Recent content by johntrottier

Until Africa changes it's culture, and it's habits. the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases will continue to hobble any attempts of the continent to break out of the 3rd world

kidnapping Jaycee Dugard? According to this story http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-28-dugard-kidnapping-confession_N.htm the pair have made full confessions about the kidnapping and imprisonment of Jaycee. Her lawyer is saying that "that Nancy should be allowed to walk free at some...

Nuclear Winter?????

The "media" today prints and shouts on the nightly news what their masters want them to say. There is a simple reason why: In February, 1968 Walter Cronkite, made a report that stated we were losing the war in Vietnam, directly contradicting what the White House (LBJ) had been saying. Because of...

Your point is? There is no evidence of anything in your posting There is hype There is speculation The are references to unknown sources there is more hype But there is nothing else There is no more evidence in what you posted than the thousands of articles, movies and shows that purport to...

There are a lot of Linux servers out there, but the vast majority are hardened against "a few commands" to learn networking. Those that are not usually last about 6 minutes before they are "discovered", attacked, taken over and the operators taught a few hard lessons. You best approach is to...

General computer knowledge includes How to send and receive e-mail How to create a folder How to use network folders Log on and log off procedures save a file write a letter start a program use help files

I have a Linux server that has at one time or another handled all the OSs you mentioned except Win7RC Samba can be a bit of a pain during setup, so I try to get all the help I can. That's why my distro of choice is OpenSuse. Yast does a great job setting up the Samba config file. But the choice...

You'll need to use one of the free FTP sites to transfer the file. You upload to the FTP site, then your firend downloads it. Otherwise, put the files on a USB stick, or burn a CD with the files and use snail mail.

OK - you want wireless but you already are on a wired system What you need is a wireless access point If you also want a wired connection available you will need a switch as well Your system should look like this Cat 6 Wall plug >> switch LAN Port Switch LAN port >> Computer Switch LAN Port >>...