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BBT August 30, 2021

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BBT from 2020

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Breakmaster Cylinder composed and performs our theme music.

Powering Up  

Christy and Joe welcome callers Rachel, Luke, and Verne

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  1. Rachel and updating her iPhone 6s
     
  2. Luke and the notebook that quits.
     
  3. Verne not getting all his Gmail screen real estate.
     

“Keep the Old Tech Rolling Along”

“Hot Machine has a Different Meaning in Las Vegas” 

“Stay Cool Luke”

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

Thermal Paste

Special material to get CPU closely connected to the Heat Sink that dries out and loses its efficiency with age sometimes causing overheating.

CAPTCHA

Completely Automated Public Turning test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Presents images (usually) that are hard from computers to recognize but easy for humans.

Turing Test

Originally called “The Imitation Game” it is a measure of how well a machine is able to exhibit intelligent behavior indistinguishable from a human.

Battle Born Tech KNVC
August 30, 2021

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BBT August 24, 2021

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BBT from 2020

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Jim, Joe, and my other Caller Joe  

Christy and Joe welcome callers Joe, another Joe, and Jim.

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  1. Joe and QuickBooks to move.
  2. Joe and a right sized SSD 
  3. Jim and Streaming the Bandwidth

“Pay Attention to Where the Data Goes”

“No Defrag on a SSD” 

“VPN is an old time chauffer driven vehicle. You see someone is going down the road, but you don’t know who is in the box”

“Work for a more reasonable person with a better Internet connection” 

“VPN is an old-time open-air chauffer driven vehicle. You see the chauffer going down the road, but you don’t know who is in the box”

“Very Thorough and Very Helpful” 

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

SSD

Solid State Drive is a storage medium with no moving parts . 

Wear Leveling

Moving data from overly used sections of the SSD to reserved fresh sections. 

Virtual Drive & Cache

Using memory as a storage place. Older systems were called Swap Drives.

Torrent 

Torrent is a method of moving large files efficiently over the internet from several upload nodes.

Battle Born Tech KNVC
August 24, 2021

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BBT August 17, 2021

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BBT from 2020

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Who You
Gonna Call?  

Christy and Joe welcome callers Ozzie, Brian, and Carolyn.

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  1. Ozzie and setting up a UPS for his system.
  2. Brain calls in for help with call-ins on his podcast
  3. Carolyn calls Battle Born Tech instead of Scammers

“Laptops are close to overheating already.”

“Haven’t Had A Problem Since the Last Time It Did It” 

“If you get an email from ‘Microsoft’ it isn’t from Microsoft”

“They Are Lying…Nobody Wants You To Call from a Webpage Alert” 

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

Surge Protection

Conditioned power outlets on a UPS that are not backed up with the battery. The printer is best plugged in here. 

Backup Power

On a UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) outlets that have both Surge Protection and Battery Backup that allow computers to still be powered during a power outage. 

Social Engineer

Getting people to do what they normally wouldn’t do by conning or tricking them with lies and other techniques.

Battle Born Tech KNVC
August 17, 2021

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BBT August 10, 2021

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Power to Upgrade  

Christy and Joe welcome callers Ozzie, Gary, and Ozzie again.

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  1. Ozzie cuts off power to his computer with a switch which means a call to us.
       
  2. Gary has Windows 7 and wonders if he should upgrade to Windows 10. 
  3. Ozzie warns us about email scams trying to get you to “upgrade” to their malware.

 

“I told you to say, ‘Yes’.”

“Never Use the Power Switch on a Power Strip” 

“If you get an email from ‘Microsoft’ it isn’t from Microsoft”

“I’m feeling faint.” 

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

Spooler

A system service that manages documents that are sent to the printer.

UPS

Uninterrupted Power Supply are batteries that condition power and allow computers to still be powered during a power outage. 

Mainboard

Also called a Motherboard it is the board in a computer that connects all the components and holds the CPU, memory, and other computer chips.

Battle Born Tech KNVC
August 8, 2021

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BBT August 3, 2021

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Forget WiFi 

Christy and Joe welcome callers Linda, Robert, Alexia!, and Doug

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  1. Linda has iPad issues with her Facetime recording.  
  2. Robert has mobile phone apps on the move in your car!
  3. Alexa pops in with some comments.
  4. Doug calls about synching Audio and Video.

 

“Christy Should Ask Better Questions”

“Twitter read on the road? I think it is Apocalypse” 

“OBS…Take Your TikTok to the Next Level”

“Red Sun Robs Our SuperPowers” 

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

Head Unit

The replaceable entertainment module in a vehicle containing radios, screen, and possibly CD player.

Battle Born Tech KNVC
August 8, 2021

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BBT July 27, 2021

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BBT from 2020

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Rerun

Due to technical surprises, July 27 was a repeat of our July 20th show. 

Memos will be circulated, emails replied all,  policies reviewed, meetings held, Zoom invites sent, servers rebooted, computers replaced and we will be back next week at 8 PM Pacific.

