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hen
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ah!
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eM
ista
keE
dit
ion
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mb
er
2005
Win
dow
sT
ips
Dece
mb
er
2005
(Last
Issu
eof
Year)
Thi
sW
indo
ws
Tip
sve
rsio
nis
earl
y.T
hen
ext
issu
ew
ill
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id-t
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te-
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uar
y.
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eW
ays
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this
issu
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gth
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leto
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ycl
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in.
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uha
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dan
yea
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ron
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forg
otso
me,
the
com
plet
eli
stw
ill
bepo
sted
atW
indo
ws
Tip
sC
lub.
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get
into
this
clu
b,yo
uha
veto
use
one
orse
vera
lof
my
tips
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one
ofth
ese
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real
lyhe
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e,an
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pto
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ell,
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sily
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ate
file
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ows
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ta
new
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dow
sE
xp
lore
rw
ind
ow.)
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us
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ord
rag-
and
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ph
ater
s,co
py
and
pas
tew
orks
too.
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raT
ip:
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kn
owh
ow,
wh
enyo
utu
rnC
aps
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onan
dty
pe
wit
hou
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plo
okin
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ad.
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eon
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ayto
fix
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elet
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star
tov
er.
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you
are
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ng
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roso
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ange
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atN
ortonw
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be
smart
enou
ghn
otto
scanyou
rd
rivew
hen
it’sclear
that
you’re
bu
sy(or
not
tryat
all),th
atO
ffice
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ldn
ottry
tocon
vertm
yty
pin
gto
fancy
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ing
characters,
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that
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dow
sE
xp
lorerw
ould
turn
that
sillyfi
lep
rotectionoff
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thin
kth
em
essage“T
hese
Files
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den
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his
Fold
erC
ontain
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atK
eepY
our
System
Work
ing
Prop
erly”
has
stopp
edab
out
5p
eople
fromlo
okin
gat
their
system
folders.
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oex
actlyd
oes
Microsoft
thin
kth
ey’re
going
to“p
rotect”?S
ure,
fixin
gN
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erfectlyw
ould
be
hard
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ut
itw
ould
be
easyto
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make
itsch
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lean
autom
aticscan
and
instead
notify
youw
hen
itw
astim
eto
scan.
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ing
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wou
ldb
eeasy
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ststop
fancy
conversion
s.M
ayb
ep
rovid
ea
way
totu
rnth
emb
ackon
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o.A
sfor
“system
file
protection
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shou
ldb
eb
anish
edfrom
the
faceof
the
earth.
How
abou
tlettin
gu
ssee
file
exten
sions
and
hid
den
files
wh
ileth
ey’re
atit
too,
hu
h?4
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stto
ostu
bb
orn.
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asb
eenproven
inreal-life
teststh
ath
avin
gfi
leex
tension
ssh
owin
ghelp
sp
revent
viru
ses.A
nd
hav
ing
them
hid
den
canb
econ
fusin
gb
ecause
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dow
son
lyh
ides
registeredfi
lenam
eex
tension
s.
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lipp
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mn
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fromtalkin
gto
youau
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pit
may
be
ann
oyin
g,b
ut
he
canoccasion
allyfi
nd
topics
that
norm
alH
elpju
stw
on’t
fin
d.
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tw
hat
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tan
noy
ing
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help
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feature?”
messages?
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dw
hat
abou
tth
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s“It
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ga
letter”m
essage?In
man
ycases,
the
best
thin
gto
do
isp
revent
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pit
fromcom
ing
up
until
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him
to.T
od
oth
is,b
ring
up
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by
pressin
gF
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t-clickon
him
,ch
oose
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tions,
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un
check
allth
eb
oxes.
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and
choose
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eA
ssistant),
then
restartW
ord.
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pit
won
’tcom
eto
seeyou
until
youask
him
to.F
orm
ored
etailson
disab
ling
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pit,
seeC
omp
uter
Cen
tralN
ews.
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stillh
asyet
tofi
xth
isp
roblem
(and
Irefu
seto
callit
anyth
ing
bu
ta
prob
lem).
Incid
entally,
ifyou
don
’tkn
owab
out
file
exten
sions,
please
open
Win
dow
sE
xp
lorer,
press
the
Alt
key,select
Tools→
Op
tions→
Fold
erO
ption
s→V
iew,
and
turn
off“H
ide
exten
sions
for
kn
own
file
typ
es.”A
lthou
gh
the
chance
ofgettin
gan
viru
sth
isw
ayis
lower
now
aday
s,n
oth
avin
gfi
leex
tension
svisib
leto
the
user
isju
ststu
pid
.
162.
DECEMBER
2005
won
’tb
efi
xed
,b
ut
that
isa
lotless
tofi
xth
anty
pin
gth
ew
hole
thin
gover.
You
canu
seth
isfor
lotsof
casech
anges.
Bu
tth
eb
esttrick
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och
ange
froma
diff
erent
caseto
senten
cecase,
use
the
shortcu
tA
lt+
S-o-r-e-n
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Enter.
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may
hearsom
eerror
beepsin
them
iddle
ofthe
keystroke,bu
tn
othing
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rong.
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irefo
x
For
Firefox
non
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youget
atip
thism
onth.
Ever
wan
tedto
getto
afavorite
web
sitereally
fast?S
ure,
youcou
ldp
ut
itin
your
Favorites
orB
ook
mark
s,b
ut
there
isan
evenfaster
way.
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t-clickth
ed
esktop
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oose
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ortcut,
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eth
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box
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lickF
inish
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tth
esh
ortcut
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rd
esktop
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uick
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nch
bar.
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course,
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oesn
’th
aveto
be
there.
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pad
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ism
ay
be
the
last
time
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pad
ap
pears)
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ink
the
font
inN
otepad
isso
du
ll?W
ell,it
doesn
’th
aveto
show
up
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way.
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at>F
ont
and
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ing
reallysn
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atleast
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good
enou
ghto
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decen
t,like
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esN
ewR
oman
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dow
sE
xp
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r
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erfu
llof
pictu
resan
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ant
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eshow
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he
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ane
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aven
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eah
owyou
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t-clickon
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oose
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the
topof
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nless
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avean
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gkey
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shortcu
ts,th
eb
utton
isfi
fthfrom
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isa
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reof
ascreen
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us
Tip:
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fin
da
pictu
reth
atn
eeds
tob
erotated
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slidesh
ow,
press
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dch
oose
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JULY
2006
Oka
y,so
me
peo
ple
mig
ht
say
this
isn
’ta
tip
,bu
tth
eD
etai
lsvie
wis
ofte
nth
eb
est
vie
wto
use
inW
ind
ows
Exp
lore
r.
Bon
us
Tip
:If
you
swit
chto
Det
ail
sV
iew
,yo
uca
nad
dm
ore
deta
ils.
Rig
ht-
clic
kth
eli
ttle
bar
atth
eto
pth
atsh
ows
the
cate
gori
es,
and
choo
seM
ore.
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ckor
un
chec
kth
ebo
xes
toch
oose
wha
tyo
uw
ant
onyo
ur
deta
ils
bar
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have
tose
tth
ecu
rren
tfo
lder
’svi
ewas
the
defa
ult
for
this
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owin
all
fold
ers)
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era
lW
ind
ow
s
Fu
nct
ion
keys
can
com
ein
han
dy.
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eyar
eat
the
top
ofyo
ur
keyb
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are
lab
eled
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ind
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ill
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nct
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ru
ses.
Fu
nct
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ren
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seke
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sed
but
are
han
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1–
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ow?
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eti
me
you
can
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pby
pre
ssin
gF
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iske
yst
roke
usu
ally
tell
sa
pro
gram
togo
out
toyo
ur
har
dd
rive
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eW
eb,
etc.
toge
ta
new
vers
ion
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Wor
d,
F5
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ngs
up
Fin
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o.3
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pu
ters
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pute
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ink
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smar
ter
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we
are
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sorr
y,N
orto
nA
nti
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us,
bu
tI
don
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art
scan
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gal
lfi
vega
zill
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byte
sof
my
har
dd
rive
wh
ile
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pla
yin
gm
emor
y-i
nte
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vega
mes
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cead
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ull
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feeb
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lep
rote
ctio
n”
that
pre
vents
you
from
seei
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fold
ers
and
file
sth
atyo
uocc
asio
nal
lyn
eed
tom
ess
wit
h.
3T
her
ear
em
ore
shor
tcu
tsin
this
colu
mn
ina
late
red
itio
n—
chec
kth
ein
dex
.
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Gen
era
lW
ind
ow
s
Ref
erto
the
atta
ched
docu
men
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out
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exin
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seaf
ter
all
itis
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lon
gen
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lfi
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asn
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men
ts,
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can
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way
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nd
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erd
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men
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it.
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gra
ms
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pro
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ata
nea
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ellsh
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up
ract
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lyev
eryth
ing
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tyo
ur
com
pu
ter.
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ded
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us,
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tton
sto
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nch
pro
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lean
erd
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pah
ead
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div
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fin
dth
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tim
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itp
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yqu
ickly
bec
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tual
lykn
ewpar
tof
the
titl
e.It
’sn
otve
ryin
tere
stin
g,th
ough
,so
Id
ecid
edn
otto
incl
ude
it.
5:
July
2006
Micro
soft
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Save
time
with
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earlyu
ndocu
men
tedtoolbar
Ifyou
spen
dan
ytim
eat
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akin
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lesin
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loveth
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ables
toolb
ar.T
his
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arcan
goan
yw
here
and
makes
creating
tables
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bord
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getstarted
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t-clickon
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men
u,
then
check
Tab
lesan
dB
orders.
Anew
toolb
arw
illap
pear.
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itto
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ereveryou
wan
t.T
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prov
isionfor
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ormal
table,
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tit
prov
ides
lotsof
way
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man
ipu
lateon
eth
atalread
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ists.A
llth
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ichare
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allyn
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enu
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pad
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at’sa
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lequ
estionan
dan
swer:
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ordP
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ordp
rocessor
that
comes
with
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dow
s,is
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HT
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curiou
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bably
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rself.2W
ell,not
man
yp
eople
do
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gin
atex
ted
itoran
ym
ore.A
nd
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ould
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recomm
end
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Pad
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tod
oit.
27
182.
DECEMBER
2005
264.
MAY
2006
WIN
DO
WS
XP
BU
GA
LE
RT
:W
hen
you
chan
geth
ese,
you
may
end
up
chan
gin
gIn
tern
etE
xplo
rer
too.
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reis
no
way
toge
tar
oun
dth
isex
cept
swit
chin
gto
Fir
efox
.
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era
lW
ind
ow
s
Th
eP
rint
Scr
een
key
ish
and
y(t
ake
asc
reen
shot
and
copy
toth
eC
lip
boa
rd),
bu
tso
met
imes
you
hav
eto
crop
itb
ecau
seth
ep
ictu
rew
ould
n’t
look
good
oth
erw
ise
(or
may
be
you
just
don
’tw
ant
peo
ple
tose
eyo
ur
clu
tter
edd
esk-
top
).Y
ouca
np
reve
nt
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nee
dto
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pre
ssin
gA
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rint
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een.
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isw
ill
take
just
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curr
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yse
lect
edw
ind
ow.
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tBar
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tBar
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be
chan
ged
tosi
td
irec
tly
abov
eyo
ur
task
bar
,th
ough
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on’t
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look
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ight-
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the
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tBar
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ar.
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oos
eW
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owP
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ion
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otto
m.
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don
e.
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zyC
om
pu
ters
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peo
ple
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sly,
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nt
use
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ere
out
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ture
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omp
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ter,
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akes
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2006
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ol.
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kto
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ldre
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goto
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eP
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sb
utt
onon
the
left
.
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pri
mar
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my
name
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James
Duran.
Ilive
in
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Illinois.
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know
on
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of
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to
ten,
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worst,
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Duran
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ARCH
2006
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uch
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emb
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foll
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dow
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uw
ant
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tth
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guar
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atit
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lb
e.T
han
kyo
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ryo
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sup
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pro
gram
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lyu
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l,an
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k.
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2006
Mic
roso
ftW
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Rem
ove
butt
ons
from
the
tool
bar
that
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nev
eru
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ons
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arth
atyo
unev
eru
se?
Me
too.
Hel
pb
utt
on,
anyo
ne?
How
abou
tD
ecre
ase
Ind
ent?
How
abou
tth
eli
ttle
par
a-gr
aph
mar
ker,
wh
ich
turn
son
the
so-c
alle
d“f
eatu
re”
that
mak
esth
ete
xt
har
der
tore
ad?
Oka
y,m
ayb
eso
me
peo
ple
wou
ldd
isag
ree
abou
tth
ela
ston
e.B
ut
you
get
the
poi
nt.
You
can
rem
ove
thes
eb
utt
ons
ifyo
uw
ant,
and
itd
oes
n’t
take
too
mu
chw
ork.
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oos
eT
ool
s>
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stom
ize.
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orin
gth
ed
ialo
gb
oxth
atap
pea
rs,
righ
t-cl
ick
each
bu
tton
that
you
wan
tto
rem
ove
and
choos
eD
elet
e.
Fir
efo
x
Fir
efox
can
’tb
esu
per
-sec
ure
.It
gets
up
dat
esal
lth
eti
me.
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ud
on’t
hav
eat
leas
tF
iref
ox1.
5(H
elp>
Ab
out)
,go
up
dat
eit
righ
tn
ow.
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sion
1.5
and
late
rau
tom
atic
ally
up
dat
eth
emse
lves
.)
Web
Develo
pm
ent:
Note
pad
or
Word
?
Tru
e,b
ut
ther
e’s
anev
enb
ette
rp
rogr
am:
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itP
adL
ite.
Igo
tth
eve
rsio
non
my
fan
cyn
ewU
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ash
dri
ve,
bu
tth
ere
mu
stb
ean
ord
inar
yve
rsio
nsi
ttin
gar
oun
d.
Eve
nif
you
don
’tp
lan
tou
seit
for
web
dev
elop
men
t,it
’sa
mu
chb
ette
rte
xt
edit
orth
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otep
ad.
31
10:
Febru
ary
2008
Micro
soft
Word
Do
youh
avetex
tin
Word
that
youseem
tod
oover
and
overagain
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ell,a
veryeasy
feature
tofi
gure
out
inW
ord(an
yversion
up
to2003
and
[possib
ly]
beyon
d)
canh
elpyou
out.
To
use
this
feature,
goto
Tools>
Macro>
Record
New
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eit
ifyou
wan
t,th
enclick
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board
toassign
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macro
akey
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shortcu
t.T
yp
ea
keystroke
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the
box
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itis
assigned
already,
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tellsyou
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acean
dtry
again.
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enyou
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appy
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oardsh
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rm
ouse
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atap
eicon
nex
tto
itan
da
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box
marked
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ing
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app
ear.T
yp
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etex
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tin
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Wh
enyou
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one,
clickth
esq
uare
onth
elittle
Macro
Record
ing
box
.Y
oucan
now
press
the
keystroke
toty
pe
your
text.
Inte
rnet
Exp
lore
r
Ifyou
’veb
eenfollow
ing,
you’ll
kn
owth
atth
elittle
four
squ
aresicon
toth
eleft
ofyou
rtab
sop
ens
ath
um
bn
ailw
ind
ow.
Bu
tw
hat
ifyou
kn
oww
hat
tabyou
wan
tb
ut
can’t
fin
dit?
Click
the
littled
own
arrown
ext
toth
efou
rsq
uares.
Ad
ropd
own
listof
your
tabs
will
app
ear.
Fire
fox
Ifyou
’rea
Firefox
user,
youm
ight
oftenget
ann
oyedw
ithits
slowload
ing
time.
Mu
chof
the
time,
youju
stw
ant
toh
avea
brow
serload
fastan
dyou
plan
onclosin
git
right
away.
Anyon
eou
tth
ererem
emb
erN
etscape?
Well,
there’s
an
ewin
carnation
ofth
at,n
owcom
pletely
open
-source.
It’scalled
SeaM
onkey.
Dow
nload
itat
45
326.
AUGUST
2006
Win
dow
sE
xp
lore
r
Add
cut
and
pastebu
ttons
toyou
rtoolbar.
Use
cut
and
paste
inW
ind
ows
Exp
lorera
lot?A
dd
Cu
t,C
opy,
and
Paste
items
toth
eW
ind
ows
Exp
lorerto
olbar.
Press
Win
dow
s+
Eto
open
Win
-d
ows
Exp
lorer,righ
t-clickth
eU
pb
utton
and
choose
Cu
stomize.
Fin
dC
ut
onth
elist
and
clickth
eA
dd
bu
tton.
Rep
eatfor
Cop
yan
dP
aste.
Gen
era
lW
ind
ow
s
Th
ed
esktop
isgen
erallyn
ota
good
place
tostore
thin
gsp
erman
ently.
Tw
ob
etterp
lacesto
pu
tth
ings
areon
the
Qu
ickL
aun
chto
olbar
and
the
Start
men
u.
Cra
zyC
om
pu
ters
Com
puters
need
constan
ttrou
bleshooting
Com
pu
terscrash
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here
seems
tob
en
ow
ayarou
nd
it.M
icrosoftd
oes
alot
toh
ide
the
fact,in
clud
ing
claimin
gW
ind
ows
XP
doesn
’th
avea
Blu
eS
creenof
Death
,m
akin
gall
their
errorm
essagescry
ptic,
calling
BS
OD
s“S
toperrors”
and
creating
messages
such
as“In
ternet
Exp
lorerh
asen
countered
ap
roblem
and
need
sto
close.W
eare
sorryfor
the
incon
venien
ce.”I
wish
Win
dow
sd
idn
’th
aveth
eB
lue
Screen
ofD
eath,
bu
tly
ing
toits
custom
ersab
out
stability
isqu
itean
other
thin
g.A
nd
wh
atab
out
Microsoft
mak
ing
ab
add
ecisionth
atcou
ldcau
seyou
rcom
pu
terto
goin
toan
end
lesslo
opw
hile
starting?
(Th
eop
tionin
qu
estionis
“Au
tomatically
restart”,w
hich
causes
Win
dow
sto
restartw
hen
everit
encou
nters
aB
SO
D.)
Th
eC
lipp
itC
olu
mn
Offi
ce2007
is(fi
nally
!)rem
ovin
gC
lipp
itcom
pletely.
Makes
me
won
der
ifth
ey’ll
releasean
add
on(or
ap
atch)
that
pu
tsC
lipp
itb
ackin
.
449.
JANUARY
2008
Inte
rnet
Exp
lore
r
So
you
wen
tah
ead
and
dow
nlo
aded
IE7
orm
ayb
eit
cam
ew
ith
you
rco
m-
pu
ter.
Bu
tot
her
than
the
tabs,
ther
edoes
n’t
look
like
mu
chn
ew.
Infa
ct,
Mic
roso
ftm
ade
qu
ite
afe
wsi
gnifi
cant
chan
ges.
Th
eti
pfo
rth
ism
onth
in-
volv
esta
bs.
Hav
eyo
uev
ern
otic
edth
efu
nky
icon
toth
ele
ftof
the
tab
sth
atlo
oks
like
fou
rsq
uar
esm
akin
ga
squ
are?
Th
atis
actu
ally
an
ewan
dqu
ite
flas
hy,
ifn
othu
gely
use
ful,
feat
ure
.B
ut
even
thou
ghit
seem
sm
ore
for
look
s,it
can
hel
pyo
ur
bro
wsi
ng
ifyo
uh
ave
lots
ofta
bs
(lik
eI
alw
ays
do)
.C
lick
ing
itw
ill
show
ap
age
wit
ha
thu
mb
nai
lof
each
tab
alon
gw
ith
the
nam
e.
Fir
efo
x
Sim
ple
this
mon
th,
bu
tim
por
tant.
Ifyo
ud
on’t
hav
eve
rsio
n2
yet,
GE
TIT
!
Win
dow
s
Th
inkin
gab
out
up
grad
ing
toV
ista
?S
top
am
omen
tan
dth
ink.
Ifyo
uar
eb
uyin
ga
new
com
pu
ter,
ther
e’s
not
hin
gst
opp
ing
you
from
gett
ing
itin
stea
dof
tryin
gto
get
one
wit
hW
ind
ows
XP
onit
.H
owev
er,
up
grad
ing
toit
does
not
hav
een
ough
ben
efits
toju
stif
yth
e$4
00p
rice
tag
(for
Vis
taU
ltim
ate)
orm
ore
like$2
00(f
orH
ome
Pre
miu
m).
Am
ong
the
new
feat
ure
sar
eb
ette
rgr
aph
ics
(wh
ich
can
actu
ally
hel
pyo
ur
wor
kif
set
up
pro
per
ly)
and
ago
od
sear
ch.
An
nou
nce
ments
Wel
l,sh
ort
enou
gh?
Bu
tse
riou
sly,
ther
em
ayb
eso
me
pro
gram
syo
uw
ould
love
toh
ave
tip
sfo
r.S
end
me
anem
ailat
and
tell
me
wh
atp
rogr
amyo
uw
ant
incl
ud
ed.
Sor
ry,
bu
tth
ere
are
no
guar
ante
esth
atit
wil
lb
e.T
han
kyo
ufo
ryo
ur
sup
por
t.If
you
ever
wan
tto
un
sub
scri
be,
just
let
me
kn
ow.
7:
Oct
ob
er
2006
Mic
roso
ftW
ord
Use
mac
ros
toau
tom
ate
com
mon
task
s
Do
you
per
form
the
sam
eac
tion
sin
Wor
dov
eran
dov
erag
ain
?A
reyo
uge
ttin
gti
red
ofcl
ickin
g?H
owab
out
tryin
gm
acro
s?M
acro
sar
esi
mp
lym
inia
ture
pro
gram
sth
atre
pla
yyo
ur
acti
ons.
No,
you
don
’th
ave
top
rogr
aman
yth
ing
tocr
eate
one.
Th
eli
ttle
stri
pat
the
very
bot
tom
ofW
ord
that
star
tsou
tw
ith
Pag
e1
Sec
1...
isth
est
atu
sb
ar.
Anyw
ay,d
oub
le-c
lick
the
litt
legr
ayed
-ou
tR
EC
bu
tton
onth
est
atu
sb
ar.
Fil
lou
tth
equ
ick
dia
log
box
(no
spac
esal
low
edin
the
Mac
roN
ame)
and
clic
kT
ool
bar
sor
Key
boa
rd,
dep
end
ing
onh
owyo
uw
ant
the
mac
roac
tiva
ted.
Ifyo
ucl
ick
Tool
bar
s(h
mm
...l
ook
sfa
mil
iar
ifyo
uu
sed
the
Au
gust
tip
)d
rag
the
mac
roto
ato
olb
aror
onto
ap
lace
ona
men
u.
To
open
the
men
u,
sim
ply
dra
gov
erit
.If
you
chos
eK
eyb
oard
,cl
ick
inth
eE
nte
rS
hor
tcu
tK
eyb
ox(I
thin
kit
shou
ldh
ave
bee
nK
eyS
hor
tcu
tK
ey).
Key
the
key
com
bin
atio
n(s
orry
abou
tn
onse
nsi
cal
dir
ecti
ons)
and
Wor
dw
ill
tell
you
un
der
nea
thw
het
her
itis
assi
gned
.If
itis
,p
ress
Bac
ksp
ace
and
try
anot
her
one.
You
may
hav
eth
em
ost
luck
wit
hA
lt..
.key
com
bos
,b
ut
som
eC
trl-
Sh
ift’
sar
eu
nas
sign
ed.
Aft
erth
isis
don
e,si
mply
per
form
the
acti
ons
you
wan
tre
cord
ed.
Wh
enyo
u’r
ed
one,
clic
kth
esq
uar
eb
utt
onon
the
litt
leb
oxth
atp
opp
edu
p.
To
run
you
rm
acro
,cl
ick
its
bu
tton
orm
enu
item
orp
ress
the
key
com
bin
atio
n.
Fir
efo
x
Yay
!F
iref
ox2.
0is
out!
Don
’tknow
mu
chab
out
itye
t,th
ough
.U
pd
ate
inth
en
ext
new
slet
ter.
33
9:
January
2008
Note
toR
ece
ivees
Th
isn
ewsletter
will
replace
Win
dow
sT
ips,
wh
ichm
any
ofyou
will
have
received.
Id
ecided
itw
astim
eto
fix
up
the
wh
olesetu
p,
plu
sp
eople
alway
slike
someth
ing
new
.If
youread
Win
dow
sT
ips,
youw
illfi
nd
that
this
isvery
similar,
with
the
elimin
ationof
severalfeatu
ressu
chas
Crazy
Com
pu
ters.T
hose
features
willh
opefu
llyso
onb
eavailab
leth
rough
the
Tech
nicalG
eekeryw
ebsite.
Micro
soft
Word
Heard
abou
tth
en
ewversion
ofW
ord?
Had
enou
ghw
ithyou
rversion
?W
ell,you
need
tod
osom
econ
siderin
gb
eforeyou
tryit.
First
ofall,
ifyou
have
Offi
ceX
P(2002)
orlater,
youaren
’tgoin
gto
getm
uch
new
.F
ora$150+
pro
du
ct(an
dth
at’sa
cheap
erp
rice),it’s
oftenn
otw
orthit.
Plu
s,you
have
tolearn
an
ewin
terface.O
ffice
2007n
owd
oes
not
have
am
enu
bar.
Instead
,you
mu
staccess
allfeatu
resfrom
the
2-inch
-thick
tabb
edb
arat
the
topcalled
the
ribb
on.
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ichb
rings
us
toth
etip
.T
he
thin
gth
atM
icrosoftd
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oto
help
peop
lein
transition
was
toin
clud
eall
ofth
eold
keyb
oardsh
ortcuts.
Ifyou
kn
owth
esy
stemth
at’sb
eenin
Win
dow
sfor
hu
nd
reds
ofyears
(incom
pu
tertim
e),th
iscou
ldb
ea
help
.T
his
system
involves
pu
shin
gA
ltan
dth
enu
nd
erlined
letterson
the
men
ub
ar.A
lthou
ghyou
canno
longer
seeth
em
enu
s,you
canstill
use
this
shortcu
t.
43
347.
OCTOBER
2006
Win
dow
sE
xp
lore
r
Ren
ame
your
harddrive
Tired
ofgoin
gth
rough
lifew
itha
hard
drive
nam
ed“L
ocalD
isk”,
“HP
PA
VIL
ION
(C)”,
orsom
ethin
gsim
ilar?F
ixit
with
asim
ple
men
uop
tion.
Op
enW
in-
dow
sE
xp
lorerto
My
Com
pu
ter,righ
t-clickon
your
hard
drive’s
icon,
and
choose
Prop
erties.O
nth
eG
eneral
tab,
chan
geth
en
ame
inth
eb
ox.
Gen
era
lW
ind
ow
s
You
’vegot
avery
imp
ortant
tip.
(Cry
ptic
Cod
e#
24111)1
Cra
zyC
om
pu
ters
Com
puters
sayn
onsen
sicalthin
gs
Wh
enI
acciden
tallyleave
afl
oppy
disk
inth
ed
rivean
dI
shut
dow
n,
the
nex
tm
ornin
gI
turn
onm
ycom
pu
ter.I
walk
offto
do
someth
ing
elsew
hile
the
comp
uter
loads.
