1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,380 From my heart and from my hand, why don't people understand my intention? 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,220 Computer running slow? 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:06,720 Avoiding. 4 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:07,640 Caught a virus? 5 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:08,180 What? 6 00:00:08,180 --> 00:00:08,680 No! 7 00:00:09,180 --> 00:00:09,460 Where? 8 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:09,860 Where? 9 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,140 Does your computer seem to have a life of its own? 10 00:00:13,540 --> 00:00:14,100 Malfunction. 11 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:15,560 Need input. 12 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:17,600 The Computer Guru is here. 13 00:00:17,780 --> 00:00:18,680 My God, you're here! 14 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:19,920 Call in now. 15 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,120 Now, it's Mike Swanson, your Computer Guru. 16 00:00:24,460 --> 00:00:26,540 Hello and welcome to the Computer Guru Show. 17 00:00:26,540 --> 00:00:30,520 My name is Mike, here to deal with your technology needs and treat you like a person in the process. 18 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:31,920 790-2040. 19 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,980 If you'd like to be part of the show, that's 520-790-2040. 20 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,940 And we'll help you out with whatever technology issues are ailing you. 21 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:41,200 Because that's what we do around here. 22 00:00:41,580 --> 00:00:42,960 This week is Rob is in. 23 00:00:43,020 --> 00:00:43,400 Hello, Rob. 24 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:44,340 Hi, how's it going? 25 00:00:44,540 --> 00:00:46,480 And then we've got Kent over there pushing buttons. 26 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:47,200 Good morning. 27 00:00:47,340 --> 00:00:47,840 Doing his thing. 28 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,300 And we've got new stuff to play during the breaks. 29 00:00:52,580 --> 00:00:54,860 It feels like I can feel the energy today. 30 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:55,440 Yeah? 31 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:55,820 Yeah. 32 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:56,360 Yeah. 33 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:57,800 It's not bad. 34 00:00:58,340 --> 00:00:59,600 What kind of energy is it, though? 35 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:01,580 Hopefully good energy, because we're going to need it. 36 00:01:01,820 --> 00:01:02,140 Yeah. 37 00:01:03,660 --> 00:01:05,140 There's going to be... 38 00:01:05,540 --> 00:01:09,420 We're doing the filming stage of Destruction of Furbies today. 39 00:01:09,820 --> 00:01:10,180 Finally. 40 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,480 And so that's going to be fun. 41 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,880 And hopefully nobody gets injured. 42 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,460 Yeah, I'm really hoping that we can walk away from this literally. 43 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:20,400 Right. 44 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:21,400 Unscathed. 45 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:21,560 Right. 46 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:23,940 Although your mom said that she's going to take you out. 47 00:01:23,940 --> 00:01:24,940 She's going to get hurt. 48 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:25,820 She's going to kill me. 49 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:26,360 Yeah. 50 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:27,320 Yeah. 51 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:30,940 I was like, that seems like an escalation that doesn't make sense, but all right. 52 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:32,700 She goes, that's my job. 53 00:01:33,740 --> 00:01:34,380 Right on. 54 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,180 So if I even get a paper cut today, that's it for me. 55 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:38,760 You're a goner, man. 56 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:39,360 Yeah, I guess so. 57 00:01:40,060 --> 00:01:41,040 You have to go on the lam. 58 00:01:41,220 --> 00:01:44,940 Well, yeah, my girlfriend said that there's going to be a line of people to injure me 59 00:01:44,940 --> 00:01:45,460 if I get injured. 60 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:46,120 Oh, really? 61 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:46,960 You're going to take a number? 62 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:47,560 Apparently. 63 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:49,240 All the women in my life are violent. 64 00:01:52,580 --> 00:01:53,200 All right. 65 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,660 7-9-0-20-40 if you want to be part of the show. 66 00:01:56,940 --> 00:01:57,660 All right. 67 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,740 This show kind of feels like a follow-up show. 68 00:02:00,380 --> 00:02:00,740 Oh, yeah? 69 00:02:00,740 --> 00:02:03,040 Because we're talking about a lot of things that have been talked about before. 70 00:02:03,340 --> 00:02:07,440 Yeah, we're going to be kind of bringing up stuff that we've talked about before and 71 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,160 said that we would eventually follow up with. 72 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:10,500 And some of those things are good. 73 00:02:10,580 --> 00:02:12,040 Some of those things are not so good. 74 00:02:12,780 --> 00:02:13,140 Right. 75 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:19,620 Some of these things are, I didn't want to talk about them again, necessarily. 76 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:21,180 Yeah, I was really hoping that we wouldn't have to. 77 00:02:22,260 --> 00:02:22,620 Yeah. 78 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:23,000 Yeah. 79 00:02:23,460 --> 00:02:26,520 Well, let's start with one that we didn't have to. 80 00:02:26,540 --> 00:02:27,000 I just wish we didn't have to talk about before. 81 00:02:27,260 --> 00:02:28,980 And I just wish we didn't have to talk about now. 82 00:02:29,260 --> 00:02:30,460 Which would be Pizza Hut. 83 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:33,360 It's just dumb. 84 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:33,920 Yeah. 85 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,400 You know, a lot of times I feel that you're almost like a little bit curmudgeon-y with 86 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:39,840 some of the stuff that we talk about. 87 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:40,340 Right. 88 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:41,540 But in this case, I'm with you. 89 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:42,500 This is dumb. 90 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,340 So Pizza Hut has some shoes that you can buy. 91 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,280 They are sort of retro-looking shoes. 92 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,800 They're high-tops, but they call them pie-tops. 93 00:02:53,460 --> 00:02:56,520 And there's a button in the tongue of the shoe that allows you to order. 94 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:57,160 You can order a large pizza. 95 00:02:58,060 --> 00:03:01,960 It's effectively an Amazon Dash button built into shoes. 96 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:07,560 And it's not even the coolest use of an Amazon Dash button that we've talked about recently. 97 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:08,480 No. 98 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,260 Even the donating to, what was it? 99 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:13,580 The swear jar? 100 00:03:13,780 --> 00:03:14,740 Yeah, the swear jar. 101 00:03:14,820 --> 00:03:16,900 Even that was better than this. 102 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,580 Yeah, you press a button and pizza gets ordered. 103 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:24,720 My question, though, is that if you're in a place long enough for a pizza to be delivered to you, 104 00:03:24,780 --> 00:03:26,240 why are you wearing these absurd shoes? 105 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,460 Yeah, they're kind of dumb-looking. 106 00:03:29,540 --> 00:03:29,940 Yeah. 107 00:03:30,140 --> 00:03:31,220 It's so dumb! 108 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:36,060 You could really mess with your friend who has these by just, like, punching him in the tongue of his shoe. 109 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,960 Yeah, they said that there's some type of, uh, you won't accidentally order pizza. 110 00:03:42,060 --> 00:03:43,880 They've got some sort of security built in. 111 00:03:44,060 --> 00:03:48,200 I can't think of a situation in which I will need enough pizza that it'll justify. 112 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,300 Yeah, I don't order pizza enough. 113 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:51,120 Right. 114 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:54,980 I would even have a Dash-style button. 115 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:55,660 I wouldn't. 116 00:03:55,660 --> 00:03:56,500 I don't know about even having a button. 117 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:56,500 118 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:56,500 119 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:56,500 120 00:03:56,500 --> 00:03:56,500 121 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,300 I would have to have the app on your phone, you know? 122 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:05,000 Right, and then beyond that, I don't order pizza enough to especially get a aforementioned Dash-style button 123 00:04:05,460 --> 00:04:08,740 built into a pair of relatively ugly tennis shoes. 124 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,700 Not to mention that you've got to think about the back end here. 125 00:04:10,820 --> 00:04:13,540 So this means that not only do you order pizza enough to have these shoes, 126 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:18,680 but, like, you have a pre-defined order that you like enough to have stored. 127 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,920 What if you get tired of whatever type of pizza you're having? 128 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,440 Well, I think the only way that I would get one of these is if I could program it. 129 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:27,820 I think that's a good way to order from Brooklyn's. 130 00:04:28,460 --> 00:04:29,060 Yeah, I could. 131 00:04:29,060 --> 00:04:30,940 Because Brooklyn's pizza is worth ordering from. 132 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:33,040 No, it's still not often enough, though. 133 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:34,040 No, that's true. 134 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:39,460 I can't think of anything that I need so often that I would want it built into my shoe. 135 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,400 Yeah, the only problem with Brooklyn's, though, I mean, they've got amazing pizza 136 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,440 and the best garlic knots in town. 137 00:04:44,540 --> 00:04:47,520 But the problem is I think they have a delivery radius of, like, 138 00:04:47,540 --> 00:04:48,220 Two feet? 139 00:04:48,380 --> 00:04:49,540 Yeah, 45 feet or something. 140 00:04:49,540 --> 00:04:50,620 Skybar right next door? 141 00:04:50,740 --> 00:04:50,900 Yeah. 142 00:04:50,900 --> 00:04:51,820 That's about it. 143 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:52,540 Come on, guys. 144 00:04:54,340 --> 00:04:56,320 It's because they have to ride the trolley. 145 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:56,740 It's everywhere. 146 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,140 Well, maybe we'll get Uber Eats here in town at some point. 147 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:03,580 Oh, Brooklyn's. 148 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,680 The solar-powered pizza cafe. 149 00:05:06,580 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaking of solar power, we've got some news about that. 150 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:09,820 What about it, man? 151 00:05:10,380 --> 00:05:16,400 Apparently, at least in 2016, solar provided twice as many jobs as the coal industry in the United States. 152 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:17,960 Wow. 153 00:05:18,620 --> 00:05:19,500 It's looking sunny. 154 00:05:19,660 --> 00:05:20,060 Yeah. 155 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,000 I mean, that's a good thing, you know? 156 00:05:23,060 --> 00:05:24,880 I mean, I'm all in favor of solar. 157 00:05:25,260 --> 00:05:25,980 I am, too. 158 00:05:25,980 --> 00:05:28,800 I think that this is probably a very good thing. 159 00:05:28,940 --> 00:05:29,920 I like solar energy. 160 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:31,260 It's hot. 161 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,440 I'm the one who's supposed to be doing the corny jokes, okay? 162 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:37,180 Oh, man. 163 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:38,200 I'm in a mood, though. 164 00:05:38,380 --> 00:05:39,020 I'm in a mood. 165 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:39,600 What can I say? 166 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:40,920 I know we switched roles. 167 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,260 I don't even have a corny joke to make. 168 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:43,300 Oh, okay. 169 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,520 You just have to sit there and be curmudgeoning? 170 00:05:45,620 --> 00:05:46,040 I guess so. 171 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:47,380 You're the curmudgeoning one today. 172 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:49,380 The Pizza Hut shoes, like, ruined it for me. 173 00:05:49,620 --> 00:05:49,980 Oh, okay. 174 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,920 So, Mike, what are we talking about next? 175 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:55,960 Well, I did want to talk about... 176 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,300 I did want to talk about Ryzen again, but we'll wait to get into that, because it's 177 00:05:59,300 --> 00:06:00,780 kind of a whole thing, and we already have a caller. 178 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,480 They want to talk about shoes and pizza and stuff. 179 00:06:03,540 --> 00:06:03,800 All right. 180 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:04,560 Let's talk... 181 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:05,160 Bren? 182 00:06:05,300 --> 00:06:05,780 Hello, Bren. 183 00:06:05,860 --> 00:06:06,240 How are you? 184 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:07,960 You got to hit the button. 185 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,120 No, the call button. 186 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:11,300 They're on hold still. 187 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:13,020 There you go. 188 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:13,460 Hi. 189 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:14,880 One of those buttons. 190 00:06:15,020 --> 00:06:15,220 Hi. 191 00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:16,420 Hi. 192 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:17,660 Thanks for taking my call. 193 00:06:17,700 --> 00:06:22,100 I just wanted to know, if you have those shoes, do the pizzas come laced or unlaced? 194 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:24,120 That's a good question. 195 00:06:24,180 --> 00:06:25,640 And do they know where to go? 196 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,200 Because, I mean, what if you're out at the basketball court shooting hoops and playing 197 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:30,980 horse with your friends? 198 00:06:31,340 --> 00:06:33,560 I imagine it must have some type of... 199 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:38,200 Because it has to have, like, 4G or something built in in order for the order to even happen. 200 00:06:39,140 --> 00:06:43,820 Yeah, that would suck if you have to be within Wi-Fi range of your house. 201 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:50,140 You know, I bet I could hack it so I could put Pyrmonics in there and get their pizza. 202 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:51,940 Well, that would be nice. 203 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,920 I think I'd still prefer the Amazon Dash button, because you could, like, put that on a keychain. 204 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:56,640 It'd be way more... 205 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,460 And these shoes are terrible looking, too, so... 206 00:06:58,460 --> 00:06:59,100 They're kind of ugly. 207 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:00,860 We'll put them in the show notes so you can see them. 208 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:05,580 I think if you order them and put them away in 10 years, they might be worth something, 209 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,020 because no one's popping it up. 210 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:08,100 That's probably true. 211 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:08,480 Order them. 212 00:07:09,100 --> 00:07:09,920 That's probably true. 213 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,040 Their value is mostly as a collector's item. 214 00:07:12,820 --> 00:07:13,140 Yeah. 215 00:07:13,180 --> 00:07:14,220 Thanks for taking my call, Scott. 216 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:14,820 Yeah, thanks. 217 00:07:15,020 --> 00:07:18,760 And Pizza Hut's been doing the whole, like, you know, using technology as a gimmick for 218 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:19,300 a long time. 219 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:23,920 I mean, if they're just doing this as a promotional thing, whatever, if they really expect for 220 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:24,060 the... 221 00:07:24,060 --> 00:07:25,780 I don't think they really expect for this to be a thing. 222 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:26,400 I don't either. 223 00:07:26,580 --> 00:07:27,700 You know, besides... 224 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:30,160 Even if they do expect it, it's not going to be... 225 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:31,100 Stop trying to make it happen. 226 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:37,000 I heard that McDonald's was considering doing delivery, so maybe their shoes would be... 227 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,880 Like, I'd have, like, a spicy McChicken shoe thing, I guess, maybe. 228 00:07:40,220 --> 00:07:41,860 A spicy McChicken shoe. 229 00:07:42,140 --> 00:07:42,540 Yeah. 230 00:07:42,660 --> 00:07:47,040 Like, I could want a $1 item from McDonald's far more frequently than I would want a pizza, 231 00:07:47,140 --> 00:07:47,740 you know? 232 00:07:49,220 --> 00:07:49,880 I don't know. 233 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:50,720 It's a toss-up for me. 234 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,800 I know me gusta on equal levels. 235 00:07:54,260 --> 00:07:55,240 Do not want. 236 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,600 Say what you will about everything else at McDonald's, but the spicy McChicken's pretty 237 00:07:59,600 --> 00:07:59,800 good. 238 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:04,520 The spicy chicken is not bad, with the exception of the non-chicken parts of... 239 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,360 I always have to tell them I'm allergic to lettuce, though, because their lettuce is 240 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,160 terrible, and I don't want any of that. 241 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:10,000 Yeah. 242 00:08:10,260 --> 00:08:10,880 It's like... 243 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:11,720 Oh. 244 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,980 It's like reconstituted, and it's terrible. 245 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:14,580 Yeah, it's horrible. 246 00:08:14,620 --> 00:08:17,700 When I said iceberg lettuce, I didn't mean it was in a freezer for, like, 10 hours. 247 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:20,120 There you go. 248 00:08:20,180 --> 00:08:21,060 You got your mojo back. 249 00:08:21,380 --> 00:08:21,400 Yeah. 250 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:21,780 There it is. 251 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,760 You can be the silly one now. 252 00:08:24,780 --> 00:08:25,180 All right. 253 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:25,840 Let's take a moment. 254 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:26,540 I forgot to mention our sponsor. 255 00:08:26,620 --> 00:08:28,220 That would be Perfection Auto Works. 256 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,900 They can do wonderful things for your vehicle, and you should probably check them out. 257 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:34,960 Maybe they should make, like, an oil change shoe button. 258 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:36,020 Oh, yeah. 259 00:08:36,060 --> 00:08:38,060 Mike, get an oil change... 260 00:08:38,060 --> 00:08:40,220 Make Perfection Auto Works shoes. 261 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:43,940 See, if you had an Amazon Dash button, you could put it 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--> 00:09:15,320 first segment of the Computer Guru Show these days. 277 00:09:15,980 --> 00:09:16,740 We'll be right back. 278 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:23,520 I think foosball is a combination of soccer and shish kebabs. 279 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,820 Foosball messed up my perception of soccer. 280 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,520 I thought you had to kick the ball and then spin round and round. 281 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,360 I can't do a backflip, much less several. 282 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:42,320 Simultaneously with two other guys that look just like me. 283 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,380 I was on the bus and it was the middle of the night, and I had a box of crackers and 284 00:09:50,380 --> 00:09:51,620 I had a can of Easy Cheese. 285 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:55,180 But it was the middle of the night, so I could not see. 286 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,540 So I could not see how much Easy Cheese I was applying to each cracker. 287 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:06,640 So each bite into the cracker was a surprise as to how much Easy Cheese I had applied. 288 00:10:08,740 --> 00:10:11,820 Which makes me believe they should have a glow-in-the-dark version of Easy Cheese. 