Toledo PC Users’ Group
A Forum for Personal-Computer Users — June, 2007
June Program: Receiving Over-the-Air HDTV on Your PC, Rick Snyder
Monday, June 4, 2007 at 7:30 PM, UAW-Local-14 Hall, Jackman & Northover (between Laskey & Alexis Rd), Toledo, Ohio.
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TPCUG Data
From the Prez
Minutes
Treasurer’s Report
Membership Expirations
Computer-Investing-Group Meeting
TOLTBBS Information
TPCUG’s
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The Toledo PC Users’ Group
P.O. Box 13085
Toledo, OH 43613
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President: Floyd Miller
Vice-President: Rick Snyder
Treasurer: Steve Tryc
Secretary: Sándor Halász
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Computer Shows: Steve
Tryc
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Membership: Roy Ballogg
Programs:
Lester Miller
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Curtis
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June Program
Program Chairman Lester Miller has accepted my offer to share with the group my experiences in receiving local over-the-air high-definition–television signals on a computer. The tentative program agenda involves providing a handout to lead us through a discussion of image quality factors, antennas, and surround-sound. Then the WinTV-HVR-950 by Hauppauge will be demonstrated. This program will be of primary interest to those who have not purchased a digital TV. However, come one, come all, and let's share some knowledge about two subjects that should be of interest to all of us—our televisions and our computers.
Rick Snyder
From the President
The President's Message: We have often heard the phrase:Out with the old and in with the new. According the the following information we are about to make another
old–newshift and this is happening just when some of us old duffers are trying to let go of DOS for the new kid on the block VISTA. We might be shouting
DOS where are you now that we still need you!! In fear and trepidation read on—
Intel: Software needs to heed Moore's Law
By Ina Fried Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published on ZDNet News: May 25, 2007, 12:39 PM PDTSAN FRANCISCO—After years of delivering faster and faster chips that can easily boost the performance of most desktop software, Intel says the free ride is over.
Already, chipmakers like Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are delivering processors that have multiple brains, or cores, rather than single brains that run ever faster. The challenge is that most of today's software isn't built to handle that kind of advance.
The software has to also start following Moore's law, Intel fellow Shekhar Borkar said, referring to the notion that chips offer roughly double the performance every 18 months to two years.Software has to double the amount of parallelism that it can support every two years.At Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles, Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie tried to spur the industry to start addressing the issue.
We do now face the challenge of figuring out how to move, I'll say, the whole programming ecosystem of personal computing up to a new level where they can reliably construct large-scale applications that are distributed, highly concurrent, and able to utilize all this computing power, Mundie said in an interview there.Microsoft's Ty Carlson said that the next version of Windows will have to be
fundamentally differentto handle the amount of processing cores that will become standard on PCs. Vista, he said, is designed to handle multiple threads, but not the 16 or more that chips will soon be able to handle. And the applications world is even further behind.
In 10 to 15 years' time we're going to have incredible computing power, Carlson said.The challenge will be bringing that ecosystem up that knows how to write programs.But Intel's Borkar said that Microsoft and other large software makers have known this shift is coming and have not moved fast enough.
They talk; they talk a lot, but they are not doing much about it, he said in an interview following his discussion.It's a big company (Microsoft) and so there is inertia.Intel has also been releasing more of its own software tools aimed at harnessing multicore performance. Another of Intel's efforts is to work with universities to change the way programming is taught to focus more on parallelism; that way the next generation of developers will have such techniques in the forefront of their minds.
You start with the universities, Borkar said.Us old dogs, you cannot teach us new tricks.
Admittedly, much of this applies to the high end of the computing
spectrum but it filters down to the hunt-and-pecker
and screen-starer
with lots of question marks written all over the eyeballs and mushy
brain. But PCUG'ers have always struggled together to make sense out of
what at first appeared to be nonsense that resulted in making that
mysterious box work for us. So with crutch and cane we'll hobble into a
new era.
To this end we will see you at the next PCUG meeting—same place, same time. I understand our VP, Rick, will have the program.
As always: Members are expected, Visitors are welcome.
Respectfully: Your Prez., Floyd L. Miller
Minutes
The meeting was called to order at 19:50 by F. Miller, pres.