Five
min
utes
laterI
come
back
and
facea
black
screenw
ithth
ew
ords
Non
-System
Disk
Or
Disk
Error
/R
emove
and
Strike
Any
Key
Wh
enR
eady.
First
ofall,
wh
atis
aN
on-S
ystem
Disk
?A
nd
wh
atis
aD
iskE
rror?T
urn
sou
tth
eN
on-S
ystem
Disk
dates
back
toth
ed
ays
ofD
OS
1.0,w
hen
some
peop
lekep
tth
eirversion
son
afl
oppy
disk
and
used
itto
boot
their
comp
uter.
(Ap
ple
II,an
yone?)
Ifyou
had
the
wron
gd
isk,
the
comp
uter
wou
ldtell
you.
AD
iskE
rrorap
paren
tlym
eans
the
disk
iscorru
pted
.T
hen
Strike
Any
Key.
(Wan
tm
eto
destroy
your
keyb
oard,
anyon
e?)W
hy
can’t
itju
stsay
Press
Any
Key,
likean
yone
hu
man
?A
nd
why
can’t
the
comp
uter,
wh
enit
seesth
atth
efl
oppy
disk
drive
has
aN
on-S
ystem
Disk
InIt,
golo
okin
gin
the
CD
drive
and
hard
drive
foran
operatin
gsy
stem?
1Sorry,
Ihav
en
oclu
ew
hat
the
heck
this
was
sup
posed
tom
ean.
I’mcu
rious
too.
8:
Dece
mb
er
2006
Ikn
owI
hav
eal
read
ysa
idth
ism
any
tim
es,
bu
tif
you
are
inth
eW
ind
ows
Tip
sC
lub
...
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AN
TY
OU
RT
IPS
!Y
oum
ight
say
you
hav
en
one,
bu
tev
eryo
ne
has
som
eth
ing
they
can
con
-tr
ibu
te.
Ifyo
uar
en
otin
the
clu
b,
you
can
foll
owth
est
eps
atb
otto
mto
join
.1
Mic
roso
ftW
ord
Sto
ppe
rson
aliz
edm
enu
s
Hav
eyo
ub
een
thin
kin
gab
out
up
grad
ing
toa
new
vers
ion
ofW
ord
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hat
’sh
eld
you
bac
k?
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t...
oris
ith
avin
gto
lear
na
new
pro
duct
,re
con
-fi
gura
tion
,an
dan
noy
ing
“fea
ture
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chas
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chof
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2006
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syn
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2008
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ple
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ely
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mfo
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bu
tI
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ftW
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Zap
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ppy!
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02,
2003
,or
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rlie
rve
rsio
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h,
me
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py.
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l,b
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veit
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ther
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ista
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last
tim
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std
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n,
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Inte
rnet
Exp
lore
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Ifyo
uju
stsw
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edto
IE7,
you
mig
ht
be
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oyed
atth
elo
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the
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ub
ar.
Alt
hou
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lit
sfu
nct
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sar
eav
aila
ble
else
wh
ere,
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nth
eea
sies
tw
ayto
do
som
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ing.
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uju
stn
eed
tose
eit
for
ase
con
d,
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pu
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ith
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ible
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ut
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ldco
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show
ing
it.
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enab
leu
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gth
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enu
bar
,yo
un
eed
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ton
ceyo
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sed
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erh
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ful
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Micro
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men
tin
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and
saveit
asan
other
file
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tare
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atyou
will
acciden
tallysave
overth
eorigin
al?H
ere’san
easyw
ayto
preven
tyou
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oing
this.
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and
choose
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dth
efi
leyou
wan
t,th
enclick
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yarrow
nex
tto
the
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enb
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eeb
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youaren
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re.)T
hen
choose
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canth
ensave
itw
ithan
other
nam
e(if
yourem
emb
er!)
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rnet
Exp
lore
r
Alth
ough
this
feature
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asu
seful
asit
isin
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sortof
new
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pd
aterth
ingy
that
allows
youto
readcu
rrent
conten
tqu
ickly.
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enyou
brow
seto
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-enab
ledw
ebsite,
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xp
lorer’s“green
wave”
iconligh
tsu
p.
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sub
scribe,
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clickit.
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enth
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lting
web
page
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bscrib
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atth
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stlike
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sers.B
ut
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ayis
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bit
simp
ler,in
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scribe
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siteth
atp
rovid
esth
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sing
toa
siteth
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illap
pear.
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ever,it
will
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earat
the
right
ofth
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dress
bar
instead
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clicked,
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will
disp
laya
page
show
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conten
tsof
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tyou
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way
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bu
tton.
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seea
Latest
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lines
bu
tton,
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orkin
g.(If
you’ve
installed
ato
olbar
[orit
came
with
your
comp
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oran
other
app
]su
chas
orY
ahoo,
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ayn
eedto
look
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der
that.)
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add
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isto
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fin
dth
elittle
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the
leftof
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length
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leasefeel
freeto
skip
parts
ofit
ifyou
don
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ink
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lyto
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tif
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terestsyou
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encou
rageyou
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seyou
may
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ew.
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illtalk
abou
tw
hat
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gesare.
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gab
out
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rface
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new
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interface
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more
likea
marketin
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refor
peop
lew
ho
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goby
look
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ut
itcan
truly
be
help
ful
toyou
.O
ne
thin
gis
that
youcan
seeu
nd
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etitle
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ofan
yw
ind
ow.
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certainw
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may
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overth
etask
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tton(S
creensh
ot3).
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ably
the
most
fancy
feature
that
Microsoft
used
form
arketing
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dow
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lip.
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robab
lyh
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it.U
seS
creensh
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susp
icions.
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it“T
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tinu
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ush
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until
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win
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ant
isin
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front.
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choice.
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can’t
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reou
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hich
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file
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esu
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tim
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you
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ave
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ugh
ase
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pu
ter,
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AUGUST
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7420.
DECEMBER
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you
rein
stal
lh
im.
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efo
x
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ere’
sa
new
up
dat
eou
tfo
rF
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ta
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and
wan
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kn
owif
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mp
lych
oos
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elp→
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kth
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rsio
nnu
mb
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rnet
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vers
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cam
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eto
hit
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isp
lay
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vely
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eryo
uw
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sed
edge
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ose
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few
sim
ple
opti
ons,
17:
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mb
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roso
ftW
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ezi
llio
ns
ofd
ocu
men
tsop
enin
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d?
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ays
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lippy
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letelyan
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gth
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men
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nee
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tou
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erst
and
the
rest
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orke
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eat.
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inst
alle
da
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oth
erp
rogr
ams,
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took
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age
bac
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ard
dri
vein
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r.T
hen
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edth
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ser
cou
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day
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left
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nex
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ead
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ack
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han
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lem
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lain
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eof
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new
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ure
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hen
Iar
rive
d,
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arn
edth
atth
ere
was
aso
un
dp
rob
lem
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h-o
h.
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had
inst
alle
da
new
sou
nd
card
fair
lyre
centl
y(a
nd
the
reas
onis
the
top
icof
anot
her
rant)
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hic
hw
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fam
ous
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bad
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por
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use
rd
emon
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ted
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m,
and
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ter
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ked
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e,b
ut
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nd
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ayto
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eakin
gso
un
ds
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ifit
was
way
too
fast
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hat
led
me
tosu
spec
tF
lash
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ep
rogr
amth
atp
lays
mos
tof
thos
evid
eos,
asth
ecu
lpri
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ied
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erre
boot
ing
and
usi
ng
ad
iffer
ent
bro
wse
r,of
cou
rse)
was
tore
inst
all
Fla
sh.
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atw
asea
sy,
bu
tth
ep
rob
lem
was
just
asb
adas
ever
.W
ed
ida
load
ofgo
ogli
ng
and
cam
eu
pw
ith
not
hin
g.(A
tth
isp
oint,
Ire
aliz
edth
attw
op
eop
lele
sste
chn
ical
than
us
mig
ht
hav
egi
ven
up
.)W
etr
ied
inst
alli
ng
seve
ral
dri
vers
and
pac
kage
sth
atot
her
peo
ple
said
wor
ked
,b
ut
they
refu
sed
toin
stal
lb
ecau
seth
ey“c
ould
n’t
fin
da
pro
du
ctin
stal
led
”,or
sim
ply
cras
hed
.(T
he
dri
ver
isso
ftw
are
nee
ded
toco
ntr
ola
har
dw
are
dev
ice,
and
pos
sib
lyth
ep
rob
lem
her
e.)
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trie
din
stal
lin
gth
ed
rive
rfo
un
don
the
CD
that
had
ship
ped
wit
hit
,b
ut
itblu
e-sc
reen
ed.
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enI
had
tole
ave
and
pro
mis
edto
com
eb
ack
asso
onas
pos
sib
le.
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ile
Iw
asgo
ne,
Ico
nsi
der
edsw
itch
ing
out
the
sou
nd
card
tose
eif
itw
asth
ep
rob
lem
,b
ut
wh
enI
cam
eb
ack,
the
use
rh
adan
oth
erid
ea.
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ervis
itin
gth
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shw
ebsi
te(t
he
peo
ple
wh
om
ade
the
sou
nd
card
),h
eh
adfo
un
da
dri
ver
list
edas
com
pat
ible
wit
hW
ind
ows
7.T
his
wou
ldn
’th
ave
bee
nod
dex
cep
tfo
rth
efa
ctth
atw
hen
we
had
look
edtw
od
ays
bef
ore,
ther
eh
adn
otb
een
any
dri
vers
orsu
pp
ort
orev
ena
men
tion
ofth
ep
rod
uct
onth
ew
ebsi
te.
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dow
nlo
aded
and
inst
alle
dit
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d,
won
der
ofal
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ers,
itw
orke
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eek
late
r(k
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ood
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ere
hav
eb
een
no
mor
ep
rob
lem
s.B
ut
ifso
meo
ne
thin
ks
an
ovic
eu
ser
isca
pab
leof
doi
ng
som
eth
ing
like
that
un
as-
sist
ed,
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ant
tota
lkto
them
.N
atu
rall
y,th
atw
ill
only
hap
pen
ona
smal
lp
erce
nta
geof
inst
alla
tion
s,b
ut
ifit
does
and
you
hav
en
obod
yto
hel
pyo
u,
you
’re
ina
majo
rja
m.
21:
Ten
Ways
toK
eep
Your
Pass
-w
ord
sSafe
We
all
kn
owth
atot
her
peo
ple
stea
lin
gyo
ur
pas
swor
ds
isb
ad,
bec
ause
then
they
can
get
into
you
rst
uff
and
do
all
sort
sof
bad
stu
ff.
Bu
tm
any
peo
ple
do
thin
gsth
atca
nge
tth
eir
pas
swor
ds
stol
enev
ery
day
,b
ecau
seth
eyd
on’t
bel
ieve
that
som
ethin
gb
adw
ill
hap
pen
toth
em,
bec
ause
they
’re
too
lazy
,or
bec
ause
they
don
’tre
aliz
ew
hat
they
’re
doi
ng.
(Iap
olog
ize
for
sou
nd
ing
like
a3-
year
-old
wh
ile
tryin
gto
gen
eral
ize.
)In
this
not
e,I
wil
lex
pla
inso
me
ofth
ew
ays
peo
ple
can
get
you
rp
assw
ord
asw
ell
asso
me
tip
sfo
rh
owto
pre
vent
it.
No
com
pu
ter
syst
em,
no
mat
ter
how
secu
re,
can
resi
stat
tack
ind
efin
itel
y.T
her
eis
alw
ays
som
ew
ayto
bre
akth
ese
curi
ty.
Th
ego
al,
then
,of
secu
rity
,is
sim
ply
tosl
owd
own
atta
cker
sso
mu
chth
atth
em
ethod
ofb
reak
-in
isim
pra
ctic
alor
they
give
up
and
mov
eon
toan
easi
erta
rget
.If
you
rco
mp
ute
rlo
oks
wel
l-se
cure
d,
un
less
crac
kers
hav
ea
very
good
reas
onto
targ
etyo
uin
par
ticu
lar,
they
’re
like
lyto
mov
eon
.F
irst
ofal
l,d
on’t
forg
etth
atyo
ur
pas
swor
ds
shou
ldid
eall
yal
lbe
diff
eren
t,or
atle
ast
som
eof
them
shou
ldb
ed
iffer
ent.
1.
Giv
ing
som
eon
eyou
rp
ass
word
Itse
ems
stu
pid
that
In
eed
toin
clu
de
this
,b
ut
peo
ple
do
itqu
ite
ab
it.
Are
you
shar
ing
any
kin
dof
acco
unt
wit
hso
meo
ne?
You
just
gave
them
you
rp
assw
ord
.S
aved
ap
assw
ord
inyo
ur
bro
wse
ron
ash
ared
com
pu
ter?
You
just
gave
them
you
rp
assw
ord
.(A
nd
not
only
can
they
log
onth
ere,
they
can
also
fin
dw
hat
pas
swor
dis
stor
edan
dw
rite
itd
own
for
use
late
r.)
An
dp
lenty
ofp
eop
lesh
are
thei
rp
assw
ord
sw
ith
oth
ers
soth
eyca
nea
sily
log
on.
Now
I’m
not
sayin
gth
atsh
arin
gp
assw
ord
sis
inh
eren
tly
bad
,ju
stth
at
79
23:
Insta
lling
Win
dow
s
Microsoft
and
man
yp
eople
onth
eW
ebare
claimin
gth
atW
ind
ows
cann
owb
ein
stalledby
an
ovice
comp
uter
user.
After
installin
gon
my
comp
uter,
Ith
ough
tth
atin
stallationh
adcertain
lycom
ea
long
way.
Bu
tafter
my
exp
erience
help
ing
anoth
eru
serin
stallon
his
comp
uter,
Ib
egto
diff
er.O
ur
plan
was
tob
acku
pevery
thin
g,take
some
Win
dow
ssettin
gsw
ithW
ind
ows
Easy
Tran
sfer(a
program
form
ovin
gsettin
gsan
dfi
lesto
an
ewor
freshly
installed
comp
uter),
wip
eth
ehard
drive,
and
createtw
op
artitions:
one
ford
ataan
don
efor
the
system
files.
Fairly
stand
ardp
roced
ure.
(For
those
ofyou
wh
od
on’t
kn
ow,a
partition
isju
sta
sectionon
ah
ardd
riveth
atap
pears
asa
separate
drive,
allowin
gyou
to,in
effect,
split
one
physical
drive
into
mu
ltiple
drives.)
So
we
backed
up
,p
ut
the
CD
inth
ed
rive,restarted
,an
dgot
into
the
partition
er.W
eset
thin
gsu
pas
plan
ned
,th
enm
ovedon
with
the
installation
,w
hich
was
amazin
glysim
ple,
elegant,
and
fast.T
hen
we
gotin
toW
ind
ows
forth
efi
rsttim
eafter
waitin
gab
out
20m
in-
utes
forcop
yin
gfi
les.It
looked
greatu
ntil
Irealized
that
we
had
selectedth
ed
atap
artitionas
the
system
partition
and
vice
versa(on
ew
assign
ifican
tlylarger
than
the
other).
Oh
,w
ell,h
aven’t
don
em
uch
yet,so
just
re-install.
Bu
tit
wou
ldhave
been
nice
ifth
ein
stallerh
adb
eenclearer,
becau
seon
ceyou
’red
one
partition
ing,
youw
ould
natu
rallyh
it“N
ext”
inth
ein
staller.T
he
only
hin
tth
atit
wasn
’tqu
iteso
simp
lew
asth
etitle,
“Select
the
drive
youw
ant
toin
stallW
ind
ows
on,”
ind
icating
that
the
entry
youh
adselected
wh
enyou
hit
Nex
tw
ould
selectth
esy
stemd
rive.It
wou
ldh
aveb
eenm
uch
better
toop
ena
second
dialog
box
ifyou
wan
tedto
mod
ifyth
ep
artitions,
and
not
prov
ide
aw
ayto
chan
gep
artitions
fromth
eselection
win
dow
.M
i-n
orb
add
esignth
ere;a
nov
iceu
serw
ould
prob
ably
not
have
chan
gedth
ep
artitiontab
le,th
ough
,an
dth
us
wou
ldn
oth
aveh
itth
isp
roblem
,so
Ican
’treally
citeth
isas
part
ofm
yargu
men
t.O
nce
this
worked
,w
eop
ened
Registry
Ed
itoran
dtold
itto
pu
tth
e
93
8021.
TEN
WAYSTO
KEEPYOUR
PASSWORDSSAFE
youn
eedto
be
cautiou
s.E
veryp
ersonth
atkn
ows
ap
assword
mu
ltiplies
the
riskof
hav
ing
itstolen
orso
cial-engin
eered(m
oreon
that
later).Ju
stb
ecause
youtru
stsom
eone
comp
letelyd
oesn
’tm
eanth
atth
eyw
illkeep
your
passw
ordw
ithth
em
ostcare
possib
le.If
youn
eedto
share
your
passw
ordw
ithsom
eone,
make
sure
youkn
owfor
sure
that
they
will
not
write
itd
own
orsave
itan
dth
atth
eyare
smart
abou
tso
cialen
gineerin
g.If
forsom
ereason
youn
eedto
share
ap
assword
with
someon
eyou
don
’tkn
owm
uch
abou
t,you
canalw
ays
chan
geyou
rp
assword
temp
orarilyan
dth
ench
ange
itb
acklater.
2.
Sh
ou
lder
surfi
ng
Alth
ough
itsou
nd
slike
one
ofth
osestu
pid
thin
gsp
eople
tryto
do
atro
ckcon
certs,it’s
almost
un
dou
bted
lyth
eold
estan
dm
ostlow
-techw
ayto
steala
passw
ord.
All
youh
aveto
do
isget
beh
ind
someon
ean
dw
atchth
emen
terth
eirp
assword
.S
ince
passw
ords
were
develop
ed,
loginscreen
sh
aveh
idd
enth
ety
ped
characters
inp
assword
field
sfrom
view
tom
akesh
ould
ersu
rfin
gm
uch
more
diffi
cult.
How
ever,som
eone
wh
ogets
luck
y,h
assh
arpeyes,
ortries
mu
ltiple
times
will
have
afairly
good
chan
ceof
getting
your
passw
ordby
look
ing
atth
ekey
board
.S
ince
most
peop
leu
seth
esam
ep
assword
mu
ltiple
times
(hey,
evenm
e,an
dI’m
writin
gab
out
security
here),
stealing
one
passw
ordw
illallow
them
toget
into
mu
ltiple
accounts.
(An
dby
the
way,
this
prob
lemisn
’tlim
itedto
comp
uter
termin
als;you
shou
ldalw
ays
coverth
eP
INp
adw
ithyou
rh
and
wh
enen
tering
nu
mb
ersat
anA
TM
orstore
checkou
t.B
esides
the
chan
ceof
someon
ew
alkin
gb
ehin
dyou
and
spottin
gyou
rnu
mb
er,crackers
have
been
kn
own
top
lacecam
erasaim
edat
the
PIN
pad
sto
catchu
nw
aryu
sers.)O
bviou
sly,if
your
comp
uter
isp
lacedin
aclosed
room
,it’s
going
tob
ep
rettyh
ardfor
someon
eto
sneak
inb
ehin
dyou
and
shou
lder-su
rfyou
rp
assword
with
out
youn
oticing.
How
ever,b
ecarefu
lif
youin
vite
someon
eyou
don
’ttru
stin
toth
isarea;
shou
lder
surfi
ng
ison
eof
the
thin
gsp
eople
tend
not
toth
ink
abou
t.If
your
comp
uter
iseasily
visib
le,esp
eciallyin
acrow
ded
and
noisy
area,you
have
am
uch
bigger
prob
lem.
Not
only
areyou
lesslikely
ton
oticesom
eone
sneak
ing
up
beh
ind
you,
peop
lew
illalso
feelm
uch
more
confi
den
tan
dare
more
likelyto
tryto
stealyou
rp
assword
.T
here
area
fewth
ings
youcan
do
totry
top
revent
your
passw
ordfrom
bein
gsh
ould
er-surfed
.T
here
aretw
op
artsto
successfu
llystealin
ga
pass-
9222.
INPUT
METHODS
81
wor
din
this
man
ner
,se
eing
the
pas
swor
dan
dre
mem
ber
ing
the
pas
swor
du
nti
lyo
uge
ta
chan
ceto
wri
teit
dow
n.
You
can
do
qu
ite
ab
itto
hel
pin
bot
har
eas.
Fir
stof
all,
the
mor
eco
mp
lica
ted
and
non
sen
sica
lth
ep
assw
ord
is,
the
less
like
lyso
meo
ne
isto
rem
emb
erit
.A
lso,
itw
ill
be
mu
chh
ard
erto
see
wh
atis
bei
ng
ente
red
.A
pas
swor
dli
ke“p
assw
ord
”h
asa
pat
tern
that
wil
lb
eea
sily
reco
gniz
ed,
bu
ta
pas
swor
dli
ke“e
58fl
c”is
very
un
like
lyto
be
“rea
d”
corr
ectl
y,an
dev
enm
ore
un
like
lyto
be
rem
emb
ered
.A
lso,
avoi
dlo
ng
stri
ngs
ofco
nti
guou
sor
rep
eati
ng
lett
ers,
like
“qw
erty
”or
“ad
adad
ad.”
Ev-
eryo
ne
can
easi
lysp
otth
ese.
Sec
ondly
,le
arn
toty
pe
you
rp
assw
ord
asfa
stas
pos
sib
le.
Ifyo
uh
itth
eke
ys
sofa
stth
atn
obod
yca
nse
ew
hat
you
’re
typ
-in
g,yo
u’r
eau
tom
atic
ally
safe
.T
hir
dly
,le
arn
toto
uch
-typ
e.It
wil
lim
pro
veyo
ur
over
all
com
pu
tin
gex
per
ien
cetr
emen
dou
sly,
and
itm
ight
take
aw
hil
eto
figu
reou
t,b
ut
it’s
tota
lly
wor
thit
.F
orse
curi
ty,
not
only
are
you
able
toty
pe
you
rp
assw
ord
mu
chfa
ster
,yo
ur
fin
gers
also
cove
rth
eke
yb
oard
wit
hou
tan
yeff
ort.
Fin
ally
,if
you
’re
ina
hig
h-r
isk
envir
onm
ent
(op
enar
ea,
crow
ded
,n
oisy
,p
ub
lic)
,lo
okb
ehin
dyo
ub
efor
eyo
uen
ter
imp
orta
nt
pas
swor
ds.
Al-
thou
ghit
seem
sp
aran
oid
,yo
um
ight
even
con
sider
gett
ing
am
onit
orm
irro
r,w
hic
hcl
ips
onto
you
rm
onit
oran
dsh
ows
you
wh
at’s
beh
ind
you
(see
http:
//www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/2940/).
Not
only
wil
lit
allo
wyo
uto
catc
hsh
ould
ersu
rfer
sin
the
act
and
kn
oww
hen
som
eon
eh
asst
olen
you
rp
assw
ord
and
you
nee
dto
chan
geit
,cr
acke
rsar
eal
sofa
rm
ore
like
lyto
mov
eon
toan
easi
erta
rget
.
3.
Searc
han
dyou
wil
lfi
nd
...
Man
yp
eop
leh
ave
diffi
cult
yre
mem
ber
ing
pas
swor
ds,
soth
eyw
rite
them
dow
non
stic
ky
not
esan
dth
row
them
ind
esk
dra
wer
sor
stic
kth
emto
the
mon
itor
.E
nte
rpri
sin
gcr
acke
rsca
nea
sily
fin
dth
ese
not
esan
d..
.voi
la,
they
hav
ea
vali
dp
assw
ord
.T
his
one’
sea
syto
com
bat
—d
on’t
wri
teyo
ur
pas
swor
dd
own
.N
ever
wri
teyo
ur
pas
swor
dd
own
.N
ever
,ev
erw
rite
you
rp
assw
ord
dow
n.
Per
iod
.B
yw
riti
ng
dow
nyo
ur
pas
swor
d,
you
wor
kag
ain
stth
ew
hol
eid
eaof
ap
assw
ord
.If
you
mu
stsa
vep
assw
ord
sin
you
rb
row
ser,
mak
esu
reth
ey’r
en
otim
por
tant,
and
mak
esu
reyo
ur
com
pu
ter
requ
ires
alo
gin
pas
swor
dw
hil
eyo
u’r
eaw
ayfr
omit
(e.g
.lo
ckth
ew
orkst
atio
n,
mak
esc
reen
save
rre
qu
ire
pas
swor
daf
ter
itkic
ks
in,
log
off,
etc.
)If
you
hav
etr
oub
lere
mem
ber
ing
you
rp
assw
ord
s,co
nsi
der
usi
ng
ap
ass-
wor
dm
anag
er(s
eehttp://keepass.info/).
Ap
assw
ord
man
ager
stor
esal
l
91
before
decid
ing
wh
atI’m
going
tow
rite,th
enin
pu
tit.
Ifth
ecom
pu
teris
just
tryin
gto
turn
my
thou
ghts
into
word
s,w
illit
just
place
rand
omw
ords
that
aregoin
gth
rough
my
min
don
the
screen?
Will
itkn
oww
hen
I’mju
stp
aused
tocollect
my
thou
ghts
and
enter
comp
letelyu
nrelated
thin
gs?A
lso,w
e’reu
sedto
hav
ing
tod
osom
ethin
gto
have
someth
ing
hap
pen
.It
wou
ldn
otb
ea
particu
larlyeasy
transition
.P
eople
migh
ttu
rnaw
ayto
do
someth
ing
elsean
dn
otrealize
that
they
had
n’t
turn
edit
offan
dstran
gestu
ffw
ould
be
hap
pen
ing
onth
ecom
pu
ter.P
erhap
sh
avin
gsom
esort
ofd
um
my
dev
icew
ould
be
help
ful
(say,a
mou
seth
atd
idn
’td
oan
yth
ing).
Wou
ldyou
be
able
toreliab
lyth
ink
abou
tw
here
youw
anted
the
mou
sep
ointer,
and
once
again,
wou
ldit
be
able
totell
the
diff
erence
betw
eencon
siderin
gan
dactu
allyw
antin
gto
clicksom
ewh
ere?
Con
clusio
n
I’msu
reth
ereare
man
yoth
erth
ings
youcan
thin
kof;
these
were
just
my
first
thou
ghts.
Feel
freeto
add
your
thou
ghts
by
clickin
gon
the
“Com
men
ts”lin
k;
ifth
ere’ssom
ethin
ggo
od
,I
may
add
itto
here.
An
dby
the
way,
Inoticed
that
Ih
aveoveru
sedsem
icolons
inth
iscon
clusion
;th
eyare
qu
iteu
seful,
thou
gh.
8221.