289 00:10:13,780 --> 00:10:16,400 It's not like the product has any integrity to begin with. 290 00:10:18,220 --> 00:10:21,180 If you buy a room temperature cheese that you squeeze out of a can, 291 00:10:21,860 --> 00:10:24,840 you probably won't get mad because it glows in the dark as well. 292 00:10:28,540 --> 00:10:32,640 Your computer guru, Mike Swanson, is here to help you tame that beast of a machine. 293 00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:36,520 Join the chat right now at gurushow.com or call in. 294 00:10:36,580 --> 00:10:40,060 This is the Computer Guru Show on KVOY, The Voice. 295 00:10:52,140 --> 00:10:55,200 Mike Swanson, your computer guru, is just a click away. 296 00:10:55,420 --> 00:10:57,720 Listen and watch at gurushow.com. 297 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,980 This is the Computer Guru Show. 298 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,400 Welcome back to the Computer Guru Show. 299 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,100 Let's go ahead and talk about the fact that everyone in the federal government is an idiot. 300 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:09,040 Is this news? 301 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:10,500 Well, apparently. 302 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:14,140 So the FCC got a new chairman. 303 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:19,740 Originally, we were a little concerned about Wheeler in the previous administration. 304 00:11:19,820 --> 00:11:21,600 We were like, we don't know about that. 305 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:21,600 306 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:21,600 307 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:21,600 308 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:21,600 309 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:21,600 310 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:21,600 311 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:21,600 312 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:21,600 313 00:11:21,620 --> 00:11:25,940 We don't know about Tom Wheeler because he used to lobby for the cellular industry. 314 00:11:26,540 --> 00:11:33,100 And he's probably going to mess some things up and make it so that consumers are hurt 315 00:11:33,100 --> 00:11:38,280 and the internet providers are super happy. 316 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,520 And it turned out that he did exactly the opposite. 317 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:48,420 He just angered every ISP and put rules into place that were supposed to keep us a little bit safer 318 00:11:48,420 --> 00:11:50,000 as far as the wallets were concerned. 319 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:51,480 What? 320 00:11:51,620 --> 00:11:59,460 The new chairman of the FCC is not necessarily on board with Wheeler's plan. 321 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,220 In fact, I would say that he's very much not. 322 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,160 Yeah, and we had originally said, let's give this guy the benefit of the doubt. 323 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:07,460 Let's see what he does. 324 00:12:07,620 --> 00:12:08,880 Maybe it'll turn out to be like Wheeler. 325 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:10,180 No, not quite. 326 00:12:10,380 --> 00:12:10,620 Nope. 327 00:12:11,180 --> 00:12:12,900 His name is Ajit Pai. 328 00:12:13,740 --> 00:12:16,740 And he said that net neutrality was a mistake. 329 00:12:16,860 --> 00:12:21,020 And the commission is now on track to return to a much lighter style of regulation. 330 00:12:21,620 --> 00:12:24,600 Of course, this will make one of my listeners very happy, I'm sure. 331 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:30,360 But he says some things that just don't make any sense to me. 332 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,800 Well, unfortunately, I think most of the people who are proponents against net neutrality 333 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,680 say a lot of things that don't make sense. 334 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:37,520 Yeah. 335 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:45,360 Basically, he says that, you know, look at how with the announcement of the return 336 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,260 or basically of ending of net neutrality, 337 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,540 now all of the providers are announcing that they're going to have, 338 00:12:51,540 --> 00:12:53,260 you know, unlimited data plans. 339 00:12:53,980 --> 00:12:57,720 And I think he's taking credit for something that he had absolutely nothing to do with. 340 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,440 And I think that was all Wheeler basically saying, you have rules to follow. 341 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:07,040 And if you want to, you know, compete, then you have to compete, 342 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:12,740 rather than just being able to muscle a particular market or segment of users, 343 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,800 which is the problem with net neutrality in the first place, 344 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:20,740 where, you know, the lack of neutrality is that a provider then has the opportunity 345 00:13:20,740 --> 00:13:21,520 to, you know, have a lot of data plans. 346 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:25,720 OK. 347 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:38,420 OK. 348 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:38,840 349 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:39,140 OK. 350 00:13:39,220 --> 00:13:39,740 OK. 351 00:13:39,740 --> 00:13:39,740 352 00:13:39,740 --> 00:13:39,740 353 00:13:39,740 --> 00:13:39,780 OK. 354 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:39,840 355 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:39,860 356 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:39,860 357 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:39,860 358 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:39,900 359 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:39,900 360 00:13:39,980 --> 00:13:40,080 OK. 361 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:40,760 OK. 362 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:40,760 363 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:40,760 364 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:40,760 365 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:40,760 366 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:40,760 367 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:40,760 368 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:40,760 369 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:40,760 370 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:40,760 371 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:40,780 OK. 372 00:13:40,780 --> 00:13:40,800 OK. 373 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:40,840 OK. 374 00:13:40,860 --> 00:13:40,860 375 00:13:40,860 --> 00:13:40,880 OK. 376 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 377 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 378 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 379 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 380 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 381 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 382 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 383 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 384 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 385 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 386 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 387 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 388 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 389 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 390 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 391 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 392 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 393 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 394 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:40,880 395 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:41,160 OK. 396 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:41,800 OK. 397 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:43,480 OK. 398 00:13:43,660 --> 00:13:43,920 OK. 399 00:13:45,420 --> 00:13:45,940 OK. 400 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:49,960 OK. 401 00:13:49,960 --> 00:14:05,900 Now, of course, they don't really necessarily count things like DSL providers or the point-to-point wireless providers because, let's be honest, they're technically not able to compete with the cable providers or even the cellular providers if you happen to have one of those. 402 00:14:06,780 --> 00:14:13,940 But then you end up with a very expensive Internet bill and caps and overages and all of that stuff. 403 00:14:14,260 --> 00:14:19,320 Well, also, I mean, the cellular providers is what's making this whole situation a bit scary at the moment. 404 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:23,120 Because, as you said, everybody seems to be reintroducing their unlimited plans at the moment. 405 00:14:23,260 --> 00:14:26,600 And a lot of these plans, if you look closely, are pretty anti-net neutrality. 406 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:27,680 Yeah. 407 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:34,660 Specifically, T-Mobile, who's had their binge-on thing for a while now, where certain streaming services don't count against your data cap. 408 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:35,760 Right. 409 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:47,180 And they mention those in the article, which is basically the zero tier, meaning that they don't count specific sets of data against your usage, 410 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,300 which was exactly the thing that the… 411 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:50,780 The net neutrality was trying to prevent. 412 00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:55,040 And they have been under investigation by the FCC specifically because of that plan. 413 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,620 Not anymore because that stuff's now been enabled. 414 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:00,540 You know, basically, the FCC says, yeah, you can go ahead and do that. 415 00:15:00,660 --> 00:15:08,020 You can go ahead and zero tier stuff where you can say anything that is on this particular platform that it doesn't charge… 416 00:15:08,020 --> 00:15:11,020 We're not going to charge you for or doesn't necessarily have to count against your data plan. 417 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,180 And now that sounds really cool if you're already a member of one. 418 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,300 Like, say you use Pandora's premium service or Spotify or something like that. 419 00:15:17,340 --> 00:15:17,660 Right. 420 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:18,260 That sounds awesome. 421 00:15:18,340 --> 00:15:19,220 Like, why wouldn't I want to? 422 00:15:19,220 --> 00:15:22,000 I'm going to switch to T-Mobile and then I'll have unlimited data for that stuff. 423 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,540 But you're not realizing that they're forcing you to stay on that platform essentially at that point. 424 00:15:26,660 --> 00:15:32,840 So if some new streaming service comes out and it's way better and T-Mobile decides that they don't want to carry that on their zero plan… 425 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:38,780 Or that company decides that they can't afford to pay T-Mobile to be in that included plan. 426 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,720 Because, yeah, make no mistake, they're charging those companies for that right. 427 00:15:42,020 --> 00:15:42,460 Right. 428 00:15:44,020 --> 00:15:47,020 Then, yeah, it's stifling competition. 429 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:48,660 Or even scarier, in my opinion. 430 00:15:48,660 --> 00:15:53,900 T-Mobile decides that it wants to release its own service that you have to subscribe to. 431 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:54,360 Right. 432 00:15:54,440 --> 00:16:06,980 If you want to listen to music, which a lot of people do on their phones, then, yeah, these particular couple of services are going to be provided for you with no additional fee. 433 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:12,180 But if you want to watch those other ones, man, or listen to those other ones, it's going to cost you a little bit more. 434 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,000 So you're less likely to do so. 435 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:18,260 This is exactly the battle that we were talking about before with Comcast and Hulu versus Netflix. 436 00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:19,460 Yeah. 437 00:16:19,580 --> 00:16:24,840 And, of course, everyone that's on the other side of this argument is just like, well, let them compete. 438 00:16:25,580 --> 00:16:27,800 Do you know what Comcast is? 439 00:16:28,300 --> 00:16:34,720 I mean, have you seen NBCUniversal, what they – what is that company? 440 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:35,800 I mean, they are everything. 441 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,120 They're – I mean, Disney owns all is really what it comes down to. 442 00:16:40,860 --> 00:16:48,560 And so it's impossible, I think, to realistically think that you're going to be able to compete with someone. 443 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:55,900 That is able to hold down that tier, right, that has that much clout that is just able to say, well, you're going to use my service. 444 00:16:55,980 --> 00:16:56,960 You're going to use nothing at all. 445 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:02,380 And that's – or you'll be penalized for using something else. 446 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:07,800 And this is why the net neutrality argument even came to light in the first place. 447 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,260 But, you know, apparently nobody cares. 448 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:18,380 Well, my issue is that I think that from what I've seen over the last few years, their plan is just to keep rephrasing the argument. 449 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:19,760 Until people just stop caring. 450 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:21,020 Right. 451 00:17:21,940 --> 00:17:23,160 Hypervigilance is very tiring. 452 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:24,000 Yeah, it is. 453 00:17:24,780 --> 00:17:25,620 So, yeah. 454 00:17:25,740 --> 00:17:28,820 So apparently we're losing our net neutrality, at least for a while. 455 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:30,920 Maybe permanently. 456 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:31,500 Who knows? 457 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:44,020 But when you wonder why that you want to watch that movie on Netflix or the next service that comes out after Netflix and you wonder why you can't afford it, this is why. 458 00:17:44,740 --> 00:17:48,000 And it's because the net neutrality argument was – 459 00:17:48,660 --> 00:17:49,140 Yeah. 460 00:17:49,140 --> 00:17:55,340 It's because the net neutrality argument was designed to make sure that everyone who wanted to provide a service was able to equally. 461 00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:00,180 We're going to have to take a look at how much piracy increases as a result of this. 462 00:18:00,340 --> 00:18:01,220 Oh, it will. 463 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,080 It will a bit, in my opinion. 464 00:18:04,420 --> 00:18:04,880 I mean, yeah. 465 00:18:04,940 --> 00:18:16,220 When the choice is to pay for Pandora or Spotify or whatever T-Mobile service ends up being or whatever, or, you know, just spin up your own streaming media service, the choice is clear if you're able. 466 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:17,000 Yep. 467 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:23,540 And, you know, unfortunately I can't teach everyone how to do it, but, you know, it's – there are options. 468 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,580 I might post some links in the show notes. 469 00:18:27,420 --> 00:18:28,500 There are options. 470 00:18:28,660 --> 00:18:40,380 And that's the good thing about the Internet, though, is that at least for the people who are willing to do a little bit of extra work involved in getting around this stuff, there's always a way. 471 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:46,940 So it's interesting to me, but I'm very disappointed in the FCC. 472 00:18:47,000 --> 00:19:05,740 When it comes to the net neutrality decision here, to go back on something that is very, very, in my opinion, very helpful for the end user because it's forcing everyone to sort of live on – or play by the same rules. 473 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:11,940 All of the providers have to play by the same rules under net neutrality, and now they don't. 474 00:19:12,020 --> 00:19:14,420 And so we'll see what happens with them. 475 00:19:15,180 --> 00:19:16,140 Let's go ahead and take a call here. 476 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:16,720 We'll talk to Philip. 477 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:16,980 Hey, Philip. 478 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:17,400 Philip, how are you? 479 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:19,320 Yeah, I went to Best Buy. 480 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,360 I was going to buy a Galaxy Tab E for $250. 481 00:19:23,060 --> 00:19:23,420 Okay. 482 00:19:23,940 --> 00:19:28,540 And they sent me over to the AT&T store on Oracle, and they gave it to me for 99 cents. 483 00:19:29,380 --> 00:19:30,620 With your contract, right? 484 00:19:31,460 --> 00:19:31,820 Yes. 485 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,540 I was going to get a contract anyway, so I'm wondering, is this thing going to blow up on me? 486 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:41,620 Well, you know, it is a Samsung product, but no, it's probably not going to burst into flames. 487 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,660 I'm just wondering, why would they give it to me? 488 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:45,200 I mean – 489 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,980 It's worth it to them to get you on the call. 490 00:19:46,980 --> 00:19:48,680 A contract is really what it comes down to. 491 00:19:48,860 --> 00:19:49,640 So, I mean – 492 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,740 You mentioned the unlimited thing, which is now part of their deal. 493 00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:54,900 Of course, I've experienced what unlimited really means. 494 00:19:54,940 --> 00:19:55,520 It means nothing. 495 00:19:56,500 --> 00:19:57,780 Well, it depends on your provider. 496 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,820 So, like – yeah, it depends on the provider. 497 00:20:02,460 --> 00:20:08,200 Some providers do the real, truly unlimited up to a certain point. 498 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:09,820 I mean, up to an unreasonable point. 499 00:20:09,900 --> 00:20:11,860 I mean, 200 gigabytes for Verizon. 500 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,740 I don't know about AT&T, but, yeah, Verizon does have a limit in place, technically. 501 00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:16,720 Right. 502 00:20:16,980 --> 00:20:21,000 So, it's – and the T-Mobile stuff does throttle you if you go over 23 gigabytes. 503 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:31,140 So, there is a certain amount of congestion there, and I think it's unlimited within reason is the way that they're looking at it. 504 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,880 But you don't think I'm being scammed somehow? 505 00:20:34,420 --> 00:20:35,940 I mean, why would they give it to me? 506 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:37,080 Well, of course you're being scammed. 507 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:37,740 You're in a contract. 508 00:20:38,180 --> 00:20:39,180 Yeah, that's the scam. 509 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,300 Well, I was already going to go through a contract anyway. 510 00:20:42,420 --> 00:20:46,040 So, in your case, if you were already planning on going into a contract no matter what, it's a good deal? 511 00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:47,180 Right. 512 00:20:47,180 --> 00:20:47,520 All right. 513 00:20:47,620 --> 00:20:47,800 Right. 514 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,720 If you're a person that is anti-contract like myself, then – 515 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:51,540 I trust the guru. 516 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:52,400 I wouldn't do it. 517 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:58,720 But, you know, hey, if you're okay with the contract, if you want to be locked into that, you do that, man. 518 00:20:58,780 --> 00:20:59,240 You do you. 519 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:03,000 Well, I've never had one before, so I'll see what happens. 520 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:03,520 Thank you. 521 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:04,440 Yeah, they're fun. 522 00:21:04,540 --> 00:21:05,240 You'll enjoy it. 523 00:21:05,580 --> 00:21:07,760 You won't use it as much as you think you will, though. 524 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:10,700 Yeah, because you'll get tired of pressing the little buttons. 525 00:21:11,780 --> 00:21:15,020 Just tablet computing is really not all that pleasant. 526 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,680 I've – several times. 527 00:21:16,980 --> 00:21:19,460 I've really tried to, like, to be a tablet user. 528 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:20,780 And they're good. 529 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:28,140 They have a very specific use case, which is like sitting on the couch watching TV, and you're just tooling around on your tablet on the Internet or something. 530 00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:28,440 Right. 531 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:32,560 If you've got a $600 way of playing Candy Crush, right? 532 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:33,860 I mean, it was pretty good for balloons. 533 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:36,060 Balloons is pretty awesome. 534 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:36,500 Yeah. 535 00:21:36,540 --> 00:21:41,640 But every time I've used a tablet and I've been like, all right, let's get something done, I've been like, man, I just need a laptop. 536 00:21:42,060 --> 00:21:42,440 Right. 537 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,040 Why am I trying to do this? 538 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:45,760 Why am I trying to do this on a tablet? 539 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:46,960 I'm so – 540 00:21:46,980 --> 00:21:47,240 No, Dom. 541 00:21:47,420 --> 00:21:47,800 All right. 542 00:21:47,820 --> 00:21:48,840 Let's go ahead and talk to Carl. 543 00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:49,260 Hey, Carl. 544 00:21:49,340 --> 00:21:49,700 How are you? 545 00:21:50,660 --> 00:21:51,460 I'm doing fine. 546 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:55,580 And, you know, one of the things that bothers me is I keep talking about unlimited data. 547 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,660 That doesn't apply to a Wi-Fi hotspot, which is where I really need the unlimited data. 548 00:22:00,860 --> 00:22:01,340 That is correct. 