N2 The Net's Holiday Food Drive Continues

Please remember that we are currently having a holiday food drive. Our last day for the drive will be December 16th. If you would like to donate you can bring all non-perishable food items to our office at 251 S. Willow Ave, in Cookeville. We are also accepting household and clothing items as well. Let's help those in need have a great holiday season! Thank you to all who have donated and thanks to all for your support.



Holiday Recipe Section!

Here is a list of websites where you can find all kinds of wonderful holiday recipes which are sure to please all of your family and friends. Enjoy! 

This site has recipes for almost every holiday occasion! Click Here for some excellent treats!

Here is a great site for some special Christmas goodies! Click Here to start drooling!

Are you an eggnog lover? If you are.. this site is for you! Click Here!

Cookies, Cookies and more Cookies!! Wow! You just have to check this site out for yourself! Click Here!

This next site contains a whole bunch of different recipes for many things! Click Here to take a look!



Tommy's Top Sites

Tommy has been at it again! He has searched the entire far and wide to find some of the coolest sites around for your enjoyment! Here goes..

This site is for everyone with an interest in photography. It is intended to help beginners get started in photography, and become so good at it they turn into advanced amateurs. But, even the accomplished photographer will also find useful tips and hints here.Click Here!

Are you wondering what all of those internal computer parts look like? Here is a complete illustrated guide to computer hardware! Click Here.

Online mysteries, mystery games, mystery books and resources. For everyone who enjoys a mystery... Click Here!

We're sure you have heard of "The World's Dumbest Criminals" TV shows and news casts. Here is a website dedicated to the biggest bozo criminals ever! Click Here for a few good laughs!



Helpful Holiday Diet Tips

If no one sees you eat it, it has no calories.  

If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, they cancel each other out.  
   
If you eat standing up, it doesn't count!  
   
STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.  
   
If you eat the food off someone else's plate, it doesn't count.  
   
Cookie pieces contain no calories because the process of breakage cause 
calorie leakage.  
   
Food used for medicinal purposes have no calories. This includes: any chocolate used for energy, brandy, cheesecake, and Haagen-Daz Ice Cream.  
   
When eating with someone else, calories don't count if you both eat the same 
amount.  
   
Movie-related foods are much lower in calories simply because they are a part of the entertainment experience and not part of one's personal fuel. This 
includes: Milk Duds, popcorn with butter, Junior Mints, Snickers, and Gummi Bears.


We here at N2 The Net want to wish you and your family a very happy and safe holiday season!

Tech Support Virus FAQ's

As you know, we usually provide you with some tech tips each month to help you with certain issues that you may encounter while using your computer. This month we decided to do a Tech Support Virus FAQ section. We hope this helps to answer some of your questions about viruses and what they do.

What is a computer virus?

A computer virus is a program designed to spread itself by first infecting executable files or the system areas of hard and floppy disks and then
making copies of itself.  Viruses usually operate without the knowledge or
desire of the computer user.

What kind of files can spread viruses?

Viruses have the potential to infect any type of executable code, not just the files that are commonly called 'program files'.  For example, some
viruses infect executable code in the boot sector of floppy disks or in system areas of hard drives.  Another type of virus, known as a 'macro'
virus, can infect word processing and spreadsheet documents that use macros.  And it's possible for HTML documents containing JavaScript or other types of executable code to spread viruses or other malicious code.

Are any of my files safe from viruses?

Since virus code must be executed to have any effect, files that the computer treats as pure data are safe.  This includes graphics and sound files such as .gif, .jpg, .mp3, .wav, etc., as well as plain text in .txt files. For example, just viewing picture files won't infect your computer with a virus. The virus code has to be in a form, such as an .exe program file or a Word .doc file, that the computer will actually try to execute.

How do viruses spread?

When you execute program code that's infected by a virus, the virus code will also run and try to infect other programs, either on the same computer or on other computers connected to it over a network .  And the newly infected programs will try to infect yet more programs. When you share a copy of an infected file with other computer users,
running the file may also infect their computers; and files from those computers may spread the infection to yet more computers.

What do viruses do to computers?

Viruses are software programs, and they can do the same things as any other
programs running on a computer.  The actual effect of any particular virus depends on how it was programmed by the person who wrote the virus. Some viruses are deliberately designed to damage files or otherwise interfere with your computer's operation, while others don't do anything but
try to spread themselves around. But even the ones that just spread themselves are harmful, since they damage files and may cause other problems in the process of spreading.

What is a Trojan horse program?

A type of program that is often confused with viruses is a 'Trojan horse' program.  This is not a virus, but simply a program (often harmful) that
pretends to be something else. For example, you might download what you think is a new game; but when  you
run it, it deletes files on your hard drive.  Or the third time you start the game, the program E-mails your saved passwords to another person.

What can I do to reduce the chance of getting viruses from E-mail?

Treat any file attachments that might contain executable code as carefully as you would any other new files: save the attachment to disk and then check it with an up-to-date virus scanner before opening the file. If an executable file shows up unexpectedly attached to an E-mail, you should delete it unless you can positively verify what it is, who it came from, and why it was sent to you.