TEN
WAYSTO
KEEPYOUR
PASSWORDSSAFE
your
passw
ords
securely
soyou
only
have
torem
emb
eron
e(stron
g)m
asterp
assword
orp
lug
ina
flash
drive
and
un
lock
allyou
rp
assword
s.A
ftera
timeou
t,w
hen
youlog
out
orlo
ckth
efi
le(w
hen
youleave
the
comp
uter,
hop
efully
),or
wh
enyou
remove
your
flash
drive,
the
file
that
storesyou
rp
assword
isu
nload
edan
db
ecomes
inaccessib
le.T
his
will
alsoallow
youto
more
easilyu
sestron
geran
dd
ifferen
tp
assword
s.
4.
Secu
rityvu
lnera
bilitie
s
No
program
ofan
ysign
ifican
tsize
issafe
fromb
ugs.
Matter
offact,
no
pro-
gramis
safefrom
bu
gs.S
oit
follows
logicallyth
atm
ostm
ajor
program
sh
ave,at
some
poin
t,su
ffered
fromsecu
rityvu
lnerab
ilities.T
his
isn
ota
prob
lemin
itself;th
ep
roblem
isth
atp
eople
oftenfail
top
atchth
esevu
lnerab
ilitiesin
atim
elym
ann
er.N
earlyall
security
holes
arep
atched
well
before
they
aresu
ccessfully
exp
loited,
soas
long
asyou
pay
attention
,you
have
verylittle
tow
orryab
out.
Interm
sof
passw
ords,
there
arerelatively
fewex
ploits
ofth
issort,
bu
tit’s
alway
sa
good
idea
tokeep
everyth
ing
up
tod
ate.M
akesu
reau
tomatic
check
-for-u
pd
atesfeatu
resare
turn
edon
,u
pd
ateto
the
latestversion
sof
program
sp
eriod
ically,an
dkeep
alo
okout
foran
yp
ub
lished
security
advisories.
5.
Data
base
crack
ing
Datab
asecrack
ing
ison
eof
the
most
dan
gerous
threats
tod
ay.In
datab
asecrack
ing
(wh
ichisn
’tan
official
nam
e,b
ut
itw
orks,
and
Id
on’t
thin
kth
ereis
anoffi
cialn
ame),
acracker
orgrou
pof
crackersb
reaks
into
alarge
datab
asekep
tby
acom
pan
yon
asecu
reserver
and
stealsall
the
inform
ationon
it,w
hich
canb
ew
orthhu
geam
ounts
ofm
oney.
Datab
asecrack
ing
ism
orecom
mon
lytalked
abou
tin
terms
ofid
entity
theft,
bu
tit
isalso
aneasy
way
tosteal
emails,
passw
ords
(they
arepart
ofyou
rid
entity,
afterall),
and
more.
Un
fortun
ately,th
ere’svery
littleyou
cand
oab
out
datab
asecrack
ing;
youju
sth
aveto
trust
that
everyone
yougive
your
inform
ationto
will
do
their
best
tokeep
itsecu
re.
6.
Gu
ess
the
passw
ord
Sin
ceto
om
any
peop
leu
sesim
ple
passw
ords,
acracker
has
adecen
tch
ance
ofb
eing
able
tosit
dow
nin
front
ofa
comp
uter
orlogin
page
and
guess
the
9022.
INPUT
METHODS
wor
dyo
uw
ant
tod
elet
eth
anto
des
crib
ew
her
eit
islo
cate
don
the
pag
e.R
evis
ing
lon
gd
ocu
men
tsco
uld
pot
enti
ally
take
hou
rsju
stb
ecau
sesi
mp
leta
sks
like
scro
llin
gan
dd
elet
ing
wor
ds
requ
ire
lon
g,m
ult
i-p
art
com
man
ds.
An
dfi
nal
ly,
our
voic
esd
on’t
like
talk
ing
for
lon
gp
erio
ds
ofti
me.
Ju
stas
peo
ple
tod
ayhu
rtth
eir
wri
sts
and
fin
gers
from
typ
ing
too
mu
ch,
wor
kers
wh
ota
lked
for
eigh
th
ours
ad
ayw
ith
out
stop
pin
gw
ould
n’t
be
very
hap
py
abou
th
owth
eyfe
ltaf
terw
ard
s.
Op
tion
3:
Tou
chp
ad
s/G
rap
hic
sT
ab
lets
Tou
chp
ads
are
thos
ean
noy
ing
tiny
litt
leth
ings
you
see
onla
pto
ps.
Gra
ph
ics
tab
lets
are
bas
ical
lyb
igto
uch
pad
sth
atyo
uu
sew
ith
ap
en.
Eit
her
way
,yo
up
oint
atan
abso
lute
loca
tion
onth
esc
reen
,ra
ther
than
mov
eth
ep
ointe
rre
lati
veto
its
curr
ent
pos
itio
nli
keyo
ud
oon
am
ouse
.If
you
’re
con
fuse
d,
thin
kab
out
how
you
can
pic
kth
em
ouse
up
and
mov
eit
toth
eot
her
sid
eof
the
keyb
oard
and
the
poi
nte
rw
ill
stay
inth
esa
me
spot
.T
hat
’sre
lati
ve,
bec
ause
you
rm
ovem
ent
ofth
em
ouse
mov
esth
ep
ointe
rre
lati
veto
its
orig
inal
loca
tion
.In
contr
ast,
inab
solu
telo
cati
on,
tap
pin
gin
the
up
per
-lef
tco
rner
ofth
ep
adw
ill
alw
ays
mov
eth
ep
ointe
rto
the
up
per
-lef
tco
rner
ofth
esc
reen
.H
itti
ng
inth
em
idd
lew
illal
way
sm
ove
toth
em
idd
leof
the
scre
en,
rega
rdle
ssof
wh
ere
the
poi
nte
rw
asb
efor
e.B
asic
ally
,to
uch
pad
soff
erm
any
mor
eop
tion
sth
ana
mou
se,
bec
ause
you
can
man
ipu
late
them
wit
hm
ore
than
one
fin
ger
ata
tim
e,p
rovid
edth
ep
adan
dso
ftw
are
sup
por
tsm
ult
i-to
uch
.S
ome
con
cep
tsh
ave
take
nth
isto
the
nex
tle
vel
(see
http://10gui.com/).
Th
eyal
som
ayoff
erb
ette
rer
gon
omic
s.
Op
tion
4:
Th
inkin
g
Itca
n’t
pos
sib
lygo
mai
nst
ream
anyti
me
soon
,b
ut
bei
ng
able
tom
anip
ula
teyo
ur
com
pute
rsi
mp
lyby
thin
kin
gce
rtai
nly
offer
sa
lot
ofp
ossi
bil
itie
s.F
irst
ofal
l,it
com
ple
tely
elim
inat
esth
eis
sue
we’
veal
way
sh
adb
efor
eof
som
ehow
tran
sfer
rin
gw
hat
you
’re
thin
kin
gin
toa
physi
cal
med
ium
sow
hat
you
’re
doi
ng
can
be
trac
ked.
Sec
ond
,al
lth
ep
rob
lem
sth
athav
eb
een
dis
cuss
edea
rlie
rar
eso
lved
:yo
ud
on’t
hav
eto
reac
han
yw
her
e,it
’ssi
lent,
and
you
don
’tev
enh
ave
tom
ove.
Th
ere
are
afe
wp
rob
lem
sI
can
thin
kof
,th
ough
.F
irst
ofal
l,th
ere
has
tob
eso
me
way
tod
isti
ngu
ish
bet
wee
nw
hat
you
’re
con
sider
ing
and
wh
atyo
uac
tual
lyw
ant
tod
o.If
I’m
typ
ing
oru
sin
gvo
ice
reco
gnit
ion
,I
can
thin
k
83
pas
swor
dw
ith
ina
few
min
ute
s,es
pec
iall
yif
he
orsh
ekn
ows
the
per
son.
To
com
bat
this
,yo
ush
ould
mak
esu
reyo
ur
pas
swor
dm
eets
all
ofth
efo
llow
ing
guid
elin
es:
�D
oes
not
incl
ud
eyo
ur
use
rnam
eor
any
par
tof
you
ru
sern
ame
�D
oes
not
incl
ud
eyo
ur
real
nam
e,b
irth
dat
e,ad
dre
ss,
ph
one
nu
mb
er,
emai
lad
dre
ss,
etc.
�D
oes
not
incl
ud
ean
yp
erso
nal
info
rmat
ion
that
cou
ldb
eea
sily
obta
ined
by
acr
acke
r;in
clu
des
any
info
rmat
ion
you
hav
eev
erp
oste
don
the
Inte
rnet
�Is
not
ap
hra
seli
ke“p
assw
ord
”ty
ped
wit
hyo
ur
han
ds
shif
ted.
�Is
not
any
ofth
ep
assw
ord
sor
sim
ilar
toan
yof
the
pas
swor
ds
onth
e“T
op50
0W
orst
Pas
swor
ds
ofA
llT
ime”
list
athttp://www.whatsmypass.
com/the-top-500-worst-passwords-of-all-time.
�In
clu
des
atle
ast
8ch
arac
ters
,th
em
ore
the
bet
ter.
�A
lso
see
the
“Dic
tion
ary
Att
ack”
sect
ion
for
mor
egu
idel
ines
.
7.
Dic
tion
ary
att
ack
Ad
icti
onar
yat
tack
isb
asic
ally
ah
igh
-tec
hve
rsio
nof
gues
sin
gth
ep
assw
ord
.In
ad
icti
onar
yat
tack
,a
crac
ker
run
sa
pro
gram
call
eda
dic
tion
ary
crac
ker
onth
elo
gin
scre
enth
eyw
ant
toge
tth
ep
assw
ord
from
.T
he
dic
tion
ary
crac
ker
com
esw
ith
ad
icti
onar
yfi
leco
nta
inin
gth
em
ost
com
mon
pas
swor
ds.
Th
ecr
acke
rp
rogr
amw
ill
try
each
pas
swor
du
nti
lit
run
sou
tof
pas
swor
ds,
itge
tslo
cked
out
for
too
man
yin
corr
ect
pas
swor
dat
tem
pts
,or
itgu
esse
sth
ep
assw
ord
corr
ectl
y,in
wh
ich
case
itw
ill
stop
and
tell
the
crac
ker
wh
atth
ep
assw
ord
was
.T
op
rote
ctyo
urs
elf
from
dic
tion
ary
atta
cks,
mak
esu
reyo
ur
pas
swor
dm
eets
the
foll
owin
ggu
idel
ines
:
�Is
not
any
ofth
ep
assw
ord
sor
sim
ilar
toan
yof
the
pas
swor
ds
onth
e“T
op50
0W
orst
Pas
swor
ds
ofA
llT
ime”
list
athttp://www.whatsmypass.
com/the-top-500-worst-passwords-of-all-time.
89
neck
tolo
okd
own
.E
ither
way,
there’s
that
nasty
prob
lemof
blo
ckin
gyou
rview
ofth
escreen
with
your
fin
gers.
Op
tion
2:
Voice
Reco
gn
ition
Voice
recognition
seems
likea
greatid
eaon
the
surface.
You
don
’th
aveto
learnto
typ
eor
use
am
ouse,
and
youcan
just
tellth
ecom
pu
terw
hat
tod
oin
stead.
You
caneasily
dictate
docu
men
ts,to
o,an
dm
ostp
eople
cansp
eakfaster
than
they
canty
pe,
soth
atw
orks
better.
Inreality,
it’sn
otth
atgreat.
First
ofall,
voicerecogn
itionon
lyh
asa
stated99%
accuracy,
and
inm
any
cases,it’s
ab
itless
than
that.
Th
eerrors
aren
otin
tolerable,
bu
tth
eyare
certainly
ann
oyin
g.In
actuality,
the
nu
mb
erof
errorsis
lessth
anm
ostp
eople
make
wh
ilety
pin
g,b
ut
typ
ing
errorscan
be
correctedin
lessth
ana
second
by
fastty
pists.
Voice
errorstake
alon
gtim
eto
fix;
youeith
erh
aveto
reachfor
the
keyb
oardan
dfi
xit
orgo
throu
ghth
elab
orious
pro
cessof
scrolling
toth
ew
ordan
dread
ing
itou
tto
be
selected(an
dif
itd
oesn
’trecogn
izeth
atw
ord,
youm
ight
have
ah
ardtim
eselectin
git)
and
then
hop
eth
atit
recognizes
the
word
the
second
time
aroun
d.
Most
good
packages
can“learn
”an
dth
us
have
lesserrors
overtim
e,b
ut
our
voicesare
socom
plex
that
acom
pu
terh
asa
hard
time
un
derstan
din
gw
hat
wou
ldb
esim
ple
tou
s.H
owever,
ifw
ed
ecided
voicerecogn
itionw
asth
ew
ayto
go,w
ecou
ldw
orkh
ardon
the
techn
ologyan
dgreatly
imp
roveth
eaccu
racy,w
hich
isgettin
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atoth
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rogramor
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allth
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teredin
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throu
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akesu
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esy
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etween
the
keyb
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dth
ecom
pu
ter).
10.
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len
gin
eerin
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Social
engin
eering
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security
contex
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simp
lyth
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rocess
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ein
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ationor
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ocial
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person
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ut
there’s
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reasonw
hy
itcan
not
be.
On
eof
the
reasons
why
itis
sosu
ccessful
isth
at,in
man
ycases,
itis
not
actually
acrim
e,so
evenif
the
attackeris
caugh
t,th
eycan
not
be
arrested.
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ep
ersonh
asch
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giveth
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formation
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all.
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ome
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teri
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How
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eto
scre
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enth
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san
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live
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ut
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man
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dp
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art
toge
tre
ally
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ted
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key
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enty
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ould
typ
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abou
ton
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arte
rof
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spee
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wis
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ost
typ
ists
sim
ply
acce
pt
the
fact
that
they
wil
lm
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rsan
dsi
mp
lyb
acksp
ace
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eth
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uh
adto
nev
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wro
ng
bu
tton
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uw
ould
hav
eto
hol
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ur
han
dst
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yan
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iple
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bef
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clic
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tto
do
som
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not
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un
don
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me
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arra
nte
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ost
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eti
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ght
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ance
bet
wee
nsp
eed
and
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rren
tly,
mos
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and
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seto
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kw
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ter.
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ew
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ight
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tion
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ake
ple
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nse
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leve
ls,
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ouch
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lace
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esc
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rsor
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esth
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tto
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fin
gers
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esc
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and
pin
chit
bas
edon
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way
you
wan
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go(a
ssu
min
gyo
ur
scre
ensu
pp
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mu
lti-
tou
ch).
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fort
un
atel
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nve
nti
onal
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ch-s
cree
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e-ca
use
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reac
hw
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tin
fron
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you
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seth
em.
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uw
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lve
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by
pla
cin
gth
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ur
des
k,
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you
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eto
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inyo
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pro
tect
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ffr
omso
cial
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nee
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g,yo
ush
ould
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awar
eof
the
fact
that
itis
like
lyth
atso
meo
ne
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oit
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uat
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ep
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stof
all,
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ergi
veyo
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pas
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ne
else
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ern
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ash
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nge
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tsto
get
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lth
enan
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eor
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tyo
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ete
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lim
med
iate
ly,
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por
tit
toth
eor
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ion
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inal
ly,
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meo
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you
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for-
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.If
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uto
take
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ne,
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ther
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tly
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tely
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tes
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rite
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lly
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acke
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tem
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rit
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etin
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pan
yor
foll
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pas
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all.F
urth
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hen
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someth
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tyou
have
left-click,
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dzillion
sm
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tions
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oose
from.
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dsom
etimes
youd
on’t
actually
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ethin
g.W
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ltiple
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min
ute.
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ep
roblem
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more
yearsof
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g,I
have
barely
imp
rovedat
all,b
ecause
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adalread
ynearly
reached
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gerscou
ldgo.
Th
isis
am
ajor
limit
toty
pin
g,b
ut
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will
talkab
out
later,it
stillh
ascertain
features
that
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other
curren
ttech
nology
canoff
er.W
e(an
dI
amoften
guilty
ofth
is)freq
uen
tlytalk
abou
tb
eing
able
toin
pu
tor
write
someth
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“asfast
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canth
ink.”
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dit’s
true
that
youcan
only
thin
kso
fast.F
orin
stance,
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gth
issen
tence,
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ped
typ
ing
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fewsecon
ds
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my
thou
ghts
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abou
tw
here
this
post
was
going.
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tw
hen
youget
ath
ough
tab
out
someth
ing
you’re
tryin
gto
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stilllim
itedby
the
speed
that
youcan
typ
eit.
For
that
matter,
the
same
thin
gh
app
ens
wh
ensp
eakin
g.It’s
just
that
itseem
sm
uch
more
natu
ralfor
some
reason,
and
that
we’ve
someh
owtrain
ed
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back
.O
fcou
rse,in
the
mean
time
your
may
have
been
read,
inform
ationstolen
fromit,
and
deleted
,b
ut
atleast
youh
aveyou
raccou
nt
back
.If
youth
ink
any
other
passw
ords
may
have
been
comp
romised
by
this
account
bein
gtaken
over,go
chan
geth
emto
o.
Con
clusio
n
Ih
ope
toh
avein
clud
edm
ostof
the
way
sth
atp
assword
sget
taken.
Read
it,m
akesu
reyou
followall
the
guid
elines,
fix
afew
thin
gsif
youhaven
’t,th
engo
onw
ithyou
rlife
kn
owin
gyou
’reth
atm
uch
more
secure
than
other
peop
le.R
emem
ber:
Th
ere’sn
ow
ayto
stopth
ecrackers,
only
slowth
emd
own
and
hop
efor
the
best.
110
28.
SIM
CIT
Y,RANDOM
FAILURES,AND
THECOREI7
test
),si
nce
itw
asn
’tm
akin
gth
eu
sual
soun
ds
itd
idri
ght
bef
ore
itw
ent
toth
eb
oot
men
u.
On
lyp
rob
lem
was
that
Ico
uld
n’t
see
wh
ere
itfa
iled
,si
nce
the
mon
itor
was
n’t
wor
kin
g.A
nd
the
oh-s
o-u
nh
elp
ful
mot
her
boa
rd(w
hic
hca
me
inth
eH
Psy
stem
Ib
ough
ta
cou
ple
ofye
ars
bac
k)
did
n’t
mak
ean
yer
ror
bee
ps
orh
ave
any
hel
pfu
lli
ghts
tote
llm
ew
hat
the
pro
ble
mm
ight
be.
Id
idso
me
goog
lin
g,an
dfo
un
dso
meo
ne
wh
osu
gges
ted
Iu
np
lug
the
com
pu
ter,
hol
dth
ep
ower
bu
tton
for
30se
con
ds,
and
plu
git
bac
kin
.W
orth
ash
ot,
Isu
pp
ose.
Su
rpri
se,
surp
rise
,it
did
n’t
wor
k.
Ire
mov
edth
ebat
tery
that
hol
ds
the
sett
ings
and
test
edit
,an
dth
eb
atte
ryte
ster
said
itw
aslo
w.
Isu
pp
ose
it’s
wor
tha
try,
righ
t?S
oI
bou
ght
an
ewb
atte
ry.
Gu
ess
wh
at?
Th
eb
atte
ryte
ster
said
itw
aslo
w.
Gu
ess
the
bat
tery
test
er’s
bro
ken
too
(or
atle
ast
can
’tm
easu
reth
atty
pe
ofb
atte
rypro
per
ly).
Nat
ura
lly,
the
new
bat
tery
did
n’t
fix
anyth
ing.
Ist
arte
dta
kin
gou
tR
AM
,u
np
lugg
ing
the
sou
nd
card
and
har
dd
rive
s,an
dm
ore,
tryin
gto
isol
ate
the
sou
rce
ofth
ep
rob
lem
.T
he
sam
eth
ing
kep
th
app
enin
g.I
was
abso
lute
lyst
um
ped
.D
efea
ted
,I
call
edth
eB
est
Bu
yG
eek
Squ
ad,an
dth
eyto
ldm
eth
eyw
ould
look
atth
esy
stem
for
free
.S
oI
dra
gged
itov
er(g
etti
ng
envio
us
look
san
dex
clam
atio
ns
ofh
owla
rge
my
case
was
from
emp
loye
es),
and
had
them
look
atit
.T
hey
swap
ped
out
the
grap
hic
sca
rdan
dhad
no
mor
elu
ckth
anI
had
.T
he
fin
alre
por
tw
asth
atm
ym
oth
erb
oard
was
pro
bab
lyb
ad.
Th
atw
asw
hat
my
assu
mp
tion
had
bee
n,
too,
bu
tI
had
n’t
real
lyw
ante
dto
adm
itit
.W
ith
not
hin
gel
sele
ftto
do,
Iw
ent
hom
ean
dor
der
eda
new
one.
Hav
ing
afa
iram
ount
ofm
oney
sitt
ing
arou
nd
,I
dec
ided
that
Im
ight
asw
ell
mak
eth
eb
est
ofit
and
bu
yan
up
grad
eth
atw
ould
last
me
aw
hil
e,so
Ib
ough
t6
giga
byte
sof
RA
M,
aC
ore
i7p
roce
ssor
,an
da
mot
her
boa
rd.
Th
eto
tal
bil
lw
asa
som
ewh
atp
ain
ful$7
20.
Wh
enit
cam
eto
day
,I
spen
tth
ree
hou
rsor
socr
ackin
gth
eca
seop
enan
din
stal
lin
gth
est
uff
.I
had
nev
erin
stal
led
ap
roce
ssor
bef
ore,
and
I’m
not
sure
Id
idsu
cha
grea
tjo
bat
app
lyin
gth
eth
erm
algr
ease
(wh
ich
goes
bet
wee
nth
ep
roce
ssor
and
the
hea
tsin
k),
asit
seem
sto
be
idli
ng
ata
fair
lyh
igh
44d
egre
esC
elsi
us.
(Ise
tan
alar
mto
not
ify
me
ifth
ete
mp
erat
ure
bre
aks
60d
egre
es,
soI
kn
owit
’sst
arti
ng
toh
eat
up
and
Im
ight
nee
dto
fix
this
.)N
ever
thel
ess,
my
new
setu
pju
stfl
ies.
Iin
stal
led
acl
ean
copy
ofW
ind
ows
(an
dex
per
ien
ced
inex
pli
cab
lefr
eeze
sd
uri
ng
the
star
tof
the
inst
alla
tion
),an
dth
ere
are
har
dly
any
del
ays.
Iac
tual
lyfe
elli
keI
shou
ldb
ety
pin
gan
dm
ousi
ng
fast
erto
com
pen
sate
!I
inst
alle
dS
imC
ity
4.O
nm
yla
rges
tci
ty(w
hic
hI
had
nea
rly
stop
ped
pla
yin
gb
ecau
seof
the
ann
oyin
gfr
ame
rate
and
24:
Pers
onalIn
form
ati
on
on
the
Inte
rnet
Th
eam
ount
ofin
form
atio
nyo
uca
nge
ton
the
Inte
rnet
abou
tso
meo
ne
issc
ary.
So,
just
for
fun
,I
dec
ided
tose
eh
owm
uch
info
rmat
ion
abou
tm
yse
lfI
cou
ldge
tu
sin
gn
oth
ing
bu
tG
oog
lean
dm
yn
ame.
Ih
oped
toat
leas
tco
me
up
wit
hm
yn
ame
and
add
ress
.S
oI
star
ted
by
Goog
lin
g“s
oren
bjo
rnst
ad”.
Fir
stu
pw
ere
two
Tw
itte
rp
ages
,b
ut
they
wer
ed
ead
end
s.N
oth
ing
bu
tsc
reen
nam
ean
dst
atu
su
pd
ates
.N
ext
was
aF
amil
yL
inks
pag
e.T
hat
’sb
ette
r:n
ames
offa
mil
ym
emb
ers
and
ali
nk
tom
yw
ebp
age.
Th
esi
telo
oked
ab
itb
roke
,b
ut
Ifo
und
anem
ail,
and
bet
ter
yet,
the
dom
ain
nam
e.I
vis
ited
wh
ois.
com
,ra
na
dat
abas
elo
oku
p,
and
wh
atd
ayak
now
,th
ere’
sm
yp
hon
enu
mb
er,
add
ress
,ci
ty,
stat
e,an
dco
untr
y.W
hil
eyo
uca
nh
ave
you
rin
form
atio
nre
mov
edfr
omth
eW
HO
ISli
stin
g(f
ora
fee,
ofco
urs
e),
Id
on’t
feel
that
one
shou
ldb
eal
low
edto
hid
eon
e’s
info
rmat
ion
ifru
nn
ing
aw
ebsi
te,
soI
nat
ura
lly
don
’td
oit
.O
fco
urs
e,th
isw
ould
only
be
avai
lab
leif
you
hap
pen
toh
ave
aw
ebsi
te.
So
bac
kto
Goog
leto
keep
look
ing,
pre
ten
din
gI
only
hav
eth
en
ame
stil
l.O
h,
look
—I
was
inS
cien
ceO
lym
pia
dat
Ben
Fra
nkli
nM
idd
leSch
ool
in20
08.
Oh
,lo
ok—
Fac
ebook
.B
ut
un
less
I’m
afr
ien
dof
myse
lfan
dlo
gged
in,
Ica
n’t
acce
ssan
yth
ing
bu
ta
pic
ture
that
bar
ely
look
sli
kem
ean
dan
unre
late
dco
mm
ent.
Bu
t,th
ere
are
som
en
ames
offr
ien
ds
that
mig
ht
be
able
tote
llm
eso
met
hin
gif
Ilo
oked
them
up
.O
nto
the
seco
nd
pag
e.H
ere’
san
obit
uar
y,w
ith
nam
esof
fam
ily
mem
ber
sth
atI
mig
ht
be
able
tolo
oku
pan
d/o
rca
llto
get
mor
ein
form
atio
nfr
om.
Oh
,lo
ok—
Ip
lay
vio
lin
too,
inth
eB
enja
min
Fra
nkli
nM
idd
leS
chool
orch
estr
a.O
oh,
Ip
laye
dvio
lin
ata
con
cert
inM
un
ster
too.
Th
ere’
sm
ygr
ade,
and
my
city
,if
Ih
adn
’tgo
tten
that
alre
ady.
An
dth
enI’
mkin
dof
stu
ck,
soI
try
pu
ttin
gin
oth
erin
form
atio
nI
hav
ew
ith
my
nam
eto
dra
gu
p
95
28:
Sim
City
,R
andom
Failu
res,
and
the
Core
i7
Th
esed
on’t
seemto
gotogeth
er,d
oth
ey?
Infact,
ifyou
thin
kth
etitle
makes
sense,
you’re
lyin
g,crazy,
oryou
’veb
eenfollow
ing
wh
atI’ve
been
doin
gth
ep
astcou
ple
ofd
ays.
Every
thin
gstarted
wh
enI
woke
up
onM
ond
ay,m
yfi
rstd
ayof
sprin
gb
reak.
Islep
tu
ntil
abou
t8:30,
woke
up
,an
dfi
gured
I’dch
eckm
yem
ailan
dm
ayb
eread
the
new
sb
eforeb
reakfast.
Iw
alkedover
tom
ycom
pu
ter,w
hich
was
instan
dby,
hit
the
pow
erb
utton
,an
d...n
othin
gcam
eu
p.
Th
efan
sstarted
,b
ut
the
mon
itorstayed
inp
ower-save.