549 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:03,940 Well, you can root your phone and make it a Wi-Fi hotspot. 550 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:04,800 Yeah. 551 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:06,680 Don't go down that road. 552 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:08,060 No, I – 553 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:10,220 Don't listen to Rob right now. 554 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,140 He's saying stuff that – he's being irresponsible on the air. 555 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:13,740 That's what he's doing. 556 00:22:15,860 --> 00:22:16,180 Okay. 557 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:16,440 Yeah. 558 00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:16,960 But, I mean, that's – 559 00:22:16,980 --> 00:22:23,540 That's one of the things because I use it for my business or what have you, and I keep saying – I think it's misleading. 560 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,380 You know, you have to ask the question. 561 00:22:25,700 --> 00:22:29,800 But unlimited data, no, it's not unlimited for the Wi-Fi hotspot. 562 00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:30,220 Right. 563 00:22:30,220 --> 00:22:35,020 So the way that I do that is I do the hotspot on my phone rather than a separate Wi-Fi device. 564 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,940 And I have an unlimited data plan on my phone. 565 00:22:38,340 --> 00:22:40,660 So that is unlimited for me. 566 00:22:40,940 --> 00:22:41,280 No. 567 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:41,760 Nope. 568 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,940 It's not because I – that's one of the things that I've been looking for. 569 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,960 I have a Wi-Fi hotspot on my phone. 570 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,040 And it's an additional charge per month. 571 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:54,800 And it's generally limited to 10 megabytes. 572 00:22:55,160 --> 00:23:01,200 And if you go over that, then it gets – see, the throttles back are stopped. 573 00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:03,580 Not in my case, but I have an old one. 574 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:04,740 I have a grandfathered one. 575 00:23:04,820 --> 00:23:07,200 Oh, if you've got an old plan or whatever it is, yeah. 576 00:23:07,420 --> 00:23:07,800 Yeah. 577 00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:11,780 So I pay an extra $29 for the ability to do the – 578 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:12,760 Right. 579 00:23:12,860 --> 00:23:14,220 The hotspot on my phone. 580 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,940 And my average usage right now is $4. 581 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:17,040 $4. 582 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:17,680 $4. 583 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:18,140 $4. 584 00:23:18,140 --> 00:23:18,400 $4. 585 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:18,700 $4. 586 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:18,760 587 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:20,040 $4. 588 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:20,040 589 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,600 I can't get that. 590 00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:22,180 No fees. 591 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:26,360 So that's – you still can under certain circumstances. 592 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:28,700 And it depends on how the plan is set up. 593 00:23:29,180 --> 00:23:31,600 But I wouldn't risk it, right? 594 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:35,280 It's one of these things like I don't even talk to the people about my phone at Verizon 595 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:36,940 because I don't want them to mess up my plan. 596 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:37,640 Right. 597 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:37,900 Yeah. 598 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:39,500 That is the problem. 599 00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:46,860 So, yeah, unfortunately for people who try to do mobile work like myself and you, it sounds like, 600 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:52,720 it's pretty hard to find a reasonable way to get on the Internet without war driving. 601 00:23:54,880 --> 00:24:00,140 And we'll probably see more of that if the cellular companies start clamping down. 602 00:24:00,260 --> 00:24:01,760 We'll probably see more war driving. 603 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,460 And there's a bunch of utilities out there. 604 00:24:03,940 --> 00:24:09,280 Just so you know, you can break into a Wi-Fi network in about 10 seconds no matter what password you put on there 605 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:10,400 if you have the right applications. 606 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:16,780 So there's – you're going to see people that are going to be driving around breaking into wireless networks. 607 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:16,940 You're going to see people that are going to be driving around breaking into wireless networks. 608 00:24:16,940 --> 00:24:17,720 Just so they can get on the Internet. 609 00:24:18,620 --> 00:24:26,100 Well, yeah, but that doesn't do me much good because I'm generally out in the field away from Wi-Fi spots. 610 00:24:27,060 --> 00:24:29,160 That's what I'm looking for is for downloading maps. 611 00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:30,100 Right. 612 00:24:30,180 --> 00:24:31,140 You're in rough shape, man. 613 00:24:31,260 --> 00:24:32,000 I don't have to tell you. 614 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:32,220 I am. 615 00:24:32,260 --> 00:24:32,940 I really am. 616 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:38,620 You're going to have to have like four different cell phone numbers that you can get 10 gigabytes each off of. 617 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,000 Well, that may be something to look at considering how cheap some of these things are getting. 618 00:24:43,180 --> 00:24:43,420 Yeah. 619 00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:44,780 Well, good luck, man. 620 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:45,540 All right. 621 00:24:45,540 --> 00:24:46,000 Well, thanks. 622 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:46,380 Thanks. 623 00:24:46,380 --> 00:24:46,920 Sorry about that. 624 00:24:46,940 --> 00:24:47,040 Sorry about that. 625 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:51,940 It does suck that the cellular companies are just sort of doing whatever they want. 626 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:54,360 You know, and the FCC is to blame. 627 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:55,740 That's how I look at it. 628 00:24:56,980 --> 00:24:57,380 Jerks. 629 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:57,900 Give me the blues. 630 00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:58,860 I'll be right back. 631 00:25:06,820 --> 00:25:07,220 I'll be right back. 632 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:14,360 I'll be right back. 633 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:23,260 I'll be right back. 634 00:25:48,620 --> 00:25:49,020 I'll be right back. 635 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:49,020 636 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:49,020 637 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:49,020 638 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:49,020 639 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:49,020 640 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:49,020 641 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:51,620 Mike Swanson, your computer guru is just a click away. 642 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,980 Listen and watch at gurushow.com. 643 00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:57,960 This is a computer guru show on KVOI, The Voice. 644 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,560 Welcome back to the Computer Guru Show. 645 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,840 My name is Mike, here to deal with your technology needs and treat you like a person in the process. 646 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,280 790-2040 if you'd like to have your question answered. 647 00:26:08,380 --> 00:26:10,900 Or you can join us in the chat, gurushow.com slash chat. 648 00:26:11,580 --> 00:26:12,660 We've got a question in the chat. 649 00:26:12,700 --> 00:26:13,900 There is a chat question. 650 00:26:13,980 --> 00:26:15,820 It says, I need a new router. 651 00:26:15,940 --> 00:26:16,740 I know I've... 652 00:26:16,740 --> 00:26:20,020 Mike has addressed this issue before, but I cannot remember the answer. 653 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:25,660 My router is now several years old, and I have definitely noticed a loss of wireless range. 654 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,280 What's the best router for a decent price with decent range? 655 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,100 Well, there's a couple of factors involved. 656 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,520 Age does play a factor in routers because they just sort of burn out over time. 657 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:40,800 But generally, it's not a, you know, it doesn't get weaker. 658 00:26:40,940 --> 00:26:42,720 It just quits altogether. 659 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,720 So your loss of range is probably interference from... 660 00:26:46,740 --> 00:26:47,380 Other people. 661 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,920 You're probably picking up other networks around you that are stepping on your signal. 662 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,720 And that's especially something that looks like it adapts over time or happens over time because people move in and move out. 663 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:57,280 Right. 664 00:26:57,360 --> 00:26:58,880 And a lot of people don't... 665 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,320 It depends on the router, really, which one you have. 666 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:05,280 If you have a several-year-old one, it probably doesn't do auto-channel switching. 667 00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:10,720 So you might want to just try a different channel rather than buying a new router. 668 00:27:11,780 --> 00:27:12,800 So you could... 669 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,740 By default, they come on channel 6, which is right in the middle of the range. 670 00:27:15,740 --> 00:27:17,000 There's 12 channels. 671 00:27:17,100 --> 00:27:19,300 There's technically 14, but the last two don't count. 672 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,740 So it's right in the middle of the range there. 673 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,640 And so you might want to try a different one. 674 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:29,040 You can get an app for your cell phone, especially if you have an Android phone that's called Wi-Fi Analyzer. 675 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,540 It'll tell you what channels are most heavily used around you. 676 00:27:33,620 --> 00:27:38,220 And you can then pick a channel that may be less congested. 677 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,000 And that could probably help out. 678 00:27:40,220 --> 00:27:44,380 Also, if you're going to go buy a new router, there's really no reason not to buy a dual-band router at this point. 679 00:27:44,780 --> 00:27:45,140 Right. 680 00:27:45,740 --> 00:27:51,260 So if you want a decent router that is priced somewhat affordably, 681 00:27:51,340 --> 00:27:55,740 the AC routers by Asus are wonderful routers. 682 00:27:55,860 --> 00:27:57,080 They have decent range. 683 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,880 They're tri-band in many cases, but at least dual-band. 684 00:28:01,620 --> 00:28:03,860 And they are nice and quick. 685 00:28:04,020 --> 00:28:07,320 And so you're looking at about $120 or so. 686 00:28:07,540 --> 00:28:10,100 You know, I just bought a cheapo dual-band router because I was like, 687 00:28:10,180 --> 00:28:10,960 I'm going to buy one anyway. 688 00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:13,900 Let's see if this TP-Link router can actually do anything. 689 00:28:14,580 --> 00:28:15,720 Surprisingly, so far... 690 00:28:15,740 --> 00:28:16,160 Sure, no problems. 691 00:28:16,340 --> 00:28:18,920 And you're in a highly congested area. 692 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:24,460 Yeah, it robs in an apartment complex, so there's lots of networks around it. 693 00:28:24,500 --> 00:28:26,260 My Wi-Fi is now the most powerful Wi-Fi. 694 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:27,160 Right. 695 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:32,260 And if you have an older router, if you're feeling like you want to get some extra life out of it, 696 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:37,980 and you want to be able to crank up the power on it or change any setting that you like, 697 00:28:38,020 --> 00:28:42,740 you can look at something like the Tomato ROMs or the DDWRT. 698 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:44,480 Just be careful with that. 699 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:45,080 Yeah. 700 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,620 If you think you might be buying a new router anyway, you can experiment. 701 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,920 Because it's entirely possible you'll brick it if you do it wrong. 702 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:57,240 Yeah, you need to make sure you're looking at the revision numbers for that firmware because it does matter. 703 00:28:57,700 --> 00:28:58,860 Revisions do count. 704 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,720 Otherwise, you'll have a very expensive paperweight. 705 00:29:01,020 --> 00:29:01,920 Yeah, so... 706 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:06,640 Yeah, if you're looking like you can afford a $100 router, 707 00:29:07,820 --> 00:29:10,200 it'll last you for a good five or six years. 708 00:29:10,380 --> 00:29:12,840 And that's not a terrible investment. 709 00:29:13,140 --> 00:29:15,040 So, there you are. 710 00:29:16,180 --> 00:29:16,560 Ow. 711 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,360 I just hit myself in the face. 712 00:29:18,380 --> 00:29:20,480 I thought it was me who was injuring myself with the headphones today. 713 00:29:20,980 --> 00:29:22,320 Yeah, it's just... 714 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:23,900 No, that didn't happen, remember? 715 00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:24,580 Yeah, that's right. 716 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:25,820 Okay. 717 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:29,100 Let's talk about AMD for a moment. 718 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:29,820 Okay. 719 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,620 I'm actually excited to talk about this for once. 720 00:29:31,620 --> 00:29:33,360 I told you last week. 721 00:29:33,380 --> 00:29:35,560 I said, Rob will want to talk about this, so... 722 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,180 Yeah, well, especially... 723 00:29:37,180 --> 00:29:39,220 I'm glad that it was this week because last week was release. 724 00:29:39,340 --> 00:29:40,900 This week, we've had a week. 725 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:45,060 So, people have played around with Ryzen and benchmarked it on their own. 726 00:29:45,740 --> 00:29:48,700 So, we've seen stuff outside of AMD's carefully controlled environment. 727 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:55,480 And kind of what that has revealed is that not quite meeting up to the highest-end Intel stuff right now, 728 00:29:55,600 --> 00:30:00,340 but when you factor in the price and the performance you're getting for the price, it blows Intel away. 729 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:01,520 Right. 730 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,800 So, the performance differences are negligible. 731 00:30:04,900 --> 00:30:08,920 Yeah, especially when you consider that the highest-end Ryzen processor is $500. 732 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:10,980 As opposed to $1,200? 733 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,940 Yeah, as opposed to the cost of the machine if you buy the Ryzen processor. 734 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:15,660 Right. 735 00:30:15,740 --> 00:30:19,440 Now, a lot of people have said that the gaming performance isn't great. 736 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:24,240 That it's usually just best to use the Ryzen as a workhorse machine. 737 00:30:24,460 --> 00:30:30,560 But AMD's CEO has promised that patches and tweaks will fix that and that gaming performance will only go up. 738 00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:30,920 Right. 739 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:32,860 And I imagine that there's a certain amount of... 740 00:30:32,860 --> 00:30:36,620 That the games are written in such a way... 741 00:30:36,620 --> 00:30:41,380 Or the drivers for the processor are written in such a way that they favor Intel right now. 742 00:30:41,620 --> 00:30:41,900 Yeah. 743 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,720 And the other thing is that CPU performance isn't... 744 00:30:45,220 --> 00:30:45,700 Isn't... 745 00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:45,720 Isn't... 746 00:30:45,740 --> 00:30:47,960 It's as important as a lot of people think when it comes to gaming. 747 00:30:48,220 --> 00:30:48,540 Right. 748 00:30:48,900 --> 00:30:50,520 Especially if you have a nice GPU. 749 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,940 And you've got RAM and all of that other good stuff that is important. 750 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:55,540 Now, if you're just... 751 00:30:55,540 --> 00:31:00,940 If this is like a workhorse machine that you also use as gaming, then, of course, CPU is going to make a difference. 752 00:31:01,620 --> 00:31:03,340 But if you're a gamer, then... 753 00:31:03,340 --> 00:31:05,540 Yeah, you should hopefully have a nice video card to go with it. 754 00:31:05,540 --> 00:31:05,640 Right. 755 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,120 It's important to have a nice processor, but your graphics card is going to make a bigger difference, obviously. 756 00:31:09,340 --> 00:31:09,660 Right. 757 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:10,780 And, of course, AMD always... 758 00:31:10,780 --> 00:31:14,800 They tie in the ATI cards into their processing platforms. 759 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,380 So they can talk to each other directly. 760 00:31:17,620 --> 00:31:17,980 Yeah. 761 00:31:18,060 --> 00:31:20,020 And historically, that's what they've done. 762 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:24,500 And I'm not sure that they're doing that with the Ryzen cards, but I imagine that's probably built in. 763 00:31:24,580 --> 00:31:28,760 Well, they've talked about how there's going to be a GPU refresh for AMD as well soon. 764 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:29,640 So that's good. 765 00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:34,520 I mean, overall, I'm just happy to see, like, some competition. 766 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:35,880 Yeah. 767 00:31:36,220 --> 00:31:36,660 Yeah. 768 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:42,940 And I think that first generation, we can't put all of our hopes in a single basket when it comes to first generation processors. 769 00:31:44,580 --> 00:31:51,280 But I'm sure as AMD manages to, you know, kind of get the hang of this as far as, oh, yeah, we're building real processors now. 770 00:31:51,540 --> 00:31:58,460 This makes me happy because traditionally I've been a fan of AMD just because the price difference is so astronomical. 771 00:31:59,620 --> 00:32:00,020 Yeah. 772 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,940 And unfortunately, though, previously your performance difference was so astronomical as well. 773 00:32:04,100 --> 00:32:04,300 Right. 774 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:10,240 But, I mean, that's for people who are comparing the highest end AMD to the highest end Intel, which isn't a fair comparison at all. 775 00:32:10,360 --> 00:32:12,820 Well, I was looking at the, you know, the stuff that I normally see. 776 00:32:12,940 --> 00:32:16,180 It's where, you know, clients will go out and they'll be like, oh, it's a quad core. 777 00:32:16,460 --> 00:32:16,820 Right. 778 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,380 And then it just performs like an atom. 779 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,100 Well, in a lot of cases, that's because it basically is. 780 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:27,940 Like, AMD was doing this thing before where you'd only have, like, say, four compute modules on the chip. 781 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:28,460 Right. 782 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,800 And then they were using some software trickery to make it behave like an eight core. 783 00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:38,640 So the new Ryzen stuff is actually eight core as well as actually four core. 784 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,520 Thanks for not lying to me anymore, AMD. 785 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,820 To be fair, Intel kind of did that, too, for a while. 786 00:32:42,940 --> 00:32:43,420 Right. 787 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:50,580 Well, like the processor that I have on my computer, it's a fairly high end Intel chip. 788 00:32:50,860 --> 00:32:55,880 And it reports 12 cores. 789 00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:56,360 Right. 790 00:32:56,500 --> 00:32:58,180 And it's an eight. 791 00:32:58,520 --> 00:32:58,880 Right. 792 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,480 And so there's some software trickery happening there. 793 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,600 No, and I mean, it's not like they're just straight up lying. 794 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:07,680 Like, you do get better performance out of that processor than you would out of just an eight core. 795 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:08,700 This is true. 796 00:33:08,860 --> 00:33:12,000 I mean, and, yeah, don't get me wrong, that computer moves right along. 797 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:16,540 But it somewhat feels dishonest. 798 00:33:16,700 --> 00:33:22,380 I think the reason why I've always liked AMD more than Intel is because I've never been somebody. 799 00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:25,020 I can't just, I'm not going to spend $5,000 on a computer. 800 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,860 And I'm, like, this is my life, you know. 801 00:33:27,980 --> 00:33:28,320 Right. 802 00:33:28,980 --> 00:33:33,600 So I like AMD because it's like you can build a machine that does what you want it to do, 803 00:33:33,660 --> 00:33:36,020 and it's not going to cost you the cost of a new car. 804 00:33:36,420 --> 00:33:36,800 Right. 