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  1. R

    Windows 7 Why does MS require a user to entrer a new poassword every week???

    Sorry to bother everyone here, but it seems like MS is requiring users to enter, and/or reset, their password every week now. I remember, a couple years ago, when MS DIDN'T require a person to change their password ever week. Now, I need to login 10-12 times per day, I need to change my...
  2. Drew

    Windows 8 Idea to Help Seniors

    Here's an idea for IT 'Enthusiasts', IT Pros w/ some spare time or retired IT Pros & Consultants. I am doing this & maybe others have not thought of it... Volunteer your time & services to your local 'old folks homes'. Many of the residents don't have a lot of money (we usually charge a...
  3. Drew

    Idea to Help Seniors

    Here's an idea for IT 'Enthusiasts', IT Pros w/ some spare time or retired IT Pros & Consultants. I am doing this & maybe others have not thought of it... Volunteer your time & services to your local 'old folks homes'. Many of the residents don't have a lot of money (we usually charge a...
  4. cybercore

    With 150-Foot Kites, Texas Man Raises Big Bucks for Charity

    With 150-Foot Kites, Texas Man Raises Big Bucks for Charity Want to do something to help people? Go fly a kite. That's the advice of Texas retiree Barry Ogletree, who has been raising money for charity by raising massive kites in the air. With the help of his wife and sometimes...
  5. Mike

    Join the Discussion: How Folding@Home Uses Spare CPU/GPU Power to Fight Diseases

    So does anyone on the site use Folding@Home? In case you do not know, Folding@Home is a way to use your extra CPU/GPU cycles to help solve protein folding to cure diseases. Now that the human genome has been mapped, scientists are trying to figure out how and why proteins fold - and misfold, in...
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