Th
inkin
gn
othin
gof
it,I
rebooted
.G
uess
wh
at?T
he
mon
itorstill
stayedin
pow
er-savem
od
e.O
kay,su
pp
oseth
em
onitor’s
bad
.O
rm
ayb
eth
ecab
le;th
elast
time
the
screenw
asall
green,
Iu
nration
allysu
spected
the
graph
icscard
and
bou
ght
an
ewon
eb
eforeI
realizedth
ecab
leh
add
ied.
Bu
tm
ysecon
dm
onitor
wasn
’tp
ickin
gth
esign
alu
peith
er.S
oI
walked
dow
nth
estairs,
grabb
edou
r21-in
chT
V,
wh
ichh
asa
stand
ardcom
puter
inp
ut,
lugged
itu
p,
and
plu
ggedit
in.
Pow
erb
ackon
.N
othin
g.I
startedth
inkin
g,“H
mm
,w
hat
have
Ich
anged
that
migh
th
avecau
sedth
is?”T
hin
gis,
Ih
adn
’tin
stalledor
chan
gedan
yth
ing.
Ih
adrecen
tlyin
-stalled
asou
nd
card,
bu
tth
atw
asab
out
aw
eekb
efore,an
dit
had
worked
flaw
lesslyu
pu
ntil
then
.N
o,it
seemed
top
oint
toward
some
sortof
rand
omh
ardw
arefailu
re.I
guess
the
graph
icscard
has
tob
eb
ad,
right?
Pu
llou
tth
egrap
hics
cardan
dp
lug
into
the
graph
icsb
uilt
into
the
moth
erboard
.N
olu
ckth
ereeith
er.M
ayb
eth
esettin
gsare
stillset
tou
seth
en
onex
istant
graph
icscard
?R
esetth
eB
IOS
settings.
No
luck
.T
he
comp
uter
did
n’t
seemto
be
PO
ST
ing
(passin
gth
ep
ower-on
self
109
9624.
PERSONALIN
FORMATIO
NON
THEIN
TERNET
more
specifi
cstu
ff,
bu
tn
olu
ck.
At
this
poin
t,th
ough
,I
have
man
yoth
ern
ames.
Ch
ances
areth
atif
Ilo
okth
emu
p,
I’llget
some
contact
inform
ation,
and
Ican
prob
ably
trickon
eof
them
into
givin
gm
e,say,
my
orp
hon
enu
mb
er(p
erhap
sI
have
anop
portu
nity
form
eto
play
violin
forsom
ethin
g,or
top
articipate
inS
cience
Oly
mp
iadcam
p).
(Id
idn
’ttry
that,
since
itw
ould
taketim
e,an
dI
did
n’t
feellike
pu
rposefu
llyfo
oling
peop
leI
kn
ew,
plu
sth
erew
ould
be
ap
rettygo
od
chan
ceth
eyw
ould
recognize
my
voice).L
et’stry
that.
With
my
ph
one
nu
mb
er(w
hich
won
’tb
eto
oh
ardto
get)I
typ
eit
into
Google,
and
—huh
,th
ere’sm
yad
dress
and
paren
ts’n
ames.
Ish
ould
alsom
ention
that,
not
hav
ing
any
major
legald
ocu
men
tationyet,
my
nam
ed
oesn
’tap
pear
inm
any
directories.
Try
searchin
gon
yourself.
Itm
ayb
erath
eren
lighten
ing.
108
27.
CONCEPT
IDEA:THEPHONECONTROLSYSTEM
25:
Tech
Supp
ort
Let
’sfa
ceit
:W
eal
lkn
owth
atte
chsu
pp
ort
inth
isd
ayan
dag
eis
hor
rib
le.
You
hav
eto
wai
tfo
rag
esto
actu
ally
talk
toso
meo
ne,
only
tob
ep
ut
onh
old
agai
nb
ecau
seth
efi
rst
per
son
wh
oan
swer
sca
n’t
do
anyth
ing
mor
eth
ante
llyo
uto
rest
art
(eve
nif
the
pro
ble
mis
that
you
rco
mp
ute
rw
on’t
rest
art)
.Y
ouca
nof
ten
bar
ely
un
der
stan
dth
ep
erso
nw
ho’
ssu
pp
osed
tob
ehel
pin
gyo
u,
and
they
mos
tli
kely
hav
eh
adal
mos
tn
otr
ain
ing.
Aft
eran
hou
rof
this
,yo
uof
ten
get
told
toca
llso
meo
ne
else
.O
non
em
emor
able
occ
asio
n,
Iw
aite
don
hol
dfo
r45
min
ute
san
dth
enth
esy
stem
hu
ng
up
onm
e.W
hat
’sw
ith
this
?P
lenty
ofp
eop
leI’
veta
lked
tosa
yth
atye
ars
ago,
wh
enco
mp
ute
rsw
ere
stil
ln
otto
oco
mm
on,
you
cou
ldca
llte
chsu
pp
ort
and
imm
edia
tely
get
peo
ple
wh
okn
eww
hat
they
wer
eta
lkin
gab
out
and
exac
tly
wh
atn
eed
edto
be
don
e.In
real
ity,
Ith
ink
use
rsar
ep
artl
yto
bla
me
for
call
ing
abou
tis
sues
they
cou
ldre
solv
eth
emse
lves
,m
akin
gca
llce
nte
rsm
ore
read
yfo
rth
ose
typ
esof
call
s.M
ost
exp
erie
nce
du
sers
call
only
asa
last
reso
rt,
bec
ause
they
kn
owth
atth
ey’r
ego
ing
toh
ave
tod
eal
wit
hth
is,
only
tob
em
etw
ith
anh
our
ofre
doi
ng
stu
ffth
ey’v
eal
read
yd
one.
Mor
eto
bla
me,
thou
gh,
are
the
ven
dor
s,w
ho
can
save
mon
eyby
assi
gnin
gca
lls
top
eop
lew
ho
kn
own
oth
ing
abou
tth
ep
rod
uct
.In
fact
,I
dou
bt
that
itre
ally
hel
ps
mu
ch,
bec
ause
itju
stle
ads
tom
ore
un
sati
sfied
cust
omer
san
dm
ore
tim
esp
ent
onth
eca
lls.
Ina
cou
ntr
yw
her
ew
eca
ngo
bac
kto
the
stor
ean
dre
turn
alm
ost
anyth
ing
wit
hn
oqu
esti
ons
aske
d,
amI
the
only
one
wh
oth
inks
this
isab
surd
?I
don
’tev
enca
reto
cou
nt
how
man
yh
ours
I’ve
spen
tta
lkin
gon
the
ph
one
wit
hp
eop
lew
ho
ofte
nd
on’t
reso
lve
my
pro
ble
m,
bu
tit
mu
stb
eat
leas
tth
irty
.R
ecen
tly,
som
eon
eI
kn
owb
ough
ta
new
com
pu
ter,
only
tofi
nd
that
the
sou
nd
card
had
akn
own
pro
ble
m.
We
wer
etr
yin
gto
copy
aca
sset
teta
pe
toth
eco
mp
ute
r,an
dw
ew
eren
’tsu
reex
actl
yw
hat
we
cou
ldd
o,b
ut
dec
ided
toca
llsu
pp
ort
inth
eh
opes
ofh
avin
ga
wor
kin
gso
un
dca
rdse
nt
to
97
107
already
exist.
Th
esim
plest
way,
therefore,
toget
any
such
system
tow
orkw
ould
be
tosim
ply
inclu
de
the
necessary
software
and
logicon
allnew
ph
ones,
and
aftersom
ep
eriod
oftim
e(say,
7years),
allp
hon
esth
atw
erep
urch
asedb
eforeth
attim
ew
ould
simp
lycease
tow
ork(after
suffi
cient
warn
ing
fromth
ep
rovid
er,of
course),
and
the
restof
the
system
could
be
imp
lemen
ted.
Poin
t7:
Con
clusio
n
Natu
rally,I
have
no
leveragew
hatso
everto
getsom
ethin
glike
this
work
ing.
It’sa
veryam
bitiou
scon
cept,
and
Ih
avesevere
dou
bts
that
our
society
will
welcom
ean
yth
ing
liketh
is.M
ayb
eyou
don
’tagree
with
me
onall
the
poin
ts;m
ayb
eyou
don
’teven
agreeth
atsom
ethin
glike
this
isn
ecessary.T
he
thin
gto
remem
ber
isth
ath
avin
gp
hon
esrin
ging
du
ring
perform
ances
and
atoth
erin
app
ropriate
times
isex
tremely
ann
oyin
g,an
dth
atp
eople
have
aten
den
cyto
tryto
use
ph
ones
wh
enit
isn
otreason
able
tod
oso.
Ifw
ecan
’ttru
stp
eople
totake
careof
this
them
selves(an
dit
seems
that
we
can’t,
fromth
ep
astfew
years),I
seen
ooth
erreal
solution
than
toim
plem
ent
some
kin
dof
control.
Id
on’t
eventru
stm
yself
toalw
ays
turn
offm
yp
hon
eat
the
right
times
(and
I’mw
riting
this)—
more
than
once,
I’ved
iscoveredI’ve
leftm
yp
hon
eon
du
ring
school,
oran
equ
allyb
adtim
e.
9825.
TECH
SUPPORT
us.
After
exp
lainin
gth
ep
roblem
,th
erep
had
us
dow
nload
software
that
leth
eraccess
the
comp
uter
remotely,
then
pro
ceeded
toch
eckth
atth
evolu
me
was
up
.A
fterth
is,w
egot
transferred
no
lessth
anfou
rtim
es,often
with
out
doin
gm
oreth
anex
plain
ing
the
issue.
Th
eb
estp
art,h
owever,
was
wh
enon
eof
the
reps
said,
“Well,
ifyou
wan
tto
hear
soun
dfrom
your
tape
recorder,
yoush
ould
just
hook
itu
pto
the
speakers.”
Th
en
ext
day,
we
gotb
ackon
the
ph
one,
and
afteran
other
two
hou
rsof
bein
gtran
sferred,
and
atim
ew
hen
we
were
onh
oldan
dth
eyw
ered
oing
thin
gsrem
otelyon
the
comp
uter
with
out
our
consen
t,w
efi
nally
gaveu
p,
wen
tto
Best
Bu
y,an
db
ough
ta
new
soun
dcard
,w
hich
worked
perfectly.
Bu
tafterw
ards,
Irealized
that
we
actually
kn
ewm
oreth
antech
sup
port,
afterju
sta
littleb
itof
exp
erimen
ting
and
searchin
gG
oogle.
It’sju
stp
athetic,
and
wh
ata
waste
offou
rh
ours.
An
other
time
that
was
evenw
orsew
asw
hen
Ib
ough
ta
new
comp
uter
in2005.
Itw
asan
HP
(ab
rand
which
Ih
avesin
ced
ecided
toavoid
ifth
ereis
aneasy
choice),
and
atfi
rst,it
feltgreat,
comin
gfrom
aW
ind
ows
ME
comp
uter
with
a900M
hz
Pen
tium
and
64MB
ofR
AM
.B
ut
afterab
out
am
onth
,I
startedto
notice
weird
thin
gs:th
ecom
pu
terreb
ooted
rand
omly
with
Blu
eS
creens
ofD
eath,
Igot
messages
(relatedto
that)
that
said“T
he
system
has
recoveredfrom
aseriou
serror”
onstartu
p,
the
Nu
mL
ock
keyw
asn’t
work
ing
right,
and
wh
enI
pu
tp
rograms
full-screen
,th
escreen
wou
ldgo
black
wh
enI
exited
,an
dI
wou
ldh
aveto
pu
tit
instan
dby
mod
ean
dcom
eou
tagain
tofi
xit.
Icalled
techsu
pp
orta
fewtim
esab
out
this,
and
non
eof
itactu
allyw
orked.
Fin
allyI
gotsick
ofth
efu
ll-screenp
roblem
,an
dafter
Ih
adcalled
abou
tsom
ethin
gelse,
wh
enth
erep
asked,
“Isth
erean
yth
ing
elsew
ecan
help
youw
ithto
day
?”,I
toldh
imab
out
that
prob
lem.
Iw
astold
that
it“w
asa
prob
lemw
ithth
eop
erating
system
”an
dth
atI
wou
ldh
aveto
reinstall
Win
dow
s.S
oI
did
.H
owever,
once
itw
asd
one,
the
prob
lems
were
worse
than
before.
Itried
comp
letelyreform
atting
the
hard
drive
and
reinstallin
gagain
,an
dh
adn
om
orelu
ck.
So
Icalled
again,
and
,after
abou
tan
hou
ran
da
half,
fin
allym
ade
itto
someon
ew
ho
agreedto
letm
esh
ipit
infor
repair.
Wh
enit
came
back
fromrep
air,I
was
toldth
atth
eyh
adfou
nd
ap
roblem
with
the
real-time
clock
and
that
ith
adb
eenfi
xed
.N
ope,
same
errors,an
dto
add
insu
ltto
inju
ry,th
esy
stemd
idn
’ttu
rnon
,an
dw
eh
adto
actually
tape
the
pow
erw
iressom
ewh
ereto
getit
totu
rnon
(Isu
spect
itw
asa
loose
conn
ection).
Ih
adit
sent
infor
repair
again,
and
they
replaced
the
hard
drive.
Sam
eerrors.
Fin
allyth
eysh
ipp
edou
ta
comp
letelyn
ewsy
stem.
It
106
27.
CONCEPT
IDEA:THEPHONECONTROLSYSTEM
–T
he
mod
ew
ould
rem
ain
inu
nre
stri
cted
unti
lan
adm
inis
trat
orre
vie
wed
itan
dre
set
the
mod
e.
Poin
t4:
Contr
ol
Box
Th
eco
ntr
olb
oxw
ould
be
loca
ted
ina
pu
bli
c,ea
sily
acce
ssib
lep
lace
.O
na
dis
pla
yat
the
fron
tof
the
contr
olb
ox,
anyo
ne
wou
ldb
eab
leto
see
the
area
the
zon
eex
ten
ded
toan
dth
em
od
eth
ear
eaw
ascu
rren
tly
in.
An
adm
inis
trat
orco
uld
also
log
infr
omth
eco
ntr
olb
oxto
chan
gese
ttin
gs,
the
mod
e,an
dre
vie
wlo
gsan
dem
erge
ncy
even
ts.
Log
gin
gin
wou
ldre
qu
ire
ake
yan
da
pas
scode,
toav
oid
anyb
od
ym
essi
ng
wit
hit
.T
he
contr
olb
oxw
ould
also
log
any
fail
edlo
gin
s.
Poin
t5:
Tech
nic
al
Asp
ect
s
Set
tin
gu
pa
syst
emth
atco
uld
contr
olph
one
use
effec
tive
lyw
ould
be
fair
lyco
mp
lica
ted
,b
ut
could
be
acco
mp
lish
edby
hav
ing
ph
ones
list
enfo
rsi
gnal
sfr
omco
ntr
olb
oxes
.T
he
sign
alw
ould
stat
eth
ecu
rren
tzo
ne
the
syst
emw
asin
,an
dw
ould
imm
edia
tely
cau
seth
eir
resp
ecti
veeff
ects
onth
ep
hon
ew
hen
rece
ived
.A
lso,
all
com
mu
nic
atio
ns
wou
ldb
ein
terc
epte
dby
the
contr
olb
ox,
and
pro
vid
edth
atth
eyw
eren
’tfr
oma
ban
ned
ph
one,
sent
onto
the
tow
er.
To
low
erth
ech
ance
ofp
hon
es’re
stri
ctio
ns
bei
ng
crac
ked
and
bro
ken
,it
cou
ldb
em
ade
sim
ply
ille
gal
toow
nsu
cha
ph
one.
Th
eref
ore,
anyo
ne
cau
ght
usi
ng
ap
hon
eb
reak
ing
rest
rict
ion
sw
ould
be
auto
mat
ical
lyp
ointe
dou
tas
guil
ty.
Inad
dit
ion
,co
ntr
olb
oxes
cou
ldb
ese
tu
pto
blo
ckal
lco
mm
un
icat
ion
sfr
oma
ph
one
(ban
the
phon
e)th
ath
adb
een
cau
ght
bre
akin
gth
ere
stri
ctio
ns.
As
extr
ad
efen
seag
ain
stth
is,co
ntr
olb
oxes
cou
ldlo
gev
ents
that
occ
urr
edon
the
ph
one,
such
asa
rin
gton
eso
un
din
g.(P
erh
aps
that
’sa
litt
leb
itov
erb
oard
,as
itco
uld
be
seen
asan
inva
sion
ofp
riva
cy;
itco
uld
also
pos
sib
lyb
esp
oof
edby
hav
ing
one’
scr
acke
dp
hon
efi
rmw
are
sen
din
corr
ect
mes
sage
sto
the
log.
Ifth
esy
stem
real
lyw
orke
d,
anyo
ne
wh
ose
ph
one
wen
toff
invio
lati
onof
rest
rict
ion
sm
ight
be
soun
acce
pte
dby
soci
ety
that
som
eon
ew
ould
rep
ort
them
anyw
ay.)
Poin
t6:
Setu
p
Of
cou
rse,
ph
ones
can
’tb
em
ade
tore
spon
dto
thes
esi
gnal
sou
tof
the
blu
e,n
orca
nm
ysu
gges
ted
emer
gen
cysw
itch
be
reas
onab
lyad
ded
top
hon
esth
at
99
only
had
the
full
-scr
een
pro
ble
m,
soI
dec
ided
just
tod
eal
wit
hit
.It
wor
ked
fin
eaf
ter
that
unti
lab
out
aye
arla
ter,
wh
enit
com
ple
tely
cras
hed
.I
trie
dto
inst
all
Win
dow
san
d,
afte
ra
few
con
fusi
ng
dia
log
box
eson
firs
tst
artu
p,
end
edu
pat
asc
reen
tell
ing
me
toin
pu
ta
lice
nse
key,
wh
ich
Id
idn
’th
ave.
Th
esy
stem
was
out
ofw
arra
nty
,b
ut
Ica
lled
anyw
ayan
dth
eyag
reed
toh
elp
.W
ere
form
atte
dth
eh
ard
dri
veye
tag
ain
(th
efo
urt
hti
me
inth
eco
mp
ute
r’s
life
tim
e),
and
itw
orke
d,
alth
ough
the
full
-scr
een
erro
rw
asst
ill
ther
e.A
bou
ta
year
and
ah
alf
late
r,I
bou
ght
an
ewco
mp
ute
r(a
nH
P,
bec
ause
the
spec
sw
ere
too
good
top
ass
up
for
the
pri
ce).
On
lyre
centl
y,I
man
aged
toge
tri
dof
the
Vis
tain
stal
lati
onth
ath
adgo
tten
sosc
rew
edu
pth
atit
took
over
ten
min
ute
sto
boot
,tw
oto
shu
td
own
(so
that
Iu
sual
lyju
sth
itth
ere
set
bu
tton
),an
da
few
seco
nd
sto
swit
chp
rogr
ams.
Th
isin
stal
lati
onh
adon
lyb
een
onfo
ra
year
,an
dit
’sn
otli
keI
had
bee
nab
usi
ng
it.
Th
ere
was
also
the
tim
eth
ata
har
dd
rive
Ih
adb
ough
t(i
tw
asla
bel
ed“C
erti
fied
Rep
aire
d”,
wh
ich
mea
nt
ith
adb
roke
nin
the
pas
t,so
Iw
ason
lyu
sin
git
for
bac
ku
p)
com
ple
tely
bro
kew
ith
inth
est
ingy
180
day
war
ranty
per
iod
.I
call
edth
esu
pp
ort
nu
mb
er(w
hic
hby
the
way
,w
asa
lon
gd
ista
nce
call
for
me)
,w
aite
don
hol
db
urn
ing
mon
eyfo
rte
nm
inu
tes,
and
even
tual
lyw
asto
ldth
ata
retu
rnre
qu
est
had
bee
nap
pro
ved
alre
ady.
Tu
rns
out
Ih
adal
read
ysu
bm
itte
don
eso
me
mon
ths
pre
vio
usl
yfo
ran
issu
eth
ath
adb
een
my
fau
lt,
and
was
nev
ern
otifi
edth
atit
had
bee
nap
pro
ved
.W
hat
bad
serv
ice.
Th
ere
are,
fort
un
atel
y,a
few
succ
ess
stor
ies,
like
the
tim
eI
dea
ltw
ith
ab
ran
d-n
ewco
mp
ute
rth
ath
ada
CD
bu
rner
that
was
mak
ing
an
oise
like
aje
ten
gin
e.A
fter
abou
tfi
ftee
nm
inu
tes,
we
wer
eto
ldth
ata
tech
wou
ldb
eco
min
gto
the
hou
seth
en
ext
day
tore
pla
ceth
ed
rive
,w
hic
hw
orke
dp
erfe
ctly
.I
hav
ea
feel
ing
that
com
pu
ter
stor
esw
ith
sup
por
tse
rvic
esar
ego
ing
tob
ege
ttin
ga
lot
mor
eb
usi
nes
sif
this
keep
su
p.
Peo
ple
just
don
’th
ave
tim
eto
dea
lw
ith
this
sort
ofth
ing,
and
they
are
wil
lin
gto
pay
ifth
eir
com
pu
ter
wor
ks
agai
nin
aco
up
leof
hou
rsw
ith
out
any
mor
ew
ork
than
dri
vin
gth
eir
syst
ema
cou
ple
ofm
iles
.O
ne
stat
isti
cI
hav
ere
adst
ated
that
20%
ofal
lco
mp
ute
rsar
ere
turn
ed.
Now
wh
atd
oes
that
mea
n?
Wh
enyo
ure
turn
som
eth
ing,
you
eith
erd
isco
vere
dyo
ud
idn
’tw
ant
itor
nee
dit
,it
was
bro
ken
,or
you
cou
ldn
’tge
tit
tow
ork
and
gave
up
.P
eop
led
on’t
mak
ep
urc
has
esli
keco
mp
ute
rsw
ith
out
kn
owin
gth
atth
eyre
ally
wan
tth
em,
and
the
oth
ertw
ob
oth
mea
nb
adre
liab
ilit
yan
db
adte
chsu
pp
ort.
Aft
erm
yex
per
ien
ces,
I’ve
dec
ided
that
I’m
not
goin
gto
bu
yan
oth
erd
eskto
pfr
oma
man
ufa
ctu
rer
agai
n.
I’m
mor
eth
anw
illi
ng
top
ut
one
to-
105
intestin
gen
viron
men
ts.F
orin
stance,
wh
enI
recently
wen
tto
taketh
eS
AT
,p
eople
were
discou
ragedfrom
brin
ging
ph
ones
in,
and
anyon
ew
hose
ph
one
wen
toff
du
ring
the
testw
ould
be
dism
issedan
dh
aveth
eirscores
canceled
.F
orm
e,I
need
edm
yp
hon
eto
callfor
arid
eh
ome
wh
enth
etest
was
don
e,so
Iresorted
torem
ovin
gth
eb
atteryan
dp
lacing
both
the
battery
and
the
ph
one
inm
yb
ag.H
avin
gth
ism
od
ew
ould
remove
the
prob
lemcom
pletely.
Poin
t3:
Em
erg
en
cyU
se
Ican
just
seeth
ep
eople
wh
oare
opp
osedto
this
sortof
control
going,
“Bu
tw
hat
ifth
ere’san
emergen
cy?”
�A
nem
ergency
switch
wou
ldb
elo
catedin
side
the
battery
comp
art-m
ent
ofeach
ph
one
(top
revent
acciden
tallytriggerin
git).
Tu
rnin
gth
esw
itchw
ould
allowth
ep
hon
eto
pass
throu
ghth
ecom
mu
nication
san
dp
hon
eb
locked
mod
es(after
answ
ering
aqu
estionon
the
screenas
extra
confi
rmation
).T
op
revent
abu
se,th
ep
hon
ew
ould
imm
ediately
and
autom
aticallycon
nect
youto
911.
�T
he
control
box
,w
hich
wou
ldb
elo
catedin
ap
ub
licp
lace,w
ould
have
anem
ergency
leverth
atw
ould
call911
and
activateem
ergency
mod
e.
�E
mergen
cym
od
ew
ould
be
triggeredby
turn
ing
the
switch
onon
e’sp
hon
eor
by
pu
lling
the
leverth
atw
ould
be
situated
onth
econ
trolb
ox.
Em
ergency
mod
ew
ould
have
the
followin
geff
ects:
–T
he
mod
ew
ould
imm
ediately
be
setto
un
restricted,allow
ing
any-
one
tom
akean
ycalls.
Ifth
em
od
ew
astriggered
froma
ph
one,
the
control
box
wou
ldalso
sub
mit
anem
ergency
call.
–W
hatever
dev
icetriggered
the
mod
ew
ould
be
conn
ectedto
911.
–A
neven
tw
ould
be
loggedon
the
control
box
stating
wh
atd
evice
triggeredit,
totrack
dow
np
eople
setting
offfalse
alarms.
–A
nalarm
wou
ldsou
nd
onan
yone’s
ph
one
wh
oh
adb
eenb
locked
fromsw
itchin
git
onw
ithin
the
past
fewm
inu
tes,allow
ing
them
tom
akean
yim
portan
tcalls
they
had
been
tryin
gto
make.
Am
essagestatin
gth
atan
emergen
cym
od
eh
adb
eentriggered
wou
ldalso
app
earon
the
control
box
.
10025.
TECH
SUPPORT
gether
myself
tosave
afew
dollars,
and
I’dm
uch
prefer
tokn
owth
atw
hat
doesn
’tw
orkis
my
fault
and
figu
reit
out
myself,
especially
since
I’mfairly
confi
den
tin
my
ability
tod
oit
right.
104
27.
CONCEPT
IDEA:THEPHONECONTROLSYSTEM
Poin
t2:
Contr
ol
Levels
�L
evel
0:
Un
rest
rict
ed—
cell
ph
ones
wou
ldw
ork
nor
mal
lyas
ifth
eyw
ere
outs
ide
any
contr
olzo
ne.
�L
evel1
:S
ilen
ced
—If
sou
nd
leve
lwas
abov
evib
rate
,th
ele
velw
ould
au-
tom
atic
ally
be
low
ered
tovib
rate
onan
yp
hon
esth
atw
ere
on.
(Lea
vin
gth
ear
eaw
ould
rest
ore
the
pre
vio
us
sett
ing.
)In
com
ing
call
sco
uld
be
rece
ived
,b
ut
answ
erin
gth
eca
llan
dp
laci
ng
call
sw
ould
be
pro
hib
ited
.A
ttem
pti
ng
top
lace
oran
swer
aca
llw
ould
give
am
essa
gein
stru
ctin
gth
eu
ser
wh
ere
togo
inor
der
tota
lk.
Tex
tm
essa
gin
gan
din
tern
etu
sew
ould
be
allo
wed
,al
thou
ghth
eb
ackli
ght
leve
lw
ould
be
low
ered
tom
inim
ize
dis
trac
tion
tosu
rrou
nd
ing
peo
ple
inth
ed
ark.