805 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,900 Yeah, because you can easily, if you wanted to build a top end, like, 806 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:47,840 really high end machine, an Intel based machine, you can drop four grand easy. 807 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:48,480 Yeah. 808 00:33:48,780 --> 00:33:53,380 And especially if you're doing, like, you decide that you want to be a professional gamer, 809 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,460 and you've got three, you know, 1080s in there or something like that. 810 00:33:56,660 --> 00:34:01,180 Yeah, and I mean, that's the other thing I was going to say is that I'm excited about a graphics refresh for AMD as well, 811 00:34:01,220 --> 00:34:04,540 because I'm certainly not a fan of their graphics cards for the most part. 812 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:10,240 You know, like, the RX 480 is like a cool card if you need budget VR kind of stuff. 813 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:10,660 Right. 814 00:34:10,660 --> 00:34:15,920 But if you're a serious gamer or care about graphics at all, you're going the GTX route for sure. 815 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:16,300 Right. 816 00:34:16,580 --> 00:34:17,680 NVIDIA all the way. 817 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:19,180 Let's go ahead and take a call here. 818 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:19,700 Let's talk to Ron. 819 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:20,460 Hey, Ron, how are you? 820 00:34:21,700 --> 00:34:22,440 I'm doing good. 821 00:34:22,580 --> 00:34:23,260 Hope you're doing good. 822 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:24,140 We are. 823 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:24,980 I am anyway. 824 00:34:25,060 --> 00:34:25,660 How are you doing, Ron? 825 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:26,040 Not bad. 826 00:34:26,140 --> 00:34:26,360 All right. 827 00:34:26,820 --> 00:34:27,180 Yep. 828 00:34:27,780 --> 00:34:28,640 Status check complete. 829 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:30,000 Cool. 830 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:30,660 Good. 831 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:31,280 It passes. 832 00:34:33,460 --> 00:34:40,640 Now, is it a privacy concern to log into a website that's not Facebook with my phone? 833 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:44,980 My Facebook email and password. 834 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:46,540 All right. 835 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,400 So security concern, not so much. 836 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:50,740 Privacy concern, yes. 837 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,180 So those are two different things. 838 00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:56,100 But privacy, yeah. 839 00:34:56,180 --> 00:35:00,080 I mean, if you want to be private, you're not logging into anything with a Facebook login. 840 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,020 When you log in with Facebook, Facebook sees exactly what you're doing. 841 00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:03,700 They can see everything. 842 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,740 Just know that when you do it. 843 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:07,440 Okay. 844 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:07,660 All right. 845 00:35:07,820 --> 00:35:09,060 Now, you can... 846 00:35:09,060 --> 00:35:09,780 You can... 847 00:35:09,780 --> 00:35:16,060 Even if you're doing something like a VPN, though, that allows that traffic to be reported 848 00:35:16,060 --> 00:35:16,680 to Facebook. 849 00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:17,580 So they at least... 850 00:35:17,580 --> 00:35:19,200 They know something about your account. 851 00:35:19,260 --> 00:35:20,580 They know that you have an account there. 852 00:35:21,220 --> 00:35:25,420 And so if you're concerned about Facebook being able to collect a bunch of information 853 00:35:25,420 --> 00:35:27,360 about you, you don't log in with Facebook. 854 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:31,260 Now, when it comes to security, if you're worried about that website having your Facebook 855 00:35:31,260 --> 00:35:35,160 username and password, in any legit case, that's not how it works. 856 00:35:35,220 --> 00:35:36,460 So you don't have to worry about that. 857 00:35:37,220 --> 00:35:37,620 So... 858 00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:39,680 But when you type in your password... 859 00:35:39,780 --> 00:35:41,340 Or don't they have it there? 860 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:42,980 Well, when you log... 861 00:35:42,980 --> 00:35:47,620 When you sign up with Facebook, normally it'll open a pop-up or a Facebook window or it'll 862 00:35:47,620 --> 00:35:48,260 go to Facebook. 863 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,220 And then at that point, you're just authenticating with Facebook and the website is looking to 864 00:35:52,220 --> 00:35:54,200 Facebook to get a thumbs up, essentially. 865 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:54,880 Right. 866 00:35:54,940 --> 00:36:00,760 So when you sign in with Facebook, that little pop-up that comes up and you say, hey, I'm 867 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:06,460 allowing this to happen, Facebook sets a very special cookie that says, I am allowed to 868 00:36:06,460 --> 00:36:06,840 do this. 869 00:36:06,940 --> 00:36:08,300 And it's time limited. 870 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:08,860 It's a... 871 00:36:08,860 --> 00:36:09,480 It's a... 872 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:09,480 873 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:09,520 It's a... 874 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:09,600 It's a... 875 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:09,620 It's a... 876 00:36:09,620 --> 00:36:09,680 It's a... 877 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:09,760 It's a... 878 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:09,760 879 00:36:09,780 --> 00:36:10,220 It's a... 880 00:36:10,220 --> 00:36:12,960 It's fairly secure, but it is... 881 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,520 All it is is an authentication process. 882 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:19,900 So the website that you're logging into then goes to Facebook and says, hey, this user 883 00:36:19,900 --> 00:36:21,480 says we can log in as them. 884 00:36:21,620 --> 00:36:22,320 Is that cool? 885 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,880 Facebook then responds yes and then deletes the cookie. 886 00:36:25,820 --> 00:36:26,300 Oh. 887 00:36:26,940 --> 00:36:27,420 Okay. 888 00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:32,520 So as far as security is concerned, it's not really a security issue, but privacy, yes. 889 00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:34,380 Okay. 890 00:36:34,380 --> 00:36:38,880 Because, you know, Facebook collects everything and then will be our future overlord. 891 00:36:38,980 --> 00:36:39,760 Honestly, I'm really curious. 892 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,840 not a fan of signing into websites with other websites. I kind of think you should have 893 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,400 a separate account for each one for security reasons. 894 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,440 It's because we are like paranoid security dudes. 895 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:49,620 Yeah. 896 00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:50,200 But yes. 897 00:36:50,460 --> 00:36:54,400 Mostly that extends for me. That's because of Wi-Fi, like sidejacking and that kind of 898 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:54,560 thing. 899 00:36:54,740 --> 00:37:00,100 Right. We should do a sidejacking demo. We're actually planning a get-together where we 900 00:37:00,100 --> 00:37:03,860 can get listeners to come down probably April. 901 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:04,800 Something like that. 902 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,000 And we should do a sidejacking demo. 903 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:07,660 Yeah, that would be a lot of fun. 904 00:37:07,660 --> 00:37:08,400 Just to show how it works. 905 00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:09,540 Sounds good. 906 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:14,060 Where you guys can come down here and then we can show you the inner workings of your 907 00:37:14,060 --> 00:37:15,320 Facebook page without permission. 908 00:37:16,220 --> 00:37:17,520 That sounds good. 909 00:37:18,140 --> 00:37:25,420 So now I'm curious. So on that third or the other website, I guess at that point, once 910 00:37:25,420 --> 00:37:30,240 they get permission from Facebook, they are able to, or their users on that website are 911 00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:34,160 able to see your profile as if they are... 912 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,820 It depends on the permissions. It depends on the permissions that the website's requesting. 913 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:39,320 Right. In most cases... 914 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:39,780 Yeah. 915 00:37:39,780 --> 00:37:39,780 916 00:37:39,780 --> 00:37:39,780 917 00:37:39,780 --> 00:37:39,780 918 00:37:39,780 --> 00:37:39,780 919 00:37:39,780 --> 00:37:45,720 So the only thing that's passing across is your basic public profile information. So 920 00:37:45,720 --> 00:37:51,680 your name and anything else that you've marked as public consumption, that website has access 921 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:52,020 to. 922 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:52,780 Okay. 923 00:37:52,980 --> 00:37:57,700 Anything that's marked as private or sensitive information is not passed across to those 924 00:37:57,700 --> 00:38:02,280 things. And that's why a lot of pages, especially if they...even if they allow the sign-in as 925 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,840 Facebook, will then ask you for additional information. It's because they can't pull 926 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,000 that information from Facebook. 927 00:38:07,620 --> 00:38:08,200 Okay. 928 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,880 So in other words, things you have marked as just for friends, they can't see unless 929 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,560 you give permission specifically. 930 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:15,300 Okay. Right. 931 00:38:15,380 --> 00:38:15,700 Sounds good. 932 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:16,560 Now... 933 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:17,340 All right. Thanks for the... 934 00:38:17,340 --> 00:38:21,760 And one of the reasons I don't do it is because there was a bad habit of several 935 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:26,480 websites that would be like, hey, we're going to post as you whenever the heck we want. 936 00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:34,500 And we're going to be like, you signed in to twinkies.com with Facebook. And so it'll 937 00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:37,380 randomly post things like, I love Twinkies. 938 00:38:37,980 --> 00:38:39,640 And it's just like, come on now. 939 00:38:39,820 --> 00:38:42,900 I don't think that's happening so much these days because they kind of got called 940 00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:43,760 out for that kind of stuff. 941 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:48,840 Yeah. It doesn't happen. But that's what turned me off to the whole signing in as...with 942 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:55,780 another website. Not to mention that how we like every week talk about, hey, this site 943 00:38:55,780 --> 00:39:00,160 got hacked. You should probably change all your passwords. And that's one of the reasons 944 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:05,280 for it. It's just like, I don't sign in with anything as Facebook. It's just like, nope. 945 00:39:05,460 --> 00:39:07,360 In fact, I don't even open Facebook. I don't even... 946 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:07,360 947 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:08,580 I don't sign in with Facebook, but like once a month maybe. 948 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,980 I do it at work for work and that's it. I don't have a Facebook. 949 00:39:12,220 --> 00:39:17,060 Yeah. So yeah. If you want my opinion, don't sign in as Facebook and just create an account 950 00:39:17,060 --> 00:39:20,540 and keep...have a separate password and make sure that it's different than any of your 951 00:39:20,540 --> 00:39:26,080 other passwords because security and then be safe and then don't worry about it. 952 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:31,100 So let's say if I want to...if I do that, but then I want people on the other website 953 00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:36,080 to see my profile, I would just send them, I guess, the URL of my basic... 954 00:39:36,940 --> 00:39:37,340 Yeah. 955 00:39:37,340 --> 00:39:37,560 ...Facebook page. 956 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,560 Yeah. You could...I mean, if you're talking like another social network or something, 957 00:39:40,660 --> 00:39:42,560 you could just link to your Facebook page. 958 00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:43,880 Yeah. Okay. 959 00:39:44,020 --> 00:39:47,560 And then that way, at least the two social sites don't have direct communication with 960 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:48,560 one another at that point. 961 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,840 Right. That's a good way of doing it. Okay. Thanks. 962 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:53,460 All right. Thanks for the call. I appreciate it. 963 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:54,380 Bye. 964 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:58,300 We're going to take a quick break. When we get back, more of The Computer Guru 965 00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:01,260 Show at 7902040. Give us a call. 966 00:40:07,340 --> 00:40:10,100 All right. 967 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:11,520 Bye. 968 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:14,600 Bye. 969 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:21,700 Bye. 970 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:22,780 Bye. 971 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:28,720 Bye. 972 00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:29,960 Bye. 973 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:30,180 Bye. 974 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:30,760 Bye. 975 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:38,300 Bye. 976 00:40:49,860 --> 00:40:50,600 Bye. 977 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:53,180 Bye. 978 00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:53,380 979 00:40:53,980 --> 00:40:54,720 Bye. 980 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:55,160 Bye. 981 00:40:55,340 --> 00:40:56,080 Bye. 982 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:56,080 983 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:56,080 984 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:56,080 985 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:56,380 Bye. 986 00:40:56,380 --> 00:40:56,380 987 00:40:56,380 --> 00:40:56,380 988 00:40:56,380 --> 00:40:56,380 989 00:40:56,380 --> 00:40:56,380 990 00:40:56,380 --> 00:40:56,380 991 00:40:56,380 --> 00:40:56,380 992 00:40:56,380 --> 00:40:56,380 993 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:56,440 994 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:56,440 995 00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:57,040 Bye. 996 00:40:57,220 --> 00:40:57,600 Bye. 997 00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:57,900 Bye. 998 00:40:58,020 --> 00:40:58,420 Bye. 999 00:40:58,440 --> 00:40:58,460 Bye. 1000 00:40:58,700 --> 00:40:59,280 Bye. 1001 00:40:59,620 --> 00:41:00,360 Bye. 1002 00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:01,100 Bye. 1003 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:01,860 Bye. 1004 00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:04,120 There's the, why haven't you changed your password recently? 1005 00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:09,260 And it's just the thing I complain about all the time. 1006 00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:10,100 Change your passwords, people. 1007 00:41:10,340 --> 00:41:15,360 But here's some reasons that you may want to, especially if you are traveling internationally. 1008 00:41:15,980 --> 00:41:19,720 Yeah, we were talking about this before the show, and I think that we were both a little bit like, 1009 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:23,480 that's so silly, but then at the end of the day, as long as you're changing your passwords regularly, 1010 00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:24,800 there's nothing to worry about. 1011 00:41:25,060 --> 00:41:29,460 All right, so it turns out that the TSA is not allowed to confiscate your laptop. 1012 00:41:29,660 --> 00:41:31,060 They're not allowed to ask you for passwords. 1013 00:41:31,060 --> 00:41:37,340 They're not allowed to invade your, you know, there's some Fourth Amendment that applies to the TSA. 1014 00:41:38,260 --> 00:41:39,980 But not so much with Border Patrol. 1015 00:41:40,380 --> 00:41:41,920 Yeah, they say it's a gray area. 1016 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:47,000 Well, yeah, it turns out that 10 miles on either side of the border is this gray area. 1017 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:47,680 Literally, yeah. 1018 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:52,340 Where you don't necessarily have constitutional rights, which is pretty interesting. 1019 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:59,620 I'm sure that some lawyer will be happy to explain to me how crazy it really is, 1020 00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:00,960 or maybe it's more cut and dry. 1021 00:42:01,060 --> 00:42:01,900 than I suspect it is. 1022 00:42:01,980 --> 00:42:05,860 But according to the article, Border Patrol can do whatever the heck they want 1023 00:42:05,860 --> 00:42:08,700 when it comes to getting into your digital persona. 1024 00:42:09,020 --> 00:42:11,960 Including just forcibly detaining you until you give them your password? 1025 00:42:12,220 --> 00:42:18,360 Yeah, and then they can search your devices and see which terrorist groups 1026 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:19,880 that you have been chatting with recently. 1027 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:25,500 And so, yeah, there's a little bit of a weirdness in there. 1028 00:42:26,940 --> 00:42:30,640 Now, it just turns out, you know, that one, I go through Border Patrol, 1029 00:42:31,060 --> 00:42:32,160 Border Patrol checkpoints all the time. 1030 00:42:32,180 --> 00:42:37,760 And because I have to go out to places where there's a checkpoint in between. 1031 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,440 And they never give me grief. 1032 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,180 I mean, look at me. 1033 00:42:43,260 --> 00:42:44,560 They never give me grief. 1034 00:42:45,820 --> 00:42:50,180 Although, I've been kind of messing with them a little bit, you know, as far as, you know, 1035 00:42:50,180 --> 00:42:51,860 I come back and they'll be like, are you an American citizen? 1036 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,380 And I'm like, see, you know, or something. 1037 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:56,460 And they just wave me through, like, get out of here. 1038 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,980 If you started wearing glasses and driving an RV down there, I think they might have something to say. 1039 00:43:00,020 --> 00:43:00,940 Oh, maybe I should go to Walter. 1040 00:43:01,060 --> 00:43:01,400 Yeah. 1041 00:43:02,980 --> 00:43:07,520 But it turns out that they can ask you for your passwords and hold you. 1042 00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:09,460 And you know what you do? 1043 00:43:09,740 --> 00:43:11,480 Change your password right afterwards. 1044 00:43:11,700 --> 00:43:12,680 That's what you do. 1045 00:43:13,620 --> 00:43:14,740 This is the Computer Guru Show. 1046 00:43:14,820 --> 00:43:17,700 Stick around for the second hour coming up next, right after these messages. 1047 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,520 By the way, thanks to Protection Auto Works for supporting the first hour. 1048 00:43:20,660 --> 00:43:21,280 We'll be right back. 1049 00:43:23,940 --> 00:43:25,060 We love doing this show. 1050 00:43:25,180 --> 00:43:27,220 It's pretty expensive, though, so we could use your help. 1051 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:29,840 For as little as a dollar a month, you can help us keep the lights on, 1052 00:43:29,900 --> 00:43:31,040 as well as contribute to our podcast. 1053 00:43:31,060 --> 00:43:31,800 We're a fun side project. 1054 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:35,720 You'll be funding everything from tech tutorial videos that we'll be putting on our YouTube channel 1055 00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:38,060 to crazy stuff like melting Furbies with thermite. 1056 00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:39,020 We're not joking. 1057 00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:41,640 We actually did that, and our Patreon supporters made it happen. 1058 00:43:41,860 --> 00:43:44,680 With your contribution, you'll not only get access to that content and more, 1059 00:43:44,820 --> 00:43:46,320 but you'll help us create more in the future. 1060 00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,260 We even have rewards set up, depending on your contribution level, 1061 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,680 where you can do things like advertise your business with us 1062 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,340 or even be a guest on the show to talk about whatever you want. 1063 00:43:54,540 --> 00:43:57,900 If you'd like to get started, go to gurushow.com and click the Patreon logo. 1064 00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:01,040 Thank you. 1065 00:44:01,060 --> 00:44:03,300 Why don't people understand my intention? 1066 00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:05,140 Computer running slow? 1067 00:44:05,340 --> 00:44:05,620 Avoiding. 1068 00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:06,620 Caught a virus? 1069 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:07,120 What? 1070 00:44:07,300 --> 00:44:07,620 No! 1071 00:44:08,100 --> 00:44:08,380 When? 1072 00:44:08,660 --> 00:44:12,080 Does your computer seem to have a life of its own? 1073 00:44:12,500 --> 00:44:13,020 Malfunction. 1074 00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:14,560 Need input. 1075 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:16,520 The computer guru is here. 1076 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:17,600 My God, you're here! 1077 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:18,840 Call in now. 1078 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:22,040 Now, it's Mike Swanson, your computer guru. 1079 00:44:24,660 --> 00:44:26,560 Welcome back to the Computer Guru Show. 1080 00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,380 My name is Mike, here to deal with your technology needs 1081 00:44:28,380 --> 00:44:30,240 and treat you like a person in the process. 