Techbiker Newsletter #2

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Techbiker Newsletter 02

Week ending 26th August

 

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The 4-Tans phenomenon happens once in a blue moon, or whenever a flash-flood caused by a strong thunderstorm occurs. Therefore, don't be a 笨Tan and vote wisely.

 

Highlights:

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- Introduction

- Useless IT Facts

- SBF folks with IT issues

- COMEX Tech Fair 2011 (Reminder)

- World Tech News

- Cool apps and tech stuff

- Subscribe? (i.e. receive this weekly newsletter in your email)

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Introduction

(Hi, my name is…)

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Thank you so much for being part of SBF, and part of the I.T.inerary forum. This sub-forum was indeed created by bikers, for bikers like us.

 

Nowadays, it's been hot lately. I knew for sure because 2 days ago in the afternoon my right leg near my pelvic area felt warm. Then I realised that my iPhone has been left powered on with Google Maps running.

 

In between back-room server checks, I also performed some desktop supporting on the commercial floor. I was very lucky to encounter a computer idiosyncrasy:

 

- Roxio disk burning software - When duplicating a DVD, you normally have to insert DVD #1 containing what you wanna duplicate, then insert a blank DVD #2 to write to it. For this particular poor user, Roxio kept on spitting the empty DVD-R out and complaining "Please insert a DVD".

Upon further investigation, Roxio was actually expecting a normal DVD-R just like DVD #1 was, and not a twice-the-capacity DVD-R 'Dual Layer' disc.

Whoever created the "Please insert a DVD" message should rewrite it as "This is my dog's food bowl", and aimlessly leave the house without ever feeding the dog.

 

 

Useless IT Facts

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- While it took the radio 38 years, and the television a short 13 years, it took the World Wide Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users. Must be the abundance of bikinigals available online that caused an increase in crowds tenfold.

 

- Statistics: For every normal webpage, there are 5 p0rn pages.

 

http://i.imgur.com/1SeeH.jpg

 

 

IT issues

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In the week leading up to the 4-day Tans' holiday, people have been posting these threads in ITinerary:

 

Bro @kaiq was bewildered when 6 HTC smartphones left in a paper bag switched themselves on. While we can rule out stuff that happens during the 7th month (touch wood), anyone knows what the issue is? [reply!]

 

The iPad is a wonderful tablet computing device, and @pyrroglaux wants to take it a step further. He asks this simple question of whether he can enable the iPad to also function like an external hard drive to store files onto it. Pitch in with your suggestions or cool apps that can do all this -- without jailbreaking [reply!]

 

 

COMEX Tech Fair 2011

--------------------

Just in case for those who missed out the last announcement.

 

COMEX is next week!

 

1st – 4th September 2011 at Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre (Suntec City),

Levels 1, 2 ,3, 4 & 6

and from 12pm to 9pm

 

 

World Tech News

(or lack thereof)

--------------------

August 25, San Francisco Examiner newspaper

Steve Jobs, the Daddy of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers, has retired as CEO of Apple computer [more…]

 

 

August 24, PCWorld

The world's most used ageing operating system, Windows XP, turns 10 years old. The problem is, many people are still using it. [more…]

 

 

August 26, PCWorld

RSA, a well-respected security company and also known for their SecurID tokens -- ironically was hacked in March. A very "innocent-looking" Excel spreadsheet sent via email to an RSA's HR employee may have been the cause of this [more…]

 

http://i.imgur.com/VKZvj.jpg

 

August 26, PCWorld

Hurricane Irene will make landfall on North Carolina in a few hours, and will move north along the eastern coastal areas, soon to batter cities such as New York. Do you have to rescue your IT datacenter located there? [more…]

 

 

Cool Stuff to Love

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History: The "Laptop for Bikers?" thread on SBF [more…]

 

Heard of the new electric Nissan Leaf electric car? 160km range on a battery charge (30 mins), petrol-range equivalence of 2.9 litres per 100km, 110 horsepower. It's only available in North America and Europe, but sources say it's SGD$50000, excluding COE. [more...]

 

http://i.imgur.com/9jHmd.png

 

Subscribe? Why not?

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-- Newsletter #2, Saturday 27 August 02.50pm --

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[xXxRatedxXx]

Techbiker Newsletter 02

Week ending 26th August

 

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a383/redbeacon/online/SingaporeBikes/482fb00e.jpg

 

The 4-Tans phenomenon happens once in a blue moon, or whenever a flash-flood caused by a strong thunderstorm occurs. Therefore, don't be a 笨Tan and vote wisely.

 

Highlights:

-----------------------------------------------

- Introduction

- Useless IT Facts

- SBF folks with IT issues

- COMEX Tech Fair 2011 (Reminder)

- World Tech News

- Cool apps and tech stuff

- Subscribe? (i.e. receive this weekly newsletter in your email)

-----------------------------------------------

 

 

Introduction

(Hi, my name is…)

--------------------

Thank you so much for being part of SBF, and part of the I.T.inerary forum. This sub-forum was indeed created by bikers, for bikers like us.

 

Nowadays, it's been hot lately. I knew for sure because 2 days ago in the afternoon my right leg near my pelvic area felt warm. Then I realised that my iPhone has been left powered on with Google Maps running.