Th
isw
ould
be
ago
od
mod
eto
use
inm
any
pu
bli
cp
lace
s,li
keco
nce
rts
and
mov
ieth
eate
rs,
bec
ause
itw
ould
allo
wp
eop
leto
be
not
ified
ofim
por
tant
call
san
dev
ents
(bec
ause
,le
t’s
face
it,
ther
ear
eso
me
tim
esw
hen
bei
ng
inco
nta
ctca
nac
tual
lyb
eim
por
tant)
,b
ut
not
dis
trac
tot
her
s.
�L
evel
2:
Com
mu
nic
atio
ns
Blo
cked
—C
alli
ng,
text
mes
sagi
ng,
inte
rnet
use
,an
dan
yot
her
acti
vit
ies
that
use
da
cell
ph
one
sign
alw
ould
be
blo
cked
,as
ifth
ere
was
no
sign
alav
aila
ble
.O
nce
agai
n,
atte
mp
tin
gto
do
one
ofth
ese
thin
gsw
ould
trig
ger
am
essa
gep
ointi
ng
the
use
rto
anu
nre
stri
cted
area
.T
he
cam
era,
cale
nd
ar,
calc
ula
tor,
som
eiP
hon
eap
ps,
etc.
,w
ould
be
un
affec
ted
.
�L
evel
3:
Com
mu
nic
atio
ns+
Cam
era
Blo
cked
—T
op
reve
nt
rem
oval
ofim
por
tant
info
rmat
ion
(lik
ep
ictu
res
ofte
sts)
from
the
area
,th
eca
mer
aw
ould
also
not
wor
k.
Att
emp
tin
gto
use
the
cam
era
wou
ldtr
igge
ra
mes
sage
stat
ing
that
no
ph
otog
rap
hy
was
per
mit
ted
inth
ear
ea.
(Al-
thou
ghon
eco
uld
bri
ng
ina
ded
icat
edca
mer
ato
byp
ass
this
rest
rict
ion
,so
meo
ne
usi
ng
anac
tual
cam
era
wou
ldb
eea
sily
spot
ted
.)T
his
wou
ldp
rob
ably
be
ago
od
leve
lfo
rsc
hool
s,so
that
stu
den
tsco
uld
use
tool
sth
atw
ould
be
app
rop
riat
efo
rac
adem
icu
se,
bu
tn
otb
eab
leto
use
ph
ones
toch
eat
orta
lkto
frie
nd
s.
�L
evel
4:
Cel
lP
hon
eB
lock
ed—
Any
cell
ph
ones
that
wer
eon
up
onen
teri
ng
the
area
wou
ldtu
rnoff
.A
ttem
pti
ng
totu
rnon
the
ph
one
wou
ldre
sult
ina
mes
sage
dir
ecti
ng
the
use
rto
mov
eto
anu
nre
stri
cted
area
tou
seh
isp
hon
e.T
his
wou
ldb
ea
good
mod
eto
use
,fo
rin
stan
ce,
26:
Com
ple
xte
chnolo
gy..
.bett
er?
At
my
old
sch
ool
,th
ead
min
istr
atio
non
ceh
ada
bri
llia
nt
idea
.A
llth
ecl
ock
sw
ere
freq
uen
tly
un
syn
chro
niz
ed,
and
sop
eop
led
idn
’tkn
oww
hat
tim
eth
eb
ell
was
actu
ally
goin
gto
rin
g.S
oth
eyd
ecid
edto
bu
yat
omic
clock
sfo
rev
ery
room
,n
atu
rall
yas
sum
ing
that
such
clock
sw
ould
alw
ays
be
righ
t.G
reat
idea
,yo
usa
y?
Not
qu
ite.
Th
eyb
ough
tal
lth
ecl
ock
s,p
ut
them
up
,an
dfo
llow
edth
ed
irec
tion
sto
syn
chro
niz
eth
em.
Un
fort
un
atel
y,th
eti
me
that
they
syn
chro
niz
edto
was
sim
ply
inco
rrec
t.T
hey
ult
imat
ely
had
top
ut
all
the
old
clock
sb
ack
up
and
wer
ele
ftw
ith
ahu
gest
ack
ofn
on-w
orkin
gat
omic
clock
sth
atth
eyap
par
entl
yco
uld
n’t
retu
rn.
Why
isit
that
com
ple
xte
chn
olog
yin
vari
ably
just
does
n’t
wor
kas
wel
l?O
fco
urs
e,th
eea
syan
swer
isth
atth
ere’
ssi
mp
lym
uch
mor
eto
gow
ron
g.B
ut,
even
ifyo
uas
sum
eth
atev
eryth
ing
wor
ks
per
fect
ly,
sim
ple
rst
uff
ten
ds
tow
ork
bet
ter
anyw
ay.
I’ve
trie
dnu
mer
ous
met
hod
sof
keep
ing
cale
nd
ars,
list
s,an
dre
min
din
gm
yse
lfto
do
vari
ous
thin
gs.
Ult
imat
ely,
Ial
way
sfi
nd
som
eth
ing
new
,th
ink
it’s
agr
eat
idea
,an
dth
enI
end
up
mis
sin
gth
ings
anyw
ay.
Th
eon
lym
eth
od
I’ve
fou
nd
that
actu
ally
wor
ks
nea
rly
ever
yti
me
isp
utt
ing
ast
icky
not
eon
my
mon
itor
.W
hy
does
this
wor
k?
Fir
stof
all,
Ilo
okat
the
mon
itor
wh
enev
erI
turn
onm
yco
mp
ute
ran
dw
hil
eI’
mw
orkin
gon
it,
wh
ich
isfa
irly
ofte
n.
Als
o,th
eco
mp
ute
ris
inth
em
idd
leof
my
room
and
ona
des
kw
her
eI
keep
oth
eras
sort
edob
ject
s,so
Ien
du
plo
okin
gat
itan
yw
ay.
Inco
ntr
ast
toa
com
pu
teri
zed
cale
nd
arli
keth
eon
ein
clu
ded
inM
icro
soft
Ou
tlook
,it
sim
ply
wor
ks
bet
ter.
Wit
hO
utl
ook
,m
yco
mp
ute
rm
aym
ake
an
oise
atth
eri
ght
tim
eor
sen
dm
ean
emai
l,b
ut
stic
ky
not
esca
n’t
acci
den
tall
yb
etu
rned
off,
nor
can
ab
ug
pre
vent
them
from
wor
kin
g.T
hey
may
fall
off,
bu
tth
at’s
asm
all
chan
ceco
mp
ared
toth
ep
ossi
bil
ity
ofm
eac
cid
enta
lly
del
etin
gth
eev
ent
orh
avin
gth
ep
rogr
amcl
osed
.B
esid
es,
it’s
mu
chh
ard
erto
mis
sa
stic
ky
not
eth
atis
inyo
ur
lin
eof
sigh
tth
ana
win
dow
bu
ried
und
eryo
ur
60
101
27:
Conce
pt
Idea:
The
Phone
Contro
lSyste
m
Note:
theC
oncept
Ideais
an
ewseries
I’mhopin
gto
startdescribin
gtechn
ol-ogy
Ien
vision.
They
aren
otan
ything
thathas
happened,
nor
isn
ecessarily
going
tohappen
.W
e’veall
exp
erienced
someon
e’scell
ph
one
ringin
gat
anin
conven
ient
time.
Even
more
ann
oyin
gly,p
eople
have
develop
eda
nasty
tend
ency
toign
oreeveryon
earou
nd
them
attim
esw
hen
they
shou
ldb
ep
ayin
gatten
tionan
du
seth
eirp
hon
esin
stead.
Even
more
imp
ortantly,
there
arep
roblem
sw
ithp
eople
comm
un
icating
inform
ationth
atis
sup
posed
tob
ekep
tsecret.
Th
iscan
be
don
eby
text
message,
orby
takin
ga
pictu
re(for
instan
ce,a
stud
ent
send
ing
ap
icture
ofa
testto
his
friend
wh
ois
going
totake
the
testth
en
ext
perio
d).
Som
ep
eople
suggest
jamm
ing
signals
top
revent
peop
lefrom
usin
gth
eirp
hon
esin
certainp
laces,b
ut
this
hard
lyseem
slike
anid
ealsolu
tion.
Som
ethin
gb
etterw
ould
look
liketh
is.
Poin
t1:
Contro
lZ
on
es
Any
institu
tionth
atd
esiredto
pu
trestriction
son
cellp
hon
eu
secou
ldp
ur-
chase
acon
trolb
oxth
atallow
sth
emto
do
so.W
ithth
econ
trolb
ox,
three
other
nod
esw
ould
be
prov
ided
,w
hich
wou
lden
dth
econ
trolledzon
ean
dform
arestricted
-areatrian
gle.T
hese
nod
esw
ould
preven
tan
yrestriction
sb
eyond
the
location
ofth
etrian
gle.W
hen
setting
up
the
zone,
the
peop
leresp
onsib
lew
ould
have
tom
akesu
reth
atth
ezon
ed
idn
otex
tend
beyon
dth
eirow
np
roperty.
(Ifa
confl
ictw
ereto
occu
r,th
erecou
ldb
ean
insp
ectorto
make
peop
lead
just
the
controlled
area.)I
don
’tkn
owex
actlyh
owsu
cha
thin
gcou
ldb
eset
up
,b
ut
this
is,after
all,a
concep
t.
103
10226.
COMPLEX
TECHNOLOGY...B
ETTER?
tabs
ofin
ternet
work
oran
inyou
r150
un
readm
essages.I
have
eventried
my
cellp
hon
e.F
orsom
ep
eople,
this
work
sokay,
bu
tb
esides
the
hassle
ofin
pu
tting
aneven
tu
sing
your
ph
one
keyp
ad,
Id
on’t
alway
sh
avem
ine
with
me.
Wh
enI
goou
t,I
usu
allyd
o,b
ut
it’sfreq
uen
tlytu
rned
offb
ecause
I’min
school
orsom
ethin
gsim
ilar.In
the
rarein
stances
wh
enI
actually
getth
en
otice,I
do,
infact,
remem
ber,
bu
tth
ish
app
ens
sorarely
that
itd
oesn
’tactu
allyh
elp.
All
this
just
goes
tosh
owth
at,d
espite
the
factth
atth
ereare
plen
tyof
comp
lexorgan
izationsy
stems
that
work
,if
youd
osom
ethin
gex
tremely
simple
and
getin
the
hab
itof
look
ing
atit,
you’ll
be
veryw
elloff
.(I
once
reada
storyab
out
ap
rofessional
attend
ing
acon
ference
abou
tcu
tting-ed
gem
obile
techn
ologyw
ho
was
usin
ga
pap
erp
lann
er.)T
his
same
thin
gcam
ein
tom
yh
eadw
hen
we
recently
learned
abou
tth
eaccelerator
issue
incertain
Toyota
cars.If
you’re
readin
gth
isfar
inth
efu
ture
orn
everp
ickedu
pon
it,accelerator
ped
alsw
eresim
ply
getting
stuck
,w
hich
had
been
arecu
rring
issue
onth
osecars
(nob
od
yap
paren
tlysaw
fit
tofi
xth
ep
roblem
earlier).T
he
bigger
prob
lem,
how
ever,w
asth
atth
eb
rakep
edal
was
not
design
edto
override
the
accelerator,sin
ceit
was
comp
uter-
controlled
.(O
fcou
rse,h
ere,a
possib
lym
orerelevan
tqu
estionis
“Wh
atid
iotd
ecided
that
going
fasterw
asm
oreim
portan
tth
anstop
pin
g?”)In
fact,if
youh
eldd
own
the
brake
and
then
stepp
edon
the
acceleratorp
edal,
your
carw
ould
stillm
ove.In
certaincars
wh
ichrecover
pow
erw
hen
brak
ing,
hav
ing
the
brake
electronically
controlled
isa
necessity.
Bu
tin
most
ofth
em,
am
echan
icalb
rakew
ould
have
worked
just
asw
ell,an
dth
ep
roblem
wou
ldh
aveb
eensim
ply
ann
oyin
g,rath
erth
anlife-th
reatenin
g,w
hen
one
could
actually
stop.
Wh
at’sth
ep
oint
ofad
din
gan
other
un
necessary
layerof
comp
lexity
?I’ve
come
toth
econ
clusion
that
simp
lerth
ings
aren
earlyalw
ays
better.
Don
’tlet
the
crazym
arketing
fool
you.
126
31.
FIN
DIN
GTEXT
ON
AW
EB
PAGEQUIC
KLY
diff
eren
tly
from
the
nor
mal
sear
chb
ox(f
orin
stan
ce,
ther
eis
no
“Fin
dN
ext”
bu
tton
).If
you
use
Fir
efox
,th
ere’
san
even
fast
erw
ayto
star
tse
arch
ing
ifyo
use
tan
opti
on.
Go
toE
dit→
Pre
fere
nce
s(o
rT
ool
s→
Op
tion
sd
epen
din
gon
the
vers
ion
ofF
iref
oxyo
uu
se),
sele
ctth
eA
dva
nce
dta
bat
the
top
,an
dch
eck
the
box
“Sea
rch
for
text
wh
enI
star
tty
pin
g”(s
cree
nsh
ot).
Now
wh
enyo
u’r
eou
tsid
eof
any
elem
ents
ona
web
pag
eth
atac
cep
tte
xt
(tex
tb
oxes
,se
arch
box
es,
dro
p-d
own
men
us,
etc.
),F
iref
oxw
ill
auto
mat
ical
lyst
art
aqu
ick
fin
d.
2.
Conti
nu
ing
AS
earc
h(a
nd
more
tric
ks)
Bec
ause
ofth
ed
iffer
ence
sb
etw
een
bro
wse
rs,
this
sect
ion
isre
ally
con
fusi
ng.
So
Im
ade
thre
eve
rsio
ns,
the
Ch
rom
eve
rsio
n,
the
Fir
efox
vers
ion
,an
dth
eb
oth
vers
ion
.P
ick
the
one
that
corr
esp
ond
sto
the
bro
wse
ryo
uu
se—
ifyo
uu
seb
oth
orn
eith
er,
you
pro
bab
lyw
ant
top
lod
thro
ugh
the
bot
hve
rsio
nso
that
you
kn
owth
ed
iffer
ence
s.(I
fyo
uu
seIn
tern
etE
xp
lore
ror
Saf
arior
som
eot
her
stra
nge
and
wei
rdb
row
ser,
take
alo
okat
the
tip
san
dex
per
imen
tto
see
wh
ich
ones
wor
kfo
ryo
u.)
CH
RO
ME
Beg
inn
ing
ase
arch
isal
lw
ell
and
good
,b
ut
ifth
efi
rst
resu
ltis
n’t
wh
atyo
uw
ante
d,
how
do
you
mov
eon
?W
hen
you
star
ta
sear
ch,
you
’ll
get
aco
up
leof
bu
tton
sth
atle
tyo
um
ove
toth
en
ext
orp
revio
us
resu
lt.
Cli
ckin
gth
ese
bu
tton
sw
ith
the
mou
sew
orks
just
fin
e,b
ut
ifyo
ud
on’t
hav
eyo
ur
han
ds
onth
em
ouse
oryo
u’r
ecl
ickin
got
her
pla
ces
onth
ew
ebsi
tew
ith
you
rm
ouse
,yo
um
ayfi
nd
that
rep
eate
dly
retu
rnin
gto
the
bu
tton
sis
ab
itin
effici
ent.
Inth
isca
se,
you
nee
dth
eF
3(F
ind
Nex
t)ke
y.P
ress
ing
F3
wil
lim
med
i-at
ely
jum
pyo
uto
the
nex
tre
sult
onth
ep
age.
(If
you
clos
eth
ese
arch
box
and
then
real
ize
you
nee
dto
keep
sear
chin
g,F
3w
ill
stil
lta
keyo
uto
the
nex
tre
sult
.)If
you
mis
sa
resu
ltan
dn
eed
togo
bac
k,
just
use
Sh
ift-
F3.
Bu
tF
3is
kin
dof
har
dto
reac
h,
isn
’tit
?Ju
stp
ress
ing
Ente
r(a
nd
Sh
ift-
Ente
r)d
oes
exac
tly
the
sam
eth
ing
wh
ile
you
’re
inth
ese
arch
box
.T
her
eis
only
one
smal
lli
mit
atio
n:
ifyo
ucl
ose
the
sear
chb
ox,
Ente
rw
on’t
reop
enit
—on
lyF
3w
ill.
Wh
enyo
up
ress
F3,
the
text
inth
ese
arch
box
ish
igh
ligh
ted
,al
low
ing
you
toea
sily
chan
geth
ew
ord
you
’re
sear
chin
gfo
rif
you
nee
dto
.
111
del
ays)
,th
esc
roll
ing
isto
tall
ysm
oot
h,
Id
on’t
hav
eto
wai
ton
dia
logs
,an
dit
load
sin
afr
acti
onof
the
tim
eit
use
dto
.I
shou
ldre
iter
ate
how
ann
oyin
gth
isw
hol
eth
ing
was
.T
oh
ave
don
en
oth
ing
atal
lw
ron
gan
dto
sud
den
lyh
ave
the
syst
emn
otw
ork
atal
lis
unb
elie
vab
lyfr
ust
rati
ng.
Inal
lou
rex
pec
tati
ons
ofre
liab
ilit
y,re
mem
ber
that
som
eday
you
rco
mp
ute
rco
uld
just
qu
itw
orkin
g—ye
tan
oth
erre
ason
toh
ave
bac
ku
ps
and
hav
eso
me
sort
ofp
lan
for
how
toke
epw
orkin
gif
you
rco
mp
ute
rsu
dd
enly
fail
s.I
up
load
edfo
ur
scre
ensh
ots
ofS
imC
ity
4(i
nth
eci
tyI
was
talk
ing
abou
t)so
you
can
see
how
the
grap
hic
sta
keso
me
oom
ph
tob
ed
isp
laye
dp
rop
erly
.N
ote
that
this
ison
lym
ediu
md
etai
l,to
o.http://snipurl.com/v1nmy
31:
Fin
din
gT
ext
on
aW
eb
Page
Quick
ly
Ch
ances
aren’t
bad
youalread
ykn
owth
eb
asicsof
this
trick,b
ut
ifyou
don
’t,it
could
saveyou
ah
eckof
alot
oftim
e.If
youalread
ykn
owth
etrick
,I
have
acou
ple
ofw
ickedco
olsh
ortcuts
youp
robab
lyd
on’t
kn
ow.
(Disclaim
er:I
only
hadaccess
tothe
Chrom
ean
dF
irefoxbrow
sersw
hilew
riting
thistip.
Ifi
nd
thatthese
arethe
bestbrow
sersavailable
today;if
youdon’t
haveon
eof
them,
checkthem
out!
Ifyou
arestu
cku
sing
adiff
erent
browser,
thesetips
will
probablyw
orkan
yway,
but
Ican’t
guaran
teeit.)
Part
1:
Search
ing
for
Text
on
aP
age
Inevery
mod
ernbrow
ser,you
canqu
ickly
searchfor
any
text
onth
ecu
rrent
page
by
pressin
gC
trl-F(“fi
nd
”)an
dty
pin
ga
word
orw
ords
inth
esearch
box
.In
most
brow
sersyou
’llb
eb
rough
tto
the
first
result
and
allresu
ltsw
illb
eh
ighligh
tedas
youty
pe.
Part
2:
Cool
Trick
s
Now
here’s
the
stuff
youp
robab
lyd
idn
’tkn
ow:
1.
Alte
rnativ
eW
ays
toS
tart
Search
ing
Ifyou
don
’tlike
the
Ctrl-F
shortcu
t,in
most
brow
sersyou
canu
seF
3in
stead.
InF
irefox,
youcan
alsou
sea
slash(‘/’).
Note
that
this
searchw
orks
slightly
125
11228.
SIM
CIT
Y,RANDOM
FAILURES,AND
THECOREI7
29:
Who
can
you
trust
on
the
Inte
rnet?
Intr
od
uct
ion
Wh
oca
nyo
utr
ust
onth
eIn
tern
et?
It’s
aqu
esti
onw
eh
ave
tofa
ceal
lth
eti
me.
Eve
ryon
ekn
ows
that
they
shou
ldn
’tem
ailth
eir
cred
itca
rdnu
mb
ers
toth
atgu
yin
Nig
eria
wh
ore
ally
nee
ds
thei
rh
elp
toke
eph
isri
ghtf
ulin
her
itan
ceof$1
,988
,356
.76
away
from
the
evil
gove
rnm
ent
(an
dw
ill
pay
you
anab
surd
amou
nt
ofm
oney
tod
oit
).B
ut
itge
tshar
der
than
that
.
Part
On
e:
Malw
are
Th
ere
are
lots
ofle
ss-t
han
-rep
uta
ble
web
site
sth
atw
ould
love
you
tod
own
-lo
advir
use
sfr
omth
em.
Th
ere
are
also
som
esi
tes
that
offer
“ad
-su
pp
orte
d”
soft
war
eth
atp
uts
som
any
ads
onyo
ur
PC
that
you
can
’td
oan
yth
ing
bu
tlo
okat
ads
(an
dit
ofte
nca
n’t
be
rem
oved
thro
ugh
nor
mal
met
hod
sei
ther
).M
ost
ofth
eti
me,
you
can
easi
lyte
llw
hen
you
’ve
vis
ited
one
ofth
ose
site
s.(O
fco
urs
e,th
ere
are
clea
rly
stil
len
ough
gull
ible
peo
ple
that
they
conti
nu
em
akin
gm
oney
,b
ut
Id
oub
tyo
u’r
eon
eof
them
ifyo
u’r
ere
ad-
ing
this
blo
g.)
Un
fort
un
atel
yfo
ru
s,th
ere
are
ple
nty
ofb
ord
erli
ne
web
site
s,w
her
eyo
uca
n’t
tell
ifth
esi
teis
rep
uta
ble
orn
ot.
I’ve
per
sonal
lyn
ever
bee
nb
urn
edby
one
ofth
ese
site
s(k
nock
onw
ood
),b
ut
you
shou
ldal
way
ssc
anev
ense
mi-
qu
esti
onab
led
own
load
edfi
les
wit
ha
good
anti
vir
us
pro
gram
,an
dd
on’t
run
any
Act
iveX
contr
ols
oral
low
oth
erse
curi
tyw
arn
ings
un
less
you
’re
sure
abou
tth
esi
te.
You
ran
tivir
us
soft
war
eis
not
invin
cib
le,
thou
gh,
and
ult
imat
ely
the
bes
td
efen
seag
ain
stm
alw
are
isto
exer
cise
com
mon
sen
se.
113
Part
IV
Tech
nica
lG
eekery
Quick
Tip
s
123
11429.
WHO
CAN
YOU
TRUST
ON
THEIN
TERNET?
My
No-N
on
sen
seD
ow
nlo
ad
Ch
eck
list
1.D
oyou
reallyn
eedth
isp
rogram?
Ifyou
need
aw
ordp
rocessor
ora
vid
eoed
itorto
fin
isha
pro
ject,th
enth
at’sa
good
dow
nload
.If
youw
ereju
stb
rowsin
gth
eIn
ternet
and
said,
“Hu
h,
that
soun
ds
cool,”
thin
kfor
am
inu
teb
eforeyou
decid
eto
tryit.
Ifyou
install
itan
dd
on’t
need
it,n
oton
lydo
youraise
your
chan
cesof
getting
hit
by
malw
are,you
alsoclog
your
PC
with
un
necessary
garbage
and
waste
time
dow
nload
ing
and
installin
git.
2.D
oes
the
program
make
any
men
tionof
bein
gsu
pp
ortedby
ads
orreq
uirin
goth
er(q
uestion
able-sou
nd
ing)
program
s?If
so,p
assit
by
and
fin
dsom
ethin
gelse.
Alth
ough
itm
ayseem
likea
fairtrad
eoffat
the
time,
chan
cesare
verygo
od
you’ll
regretit
later—an
dsu
chd
own
loads
arefar
more
likelyto
contain
activelyd
estructive
ord
angerou
ssoftw
are.
3.D
oes
the
UR
Lcon
taina
loadof
un
iden
tifiab
lech
aracters?I
don
’tm
eanat
the
end
—th
at’sn
ormal.
Im
ean,
instead
of,say,
http://earth.
google.com/download
atth
eb
eginn
ing,http://6ths7.free67.info/
73nds.
Ju
nk
program
s,esp
eciallyon
esth
atw
illsteal
your
person
alin
-form
ationor
reformat
your
hard
drive,
frequ
ently
have
UR
Ls
that
arech
eapto
obtain
.A
noth
ercom
mon
trick(for
ph
ishin
gsites
too)
isto
use
someth
ing
likehttp://microsoft.d6shc.com.
Alth
ough
man
yp
eople
say“O
h,
it’sM
icrosoft.com,
mu
stb
ego
od
then
”,an
yone
canch
ange
the
first
part
(microsoft,
inth
iscase),
kn
own
asth
esu
bd
omain
,to
wh
ateverth
eyfan
cy.T
he
part
right
before
the
.comis
the
only
part
youactu
allyh
aveto
register.
4.If
the
program
did
n’t
pass
one
ofth
osereq
uirem
ents,
oryou
just
aren’t
sure
abou
tit,
trygo
ogling
the
fun
ctionof
the
program
.C
han
cesare
verygo
od
you’ll
fin
dan
other
freep
rogramw
itha
lessqu
estionab
leb
ackgrou
nd
,an
dqu
itep
ossibly
better
features
asw
ell.
5.If
youreally
wan
tth
ep
rograman
daren
’tsu
reof
itslegitim
acy,d
own
-load
it,scan
itw
ithyou
ran
tiviru
sp
rogram,
and
back
up
your
files
first
orin
stallit
ona
jun
kP
Cju
stin
case.(O
fcou
rse,you
reallysh
ould
have
avalid
back
up
atall
times;
I’vegot
anu
pcom
ing
feature
onm
ak-
ing
ab
acku
pscrip
tfor
yourself.)
Ifyou
ran
tiviru
sp
rogramcom
esu
pw
itha
warn
ing,
ditch
itan
dfi
nd
someth
ing
better.
It’sd
efin
itelyn
otw
orthth
etrou
ble.
122
30.
OSPOPULARIT
Y
dev
ices
pro
vid
eL
inu
xd
rive
rs,m
ore
cros
s-p
latf
orm
soft
war
eis
dev
elop
ed,an
dth
eam
ount
ofex
trem
ely
use
ful
free
soft
war
e(f
ree
asin
free
dom
,n
otas
infr
eeb
eer)
,m
uch
ofw
hic
hw
orks
onan
ysy
stem
,in
crea
ses
dai
ly.
Wh
atd
oyo
uth
ink?
Ifyo
uh
adto
rele
arn
ever
yth
ing
you
kn
ewab
out
com
pu
ters
and
you
kn
ewn
oth
ing
abou
tth
ep
opu
lari
ty(o
rco
mp
atib
ilit
y,al
thou
ghas
Im
enti
oned
,th
at’s
beg
inn
ing
tob
ele
ssan
dle
ssim
por
tant)
ofop
erat
ing
syst
ems,
bu
ton
lyth
eir
feat
ure
s,w
hic
hw
ould
you
choos
e?L
etm
ekn
owin
the
com
men
ts.