1082 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:32,100 Give us a call if you'd like to be part of the show. 1083 00:44:32,820 --> 00:44:34,220 520-790-2040. 1084 00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:37,500 Or you can join us in the chat at gurushow.com slash chat. 1085 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,780 And you totally should, because there's people in there. 1086 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:40,720 Yeah, we're in there. 1087 00:44:40,860 --> 00:44:41,420 We're chatting away. 1088 00:44:41,580 --> 00:44:42,420 We're chatting it up. 1089 00:44:43,540 --> 00:44:44,160 Chatting it up. 1090 00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:45,740 Let's talk about cord cutting for a second. 1091 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,320 We haven't talked about that in a while. 1092 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,960 Yeah, and it'll be interesting to talk about, because I just did the opposite of that. 1093 00:44:50,460 --> 00:44:51,600 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1094 00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:52,160 Poor you. 1095 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,540 I got cable for the first time in like nearly a decade. 1096 00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:57,260 Because you just want to spend money unnecessarily. 1097 00:44:57,460 --> 00:44:59,360 I don't want to spend money unnecessarily. 1098 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:00,000 Oh. 1099 00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:02,840 Oh, I see what's going on here. 1100 00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:06,140 Well, we have to call your girlfriend out on it. 1101 00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:12,620 Well, she wanted certain channels that I didn't want to go through the hassle of setting up and making it work. 1102 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:15,120 And also, she's just like, I just want to turn on the TV and have it be on. 1103 00:45:15,220 --> 00:45:19,440 I don't want to have to turn on 12 devices and sync everything up and cast things to things. 1104 00:45:19,980 --> 00:45:20,340 Right. 1105 00:45:20,620 --> 00:45:22,340 It's nowhere near that bad, but all right. 1106 00:45:24,700 --> 00:45:25,800 So the Food Network. 1107 00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:28,080 Well, she's a baker. 1108 00:45:28,220 --> 00:45:30,020 So she wanted the Food Network. 1109 00:45:30,020 --> 00:45:35,880 And also, I will say that it's kind of nice to just be able to turn something on and have something on there. 1110 00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:37,740 But I don't know if that's worth $40 a month or whatever. 1111 00:45:37,940 --> 00:45:38,940 It's too boring for me. 1112 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:46,760 I like to use casting in the sense of I have to use like a magical spell to get what I want on the television. 1113 00:45:47,300 --> 00:45:51,420 I will also say that I forgot how terrible commercials are. 1114 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:54,300 Yeah, I haven't seen a commercial in like three years. 1115 00:45:54,380 --> 00:45:55,340 Yeah, I was in the same boat. 1116 00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:57,940 Like I only saw commercials when I went to people's houses or something. 1117 00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:58,400 You know? 1118 00:45:58,400 --> 00:46:00,100 Yeah, I don't go to people's houses. 1119 00:46:02,380 --> 00:46:03,560 There's so many commercials. 1120 00:46:03,700 --> 00:46:06,640 It's like one minute of show and then there's an hour of commercials. 1121 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:11,340 It's dawning on me that I am turning into Howard Hughes, right? 1122 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:11,940 Minus the money. 1123 00:46:12,180 --> 00:46:14,000 And the pee jars, hopefully. 1124 00:46:14,460 --> 00:46:15,420 Yeah, none of that either. 1125 00:46:16,180 --> 00:46:19,040 But it's just like I don't go to people's houses. 1126 00:46:19,220 --> 00:46:21,480 I am mildly germaphobic. 1127 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,440 Are you going to be scrubbing your hands until they bleed? 1128 00:46:24,780 --> 00:46:26,580 No, I don't think I'll go that route. 1129 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:26,820 Not that bad. 1130 00:46:26,820 --> 00:46:28,320 Well, I don't think you had hand sanitizer either. 1131 00:46:28,380 --> 00:46:28,380 1132 00:46:28,860 --> 00:46:30,400 Yeah, that's not good for you anyway. 1133 00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:37,440 But anyway, there's a new option on the playing field here as far as the ability to do some cord cutting. 1134 00:46:37,540 --> 00:46:39,540 And that would be, believe it or not, YouTube. 1135 00:46:39,980 --> 00:46:42,340 YouTube is offering a new service called YouTube TV. 1136 00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:48,000 They will have 40 networks to launch with and they're adding local providers. 1137 00:46:48,460 --> 00:46:53,920 I think the name is kind of silly though because like the whole point was that it was like, you know, a tube is like slang for TV. 1138 00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:55,600 Yeah, a little redundant. 1139 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:55,920 Yeah. 1140 00:46:56,140 --> 00:46:58,380 But for $35,000. 1141 00:46:58,380 --> 00:46:58,380 1142 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,900 For $35,000 a month, you can basically have on demand. 1143 00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:07,460 So, I mean, Sling exists, which is basically the same service except it's not as good in any way. 1144 00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:08,040 Right. 1145 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:10,660 They do provide local channels but I think you have to pay extra for them. 1146 00:47:10,780 --> 00:47:17,560 You do have to pay extra for them and they have fewer amounts of devices that you can stream to simultaneously. 1147 00:47:18,300 --> 00:47:19,160 And it's just bad. 1148 00:47:19,300 --> 00:47:21,980 I've tested it out before getting cable. 1149 00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:23,620 I was like maybe this will be the way to go. 1150 00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:24,020 Nope. 1151 00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:24,400 Nope. 1152 00:47:24,460 --> 00:47:28,340 Yeah, but YouTube, they do a pretty decent job of getting your… 1153 00:47:28,340 --> 00:47:28,380 Yeah. 1154 00:47:28,380 --> 00:47:34,940 …their content to you and they have, you know, they have the infrastructure to be able to pull this off whereas I think Sling just doesn't. 1155 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:38,300 We could do an entire episode about how YouTube delivers a video to you. 1156 00:47:38,340 --> 00:47:39,180 It's actually fascinating. 1157 00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:45,080 There's a lot going on, a lot more than you think there is as far as hitting play on a video. 1158 00:47:45,220 --> 00:47:49,120 Like the science behind how the counter goes up for views is crazy. 1159 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:50,660 Yeah, which is why it doesn't work. 1160 00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:56,380 It merely gives the appearance of not working while it computes how to work in the background apparently. 1161 00:47:57,140 --> 00:47:57,520 Right. 1162 00:47:57,520 --> 00:48:00,080 Well, the Gangnam Style like broke the counter. 1163 00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,760 Yeah, it turns out that you couldn't have over a billion views. 1164 00:48:04,260 --> 00:48:06,100 I don't think they ever thought that was going to be a problem. 1165 00:48:06,380 --> 00:48:06,560 Yeah. 1166 00:48:07,140 --> 00:48:08,560 That is a huge amount of views. 1167 00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:13,500 But anyway, YouTube is going to give you an option for cord cutting that requires less science involved. 1168 00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:26,060 Considering that most streaming devices, in fact, I think all of them, the Roku, the Apple TV, the Plexbox, you know, Plex or not Plexbox, Amazon Fire TV, 1169 00:48:26,060 --> 00:48:31,620 all of the different streaming devices have a YouTube app built in. 1170 00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:39,880 And with the launch of YouTube TV, I'm sure they'll get a more refined, very YouTube style app for those things. 1171 00:48:40,340 --> 00:48:50,620 So it's something that I think is going to be useful just because I completely disagree with the entire business model of cable. 1172 00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:55,700 And so I have this aversion to anyone using cable. 1173 00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:56,040 Yeah. 1174 00:48:56,060 --> 00:48:59,060 But, you know, it's not like I'm anti-cable. 1175 00:48:59,180 --> 00:49:00,240 I'm just a cable. 1176 00:49:00,460 --> 00:49:02,220 Well, I have cable and I'm still anti-cable. 1177 00:49:02,420 --> 00:49:10,680 So I'm planning on seeing if I can, now that I've had it for a while and I'm not like blown away by how amazing it is, I think there might be some renegotiation happening. 1178 00:49:11,020 --> 00:49:14,880 Oh, well, maybe you can figure out how to, you know, cut the cord for Food Network. 1179 00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:15,720 Good luck with that, man. 1180 00:49:15,900 --> 00:49:16,160 Yeah. 1181 00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:16,680 Yeah. 1182 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:19,260 See, I like to argue with people though. 1183 00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:20,300 It's kind of a hobby. 1184 00:49:20,700 --> 00:49:22,380 It is kind of a, yeah. 1185 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:24,680 We're not going to talk about that right now. 1186 00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:25,280 Let's talk to Thomas. 1187 00:49:26,060 --> 00:49:26,280 How are you? 1188 00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:27,480 I'm okay. 1189 00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:29,860 I'm enjoying your show. 1190 00:49:29,940 --> 00:49:37,660 I don't always get a chance to listen to it because most of the time, including today, you're talking about stuff I have no idea. 1191 00:49:37,720 --> 00:49:39,460 It's all way over my head. 1192 00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:41,280 Then you should call and say, I don't understand that, Mike. 1193 00:49:41,380 --> 00:49:42,440 Explain it to me better. 1194 00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:56,040 Well, I'm 77 years old and I got my first computer in 1998 and I still about the only thing I can really do is work. 1195 00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:56,440 OK. 1196 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:02,000 1197 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:02,000 1198 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:02,000 1199 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:02,000 1200 00:50:03,060 --> 00:50:03,580 OK. 1201 00:50:05,780 --> 00:50:06,300 OK. 1202 00:50:06,380 --> 00:50:06,380 1203 00:50:06,820 --> 00:50:07,340 OK. 1204 00:50:07,340 --> 00:50:07,340 1205 00:50:07,340 --> 00:50:07,560 OK. 1206 00:50:08,020 --> 00:50:08,200 OK. 1207 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:08,580 OK. 1208 00:50:08,720 --> 00:50:08,980 OK. 1209 00:50:09,180 --> 00:50:09,280 OK. 1210 00:50:09,860 --> 00:50:10,380 OK. 1211 00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:12,160 OK. 1212 00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:12,660 OK. 1213 00:50:13,420 --> 00:50:13,940 OK. 1214 00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:14,440 OK. 1215 00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:14,960 OK. 1216 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:16,520 OK. 1217 00:50:16,700 --> 00:50:16,840 OK. 1218 00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:17,240 OK. 1219 00:50:17,420 --> 00:50:17,640 OK. 1220 00:50:18,420 --> 00:50:18,560 OK. 1221 00:50:19,140 --> 00:50:19,560 OK. 1222 00:50:20,780 --> 00:50:20,920 OK. 1223 00:50:23,540 --> 00:50:24,060 OK. 1224 00:50:24,060 --> 00:50:27,300 from Cox, my internet is $67.99. 1225 00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:30,460 Yeah, I think he was just talking about the TV portion. 1226 00:50:30,460 --> 00:50:34,600 Yeah, for the actual internet itself, I pay about, I think it's about $80. 1227 00:50:35,940 --> 00:50:37,180 For the actual internet? 1228 00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:40,660 Just for the internet, and then I pay an additional $40 now for TV as well. 1229 00:50:41,740 --> 00:50:47,300 Well, I got, under mine, under new charges, for TV, it says $146.99. 1230 00:50:48,540 --> 00:50:50,080 Internet, $67.99. 1231 00:50:51,100 --> 00:50:52,340 Telephone, $14.09. 1232 00:50:52,340 --> 00:50:52,460 $14.09. 1233 00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:57,080 See, this is one of the reasons that I, I'm going to use a word that I don't use very often. 1234 00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:58,520 I hate the cable company. 1235 00:50:58,820 --> 00:50:59,820 Well, I do too. 1236 00:50:59,920 --> 00:51:03,280 And this is the reason why, is because they'll sign you up and they'll say, 1237 00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:09,040 hey, for $9 a month, we'll get you on the internet and you can watch TV, 1238 00:51:09,180 --> 00:51:12,640 and then suddenly your bill is $4,000, and you don't know why. 1239 00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:15,340 And they do this all the time. 1240 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:21,220 I mean, Rob, you had the, that old place, you had this, a war with Comcast. 1241 00:51:21,220 --> 00:51:21,580 Yeah, for sure. 1242 00:51:21,580 --> 00:51:25,980 You know, talking about how they were like, they kept raising his price without telling him. 1243 00:51:26,100 --> 00:51:28,120 Yeah, I'd just get my bill and it'd be like $20 higher. 1244 00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:30,160 And then I'd call them up and they'd be like, oh, we'll take that off. 1245 00:51:30,300 --> 00:51:31,660 And then they slowed your internet down. 1246 00:51:31,700 --> 00:51:33,220 Yeah, and I'm like, what, why did, why? 1247 00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:34,620 You're just trying to see if I noticed? 1248 00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:36,180 It's not cool. 1249 00:51:36,420 --> 00:51:40,180 So, you might have to call up and force a renegotiation of your bill. 1250 00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:43,240 I just renegotiated with them in August. 1251 00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:44,080 Well, do it again. 1252 00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,680 The magic words are usually, I can get this cheaper elsewhere. 1253 00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:48,000 Right. 1254 00:51:48,020 --> 00:51:50,600 The magic words are usually, I can get this cheaper elsewhere. 1255 00:51:50,860 --> 00:51:51,540 Oh, I see. 1256 00:51:51,580 --> 00:51:51,760 I see. 1257 00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:52,160 Okay. 1258 00:51:53,080 --> 00:52:00,060 And you talk a lot about passwords and it's changing passwords. 1259 00:52:00,260 --> 00:52:06,400 You know, I have a, when I go to the bank, I stutter wondering whether I'm going to have the right pin. 1260 00:52:06,520 --> 00:52:11,160 And I only have two accounts and that's only four, four numbers. 1261 00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:11,740 Right. 1262 00:52:11,900 --> 00:52:15,020 Let alone, I've started writing them down in a book. 1263 00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:15,760 Which is? 1264 00:52:15,820 --> 00:52:19,000 Passwords to go to this guy, to go to that guy, to go to this guy. 1265 00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:21,060 Because when I... 1266 00:52:21,060 --> 00:52:25,900 If I'm not using it every day, my mind says, what the hell is that? 1267 00:52:26,300 --> 00:52:26,660 Right. 1268 00:52:26,980 --> 00:52:33,020 So, I have to, you know, I go to this bank and tomorrow I go to the other bank and I 1269 00:52:33,020 --> 00:52:37,580 got to go and get my little book that I got it written down in to make sure that I'm putting 1270 00:52:37,580 --> 00:52:38,960 all the right information in. 1271 00:52:39,260 --> 00:52:42,800 And so, like, I don't like changing passwords. 1272 00:52:43,260 --> 00:52:45,640 I understand that, but it's for your own good. 1273 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:49,040 I mean, you don't want anybody to have access to your stuff. 1274 00:52:49,260 --> 00:52:50,460 And believe me. 1275 00:52:50,460 --> 00:52:52,020 They will have access to your stuff. 1276 00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:56,340 In fact, there's a website that you can go to that will tell you whether or not somebody 1277 00:52:56,340 --> 00:52:58,420 has probably has your password or not. 1278 00:52:58,420 --> 00:53:01,120 And in a lot of cases, if you use common websites, they do. 1279 00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:02,080 Right. 1280 00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:04,080 So, I'm not a Facebook guy. 1281 00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:05,100 I'm not on there. 1282 00:53:05,140 --> 00:53:05,820 I'm not a Twitter. 1283 00:53:06,020 --> 00:53:06,540 I don't... 1284 00:53:06,540 --> 00:53:07,400 Who's your email provider? 1285 00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:09,920 My what? 1286 00:53:10,380 --> 00:53:12,420 What's after the at symbol in your email address? 1287 00:53:14,540 --> 00:53:15,500 I don't know. 1288 00:53:15,940 --> 00:53:17,360 Oh, doc.com. 1289 00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:18,460 No, before that, though. 1290 00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:19,520 Cox. 1291 00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:20,400 There you go. 1292 00:53:20,460 --> 00:53:21,700 No, no, no, no, no, no. 1293 00:53:21,700 --> 00:53:21,820 Yeah. 1294 00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:22,180 Cox. 1295 00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:22,980 Cox.com. 1296 00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:23,320 Yeah. 1297 00:53:23,620 --> 00:53:25,460 No, I don't have Cox.com. 1298 00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:26,320 I've got... 1299 00:53:26,980 --> 00:53:27,620 You see? 1300 00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:28,080 See? 1301 00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:28,920 All right. 1302 00:53:28,940 --> 00:53:34,460 So, chances are that if you're using a provider email, right, if you're, like, either email 1303 00:53:34,460 --> 00:53:41,200 provided by your internet provider or especially if you're using something like Yahoo for mail 1304 00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:43,640 or AOL, that those... 1305 00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:44,680 Oh, I know what it is now. 1306 00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:46,400 Hotmail and Google. 1307 00:53:46,820 --> 00:53:47,420 All right. 1308 00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:50,060 The Google one, you're probably relatively safe there. 1309 00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:50,860 Okay. 1310 00:53:51,300 --> 00:53:53,060 There was a Hotmail breach, wasn't there? 1311 00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:55,000 But there's several Hotmail breaches. 1312 00:53:55,880 --> 00:54:01,280 So, if you haven't changed your password since, I don't know, ever, then somebody knows your 1313 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:01,600 password. 1314 00:54:02,620 --> 00:54:05,740 And in some cases, you know, people just don't care, right? 1315 00:54:05,780 --> 00:54:08,580 They're just like, I don't really have anything to hide here. 1316 00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:13,440 But it can cause larger problems than that. 1317 00:54:14,340 --> 00:54:19,220 You can end up being basically the source of a spam email. 1318 00:54:19,220 --> 00:54:22,160 So, if you're using a provider email, if somebody can guess your email password, and that happens 1319 00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:23,200 a lot on Hotmail. 1320 00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:30,940 So, the idea of password, keeping yourself safe online is an important topic. 1321 00:54:30,980 --> 00:54:34,500 And especially for those that have a larger digital presence, right, where they're doing 1322 00:54:34,500 --> 00:54:37,060 more stuff online than just checking email. 1323 00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:42,420 But as you said in the beginning of the call, there are many places where you just can't 1324 00:54:42,420 --> 00:54:46,920 do anything but to use an online service as an example for paying bills. 1325 00:54:47,060 --> 00:54:49,000 Or like my daughter's homework. 1326 00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:49,840 Right? 1327 00:54:49,860 --> 00:54:51,400 They don't send paper homework anymore. 1328 00:54:52,220 --> 00:54:57,960 They have a laptop that is provided, a Chromebook that is provided to them, and they have to 1329 00:54:57,960 --> 00:54:59,400 do all of their assignments online. 1330 00:54:59,700 --> 00:55:03,460 And if I want to be able to check on any of her work, I have to be able to sign into those 1331 00:55:03,460 --> 00:55:04,000 accounts also. 1332 00:55:04,980 --> 00:55:08,820 So, the world is moving completely digital. 1333 00:55:08,980 --> 00:55:11,580 And so, password protection is important. 1334 00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:15,900 And you should probably get a password manager if you really want to sort of be safe. 1335 00:55:15,940 --> 00:55:17,600 That way, you only have to remember one password. 1336 00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:19,200 And the... 1337 00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:22,300 The software takes care of the rest and remembers all the rest of your passwords. 1338 00:55:22,580 --> 00:55:26,740 Is that a program that you buy or a place, another place you go to on the internet to 1339 00:55:26,740 --> 00:55:27,380 come up with that? 1340 00:55:27,540 --> 00:55:27,700 Both. 1341 00:55:28,180 --> 00:55:31,720 So, you have to go to the website to get the software and then purchase it. 1342 00:55:32,680 --> 00:55:34,840 The one that I like right now is LastPass. 1343 00:55:36,380 --> 00:55:37,140 And it's... 1344 00:55:37,140 --> 00:55:39,980 They taught themselves that the last password you'll ever have to remember. 1345 00:55:40,220 --> 00:55:41,560 I'll put a link in the show notes. 1346 00:55:41,740 --> 00:55:41,940 Right. 1347 00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:46,500 So, if you manage to make it over to gurushow.com and check out the show notes, there'll be 1348 00:55:46,500 --> 00:55:47,020 a link there. 1349 00:55:47,660 --> 00:55:49,180 But there are several password managers. 1350 00:55:49,180 --> 00:55:49,180 1351 00:55:49,180 --> 00:55:50,600 There are a lot of password managers out there to help keep you safe. 1352 00:55:50,660 --> 00:55:51,920 They remember your passwords for you. 1353 00:55:52,020 --> 00:55:56,700 And if you get the paid version, then it remembers all of your passwords across all of your devices. 