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Vol. 1, No.
23
9-18-01
Ordinarily I respond to each email sent in response to a newsletter issue
but last week was no ordinary week.
I received so many emails following Tuesday’s delay notice and
Wednesday’s newsletter that I would still be writing responses even now. I want to thank all who wrote and let
you know that as a group the readership called for unity, love and care for all
Americans, thoughts and prayers for the victims and their families, thoughts and
prayers for the rescuers who died and those that continue to work, and swift
retribution for the criminals who perpetrated the
act.
Not one email asked for attacks on countries as a whole, not one
suggested that American citizens target other American citizens of Middle
Eastern origin or of the Islamic faith, not one screamed of justice at the cost
of innocent lives abroad. With the
news of attacks on American Mosques and American-Muslims I feel a sense of pride
that the listeners and readers associated with the 84 Online program can show
patriotism and still keep a level head.
I thank you all for your responses and I think we as Americans,
Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, even Agnostics and Atheists (well,
maybe) say with one voice, God Bless America!
Many websites have cropped up in the past week paying homage to the
victims and to the devastation on the American psyche. Reader Margie Garland sent me a link to
an excellent photo collage set to music at www.thepassionateeye.com/#. Team member Red sent a link to www.castlemountains.com/postcards/sept12tribute2.html
. Many readers and listeners have
forwarded picture and poem email attachments that are circulating on the
Internet.
While this tragic event has pulled us together, there is a dark
side. Charlie Mattingly of the
Better Business Bureau sent us an email warning of possible email and phone
scams perpetrated by people hoping to use this tragedy to profit off the blood
of innocent victims. He warns
people to use caution when donating to email or telephone solicitations. Ask questions like “How will my donation
be used, how much of it will actually be donated to the charity, what is your
physical address (not a PO Box) etc.”
I’m going to make a broad suggestion here that may be wrong but will at
least insure that you won’t get taken.
If you contact an organization, contribute to your heart’s content. If an organization contacts you out of
the blue, don’t contribute. I
realize that may hinder some legitimate charities but in opening our hearts and
purse strings we have to know who we give them to.
Online charities like the Red Cross, the NY Firefighter’s Fund, the
Salvation Army and the United Way are being serviced by any number of reputable
web companies, most notably www.yahoo.com. The WHAS Crusade for Children has
started a special fund drive to benefit the victims so expect to see
firefighters out in force in the coming weeks. Also the parent company of WHAS, Clear
Channel Communications, has a national Relief Fund online at www.clearchannel.com.
Other disturbing emails include one purported to be a quote from
Nostradamus that mentions the fall of twin brothers and the start of “The Third
War” (totally bogus) and links to sites asking for the understanding of the
plight of Arab and Islamic-Americans (sent by Team member Tammy Cavadias) www.pantar.com/arabamerican.html.
Some features of the
Newsletter will be left out (like email questions and definitions) due to my
longwinded lead editorial. I
promise next week we’ll get back to business as usual. In the meantime fly the flag, give blood
or cash or supplies and keep in mind that America is made up of people from
every nation on Earth.
Europeans aren’t all members of the KKK, Italians aren’t all members of
the Mafia, Irishmen aren’t all members of the IRA and Middle-Easterners aren’t
all members of the terrorist organizations that destroyed the WTC and the
Pentagon. We are all one people
regardless of our ancestral backgrounds and we all feel the pain of what’s been
done to us. Let us ban together as
Americans to fight the Evil that is afoot in this world and vanquish it.
Kevin
Mefford
Late Breaking News
Early this morning word
started to spread about a new fast moving virus called Nimda. Everything I’ve read so far said that
the worm was similar to Code Red and would only affect machines running NT/2000
and unpatched IIS webserver software.
Literally less than an hour ago I discovered firsthand that this is not
the case. Until more is known let
me just give you a couple of tips:
Before shutting
your PCs down for the night (and for the time being, especially for those of you
on broadband like cable or DSL, I would suggest shutting them down when not in
use) clean out your browser cache.
In Internet Explorer this is done from Start/Settings/Control
Panel/Internet Options. On the
General tab click Delete files in the Temporary Internet Files section. Include offline
content.
In Netscape open the browser and click Edit and Preferences, click the
(+) next to Advanced and click on Cache.
On the right click the Clear Disk Cache
button.
Also for the time being DO NOT open any email attachments that end in
.eml. The files are usually safe
but this virus may spread through that file type.
Look for a special edition of this newsletter sometime in the next day or
two with more information.
Kevin
Display Our
Colors
I am going to deviate from my usual download feature a
bit this week
The sales of US flags this past week have hit record
numbers here and across the country.
With this in mind, I felt that some tips on the protocol for displaying
our nation’s symbol would be in order.
The United States Flag Code stipulates that
as the symbol of a living country, the flag is considered in itself a living
thing and should be properly displayed and cared for. The code outlines the
proper ways to display the American flag.
- Raise the flag
briskly. Lower it ceremoniously.
- Never allow the
flag to touch the ground or floor.
- Do not fly the
flag in bad weather, unless it is an all-weather flag.
- The flag can only
be flown at night if properly illuminated. Otherwise, it should only be flown
from sunrise to sunset.
- The flag should
always be allowed to fall free.
- The flag should
never be used to carry, store, or deliver anything.
- Never fly the flag
upside down except to signal an emergency.
Here are a few links with more
information:
http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/flag/1bfb_disp1.html
http://www.usis.usemb.se/usflag/toc.html
http://www.floridagardener.com/misc/americanflagdisplay.htm
http://www.pal-item.com/news/stories/20010615/opinion/679610.html
Now, just to keep this a download feature, here are the
current top ten downloads from CNET:
Most
Popular for PC
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Week ending September 16
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Downloads |
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1. |
MusicCity
Morpheus |
1,538,995 |
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2. |
Audiogalaxy
Satellite |
891,993 |
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3. |
KaZaa Media
Desktop |
871,538 |
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4. |
ICQ
2000b |
791,001 |
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5. |
WinZip
(32-bit) |
629,081 |
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6. |
iMesh |
345,490 |
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7. |
Download
Accelerator |
311,970 |
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8. |
ZoneAlarm |
248,334 |
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9. |
SwapNut |
237,561 |
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10. |
BearShare |
229,443 |
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Maley
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Windows Tip of the Week
Anytime you install a new Operating System it should be on a freshly
formatted hard drive. Question is,
how to do this if you’re using an Upgrade version? Easy. When the search for the eligible
software to upgrade from starts just pop in the CD for the older OS. The installation will scan the CD, then
ask for the new OS CD to be reinserted and continue on with the
load.
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