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Updated: 2 October 2003
The Chebucto Office will be open to the public Friday, October
3rd at our regular hours.
A big thanks to everyone who braved the strong winds to come out and visit
us and to the steadfast corps of Chebucto volunteers who made it all
possible!
A steady stream of new members has been responsible for the growth in
numbers, mostly from the closing of Dalhousie University's in-house
Premium Dial-Up Service, but increasingly from the local community as
well. The increase in numbers is not enough to put any extra strain on
any Chebucto services and there are plans in place to expand services as
the demand increases.
As always we also strongly advise all of our users with computers running
Microsoft Windows (all versions but especially Windows XP and Windows
2000) to keep updated with the latest security updates from
Microsoft's own Windows
Update site. There are major security holes in the Microsoft
Windows Operating System, Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser and
Microsoft's Outlook Express email program which can be fixed with these
software patches. Microsoft Office users should also check with Microsoft
for patches for recent vulnerabilities.
Unpatched versions of these Microsoft products are vulnerable to many
viruses, worms, trojan programs and exploits where hostile users can get
access to your computer and files. Users are strongly advised to keep
current with Service Packs and Critical Updates for Microsoft products,
which are released on a regular basis. Since the beginning of September
there have been several new Critical level updates released.
Cool new Chebucto hats available!We now have available excellent quality Chebucto Community Net hats. Click on photo to see larger version. These fashionable stone coloured washed cotton Chino twill hats are low fitting with adjustable strap and antique silver ring buckle for a perfect fit and are embroidered with the Chebucto Community Net logo and web address. Machine washable and drip dry with a pre curved peak, this hat will provide years of comfortable wear as well as showing your support for Halifax's own one-of-a-kind independent Community Net. You can get your very own Chebucto Community Net hat from the Chebucto office for $20 or we can mail it out to you for an additional $10.
Chebucto Newspaper Column Give-aways!Chebucto's Mousepad newspaper column, written by Chebucto Board member Mark Alberstat with occasional help from some fellow Chebucto volunteers, is being well received and a fifth free mousepad for a column idea has been sent out. The column is published every second week in the Sunday Chronicle Herald. The Mousepad focuses on computers and internet technologies and how they can be used by people for an almost infinite variety of purposes. People can write in questions to the column and if they are used they will get a cool new Chebucto Community Net mousepad. Email questions to the Mousepad at mousepad@chebucto.ns.caChebucto mousepads may be purchased from the Chebucto Office for $10 each or mailed out for $15 each. Contact office@chebucto.ns.ca to order.
Chebucto Users still tops in *.NS.CA SETI processingSETI, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence, has been processing their radio telescope data with home users' computers for years now. Using an innovative screensaver which runs whenever the user computer is not in use, SETI has had more than 1,637,000 years of high quality computer processor time donated to it.Of all the computer domains ending in the letters NS.CA, denoting Nova Scotia, chebucto.ns.ca now ranks number one, producing more than double the results of both the government of Nova Scotia and the vast resources of EdNet, the schools network combined. Current stats here. Chebucto users have sent in more than 23,000 results, representing more than 47 years of CPU time that would otherwise have been wasted.
SETI is about to complete a new observation phase, targetting the top 200
candidate signals for direct observation using the full resources of the
world's largest radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
Outlook user email advisoryAfter the continuing wave of viruses specifically targetting users of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express email programs, and the constant stream of user complaints about randomly altered program settings and difficulty using the program, the Chebucto Community Net Office and the Chebucto Technical Committee recommend our users do not use either Outlook or Outlook Express as their email program.Windows Users can find a selection of email programs available for download here and Macintosh users can find a selection of email programs here.
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