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Y O U T H T E C H N E W S For Kids and Teens, By Kids and Teens Written by YTCC Hero ================================================== Add Keyword: YT, YOUTH or YOUTHTECH to your *Favorite Places* list, or we'll hunt you down and drag you here kicking and screaming! ================================================== Saturday, March 15th, 1997 Volume 2, Edition 13 Making headlines this week . . . # SPECIAL EVENT: Tatiana Gau visits Youth Tech. # YT HIGHLIGHT: The Two Cents Center # GEEK HUMOR: What would it be like if restaurants functioned like Microsoft.. # YOUTH TECH COMMITTEE # NEWSFLASH! **************************************** ===> Youth Tech Special Event **************************************** Just like the real world, Cyberspace has it's share of villians. Whether these villians are password phishers, hackers or the like; they're troublesome to the Community at large. In comes Tatiana Gau. Tatiana Gau was appointed VP of Integrity Assurance in November 1996 at AOL. She is responsible for keeping our online community safe from these individuals. Tatiana has a long list of creditentials including working for the Central Intelligence Agency. Don't miss the chance to hear what positive measures Tatiana and her team are taking to keep our community safe. Have questions about online safety or about some of the measures AOL's taking? You can't afford not to attend this special event on Friday, March 21 at 8 p.m. ET. Keyword: YT > Our Feature (graphic on left) ================================ ~~> YT FEATURE:The Two Cents Center ================================= Everyone has two cents, why not express yours in the Youth Tech Two Cents Opinion Center! It's exploding with action on today's controversal topics from computers to the Internet. The Two Cents Opinion Center now goes farther than just providing a simple poll. Not only can you enter your vote, but you can send us your comments! Make your voice be heard! We want to hear what *you* have to say! Come on, drop us your Two Cents and tell us what you think! Keyword: YT > Have Fun! > Two Cents Center ================= ~~> GEEK HUMOR ================= Tada! This week's Geek Humor is brought to you by your friend and mine, MikeV8372... something one of his co-workers sent him.. :) ######################################################### If restaurants functioned like Microsoft: Patron: Waiter! Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be your Support Waiter. What seems to be the problem? Patron: There's a fly in my soup! Waiter: Try again, maybe the fly won't be there this time. Patron: No, it's still there. Waiter: Maybe it's the way you're using the soup; try eating it with a fork instead. Patron: Even when I use the fork, the fly is still there. Waiter: Maybe the soup is incompatible with the bowl; what kind of bowl are you using? Patron: A SOUP bowl! Waiter: Hmmm, that should work. Maybe it's a configuration problem; how was the bowl set up? Patron: You brought it to me on a saucer; what has that to do with the fly in my soup?! Waiter: Can you remember everything you did before you noticed the fly in your soup? Patron: I sat down and ordered the Soup of the Day! Waiter: Have you considered upgrading to the latest Soup of the Day? Patron: You have more than one Soup of the Day each day?? Waiter: Yes, the Soup of the Day is changed every hour. Patron: Well, what is the Soup of the Day now? Waiter: The current Soup of the Day is tomato. Patron: Fine. Bring me the tomato soup, and the check. I'm running late now. [waiter leaves and returns with another bowl of soup and the check] Waiter: Here you are, Sir. The soup and your check. Patron: This is potato soup. Waiter: Yes, the tomato soup wasn't ready yet. Patron: Well, I'm so hungry now, I'll eat anything. [waiter leaves.] Patron: Waiter! There's a gnat in my soup! The check: Soup of the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5.00 Upgrade to newer Soup of the Day. . . $2.50 Access to support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.00 ########################################################### I just hope Bill Gates doesn't subscribe to our newsletter.. if you're reading this, Mr. Gates, I didn't write it.. Mike sent it to me! :) ======================== ~~> The Youth Tech Committee ======================== -The Youth Tech Committee, composed of a handful of Youth Tech members, met --last Sunday for the first time. The Committee Members are all unique people -- each wanting to see something different in Youth Tech. They are here to help suggest, from a members point of view, what they want to see in Youth Tech. The committee members are Funkyjust, Tecpilot, Skate39294, Mandabears, Alysedhi, Pjm227, SteveA20,BVilleBoy, and JRbean690. Thanks to all of them for volunteering their time to give input into Youth Tech. =============== ~~> NEWS FLASH! =============== -TEEN PICKS, remember them from last week? You've read about em, now check em out for yourself! Keyword: YT > Have Fun > Teen Picks -Don't miss Screaming Sentences with YTCC Music and YTCC DNA on Monday nights at 10pm Eastern time! And whiile you're marking your calendar, don't forget to stop in for Daffynitions with YTCC CPU and YTCC Chris on Wednesday nights at 8pm Eastern. These are just two of the awesome games YT has to offer Keyword: YT > Talk & Communicate > Live Event Schedule Tada! *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* This newsletter has now ended for the week. YTCC Hero has left the building. Send all your comments, suggestions, YTCC Hero fanclub mail, jokes, stories, flames, just don't send chain mail, to me, YTCC Hero. ===REMEMBER, DON'T GIVE OUT YOUR PASSWORD!!!=== No AOL employee will EVER ask you for your password. If you give it out by mistake, go immediately to keyword: PASSWORD and change your password! And don't try surfing anyone, either. ;P ***WANT TO UNSUBSCRIBE?*** The answer is: NO! Of course you don't want to unsubscribe. But if you really, truly feel that you must, I suppose we understand. Send an email with the following: TO: Listserv@listserv.aol.com SUBJECT: Signoff BODY: SIGNOFF YOUTH-TECH (Note: this is the only way to unsubscribe. Clicking Reply will not work.) |