The “New Heights” Edition of the Dr. Bill Podcast #54!

Dr. Bill Podcast – 54 – (09/16/06)
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Gary BrolsmaShow Notes:
Great Heights in Tech! A promo for “The Darn PC Podcast!” Computers are just glorified sand! Deep cleansing breaths will help with those darn PCs! The Dr. Bill Contest continues ONE MORE WEEK! Click the link at the top right hand side of the main web page for Dr. Bill – The Computer Curmudgeon to enter the contest! Defining the term “dewd!” A listener tells me to cut out the “dewds!” New NEWS: Gary Brolsma is back! With newnuma.com – watch the new Gary video and let me know if you think it is lamer than the old one… I think so. News items of the week: a geek cartoon! If you “get it” then you are a geek! You can get the T-Shirt! Geek Software of the Week: DeepRipper! It will rip audio files into various formats, check it out! A hint for the week: Scan your Files! Info on Andrew’s complaint about the “prefetch cache” tip from last week! How to use the little known “sfc” command. Foxit Reader Version 2.0 is OUT! YMMV is a handy phrase! The new Foxit icon is cooler! And opinion item on the Blog. The lack of geekiness of “the masses!” Vista Release Candidate 1 is available for download for a limited time! Download it and try it! A listener goes Linux and wants to know about winmodems. Bottom line: winmodems are EVIL! They eat up your CPU even when they work under Windows! Don’t use them! Buy a REAL modem… hang it off a REAL serial port, and life will be good! Or, check out linmodems.org and see if your winmodem chipset will work. Until next week the Doctor is out!