Your computer is not the problem – Norman Transcript
The future of West Gray Street as a two-way downtown thoroughfare has again been delayed.
A committee that could have approved a bill to force the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority to perform studies prior to issuing bonds for a toll road in Norman declined to consider it, but a committee member says it’ll be reviewed in an interim study before the 2023 Legislative Session.
The University of Oklahoma and Norman Music Festival operate under state gun restrictions that have been attacked either directly or adjacently in the Legislature in recent years.
Norman residents will have access to a new freestanding emergency room in a fast-developing part of the city as soon as this fall, Norman Regional leadership says.
As districts across the country reel from the shockwaves of another mass school shooting, a Norman Public Schools administrator said the district has almost fully completed its bond-funded school safety measures.
Students trapped inside a Texas classroom with a gunman repeatedly called 911 as officers waited more than an hour to confront the shooter. That’s according to authorities, who said that one of the children pleaded for dispatchers to send the police. The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety told a news conference Friday that the commander at the scene in Uvalde — the school district’s police chief — believed that the gunman was barricaded inside adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School and that children were no longer at risk. He said that was the wrong decision.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma lawmakers punched back at the governor on the final day of session, issuing a slew of veto overrides a day after Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed several of their key legislative priorities and rebuked them for having a non-transparent budget process.
One student was an avid runner, so fast she swept all the races at field day. Another was learning football plays from his grandfather. One girl sensed something was wrong and wanted to skip school. On Wednesday, stories began to emerge about the lives of the 19 grade schoolers — described by the school district superintendent as “precious individuals” — and their teachers who were gunned down behind a barricaded door at Robb Elementary School in the southwestern Texas town of Uvalde. Superintendent Hal Harrell says it was obvious by “their angelic smiles that they were loved.”
AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said “all options are on the table” including possibly calling a special session to address ways to keep a tragedy – like the one in a Uvalde elementary school that left 21 dead this week – from occurring again.
AUSTIN — The Texas Bar formally filed a disciplinary lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this week for misconduct in filing a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
“Water kind of exploding,” is one memory etched in the mind of Vian fisherman Norman Barton after witnessing the Interstate 40 bridge collapse May 26, 2002, near Webbers Falls.
AUSTIN — A teacher left a backdoor propped open, allowing an 18-year-old gunman inside the school where he killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde on Tuesday, public officials said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Majorities of U.S. adults think mass shootings would occur less often if guns were harder to get, and that schools and other public places have become less safe than they were two decades ago, polling shows.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s new anti-abortion laws will harm the state’s economic development, as companies concerned about legislative interference in business decisions and fearful of lawsuits will think twice about coming, an investment group warned this week.
Norman and national economic development experts say the city needs to better position itself for growth by leveraging advantages like the University of Oklahoma and a sizable healthcare system while improving in other areas.
Norman artist Leticia Galizzi is a native of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. She lived on both coasts of the United States before coming here four years ago.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt rebuked Republicans lawmakers Thursday, saying their budget was shaped by “backroom deals” and doesn’t provide “real inflation relief” for struggling Oklahomans and called them back into special session next month to pass what he called “real relief.”
Native American students in southern Utah donned beaded caps and eagle feathers at high school graduations this week, months after the state passed a law enshrining their right to wear tribal regalia at the ceremonies. Utah is among a growing list of states where lawmakers have responded to reports of Native American students being barred from wearing beaded caps or eagle feathers at graduation by passing laws to stop school districts from banning them. Native American students, advocates and attorneys argue the right to wear regalia to celebrate milestones is an important cultural and spiritual practice for many tribes throughout the United States.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s secretary of education raised eyebrows with a social media post urging school districts to arm teachers and staff in a bid to ensure that students “are not sitting ducks in a classroom” targeted by gunmen.
Norman’s unhoused population will lose access to the city’s shelter two months ahead of schedule after the landlord notified the city that the property insurance is canceled and set to expire along with a request to vacate.
AUSTIN — The mass murder of 19 children and two teachers in a south Texas classroom shooting Tuesday sent shock waves across the country and once more brought calls for stricter gun regulation.
Westwood Family Aquatic Center, 1017 Fairway Drive, will kick off the summer season on Saturday, May 28, beginning daily public entry hours from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and hosting Twilight Swim from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is asking a state judge to expunge a portion of a state grand jury report that is sharply critical of Stitt. The motion filed Wednesday says the report that calls Stitt’s meetings with appointees to the state Pardon and Parole Board “grossly improper” is not allowed under a state law that limits grand juries to issuing only indictments. The motion also calls the prosecutor “overzealous.” District Attorney David Prater, who helped advise the grand jury, said Thursday that the grand jury made its findings and issued a report that the judge found proper.