 

 

Texts between Christy and Joe Tuesday, July 27, 8 PM

 

“Whoops Rerun. Playing last week’s show” 

“Well Damn” 

“Just checked. The automation got stuck on a prior iteration. This is the computer we’ll be replacing, so I’m hoping that these issues will dry up.” 

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BBT July 20, 2021

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BBT from 2020

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Repairing SPAM with a Boot or Two 

Christy and callers Barb, Elaine, and JD call with their tech troubles.

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  1. Barb gets a crash course in troubleshooting after her Microsoft Office crashes.  
  2. Elaine has emails going to SPAM that are actually wanted emails!
  3. JD calls about the advantages of Linux.

 

“Is it something it is doing or something it is not doing?”

“Something Went Wrong” 

“Right in the Middle of All The Craziness”

“Linux…It Just Does It” 

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

Windows 10
End of Life

Windows 10 is supported until October 14, 2025, as long as Windows 10 is kept updated along the way.

SPAM

Unwanted email is called SPAM after a Monty Python Skit and song in a diner where the SPAM never stops.

Dual Boot

Having two operating systems on one computer. User can choose which operating system (i.e. Linux Mint or Windows 10) when the computer starts (boots)

Battle Born Tech KNVC
July 20, 2021

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BBT July 13, 2021

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BBT from 2020

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Packing Data 

Christy and callers come out of the cave to work on how to store their data.

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  1. Robert and making folders. Sometimes it is less painful just to reinstall Windows. Robert got an SSD to make the reinstall worthwhile.
      
  2. Steven has an SSD that is filling up and needs to move his user libraries to his larger spinning Hard Drive.

 

“Maze of Twisty Little Passages, All Alike”

“I Died in St. Louis” 

“A Lot of Horn Tooting for Not A Lot of Parade”

“You Don’t Know Where It’s Been” 

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

Insider Channel

Windows Pro users can get features before they are Generally Available by being a Windows “Insider” with the options of Dev, Beta, or Release Preview.

Ctrl+Shift+N

One way to create a new folder on your desktop in Windows.

User Profile

Collection of settings and information associated with a user. Desktop settings, passwords, along with preferences are stored for each user.

S.M.A.R.T.

Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology reveals the health of the hard drive.

Wipe and Reload

Removing all the programs, data, passwords, etc and set the system back to factory fresh blank OS status. Backup anything you want to save!

SSD

Solid State Drive. A storage medium that replaces spinning disk Hard Drives with faster memory based storage without moving parts.

GUID

Global Unique Identifier, also UUID Universally Unique Identifier. Use to label database keys, filenames, or resources.

Battle Born Tech KNVC
July 13, 2021

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BBT September 28, 2021

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BBT from 2020

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Third Half of
Studio C-5 

Christy and Joe welcome callers Cheryl, Carolyn, and Robert

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  1. Cheryl and Facebook Follies
     
  2. Caroline adds a third display
     
  3. Robert Print Screen key wrestling
     

“Third Half of Studio C-5”

“I Don’t Want to Weaponize Battle Born Tech” 

“We Will Light Candles, Say Prayers, and Do Some Celtic Rituals”

“Welcome to Facebook Follies” 

“If One Way Doesn’t Work, Try Another Way”

“Print Screen is the Orphan of the Windows Command Keys” 

 

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

Telegram

You can send message with Telegram App, but Telegrams via Western Union ended in 2006.

2FA (Two Factor Authentication)

Two factor authentication requires to sources of information (such as a password and a code via text) to gain access to a service.

Splitter

A video cable that mirrors or duplicates a screen display. Same information on both screens.

Battle Born Tech KNVC
September 28, 2021

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BBT September 21, 2021

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BBT from 2020

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Measuring the Web

Christy and Joe welcome callers Katie, and Bette.

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  1. Katie asks about the Epic security breach.
     
  2. Bette isn’t sure about putting apps on her phone.
     

“Audio Hesitant”

 

“Remember Popsicle Sticks?” 

 

“Four Things You Need to Get A Website Up…Well, Three.”

 

 

 

BATTLE PLANS

FaceTime

A chat app on the Apple iOS that recently allowed Android users to participate by opening a link on their phone’s Chrome browser sent by an iOS Facetime user. No App is available for Android at this time. More at howtogeek

Anonymous

A group of hacktivists (computer using activists) that are informally link together for cyberattacks against government, organizations, or companies exposing activities the disapproved by the group.

Epik

A Internet Service company that hosts internet services that other providers decline to serve due to their controversial or harmful content. Ron Monster is CEO

Registar

A provider of the “human name” for websites which are aliases for groups of numbers that specify a server where the website is stored.

DNS

Domain Name service, the “yellow pages” that keeps track of all the website names registered by Registars and the actual IP addresses they point to.

Side Load

Putting apps on your device without using the official store or procedures of the phone’s operating system provider.

Battle Born Tech KNVC
September 21, 2021

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