115
Des
pit
em
ylo
bbyin
gfo
rth
ean
tivir
us
ind
ust
ry,
I’m
not
sayin
gth
ep
ro-
gram
alw
ays
kn
ows
bet
ter
than
you
.If
you
ran
tivir
us
pro
gram
com
esu
pw
ith
aw
arn
ing
for
ap
erfe
ctly
rep
uta
ble
pro
gram
,li
keM
icro
soft
Offi
ceor
Spyb
otS
earc
han
dD
estr
oy,
chec
kth
ew
arn
ing
ab
itm
ore
care
full
y,an
dd
oso
me
re-
sear
chif
you
’re
not
sure
.A
lth
ough
vir
use
sca
nin
fect
and
dam
age
legi
tim
ate
pro
gram
s,it
hap
pen
sle
ssan
dle
ssn
owad
ays,
and
it’s
far
mor
eli
kely
that
the
scan
ner
just
mad
ea
mis
take
(or
the
pro
gram
was
per
form
ing
a“s
usp
icio
us”
acti
vit
y,li
keS
pyb
otac
cess
ing
asp
yw
are-
fill
edfo
lder
tore
mov
esp
yw
are)
.
Part
Tw
o:
Coll
ect
ed
Info
rmati
on
You
don
’tju
sth
ave
tod
eal
wit
hm
alw
are,
thou
gh.
Mos
tw
ebsi
tes
coll
ect
info
rmat
ion
abou
tyo
u,
and
you
hav
eto
dec
ide
wh
oyo
uca
ntr
ust
wit
hth
atin
form
atio
n.
Wh
enyo
uvis
ita
web
site
,a
cert
ain
amou
nt
ofin
form
atio
nca
nb
eco
llec
ted
abou
tyo
uau
tom
atic
ally
,an
dyo
uca
n’t
do
ath
ing
abou
tit
.T
his
info
rmat
ion
incl
ud
esth
eb
row
ser
and
oper
atin
gsy
stem
you
’re
us-
ing
and
you
rIP
(Inte
rnet
Pro
toco
l)ad
dre
ss,
wh
ich
un
iqu
ely
iden
tifi
esyo
ur
com
pu
ter
onth
eIn
tern
et.
Nor
mal
ly,
the
web
site
also
coll
ects
any
cook
ies
the
web
site
has
stor
edon
you
rco
mp
ute
r.Y
ouca
ntu
rnth
isoff
,b
ut
ith
asa
nu
mb
erof
adve
rse
affec
tson
you
rw
ebb
row
sin
g,an
don
lyto
tal
pri
vacy
frea
ks
(or
the
sam
eIn
tern
etp
uri
sts
wh
ore
fuse
tou
sean
yW
ebco
nte
nt
be-
sid
esp
lain
text)
choos
eto
do
so.
(On
en
ote:
Cook
ies
are
not
pro
gram
sth
atca
nlo
okth
rough
you
rfi
les
and
stea
lin
form
atio
n.
Th
ey’r
en
otev
enn
eces
sar-
ily
bad
.T
hat
said
,co
okie
sca
nb
eu
sed
totr
ack
you
rb
row
sin
gan
dsh
opp
ing
hab
its;
seehttp://www.tomsarazac.com/tom/opinions/cookies.html
for
mor
ein
form
atio
nab
out
cook
ies.
)M
ost
ofth
isin
form
atio
nis
n’t
real
lyea
rth
-sh
akin
g;if
you
real
lyca
reab
out
hid
ing
any
ofit
,ch
eck
outhttp://the-cloak.com/.
It’s
wh
atyo
ugi
vew
ebsi
tes
that
real
lym
atte
rs.
For
inst
ance
,G
oog
le,
wit
hso
me
sett
ings
,co
l-le
cts
info
rmat
ion
abou
tw
hat
web
site
syo
uvis
itin
ord
erto
per
son
aliz
eyo
ur
sear
ches
.M
ost
ofth
eti
me,
you
hav
eto
dec
ide
how
mu
chp
riva
cyyo
u’r
ew
illi
ng
togi
veu
pin
ord
erto
get
use
ful
fun
ctio
ns.
Try
this
:H
ead
over
tohttp://www.google.com/dashboard
and
log
inw
ith
you
rG
oog
leac
cou
nt.
(If
you
don
’th
ave
one,
just
foll
owal
ong.
)S
crol
ld
own
and
chec
kou
tal
lth
est
uff
Goog
leh
asst
ored
abou
tyo
u.
Bet
you
did
n’t
kn
owth
eyst
ored
all
the
web
site
syo
uvis
ited
afte
rse
arch
ing
wh
ile
logg
edin
,an
dal
lth
ese
arch
esth
emse
lves
.A
nd
even
thou
ghyo
ukn
ewth
eyst
ored
you
rco
nta
cts,
emai
ls,
voic
emai
ls,
and
soon
(if
you
use
Gm
ail
orot
her
121
and
issign
ifican
tlym
orereliab
le.U
nfortu
nately,
only
asm
allnu
mb
erof
peop
leu
seit,
soyou
ru
seof
greentoilet
pap
erm
ayan
noy
peop
le,an
dyou
may
have
diffi
culty
fin
din
gm
orew
hen
youru
nou
t.It’s
alsoth
em
ostex
pen
sivety
pe
oftoilet
pap
er.
�B
urn
toran
getoilet
pap
eris
un
comm
on,
bu
tit
allows
youto
do
basi-
callyan
yth
ing
youw
ant
with
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ortm
anu
alto
familiarize
yourself
with
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dalso
need
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small
amou
nt
oftim
eto
install
and
master.
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ever,on
ceyou
have
don
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eseth
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thin
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ularity
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ime
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iscase,
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ghly
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nu
mb
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peop
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mon
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culty
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likeit
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ch.
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did
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dow
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toiletp
aper
represen
tsth
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ough
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gsare
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oflife
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comp
uters,
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dow
salso
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eoth
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not
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ghyou
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new
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ind
owan
dth
ereforecan
not
have
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searches
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out
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ause
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history.)
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reallyu
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tleav
ing
tracks
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ever,I
generally
trust
with
my
inform
ation;
they
’veh
ada
fairlygo
od
recordof
not
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peo
ple
only
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ada
man
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tou
seyo
ur
toil
etp
aper
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owI’
mgo
ing
toad
dso
me
add
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nal
fact
ors
toth
eto
ilet
pap
erd
ebat
e.
1.T
he
lim
egr
een
toil
etp
aper
issi
gnifi
cantl
ym
ore
exp
ensi
veth
anth
eb
lue
kin
d.
Th
eor
ange
kin
dis
stil
lfr
ee.
2.P
eop
leca
nb
reak
you
rto
ilet
’sse
curi
tyan
dd
amag
eor
mak
eyo
ur
toil
etp
aper
unu
sab
le.
3.O
ccas
ion
ally
,al
lty
pes
ofto
ilet
pap
erw
illst
opw
orkin
g.H
owev
er,gr
een
and
oran
geto
ilet
pap
erd
oth
isle
ssof
ten
,an
dca
nu
sual
lyb
ere
cove
red
wit
hin
aco
up
leof
min
ute
s.O
ran
geto
ilet
pap
erh
asth
ep
oten
tial
tob
ew
reck
edb
eyon
dre
pai
rif
use
dim
pro
per
ly,
bu
tw
ill
alm
ost
nev
erb
reak
ofit
sow
nac
cord
.
4.O
nce
you
hav
ese
lect
eda
typ
eof
toil
etp
aper
,yo
uca
nn
otu
sean
oth
eron
ew
ith
the
toil
etw
ith
out
goin
gth
rou
ghan
hou
r-lo
ng
pro
cess
that
conve
rts
itto
ad
iffer
ent
typ
e.
5.B
lue
toil
etp
aper
ism
uch
easi
erto
fin
dth
angr
een
and
oran
geto
i-le
tp
aper
,an
dit
’sve
ryli
kely
that
you
rn
eigh
bor
wil
lh
ave
som
eb
lue
toil
etp
aper
you
can
bor
row
ifyo
uru
nou
t,b
ut
(du
eto
thei
rle
sser
pop
ula
rity
),th
isis
ofte
nn
ottr
ue
wit
hot
her
typ
es.
6.P
eop
lew
ho
nor
mal
lyu
sea
diff
eren
tty
pe
ofto
ilet
pap
erm
ayh
ave
diffi
cult
yu
sin
gyo
urs
.P
eop
lew
ho
pre
fer
oran
geto
ilet
pap
erar
eu
sual
lyu
sed
toal
lth
ed
iffer
ent
typ
es,an
dw
illof
ten
hav
en
op
rob
lem
.H
owev
er,
use
rsof
oran
geto
ilet
pap
erar
equ
ite
rare
.
So,
sum
mar
izin
g:
�E
lect
ric
blu
eto
ilet
pap
eris
very
un
reli
able
—it
dam
ages
you
rto
ilet
,cl
ogs
itfr
equ
entl
y,an
dso
met
imes
even
exp
lod
es.
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ten
bre
aks
and
can
be
diffi
cult
tore
pai
r,an
dm
alic
iou
sp
eop
leca
nea
sily
dam
age
you
rto
ilet
pap
er.
How
ever
,it
isve
ryco
mm
onan
dyo
uw
ill
nea
rly
alw
ays
be
able
tofi
nd
som
e,an
dn
earl
yev
eryb
od
yca
nu
seit
wit
hou
tan
ytr
oub
le.
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ime
gree
nto
ilet
pap
eru
ses
diff
eren
tco
nce
pts
than
blu
eto
ilet
pap
er,
sop
eop
lem
ayex
per
ien
cea
slig
ht
lear
nin
gcu
rve
chan
gin
gfr
omon
eto
the
oth
er.
How
ever
,it
’sju
stas
easy
tole
arn
tou
seas
blu
eto
ilet
pap
er,
117
thro
win
gyo
ur
info
rmat
ion
out
the
win
dow
,es
pec
iall
yco
mp
ared
toso
me
oth
erw
ebsi
tes.
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eh
eard
som
ep
eop
lew
orri
edab
out
wh
atm
ight
hap
pen
ifG
oog
lew
asb
ough
tou
tan
dh
ada
chan
geof
own
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ip;
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yth
at’s
not
curr
entl
ya
vali
dqu
esti
on,
asG
oog
leis
not
wit
hin
reac
hof
any
pu
rch
ases
.)F
aceb
ook
ism
uch
mor
equ
esti
onab
le.
Itse
ems
that
they
chan
geth
eir
pri
vacy
pol
icy
abou
tev
ery
six
mon
ths,
and
ever
yti
me
they
seem
toh
ave
som
eab
surd
clau
sed
esig
ned
tom
ake
them
mor
em
oney
that
qu
ickly
gets
pic
ked
up
by
the
med
iaan
dca
use
sp
ub
lic
outr
age.
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enth
eyp
rovid
ea
pu
bli
cap
olog
yan
dre
vers
eth
atch
ange
,b
ut
som
eot
her
sm
ayre
mai
n.)
Alt
hou
gh(a
tth
eti
me
ofth
isw
riti
ng)
,th
ep
riva
cyp
olic
yis
fair
lyre
ason
able
,it
’sst
ill
clea
rth
atth
eytr
ack
ever
yth
ing
you
do
and
keep
all
you
rin
form
atio
nan
dp
osts
,an
dw
ho
kn
ows
wh
atco
uld
hap
pen
wit
hth
em,
esp
ecia
lly
sin
ceth
ep
riva
cyp
olic
yca
nch
ange
atan
yti
me.
(For
aw
hil
eth
ere
was
even
an
ote
that
stat
edth
atF
aceb
ook
gain
edow
ner
ship
ofan
yth
ing
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ted
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te.) T
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mos
tim
por
tant
thin
gyo
un
eed
tow
orry
abou
tw
ith
you
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oog
le,
Fac
ebook
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dot
her
acco
unts
isth
atn
obod
yst
eals
you
rp
assw
ord
.If
anyo
ne
ever
gain
edac
cess
tom
yG
oog
leor
may
be
even
Fac
ebook
acco
unts
,th
eyco
uld
easi
lyim
per
son
ate
me—
they
imm
edia
tely
hav
em
any
ofth
ew
ebsi
tes
I’ve
vis
ited
and
ther
efor
ekn
oww
hat
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inte
rest
edin
,al
lm
yem
ail,
conta
ctin
form
atio
nfo
ral
lm
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ien
ds,
fam
ily,
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mor
ep
eop
le,
and
can
chan
gem
yG
oog
leV
oice
sett
ings
soth
eyge
tm
yca
lls.
Bes
ides
bei
ng
mu
chea
sier
tod
oth
an,
say,
acr
acke
rst
eali
ng
hal
fth
eir
dat
abas
eor
the
com
pan
yd
ecid
ing
tore
leas
eyo
ur
info
rmat
ion
toth
ep
ub
lic,
hav
ing
you
rp
assw
ord
stol
enis
one
thin
gyo
uca
nea
sily
guar
dag
ain
st.
Ch
oos
ea
stro
ng
pas
swor
d,
don
’tw
rite
itd
own
,an
dm
ake
sure
nob
od
yge
tsit
.Sig
nou
tof
the
com
pu
ter
wh
enyo
ule
ave
it,
and
imm
edia
tely
chan
geit
ifth
ere’
sa
chan
ceso
meo
ne
else
has
stol
enit
.S
eehttp://thetechnicalgeekery.blogspot.com/2009/10/
ten-ways-to-keep-your-passwords-safe-we.html
for
mor
ein
form
atio
non
the
way
sp
assw
ord
sge
tst
olen
and
how
top
rote
ctyo
urs
elf.
I’m
seri
ousl
yco
nsi
der
ing
keep
ing
any
info
rmat
ion
I’m
even
the
leas
tb
itco
nce
rned
abou
toff
Fac
ebook
and
may
be
even
offot
her
web
site
s,an
dp
ut
iton
my
own
web
site
inst
ead
.I
run
the
serv
er,
son
obod
yis
goin
gto
mes
sw
ith
my
info
rmat
ion
exce
pt
by
bre
akin
gin
toit
.
30:
OS
Popula
rity
Ih
ada
qu
estionth
eoth
erd
ay:
Ifeveryon
eforgot
everyth
ing
they
kn
ewab
out
comp
uters,
how
man
yp
eople
wou
ldstill
be
usin
gW
ind
ows?
Imagin
eth
atyou
decid
edyou
were
going
tocom
pletely
remod
elyou
rb
athro
om.
Not
bein
gan
exp
erton
bath
room
s,you
don
’tkn
owm
uch
abou
tth
evariou
stoilets,
sinks,
and
bath
tub
savailab
le,so
youtalk
toa
salesman
,an
dh
eh
elps
youp
ickou
tsom
ethin
gth
atyou
thin
kw
illw
orkw
ell.T
hen
he
says
that
youh
avea
choice
betw
eenth
eelectric
blu
ean
dlim
egreen
varietiesof
toiletp
aper.
Let’s
assum
eth
atth
eylo
okeq
ually
absu
rd,
and
youd
on’t
prefer
one
forits
color.T
he
salesman
tellsyou
that
90%of
peop
leb
uy
the
electricb
lue
typ
e.N
aturally,
youch
oose
the
blu
e,b
ecause
youassu
me
that
ifall
those
peop
leuse
it,it
mu
stb
eth
eb
est.B
ut
wh
atyou
don
’tkn
owis
going
tohu
rtyou
.H
adyou
takenth
etim
eto
do
your
research,you
wou
ldh
avefou
nd
out
that
electricb
lue
toiletp
aper
dyes
your
toileta
fun
ny
color,clogs
the
drain
ona
regular
basis,
and
occasion
allyeven
spon
taneou
slyex
plo
des.
On
the
other
han
d,
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greenkin
dalm
ostn
everclogs
the
toilet,con
tains
mu
chm
oretoilet
pap
eron
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same
roll,an
dd
oesn
’tlose
itsd
ye.M
akin
gth
esitu
ationeven
more
comp
licatedis
the
existen
ceof
the
bu
rnt
orange
varietyof
toiletp
aper.
Itis
comp
letelyfree,
allows
youto
control
the
exact
amou
nt
oftoilet
pap
eryou
wan
tto
pu
ton
aroll
(allowin
gfor
disp
ensers
ofd
ifferen
tsizes),
letsyou
refill
your
toiletp
aper
rollan
ytim
eyou
wan
t,an
dclogs
your
toileton
lyin
veryex
ception
alcircu
mstan
ces.U
nfortu
nately,
youcan
’tb
uy
italon
gw
ithyou
rb
athro
om—
youh
aveto
install
ityou
rselflater.
You
alson
eedto
readth
esh
ortm
anu
alin
order
tolearn
how
tou
seit
correctly.A
nd
the
existen
ceof
this
toiletp
aper
isn
evereven
men
tioned
wh
enyou
bu
yyou
rtoilet.
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mb
erof
peop
lefi
nd
out
abou
tan
dp
roperly
setu
pth
eiroran
getoilet
pap
eran
dare
veryh
appy
with
it,b
ut
wh
enth
eytry
totell
others
abou
tth
egreat
toiletp
aper
they
foun
d,
those
119
11829.
WHO
CAN
YOU
TRUST
ON
THEIN
TERNET?
142
36.
WHAT
THEHECK
DOESTHAT
KEY
DO?
Th
eke
yd
oes
hav
eon
eu
sefu
lfu
nct
ion
onL
inu
xco
mp
ute
rs.
Th
ere’
sa
fun
ctio
nca
lled
the
“mag
icS
ysR
qke
y”
that
can
be
use
dto
term
inat
eth
een
tire
des
kto
pen
vir
onm
ent
(ess
enti
ally
logg
ing
you
out
imm
edia
tely
)or
per
-fo
rmva
riou
sot
her
deb
ugg
ing
fun
ctio
ns.
Th
eke
yh
asab
solu
tely
no
use
wh
at-
soev
erto
Win
dow
su
sers
.
127
FIR
EF
OX
Beg
inn
ing
ase
arch
isal
lw
ell
and
good
,b
ut
ifth
efi
rst
resu
ltis
n’t
wh
atyo
uw
ante
d,
how
do
you
mov
eon
?If
you
star
tyo
ur
sear
chby
pre
ssin
gC
trl-
For
F3,
rath
erth
an/,
you
’ll
get
aco
up
leof
bu
tton
sth
atle
tyo
um
ove
toth
en
ext
orp
revio
us
resu
lt.
Cli
ckin
gth
ese
bu
tton
sw
orks
just
fin
e,b
ut
ifyo
ud
on’t
hav
eyo
ur
han
don
the
mou
seor
you
’re
clic
kin
gon
oth
erth
ings
wh
ile
sear
chin
g,yo
um
ayfi
nd
that
rep
eate
dly
retu
rnin
gto
the
bu
tton
sis
ab
itin
effici
ent.
An
dif
you
star
ted
you
rse
arch
wit
h/,
you
app
aren
tly
can
’tgo
toth
en
ext
resu
ltat
all.
Inth
isca
se,
you
nee
dth
eF
3(F
ind
Nex
t)ke
y.P
ress
ing
F3
wil
lim
med
i-at
ely
bri
ng
you
toth
en
ext
resu
lton
the
pag
e.(I
fyo
ucl
ose
the
sear
chb
oxan
dth
enre
aliz
eyo
un
eed
toke
epse
arch
ing,
F3
wil
lst
ill
take
you
toth
en
ext
resu
lt.)
Ifyo
um
iss
are
sult
and
nee
dto
gob
ack,
just
use
Sh
ift-
F3.
Bu
tF
3is
kin
dof
har
dto
reac
h.
Ju
stp
ress
ing
Ente
r(a
nd
Sh
ift-
Ente
r)d
oes
exac
tly
the
sam
eth
ing
wh
ile
you
’re
inth
ese
arch
box
.H
owev
er,
this
tric
kd
oes
hav
ea
cou
ple
ofli
mit
atio
ns:
Wh
ense
arch
ing
wit
h/
(bu
tn
otw
hen
usi
ng
Con
trol
-F),
pre
ssin
gE
nte
rw
ill
foll
owa
lin
kif
the
text
fou
nd
was
ina
lin
k.
Ifyo
ula
nd
ona
lin
kan
dw
ant
toke
epse
arch
ing,
you
nee
dto
pre
ssF
3in
stea
dof
Ente
r.A
fter
clos
ing
the
sear
chb
ox,
Ente
rd
oes
n’t
retu
rnto
ase
arch
,on
lyF
3d
oes
.If
you
don
’tth
ink
you
can
rem
emb
erth
ed
iffer
ence
sb
etw
een
F3
and
Ente
r,yo
uca
nju
stfo
rget
abou
tth
eE
nte
rti
pan
du
seF
3in
stea
d—
slig
htl
yle
sseffi
cien
t,b
ut
sim
ple
r.
Both
Beg
inn
ing
ase
arch
isal
lw
ell
and
good
,b
ut
ifth
efi
rst
resu
ltis
n’t
wh
atyo
uw
ante
d,
how
do
you
mov
eon
?If
you
star
tyo
ur
sear
chby
pre
ssin
gC
trl-
For
F3
inF
iref
ox,
oran
yti
me
inC
hro
me,
you
’ll
get
aco
up
leof
bu
tton
sth
atle
tyo
um
ove
toth
en
ext
orp
revio
us
resu
lt.
Cli
ckin
gth
ese
bu
tton
sw
ith
the
mou
sew
orks
just
fin
e,b
ut
ifyo
ud
on’t
hav
eyo
ur
han
ds
onth
em
ouse
oryo
u’r
ecl
ickin
got
her
pla
ces
onth
ew
ebsi
tew
ith
you
rm
ouse
,yo
um
ayfi
nd
rep
eate
dly
retu
rnin
gto
the
bu
tton
sis
ab
itin
effici
ent.
Inth
isca
se,
you
nee
dth
eF
3(F
ind
Nex
t)ke
y.P
ress
ing
F3
wil
lim
med
i-at
ely
bri
ng
you
toth
en
ext
resu
lton
the
pag
e.(I
fyo
ucl
ose
the
sear
chb
oxan
dth
enre
aliz
eyo
un
eed
toke
epse
arch
ing,
F3
wil
lst
ill
take
you
toth
en
ext
resu
lt.)
Ifyo
um
iss
are
sult
and
nee
dto
gob
ack,
just
use
Sh
ift-
F3.
141
Pau
se/B
reak
Fortu
nately,
pressin
gth
iskey
does
not
break
your
comp
uter.
Infact,
chan
cesare
very,very
good
that
pressin
gth
ekey
will
do
noth
ing
atall.
Believe
itor
not,
the
originof
the
keyd
atesback
toth
ed
ays
ofth
etelegrap
h.
Telegrap
hkey
sh
ada
switch
that
wou
ldsh
ortth
econ
tactsof
the
key,gen
erating
acon
tinuou
ssign
al.T
his
switch
wou
ldb
eset
anytim
eth
etelegrap
hw
asn
otin
use—
this
way,
wh
enth
eop
eratorw
asread
yto
send
again,
he
could
turn
offth
esw
itchan
dth
ereby
alertth
ereceiv
ing
party
that
he
was
abou
tto
send
.(A
dd
itionally,
ifth
esign
alw
asb
rokenan
dn
om
essagearrived
,th
eyw
ould
kn
owth
erew
asa
prob
lemw
ithth
elin
e.)W
hen
teletyp
ewriters
came
into
comm
onu
se(th
eyw
ereu
sedfor
atim
eto
control
earlym
ainfram
es),th
eB
reakkey
was
createdto
emu
lateth
isfu
nction
ality.P
ressing
the
keyw
ould
cause
the
system
atth
eoth
eren
dto
termin
atea
program
,p
repare
fora
login,
orsom
ethin
gsim
ilar.(W
hen
controllin
ga
teleprin
terat
the
other
end
instead
ofa
comp
uter,
the
prin
terw
ould
generate
acon
tinu
ous
seriesof
pu
nch
esor
DE
LE
TE
characters,
wh
ichw
assom
etimes
used
tom
akea
loud
noise
and
alertth
eop
erator.)S
ois
there
anyth
ing
youcan
do
with
the
Break
key?
Well,
may
be.
Ifyou
everru
nM
S-D
OS
program
s,p
ressing
Ctrl-B
reakm
ayterm
inate
ap
rogram.
Wh
enyou
rcom
pu
teris
begin
nin
gto
boot
and
doin
gth
eP
OS
T(P
ower-O
nS
elfC
heck
,w
here
yousee
the
comp
uter’s
hard
ware
orm
anu
facturer’s
logod
isplayed
onscreen
),you
may
be
able
tofreeze
the
outp
ut
with
Pau
se.B
ut
the
only
thin
gth
atm
ostu
sersare
likelyto
be
able
tod
ow
ithth
eB
reakkey
isto
open
the
System
Prop
ertiesscreen
ona
Win
dow
scom
pu
ter,w
hich
youcan
do
by
hold
ing
the
Win
dow
skey
and
pressin
gB
reak.
SysR
q
I’mtem
pted
top
ronou
nce
this
“sys
wreck
”an
dsay
that
itm
akesyou
rsy
stemex
plo
de.
Bu
tit
actually
stand
sfor
“system
requ
est,”an
dgo
esd
own
inh
istoryas
someth
ing
that
was
comp
letelysu
persed
edan
dou
tdated
abou
ttw
enty
yearsago,
yetstill
remain
sa
stand
ardfeatu
reof
PC
keyb
oards.
It’su
sually
comb
ined
with
the
Prin
tS
creenkey
and
accessedby
hold
ing
dow
nA
ltb
eforepressin
gth
ekey.
Th
ekey
was
originally
intro
du
cedby
IBM
asa
way
tosw
itchb
etween
operatin
gsy
stems.
Sin
ceth
enit
has
had
...well,
basically
no
use
atall.
Atin
ynu
mb
erof
system
su
seit
asa
sortof
“pan
ic”sign
al,to
triggera
hard
reboot
orterm
inate
ap
rogram.
12831.
FIN
DIN
GTEXT
ON
AW
EB
PAGEQUIC
KLY
Bu
tF
3is
kin
dof
hard
toreach
.In
both
Ch
rome
and
Firefox
,ju
stp
ressing
Enter
(and
Sh
ift-Enter)
does
exactly
the
same
thin
gw
hile
you’re
inth
esearch
box
.H
owever,
this
one
does
have
afew
limitation
s:In
Firefox
,w
hen
searchin
gw
ith/
(NO
Tw
hen
usin
gC
ontrol-F
),th
isw
illfollow
alin
kif
the
text
foun
dw
asin
alin
k.
Inb
othF
irefoxan
dC
hrom
e,after
closing
the
searchb
ox,
Enter
doesn
’tretu
rnto
asearch
,on
lyF
3d
oes.
InC
hrom
e,w
hen
youp
ressF
3,th
etex
tin
the
searchb
oxis
high
lighted
,allow
ing
youto
easilych
ange
the
word
you’re
searchin
gfor
ifyou
need
to.U
nfortu
nately,
this
doesn
’th
app
enin
Firefox
.In
Firefox
,w
hen
searchin
gw
ith/,
pressin
gE
nter
wh
ileover
alin
kw
illfollow
it.
