Computers 101

Q:
Recently the time shown on my received e-mail runs three hours ahead. Are these emails really coming from the future?

A:
It would be nice if when someone told you, "I need that information yesterday!" you could email it to them and have it show up yesterday. But, alas, this is not the case. This "email from the future" can happen if your ISP's clock is off.

Since the time stamp gets put there by your e-mail server, if the time on that server is off, your e-mail received time will reflect this.

Your best bet is to contact your ISP and ask them about it. They can either give you an explanation for the time problem (i.e. you live in LA but the server is in New York) or get it fixed for you.

~ Steve

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Tip of the Day

Arranging Desktop Icons

Do you have icons scattered all over your desktop and want them lined up? Or maybe you have them lined up in neat little rows, but would prefer them grouped in different areas of your desktop. We will try to satisfy both with today's tip.

To organize scattered icons: Right-click the Desktop and select "Arrange Icons". You'll be presented with a sub-menu that's chock full of icon arrangement options. I personally use the "By Type" option, since I have all sorts of different icon species residing on my desktop, but I'm sure that by name will be a very popular one.

Now, for those of you who DO want the ability to move your icons around, but they won't move out of their current location, you may have them set to "Auto arrange". Right-click your desktop, Arrange icons by, and make sure the "Auto Arrange" option is unchecked.

Now you can move those icons anywhere on the desktop.

So, whatever your preference, we have it covered.

~ Steve

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Amanda's Cool Site of the Day

Slang Site

This site's slogan says it all, 'SlangSite.com is a dictionary of slang, webspeak, made up words, and colloquialisms. Click on a letter below to browse our listings, or submit your own words to our site." Scroll down their front page to see a few examples.

So, you follow their directions, and start browsing. I chose the letter K, and was surprised at the amount of slang that starts with that letter. From "K", as in OK, to "Kahooga", as in extremely babyish crying, and many more.

Example... "Keeper of the speed": a motorist who makes it their personal mission to drive below the posted speed limit at all times, thereby ruining the commute of those motorists stuck behind

So why don’t you check out all those other letters and see what new slang you can find?

http://www.slangsite.com/

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