragement and ad vancement of computer information and knowledge through users helping users Mo
7. monthly meeting programs Decide and approve the raffle prizes and door prizes Review and approve meeting minutes Determine and review MCUG expenses Assist in planning events Christmas Charity Auction and George Donegan Annual Summer Picnic As astrictly volunteer non profit organization we are dependent on one another to keep this organization going Without a Board we will have problems in getting a quorum to keep MCUG going Please consider asking to be on the Board and Nominating Committee by letting any current board member of your interest or sending an e mail to mcugusers gmail com Please feel free to attend any of the MCUG Board meetings Aug 7 or Sep 4 at 10 00AM in the Young Harris Library All board meetings are open to public Thank you in advance Randy Gehring President 7 Mountain Bits amp Bytes August 2013 Mountain Computer User Group August 2013 Calendar SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY saTuRoAY seven National atermelo Lovers Last Day To Submit Articles Aviation Day National ge Dog Less Salt Day Day HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES Jim Bell 08 14 Jack and Betty Lang 08 23 1952 61 yrs Roger and Dorothea EY 08 06 1954 59 yrs Howard and Rita a George Woodberry 08 14 08 30 1958 55 yrs Paul and Carolyn Filer 08 30 2003 10 yrs Tom and Betty Shope 08 27 2008 05 yrs Mikele Carter 08 31
8. untain Bits amp Bytes What U Will Find Inside Feature Program Tablet Computers Page 1 Pictures From The George Donegan Annual Picnic Page 3 Bits amp PCs Page 4 Tom s Tips Page 4 Document Destruction Dates 2013 Page 4 How The Internet Started Page 5 Review Voyager S3 Drive Dock Page 6 Members MCUG Needs Your Help Page 7 Birthday s Anniversaries Page 8 amp Calendar A young businessman had just started his own firm He d rented a beautiful office and furnished it with antiques Sitting there he saw aman come into the outer office Wishing to appear busy the businessman picked up the phone and started to pretend he had a big deal working He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments Finally he hung up and asked the visitor Can I help you The man said Sure I ve come to install the phone Kx KK Ke KKK KKH KH KH KH KK KK KEK KR KR A father believed that his son was spending way too much time playing computer games Inan effort to motivate the boy into focusing more attention on his schoolwork the father said to his son When Abe Lincoln was your age he was studying books by the light of the fireplace The son pointed out When Lincoln was your age he was The President of The United States August 2013 George Donegan Annual Summer Picnic Pictures Mountain Bits amp Bytes August 2013 BITS amp PCs New in Factory Package Dell Printer Series 23
9. we come off of asuccessful George Donegan Annual Summer Picnic the MCUG members must start thinking about next year s MCUG Board Our by laws require that next year s Board be elected at the November member meeting The Board slate is to be presented by the Nominating Committee to the members at the election meeting In September the Nominating Committee is to be appointed by the President Technical prowess is NOT a requirement for any of the positions The Nominating Committee is supposed to be led by someone not on the Board and is responsible for finding candidates from the membership Here s where MCUG needs your help We need someone to step forward to head the Nominating Committee and two or three additional members to be part of the committee After the committee has formed they will need people to run for the following offices President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Director I and Director III Current members of the Board may run for open positions however at least two of the board positions will be need to be filled from the current membership Responsibilities of the various Board positions can be found on the MCUG website mcug org in the Constitution and By Laws link on the About Us page The simple summary Attend Board meetings held at 10 00AM Young Harris Library on the Wednesday before the monthly membership meeting Vote on policy changes and other items brought before the board Decide and approve the member
10. wy 76 at the edge of Young Harris College grounds Towns and Union resi dents can bring their documents and electronics to the above place on October 26 2013 from 10 00 till noon The items that will be accepted are personal computers floppy disk drives CD ROMs circuit boards PC power supplies keyboards mouse mice PC monitors laptops printers fax machines copiers stereos VCR or CD players typewriters test equipment networking equip ment modems UPS batteries cell phones scan ners microwaves or cabling The items that will not be accepted are con sole projection TVs washers dryers vacuum cleaners humidifiers car batteries toaster ovens de humidifiers gas powered tools tires battery powered tools freezers blenders household trash mixers or ovens Please help speed up the line by removing all cabling from your devives and bag them sepa rately Thank You for recycling I REUSE REDUCE RECYCLE Mountain Bits amp Bytes August 2013 HOW THE INTERNET STARTED according to a new discovery in Bible scholarship In ancient Israel it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dorothy And Dot Com was a comely woman large of breast broad of shoulder and long of leg Indeed she was often called Amazon Dot Com And she said unto Abraham her husband Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst tr
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