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01.03.2003 GnomeREPORT

Parodies crack me up. I'm totally in love with the Tolkien Sarcasm Page and its remake of LoTR. You'll need QuickTime to view it, but it's worth the click. Phil Glatz is definitely here to help boost my confidence in the classics. "I take film as a pretty serious art form, and my studies lead me to conclude that most films throughout history have been commercial pap, made more for profit than artistic merit (how else can you explain the series of over 20 'Blondie' movies made in the 40s?). Nonetheless, life is too short to watch most of the drek if you haven't seen the classics. Netflix is a great place; they have lots of the older stuff that still shines - and since many of the old movies are coming back in nice restorations with extra features, you should consider checking them out. I'd advise renting one for every pop title you get - you won't like 'em all, but given the speed and cost of Netflix, it isn't much of a loss. Here's some basic bits of film literacy everyone should know..."

He expounds: "(1) Citizen Kane - where the language of modern visual cinema came from - go visit Hearst Castle first if you haven't seen it yet (great getaway) - there was a PBS documentary about the parallels between Hearst and Welles that shows how similar they were (I have a copy you're welcome to borrow). (2) Billy Wilder - dark humor, brilliant directing - 'Double Indemnity,' 'Sunset Boulevard,' 'The Apartment.' (3) Mean Streets - first DeNiro / Scorsese collaboration - raw and funky, but considered among their finest. (4) Charlie Chaplin - the first auteur, 'Modern Times' and 'The Gold Rush,' as well as the early silents. (5) Fellini - a man who loved life and made beautiful art celebrating the everyday and the sacred. (6) Singing in The Rain - greatest musical (also special edition of the Wizard of Oz). (7) Buster Keaton - amazing, near forgotten genius - see 'The General' for a start. (8) Since you like sci-fi, check out the original versions of 'Metropolis,' 'Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.' The German abstract impressionists were pretty interesting. (9) Peter Lorre - wonderful actor in anything, start with 'M.' (10) James Cagney - extremely talented actor / dancer - can't go wrong with 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' or 'Public Enemy.' (11) Paul Muni - among the finest, 'Scarface,' 'I was a Prisoner on a Chain Gang.' (12) 'The Big Sleep' - great Bogart." So there we have it - a more tantalizing selection (and a great direction for illterati like myself).

The answer god is once again helping people save disk space. A Mr. Krishnakumar wrote to us the other day: "There is a file, hiberfil.sys, that's quite large. It appeared in the root of my C drive. I want to know if I can safely remove this file." Furo responded almost immediately: "It's the file that reserves space for the Hibernation power state. The operation writes the entire contents of RAM (memory) to this file, then powers off the computer. When the system is fired up again, the contents of the hibernation file are read back into active RAM, and things pick up right where they left off. In theory. If you have no use for this power state, then you can disable Hibernation within the Power Options Control Panel applet. Once you remove it, the file should be deleted automatically - assuming it was created by the operating system installation that is currently running." Some people have reported weird complications stemming from hibernation. Or, to put it another way, drivers aren't always happy to have their "licences" suspended. When they get pulled over, they may resist arrest. If that happens, just take out the night stick and whack 'em in the icon. Gently, please... we don't need another scandal.

Yours Digitally,
Chris Pirillo

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3D Canvas v5.7a [7.2M] W9x/2k/XP FREE

http://www.amabilis.com/

{3D graphics tool} 3D Canvas is a real-time 3D modeling and animation tool that uses the drag-and-drop approach to 3D modeling. Construct models from simple 3D primitives, or create new ones using 3D Canvas Object Building Tools. Modeling tools are provided to deform, sculpt, and paint 3D objects. Build an animation by positioning the objects within the scene for each point in time in your animation. The animation scene can be stepped through one frame at a time, viewed in real-time, or recorded to a video (AVI) file for distribution. The Web site offers tutorials for getting familiar with the program and its capabilities. This approach is a good way to start dabbling with 3D graphics before moving on to bigger 'n better things. [Meryl]

BigSpeed Zipper v3.6.0.6 [741k] W9x/2k/XP FREE

http://www.mywebattack.com/gnomeapp.php?id=104976

BigSpeed Zipper is a zip and unzip tool that offers an easy-to-use Windows Explorer style interface. To compress or extract files, just drag them from the Windows Explorer view to the Zip side of the interface. In addition, you can also open ZIP files remotely on Web servers, search in all ZIP files on the disk, view the contents of ZIP files while downloading them, automate frequently- used compression operations, back up files in ZIP format to disk or FTP server, upload ZIP files to FTP servers, send ZIP files as e-mail attachments, or synchronize the contents of ZIP files and folders. The program also allows you to split/join files to/from smaller chunks, repair damaged ZIP files, and it can create self- extracting packages and span ZIP files over multiple volumes. [MWA]