Part
3:
Inte
rnet
Explo
rer
7N
ote
s
Wh
ileI
won
’tex
actlycon
sider
this
acom
plete
test,I
gota
chan
ceto
tryth
istip
out
inIn
ternet
Exp
lorer7.
(Note
that
the
curren
tversion
is9,
sosom
eof
this
inform
ationm
ight
poten
tiallyb
eou
tof
date
consid
ering
your
brow
ser.)O
dd
ly,you
can’t
use
F3
toad
vance
toth
en
ext
match
—b
ut
itstill
work
sto
brin
gu
psearch
inth
efi
rstp
lace.G
ofi
gure.
Wh
enyou
press
Enter,
itseem
sth
atth
esearch
fun
ctionfi
nd
sth
efi
rstm
atchafter
wh
ereyou
lastclicked
onth
ep
age(th
ough
that
poin
tisn
’tactu
allyd
isplayed
inth
eb
rowser).
You
canstill
use
Enter
toad
vance
toth
en
ext
match
.
140
36.
WHAT
THEHECK
DOESTHAT
KEY
DO?
edit
ing
pro
gram
,an
dsa
veit
.(N
ote:
Mos
tM
acs
don
’th
ave
ap
rint
scre
enke
y,b
ut
you
can
take
asc
reen
shot
by
pre
ssin
gC
omm
and
-Sh
ift-
3.)
Scr
oll
Lock
Ifyo
ukn
owan
yth
ing
abou
tth
esc
roll
lock
key,
it’s
pro
bab
lyth
atit
mak
eson
eof
thos
eli
ttle
ligh
tsin
the
up
per
-rig
ht-
han
dco
rner
ofth
eke
yb
oard
com
eon
.B
ut
chan
ces
are
good
that
you
hav
en
ever
kn
own
wh
atit
’sfo
r.If
you
’re
exce
edin
gly
(un
)lu
cky,
you
mig
ht
hav
eex
per
ien
ced
you
rcu
rsor
inE
xce
lre
fusi
ng
tom
ove
wh
enyo
upre
ssth
ear
row
keys.
An
dth
at,
ittu
rns
out,
isth
eso
luti
onto
the
myst
ery
ofS
crol
lL
ock
.T
he
scro
lllo
ckke
yw
asen
vis
ion
edb
ack
wh
enm
ost
com
pu
ters
did
n’t
hav
em
ice.
By
pre
ssin
gth
esc
roll
lock
key
and
then
the
arro
wke
ys,
you
cou
ldsc
roll
arou
nd
you
rd
ocu
men
tw
ith
out
mov
ing
the
curs
orw
ith
inth
ed
ocu
men
t.N
owad
ays,
wit
hth
ead
vent
ofm
ice
and
scro
llb
ars,
this
key
isal
mos
ten
tire
lyu
sele
ss(e
xce
pt
for
mak
ing
the
litt
leli
ght
ligh
tup
).A
few
pro
gram
sst
ill
pre
serv
eth
eol
db
ehav
ior
(lik
eE
xce
l),
bu
tby
and
larg
eal
mos
tn
op
rogr
ams
use
the
key,
and
you
hav
en
ore
alre
ason
tou
tili
zeit
.
Inse
rt
Th
ose
un
luck
yso
uls
wh
oh
ave
not
iced
thei
rco
mp
ute
rsu
dd
enly
star
tty
pin
gov
erte
xt
rath
erth
anin
sert
ing
itp
rob
ably
kn
owso
met
hin
gab
out
the
Inse
rtke
y—
nam
ely,
that
it’s
ann
oyin
gly
easy
top
ress
by
mis
take
.T
he
pu
rpos
eof
the
key
isto
togg
lein
sert
and
over
typ
em
od
e—th
atis
,w
hen
you
typ
em
ore,
wh
eth
erth
eco
mp
ute
rsh
ould
inse
rtit
bef
ore
text
that
com
esaf
ter,
orw
het
her
the
text
afte
rit
shou
ldb
ere
pla
ced
asyo
uty
pe.
(If
you
’re
con
fuse
d,
try
it:
fire
up
Wor
d,
typ
ea
few
wor
ds,
pre
ssIn
sert
,an
dtr
yin
sert
ing
text
bet
wee
nth
ew
ord
s.)
You
pro
bab
lyca
n’t
thin
kof
any
use
sfo
rov
erty
pin
gte
xt,
and
by
and
larg
eth
ere
aren
’tan
y,b
ut
Ica
nth
ink
ofa
few
.F
orin
stan
ce,
ifyo
uh
ave
som
ete
xt
inW
ord
that
wil
lw
rap
toth
en
ext
lin
ean
dto
tall
ym
ixu
pth
efo
rmat
tin
g,or
you
’re
fill
ing
out
afo
rmw
her
ead
din
gex
tra
spac
esco
uld
mes
sth
ings
up
very
qu
ickly
,tu
rnin
gon
Inse
rtw
ill
let
you
chan
geor
fill
inth
esp
ace
wit
hou
tad
din
gex
tra
char
acte
rs.
32:
IL
ost
My
Win
dow
!:P
ullin
ga
Mis
chie
vous
Win
dow
Back
On-S
creen
Hav
eyo
uev
erh
adth
eti
tle
bar
ofa
win
dow
get
stu
ckoff
the
scre
en,
soth
atyo
uca
n’t
mov
eit
anym
ore?
InW
ind
ows
7it
’sev
enp
ossi
ble
toge
ta
win
dow
stu
cku
nd
erth
eta
skb
ar,
whic
his
extr
emel
yag
grav
atin
g—yo
uca
nse
eit
,b
ut
you
can
’tcl
ick
onit
tom
ove
itb
ack
out!
Ifyo
ud
on’t
thin
kyo
u’l
lre
mem
ber
how
tod
eal
wit
hit
,p
rint
out
aco
py
ofth
ese
inst
ruct
ion
san
dyo
u’l
lkn
oww
hat
tod
on
ext
tim
eit
hap
pen
s.If
you
’re
not
sure
exac
tly
wh
atI
mea
n,
her
ear
etw
osc
reen
shot
s:n
earl
yst
uck
1an
dto
tall
yst
uck
2.
(For
this
exam
ple
,I
got
the
win
dow
stu
ckon
pu
rpos
eby
dra
ggin
git
enti
rely
beh
ind
ap
anel
,b
ut
itca
nh
app
enac
cid
enta
lly
wh
ile
mov
ing
win
dow
sor
even
som
etim
esw
hen
you
open
ap
rogr
am.
Inei
ther
case
,yo
use
eth
atth
ew
ind
owis
open
bu
tca
n’t
be
mov
edor
even
seen
exce
pt
onth
eta
skb
ar.)
Th
eb
rute
-for
ceso
luti
onis
tocl
ose
the
pro
gram
and
rest
art
it.
Un
fort
u-
nat
ely,
this
som
etim
esd
oes
n’t
wor
k,
bec
ause
pro
gram
sof
ten
rem
emb
erth
elo
cati
onth
eir
win
dow
sw
ere
atw
hen
they
wer
ecl
osed
,so
that
they
can
re-
open
wh
ere
you
wan
tth
emth
en
ext
tim
e.E
ven
ifth
isso
luti
onw
ould
wor
k,
you
mig
ht
pre
fer
not
tore
star
tth
ep
rogr
am.
For
tun
atel
y,th
ere’
san
eleg
ant
and
sim
ple
fix.
Th
isti
pw
orks
onW
ind
ows
and
Lin
ux;
Ihav
en’t
trie
dit
ona
Mac
,b
ut
itp
rob
ably
wor
ks.
(By
the
way
,if
you
are
usi
ng
anop
erat
ing
syst
em,
like
Mac
OS
X,
that
Isa
yI
hav
en’t
test
edth
eti
pon
,an
dyo
utr
yit
and
itw
orks,
ple
ase
leav
ea
com
men
t.)
Sw
itch
toth
ew
ind
oww
ith
the
stu
ckti
tle
bar
.T
od
oth
is,
you
can
clic
k
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p:/
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etec
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ical
geek
ery.
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129
36:
What
The
Heck
Does
That
Key
Do?
You
kn
oww
hat
keys
I’mtalk
ing
abou
t.T
he
ones
that
sayth
ings
likeS
crollL
ock
,B
reak,
and
SysR
q.
Wh
enw
asth
elast
time
youp
ressedon
eof
those
keys?
Here’s
how
they
gotto
be
there,
wh
atth
eyorigin
allyd
id,an
dif
there’s
stillan
yth
ing
youcan
use
them
forn
ow.
Prin
tS
creen
Th
eP
rint
Screen
keyb
arelyfi
tsin
this
category—
qu
itea
fewp
eople
kn
oww
hat
the
Prin
tS
creenkey
does,
and
it’sth
eon
lyon
eof
these
keys
that
Iu
seregu
larly.O
riginally,
asits
nam
esu
ggests,th
eP
rint
Screen
keyd
um
ped
the
conten
tsof
the
screento
the
prin
ter.S
ow
hy
doesn
’tit
perform
this
han
dy
fun
ctionto
day
?W
ell,qu
itesim
ply,
graph
icalu
seren
viron
men
ts.T
his
keyw
asen
vision
edw
hen
text-b
asedop
erating
system
slike
MS
-DO
Sw
ereth
en
orm,
and
prin
ting
text
was
qu
itesen
sible.
Bu
tw
hen
Win
dow
scam
ealon
g,th
eP
rint
Screen
keyh
adto
be
deactivated
inW
ind
ows—
dot-m
atrixp
rinters
and
graph
icsd
on’t
mix
,an
deven
ifyou
rp
rinter
prin
tedgrap
hics,
that
wou
ldh
aveb
eena
lotof
ink.
(Dot-m
atrixprin
tersare
the
reallyn
oisykin
dth
atop
erateby
pu
nch
ing
pin
sin
the
shap
eof
letters.If
yougo
toa
fewstores
with
oldcash
registereq
uip
men
tto
day,
youm
ight
stillen
counter
ad
ot-m
atrixreceip
tp
rinter.)
Bu
tn
otb
eing
able
toget
arecord
ofth
ecu
rrent
conten
tsof
the
screenw
asn’t
ago
od
solution
either,
soth
efu
nction
was
mod
ified
tocop
yan
image
ofth
escreen
toth
ecom
pu
ter’sclip
board
instead
.T
his
remain
sits
fun
ctionto
day.
Ifyou
’veb
eenread
ing
along
with
this
new
sletterevery
week
,you
’vep
robab
lyen
countered
afew
ofm
yscreen
shots—
ancom
mon
way
tocreate
ascreen
shot
isto
press
the
Prin
tS
creenkey,
paste
the
image
into
anim
age
139
13032.
ILOSTMYW
INDOW
!:PULLIN
GAMISCHIE
VOUSW
INDOW
BACKON-SCREEN
ona
part
ofth
ew
ind
owyou
cansee
(ifth
ereis
any),
oryou
canselect
itstask
bar
bu
tton(so
that
itlo
oks
high
lighted
,som
ethin
glike
wh
atscreen
shot
2lo
oks
like).H
oldd
own
the
Alt
keyan
dp
ressth
esp
acebar.
Am
enu
shou
ldap
pear
with
option
sfor
man
aging
the
win
dow
.C
hoose
Move.
Slid
eth
em
ouse
away
fromth
ep
artof
the
screenth
ew
ind
owis
stuck
in.
Th
ew
ind
owsh
ould
move
asif
youw
ered
ragging
and
drop
pin
gits
titleb
ar.W
hen
youget
itto
the
location
youw
ant,
clickon
ce.(A
lternatively,
youcan
use
the
arrowkey
sto
move
the
win
dow
.)T
hat’s
all.T
ime
toget
back
tow
ork!
138
35.
ZOOMIN
GIN
AND
OUT
INA
ZOOM
33:
Big
,Im
port
ant
Keyb
oard
Short
-cu
ts
Th
isar
ticl
eis
n’t
just
abou
tb
ig,
imp
orta
nt
shor
tcu
ts;
it’s
abou
tB
ig,
Imp
or-
tant
ones
.U
nfo
rtu
nat
ely,
Ica
n’t
mak
eth
atcl
ear
inth
eti
tle.
Bu
tan
yw
ay,
ifyo
ud
on’t
kn
owth
ese
thre
esh
ortc
uts
you
’re
pro
bab
lyw
asti
ng
min
ute
sof
you
rli
feev
ery
day
.If
you
alre
ady
do,
Ih
ave
aco
up
lem
ore
that
mig
ht
be
new
. Th
ese
shor
tcu
tsw
ork
alm
ost
ever
yw
her
e—b
row
sers
,w
ord
pro
cess
ors,
im-
age
edit
ors,
fin
anci
alp
rogr
ams,
you
nam
eit
.If
you
’re
not
sure
ifa
pro
gram
sup
por
tsth
em,
try
itan
dse
e—so
met
imes
they
’re
not
list
edan
yw
her
eon
the
men
ub
ut
they
stil
lw
ork.
Part
1:
Easy
Stu
ff
�C
ontr
ol-
X:
Del
etes
the
curr
entl
yse
lect
edte
xt
and
pla
ces
iton
the
clip
boa
rd(k
now
nm
ore
conve
nti
onal
lyas
“cu
ttin
g”).
�C
ontr
ol-
C:
Cop
ies
the
curr
entl
yse
lect
edte
xt
onto
the
clip
boa
rd.
�C
ontr
ol-
V:
Pas
tes
the
conte
nts
ofth
ecl
ipb
oard
atth
ecu
rren
tcu
rsor
poi
nt.
�C
ontr
ol-
Z:
Un
does
the
last
acti
on.
(Not
e:Y
ouca
nal
socu
t,co
py,
and
pas
tefi
les
ina
file
man
agem
ent
pro
-gr
amsu
chas
Win
dow
sE
xp
lore
r,th
eF
ind
er,or
Nau
tilu
sin
the
sam
em
ann
er.
Inth
eca
seof
file
s,a
file
you
“cu
t”w
on’t
be
del
eted
unti
lit
’sb
een
safe
lyp
aste
dat
the
des
tin
atio
n;
ifyo
uco
py
som
eth
ing
else
toth
ecl
ipb
oard
by
mis
take
,th
eor
igin
alfi
les
wil
lb
ele
ftu
nch
ange
d.)
131
35:
Zoom
ing
Inand
Out
Ina
Zoom
Ever
triedto
make
ap
icture,
Word
docu
men
t,or
web
page
disp
layb
iggeror
smaller?
You
prob
ably
foun
dit
was
anex
ercisein
frustration
becau
seyou
kept
hav
ing
tofi
nd
the
zoom
option
sw
hen
youd
idn
’tget
the
amou
nt
qu
iterigh
t—b
ut
that’s
becau
seyou
did
n’t
kn
owab
out
this
tip.
Here
aretw
ow
ays
toqu
ickly
zoom
inan
dou
tth
atw
orkin
nearly
everyp
rogramth
atsu
pp
ortszo
omin
g.
Meth
od
1:
Usin
gT
he
Mou
se
Hold
dow
nth
eC
trlkey,
then
turn
your
mou
sew
heel
away
fromyou
tozo
omin
ortow
ards
youto
zoom
out.
Meth
od
2:
Usin
gT
he
Keyb
oard
�T
ozo
omin
,p
ressC
trl-
+.
�T
ozo
omou
t,p
ressC
trl-
-(C
trlp
lus
ahyp
hen
).
�T
oretu
rnto
100%zo
om,
press
Ctrl-0.
137
13233.
BIG
,IM
PORTANT
KEYBOARD
SHORTCUTS
Ican
’ttell
youh
owm
any
min
utes
ofm
yow
nlife
I’vesp
ent
watch
ing
peop
leslo
oow
lyselectin
gtex
t,th
enm
ovin
gth
eirm
ouse
allth
ew
ayacross
the
screento
selectE
dit
→C
ut
froma
men
u,
wh
enth
eycou
ldb
ed
one
pastin
gth
etex
talread
y.If
youd
on’t
already
use
these
shortcu
ts,learn
them
.P
astea
sticky
note
onyou
rm
onitor
until
you’ve
gotit
dow
n.
Con
trol-Zis
an
iceex
tension
toX
,C
,an
dV
.A
llfou
rkey
sare
right
nex
tto
eachoth
eran
dcan
be
easilyop
eratedw
ithon
eh
and
wh
ileselectin
gth
ings
with
the
mou
sew
ithth
eoth
er.(U
nless
youuse
an
on-stan
dard
keyb
oardlayou
t,like
Dvorak
.T
hen
you’re
out
oflu
ckon
that
particu
larfron
t.)
Part
2:
Slig
htly
More
Ad
van
ced
Stu
ff
Th
esearen
’treally
“advan
ced,”
just
lesser-kn
own
and
lessim
portan
t.If
Icou
ldon
lyteach
someon
e10
keyb
oardsh
ortcuts,
these
prob
ably
wou
ldn’t
be
amon
gth
em—
bu
tth
eyd
ostill
come
inh
and
y.
�C
ontro
l-A:
Select
alltex
tin
the
curren
td
ocu
men
tor
text
box
.
Som
etimes
youn
eedto
copy
anen
tired
ocu
men
tan
dp
asteit
somew
here
else(for
exam
ple,
into
anem
ail).O
ryou
migh
th
avefi
nish
edw
riting
alon
gcom
men
tin
atex
tb
oxon
aw
ebsite
and
wan
tto
saveit
yourself.
Th
issh
ortcut
savesyou
fromsp
end
ing
afew
second
stry
ing
toh
ighligh
ta
long
docu
men
tor
blob
oftex
t.
�C
ontro
l-Y:
Red
oan
action.
Ifyou
un
did
your
actions
one
too
man
ytim
es,th
eR
edo
comm
and
isyou
rfrien
d.
It’san
un
do
forth
eU
nd
ocom
man
d.
Afew
program
su
seth
ekey
strokeC
trl-Sh
ift-Zin
stead,
bu
tit
work
sth
esam
e.
Con
fusin
gly,R
edo
alsoh
asan
other
fun
ctionin
man
yp
rograms
(likeM
icrosoftW
ord)—
ifyou
just
moved
orty
ped
someth
ing
and
your
lastaction
wasn
’tan
un
do,
hittin
gR
edo
will
repeat
your
lastaction
.
136
34.
SLASHESAND
BACKSLASHES,OH
MY
34:
Sla
shes
and
Back
slash
es,
Oh
My
Sla
shes
and
bac
ksl
ash
esca
nb
ed
ifficu
ltto
tell
apar
t—th
eylo
okp
rett
ysi
mi-
lar,
and
tom
ake
mat
ters
wor
seth
ey’r
eb
oth
use
din
des
crib
ing
the
loca
tion
ofa
file
.H
opef
ull
yyo
u’l
lh
ave
anid
eaof
the
diff
eren
cew
hen
you
’re
don
ew
ith
this
arti
cle.
Part
1:
Tell
ing
Sla
shes
an
dB
ack
slash
es
Ap
art
�T
his
isa
forw
ard
slas
h(o
ften
kn
own
sim
ply
assl
ash
):/
�T
his
isa
bac
ksl
ash
:\
Ifyo
uh
ave
diffi
cult
yre
mem
ber
ing
wh
ich
isw
hic
h,
try
this
:
1.Im
agin
eth
etw
och
arac
ters
form
ing
ah
ill,
like
so:
/\.
2.O
nth
ele
ftsi
de
(for
war
dsl
ash
),yo
ugo
up
the
hil
l.O
nth
eri
ght
sid
e(b
acksl
ash
)yo
ugo
“bac
k”
dow
nth
eh
ill.
Her
ear
eso
me
diff
eren
ces:
�T
he
forw
ard
slas
his
loca
ted
onth
esa
me
key
asth
equ
esti
onm
ark.
�T
he
bac
ksl
ash
islo
cate
db
etw
een
the
Ente
ran
db
acksp
ace
keys
and
ison
asl
ightl
ylo
nge
rke
yth
ann
orm
al.
(On
spec
iali
zed
keyb
oard
s,th
eb
acksl
ash
can
get
mov
edto
all
sort
sof
pla
ces.
)
�A
forw
ard
slas
his
use
dfo
rw
riti
ng
En
glis
hte
xt.
�A
bac
ksl
ash
isu
sual
lyu
sed
only
inco
mp
ute
rco
nte
xts
.
133
135
2.
Oth
er
Use
s
Forw
ardslash
escan
alsob
eu
sed:
�as
asy
mb
olfor
div
ision(as
in6/3)
�to
preced
ea
comm
and
ina
chat
client
oroth
erp
rogram(as
in/q
uit)
�to
show
italicsw
hen
only
plain
text
isavailab
le(like
/this/)
�T
oin
dicate
comm
and
-line
option
sin
Win
dow
s(d
ir/p)
Back
slashes
canalso
be
used
:
�as
an“escap
e”ch
aracter,to
mod
ifyth
em
eanin
gof
the
followin
gch
ar-acter.
Th
isis
acom
mon
feature
onU
nix
and
Mac
OS
Xcom
man
dlin
es.F
orex
amp
le,if
asp
acew
ould
norm
allym
eanth
een
dof
acom
-m
and
orn
ame,
bu
tth
ecom
man
dor
nam
econ
tains
asp
ace,it
wou
ldb
ew
rittenlike
this:
word
1\word
2
�to
ind
icatein
tegerd
ivision
,w
here
any
fractionalresu
ltis
cut
off(7\
2=
3)
�to
ind
icateth
ata
line
oftex
tor
program
cod
ed
oes
not
end
bu
tsh
ould
be
carriedover
toth
en
ext
line
(this
isth
efi
rstp
artof
the
line\
and
this
isth
esecon
dp
art)
Th
ereare
evenm
oreu
sesfor
these
two
simp
lech
aractersin
comp
utin
g;if
Id
idn
’tb
oreyou
out
ofyou
rm
ind
,you
canch
eckou
tW
ikip
edia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_(punctuation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backslash.
13434.
SLASHESAND
BACKSLASHES,OH
MY
Part
2:
Wh
en
toU
se(B
ack
)slash
es
1.
Infi
len
am
ep
ath
s:
Here
aresom
ew
ays
ofsp
ecifyin
gth
elo
cationof
afi
le,several
ofw
hich
youp
robab
lyrecogn
ize:
1.http
://ww
w.go
ogle.com
2.C
:\Win
dow
s\system
32\progm
an.ex
e
3./h
ome/soren
/cod
e/scripts/m
.sh
4.\\SE
RV
ER\M
usic
5.sm
b://S
ER
VE
R/M
usic
(1)
isa
UR
Lfor
ap
ageon
the
World
Wid
eW
eb.
Web
add
ressesalw
ays
use
forward
slashes.
You
canp
robab
lyget
away
with
typ
ing
back
slashes
and
have
the
page
stillload
,b
ut
doin
gso
isp
oor
forman
dm
ayoccasion
allyn
otw
ork.
Please
don
’tsay
“back
slash”
wh
enread
ing
aw
ebad
dress—
itan
noy
sp
eople
wh
okn
owab
out
these
thin
gsto
no
end
.
(2)
isa
Win
dow
sfi
lep
ath.
Th
esep
aths
alway
suse
back
slashes.
You
cansu
pp
osedly
use
forward
slashes
ifyou
wan
t,b
ut
man
yp
rograms
will
not
ac-cep
tp
aths
typ
edw
ithforw
ardslash
es.
(3)
isa
UN
IXor
Mac
OS
Xsty
lep
ath.
Th
esealw
ays
use
forward
slashes.
Th
esesy
stems
will
usu
allyn
otaccep
tb
ackslash
es,b
ecause
the
back
slashis
used
forsom
ethin
gelse
(more
onth
atin
am
inu
te).
(4)
isa
UN
Cp
ath,
used
tosp
ecifyth
elo
cationof
ad
evice
orfi
leon
an
et-w
orkin
Win
dow
s.T
his
uses
back
slashes,
thou
ghforw
ardslash
esw
illoften
work
.
(5)
isan
other
way
ofsp
ecifyin
ga
netw
orkresou
rce,u
sually
used
onU
NIX
-like
system
s.T
his
uses
forward
slashes.
Insh
ort,W
ind
ows
uses
back
slashes,
wh
ileU
NIX
and
Mac
OS
Xsy
stems
use
forward
slashes.
Most
imp
ortantly,
Web
add
ressesalw
ays
use
forward
slashes.
158
43.
SW
ITCHIN
GQUIC
KLY
BETW
EEN
WIN
DOW
S
Alt
-Tab
isre
ally
han
dy
inke
yb
oard
mac
ros,
wh
ich
I’ll
pro
bab
lyw
rite
anar
ticl
eab
out
late
ron
.
37:
Six
Handy
Bro
wse
rShort
-cu
ts
Wan
tto
kn
owa
qu
ick
way
tosc
roll
dow
nth
ep
age
wit
hou
tth
em
ouse
?O
rre
open
ata
byo
ucl
osed
by
mis
take
?H
ere
are
six
way
sto
mov
ear
oun
dyo
ur
bro
wse
rm
ore
effici
entl
y.
1.P
ress
the
spac
ebar
tosc
roll
dow
non
esc
reen
.T
his
allo
ws
you
tore
ada
pag
ew
ith
out
hav
ing
toke
epsc
roll
ing
the
mou
seor
pre
ssin
gth
ear
row
key.
Ab
out
two
lin
esfr
omth
ep
revio
us
pag
ew
ill
be
left
onth
en
ewp
age
soth
atyo
ud
on’t
lose
your
pla
ce.
2.O
pen
an
ewta
bby
pre
ssin
gC
ontr
ol-T
.It
’ssu
rea
lot
easi
erth
antr
yin
gto
hit
the
litt
lep
lus
bu
tton
nex
tto
the
tab
s.
3.O
pen
an
eww
ind
owby
pre
ssin
gC
ontr
ol-N
.Y
oup
rob
ably
don
’tn
eed
an
eww
ind
owve
ryof
ten
,b
ut
it’s
anea
sysh
ortc
ut
tore
mem
ber
for
wh
enyo
ud
o.
4.In
Ch
rom
e,op
ena
new
inco
gnit
ow
ind
owby
pre
ssin
gC
ontr
ol-S
hif
t-N
.(I
nF
irefo
x,
ente
rp
riva
teb
row
sin
gm
od
eby
pre
ssin
gC
ontr
ol-S
hif
t-P
.)T
his
does
n’t
save
his
tory
,co
okie
s,or
anyth
ing
else
,so
you
don
’tle
ave
any
trac
esof
wh
ere
you
’ve
bee
nw
hen
inp
riva
teb
row
sin
gm
od
e.(W
ell,
the
web
serv
erca
nst
ill
coll
ect
info
rmat
ion
abou
tyo
ur
vis
it.
Bu
tyo
ur
com
pu
ter
stay
sfr
eeof
any
info
rmat
ion
.)
5.P
ress
Con
trol
-Lto
mov
eyo
ur
curs
orto
the
add
ress
bar
.T
his
can
save
you
reac
hin
gfo
rth
em
ouse
wh
enyo
u’r
ere
ady
tovis
ita
new
site
.It
’ses
pec
iall
yh
and
yin
Ch
rom
e,w
her
eyo
uca
nea
sily
star
ta
sear
chfr
omth
ead
dre
ssb
ar.