1354 00:55:56,820 --> 00:56:00,980 So that if you happen to have a smartphone or another computer... 1355 00:56:00,980 --> 00:56:01,620 No smartphone. 1356 00:56:02,100 --> 00:56:05,860 So, if you happen to have another device of any type that you get online with, it will 1357 00:56:05,860 --> 00:56:07,600 synchronize those passwords to the other device. 1358 00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:12,800 So, you never have to remember a password ever other than the main password for LastPass. 1359 00:56:13,940 --> 00:56:16,680 And it'll actually even sign in the websites for you. 1360 00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:19,140 So, you don't even have to see the login page anymore. 1361 00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:26,040 I have a laptop and it sits right by me when I'm watching TV. 1362 00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:28,220 And I looked at it the other day. 1363 00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:29,060 I turned it on. 1364 00:56:29,740 --> 00:56:36,480 And a message came up that says Microsoft no longer supports... 1365 00:56:38,220 --> 00:56:42,240 Not number seven, but it's the one before seven. 1366 00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:45,880 Well, you probably had it set for Vista? 1367 00:56:46,220 --> 00:56:46,780 Vista. 1368 00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:47,280 Yeah. 1369 00:56:47,380 --> 00:56:47,820 Yeah. 1370 00:56:49,140 --> 00:56:49,280 Vista. 1371 00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:55,500 My other computer in my room over here, which I haven't used in a few years, no longer supports 1372 00:56:56,360 --> 00:56:58,380 that one that was before that. 1373 00:56:58,660 --> 00:56:59,040 XP? 1374 00:56:59,040 --> 00:56:59,940 XP, right. 1375 00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:00,880 XP, right. 1376 00:57:01,220 --> 00:57:02,360 We've got to get you with the times, man. 1377 00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:05,340 You're way behind. 1378 00:57:06,340 --> 00:57:07,000 Oh, yeah. 1379 00:57:07,220 --> 00:57:07,900 I don't... 1380 00:57:07,900 --> 00:57:12,320 You know, it's just here because I don't use it. 1381 00:57:12,380 --> 00:57:12,840 I'm not... 1382 00:57:13,460 --> 00:57:18,720 I use it to maybe play a game or run a language thing or something where I don't have to go 1383 00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:19,380 on the internet. 1384 00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:20,960 I just stick in the DVD. 1385 00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:22,220 All right. 1386 00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:23,160 Well, the one that... 1387 00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:24,840 If you're not using it online, you're probably fine. 1388 00:57:25,080 --> 00:57:28,580 But if you're on the internet at all with something that old... 1389 00:57:28,580 --> 00:57:29,100 No, I'm not. 1390 00:57:29,260 --> 00:57:29,640 Definitely not. 1391 00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:30,580 Even the Vista machine? 1392 00:57:31,140 --> 00:57:32,240 Even the Vista machine. 1393 00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:32,680 I know. 1394 00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:33,560 I was a little bit... 1395 00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:35,540 I was surprised they're not supporting Vista. 1396 00:57:35,740 --> 00:57:36,940 It's 15 years old. 1397 00:57:37,060 --> 00:57:38,220 They're not going to support that. 1398 00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:40,420 Oh, it's 15 years old? 1399 00:57:40,660 --> 00:57:40,780 Yeah. 1400 00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:42,520 Seven was out for 10 years. 1401 00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:45,340 Vista was out for three years before that and was in beta for another year and a half 1402 00:57:45,340 --> 00:57:45,760 before that. 1403 00:57:45,820 --> 00:57:47,020 So it's 15 years old. 1404 00:57:47,020 --> 00:57:47,860 Oh, okay. 1405 00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:50,060 So you got to get with the times, man. 1406 00:57:50,180 --> 00:57:51,540 Come down and see us. 1407 00:57:51,640 --> 00:57:51,720 Yeah. 1408 00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:56,960 Well, I was forced into Windows 10 because they just kept... 1409 00:57:57,580 --> 00:58:01,820 They'd break into whatever I was looking at and tell me, don't miss your opportunity to 1410 00:58:01,820 --> 00:58:03,380 get the free Windows 10. 1411 00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:06,960 Finally one day I just said, I can't take this anymore, so I did. 1412 00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:07,520 Yeah. 1413 00:58:07,560 --> 00:58:09,080 They got in trouble for that. 1414 00:58:09,140 --> 00:58:11,920 That's pretty much how all 10 users became 10 users. 1415 00:58:12,300 --> 00:58:14,060 We got to take a break though. 1416 00:58:14,080 --> 00:58:14,840 Sorry about that. 1417 00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:14,960 Okay. 1418 00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:15,120 Thanks a lot. 1419 00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:16,080 Bye-bye. 1420 00:58:17,020 --> 00:58:19,320 Well, come down and see us at the shop, 510 East Fort Lowell. 1421 00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:21,940 We'll talk to you about your technology and keep you up to date. 1422 00:58:22,260 --> 00:58:24,800 We'll be right back with more of the Computer Guru Show right after this. 1423 00:58:50,100 --> 00:58:50,540 Thanks for joining us. 1424 00:58:50,540 --> 00:58:50,540 1425 00:58:50,540 --> 00:58:50,540 1426 00:58:50,540 --> 00:58:50,540 1427 00:58:50,540 --> 00:58:54,200 Your computer guru, Mike Swanson, is here to help you tame that beast of a machine. 1428 00:58:54,540 --> 00:58:58,080 Join the chat right now at gurushow.com or call in. 1429 00:58:58,160 --> 00:59:01,540 This is the Computer Guru Show on KVOY, The Voice. 1430 00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:05,480 I'm nerdy in the extreme and lighter than sour cream. 1431 00:59:05,660 --> 00:59:08,820 I was in a V Club and Glee Club and even the Chess Team. 1432 00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:12,180 Only question I ever thought was hard, what do I like, Kirk, or do I like Picard? 1433 00:59:12,320 --> 00:59:15,400 Spend every weekend at the Renaissance Fair, got my name on my underwear. 1434 00:59:15,900 --> 00:59:17,000 I've seen these trolls, I've seen these trolls, I've seen these trolls, I've seen these 1435 00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:17,000 1436 00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:17,140 trolls. 1437 00:59:17,140 --> 00:59:21,160 Welcome back to the Computer Guru Show, 7902040 if you'd like to be part of the show or you 1438 00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:23,340 can join us in the chat, gurushow.com slash chat. 1439 00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:25,180 Let's go ahead and talk to Sandy. 1440 00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:26,280 Hey, Sandy, how are you? 1441 00:59:26,820 --> 00:59:27,180 Hi. 1442 00:59:27,420 --> 00:59:32,140 Well, I have a question about password manager and it might sound dumb, but I just want to 1443 00:59:32,140 --> 00:59:33,460 make sure I understand it. 1444 00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:34,160 Okay. 1445 00:59:34,200 --> 00:59:39,900 If I use a password manager, I don't have to know the password, but then I go and visit 1446 00:59:39,900 --> 00:59:45,140 my daughter, I won't be able to log on to my account not knowing the password. 1447 00:59:45,180 --> 00:59:46,820 It's physically on my computer. 1448 00:59:46,820 --> 00:59:47,260 Right? 1449 00:59:47,420 --> 00:59:47,840 A physical. 1450 00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:51,560 There's a few ways around that and it turns out that they've thought of that. 1451 00:59:52,360 --> 00:59:54,020 You have a couple of options. 1452 00:59:54,180 --> 00:59:59,960 You can carry around a backup copy or a portable version of your password manager on a memory 1453 00:59:59,960 --> 01:00:02,700 stick that you keep in your pocket or something. 1454 01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:08,460 Then when you go somewhere else or using a machine that is not yours, you can put that 1455 01:00:08,460 --> 01:00:13,540 flash drive in and launch the password manager off of that particular stick. 1456 01:00:13,620 --> 01:00:13,980 Super. 1457 01:00:14,500 --> 01:00:15,020 Super. 1458 01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:16,800 Or in a lot of cases, you can just go and log in. 1459 01:00:16,820 --> 01:00:20,320 In a lot of cases, as long as you have internet access, you can just sign into your account 1460 01:00:20,940 --> 01:00:23,520 and it will allow you to access your passwords. 1461 01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:24,960 Super. 1462 01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:26,620 Thank you very much. 1463 01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:27,840 You're quite welcome. 1464 01:00:28,520 --> 01:00:28,960 Okay. 1465 01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:29,340 Bye-bye. 1466 01:00:29,460 --> 01:00:30,680 Thank you and thanks for calling. 1467 01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:36,980 It turns out that security is something that is an important thing. 1468 01:00:37,180 --> 01:00:38,820 In fact, it can cost you a little bit of money. 1469 01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:40,900 A little bit or a lot of it if you're Marissa Meyer. 1470 01:00:41,120 --> 01:00:43,380 So how much money did Marissa Meyer lose? 1471 01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:44,780 $54 million. 1472 01:00:45,660 --> 01:00:46,180 $54 million. 1473 01:00:46,180 --> 01:00:50,740 Marissa Meyer, by the way, is the formerly CEO of Yahoo. 1474 01:00:53,120 --> 01:00:59,760 One of her exit contract agreements was that if her performance was good, she would get 1475 01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:00,420 $54 million. 1476 01:01:00,860 --> 01:01:06,600 But because of that gigantic Yahoo mail breach that happened last year. 1477 01:01:07,100 --> 01:01:07,780 Didn't qualify. 1478 01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:08,220 Yep. 1479 01:01:08,460 --> 01:01:10,600 $54 million no longer in her pocket. 1480 01:01:10,660 --> 01:01:14,440 I mean, I'm sure she's not hurting for money, but that would have been nice. 1481 01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:15,900 But who doesn't want an extra $54 million? 1482 01:01:16,260 --> 01:01:16,960 You know what I mean? 1483 01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:18,000 She was that close. 1484 01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:18,580 Yeah. 1485 01:01:18,620 --> 01:01:20,860 I guess Bill Gates could probably be like, meh. 1486 01:01:21,140 --> 01:01:21,580 Yeah. 1487 01:01:22,620 --> 01:01:25,560 There's a few people that are just like, eh, $54 million, whatever. 1488 01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:26,160 Yeah. 1489 01:01:26,300 --> 01:01:27,080 Not a big deal. 1490 01:01:27,220 --> 01:01:27,480 Yeah. 1491 01:01:27,540 --> 01:01:29,880 But Marissa Meyer is not one of them and I'm sure she's pretty sad. 1492 01:01:30,220 --> 01:01:33,280 I'm sure that that will affect her overall retirement plans. 1493 01:01:33,420 --> 01:01:34,580 To be fair, she definitely didn't deserve it. 1494 01:01:34,900 --> 01:01:35,340 No. 1495 01:01:35,740 --> 01:01:37,020 No, she did not. 1496 01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:42,940 Just because the scope of that Yahoo breach was so massive. 1497 01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:43,380 Yeah. 1498 01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:45,740 She handled it and tried to cover it up. 1499 01:01:45,840 --> 01:01:50,000 If you write a book about Marissa Meyer's time at Yahoo, I'm pretty sure it would be 1500 01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:50,800 called Mismanagement. 1501 01:01:51,740 --> 01:01:53,240 Oh, that would be a good one. 1502 01:01:53,380 --> 01:01:54,300 I like that one there. 1503 01:01:55,140 --> 01:01:55,860 Oh, yeah. 1504 01:01:56,320 --> 01:01:57,040 That's a good one. 1505 01:01:57,240 --> 01:01:59,860 I'm going to have to patent that or trademark it anyway. 1506 01:02:00,500 --> 01:02:01,500 Just go ahead and write the book. 1507 01:02:01,580 --> 01:02:01,700 Yeah. 1508 01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:05,780 On the first page, it'll just say, I don't know any of this stuff. 1509 01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:06,800 I just came up with the title. 1510 01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:07,280 Right. 1511 01:02:08,420 --> 01:02:10,080 Obviously, there was mismanagement. 1512 01:02:10,080 --> 01:02:10,560 The end. 1513 01:02:11,480 --> 01:02:13,480 I mean, that pretty much sums it up. 1514 01:02:13,480 --> 01:02:14,200 Yeah. 1515 01:02:14,360 --> 01:02:20,980 There was a gigantic breach and it caused some problems with the acquisition of Yahoo 1516 01:02:20,980 --> 01:02:22,280 Mail by Verizon even. 1517 01:02:22,540 --> 01:02:26,640 I mean, when they say gigantic, they mean the biggest data breach that had happened 1518 01:02:26,640 --> 01:02:27,540 to that point. 1519 01:02:27,780 --> 01:02:29,240 It was like two billion accounts. 1520 01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:30,660 Yeah. 1521 01:02:30,740 --> 01:02:32,440 That's a lot of data. 1522 01:02:32,440 --> 01:02:35,120 I mean, that's impressive in its own route, I guess. 1523 01:02:35,300 --> 01:02:38,220 I mean, how much time does it take to actually get the information for two billion 1524 01:02:38,220 --> 01:02:38,480 accounts? 1525 01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:39,560 I mean, it's not instant. 1526 01:02:39,820 --> 01:02:40,280 No. 1527 01:02:40,360 --> 01:02:43,460 Even if they were one bit per file. 1528 01:02:43,460 --> 01:02:43,460 1529 01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:44,240 Right. 1530 01:02:45,020 --> 01:02:48,280 That would take a long time. 1531 01:02:48,640 --> 01:02:50,940 And nobody noticed that they were in there. 1532 01:02:51,260 --> 01:02:56,320 I mean, it's much like the movie production house hack that happened a few years ago and 1533 01:02:56,320 --> 01:03:00,340 it turned out that it was an inside job because people started going, wait a minute, there 1534 01:03:00,340 --> 01:03:03,920 is hundreds of terabytes of information that are- 1535 01:03:03,920 --> 01:03:04,020 Yeah. 1536 01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:07,020 At the very least, you'd notice that when your ISP called you and was like, hey, stop 1537 01:03:07,020 --> 01:03:07,940 using that much bandwidth. 1538 01:03:08,540 --> 01:03:08,860 Right. 1539 01:03:08,940 --> 01:03:13,160 Well, I mean, I don't know that the movie houses are going to have the ISP call them, 1540 01:03:13,180 --> 01:03:13,420 but- 1541 01:03:13,420 --> 01:03:13,460 Yeah. 1542 01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:13,460 1543 01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:13,460 1544 01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:13,460 1545 01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:13,460 1546 01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:13,460 1547 01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:13,460 1548 01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:13,460 1549 01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:13,460 1550 01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:13,460 1551 01:03:13,460 --> 01:03:20,020 I mean, it's just, I mean, there's a physics question here, right? 1552 01:03:20,140 --> 01:03:23,280 Maybe they smuggled the data out in their blood. 1553 01:03:24,100 --> 01:03:25,080 Oh, they could have. 1554 01:03:25,300 --> 01:03:26,140 They could have. 1555 01:03:26,180 --> 01:03:27,080 In fact, one person. 1556 01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:28,080 Yeah. 1557 01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:29,400 Like many times over. 1558 01:03:30,260 --> 01:03:33,240 So let's talk about DNA for a second here. 1559 01:03:34,020 --> 01:03:38,100 It turns out that DNA stores a lot of information. 1560 01:03:38,100 --> 01:03:43,100 We talked about DNA being tested as a storage medium about two years ago on the show. 1561 01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:43,440 Yeah. 1562 01:03:43,460 --> 01:03:48,320 And they didn't really have any hard numbers about how much data they were able to store, 1563 01:03:48,920 --> 01:03:55,800 but it turns out that 215 petabytes per gram of DNA. 1564 01:03:56,360 --> 01:04:00,660 And so this is coming to light right now because there were researchers who were able to completely 1565 01:04:00,660 --> 01:04:04,180 write an entire operating system into- 1566 01:04:04,180 --> 01:04:04,620 And a movie. 1567 01:04:04,720 --> 01:04:10,840 And a movie and an Amazon gift card and also a computer virus into a DNA sequence and then 1568 01:04:10,840 --> 01:04:12,360 recover it and run it. 1569 01:04:12,580 --> 01:04:12,940 Oh. 1570 01:04:13,460 --> 01:04:15,220 And when they recovered, there was zero errors. 1571 01:04:15,740 --> 01:04:19,020 I mean, there's not even zero errors when you just transfer it to your flash drive. 1572 01:04:19,220 --> 01:04:19,440 Right. 1573 01:04:19,500 --> 01:04:23,220 There's errors when you read it off the hard drive that you use every day. 1574 01:04:24,800 --> 01:04:29,960 That's insane that they could pull that with zero errors, that much data. 1575 01:04:30,240 --> 01:04:34,240 And so, yeah, they say that the storage capacity for DNA is pretty absurd. 1576 01:04:34,540 --> 01:04:37,800 Like you said, 215 petabytes per gram of DNA. 1577 01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:42,600 So we did a little napkin math based on the average amount of DNA that a person has in 1578 01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:46,100 their body, which I guess equates to about 300 grams in your whole body. 1579 01:04:46,160 --> 01:04:46,360 Right. 1580 01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:48,600 So you could store something like, what was it? 1581 01:04:48,620 --> 01:04:50,400 64 Yottabytes of data. 1582 01:04:50,640 --> 01:04:51,040 Yeah. 1583 01:04:51,140 --> 01:04:52,600 It's exabytes. 1584 01:04:53,640 --> 01:04:53,940 Exabytes. 1585 01:04:54,100 --> 01:04:54,380 Yeah. 1586 01:04:54,500 --> 01:04:58,240 It is insane amounts of data. 1587 01:04:58,580 --> 01:05:06,300 It is more data in one person than exists in entirety anywhere. 1588 01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:11,500 Now, I mean, I doubt the read-write speeds are super great for DNA. 1589 01:05:11,780 --> 01:05:12,340 Right. 1590 01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:18,140 But imagine though that you have some type of secret information, right? 1591 01:05:18,260 --> 01:05:22,960 And then it opens up another challenge for security, which is if you're storing important 1592 01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:27,040 information within your own DNA, then ... 1593 01:05:27,040 --> 01:05:27,420 Yeah. 1594 01:05:27,480 --> 01:05:30,900 That brings a whole new meaning to trust fund baby. 1595 01:05:31,520 --> 01:05:32,040 Yeah. 1596 01:05:32,060 --> 01:05:32,920 Well, but think about it. 1597 01:05:32,940 --> 01:05:39,540 Somebody could technically take the glass at the bar and then have access to your information. 1598 01:05:39,900 --> 01:05:40,320 Yeah. 1599 01:05:40,340 --> 01:05:41,100 I mean, that's true. 1600 01:05:41,100 --> 01:05:42,280 You'd have to encrypt it, I guess. 1601 01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:42,800 Yeah. 1602 01:05:43,620 --> 01:05:44,920 It's going to be an interesting ... 1603 01:05:44,920 --> 01:05:47,580 Don't the police already have the right to get your DNA? 1604 01:05:48,540 --> 01:05:48,860 No. 1605 01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:52,060 That's another one of those weird areas too when it comes to ... 1606 01:05:52,060 --> 01:05:54,320 Because they can offer you like a soda in the ... Or is that just the movies? 1607 01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:59,020 Well, I mean, if they offer you something, then it's entrapment. 1608 01:05:59,120 --> 01:06:00,520 But if you ... They just take it up out of the trash. 1609 01:06:00,520 --> 01:06:03,040 If there's just sodas on the table and you just grab one ... 1610 01:06:03,040 --> 01:06:03,220 Right. 1611 01:06:03,220 --> 01:06:03,720 Then it's not. 1612 01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:04,340 There you go. 1613 01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:05,740 All right. 1614 01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:06,400 Let's take a call here. 1615 01:06:06,440 --> 01:06:06,960 Let's talk to Frank. 1616 01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:07,400 Hey, Frank. 1617 01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:07,800 How are you? 1618 01:06:08,540 --> 01:06:08,860 Hey. 1619 01:06:08,920 --> 01:06:09,400 Good, guys. 1620 01:06:09,940 --> 01:06:10,260 Hey. 1621 01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:11,080 I heard you talking about the ... 1622 01:06:11,080 --> 01:06:11,080 1623 01:06:11,080 --> 01:06:11,080 1624 01:06:11,100 --> 01:06:14,060 You were talking earlier about YouTube TV and I'm curious. 1625 01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:16,300 How does that work? 1626 01:06:16,540 --> 01:06:24,540 I have one of those bundled packages with phone, internet, and direct TV and I'm thinking 1627 01:06:24,540 --> 01:06:27,840 I'd like to get out of it pretty soon and that YouTube thing sounds interesting. 1628 01:06:28,520 --> 01:06:28,960 Yeah. 1629 01:06:29,080 --> 01:06:30,320 It sounds pretty good. 1630 01:06:30,440 --> 01:06:33,560 I mean, you have to worry about data caps, of course, depending on your provider. 1631 01:06:33,960 --> 01:06:39,980 But $35 a month and being able to watch all kinds of stuff and they allow you to do like 1632 01:06:39,980 --> 01:06:46,220 full DVR where you can just watch on demand and you even get the ability to fast forward 1633 01:06:46,220 --> 01:06:47,380 which you don't in Sling. 1634 01:06:47,620 --> 01:06:51,540 You'll have to check out their channel list for a full list and I'm sure it'll vary depending 1635 01:06:51,540 --> 01:06:52,240 on where you are. 1636 01:06:52,600 --> 01:06:52,600 1637 01:06:53,020 --> 01:06:59,480 Yeah, because we ... I mean, we recently got a smart TV and we tend to watch Netflix through 1638 01:06:59,480 --> 01:07:02,500 the TV more than we do any of the cable channels. 1639 01:07:02,780 --> 01:07:04,160 Right, which is normal. 1640 01:07:04,780 --> 01:07:09,940 Yeah, which ... So I'm thinking that once I'm able to get out of my ... Whatever the 1641 01:07:09,940 --> 01:07:15,960 cutoff deal is with the cable, I would prefer to get out of that and try something different. 1642 01:07:16,240 --> 01:07:20,420 So just having an internet connection is all you need then to hook into it. 1643 01:07:20,560 --> 01:07:20,880 Yep. 1644 01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:21,120 Oh, great. 1645 01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:21,560 All right. 1646 01:07:21,720 --> 01:07:22,440 Okay, thanks a lot. 1647 01:07:22,620 --> 01:07:23,680 Well, good luck with that. 1648 01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:27,760 I mean, I'm all down ... I'm totally down for people not being on cable. 1649 01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:30,960 I mean, if this turns out to be good enough, maybe I should have waited a bit. 1650 01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:33,380 Yeah, well, you can take a look at the list. 1651 01:07:33,460 --> 01:07:34,240 I can also cancel anytime. 