Password Depot v1.0 [2.3M] W9x/2k/XP FREE

http://www.mywebattack.com/gnomeapp.php?id=105011

Password Depot is a user-friendly tool for the management of all your passwords. It uses security algorithms such as BlowFish and Rijndael to encrypt your files. It also includes a file shredder that complies with the directives DOD 5220.22-M of the US Department of Defense and allows you to fully destroy files created with the program. Features include a password generator, backup options, password expiration, search functions, import/export, and more. Password Depot includes a convenient browser bar that attaches to the top of your screen and provides quick access to all your passwords (without taking up much screen space). The auto-complete feature can [optionally] automatically fill in username and password for you. This free version is limited to 20 password accounts - which should be sufficient for the average user. [MWA]

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MR Tech Systray v2.1 [119k] W9x/2k/XP FREE

http://www.mrtech.com/

{Tweaking tool} It never hurts to download another tweaking tool since each one has its own advantages and features, and MR Tech Systray can do impressive stuff. It tweaks Windows annoyances for improved performance, cleans the hard drive and browsers, gets system information, and comes with a built-in MP3 toolkit. Right- clicking on the MR Tech Systray icon in the System Tray provides more options. The program is different from the familiar tweaking tools, and geeks who love to tweak will want to add this to their toolbox. [Meryl]

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Lomography Society International

http://www.lomography.com/

{Just shoot photos} Before I arrived at this site, I was thinking, "What the heck is lomography???" There's a long story explaining the details, but in a nutshell, "Lomographers shoot as many impossible pictures as possible in the most impossible of situations from the most impossible of positions." Get started by reading the ten rules of lomography. Digging through the pages of photos is an experience in itself, and there are a few photos that have me cocking my head in confusion - like my beagle - wondering how in the world the photo came to be. [Meryl]

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Question: Why are replies sent from Outlook Express sometimes received in Outlook 2000 as attachments with file names like att*.txt?

Answer: Outlook and the Microsoft Exchange Client sometimes use a special method to package information for sending messages across the Internet, a method known as Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF). The use of TNEF is commonly affected by settings in Outlook that are referred to as "Microsoft Outlook Rich Text Format." Rich Text Format and TNEF are not exactly the same, but they are closely related. A TNEF-encoded message contains a plain text version of the message, and a binary attachment that "packages" various other parts of the original message. In most cases, the binary attachment will be named Winmail.dat. When a message containing TNEF information is received by a mail client that does not understand TNEF, there are three common results:

The plain text version of the message is received and it contains an attachment named Winmail.dat. The Winmail.dat attachment does not contain any useful information when opened since it is in the special TNEF format.
The plain text version of the message is received and it contains an attachment with a generic name such as ATT00008.dat or ATT00005.eml. In this case, the client is unable to recognize the TNEF part of the message, and is unable to recognize the Winmail.dat file name, so it creates a file name to hold the TNEF information.
The plain text version of the message is received and the client ignores the Winmail.dat attachment. This is the behavior found in Microsoft Outlook Express. Outlook Express does not understand TNEF, but it does know to ignore TNEF information. The result is a plain text message. Good 'nuf 'splanation? [Meryl]

Question: What is the easiest way to control who can print to a shared printer on a Windows 98 peer-to-peer network in a school classroom?

Answer: Well, I am going to assume that you already have File and Printer Sharing installed. If you don't have File and Printer Sharing installed and turned on, then just go to Windows Help (F1) and do a search for File and Printer Sharing, and you will find instructions for installing and enabling this service.

Let's assume that the printer hasn't been shared over the network yet. You'll need to do the following:

Navigate to your printers by going to Start | Settings | Printers.
Right-click the printer you want to share, click the "Sharing" tab, and click on the dot next to "Shared As."
Type in what you want to name the printer on the network, type a password in the password field, and click OK. Now people can only add this printer to their machine if they know the password. If you don't want to have to put in a password every time you connect to the printer on a remote machine, then you just need to put a check in the box that says "Save this password in your password list."

You can also make the printer hidden so that people can't see it when they do a browse in the Add Printer wizard. To hide the printer, follow the steps as written above, but when you type a name for the printer make sure it starts with a dollar sign (example: $printername). It is up to you if you want to have the double security of both a password AND hiding the printer. Keep in mind that if you hide the printer name, then you can only add it to a remote computer by typing in the network path to the printer (example: \\computername\$printername). That's about as close as you will get to network printer security on a Windows 98 computer. Good luck! [Brian]

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