May, 2002      Diablo Blue     Page 13

Across

3. The file you should have created to keep from losing data

4. What your computer will tell you the problem is even when it is wrong (2 words)

5. The type of time you do not want your computer to have

7. The disk you usually can't find when your system will not start up

9. The disk tech support will ask you to insert into the  A drive

10. A gift certain 13 year old boys give to the world

12. What you do not want your computer to tell you in the middle of doing reseach on the internet for a report tomorrow morning (3 words)

14. When your computer will give you no other information, it will give you this as a reason

16. No, this is not surgery being done by a doctor practicing medicine without a license (2 words)

17. The term used by most computer users when describing the problem to tech support

Down

1. What is supposed to happen to the ice for your drink and not to happen to your system

2. Not nice for either car or computer

3. Not nice for either a programmer doing 16 hours of straight coding or for the monitor he is staring at

6. What both your computer and your spouse will do when you have done something wrong (2 words)

7. Microsoft's way of telling you to get a new computer

8. A sudden sharp rise in voltage

11. The only person who can access your system with some security systems in place

13. To arrange data in an accessible way

15. A sudden sharp rise in voltage

Depending on who you are talking to, the title of this month’s puzzle can have many different meanings.  For some it is time to enjoy spring by holding a picnic and dance, for others it is a time to gather and celebrate worker’s rights, or communist victories, or...

Anyway, for any of us that fly planes, sail boats (or watch old WWII movies) it is a request for help.  See if you can solve this month’s puzzle without getting help from looking at the answers.

PS... due to requests by several members, the answers to the current month’s puzzle are provided on line by going to www.dvpc.org/solution.html.