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BBT August 30, 2021

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BBT from 2020

Has High Quality Recordings of Our Shows

Breakmaster Cylinder composed and performs our theme music.

Powering Up  

Christy and Joe welcome callers Rachel, Luke, and Verne

Call anytime! 775-241-3571 and set up a time to battle your tech!

 

  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

Has High Quality Recordings of Our Shows

Breakmaster Cylinder composed and performs our theme music.

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

Has High Quality Recordings of Our Shows

Breakmaster Cylinder composed and performs our theme music.

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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BBT from 2020

Has High Quality Recordings of Our Shows

Breakmaster Cylinder composed and performs our theme music.

Power to Upgrade  

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

Call anytime! 775-241-3571

 

  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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BBT from 2020

Has High Quality Recordings of Our Shows

Breakmaster Cylinder composed and performs our theme music.

Forget WiFi 

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

Call anytime! 775-241-3571

 

  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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Tuesdays 8 PM Pacific 95.1 FM

Streaming LIVE and on-demand at KNVC.ORG

Call

775-241-3571

email

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