1652 01:07:34,380 --> 01:07:35,000 I made sure of that. 1653 01:07:35,180 --> 01:07:36,420 Yeah, no contract for you, man. 1654 01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:36,820 Correct. 1655 01:07:36,940 --> 01:07:38,300 That's not how we roll around. 1656 01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:39,100 We don't do contracts. 1657 01:07:39,840 --> 01:07:43,620 All right, stick around for more of the Computer Guru Show coming up right after these messages. 1658 01:07:44,500 --> 01:07:47,180 790-2040 if you want to get in line to have a conversation with us. 1659 01:07:47,240 --> 01:07:47,880 We'll be right back. 1660 01:07:51,540 --> 01:07:51,880 . 1661 01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:03,540 . 1662 01:08:03,540 --> 01:08:03,540 1663 01:08:03,540 --> 01:08:03,640 . 1664 01:08:03,640 --> 01:08:03,920 . 1665 01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:03,940 . 1666 01:08:03,940 --> 01:08:03,940 1667 01:08:03,940 --> 01:08:03,940 1668 01:08:04,340 --> 01:08:04,680 . 1669 01:08:04,680 --> 01:08:04,780 . 1670 01:08:04,780 --> 01:08:04,780 1671 01:08:04,780 --> 01:08:04,780 1672 01:08:04,780 --> 01:08:05,320 . 1673 01:08:05,320 --> 01:08:05,380 . 1674 01:08:15,240 --> 01:08:15,280 . 1675 01:08:17,240 --> 01:08:17,280 . 1676 01:08:17,520 --> 01:08:17,560 . 1677 01:08:17,900 --> 01:08:17,940 . 1678 01:08:18,960 --> 01:08:19,000 . 1679 01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:19,000 1680 01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:19,640 . 1681 01:08:19,640 --> 01:08:19,660 . 1682 01:08:19,660 --> 01:08:19,700 . 1683 01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:19,800 . 1684 01:08:20,840 --> 01:08:20,880 . 1685 01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:20,900 . 1686 01:08:24,580 --> 01:08:24,620 . 1687 01:08:24,620 --> 01:08:24,620 1688 01:08:24,620 --> 01:08:24,620 1689 01:08:24,620 --> 01:08:24,620 1690 01:08:24,620 --> 01:08:24,660 . 1691 01:08:24,660 --> 01:08:24,660 1692 01:08:24,660 --> 01:08:24,660 1693 01:08:24,660 --> 01:08:24,660 1694 01:08:24,660 --> 01:08:24,680 . 1695 01:08:24,680 --> 01:08:24,680 1696 01:08:24,680 --> 01:08:24,700 . 1697 01:08:24,700 --> 01:08:24,720 . 1698 01:08:24,720 --> 01:08:24,740 . 1699 01:08:24,740 --> 01:08:24,760 . 1700 01:08:24,760 --> 01:08:24,780 . 1701 01:08:24,780 --> 01:08:24,800 . 1702 01:08:24,800 --> 01:08:24,820 . 1703 01:08:24,820 --> 01:08:24,840 . 1704 01:08:24,840 --> 01:08:24,860 . 1705 01:08:24,860 --> 01:08:24,880 . 1706 01:08:24,880 --> 01:08:24,900 . 1707 01:08:24,900 --> 01:08:24,920 . 1708 01:08:24,920 --> 01:08:24,940 . 1709 01:08:24,940 --> 01:08:24,960 . 1710 01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:24,980 . 1711 01:08:24,980 --> 01:08:25,000 . 1712 01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:25,020 . 1713 01:08:25,020 --> 01:08:25,040 . 1714 01:08:25,040 --> 01:08:25,060 . 1715 01:08:25,060 --> 01:08:25,080 . 1716 01:08:25,080 --> 01:08:25,100 . 1717 01:08:25,460 --> 01:08:25,500 . 1718 01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:25,600 . 1719 01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:25,600 1720 01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:25,600 1721 01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:25,600 1722 01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:26,040 . 1723 01:08:26,040 --> 01:08:26,080 . 1724 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:26,080 1725 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:26,080 1726 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:26,080 1727 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:26,080 1728 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:26,080 1729 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:26,080 1730 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:26,080 1731 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:26,080 1732 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:26,080 1733 01:08:26,160 --> 01:08:26,200 . 1734 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1735 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1736 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1737 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1738 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1739 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1740 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1741 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1742 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1743 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1744 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1745 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,200 1746 01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,220 . 1747 01:08:27,980 --> 01:08:28,020 . 1748 01:08:35,380 --> 01:08:38,520 Guru Show on AM 1030, KVOY The Voice. 1749 01:08:52,880 --> 01:08:54,600 Welcome back to the Computer Guru Show. 1750 01:08:54,680 --> 01:08:55,160 My name is Mike. 1751 01:08:55,180 --> 01:08:57,940 Here to deal with your technology needs and treat you like a person in the process. 1752 01:08:58,040 --> 01:08:59,360 That's 790-2040. 1753 01:08:59,440 --> 01:09:01,080 That's 520-790-24. 1754 01:09:01,780 --> 01:09:02,580 Wait, 2040? 1755 01:09:02,580 --> 01:09:06,280 2040, or join us in the chat, gurushow.com slash chat. 1756 01:09:06,340 --> 01:09:08,300 You can ask your question there, and we'll answer it on air. 1757 01:09:08,420 --> 01:09:11,820 A lot of times, also, if we don't answer the questions on air, Howard's in there as well, 1758 01:09:11,920 --> 01:09:13,440 and he's helping people out, too. 1759 01:09:13,500 --> 01:09:14,380 I think John's in there, too, right? 1760 01:09:14,540 --> 01:09:14,740 Yeah. 1761 01:09:14,820 --> 01:09:18,420 You've got mostly the whole crew in there, answering questions away. 1762 01:09:18,860 --> 01:09:25,080 I try to get everybody to agree to the uniform guru underscore name, but only me did that. 1763 01:09:25,860 --> 01:09:26,220 Right. 1764 01:09:26,320 --> 01:09:27,280 I never did. 1765 01:09:27,700 --> 01:09:28,060 Yeah. 1766 01:09:28,320 --> 01:09:29,460 I am the guru. 1767 01:09:29,720 --> 01:09:31,000 Is that what I am? 1768 01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:32,140 It's just the computer guru. 1769 01:09:32,580 --> 01:09:32,680 Okay. 1770 01:09:33,900 --> 01:09:34,900 Well, let's talk to Rick. 1771 01:09:35,080 --> 01:09:35,620 Hey, Rick. 1772 01:09:35,660 --> 01:09:36,060 How are you? 1773 01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:37,580 Hey, I'm doing okay. 1774 01:09:37,920 --> 01:09:44,920 Hey, occasionally, I house-sit my son's house, and he's got internet television services 1775 01:09:44,920 --> 01:09:46,920 like Roku and Hulu and all that. 1776 01:09:47,140 --> 01:09:47,420 Right. 1777 01:09:48,080 --> 01:09:53,020 I find it kind of problematical and a little bit of a pain in the ass, but I don't think 1778 01:09:53,020 --> 01:09:55,920 it's as good as having satellite or cable. 1779 01:09:56,760 --> 01:10:00,960 It depends on what you're looking for, and especially if there's fragmentation, right? 1780 01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:01,040 Right. 1781 01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:06,100 So if they're using multiple services on different devices. 1782 01:10:06,100 --> 01:10:06,200 Right. 1783 01:10:06,200 --> 01:10:10,280 Well, you've got about eight different ... You can do Hulu or Roku or this one or that one. 1784 01:10:10,560 --> 01:10:12,320 There's about six or eight different choices. 1785 01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:16,540 Then I notice that, okay, I'll see a program that's on the menu. 1786 01:10:16,720 --> 01:10:18,060 Hey, I'd like to watch that, right? 1787 01:10:18,220 --> 01:10:25,420 Well, then a lot of times it'll be like $3.99, $7.99, $15.99. 1788 01:10:25,500 --> 01:10:26,100 You know what I'm saying? 1789 01:10:26,140 --> 01:10:30,940 In other words, you've got to enter a credit card number right then in order to use it. 1790 01:10:30,940 --> 01:10:30,940 1791 01:10:30,940 --> 01:10:30,940 1792 01:10:30,940 --> 01:10:32,460 This is true. 1793 01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:33,180 Now ... 1794 01:10:33,180 --> 01:10:40,500 So channel surfing and stuff, I mean, in the past I've had not only cable from a Tucson 1795 01:10:40,500 --> 01:10:47,260 cable or whatever, but then I had the Dish Network satellite top package, which was 200 1796 01:10:47,260 --> 01:10:48,140 plus channels. 1797 01:10:48,480 --> 01:10:51,120 So here's the thing with the Rokus. 1798 01:10:52,760 --> 01:11:00,180 Roku and Apple TV both have this fatal flaw, in my opinion, is that they sell you a relatively 1799 01:11:00,180 --> 01:11:00,820 cheap device. 1800 01:11:01,080 --> 01:11:05,120 They say you can get online and watch whatever you want, but by the way, we're going to microcharge 1801 01:11:05,120 --> 01:11:06,080 the heck out of you. 1802 01:11:06,580 --> 01:11:07,760 Yeah, that's what I'm saying. 1803 01:11:07,900 --> 01:11:11,420 I mean, in other words, there's many programs where it would say, yeah, you can watch this, 1804 01:11:11,500 --> 01:11:12,660 but it's like $7.99. 1805 01:11:12,920 --> 01:11:13,560 So here's ... 1806 01:11:13,560 --> 01:11:15,680 Key in your credit card number or whatever. 1807 01:11:16,080 --> 01:11:17,200 Here's how I deal with it. 1808 01:11:17,300 --> 01:11:23,380 I have an Apple ... Or I'm sorry, an Amazon Fire TV, and I have an Amazon Prime account. 1809 01:11:24,380 --> 01:11:30,100 With the two things together, I can watch basically any TV show. 1810 01:11:30,100 --> 01:11:34,040 I can watch any video or any movie, and it's included in the price of my Amazon Prime account. 1811 01:11:34,580 --> 01:11:35,400 Well, that's good. 1812 01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:37,640 See, I'm being just a house sitter. 1813 01:11:38,180 --> 01:11:40,180 I wasn't ... I didn't have all of those. 1814 01:11:40,180 --> 01:11:43,540 Well, this is information you can give to your son then, so he can have a better experience. 1815 01:11:43,660 --> 01:11:44,840 Yeah, he probably knows already. 1816 01:11:45,220 --> 01:11:47,260 I'm just saying, when I was watching this ... 1817 01:11:47,260 --> 01:11:51,920 Well, what I found is a lot of people, they get locked into this idea, right? 1818 01:11:52,020 --> 01:11:53,500 They're like, well, I bought this Roku. 1819 01:11:53,660 --> 01:11:58,020 It cost me 40 bucks or 60 bucks or whatever, and then they never think, there's probably 1820 01:11:58,020 --> 01:11:58,980 something better out there. 1821 01:11:59,040 --> 01:11:59,860 It doesn't cost much. 1822 01:12:00,100 --> 01:12:00,620 Right? 1823 01:12:00,680 --> 01:12:09,560 So, like the Amazon Fire Stick costs $35, and then your Amazon account gives you access 1824 01:12:09,560 --> 01:12:11,660 to effectively everything. 1825 01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:17,560 Now, Amazon is not to be trifled with when it comes to the number of programs that they 1826 01:12:17,560 --> 01:12:18,580 have available to you. 1827 01:12:19,420 --> 01:12:20,400 They are ... 1828 01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:21,000 They have a lot? 1829 01:12:21,120 --> 01:12:21,780 Oh, yeah. 1830 01:12:21,940 --> 01:12:24,420 They are Netflix and then some. 1831 01:12:24,780 --> 01:12:28,260 It's like if you were to take Netflix and Hulu and stick them together. 1832 01:12:28,260 --> 01:12:32,860 They have got everything, and it's all included in the price. 1833 01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:33,620 So, it's a lot ... 1834 01:12:33,620 --> 01:12:35,200 They have more than like Dish Network? 1835 01:12:36,580 --> 01:12:39,520 As far as ... They have basically everything that's on ... 1836 01:12:39,520 --> 01:12:39,920 The amount of choices. 1837 01:12:40,040 --> 01:12:44,940 Like if you get the top of the line Dish package, they got like 200 plus. 1838 01:12:45,460 --> 01:12:51,300 I have never, in my personal experience, I have never asked for a program to be displayed 1839 01:12:51,300 --> 01:12:53,380 on my television that was not available. 1840 01:12:54,060 --> 01:12:54,540 Okay. 1841 01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:58,240 Like the Heroes Channel, which formerly was called the Heroes Channel. 1842 01:12:58,240 --> 01:12:58,240 1843 01:12:58,240 --> 01:12:58,240 1844 01:12:58,240 --> 01:12:59,120 The Heroes Channel is the military channel. 1845 01:12:59,660 --> 01:13:01,140 That's one I like to watch a lot. 1846 01:13:01,380 --> 01:13:01,760 I don't know. 1847 01:13:01,900 --> 01:13:05,320 They definitely have a lot of those kinds of shows on Amazon Prime, because I watch some 1848 01:13:05,320 --> 01:13:05,900 of that stuff too. 1849 01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:07,980 It might be worth just looking around. 1850 01:13:08,200 --> 01:13:11,620 You can go to the Amazon website and check out what they've got available as far as TV. 1851 01:13:11,820 --> 01:13:15,320 Yeah, I have to tell them about that, because like I said, when I was taking care of his 1852 01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:22,200 place for a week or two, I was both frustrated and a little PO'd about the way that they 1853 01:13:22,200 --> 01:13:22,980 had it set up. 1854 01:13:23,160 --> 01:13:26,180 I mean, there was a lot of choices, but almost everything. 1855 01:13:26,880 --> 01:13:28,220 There was a few things that I was a little bit frustrated about. 1856 01:13:28,220 --> 01:13:28,220 1857 01:13:28,220 --> 01:13:28,220 1858 01:13:28,220 --> 01:13:28,220 1859 01:13:28,220 --> 01:13:28,420 I mean, I was a little bit frustrated about the fact that I was not able to get a lot 1860 01:13:28,420 --> 01:13:31,300 of the things that were available for free, maybe half a dozen things that were free, and 1861 01:13:31,300 --> 01:13:34,380 then the rest was key in your credit card. 1862 01:13:34,540 --> 01:13:40,400 You still have to consider, though, that there is a ... He's paying probably nothing per 1863 01:13:40,400 --> 01:13:45,680 month other than internet for that, as opposed to what would be involved with a monthly charge 1864 01:13:45,680 --> 01:13:47,080 for a satellite or cable. 1865 01:13:47,200 --> 01:13:47,580 Right, right, right. 1866 01:13:48,900 --> 01:13:55,380 I'm just saying, not carrying a calculator around with me at all times and all that, 1867 01:13:55,480 --> 01:13:57,460 I could see where my bill ... 1868 01:13:57,460 --> 01:13:58,200 Yeah, I understand. 1869 01:13:58,220 --> 01:14:03,420 I was paying like $90 a month for the Capital Nine Dish Network. 1870 01:14:04,880 --> 01:14:12,640 At the rate I would watch interesting programs in a month, I would way, way exceed $90 a 1871 01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:16,440 month if I were to go ahead and pay for those programs individually. 1872 01:14:16,900 --> 01:14:17,000 Yeah. 1873 01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:22,300 When it's set up right, a cord cutting service, like I said, when it's set up right can cost 1874 01:14:22,300 --> 01:14:24,760 a fraction of that, and you'll have access to nearly everything. 1875 01:14:24,980 --> 01:14:25,160 Right. 1876 01:14:25,200 --> 01:14:28,200 So everything that I watch, if I were to take a ... If I were to add everything I'd have 1877 01:14:28,200 --> 01:14:28,200 1878 01:14:28,220 --> 01:14:33,820 that is involved with the system that I use for being able to get everything. 1879 01:14:33,940 --> 01:14:40,280 Like I said, I've never run across a program that I did not have access to for the included price. 1880 01:14:40,520 --> 01:14:53,140 I pay $80 a year for Amazon Prime, and then I paid about $30 a month for the additional services 1881 01:14:53,140 --> 01:14:56,440 that go on some of the back-end stuff of what I use, and then Internet. 1882 01:14:56,600 --> 01:14:57,540 And that's it. 1883 01:14:57,540 --> 01:15:03,260 Oh, that's pretty good because, I mean, yeah, obviously at $90 a month, you'd be paying a lot of money. 1884 01:15:03,340 --> 01:15:03,700 Right. 1885 01:15:03,820 --> 01:15:06,380 And you'd be paying $1,200 almost a month. 1886 01:15:06,480 --> 01:15:12,720 When we do the get-together in, like, April or whatever, we'll show a demo of how to do it right. 1887 01:15:13,560 --> 01:15:17,660 And you guys can come down and check out what cord cutting actually looks like if you do it properly. 1888 01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:19,020 But thanks for the call, Rick. 1889 01:15:19,140 --> 01:15:19,600 Yeah, I've got a question for you. 1890 01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:20,160 Yeah, go ahead. 1891 01:15:20,240 --> 01:15:20,740 I've got a question for you. 1892 01:15:20,880 --> 01:15:21,820 Yeah, maybe quick, though. 1893 01:15:22,240 --> 01:15:26,860 Yeah, I've got an HP executive laptop computer, and I've got the Dragon software. 1894 01:15:27,100 --> 01:15:27,460 Oh. 1895 01:15:27,540 --> 01:15:29,380 And an inexpensive printer. 1896 01:15:29,540 --> 01:15:31,640 I was thinking about putting out a book on my own. 1897 01:15:31,720 --> 01:15:33,560 You know, I have an incredible life story. 1898 01:15:33,860 --> 01:15:38,080 I was thinking about coming out with my own book and maybe self-publishing it or whatever. 1899 01:15:38,420 --> 01:15:41,280 But where is your shop on Fort Lowell? 1900 01:15:41,340 --> 01:15:43,500 Because I may have to come over there and get your advice. 1901 01:15:44,140 --> 01:15:45,100 510 East Fort Lowell. 1902 01:15:45,200 --> 01:15:46,060 It's at 1st and Fort Lowell. 1903 01:15:46,860 --> 01:15:47,200 All right. 1904 01:15:47,280 --> 01:15:47,840 Thanks, Mike. 1905 01:15:47,980 --> 01:15:48,260 All right. 1906 01:15:48,280 --> 01:15:49,120 Appreciate the call, Rick. 1907 01:15:49,180 --> 01:15:49,780 Thank you very much. 1908 01:15:49,820 --> 01:15:50,880 Hey, one more thing. 1909 01:15:51,020 --> 01:15:51,900 You are the guru. 1910 01:15:52,620 --> 01:15:53,340 Yes, I am. 1911 01:15:53,480 --> 01:15:54,500 Thank you very much. 1912 01:15:54,760 --> 01:15:55,660 All right. 1913 01:15:55,700 --> 01:15:56,840 We're going to take another break, I think. 1914 01:15:56,900 --> 01:15:57,520 That's what we're going to do. 1915 01:15:57,520 --> 01:15:59,180 I'm going to make Kent push some buttons here. 1916 01:15:59,400 --> 01:16:03,640 And when we come back from the break, more Computer Guru at 790-2040. 1917 01:16:05,060 --> 01:16:05,500 Thank you. 1918 01:16:14,780 --> 01:16:15,440 Thank you. 1919 01:16:21,260 --> 01:16:22,020 Thank you. 1920 01:16:22,820 --> 01:16:23,380 Thank you. 1921 01:16:23,380 --> 01:16:23,380 1922 01:16:23,640 --> 01:16:24,100 Thank you. 1923 01:16:24,520 --> 01:16:24,520 1924 01:16:24,520 --> 01:16:24,520 1925 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1926 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1927 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1928 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1929 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1930 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1931 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1932 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1933 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1934 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1935 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1936 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1937 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1938 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1939 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1940 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1941 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1942 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,540 1943 01:16:24,540 --> 01:16:24,720 Thank you. 1944 01:16:24,760 --> 01:16:24,760 1945 01:16:24,760 --> 01:16:24,760 1946 01:16:24,760 --> 01:16:24,760 1947 01:16:24,760 --> 01:16:24,760 1948 01:16:24,760 --> 01:16:24,760 1949 01:16:24,760 --> 01:16:24,760 1950 01:16:24,760 --> 01:16:24,760 1951 01:16:24,760 --> 01:16:24,760 1952 01:16:24,840 --> 01:16:25,200 Thank you. 1953 01:16:25,420 --> 01:16:25,560 Thank you. 1954 01:16:25,560 --> 01:16:27,580 She would do what you told her how to walk this way. 1955 01:16:27,680 --> 01:16:30,000 Walk this way. 1956 01:16:30,620 --> 01:16:32,260 Walk this way. 1957 01:16:32,920 --> 01:16:34,740 Walk this way. 1958 01:16:35,340 --> 01:16:36,780 Walk this way. 1959 01:16:37,000 --> 01:16:39,360 She told me to walk this way. 1960 01:16:39,840 --> 01:16:41,520 Walk this way. 1961 01:16:42,120 --> 01:16:43,940 Walk this way. 1962 01:16:44,420 --> 01:16:45,880 Walk this way. 1963 01:16:46,020 --> 01:16:47,380 She said give me a kiss. 1964 01:16:48,660 --> 01:16:51,940 Computer troubles? 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Call in now. 1965 01:16:52,100 --> 01:16:54,340 Mike Swanson will be back after these messages. 1966 01:16:54,340 --> 01:16:56,000 The Computer Guru Show. 1967 01:16:56,160 --> 01:16:59,000 AM 1030, KVOY, The Voice. 1968 01:17:09,540 --> 01:17:12,600 Mike Swanson, your computer guru, is just a click away. 1969 01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:15,100 Listen and watch at gurushow.com. 1970 01:17:15,460 --> 01:17:17,380 This is the Computer Guru Show. 1971 01:17:18,080 --> 01:17:22,560 Welcome back to the Computer Guru Show, 7902040. 1972 01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:23,620 If you'd like to be part of the show, 1973 01:17:23,640 --> 01:17:24,320 or if you'd like to be part of the show, 1974 01:17:24,320 --> 01:17:25,980 join us in the chat, gurushow.com. 1975 01:17:26,300 --> 01:17:28,140 You can ask your questions there, 1976 01:17:28,240 --> 01:17:30,380 and you'll get a multitude of answers. 1977 01:17:30,640 --> 01:17:31,360 Probably too many. 1978 01:17:31,860 --> 01:17:35,120 You'll be answered so hard, you'll just want to leave. 1979 01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:37,500 And then probably people will disagree about the answers 1980 01:17:37,500 --> 01:17:39,620 that other people gave, and everyone will just argue. 1981 01:17:39,860 --> 01:17:40,740 And then I will settle it. 1982 01:17:41,020 --> 01:17:43,480 And start kicking people out of the chat. 1983 01:17:44,240 --> 01:17:45,700 So I did want to mention one more thing 1984 01:17:45,700 --> 01:17:47,640 in the cord cutting world for a second. 1985 01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:50,120 A lot of the complaints that people have 1986 01:17:50,120 --> 01:17:51,660 about the whole cord cutting setup 1987 01:17:51,660 --> 01:17:53,920 is that it doesn't feel like actual TV, 1988 01:17:53,920 --> 01:17:55,180 where you can just flip through channels. 1989 01:17:55,680 --> 01:17:57,520 There is a solution for that, though. 1990 01:17:57,860 --> 01:18:00,160 There's a software called Pseudo TV Live, 1991 01:18:00,620 --> 01:18:01,920 which you can set up on a computer, 1992 01:18:02,380 --> 01:18:03,700 or any device, really. 1993 01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:05,980 And then you just hook up all of your services to it, 1994 01:18:06,020 --> 01:18:09,400 and it makes them all into a pseudo cable device. 1995 01:18:09,640 --> 01:18:10,980 So you can just flip through your channels. 1996 01:18:11,220 --> 01:18:12,420 There's stuff playing constantly. 1997 01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:13,300 It's pretty cool. 1998 01:18:13,480 --> 01:18:16,440 Yeah, I guess that I've been doing this for so long now 1999 01:18:17,300 --> 01:18:19,000 that I have no nostalgia. 2000 01:18:19,500 --> 01:18:20,240 Yeah, I agree. 2001 01:18:20,280 --> 01:18:21,400 For any of that stuff. 2002 01:18:21,400 --> 01:18:23,120 I mean, so there are circumstances 2003 01:18:23,120 --> 01:18:23,900 in which I like to do this. 2004 01:18:23,900 --> 01:18:23,900 2005 01:18:23,900 --> 01:18:23,900 2006 01:18:23,900 --> 01:18:25,560 I like to just have something on in the background. 2007 01:18:26,320 --> 01:18:29,040 But in that case, I'll just turn on autoplay, you know, 2008 01:18:29,060 --> 01:18:31,260 and I'll just watch a whole show or something. 