Norman businesses are gearing up for another sizzlin’ hot Summer Sidewalk Sale for shop goers July 15-17.
Four painters were hurt — three seriously — in a fully-involved fire Wednesday afternoon in an apartment building near downtown Norman.
The Cleveland County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) will hold its next regular quarterly meeting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 1. The meeting will be at Norman Regional Hospital in the Board Room.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke has blamed Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for inaction on gun control. His remarks echo a debate happening across the U.S. after the latest deadly school shooting. As the Republican governor was finishing his opening remarks Wednesday about the deaths of 19 children and two teachers in the small town of Uvalde, O’Rourke approached the stage, pointed to the governor and blasted him for “doing nothing.” Republicans countered that it wasn’t time to talk about politics and partisanship. But Abbott went on to say that he doesn’t support restrictions on guns and prefers to focus on issues such as mental health and school security.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the most restrictive abortion law in the country Wednesday evening, making Oklahoma the first state to outlaw nearly all abortions. The ban takes effect immediately.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban. The ban, passed by state lawmakers last week, prohibits all abortions with few exceptions. Stitt signed the bill on Wednesday. Providers have said they will stop performing the procedure as soon as the bill is signed. The law is part of an aggressive push in Republican-led states to scale back abortion rights. The only exceptions included in the law are to save the life of a pregnant woman or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest that has been reported to law enforcement.
Norman’s state legislators all expressed remorse about a deadly shooting Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas, but differ in how much responsibility they place on the Legislature to address gun violence in Oklahoma.
Gov. Kevin Stitt recently signed a bill that would allow for some automatic expungements, making it the sixth state to adopt automated record-clearing legislation in the United States.
AUSTIN — Lack of mental health resources was the primary cause of a mass shooting in Uvalde on Tuesday that left 19 students and two teachers dead, Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas state leaders said Wednesday.
Join host Emma Keith in exploring the criminal justice system that convicted and sentenced Rebecca Hogue, the Norman, Oklahoma mother found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her son.
The Norman City Council still has time to consider changes to the fiscal year-ending 2023 budget ahead of its June 14 vote to approve it.
Despite ongoing efforts to change an Oklahoma legal system that incarcerated Rebecca Hogue for a murder she didn’t commit, Hogue’s attorney says education about domestic abuse should take priority.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Less than six months after receiving a rate hike to pay for severe winter weather in 2021, one of the state’s largest public utility providers is asking regulators to approve a rate increase that will allow it to raise $164 million in additional revenue.
Democratic Cornbread and Beans will meet at 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 27 at the Well, 210 James Garner Ave. Visitors may bring a sack lunch.
Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill that allows judges at their discretion to waive court fees for juveniles.
Stevie Moyer nearly cried when a Tulsa County judge said he would erase two drug-related charges from her record.
A Norman-based homebuilder will begin construction to provide a food pantry with a grocery store shopping experience for those in need following a groundbreaking ceremony at its partner nonprofit Monday.
Cleveland County Clerk Tammy Belinson is on a mission to save the county’s tattered records, but it’ll cost $2 million to get the job done.
It’s being called the “Great Resignation.” Millions of workers are quitting their jobs or leaving the workforce entirely amid the tightest labor market in decades.
A proposal to change how Oklahoma fills vacancies in the state Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals is moving through the Legislature.
Russia’s war with Ukraine isn’t confined to Ukraine’s east. Powerful explosions were heard early Monday in the town of Korosten, about 160 kilometers, or 100 miles, west of Kyiv. That report comes from the deputy mayor of Korosten, in the Zhytomyr District in northwest Ukraine. Ukrainian news agencies report the third straight day of apparent attacks in the northwest. On Sunday, Polish President Andrzej Duda went to Kyiv to support Ukraine’s goal of European Union membership, the first foreign leader to address Ukraine’s parliament since Russia invaded. His visit came as Russian and Ukrainian forces battled along a wedge of the country’s eastern industrial heartland, the Donbas.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A military plane carrying enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis, the first of several flights expected from Europe aimed at relieving a shortage that has sent parents scrambling to find enough to feed thei…
Educators across Oklahoma were left trying to figure out the premise and purpose of House Bill 1775, adopted in 2021, which prompted six pages of emergency rules connected to an academic field known as Critical Race Theory.
A relatively new theater company in Norman is excited about its spring and summer season.
The Oklahoma City Adventure District announced the hiring of Brittani Hunter as executive director.
The Oklahoma Transit Association will convene its annual spring conference and expo, presented by Creative Bus Sales in Norman, from May 23-25 at the Embassy Suites and Convention Center.
