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Dave's Diggins 2-3-00
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Just a few "Golden Nuggets" of info that I've mined from the internet.
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Free software and services:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/whois.htm
http://www.pcusers.org/pcfree.html
AnalogX WhoIs is a GUI application that goes out on the net and looks up
domain registration information and much more.
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
Boot Log Analyzer utility to help in identifying Windows95/98 boot-up
problems. Looks at your Windows95 BOOTLOG.TXT file and calculates the time
taken to load each driver etc, in order to help in locating any cause of
lengthy boot-up times. The displayed result can be sorted by loading
duration, filtered to show only those items with long durations or which
reported failure, and saved to a text file
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Search Engine:
http://www.crawl-it-all.com/
http://www.pcuser.org/pctechy.html#search
Crawl-it-all. This search engine has an interesting interface. You can
either do a search of the entire web or search specific categories/sites. A
definite keeper.
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Not so free software and services:
http://www.farstone.com/english/2000.asp
http://www.pcuser.org/pcnotsofree.html
Virtual Drive 2000. Read any CD-ROM and create a highly compressed image
file on a hard drive or network file server. You can then run your
application without having to load the CD-ROM. Excellent solution for multi
user situations.
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Web sites:
http://www.pcforrest.co.uk/index.htm
http://www.pcuser.org/pctechy.html
P.C.Forrest - Self-help Web Site
The frames are a little annoying but this Brit has a lot of good technical
information for PC users.
http://www.echoecho.com/position.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcwebhead.html
EchoEcho.com - Complete web tutorials, tools and resources
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Articles:
ttp://websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/library/weekly/aa012500a.htm
One billion web pages and how many can be found on search engines.
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Roger's Corner: mailto:rtimai@mindspring.com
If you have IE5 or later go to http://pcusers.org and then save it as a
favorite. Look in your favorites at the pcuser link and you will see a
customized icon with the letters "PC". This icon is called a favicon (short
for "favorite icon").
I designed this favicon for the group and Dave put it on the web server where IE5
can read it (Netscape does not look for this file). For more about favicons
go to :
http://members.home.com/dts-l/
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
The DTS-L site is a major Windows help resource The DTS-L is a group of
over 40 top Microsoft Desktop Systems Support Specialists. "The Microsoft
MVP Desktop Systems Group provides no-charge support to users of Microsoft
Windows 9x operating systems. The range of advice offered ranges from very
specific OS and application functions to hardware and 3rd party software
recommendations. All advice given is the personal opinion of the MVP, and
does not necessarily reflect official Microsoft positions."
I recommend the following freeware
http://www.jfitz.com/software/RAMpage
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
"RAMpage is a small Windows utility that displays the amount of available
memory in an icon in the System Tray. It can also free up memory, either
manually, (by double clicking the icon), or automatically, (by setting a
minimum memory threshold). The idea for the program came from J.Pajula's
RamBooster which offers similar functionality. I wanted a "lean" version
that could free memory with one double click, and which shows the current
memory status all the time - RAMpage is it."
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Tip #1
In Win9x to prevent the CD AutoPlay from kicking in, simply hold down the
Shift key after inserting the CD. Later, to play the CD, open any Explorer
window, right-click your CD-ROM drive, and select Play
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Hardware:
http://www.vm3.com/MotionWare/option01.html
Motionware headset can produce sensation of motion while playing games by
direct stimulation of the nerves in the ear.
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Future shock:
http://www.research.ibm.com/topics/serious/nano/
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.012100/bw3">
Nanotechnology
http://www.psychologytoday.com/features3.html
Uploading the human brain.
http://www.allnetdevices.com/news/0001/000127pan.html
I am not bad, my PAN is just designed that way.
http://www.newscientist.com/features/features.jsp?id=ns222391
Just roll up that monitor screen and stick it in your pocket.
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Humor?
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/20000108/newsstory2.html
Sometimes it pays to be a slacker!
http://www.women.com/sex/dating/svmen/
There's nothing like being a geek with stock options to attract the women:)
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