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Y2K, Computers, & Ministry

Y2K, Computers, & Ministry. How the Latest Technologies Are Impacting the Local Church and the Mission Field. Y2K, Computers, & Ministry. Y2K What is the Y2K problem? How did Y2K get started? What it means to be Y2K compliant How to become Y2K compliant

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Y2K, Computers, & Ministry

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  1. Y2K, Computers, & Ministry How the Latest Technologies Are Impacting the Local Church and the Mission Field

  2. Y2K, Computers, & Ministry • Y2K • What is the Y2K problem? • How did Y2K get started? • What it means to be Y2K compliant • How to become Y2K compliant • Brief History of the Personal Computer • How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry • Local Church • Mission Field

  3. Y2K What is the Y2K problem? • Inability to make computations based on dates • Inability to know the correct time/date • Inability to roll over clock/calendar • Inability to store year • Improper date switchover on February 29th

  4. Y2K How did Y2K get started? • Peter de Jager (DEE-YAH-GER) • Article in ComputerWorld, September 6, 1993

  5. Y2K • What does it mean to be Y2K compliant? • How to become Y2K compliant

  6. Brief history of the personal computer • 25 year history • Characterized by three “killer apps” • Spreadsheets • Desktop Publishing • Email/Internet

  7. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry Local Church • Pastoral Survey • Christian Computing Magazine • Desktop Publishing • Web Sites • Presentations • Digital Cameras • Email • Music • Chatting • Bible Study Software

  8. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry Mission Field • Email revolutionized communications! • Multilingual Desktop Publishing

  9. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems • Rendering • Processing

  10. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems Problem #1 Character Shapes EnglishGreek ABCDEFG… ABGDEZHQ...

  11. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems Problem #2 Context Sensitivity s s

  12. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems Problem #2 Context Sensitivity

  13. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems Problem #3 Diacritic Centering

  14. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems Problem #4 Diacritic Stacking

  15. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems Problem #5 Line Rendering

  16. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems Problem #5 Line Rendering

  17. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems Problems #6-8 Data Entry Internal Storage Alphabetizing EnglishGreek ABCDEFG… ABGDEZHQI…

  18. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems Problem #9 Searching a à á â ã ä å

  19. How the Latest Technologies are Impacting Ministry The “Classic 10” Multilingual Computing Problems Problem #10 Word Demarcation

  20. Questions?

  21. Web Site • WWW.GRISWOLD.COM/NBC • This slide presentation • Links to: • Ministry Resources on the net • Pictures from a Charlotte, NC NBC reunion • A handful of old Northeastern pictures

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