Victoria Computer Club

Do you want your grandchild to learn:

• Logical reasoning
• Algorithmic thinking
• Pattern recognition
• Debugging
• Problem-solving

The goal of Pi Camp, taught by instructors from Victoria PiMakers, is to help teens learn about computers, to help them participate in shaping a digital world. It is a great introductory course for kids who are interested in computers.  The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost computer, adopted by an eager community of hackers and makers. It powers projects around the world and in space. Since 2012, more than 11 million have been sold. Continue reading →

Materials for this class

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• A mess of links

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Click the picture on the left to open Rick’s updated presentation on Computer Maintenance

1. Equity_value = (Old_membership_expiry_date minus Date_of_move) / 365 * $85
2. Equity_days (at $25 per year) = Equity_value / $25 * 365
3. New expiry = Date_of_move plus Equity_days.

Silver Threads charges drop-in fees for most programs.

• Monday and Thursday Shared Interest Groups and Monthly Presentations are $1.60 for Silver Threads members and $4.75 for non-members (GST included). Punch cards are also available.
• Tuesday and Friday Tutorial and Social sessions have no drop-in fee
• Silver Threads membership runs from April 1 – March 31 with quarterly prorated rates. Consult with Silver Threads staff regarding membership, fees and other Silver Threads programs available at both of their centres.

The Victoria Computer Club has moved to Silver Threads, 286 Hampton Road.  Activities are:

• – Seniors SIG Monday 10am to noon
• – Tutorials Tuesday 10am to 2pm
• – All other SIGs Thursdays, 10am to noon, starting in June
• – Tutorials Friday noon to 3pm

Please bring your laptops as there are a limited number (5) of club desktop computers.

Computerworld states that Microsoft announced at its Build developer conference that the next major update to Windows 10, codenamed Redstone 3 and due in September, will be called the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

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BBC News – A massive cyber-attack using tools believed to have been stolen from the US National Security Agency (NSA) has struck organisations around the world.

Cyber-security firm Avast said it had seen 75,000 cases of the ransomware – known as WannaCry and variants of that name – around the world.

There are reports of infections in 99 countries, including Russia and China.

Among the worst hit was the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Scotland.

The BBC news understands about 40 NHS organisations and some medical practices were hit, with operations and appointments cancelled.

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Google says it has stopped a phishing email that reached about a million of its users.

The scam claimed to come from Google Docs – a service that allows people to share and edit documents online.

Users who clicked a link and followed instructions, risked giving the hackers access to their email accounts.

Google said it had stopped the attack “within approximately one hour”, including through “removing fake pages and applications”.

For more info:   http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39798022