Ken Hopkins and Tom Anderson apologized for not having February’s issue of Sacra Blue ready in time for reviewing by the main meeting. Tom blames Microsoft and all the hassles he had with a new install of Windows on a new motherboard.
But articles to note this issue include the second installment of Tim Feldman’s series of articles regarding Linux, the sixth chapter of Jerry Lee Ford’s book, The Book of WinZip, regarding how one configures this very popular archive/compression utility, a new regular column regarding the latest virus threats, and a collection of interesting Web sites.
Milt Hull and Ken Hopkins attended a seminar and learned the name of the individual who first used the phrase "computer virus": Michael Crichton’s movie, Westworld, when Yul Brynner plays the out-of-control gunslinger. We hope Milt got his money’s worth from the seminar. Apparently, they walked out with an armful of Webcams.
Brian Smither brought Résumé Maker, CD-Anywhere, and Typing Instructor and extended to members the opportunity to review those titles. Members must leave a security deposit and have a month to submit their first draft of their evaluation.
Elections are coming up. Ken Hopkins informed the audience that during the March meeting, the Group will elect the 2002-2003 Board of Directors. Nominations opened and several candidates were announced. The nomination period is open until the March Main meeting. Candidate statements should be submitted to the elections committee before the end of the month.
Milt and Ken ran down the list of upcoming speakers. For March, IRIS-pen, a small handheld (untethered) scanner will be demonstrated. And DeLorme’s Streets USA vs. Microsoft’s Streets and Trips 2002 software will be demonstrated and compared as a home-grown presentation. Serious Magic is due in April with their Visual Communicator.
The Virus of the Month is Klez E. It overwrites victims' files with random content on the sixth day of odd-numbered months. It can spread automatically on Windows systems that uses an unpatched version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. How best to avoid getting viruses? Don’t open e-mail attachments! There are several patches you can get from Microsoft that will fix numerous mistakes in their programs. The Nimda.A virus is also spreading around, as well as a Valentine’s Day virus disguised as a "Guess the Number" game.