 

In between back-room server checks, I also performed some desktop supporting on the commercial floor. I was very lucky to encounter a computer idiosyncrasy:

 

- Roxio disk burning software - When duplicating a DVD, you normally have to insert DVD #1 containing what you wanna duplicate, then insert a blank DVD #2 to write to it. For this particular poor user, Roxio kept on spitting the empty DVD-R out and complaining "Please insert a DVD".

Upon further investigation, Roxio was actually expecting a normal DVD-R just like DVD #1 was, and not a twice-the-capacity DVD-R 'Dual Layer' disc.

Whoever created the "Please insert a DVD" message should rewrite it as "This is my dog's food bowl", and aimlessly leave the house without ever feeding the dog.

 

 

Useless IT Facts

--------------------

- While it took the radio 38 years, and the television a short 13 years, it took the World Wide Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users. Must be the abundance of bikinigals available online that caused an increase in crowds tenfold.

 

- Statistics: For every normal webpage, there are 5 p0rn pages.

 

http://i.imgur.com/1SeeH.jpg

 

 

IT issues

--------------------

In the week leading up to the 4-day Tans' holiday, people have been posting these threads in ITinerary:

 

Bro @kaiq was bewildered when 6 HTC smartphones left in a paper bag switched themselves on. While we can rule out stuff that happens during the 7th month (touch wood), anyone knows what the issue is? [reply!]

 

The iPad is a wonderful tablet computing device, and @pyrroglaux wants to take it a step further. He asks this simple question of whether he can enable the iPad to also function like an external hard drive to store files onto it. Pitch in with your suggestions or cool apps that can do all this -- without jailbreaking [reply!]

 

 

COMEX Tech Fair 2011

--------------------

Just in case for those who missed out the last announcement.

 

COMEX is next week!

 

1st – 4th September 2011 at Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre (Suntec City),

Levels 1, 2 ,3, 4 & 6

and from 12pm to 9pm

 

 

World Tech News

(or lack thereof)

--------------------

August 25, San Francisco Examiner newspaper

Steve Jobs, the Daddy of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers, has retired as CEO of Apple computer [more…]

 

 

August 24, PCWorld

The world's most used ageing operating system, Windows XP, turns 10 years old. The problem is, many people are still using it. [more…]

 

 

August 26, PCWorld

RSA, a well-respected security company and also known for their SecurID tokens -- ironically was hacked in March. A very "innocent-looking" Excel spreadsheet sent via email to an RSA's HR employee may have been the cause of this [more…]

 

http://i.imgur.com/VKZvj.jpg

 

August 26, PCWorld

Hurricane Irene will make landfall on North Carolina in a few hours, and will move north along the eastern coastal areas, soon to batter cities such as New York. Do you have to rescue your IT datacenter located there? [more…]

 

 

Cool Stuff to Love

--------------------

History: The "Laptop for Bikers?" thread on SBF [more…]

 

Heard of the new electric Nissan Leaf electric car? 160km range on a battery charge (30 mins), petrol-range equivalence of 2.9 litres per 100km, 110 horsepower. It's only available in North America and Europe, but sources say it's SGD$50000, excluding COE. [more...]

 

http://i.imgur.com/9jHmd.png

 

Subscribe? Why not?

--------------------

Interested in getting the daily tech scoop in your inbox once-per-week? I promise it will not be on the same level as Spam, or turkey meat stuff, nor will it be NSFW.

To subscribe, visit this website:

 

http://eepurl.com/fsGn-/

(Newsletter service provided by MailChimp.com)

 

-- Newsletter #2, Saturday 27 August 02.50pm --

-- Links to pages may be or are copyrighted, please respect intellectual property --

 

Dude you forgot iResign!!!!!

[crazydj]

August 24, PCWorld

The world's most used ageing operating system, Windows XP, turns 10 years old. The problem is, many people are still using it. [more…]

 

 

Yes. I still use Win XP for two simple reasons. Its light and it is compatible with many programs. Seeing that Win 7 is like an upgraded and updated version of Vista, i think Microsoft should make another OS just like XP. Light, portable and simple with all the necessary security upgrades.

 

Views?

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Yes. I still use Win XP for two simple reasons. Its light and it is compatible with many programs. Seeing that Win 7 is like an upgraded and updated version of Vista, i think Microsoft should make another OS just like XP. Light, portable and simple with all the necessary security upgrades.

 

Views?

 

Im using 7.. so far nothing has gone wrong yet. The transition from XP to 7 has been smooth. In fact i think i like 7 more!

[crazydj]

Im using 7.. so far nothing has gone wrong yet. The transition from XP to 7 has been smooth. In fact i think i like 7 more!

 

I do have 7 running on my laptop. I find it too be too heavy for me. Even after dumbing down everything to make it look "normal". The thing is, i'm still running my AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Socket A rig and Win 7 will definitely be too laggy on it.

[xXxRatedxXx]

I do have 7 running on my laptop. I find it too be too heavy for me. Even after dumbing down everything to make it look "normal". The thing is, i'm still running my AMD Athlon XP 2000+ Socket A rig and Win 7 will definitely be too laggy on it.

 

My head just exploded.

[lunloon]

windows 7 is ultimately built to be user friendly. advance user should just customise your own linux

 

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