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The HAPCC general meeting is on 4th Sunday of each month. The
next general meeting will be Sept 27th. Meeting time 7:00 - 9:00
pm. The HAPCC has a meeting place at: Maritime Museum of the
Atlantic 1675 Lower Water Street , Halifax, NS.
Parking available in the nearby Government parking lot or in
the Museum parking lot. Access to the building is via the Night
Entrance Doors, located just to the right of the regular front
doors. If door is locked, use the bell on upper left side of the
Night Entrance Doors.
The meeting room is on the second floor and has a theatre
type of layout. Washrooms are located close by. Elevator service
is available. Coffee served.
The members of HAPCC would
like to give heart felt thanks to our guest speakers and members
who have made our monthly meetings a success. And to all a very
Merry Christmas
and a Happy
New year.
Thanks to Troy Dolomont
from Staples Business Depot who at
our November gave all some suggestions for a Christmas gifts and for
their own personal use. The Q&A at the meeting covered many
topics and Troy also joined in the exchange of ideas and
suggestions. "In This Issue" are a few little items to
cheer you up and make you festive season a merry one.
From the Internet..... ~~~ Murphy's Laws of Computing! ~~~
From the Internet... What gender would you assign to your computer?
General Information
A word of thanks to the guest speakers and the their web suites
Newsletter Information
Meeting Schedule for the year
~ For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.
~ To err is human... To blame your computer for your mistakes is even more human; In fact it is
downright natural...
~ He who laughs last probably made a back-up.
~ If at first you don't succeed, blame your computer.
~ A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have
evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.
~ The number one cause of computer problems is computer solutions.
~ A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want it to do.
~ When computing, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to
happen.
~ When you get to the point where you really understand your computer,
it's probably obsolete...
~ The first place to look for information is in the section of the
manual where you least expect to find it.
~ When the going gets tough, upgrade.
~ When you need to send an email quick, that's when the modem won't
connect!
A marketing director for a prominent computer manufacturer was devising a new advertising
campaign for his company. While researching consumer response to
his product, he asked "Naval ships are commonly referred to as 'she' or 'her'.
What gender would you assign to your computer? Give four reasons to support your answer."
A large group of women reported that the computers should be referred to in the masculine gender
because:
1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data, but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer you
could have had a better model.
The men, on the other hand, concluded that computers should be referred to in the feminine gender because:
1. No one but the Creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to
everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck
on accessories for it.
We are thinking that this could be a interesting topic for a general meeting.
Chairperson David Potter
Vice-Chair Bill Marchant
Treasurer Rob MacCara
Web Librarian Thayne MacLean
Newsletter Editor Diane Smith
Membership Promotion Pat Conen
and the following members who assist in planning our monthly
meetings: Norman DeForest, Henry Hill, Ken Gilmour,and Colin Stuart.
The HAPCC has two kinds of meetings. Firstly the regular
Sunday night meeting which most members attend regularly,
secondly the monthly (approximately) planning meeting which
organizes the business of the Club, including what happens on the
Sundays. The planning meeting is held on Monday, a week after the
regular meeting in which all members of the Club are urged to
attend. At the planning meeting, we discuss feature speakers for
regular meetings, finances, membership, training, and other
computer related subjects.
....Bill Marchant
Our guest speaker at the March meeting was Mr.
David Baxter, Product Specialist at MT&T for the MpoweredPc
service. His multi-media presentation showed us how far the
service has come, and in which direction it is heading.
MpoweredPc was being officially launched on April 7, 1998 and it
promises to be a serious contender in the high-speed
internet/software on demand arena. More info can be found here:
Mpowered. Once again, Thank you to MT&T and David Baxter.
Our guest speaker in February was Sgt. Bill
Cowper, Internet Communications Officer of the Halifax Regional
Municipality Police Department. He gave a history of how and when
the police department started using the Internet. They were the
first police department in Canada to be on the Internet. Sgt.
Cowper is continually receiving calls from all over the world
looking for assistance. The presentation showed how well the
department and the officers in the patrol cars are versed on
getting the criminals off the streets. If you would like to
check-out their web site the address is
Halifax
Regional Police Service gives an idea
of what an "Internet Cybercop" is all about.
Newsletter Articles....
We are almost always in need of good
articles. If anyone has something that they feel would make a
good article, an interesting story to tell, or even a good
meeting topic, please don't hesitate to pass it on. Articles can
be submitted in almost any format, ASCII text, AMI Pro, MS Word,
Windows Write, WordStar and of course WordPerfect.
The newsletter is mailed to all paid up members and to
anyone who has attended a meeting within the past three months.
Yearly membership dues are $15.00.
Club Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 29008, Halifax N.S., B3L 4T8.
We decide the meeting dates for the upcoming year at the last
planning meeting of the season. The dates for these are listed
below. As in previous years, the December meeting is moved to the
early part of January due to Christmas Eve being near the fourth
Sunday of the month.
The planning meetings are normally held on the
second Monday (8 days) after the general meeting. They are
currently held at a members home and the address is announced at
the meeting prior to the planning meeting. Anyone is welcome to
assist in the planning of future meetings or events. Meeting
dates for the 1998/99 season.
Jan-3 Jan-31 Feb-28 Mar-28 Apr-25 May-24 June-27
Any changes to the scheduled dates will be announced where possible at the regular monthly meetings and/or in this newsletter.