The following building permit activity was reported by the Development Services Division of the City of Norman for April 28-May 4.
Partly cloudy and windy. High 89F. Winds S at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph..
Partly cloudy skies with gusty winds. Low around 70F. Winds SSE at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
Updated: May 29, 2022 @ 4:16 am
Norman, Oklahoma
Dave Moore
Dave Moore
There you are, ready to get to it. You’ve turned on your computer, the desktop is up, all the icons and startup programs are loaded and you’re ready for action.
You run your browser to visit your favorite website, but to your horror, a terrifying message appears on the screen.
“Server not found; cannot display the webpage.” A grim reality sets in. You are not on the Internet.
Your mind races, searching for an answer. What has gone wrong? Everything was fine the last time you used your computer.
Is something wrong with the computer? Did you press the wrong button? Is your computer broken?
Millions of people experience this exact scenario every day. They also assume their problems indicate something is wrong with their computer.
Their assumptions are usually wrong, though. If you ever find yourself in this situation, with no Internet access, I want you to keep one thing in mind as you work through the problem: there’s nothing wrong with your computer.
A “no Internet access” problem is almost always due to something else, but, there is probably nothing wrong with your computer.
“OK, Mr. Smarty-pants Computer Guy,” you may be thinking, “if there’s nothing wrong with my computer, then what’s the problem?” T
he problem is, most likely, that your Internet service, from either Cox or AT&T, isn’t making the proper connections with your computer.
This can happen for many different reasons: buggy software that simply stops working; internal processes that “hang” because of conflicts with other processes; bad wiring coming into your area from the cable or phone company; “traffic jams” on your provider’s network, or on the Internet, itself; and the list goes on and on.
You may also be experiencing a simple Internet service outage. Outages happen all the time. Most go unnoticed, but they are quite common.
It may be because you, like most normal Internet users, are using cheap, consumer-grade modems and routers that just aren’t going to work properly all the time.
“But,” you protest,” I paid $150 for my wireless router. What do you mean ‘cheap’?”
I read an excellent book recently called, “Where Wizards Stay Up Late.” The book describes the beginning days of the Internet in the 1960s and 70s, and the computer geniuses that made it happen (and, no, Al Gore was not one of them).
Until then, nobody had ever connected large groups of different types of computers together and had them freely communicate.
Computer “networks” were a pretty new idea, and the smartest computer folks in the world were having a hard time making the idea work. Finally, someone invented the first router, known as the “Interface Message Processor.”
This device was a dedicated computer with one purpose: to “route” information from one computer to another.
Every computer on the early Internet (called, ARPANET) had to have one. They were the size of a refrigerator.
It took a forklift to move them around. The first routers cost $1 million each.
Since then, the cost of a router has decreased dramatically, while its power has increased.
Still, most large businesses and institutions will not hesitate to spend upwards of $1,000 for a high-quality router.
They will also spend tons of money on high-grade wiring to connect everything to the Internet, and they will pay extra big bucks for super-fast, super-consistent Internet service.
The reason is simple: reliability. Many institutions, like hospitals, banks and military facilities, cannot afford down time; down time is not an option. However, it costs a lot of money to have high-reliability networks.
Contrast that with “the rest of us.” We spend relatively puny amounts of money on cheaply-made Internet equipment built by peasants in foreign lands.
It’s no wonder our Internet service is flakey from time to time. In fact, it’s somewhat of a miracle that it even works at all.
“So, what’s the answer?” you ask. “If there’s nothing wrong with my computer, how do I get back on the Internet?” The answer is contained in one word: reboot. It’s the computer repair guy’s biggest secret. Remember that word: “reboot.”
Here’s how the big secret works: turn everything off, wait a while, and then turn everything back on again. Begin by turning off your computer. Next, unplug the power to both your modem and router. Wait a while (1-5 minutes). Then, plug in the modem and give it time to “settle down.”
Second, do the same thing to your router. Lastly, power up your computer, give it time to load all of its startup processes, services and programs, and then see if your Internet service has not somehow, marvelously repaired itself. Voila!
Dave Moore, CISSP, has been fixing computers in Oklahoma since 1984. Founder of the nonprofit Internet Safety Group Ltd, he also teaches Internet safety community training workshops. He can be reached at 919-9901 or internetsafetygroup.org.
James “Jim” Edward Moody, 68, Norman, passed away 05/22/2022. Visitation, 5:30PM-7:30PM, Thursday, 05/26, Tribute Memorial Care, 708 24th Ave NW, Event Center, Norman. Service, CrossPointe Church, 2601 24th Ave SE, Norman. Interment, IOOF, Norman, to follow. Condolences shared at www.tribute.care.
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