fandomhigh | Basic Computing Class #13 [Tuesday, Period 3, 4/8]

"Today's lesson is short and sweet, but still very important for beginners," began Mike, standing at the front of the computer lab. "Save your work and save often. You don't know if you'll be attacked by a gremlin before the assignment is finished or if the power will go out before you save those last fourteen pages of your term paper." He cringed. "I spent another three hours trying to recreate the work I lost that night. It's worth your while to find a word processor that allows auto-saving in the background. On my copy of Microsoft Word, just to to Tools, and then Options, where you'll see a tab marked 'Save.' There, you can set it to auto-save and set how often you want it to auto-save. It's also a good practice to manually save every so often by hitting Ctrl + S or the save icon in the toolbar, which usually looks like a small floppy disk. Either way, you want to find out how it works before getting to any serious work."

After answering any questions ~~if there were any~~, Mike moved on. "If you've looked at the calendar, you might have noticed that we only have one more class before final exams. If there's anything that you need covered before the end of the semester, let me know now. I'll answer your questions today as best I can, and we can cover any big topics next week."

[OCD ~~coming~~ up! I have a work thing to deal with in the morning, but I should be back to pick up pings after 3 PM CDT.]

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With your "Oh no, the computer ate my homework" icon.

Take notes, pass notes, chit chat with your neighbor, or just save what you're working on.

Is there anything that you need clarified from previous weeks or something that Mike hasn't covered? Now is the time to get some answers!

He's waiting around after class if anyone needs to find him.

TNT is showing the Las Vegas episode "The Count of Montecito" at noon EDT. This is the one with Eric Dane guest-starring as Leo, the new security guy who makes two huge mistakes. One, he spends too much time staring at Big Ed's daughter. Two, he's actually running a card-counting operation. Mike and Danny have an interesting time investigating a co-worker sitting right next to them.

Ferris Bueller

Cassandra Cain.

Edward Elric

Sora

Sora raised his hand. "Uhm, can we go over again what to do if the computer turns evil?"

Sorry Mike, he just wasn't gonna let that one go.

Yeah, this one was going to be a challenge for Mike.

"If Ctrl + Alt + Del doesn't work, I'd pull the plug," he suggested. "Or find some sort of way to tie up its systems so it gets confused. If all else fails, computers really hate magnets. Make sure you get a really powerful one. It'll totally scramble the hard drive."

"Seriously!?!" Sora slumped. "Man! I wish I had know that before!"

Anathema Device

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