2009 01:18:31,480 --> 01:18:33,260 I guess I'm weird in that respect, 2010 01:18:33,780 --> 01:18:36,620 is that a lot of people like to put things on 2011 01:18:36,620 --> 01:18:37,520 for background noise. 2012 01:18:37,760 --> 01:18:40,320 And the only background noise that I have in my life 2013 01:18:40,320 --> 01:18:40,960 is a fan. 2014 01:18:41,120 --> 01:18:42,800 And then the rest of it is silence. 2015 01:18:42,980 --> 01:18:45,160 I just enjoy silence so much 2016 01:18:45,160 --> 01:18:48,940 that I have noise-canceling headphones 2017 01:18:48,940 --> 01:18:50,440 that I don't plug into anything. 2018 01:18:50,580 --> 01:18:52,420 Well, what you don't have, Mike, is tinnitus. 2019 01:18:52,800 --> 01:18:53,200 So... 2020 01:18:53,200 --> 01:18:53,580 This is... 2021 01:18:53,580 --> 01:18:53,840 This is... 2022 01:18:53,840 --> 01:18:53,880 This is... 2023 01:18:53,880 --> 01:18:54,000 This is true. 2024 01:18:55,660 --> 01:18:57,280 So, yeah, my dad was told me. 2025 01:18:57,280 --> 01:18:59,040 He said that he's developed tinnitus recently. 2026 01:18:59,420 --> 01:19:00,500 I've got some of that going on. 2027 01:19:00,960 --> 01:19:03,880 It's because you go to those acid rock concerts 2028 01:19:03,880 --> 01:19:04,580 that you go to. 2029 01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:05,600 Acid rock? 2030 01:19:05,940 --> 01:19:09,060 It's what my grandfather used to call anything that was... 2031 01:19:09,060 --> 01:19:10,960 anything that was harder than the Beatles. 2032 01:19:11,480 --> 01:19:11,840 Right? 2033 01:19:12,700 --> 01:19:14,920 Yeah, it's all those acid rock shows that I go to. 2034 01:19:15,920 --> 01:19:17,420 Oh, man. 2035 01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:17,880 That was... 2036 01:19:18,760 --> 01:19:20,020 That just came out of nowhere. 2037 01:19:20,120 --> 01:19:21,680 I just remember him saying that one time 2038 01:19:21,680 --> 01:19:22,460 and I was just like, 2039 01:19:22,580 --> 01:19:23,860 oh, that's the funniest thing I've ever heard. 2040 01:19:23,860 --> 01:19:25,880 Speaking of old man stuff, though, 2041 01:19:26,040 --> 01:19:27,280 I wanted to kind of... 2042 01:19:27,280 --> 01:19:28,160 I wanted to call you out 2043 01:19:28,160 --> 01:19:29,500 and see if you're as good as your word on something. 2044 01:19:29,720 --> 01:19:29,860 Okay. 2045 01:19:30,120 --> 01:19:33,560 The Nokia 3310 is available once again. 2046 01:19:33,660 --> 01:19:34,720 That's the famous phone 2047 01:19:34,720 --> 01:19:36,660 that could stop a speeding bullet, as they said. 2048 01:19:36,980 --> 01:19:37,780 It used to be able to. 2049 01:19:37,900 --> 01:19:38,100 Yeah. 2050 01:19:38,560 --> 01:19:40,640 So, you were saying a couple weeks ago 2051 01:19:40,640 --> 01:19:42,540 that you like the old phones? 2052 01:19:43,480 --> 01:19:45,360 I still have a wish 2053 01:19:45,360 --> 01:19:47,740 that I could just have a non-smartphone. 2054 01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:49,260 So, is this more of like a... 2055 01:19:49,260 --> 01:19:50,700 I dream of a world 2056 01:19:50,700 --> 01:19:52,540 in which I would be able to do that kind of thing? 2057 01:19:52,780 --> 01:19:53,640 Well, it's... 2058 01:19:53,640 --> 01:19:56,300 Because of my need for my smartphone 2059 01:19:56,300 --> 01:19:58,380 for my data plan that I use all day, 2060 01:19:58,560 --> 01:19:59,860 I cannot switch. 2061 01:20:00,760 --> 01:20:03,040 However, if I could, 2062 01:20:03,420 --> 01:20:05,220 if I did not need that plan anymore, 2063 01:20:05,420 --> 01:20:06,440 I would not have a smartphone. 2064 01:20:06,700 --> 01:20:07,520 Do you think that you would go 2065 01:20:07,520 --> 01:20:09,640 to the new old Nokia phone? 2066 01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:11,040 Yeah. 2067 01:20:11,060 --> 01:20:12,160 I wish it would have been more like 2068 01:20:12,160 --> 01:20:13,900 the old, old Nokia phone. 2069 01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:15,280 The new one. 2070 01:20:15,480 --> 01:20:16,460 Or like, here's a name 2071 01:20:16,460 --> 01:20:17,420 you haven't heard in a while, probably. 2072 01:20:17,520 --> 01:20:18,800 Like the old Kyocera phones. 2073 01:20:19,220 --> 01:20:20,100 The StarTAC phones? 2074 01:20:20,320 --> 01:20:20,460 Yeah. 2075 01:20:20,520 --> 01:20:22,080 Remember playing Brick Attack on those things? 2076 01:20:22,480 --> 01:20:22,880 Although, 2077 01:20:22,940 --> 01:20:23,500 I have to... 2078 01:20:23,500 --> 01:20:23,600 I have to admit, 2079 01:20:23,740 --> 01:20:25,280 the only thing that made me really happy 2080 01:20:25,280 --> 01:20:26,820 about the new Nokia phone, 2081 01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:28,720 which is modeled after the old one, 2082 01:20:28,840 --> 01:20:29,620 the one that was... 2083 01:20:29,620 --> 01:20:31,080 The one that you find... 2084 01:20:32,040 --> 01:20:33,440 The only cell phone 2085 01:20:33,440 --> 01:20:35,320 that will be found in archaeological digs 2086 01:20:35,320 --> 01:20:38,460 is the Nokia 3310 2087 01:20:38,460 --> 01:20:42,060 or that whole family of Nokia phones. 2088 01:20:44,600 --> 01:20:46,520 I was very happy to know 2089 01:20:46,520 --> 01:20:48,400 that the Snake game still works on that. 2090 01:20:48,720 --> 01:20:50,200 Yeah, if you weren't playing Snake, man, 2091 01:20:50,340 --> 01:20:51,360 just get out of town. 2092 01:20:51,540 --> 01:20:51,740 Yeah. 2093 01:20:51,740 --> 01:20:53,960 You don't know how to use a phone. 2094 01:20:53,980 --> 01:20:55,040 So, this one has a two... 2095 01:20:55,040 --> 01:20:56,620 It has a two megapixel camera, 2096 01:20:56,820 --> 01:20:57,760 whereas the old phone 2097 01:20:57,760 --> 01:20:59,580 had like a two pixel camera, I think. 2098 01:20:59,720 --> 01:21:00,500 It had a potato. 2099 01:21:00,780 --> 01:21:02,020 They had cameras, right? 2100 01:21:02,100 --> 01:21:02,900 Some of these older... 2101 01:21:02,900 --> 01:21:04,240 Oh, I'm thinking of the Kyocera ones. 2102 01:21:04,320 --> 01:21:05,800 There were cameras on those. 2103 01:21:05,800 --> 01:21:07,000 Yeah, Nokia's did not have cameras. 2104 01:21:07,060 --> 01:21:08,120 But they were measured in like... 2105 01:21:08,120 --> 01:21:10,760 Like I said, just pixels at that point. 2106 01:21:11,160 --> 01:21:12,140 They were terrible. 2107 01:21:13,040 --> 01:21:14,220 Yeah, they were terrible. 2108 01:21:14,860 --> 01:21:16,240 All right, let's fit a call in here 2109 01:21:16,240 --> 01:21:18,120 before we run out of show time here. 2110 01:21:18,180 --> 01:21:19,000 Hey, Dave, how are you? 2111 01:21:20,100 --> 01:21:20,700 Yeah, hi. 2112 01:21:20,800 --> 01:21:21,400 Good morning. 2113 01:21:22,100 --> 01:21:23,800 Hey, wanted to ask 2114 01:21:23,800 --> 01:21:25,500 what you think about 2115 01:21:25,500 --> 01:21:29,080 how, if you're going to be a cable cutter 2116 01:21:29,080 --> 01:21:31,180 or get away from cable TV, 2117 01:21:31,540 --> 01:21:36,680 how do you get your regular TV network stations? 2118 01:21:37,000 --> 01:21:38,180 Are you talking about local? 2119 01:21:38,840 --> 01:21:40,300 Yeah, local stations. 2120 01:21:40,400 --> 01:21:41,940 Now, I can't get over the air. 2121 01:21:42,660 --> 01:21:44,040 I'm in a problem area 2122 01:21:44,040 --> 01:21:45,960 where there's no reception, whatever. 2123 01:21:46,320 --> 01:21:48,460 Many of the official services, 2124 01:21:48,540 --> 01:21:50,560 like the upcoming YouTube TV 2125 01:21:50,560 --> 01:21:53,120 that's being released here, 2126 01:21:53,260 --> 01:21:54,080 will offer... 2127 01:21:54,080 --> 01:21:55,240 Yeah, I read that with interest. 2128 01:21:55,620 --> 01:21:58,020 They will offer local channels as well. 2129 01:22:00,360 --> 01:22:01,840 So there's going to be... 2130 01:22:01,840 --> 01:22:04,200 Most of them offer some type of local add-on. 2131 01:22:04,280 --> 01:22:06,060 And it's usually an additional charge. 2132 01:22:06,120 --> 01:22:08,140 But apparently, from what I understand 2133 01:22:08,140 --> 01:22:09,260 with the YouTube TV one, 2134 01:22:09,320 --> 01:22:10,400 that they're going to be included 2135 01:22:11,040 --> 01:22:12,120 for your local area. 2136 01:22:12,360 --> 01:22:13,340 So that'll be interesting. 2137 01:22:14,440 --> 01:22:16,280 That's the only one you've heard of so far? 2138 01:22:16,500 --> 01:22:18,380 Sling offers it as well, but it's a premium. 2139 01:22:18,500 --> 01:22:20,200 You have to buy the extra package. 2140 01:22:20,880 --> 01:22:22,540 Yep, Sling TV offers it. 2141 01:22:22,740 --> 01:22:24,340 YouTube TV is going to offer it for free. 2142 01:22:24,920 --> 01:22:26,740 There's a couple of other services 2143 01:22:26,740 --> 01:22:29,640 that historically have offered it. 2144 01:22:29,680 --> 01:22:33,480 I know that one of them is in lawsuit entanglement 2145 01:22:33,480 --> 01:22:34,060 at the moment, 2146 01:22:34,100 --> 01:22:35,320 so they're no longer offering it. 2147 01:22:35,980 --> 01:22:38,220 But there were several out there that offer that. 2148 01:22:38,720 --> 01:22:40,260 And to me, though, 2149 01:22:41,780 --> 01:22:42,840 it's another one of those things 2150 01:22:42,840 --> 01:22:45,920 where when I started doing the cord-cutting bit, 2151 01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:47,660 there was no option for local channels. 2152 01:22:47,680 --> 01:22:49,960 So I've not seen a local channel, 2153 01:22:50,560 --> 01:22:51,280 and I've been on a local channel in about a decade. 2154 01:22:51,480 --> 01:22:53,100 So I don't really know what that's like, 2155 01:22:53,200 --> 01:22:54,320 other than I just go to their website 2156 01:22:54,320 --> 01:22:55,620 and watch the videos that they put up. 2157 01:22:55,940 --> 01:22:57,780 Yeah, a lot of times, if you're worried about news, 2158 01:22:58,220 --> 01:22:59,880 almost every news channel nowadays 2159 01:22:59,880 --> 01:23:01,740 slices up their news segments 2160 01:23:01,740 --> 01:23:02,700 and throws them on YouTube. 2161 01:23:04,560 --> 01:23:05,280 Yeah, yeah. 2162 01:23:05,720 --> 01:23:08,980 Well, I give them enough already for the internet. 2163 01:23:10,320 --> 01:23:12,560 Yeah, well, I mean, it's coming to this. 2164 01:23:12,680 --> 01:23:13,700 It's much like cell phones. 2165 01:23:13,780 --> 01:23:14,700 We were talking before the show 2166 01:23:14,700 --> 01:23:18,200 how voice minutes and text messages 2167 01:23:18,200 --> 01:23:19,660 used to be a big... 2168 01:23:20,560 --> 01:23:22,500 determining factor on which plan you're going to get. 2169 01:23:22,640 --> 01:23:24,020 And now it doesn't really mean anything. 2170 01:23:24,140 --> 01:23:24,820 Everything's data. 2171 01:23:24,980 --> 01:23:27,900 And it's going to be the same thing when it comes to TV, right? 2172 01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:31,480 Because even your TV that you're watching on your cable box, 2173 01:23:32,200 --> 01:23:35,020 probably half of it comes directly over data anyway. 2174 01:23:35,220 --> 01:23:37,840 It's not real cable anymore anyway. 2175 01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:41,100 It's all digital DVR craziness. 2176 01:23:41,140 --> 01:23:42,660 Yeah, I mean, your Cox box is essentially 2177 01:23:42,660 --> 01:23:44,700 a really fancy Roku at this point. 2178 01:23:44,780 --> 01:23:45,020 Right. 2179 01:23:45,120 --> 01:23:47,440 It's this mandatory Roku box 2180 01:23:47,440 --> 01:23:48,740 that you have to have to watch that service. 2181 01:23:48,960 --> 01:23:50,360 And it's specialized for them. 2182 01:23:50,360 --> 01:23:52,240 So it's really coming down to the fact that 2183 01:23:52,240 --> 01:23:54,540 at some point, you're just going to have a data package 2184 01:23:54,540 --> 01:23:56,260 and you're going to do whatever you want with it. 2185 01:23:56,320 --> 01:23:56,940 And that's fine. 2186 01:23:57,840 --> 01:23:59,360 Interesting you brought up the Roku. 2187 01:23:59,540 --> 01:24:00,760 I have a Roku. 2188 01:24:01,120 --> 01:24:04,580 And because of that, I can watch news 2189 01:24:04,580 --> 01:24:07,800 in like three other cities already, you know, 2190 01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:09,480 which I already use. 2191 01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:11,200 Right. 2192 01:24:11,320 --> 01:24:13,980 And I'm not a fan of the Rokus myself, personally. 2193 01:24:14,100 --> 01:24:15,140 I don't like the Rokus. 2194 01:24:15,260 --> 01:24:17,360 I mean, I bought one just to check it out. 2195 01:24:17,460 --> 01:24:19,800 And I think it's sitting at the shop now. 2196 01:24:19,900 --> 01:24:20,160 It is. 2197 01:24:20,360 --> 01:24:21,780 We were actually thinking about hooking it up. 2198 01:24:21,820 --> 01:24:23,880 And it's one of these things. 2199 01:24:23,920 --> 01:24:25,220 It's just like, I don't like the interface. 2200 01:24:25,380 --> 01:24:26,940 I definitely don't like the packages involved, 2201 01:24:27,160 --> 01:24:28,360 you know, that they include. 2202 01:24:28,560 --> 01:24:31,100 And then everything's a micro charge on top of that. 2203 01:24:31,220 --> 01:24:32,080 And I don't like that either. 2204 01:24:33,300 --> 01:24:35,600 That's why I went with something like the Fire TV, 2205 01:24:35,840 --> 01:24:37,060 which I thought was a better deal. 2206 01:24:37,860 --> 01:24:41,320 And to me, it feels better. 2207 01:24:41,760 --> 01:24:44,360 And so as far as the interface is concerned, 2208 01:24:44,500 --> 01:24:46,100 not to mention that I'm not being charged 2209 01:24:46,100 --> 01:24:47,760 for every little thing that I do. 2210 01:24:48,100 --> 01:24:49,320 Yeah, with the right services, 2211 01:24:49,320 --> 01:24:51,260 those local channels aren't an issue. 2212 01:24:51,740 --> 01:24:52,140 Right. 2213 01:24:52,260 --> 01:24:53,940 They've gotten better, I'll tell you, 2214 01:24:53,980 --> 01:24:55,840 on the Roku over the years. 2215 01:24:56,140 --> 01:24:58,300 Well, we'll fire up that Roku at the shop 2216 01:24:58,300 --> 01:24:59,660 and we'll check it out and I'll give you an update. 2217 01:25:00,300 --> 01:25:00,860 Please do. 2218 01:25:01,080 --> 01:25:01,520 All right. 2219 01:25:01,560 --> 01:25:02,540 Thanks for the call, Dave. 2220 01:25:02,580 --> 01:25:03,120 I appreciate it. 2221 01:25:03,540 --> 01:25:03,940 Bye. 2222 01:25:04,900 --> 01:25:06,560 Well, before the show ends, 2223 01:25:06,700 --> 01:25:09,480 I wanted to take a moment to thank Desert Pro Cleaning 2224 01:25:09,480 --> 01:25:10,820 for being our Patreon sponsor. 2225 01:25:11,500 --> 01:25:11,800 Yeah. 2226 01:25:11,980 --> 01:25:13,840 They do a great job. 2227 01:25:14,020 --> 01:25:16,000 Did we pay off and send those recordings in yet? 2228 01:25:16,160 --> 01:25:16,800 Not yet. 2229 01:25:16,840 --> 01:25:19,140 But this way, we will never, ever forget 2230 01:25:19,140 --> 01:25:21,380 to do it like we accidentally did a couple of weeks ago. 2231 01:25:21,660 --> 01:25:23,400 I'm sorry about that over Desert Pro. 2232 01:25:23,620 --> 01:25:25,940 I mean, I forget things. 2233 01:25:26,040 --> 01:25:29,660 I'm just here trying to fix people's problems on the air 2234 01:25:29,660 --> 01:25:31,000 and I forget to say things like, 2235 01:25:31,180 --> 01:25:33,780 hey, thanks for giving us money and supporting the show. 2236 01:25:33,980 --> 01:25:36,480 And they've been a big sponsor on Patreon for us 2237 01:25:36,480 --> 01:25:37,700 for quite some time now, 2238 01:25:37,760 --> 01:25:38,920 so we definitely appreciate them. 2239 01:25:39,080 --> 01:25:39,480 Yes. 2240 01:25:39,520 --> 01:25:40,780 And they also do really good work 2241 01:25:40,780 --> 01:25:42,000 because we use them in our Eastside location 2242 01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:43,620 and every time I go there, it looks nice. 2243 01:25:43,860 --> 01:25:44,380 It does. 2244 01:25:44,580 --> 01:25:46,840 Yeah, so Desert Pro Commercial Cleaning. 2245 01:25:46,840 --> 01:25:49,120 I don't know why Mike loves the Eastside more than he does. 2246 01:25:49,120 --> 01:25:49,120 2247 01:25:49,120 --> 01:25:49,120 2248 01:25:49,120 --> 01:25:50,100 He likes the Fort Lowell office, 2249 01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:52,440 which could definitely use it, but... 2250 01:25:52,440 --> 01:25:55,960 Well, we'll just say that there's a political matter involved 2251 01:25:55,960 --> 01:25:56,920 with Fort Lowell. 2252 01:25:57,000 --> 01:25:57,120 Ah. 2253 01:25:57,420 --> 01:25:59,800 And, you know, there's an agreement 2254 01:25:59,800 --> 01:26:02,680 that has already been reached for cleaning of Fort Lowell 2255 01:26:02,680 --> 01:26:06,000 and, you know, I can't go messing with that. 2256 01:26:06,060 --> 01:26:06,540 That's true. 2257 01:26:06,660 --> 01:26:07,060 That's true. 2258 01:26:07,420 --> 01:26:10,460 So, it's politics, man. 2259 01:26:10,580 --> 01:26:11,640 You know, what can you say? 2260 01:26:11,720 --> 01:26:12,820 Especially family politics. 2261 01:26:13,120 --> 01:26:15,060 Yeah, and I shouldn't, you know, 2262 01:26:15,140 --> 01:26:16,920 the job gets done very well. 2263 01:26:18,200 --> 01:26:18,680 Good. 2264 01:26:19,560 --> 01:26:20,580 Good recovery, man. 2265 01:26:20,680 --> 01:26:20,800 Yeah. 2266 01:26:21,260 --> 01:26:24,700 I'm going to take this part of the podcast out 2267 01:26:24,700 --> 01:26:26,060 and then I'm going to send it to my mom. 2268 01:26:26,320 --> 01:26:27,580 Or you could not do that. 2269 01:26:30,040 --> 01:26:30,760 So, yeah. 2270 01:26:30,760 --> 01:26:32,820 You could just take this part of the podcast out, actually. 2271 01:26:32,900 --> 01:26:33,440 There we go. 2272 01:26:33,540 --> 01:26:35,420 So, yeah, Desert Pro Commercial Cleaners, 2273 01:26:35,520 --> 01:26:36,780 you can visit their website. 2274 01:26:36,880 --> 01:26:37,820 You can check them out. 2275 01:26:37,880 --> 01:26:39,360 It'll be linked in the show notes. 2276 01:26:39,780 --> 01:26:42,560 And we really appreciate them supporting us on Patreon. 2277 01:26:42,740 --> 01:26:44,160 They do a great job of cleaning Harrison 2278 01:26:44,160 --> 01:26:46,460 and it's just lovely. 2279 01:26:46,540 --> 01:26:48,060 They're very, very nice people to deal with. 2280 01:26:48,140 --> 01:26:48,820 Especially because... 2281 01:26:49,120 --> 01:26:50,900 You know, when I get to go blow things up later, 2282 01:26:51,020 --> 01:26:52,580 that's in large part thanks to them. 2283 01:26:52,700 --> 01:26:55,140 Yeah, and I don't get to, you know, 2284 01:26:55,140 --> 01:26:56,660 I don't get to see those guys 2285 01:26:56,660 --> 01:26:58,500 other than on the security cameras at night 2286 01:26:58,500 --> 01:26:59,200 when they're in there cleaning. 2287 01:27:00,320 --> 01:27:03,260 But they seem to be doing a great job. 2288 01:27:03,500 --> 01:27:04,980 And every time I go over there, 2289 01:27:05,040 --> 01:27:05,680 the place is clean. 2290 01:27:05,780 --> 01:27:06,560 So, that's good. 2291 01:27:06,660 --> 01:27:07,260 That's what I like. 2292 01:27:08,120 --> 01:27:09,940 So, you can be a Patreon sponsor, too. 2293 01:27:10,200 --> 01:27:11,820 Yeah, and if you want to be able to help us out, 2294 01:27:11,860 --> 01:27:13,480 you can go ahead and support us on Patreon. 2295 01:27:13,540 --> 01:27:14,780 Go to gurushow.com 2296 01:27:14,780 --> 01:27:16,880 and there's a link, a Patreon link 2297 01:27:16,880 --> 01:27:18,960 that you can go to to support us 2298 01:27:18,960 --> 01:27:20,260 with as little as a dollar a month. 2299 01:27:20,600 --> 01:27:23,320 You find more in your couch cushions. 2300 01:27:23,420 --> 01:27:24,320 And if you do that, 2301 01:27:24,380 --> 01:27:25,760 if you contribute that one dollar a month, 2302 01:27:25,860 --> 01:27:28,280 you will get access to this awesome video 2303 01:27:28,280 --> 01:27:29,440 that we've been planning for a while 2304 01:27:29,440 --> 01:27:30,460 as well as many others 2305 01:27:30,460 --> 01:27:31,940 that we have already started planning 2306 01:27:31,940 --> 01:27:32,900 and are going to do. 2307 01:27:33,280 --> 01:27:34,740 Because it turns out this stuff's really fun 2308 01:27:34,740 --> 01:27:35,920 and we really like doing it. 2309 01:27:36,220 --> 01:27:36,580 Right. 2310 01:27:36,700 --> 01:27:37,680 The one I'm looking forward to 2311 01:27:37,680 --> 01:27:38,820 is the home automation project. 2312 01:27:39,100 --> 01:27:39,800 That's going to be a lot of fun. 2313 01:27:39,900 --> 01:27:42,400 So, the recording studio is going to get fully automated 2314 01:27:42,400 --> 01:27:46,160 so I can walk in the room and, you know, 2315 01:27:46,160 --> 01:27:46,800 just do whatever. 2316 01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:47,700 Star Trek style. 2317 01:27:47,920 --> 01:27:48,220 Yeah. 2318 01:27:48,960 --> 01:27:50,540 And then we're going to show you the weaknesses. 2319 01:27:50,740 --> 01:27:53,360 We're going to basically hack the system. 2320 01:27:53,580 --> 01:27:54,540 See, I'm excited for that part 2321 01:27:54,540 --> 01:27:55,840 because this is my interest anyway. 2322 01:27:56,100 --> 01:27:57,840 So, go to Patreon. 2323 01:27:58,000 --> 01:27:59,800 Go to our website, gurushow.com. 2324 01:27:59,800 --> 01:28:00,700 Click the Patreon logo. 2325 01:28:00,820 --> 01:28:02,580 Get signed up for a dollar a month 2326 01:28:02,580 --> 01:28:04,200 and you will get access to all of this and more. 2327 01:28:04,700 --> 01:28:05,100 Right. 2328 01:28:05,140 --> 01:28:06,800 And if you're concerned about security, 2329 01:28:07,060 --> 01:28:07,660 if you want to make sure 2330 01:28:07,660 --> 01:28:09,540 that you're being a little bit safer online, 2331 01:28:09,640 --> 01:28:12,060 get yourself involved with some VPN service, 2332 01:28:12,300 --> 01:28:14,100 you go to gurushow.com slash VPN 2333 01:28:14,100 --> 01:28:16,280 and you can be linked up with TunnelBear. 2334 01:28:16,540 --> 01:28:18,640 And that's the VPN service 2335 01:28:18,640 --> 01:28:20,240 that we're recommending for everyone to use 2336 01:28:20,240 --> 01:28:22,380 to keep yourself just a little bit safer online. 2337 01:28:22,480 --> 01:28:25,200 Make sure that you can maintain some anonymity. 2338 01:28:25,300 --> 01:28:27,480 You can also visit us at 510 East Fort Lowell 2339 01:28:27,480 --> 01:28:29,180 or 64 North Harrison in Tucson. 2340 01:28:29,480 --> 01:28:31,400 That way you can help us keep the show on the air 2341 01:28:31,400 --> 01:28:33,080 by, I don't know, supporting the business. 2342 01:28:33,680 --> 01:28:35,460 Letting us fix your computers and all of that. 2343 01:28:35,660 --> 01:28:36,980 Because that's what we do all week. 2344 01:28:37,160 --> 01:28:38,840 This is just a hobby on the weekends. 2345 01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:41,140 But thanks again for listening to the Computer Guru Show. 2346 01:28:41,300 --> 01:28:43,280 Give us a call down at the shop, 304-8300. 2347 01:28:43,500 --> 01:28:44,600 And we'll see you next week. 2348 01:28:50,060 --> 01:28:51,840 You know, we really enjoy doing this show. 2349 01:28:51,980 --> 01:28:54,220 I mean, I've been doing it for, what, nine years now? 2350 01:28:54,340 --> 01:28:55,500 So I must be liking it. 2351 01:28:55,760 --> 01:28:56,580 But here's the thing. 2352 01:28:56,760 --> 01:28:59,000 It costs a lot of money to put this show on. 2353 01:28:59,200 --> 01:29:01,120 And you can help us keep this show on the air 2354 01:29:01,120 --> 01:29:02,300 for as little as a dollar a month. 2355 01:29:02,620 --> 01:29:04,620 All you've got to do is go to gurushow.com 2356 01:29:04,620 --> 01:29:05,960 and click on the Patreon link. 2357 01:29:06,140 --> 01:29:07,480 And from there, you can see that we have 2358 01:29:07,480 --> 01:29:09,300 all kinds of rewards for Patreon members. 2359 01:29:09,480 --> 01:29:11,940 You also get exclusive access to content 2360 01:29:11,940 --> 01:29:14,340 that is made strictly for Patreon members. 2361 01:29:14,720 --> 01:29:16,720 We get to blow up Furbies, automate homes, 2362 01:29:16,920 --> 01:29:18,480 and put fun tech videos 2363 01:29:18,480 --> 01:29:18,720 on. 2364 01:29:18,840 --> 01:29:20,020 We're here to help you learn. 2365 01:29:20,320 --> 01:29:22,680 And maybe you can help us keep that going 2366 01:29:22,680 --> 01:29:24,500 by supporting us on Patreon.