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Basic Tarot for Beginners
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That Does Not Compute
"That Does Not Compute!!"
by Terry Jones
Do you remember that famous TV series called 'Lost in Space'. There would
be few who wouldn't remember the Jupiter II lost in space with the
Robinson Family, Dr Zachary Smith, Major Don West and, of course,
the Robot.
The Robots catch cry was "Danger, Danger Will Robinson" when trouble was
lurking or "That does not compute" when something was not logical.
The phrase "That does not compute" springs to mind more often than not as
I deal with Family, Friends and Customers with their computers,
VCR's and other electronic equipment.
What doesn't compute is why you pay so much to use so little of the power
of a device such as a modern day computer. You are paying $1500 -
$2000 for a device to play games.
Now come on ... hands up all those people who bought a computer for their
kids to play games ... OK ... there's one .. two ... three ... yes
there's quite a few.
Now your saying to yourself "Well what else would I do with it because I
don't run a business" and therein lies my point. You don't have to
be running a business to get the most out of your computer ...
OR
.... why NOT run a part time business and try and get some of that
investment back.
Here is a list of personal/business uses for your 'toy' -
1. Build a Catalogue/Index of your favorite recipes 2. Research and build
your family tree 3. Search the Internet for any sort of information
4. Create your own family or Business web site 5. Use it to run
design software for quilts (this is a use one of my friends uses it
for). There are tons of software programs out there that allow you
to design almost anything. 6. Catalogue your collection of whatever
you collect (stamps, comics, figurines, books, toy cars etc) 7. Shop
online
8. Buy Goods like cars, white goods, furniture. 9. Sending and
receiving email 10.Keep a list of personal and business contacts
11.Let your kids research their homework on the internet 12.Do an
online course of study 13.Complete a degree or Diploma 14.Book
Airline tickets, accomodation, holidays 15.Plan your holiday or trip
online 16.Buy and sell goods through an online auction i.e. ebay
17.View and Buy a house
18.Design your own dream home 19.Put an inexpensive web camera on
your PC and have a video conference
20.Do Video editing
21.Create Video
tutorials of your favorite subject 22.Research your
favorite pastime/hobby 23.Send a protest to your politcal
representative 24.Scan, edit and store your photos 25.Write a book
26. Write your family history 27.Submit your tax returns
electronically 28.Do your banking online 29.Pay your bills online
30. OK, I'll concede ... play some games as well!
This list is just off the top of my head ... .... you can use your
computer for any imaginable task e.g. In the not too distant future
your computer will run your house for you.
The one thing that stops you from doing any or all of these things now is
a lack of the basic understanding/knowledge of your computer. Sure
your reading this article so that means you can receive email or
browse the web but what happens if they don't work any more? Do you
have enough basic knowledge to rectify the simple problems or would
you rather wait for your computer to be 'fixed' by the local
technician?
More than 80% of most computer problems could be resolved with just some
basic computer know-how. I have known people to go without a
computer for a few days only to find a cord was loose on their
mouse.
Your first task after buying a computer should be to learn about the
basics of your computer. There are online courses, college courses
and tutors available to help you do just that.
So take the initiative and get the most out of your computer otherwise you
are wasting your time money and 'That does not compute!'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terry
Jones has been involved in the Computer Support industry for 20
years and is the author of "Computerese ... make your computer
easy", "Keyboard Capers", "Conquering Windows 98" and "Fun with
Files & Formatting". He can be contacted by email to -
Terry@tell-me-how.com OR
http://www.Tell-Me-How.com
Terry Jones has been involved in the Computer Support industry for 20
years and is the author of "Computerese ... make your computer
easy", "Keyboard Capers", "Conquering Windows 98" and "Fun with
Files & Formatting". He can be contacted by email to -
Terry@tell-me-how.com OR
http://www.Tell-Me-How.com
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