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Saving Paper? Ha!
I just bought a program (which I think is excellent) called "Cool Edit Pro" from Syntrillium http://www.syntrillium.com which is audio editing and processing program.
The registration card has a box to check that has this amusing statement:
"Yes! Please send me a hard-copy manual. (A complete manual is included on your CD. In the interest of paper conservation, Syntrillium ships hard-copy manuals only on demand.)"
So I can print it out (conserving their paper) or have them send me something that should have been in the box in the first place (conserving my paper, 225 pages for the manual plus 42 pages for the addendum). Since I paid $399 for the program, I think I'll conserve my paper instead of theirs - Stan Slonkosky
Listen Up and Take Heed!
I always tell people to unplug their PC when working on the insides. It's something I never do. My unsolicited advice? Do it. All the time.
Here's why: I added a sound card to my wife's PC the other day. Easy enough, right? Then, while the system was up and running, I replaced the cover. I've done it that way since I started with PCs in 1983. This time it bit me on the butt. The case cover touched an add-in card and the system board fried. Better it should have happened to my PC, you know what I'm saying? - Steve Bass
About the Author
Steve Bass is a Contributing Editor with PC World and runs the Pasadena IBM Users Group. He's also a founding member of APCUG. Check his Home Office columns at http://snurl.com/homeoffice and sign up for the Steve Bass online newsletter at http://snurl.com/signup.
This article is brought to you by the Editorial Committee of the Association of Personal Computer User Groups (APCUG), an International organization of which Melb PC is a member.
Reprinted from the April 2003 issue of PC Update, the magazine of Melbourne PC User Group, Australia
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