• Announcements - MARCH 4th General Meeting
• KILANFEST
• Upcoming Meetings
• SIG News
• Article1: Botnet—The Evil Network
• Article2: All Computers Wait at the Same Speed
• Article3: New Technology Terms
• Article4: E-Mail Responsibilities
• From APCUG Members
• About KIPCUG - Board Nominations
• KIPCUG Friends
• Thanks to Our Featured Presenters

Presenter:  
Chad Hanthorn,
Smart Computing

Date:  Tuesday,
March 4, 2008

Chad Hanthorn from Smart Computing will be here for this month's meeting bringing us helpful information and user-friendly tools available from Smart Computing and SmartComputing.com .  Chad will walk us through the most recent issue of Smart Computing and introduce us to helpful and timely information found in each monthly issue.  Chad will also demonstrate the powerful tools available to you on their website, and how these tools can work for you.  In addition, everyone present at the General Meeting will receive a goodie bag, and also be eligible for great door prizes to be given away.  KIPCUG looks forward to having you enjoy the evening with us!

Chad Hanthorn's Bio :  Chad Hanthorn grew up in rural western Nebraska and graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and an emphasis in management. Chad has worked for Sandhills Publishing for (4) four years, just recently moving into the Computer Publications Department where he’s worked for one year. Currently Chad represents 5 different publications which include: Smart Computing, First Glimpse, PC Today, Computer Power User, and Processor.  Chad covers the Mid-Atlantic territory which includes Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia and The District of Columbia

Meeting Location:  CCUM Assembly Hall, 4614 Brownsboro Rd, KY
                                    Corner of Brownsboro & Blankenbaker

Directions

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NOTE:  The General Meeting for April will meet on the 2^nd Tuesday of April, which is April 8th, 2008.  Please make a note on your calendar.  May will resume the normal 1^st Tuesday of the month schedule.

 

 

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SIG Table - February General Meeting Please come and visit the SIG table during KIPCUG's Networking portion of the General Meeting (6:30 - 7:00 pm).  Discover what SIG's have to offer.  Check out the calendar for this month's date and join others that share your interest!

Start Time Topic   6:15 pm Doors Open   6:30 pm Networking: SIGs - located at the back tables Newsletter - sign-up or feedback Converse with fellow members 7:00 pm Introduction & Announcements Back-to-Basics User-to-User   7:30 pm Main Presentation 8:30 pm Question & Answer 8:40 pm Prize Drawings 9:00 pm PIG SIG (January's was held at Fridays, all are welcome)

Please come early to mingle, enjoy the refreshments sponsored by the church, listen to our presenters, and don't forget about the membership drawing and raffles - the winner could be you! Finally, end the evening by joining us afterwards at the PIG SIG, for good food and good conversation.

2^nd Running of KILANfest Right Around The Bend

There is still time to "Get In The Game!" Also, KIPCUG is still looking for volunteers to man the concession stand during the 30-hour play time. If interested, please go to http://www.kipcug.org/kilanfest.htm to sign up.  See you there!

Come and bring a friend ...
   just forward this email with a personal invitation from you!
 

Membership Drawing

Last month at the February meeting, James B. Travelstead won $60! Thus, the prize for March will begin again at $30.  To be eligible, a member must be a paid-up member, who is present at the time of the drawing.  We look forward to you being with us, and good luck!

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Take a peak at what we have in store for the upcoming meetings.  We hope to see you out there.

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Listed below is a glance at the upcoming SIG's in March. Please check out our current KIPCUG SIGS list. If you have any questions or would like to see us host a new or different SIG, please contact Charley May at sig@win.net

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by Grant Fuller, a member of Big Blue & Cousins, Canada
www.bbc.org
newsletter(at)bbc.org

Obtained from APCUG with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.
 [Editor's Note: This is just another viewpoint on the problem with Bot-Nets.  If interested, there is a new "Security" SIG, which meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30pm]

This one might even be too much for Webman. There is a community of evil geeks who own a number of computers that are used exclusively for delivering viruses.

Usually backdoor Trojans, the virus is designed to infect the average computer users machine when launched periodically from the evil geeks' "Zombie" machines. The virus does not necessarily cause problems on the targeted computers but it uses these average users' machines to deliver spam. With this chain reaction method, huge quantities of spam can be spread with very little chance of tracing it to the source. ISP's have admitted they spend more of their resources on combating these "Botnets" than the old-fashioned crackers and hackers... more

by Vinny La Bash, Member of the Sarasota Personal Computer Users Group, Inc.,
Florida
www.spcug.org 
vlabash(at)comcast.net

Obtained from APCUG with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

I first heard that phrase about ten years ago at a geek conference in Seattle. A decade ago is earlier than the Stone Age in computer years. It was probably meant to make fun of the propeller heads that couldn’t live without the fastest CPU on their motherboard. The geeks’ concern with processing speed seemed ridiculous to those who understood that computers spend very little of their time processing information. They spend it waiting for us to tell them to do something. You would certainly find your life very boring if you had to spend 99% of your time waiting for other people to act before you could do anything. ... more

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By Sandy Berger, CompuKISS
www.compukiss.com
sandy(at)compukiss.com

Obtained from APCUG with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

Words, words, words….In the fast-moving world of technology, new words and phrases are constantly introduced. In order to keep up with the times, you need to learn about the current terminology. This need not be a drudgery. In fact, it can be fun to see what new words and abbreviations are popular. Check these out and you can wow your friends next time computers and technology become the subject at the 19th hole or the neighborhood cocktail party.... more

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By Bob Schwartz, a member of HAL-PC, Texas,
www.hal-pc.org
bobx(at)hal-pc.org 

Obtained from APCUG with the author's permission for publication by APCUG member groups.

E-mail is a very valuable method of almost instant communication. However, many people operate under an illusion that it is private. It is not. Once sent, it is effectively broadcast to the world. So one should NEVER send anything that they might regret. Once it is sent, it is now in other people’s hands. The recipient may or may not care as much about controlling your e-mails distribution as you do... more

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Special thanks to Brookdale Computer Users Group, Lincroft New Jersey (www.bcug.com).

And I thought remembering someone's name was difficult...

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     The Kentucky-Indiana Personal Computer User's Group, from its beginning in the spring of 1983, has grown into a dynamic non-profit corporation, focused on educating and encouraging newcomers to computing as well as sharing technical information.

     KIPCUG is viewed as one of the leading groups in the nation by industry giants such as  Microsoft, Novell, IBM, and others. KIPCUG is a charter member of APCUG, the Association of Personal Computer User Groups, linking us with similar groups all over the United States.

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Board of Director Nominations for 2008

The Board of Directors wishes to announce that nominations for Board Members for the coming year will be taken at the March General Meeting. The Nominating Committee will give their report and then the floor will be open to additional nominations.  The nominees must be KIPCUG members and must be willing and available to serve the organization.  Now is your chance to serve on the Board of Directors by having your name placed in nomination.   The election will be held during the May General Meeting. The elected Directors will take office immediately at the close of the May General Meeting.

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Special thanks to our recent Presenters:

December Presenter - Randy and Jeremy from Computers Plus, Hurstborne Lane

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January Presenters - Steve Pennington, CPA, for Intuit's Turbo Tax and Chris Jackman for H&R Block's TaxCut software