Archive through June 19, 2001

The ClubHouse: General Archives: June - July Archives: * The Computer Literacy Game *: Archive through June 19, 2001

Zeb

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 01:35 pm Click here to edit this post
This is a new game designed not only to test computer literacy but to teach it as well. All the questions MUST pertain to some aspect of computers. Whoever answers the posted question correctly will get to post a question of their own. No points are tallied and no score is given. This is for amusement and education only.

Here we go...



What is the physical difference between an ATA 100 hard drive IDE cable and a regular IDE cable?

Grooch

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 02:49 pm Click here to edit this post
I know I will never get one right in this thread. :)

Labmouse

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 03:03 pm Click here to edit this post
ATA 100 hard drive IDE cable: 80 conductor-teflon coated

regular IDE cable: 40 conductor-pvc coated

Wcv63

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 03:16 pm Click here to edit this post
Yeah..what Labmouse said. (Hey I'll just follow you around agreeing with you and look smart by association)

Grod

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 04:42 pm Click here to edit this post
LOL wcv should we start a chain of followers of Labmouse?

Dilligaf

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 04:49 pm Click here to edit this post
OK, Labmouse, post a question, and make it easy for the computer illiterate!

Zeb

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 04:54 pm Click here to edit this post
That's correct Labmouse. The easiest way to tell the difference is by looking at the ridges on the cable itself. The cable with the thin and numerous ridges is an ATA 100 cable. The one with fewer and thicker ridges is a regular IDE cable.

Go for it Labmouse. Next question.

Bijoux

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 05:08 pm Click here to edit this post
I'm curious, just what does it mean to have an ATA 100 hard drive IDE cable versus an IDE cable. Why should I get one or the other?

Looks like I'm going to have to add myself to the labmouse camp followers of the computer illiterate.

Zeb

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 05:13 pm Click here to edit this post
The throughput of an ATA 100 connection is so fast that a normal IDE cable will not support it.

Grooch

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 05:14 pm Click here to edit this post
Ok, now I am getting really lost. lol! Labmouse, if you need help in finding a question to ask, please consider asking what an ICQ is. I have no idea, and I would like to learn.

Bijoux

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 05:14 pm Click here to edit this post
Thanks.

Labmouse

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 06:04 pm Click here to edit this post
Grooch, (ICQ or "I-Seek-You") ICQ is an online instant messaging program. ICQ is similar to AOL's Instant Messenger or Microsoft's MSN Messenger Service. All 3 programs are free. You log onto ICQ using a number (assigned to you) instead of a user name. AOL and MSN both let you pick a "User Name". You don't need to subscribe to AOL, MSN, or ICQ to use their programs.

Once you have downloaded and installed ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, or MSN Messenger Service onto your computer, you can then create a list of friends or "buddies". All 3 services will find your "buddies" when they are on-line and will notify them if you are on-line. This is an option which can be disabled for privacy purposes.

You can chat 1 on 1 or in a private chatroom with all your friends. You can also transfer files.

To download the ICQ program go to the following site:

http://web.icq.com/

I know that I am supposed to post a computer question, but I can't think of one off the top of my head.

Maybe someone else can keep this thread going.

Whit4you

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 06:11 pm Click here to edit this post
Since I can't answer the Q's (would be unfair advantage) I can at least ask some....

How often should you backup a word processing document or spreadsheet or whatever that you are working on?

Grooch

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 06:35 pm Click here to edit this post
Every chance you get. (From experience.)

The second it pops in your head, back it up.

Grod

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 06:48 pm Click here to edit this post
whit4 my word saves the document about once every minute, in addition to when I remember.

Zeb

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 07:42 pm Click here to edit this post
Most word processors and spreadsheets have a 10 minute autobackup feature.

Twiggyish

Monday, June 18, 2001 - 08:20 pm Click here to edit this post
I save constantly when typing in Word. (One of the classes I teach is Microsoft Word 2000)

Wcv63

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 02:51 am Click here to edit this post
I agree with the "save often" concept when using Word. I have my settings set to save every 2 minutes but it's amazing the amount of information you can add to a document in that time. I've gotten into the habit of hitting "ctrl s" at the end of each sentence and/or operation. It's saved me from many conniption fits when Word convulses with some perceived "illegal operation".

Dilligaf

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 05:14 am Click here to edit this post
OK, I have a question. If I sit with my monitor on top of my head, will all of this computer info transfer into my brain through osmosis? I am such a computer doofus.....

Nancy

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 05:23 am Click here to edit this post
LOL dilli..I'm sure it won't but wouldn't it be great if it did..then you could do that with books you KNOW you have to learn for school but don't really want to "read" either ;)

Wcv63

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 08:20 am Click here to edit this post
Question: What is Percussive Maintenance?


Answer: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again

Schoolmarm

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 09:04 am Click here to edit this post
Dilli,

I prefer to fall asleep on/with my computer....still hoping for osmosis!! Too bad it doen't work.

Maybe you should try putting the CPU on your head. Isn't that where the computer's "brains" are? Let me know if it works! ;-)

Zeb

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 09:28 am Click here to edit this post
Ok, this idea has gone bye bye but please continue.

Nancy

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 09:49 am Click here to edit this post
ok--here's one fairly simple..What is a Boolean operator and please give an example..

Zeb

Tuesday, June 19, 2001 - 04:44 pm Click here to edit this post
It's someone who works for the phone company and speaks in jargon that the normal consumer doesn't understand.

(An example is when you order DSL service and they tell you that it will take them 15 days to "provision the lines". Like what in the hell does that mean to the normal consumer? If you ask them, sometimes even they don't know what they are saying because that's what they are told to say.)

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Ok ok, a Boolean Operator is a word like AND, OR, NOT, etc. that establishes parameters for a decision.