143
43:
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itchin
gQ
uick
lyB
etw
een
Win
dow
s
Here’s
anoth
ersh
ortcut
that
everyone
shou
ldlearn
.It’s
ago
dsen
dif
you’re
switch
ing
repeated
lyb
ackan
dforth
betw
eentw
ow
ind
ows,
and
usefu
leven
ifyou
aren’t.
1:
Alt-T
ab
Pressin
gA
lt-Tab
will
allowyou
tosw
itchw
ind
ows
toth
em
ostrecen
tlyu
sedw
ind
ow.
Ifyou
contin
ue
toh
oldd
own
Alt
afterreleasin
gth
eT
abkey,
the
win
dow
switch
erw
illrem
ainop
enan
dallow
youto
selectan
yoth
erw
ind
owas
well.
Ifth
atsou
nd
scon
fusin
g,try
itou
t,an
dit
will
becom
eclear
imm
ediately.
(Mac
OS
Xu
sers:U
seC
omm
and
-Tab
instead
ofA
lt-Tab
.)T
he
beh
avior
ofA
lt-Tab
isactu
allya
lotm
orecom
plex
than
itlo
oks—
ifyou
’rein
terestedin
the
details,
seeth
eW
ikip
edia
article.B
ut
the
main
thin
gyou
shou
ldrem
emb
eris
that
itlets
youeasily
toggleb
etween
two
win
dow
s.N
ext
time
youh
aveto
copy
and
paste
text
severaltim
esb
etween
win
dow
s,try
pressin
gA
lt-Tab
instead
ofclick
ing
eachof
the
win
dow
sin
turn
,an
dkeep
your
han
ds
offth
em
ouse!
2:
Sim
ilar
Sh
ortcu
ts
On
Win
dow
sV
istaan
d7,
Win
dow
s-Tab
(the
Win
dow
skey
isoften
la-b
eledw
itha
flag
icon)
will
do
rough
lyth
esam
eth
ing,
bu
td
isplay
afan
cyR
olod
ex-sty
lep
review
ofth
ew
ind
ow.
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earlierversion
sof
Win
dow
s,p
ress-in
gW
ind
ows-T
abw
illselect
eachp
rogramon
the
taskb
arin
turn
;you
canp
ressE
nter
toselect
one.
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14437.
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HANDY
BROW
SER
SHORTCUTS
6.P
ressC
ontrol-S
hift-T
toreop
ena
tabyou
just
closed.
Th
isis
reallyn
icew
hen
youaccid
entally
closea
tab,
orif
aftera
fewm
inu
tesyou
realizeyou
weren
’treally
don
ew
ithth
atreferen
cep
age.It
sure
beats
hav
ing
toop
enyou
rb
rowsin
gh
istoryan
dfi
nd
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TLEREFRESHMENT:R
ELOADIN
GTHECURRENTPAGE
from
the
Web
.(A
few
bro
wse
rsu
seS
hif
tin
stea
d,
soif
itst
ill
does
n’t
wor
kit
can
’thu
rtto
try
that
asw
ell.
)
3:
Keyb
oard
Sh
ort
cuts
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ab
igfa
nof
keyb
oard
shor
tcu
ts.
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seR
efre
shse
vera
lti
mes
ad
ay,
soI
get
real
lyan
noy
edby
hav
ing
totr
yto
clic
kth
eb
utt
onev
ery
tim
eI
nee
dit
,es
pec
iall
ysi
nce
it’s
ind
iffer
ent
pla
ces
ind
iffer
ent
bro
wse
rs.
So
the
han
dy
shor
tcu
tfo
rR
efre
shis
F5.
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isal
sow
orks
inco
mb
inat
ion
wit
hC
trl;
see
sect
ion
2.)
Ifyo
ud
on’t
like
F5
for
wh
atev
erre
ason
,a
few
bro
wse
rsal
soac
cep
tC
ontr
ol-R
.
4:
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esh
ing
Oth
er
Stu
ff
Th
ere
fres
hco
nce
pt
(an
dth
eF
5ke
yb
oard
shor
tcu
t)al
sow
orks
for
fold
ers
onyo
ur
com
pu
ter.
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usa
vea
new
file
ina
fold
er,
for
exam
ple
,b
ut
curr
entl
yh
ave
aw
ind
owop
ensh
owin
gth
atfo
lder
,th
efo
lder
may
not
dis
pla
yth
en
ewfi
le.
Pre
ssin
gF
5w
ill
tell
itto
look
for
file
sag
ain
,th
us
show
ing
you
rn
ewfi
le.
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ur
des
kto
pis
n’t
dis
pla
yin
gch
ange
s,yo
uca
nu
seth
istr
ick
ther
eto
o:cl
ick
anyw
her
eon
the
des
kto
p,
then
pre
ssF
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How
To
Plu
gIn
AU
SB
Ca-
ble
The
Rig
ht
Way
The
Fir
stT
ime
Eve
rgo
ne
toplu
gin
aU
SB
cab
le,
cou
ldn
’tge
tit
in,
and
flip
ped
itov
eran
dtr
ied
agai
n,
only
tod
isco
ver
that
you
had
itth
eri
ght
way
the
firs
tti
me?
Wh
at’s
that
?Y
oud
oit
ever
yd
ay?
For
tun
atel
y,th
isis
asu
rpri
sin
gly
easy
ann
oyan
ceto
fix.
1:
Gett
ing
Th
eC
ab
leT
he
Rig
ht
Way
Eve
rn
otic
edth
atn
earl
yal
lU
SB
cab
les
hav
ea
litt
leU
SB
logo
onon
esi
de
ofth
ep
lug?
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atlo
gois
onth
esa
me
sid
eof
ever
yU
SB
con
nec
tor—
un
plu
gon
eof
you
rU
SB
cab
les
and
see
for
you
rsel
f.F
lash
dri
ves,
un
fort
un
atel
y,d
on’t
hav
eth
elo
go;
how
ever
,th
isca
nb
ere
ctifi
edby
mem
oriz
ing
wh
ich
way
isw
hic
h,
oryo
uca
np
ut
ali
ttle
stic
ky
dot
,S
har
pie
mar
k,
orco
rrec
tion
flu
idon
that
sid
e.
2:
Wh
ich
Way
Do
IP
lug
ItIn
toth
eP
ort
?
Th
ere
aren
’tan
ygu
idel
ines
that
are
righ
t10
0%of
the
tim
e,b
ut
mos
teq
uip
-m
ent
does
confo
rmto
aco
up
leof
stan
dar
ds.
On
lap
top
s,th
elo
gow
ill
face
up
,an
don
des
kto
ps
itw
ill
face
the
far
sid
eof
the
case
(th
esi
de
that
isfu
rth
est
away
from
the
por
ts).
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the
sid
esof
mon
itor
s,th
eU
SB
logo
wil
lfa
ceyo
u.
As
for
ever
yth
ing
else
,li
kehu
bs,
the
bes
tth
ing
tod
ois
totr
yit
and
see.
Rat
her
than
rem
emb
eral
lth
ese
rule
s,I
take
ala
bel
mak
er,
pri
nt
out
an
eat
lab
elth
atsa
ys
som
eth
ing
like
“LO
GO
LE
FT
”,an
dst
ick
iton
my
145
42:
AL
ittleR
efre
shm
ent:
Relo
ad-
ing
the
Curre
nt
Page
Ifa
web
siteh
asch
anged
,you
oftendon
’tsee
the
chan
gesrigh
taw
ay.A
fewsites,
such
asF
acebook
,d
od
yn
amically
up
date
the
web
site,w
hich
usu
allym
akesth
istip
un
necessary.
How
ever,occasion
allyF
acebook
and
similar
web
sitesd
ofailto
up
date,
and
most
web
sitesw
illstillneed
man
ualrefresh
ing.
Here’s
wh
atto
do
ifyou
susp
ectth
ew
ebsite
onyou
rscreen
isn’t
the
most
recent
version.
1:
Refre
shin
ga
Page
Th
eR
efreshb
utton
has
been
moved
allover
the
screenby
man
ym
ajor
brow
serslately,
bu
tit’s
usu
allyeith
ern
ext
toth
eB
ackan
dF
orward
bu
ttons
orat
the
end
ofth
ead
dress
bar.
To
reloadth
ep
age,ju
stclick
the
bu
tton.
Most
ofth
etim
eth
isw
illload
the
most
recent
copy
ofth
epage
with
no
prob
lems.
2:
Really
Refre
shin
ga
Page
Som
etimes
your
brow
serth
inks
it’ssm
arterth
anyou
,an
dw
hen
youp
ush
Refresh
itju
stload
sa
copy
fromyou
rcom
pu
ter’scach
e.(T
he
cache
storescop
iesof
frequ
ently
accessedW
ebresou
rceson
your
comp
uter
soth
atp
agescan
be
loaded
more
qu
ickly.)
So
evenafter
you’ve
pu
shed
Refresh
,you
may
not
actually
have
the
site’sm
ostrecen
tversion
.If
you’re
susp
icious
that
youstill
don
’th
aveth
elatest
versionof
asite,
simp
lyh
oldd
own
the
Ctrl
keyw
hile
hittin
gR
efresh.
Th
isw
illd
isallowload
ing
fromth
ecach
ean
dforce
afu
llcop
yof
the
page
tob
ed
ownload
ed
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14638.
HOW
TOPLUGIN
AUSBCABLETHERIG
HTWAYTHEFIR
STTIM
E
hu
b/case/oth
erd
evice.
Th
atw
ayI
don
’th
aveto
thin
kab
out
it.
154
41.
TWO
SHORTCUTSFOR
WORKIN
GW
ITH
FILES
39:
Tip
s&
Tri
cks
for
Filling
Out
Form
s
Eve
rh
adto
fill
out
are
ally
lon
gfo
rm?
Alo
tof
peo
ple
was
tela
rge
amou
nts
ofti
me
wor
kin
gw
ith
form
sb
ecau
seth
eyd
on’t
kn
owa
few
sim
ple
shor
tcu
ts(m
ost
imp
orta
ntl
y,th
eT
abke
y!)
Her
e’s
how
toge
tit
don
em
ore
qu
ickly
and
less
pai
nfu
lly.
0:
Scr
een
cast
I’m
tryin
gso
met
hin
gn
ewth
isw
eek—
asc
reen
cast
.If
you
don
’tkn
ow,
asc
reen
cast
isa
vid
eoof
som
eon
e’s
scre
enas
they
per
form
som
eta
sk(i
nth
isca
se,
pu
rch
asin
ga
cash
regi
ster
onli
ne)
,u
sual
lyw
ith
avo
iceo
ver
exp
lain
ing
wh
at’s
goin
gon
.I’
dsu
gges
tyo
ure
adth
ear
ticl
efi
rst,
bu
tI
thin
kch
eckin
gou
tth
evid
eo1
afte
rwar
ds
wil
lp
rob
ably
hel
pyo
use
ew
hat
I’m
talk
ing
abou
t,an
dp
erh
aps
pu
tth
ein
form
atio
nin
toa
form
that
wil
lb
ea
litt
leb
itea
sier
toap
ply
.A
nd
abov
eal
l,if
you
take
only
one
thin
gfr
omth
isar
ticl
e,le
tit
be
this
:U
seth
eT
AB
key.
Itw
ill
save
you
hou
rsov
erth
eco
urs
eof
you
rli
feti
me.
1:
Term
inolo
gy
Bef
ore
Ica
nco
ver
how
tom
ove
thro
ugh
afo
rmqu
ickly
,yo
up
rob
ably
wan
tto
kn
owso
me
term
inol
ogy—
ifyo
ual
read
ykn
owit
,fe
elfr
eeto
skip
over
this
sect
ion
.S
oh
ere
are
the
elem
ents
that
ofte
nap
pea
rin
form
s(a
llth
ese
are
inth
esc
reen
shot
,so
you
can
refe
ren
ceit
ifyo
un
eed
to):
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ext
Box
:Y
oup
rob
ably
alre
ady
kn
oww
hat
this
is—
a(u
sual
lyw
hit
e)
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147
41:
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oShortcu
tsfo
rW
ork
ing
With
File
s
Ever
open
edu
pa
really,really
long
listof
folders
and
hu
nted
throu
ghth
elist
tryin
gto
fin
da
folder
orfi
le?O
rm
ayb
eth
esam
eth
ing
hap
pen
edon
your
desk
top—
youkn
ewth
en
ame
ofw
hat
you’re
look
ing
for,b
ut
youcou
ldn
’tsee
it.H
ere’sa
better
way.
Tip
1:
Ju
mp
toa
File
or
Fold
er
by
Typ
ing
itsN
am
e
Th
istrick
isso
simp
leyou
’llp
robab
lyb
esu
rprised
youn
everkn
ewab
out
it.If
youkn
owth
en
ame
ofa
file
orfold
erlo
catedin
the
folder
you’re
curren
tlyb
rowsin
g,b
ut
youcan
’tsee
it,sim
ply
clickon
ceon
any
file
orfold
eryou
cansee,
then
startty
pin
gth
en
ame
ofth
efold
er.Y
ou’ll
be
moved
toth
efold
eras
youty
pe.
(Don
’tstop
typ
ing
form
oreth
ana
second
orso,
orth
esearch
will
startover.)
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isw
orks
ina
File→
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end
ialogb
ox,in
aW
ind
ows
Exp
lorer/Fin
der/N
autilu
sw
ind
ow,
oron
your
desk
top,
inall
operatin
gsy
stems.
Tip
2:
Ren
am
ea
File
Qu
ickly
Ren
amin
ga
file
canb
ea
littleb
itan
noy
ing
sometim
es,esp
eciallyif
youh
aveto
renam
equ
itea
fewfi
les.Y
oucan
right-click
itan
dch
oose
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ame,
oryou
canclick
twice
slowly
onth
en
ame
ofth
efi
le.E
ither
way,
the
pro
cessreq
uires
some
clickin
g,an
dif
you’re
renam
ing
ab
un
chof
files
youh
aveto
keepsw
itchin
gb
etween
the
keyb
oardan
dth
em
ouse.
Instead
,ju
stselect
the
file
and
press
F2.
153
14839.
TIP
S&
TRIC
KSFOR
FILLIN
GOUT
FORMS
box
that
youcan
typ
etex
tin
to.U
sually
youcan
typ
ew
hatever
youw
ant
into
here,
thou
ghsom
etex
tb
oxes
may
have
validation
—for
in-
stance,
anem
ailad
dress
has
tocon
tainan
atsign
and
ad
ot,an
dth
eC
AP
TC
HA
cod
ew
here
youh
aveto
typ
ein
the
fun
ny
lettersto
prove
that
you’re
hu
man
has
only
one
correctan
swer.
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rop-D
own
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u(or
simp
lyd
rop-d
own
):A
(usu
allygray
)b
oxw
itha
littlearrow
onon
een
d.
Wh
enyou
clickon
it,a
listp
ops
open
and
youcan
scrollth
rough
itan
dselect
one
ofth
ech
oices.T
hese
areu
sually
used
wh
enth
ereare
alot
ofop
tions,
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tsom
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heck
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ays
leav
eit
out. �
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uw
ant
tose
arch
only
asp
ecifi
cw
ebsi
te,
bec
ause
you
kn
owit
’son
that
site
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tyo
ud
on’t
kn
owh
owto
get
toit
(Id
oth
isal
lth
eti
me
wit
hn
ews
arti
cles
),or
the
site
has
alo
usy
orn
onex
iste
nt
sear
chb
ox,
use
the
site
:op
erat
or.
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mpl
e:site:www.slashdot.com
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V
App
endic
es
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ce,I
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ichis
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tomatic
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men
tof
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nex
tversion
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ind
ows.
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issearch
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allyb
rings
up
ph
raseslike
8years
ago,
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windows
were
broken...
orUsing
Microsoft
Bob
8times
on
Windows
95
can
be
aproblem.
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efi
x:
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wan
tall
your
terms
tob
ein
order
and
together,
pu
tit
“inqu
otationm
arks.”
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ever,qu
otationm
arks
shou
ldb
eu
sedon
lyfor
ago
od
reason;
ifyou
pu
tevery
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make
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otationm
arks,
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going
tom
issp
erfectlygo
od
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pen
toh
avea
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ortw
osligh
tlyd
ifferen
t.
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ecting
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s,like
and,to,the,an
dso
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iscan
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eslead
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nex
pected
results.
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instan
ce(for
lackof
ab
etterex
amp
le),say
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rotea
book
abou
tm
yon
line
presen
cecalled
The
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and
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ofscorchgeek.
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simp
lyty
ped
inThe
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and
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of
scorchgeek
into
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the
parser
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ldstrip
that
dow
nto
life
death
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ichm
ayw
elln
otb
ew
hat
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tend
ed.
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efi
x:
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don
’tw
ant
your
connectin
gw
ords
toget
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with
,p
ut
them
in“q
uotes”.
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otcase-sen
sitive,an
dcan
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eto
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case.B
ut
wh
enw
ereyou
plan
nin
gto
use
that
anyw
ay?
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oogle
does
not
sup
port
any
formof
wild
cards
orregu
larex
pres-
sions.
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’tty
pe,
forin
stance,
the
web*
toget
the
webpage,
the
website,the
web
page,
etc.It
shou
ldb
en
oted,
how
ever,th
atG
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does
autom
aticallyex
pan
dm
any
word
s,so
that
win
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and
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soon
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hich
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osta
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stitute
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ghit
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control).
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seeing
tons
ofresu
ltsab
out
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ing
irrelevant,
and
they
have
acom
mon
word
orp
hrase,
pu
tth
atw
ordor
ph
rasein
qu
otationm
arks,
aftera
min
us
sign,
likeso:
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today!".
Note
that
un
likesom
esearch
engin
es,ty
pin
gN
OT
will
not
have
the
same
effect
asth
em
inu
ssign
;in
some
other
searchen
gines,
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oyin
glyen
ough
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actlyth
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e.Y
oucan
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us
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man
yw
ords
orp
hrases
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wan
t;ju
stp
ut
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aratem
inu
ssign
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tof
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here
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B.SEARCHIN
GGOOGLE
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rex
amp
le,tr
ylocate
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desktop
directory
inst
ead
.
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gw
ord
sar
oun
dm
ight
chan
geyo
ur
resu
lts
too,
say,
Windows
desktop
directory
location.
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nWindows
desktop
directory
locate
mig
ht
com
eu
pw
ith
diff
eren
tre
sult
s.)
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anic
al
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ff
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led
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n’t
actu
ally
hav
eto
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chfo
rev
ery
wor
din
you
rqu
ery.
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uty
pe,
say,Lucid
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ich
isth
ela
test
rele
ase
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bu
ntu
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ux
asof
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wri
ting,
ifit
sou
nd
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mil
iar)
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eto
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sult
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illco
nta
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oth
lucid
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run
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tof
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ere
sult
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esu
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ith
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lsh
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hon
lyon
eof
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term
s.If
you
’ve
ever
gott
ena
pag
eof
real
lyir
rele
vant
stu
ff,
this
isp
rob
ably
why.
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dit
ion
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tom
atic
ally
sear
ches
syn
onym
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rqu
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enyo
uty
ped
child
care.
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tof
the
tim
e,th
isis
n’t
ab
igd
eal,
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tso
met
imes
you
wan
tto
be
sure
you
only
get
all
ofth
ew
ord
s,an
dyo
ud
on’t
wan
tto
sear
chsy
non
ym
s.
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efi
x:
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rrou
nd
each
wor
dyo
uw
ant
tose
arch
exac
tly
wit
h“q
uo-
tati
onm
arks”
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oog
lecl
aim
sal
lw
ord
sh
ave
tob
ein
clu
ded
anyw
ay,
bu
tex
per
ien
cete
lls
me
not
tob
elie
veit
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he
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leh
elp
pag
esev
enad
mit
this
,w
ith
the
not
e“A
par
ticu
lar
wor
dm
ight
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app
ear
ona
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ein
you
rre
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ther
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suffi
cien
tot
her
evid
ence
that
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pag
eis
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vant.
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aren
tly,
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nit
ion
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ant”
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ent
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le’s
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rily
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ght,
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ough
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firs
tte
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ph
asiz
ed,
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ough
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eren
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ayw
ell
be
un
not
icea
ble
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nce
the
only
tim
esyo
uw
orry
abou
tit
are
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enal
lth
ep
ages
are
very
rele
vant
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all
the
pag
esar
en
otre
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nt
atal
l).
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ud
on’t
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dw
hat
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term
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wor
tha
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ofth
em.
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sd
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der
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yw
her
eon
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his
mea
ns
that
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dly
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leva
nt
resu
lts
som
etim
esap
pea
r.
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ou
use
dto
be
able
tou
sea
+in
front
ofth
ew
ord
for
this
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ut
Goog
lere
mov
edsu
pp
ort
for
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synta
xre
centl
y.
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endix
A:
Keyb
oard
Short
cuts
Use
ful
shor
tcu
tsh
ave
bee
na
stap
leof
all
thre
eof
my
tips
pu
bli
cati
ons,
soh
ere
isa
list
ofth
em
ost
use
ful
orim
por
tant
ones
(in
my
opin
ion
).M
ost
ofth
ese
hav
eb
een
refe
ren
ced
som
ewh
ere
inm
yti
ps.
Ifth
eyh
ave
bee
n,
ther
e’s
ap
age
nu
mb
erw
her
eyo
uca
ngo
tole
arn
mor
eab
out
it.
Ifyo
ud
on’t
kn
owth
ese
shor
tcu
ts,
you
real
lysh
ould
lear
nth
em.
165
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endix
B:
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ing
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isw
asorigin
allyp
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lished
asa
special
edition
ofth
eT
echn
icalG
eekeryT
ips:
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uary
/Feb
ruary
2010.(It
was
actually
not
pu
blish
edu
ntil
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tem-
ber
19,b
ut
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paren
tlystill
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edto
catchu
pat
that
poin
t.)H
owever,
chan
gesrap
idly,
and
soth
isis
not
iden
ticalto
that—
it’san
up
dated
version.
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out
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the
time,
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have
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tan
yqu
estion,
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goto
and
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ein
the
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coup
leof
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atyou
thin
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er.B
ut
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iteth
atw
ay.T
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etells
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atyou
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ecialch
aractersth
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eanin
gin
searches,
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gto
setall
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ple
searches
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special
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terssh
ould
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tention
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artof
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search.
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itsh
ould
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noted
that
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ays
chan
ging,
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some
ofth
isin
formation
may
be
incorrect
now
orin
the
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re.(T
his
isalread
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second
version.)
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dition
ally,G
oogle
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comp
licatedth
atit
sometim
escon
fuses
everyone,
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hen
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have
allth
eru
lesd
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thin
kth
eykn
owit
all.T
hin
gsyou
reallyd
idn
’tex
pect
orseem
ton
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may
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up
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Basic
Tip
s
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youd
on’t
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hat
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ant
right
away,
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chan
ging
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leof
word
sarou
nd
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initial
qu
eryw
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166APPENDIX
A.KEYBOARD
SHORTCUTS
Keystro
ke
Eff
ect
See
page
Alt-T
abS
witch
betw
eenop
enp
rograms.
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lt-F4
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curren
tp
rogram.
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itchb
etween
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(inb
rowsers)
ord
ocu
men
ts(in
word
pro
cessors).C
trl-F4
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curren
ttab
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rowsers)
orw
ind
ow(in
word
pro
cessors).C
trl-WC
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ecu
rrent
win
dow
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es).
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Fin
dsom
ethin
gon
the
curren
tp
age.125
Ctrl-A
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light
the
entire
docu
men
tor
page.
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trl-SS
aveth
ecu
rrent
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men
t.W
orks
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othw
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sers.F
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s.36
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t.131
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do.
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trl-YR
edo.
132
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lt-Del
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ein
famou
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tions
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oren
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nre-
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rograms.
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ayto
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el.46
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help
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page.
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spell-ch
eck.
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11M
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betw
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scape
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ialogb
oxes,
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ragging
stuff
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idn
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eanto
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ragging,
and
more.
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tS
creenT
akea
screensh
otan
dcop
yit
toth
eclip
board
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App
endix
C:
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tions
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ante
dto
fill
up
ali
ttle
bit
ofsp
ace,
and
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nd
thes
equ
otes
amu
sin
g.I
hav
eth
emin
seve
ral
pla
ces:
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ear
eta
ped
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erw
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om,
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nd
omly
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ear
wh
enI
open
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ewte
rmin
alw
ind
owon
my
com
pu
ter,
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ers
mig
ht
just
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inm
yal
l-en
com
pas
sin
gR
and
omT
hou
ghts
docu
men
t,a
mas
sive
rep
osit
ory
ofcl
ipp
ings
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nu
mb
erof
them
orig
inal
lyca
me
from
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kw
orks’
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pu
ter
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pid
itie
s,an
awes
ome
web
site
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ived
this
erro
ru
pon
boot
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dow
s:“T
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kin
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dri
ve.
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ase
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ard
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k4.
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erro
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ter
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dow
scr
ash
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ldn
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eCiv
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nd
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or:
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ple
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his
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mon
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fter
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h,
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chcl
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red
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mb
erof
inte
rest
ing
spee
ches
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his
qu
ote
take
sth
eca
ke,
thou
gh:
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gas.
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at’s
alm
ost
the
spee
dof
sou
nd
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hav
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eah
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eth
ough
ta
dat
atr
ansf
ersp
eed
cou
ldb
eco
mp
ared
toth
esp
eed
ofso
un
d,
ign
orin
gth
efa
ctth
atth
esp
eed
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dis
rou
ghly
761
mil
esp
erh
our
inai
r.)
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176APPENDIX
C.QUOTATIO
NS
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fterb
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toldto
check
the
pattern
ofth
esw
itches
onth
esid
eof
acash
register:“Y
eah,
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ow,
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ovedth
em.
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ach
isel.”
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yd
adon
cew
orkedw
itha
lady
wh
oth
ough
tsh
ekn
ewevery
thin
g.O
non
ep
articularly
mem
orable
occasion
,sh
esaid
,“I
kn
owM
ouse!”
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ant
ago
od
oxym
oron?
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s.
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hey
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atif
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icm
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ut
that’s
noth
ing.
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play
itforw
ards,
itin
stallsA
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!
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oerr
ishu
man
;to
reallyfou
lth
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up
requ
iresa
comp
uter.
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oI
need
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terto
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this
software?”
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oI
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eon
line
tob
acku
pon
line?”
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ftercop
yin
ga
file
and
receivin
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essageon
efi
lecopied
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copy
filed
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zillionbytes
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tw
ecan
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nd
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RO
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respon
seto
askin
ga
user
why
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inclu
ded
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linex
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mu
ltiple
times
inh
isp
rogramco
de:
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oesn
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hm
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t!”
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respon
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askin
gif
the
caps
lock
light
was
on:
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ota
comp
uter
person
.”
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oyou
wan
ta
forward
back
slash?”
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nd
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un
derscore
character?”
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es,I
callit
the
dash
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ym
od
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ash
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lightn
ing.
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ean
other
one?”
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isgu
yd
idn
’th
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yb
asiclogic,
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esn
otkn
owin
gth
atyou
cann
otem
ailh
ardw
are.)
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h,
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ille
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