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As some of you know, there is a major Marathon running in SLO on our next meeting date, April 7. It will close quite a number of streets until afternoon times. Here's a couple of ways to avoid the closures and still get to the IOOF Hall on Dana Street:
From the South:  Get on Northbound 101 from any Southern entrance up to and including Madonna Road (though this area will be congested). Exit at Broad Street, turn right on Palm, left on Nipomo and right on Dana.
From the North: If you are coming in on 101, exit at Santa Rosa, take Santa Rosa South
to Palm, turn right, take Palm to Nipomo, left to Dana, and right to the Hall.
If you are just on the North side, just get down to Palm, right to Nipomo, left to Dana, and right to the Hall.

I cannot guarantee they won't change the closures.  The above is based on their big ad in the Tribune.  If anyone has figured a better way, or finds an error in my suggested routes, please Post it.
All closures appear to be done by 3:00 P.M. so you should be able to go home your usual way.
dickJ

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Here's the current results of the Poll:

Is Windows 8 worth the hassle?

What hassle? Windows 8 is great!                                                       24.18%  (1,277 votes) 
Yes, but I don't like having to relearn so many basic functions.              6.44%  (340 votes) 
Not sure yet.                                                                                        5.45%  (288 votes) 
In hindsight I'd say no, but I got used to it and now I'm living with it.  10.43%  (551 votes) 
No. I tried it and hated it. Back to Windows 7!                                     36.41%  (1,923 votes) 
I haven't tried Windows 8 yet.                                                             17.00%  (903 votes)
 
Total Votes:                                                                                                      5,282


 

 

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General Discussion / Re: Microsoft Windows Blue "Upgrade" Mystery.
« on: March 31, 2013, 03:07:31 PM »
Booooo!!
I want the Desktop to continue!!!
dickJ

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General Discussion / Windows 7 Service Pack 1 here tomorrow
« on: March 18, 2013, 02:03:07 PM »
Microsoft will start pushing Windows 7 SP1 to us tomorrow, via Windows Update.  Here is the story:

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-push-windows-7-service-pack-1-to-users-starting-march-19-7000012769/?s_cid=e589

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General Discussion / Re: Geek Session - Virtual Machines 2/21/13
« on: February 23, 2013, 02:17:17 PM »
Ralph,
Thank you for doing the session on Virtual Machines.  I found it well organized and useful. As soon as I get my new computer all setup I will give it a try!
dickJ

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Can anyone compare this to their Roku 2 XD box?

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General Discussion / Disk Director on Windows 8
« on: February 19, 2013, 10:07:38 PM »
Although Acronis Disk Director 11 will not run on Windows 8, you still can use it there.  All that is needed is a bootable disc with Disk Director 11 on it.  I used the Bootable Rescue Disk I made for Acronis True Image 2012 and Acronis Disk Director 11 on my Win 7 laptop.  I booted up to it on my WIN 8 computer, chose Disk Director, and it appears like it will work fine, though I only used it to change a partition label!
Does anyone have a different plan, or see a problem with this one?
dickJ

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General Discussion / Re: 1 Simple Chart That Proves the PC Is Dead
« on: February 12, 2013, 02:04:04 PM »
I won an iPad and I really like it and use it many times a day.  For quick information it is great.  It has a bigger screen and easier operation than the costly smart phone. I also have a fine 14" Lenovo laptop with Windows 7.
However, I now have a new big extra-fast extra-quiet Puget Systems Serenity Windows 8 computer with SSD super-fast drives, and a new 24" IPS monitor.  I absolutely love it.  I wouldn't give it up for any of the others!

Now if only I could learn Windows 8 faster!

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General Discussion / Re: Office 2013
« on: February 02, 2013, 06:52:33 PM »
I've figured a way to distribute the power in my den to solve the problem.  Hurrah!

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General Discussion / Re: Office 2013
« on: January 31, 2013, 11:50:34 PM »
Thanks for the help Doug.  I did finally find those offers today.  I intend to follow them up.  I am not interested in the Office 2013 $100 a year Cloud rental option. Just discovered that my Den doesn't have enough power for both the old and the new computers to be running at the same time! That's disappointing!  Just one of the joys of mobile home park living!

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General Discussion / Office 2013
« on: January 30, 2013, 11:15:46 PM »
My new computer has Office 2010.  Office 2013 has just come out. Sometimes Microsoft offers a special deal to upgrade in this situation.  If anyone sees one, please let me know!  Thanks.
DickJ

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General Discussion / Re: Message on iPad
« on: January 30, 2013, 12:38:41 PM »
Many thanks, Ralph.  I had figured that out and shut off Locations but it gave other things I wanted to use problems.  I'll try again, being more selective!
DickJ

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General Discussion / Message on iPad
« on: January 29, 2013, 10:50:21 PM »
Does anyone know why I am now getting the following boxed message on my iPad every so often?

                          "https://www.google.com"
                 Would Like To Use Your Current Location
                         [ Don't Allow ]            [ OK ]

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General Discussion / Re: Merry Christmas!
« on: January 09, 2013, 07:18:32 PM »
Doug,
Yes, that is the correct motherboard.  Yes, the other items are part of the cooling system.  The large oddly shaped item is for CPU cooling.  It is a stack of metal fins with a fan attached to the right side, the Gelid Tranqiullo Rev 2.
The copper tubing below goes thru a horizontal stack of fins and is the cooling for the Zotac GeForce GT 640 2GB Passive video card.
There are about six very quiet fans.  There are pads of sound absorbing material everywhere.  When the Puget Systems Serenity is running, because of these and the SSD hard drives, I hear no noise!
The only problems so far are trying to learn Windows 8 and discovering that my older Canon Pixma MP980 printer doesn't want to work on it!
DickJ

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General Discussion / Re: Merry Christmas!
« on: December 28, 2012, 11:34:40 PM »
#1 Front - Switch; door swings open to access audio drives, USB 3.0s
#2 Rear - all usual connections; cards; bottom fan power supply
#3 Side - swings open; SSD's bottom right; dark areas soundproofing

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