The minutes were accepted.
The treasurer reported the balance $1069.14. Soon the post-office box is to be renewed, in July, and the hall-rent is due. The treasurer s report was accepted, subject to audit.
Roy Ballogg was absent, but eleven were present.
L. Miller plans the program of TV through the computer.
Old bizness:
Halász said that he sent Ann Summers e-mail and she answered, surprised that she is not forgotten. S. Tryc and others talked about Jim Dunmyer, who is now interested in guns, old engines, .... It was suggested that they be invited to a meeting.
New bizness:
L. Miller spoke of articles that he had read, one about putting medical records on line, the other about Microsoft and Yahoo s merging, or not.
At 20:16 the meeting was adjourned, and F. Miller talked about on-line trading through Scottrade (office at 7109 Central Avenue).
Respectfully submitted by Sándor Halász, secretary
Treasurer’s Report
Balance Ending 4/15/07
Balance Ending 5/15/07
Steve Tryc, treasurer
Computer Investing Group
Likewise, you may still mail your reservation for the June-13
Annual Dinner up to June 9, and again call Carolyn if close. We are
still waiting to hear from many of the anniversary clubs. Please come
that we may honor you!
UNDERSTANDING AND USING THE SSG or
How to Make Judgments On The Back Page
June 2, Saturday, 10 am–12 noon
Room 12 of Main Classroom Building, Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH
Rose Hess, Associate Director of the Northwest Buckeye Chapter, will be teaching this class. She has taught many seminars on the SSG, and is sure to provide a valuable treasure of information and techniques that will help you make smarter and more profitable judgments for building your portfolio. You will be expected to have basic knowledge of the SSG.
The cost is $10 per student. Please register using the form in the
NW Buckeye Newsletter or available online when you click on this event
on our chapter web page. Your registration should be postmarked by May
2925, 2007; you may send multiple registrations in the same envelope.
Directions to the Main Classroom Building at Tiffin University will be sent to you after you register. Please include your email address with your registration. If no e-mail, directions will be sent via snail mail.
Computer Investment Group—Toolkit 5
June 2, 2007, Saturday, 2–4 pm
Heatherdowns Public Library, 3265 Glanzman, Toledo, OH
Come to learn about features of the popular ToolKit program. Toolkit is geared to most BetterInvesting members. Bring your questions about the workings of the program in preparing Stock Selection Guides, Stock Comparison Guides, PERTs, etc. Find out some of the hidden key functions and see the advanced capabilities. Please bring your questions about Toolkit.
Free. All are welcome. No reservation needed.
If you have questions, please contact
Donna Bardis, 419-517-3279, dbardis@nwbuckeye.betterinvesting.net
Annual Meeting and Dinner
June 13, 2007, Wednesday, 6 pm
Highland Meadows Golf Club, 7455 Monroe Street, Sylvania OH
The cost is $27. Please register using the form in the NW Buckeye Newsletter or available on line when you click on this event on our chapter web page. Your registration should be postmarked by June 6, 2007; you may send multiple registrations in the same envelope.
Our buffet dinner will consist of salad, pecan chicken and sliced roast beef, oven-roasted redskin potatoes, glazed carrots, green beans almondine, and dessert.
Our main speaker is Gary L. Smith, VP and Treasurer of The Andersons, Inc. Mr. Smith will present Up Close and Personal—The Andersons, Inc, a small-cap value company. From agriculture to retail—why this small-cap merits consideration in a club portfolio.
We will also elect officers and directors, honor anniversary clubs, and announce the results of the judging for the portfolio contest.
If you have questions about registrations for Tiffin class or Annual Dinner, please contact Marilyn Adams, 419-865-6061, or Carolyn Nies, 419-472-8455.
Even if you are not a member of BI, you can still access our chapter events: click on Attend Seminars, Investor Fairs, Workshops in the middle of the page; enter your zipcode & our chapter events will come up if you live in our chapter; then click on the event for more information on the event, how to register, contacts to ask about event or registration, & map to the location. If you are not in our chapter area, you could enter one of the Toledo zipcodes, such as 43606.