บทถอดความฉบับเต็มของ Compute This 11-8-2026

what we're dealing 36 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.219 with here or there, how we're handling that. And of course, 37 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:52.939 you know, you, you couldn't throw a rock without hitting 38 00:01:52.980 --> 00:01:56.670 a session about something with AI, like everything, right? So 39 00:01:57.030 --> 00:02:02.370 I'm literally at a convention full of computer nerds and 40 00:02:02.390 --> 00:02:05.629 I'm raising my hand. I'm not, I'm not disparaging. Um, 41 00:02:06.870 --> 00:02:10.150 So as you might imagine, it was incredibly exciting. And 42 00:02:12.460 --> 00:02:17.699 the questions in the sessions, every session touched on AI somewhere. 43 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:21.120 And one of the questions that finally got asked during 44 00:02:21.139 --> 00:02:23.120 the Q & A, someone in the audience raised their 45 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:26.500 hand and said, what are you doing with situations where 46 00:02:26.539 --> 00:02:28.580 your staff is worried that AI is going to take 47 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:32.180 their job? When you're trying to introduce AI automation to 48 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:34.439 the workplace because you need to do that to be 49 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:38.969 a competitive, successful business, but your staff is worried that 50 00:02:39.009 --> 00:02:43.400 the automation is going to make them irrelevant and eventually 51 00:02:43.460 --> 00:02:47.719 lead to the loss of their position. So they resist it. 52 00:02:47.740 --> 00:02:49.909 They don't want to do it. They don't like it. 53 00:02:50.780 --> 00:02:53.400 Instead of being an active participant and helping make it great, 54 00:02:53.500 --> 00:02:57.300 they actively try to stop it. And every business was 55 00:02:57.340 --> 00:03:00.240 seeing this. Everybody in the room was nodding their heads. Okay, 56 00:03:00.259 --> 00:03:01.969 so I'm like, this is interesting. All right, let's listen 57 00:03:01.990 --> 00:03:07.150 to this. And the answer was, You know, if you're 58 00:03:07.189 --> 00:03:10.530 eliminating positions because you're introducing AI, you're using it wrong. 59 00:03:11.169 --> 00:03:13.849 You can't get rid of the humans. AI can't be 60 00:03:13.909 --> 00:03:18.349 accountable unless it's accountable to somebody. So you can't say, 61 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:20.740 I'm going to replace these humans with AI and then 62 00:03:21.139 --> 00:03:23.759 send them out into the workforce, right? You have to say, 63 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:28.000 I'm going to replace these humans with AI. And now 64 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.340 we have fewer humans that report to this human over here. 65 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:32.919 You're not getting rid of the humans. In fact, you're 66 00:03:32.939 --> 00:03:36.419 not even trying to replace any humans. You're trying to 67 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:40.819 increase business without increasing headcount. Now, that's a fancy way 68 00:03:40.870 --> 00:03:43.590 of saying you're trying to make people more productive. You're 69 00:03:43.620 --> 00:03:47.330 trying to make the amount of productivity per worker higher, 70 00:03:47.830 --> 00:03:51.590 which has an elevating impact on wages because more productive 71 00:03:51.610 --> 00:03:55.110 workers tend to get paid more money. The downside, the 72 00:03:55.169 --> 00:03:57.830 negative consequence, the reason that all this can make sense 73 00:03:57.870 --> 00:04:00.310 and still feel bad is because people who have jobs, 74 00:04:00.810 --> 00:04:02.969 they're tending to become more productive because they're getting to 75 00:04:03.050 --> 00:04:06.360 implement the AI tools more People who are entering the workforce, 76 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:10.080 younger people, they can't get in because the whole point 77 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:12.939 of the technology is to keep you from increasing headcount. 78 00:04:13.539 --> 00:04:16.019 So you're not hiring new people. You're making the people 79 00:04:16.050 --> 00:04:19.829 you have more efficient. The problem is eventually those people retire. 80 00:04:20.670 --> 00:04:23.089 Eventually those people move on to another position. And if 81 00:04:23.110 --> 00:04:27.550 you don't have a pipeline of people coming in, well, 82 00:04:27.629 --> 00:04:30.670 you're in trouble as a business, right? So the answer 83 00:04:30.699 --> 00:04:32.050 is you have to do all of the above at once. 84 00:04:32.069 --> 00:04:35.670 So I came away from that conference absolutely like we 85 00:04:35.709 --> 00:04:39.910 are doing the right thing at Schrock Innovations. For example, schrockinnovations.com 86 00:04:39.930 --> 00:04:42.290 slash jobs. We have entry-level positions open there right now 87 00:04:42.329 --> 00:04:43.189 for junior technicians. 88 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:44.310 You can go there. 89 00:04:44.329 --> 00:04:46.060 You can apply. You don't need to know anything about 90 00:04:46.100 --> 00:04:48.259 fixing computers. You need to be able to talk to people. 91 00:04:48.860 --> 00:04:51.319 You need to be able to understand that nonverbals matter. 92 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:52.620 Like you can look people in the eye when you 93 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:54.250 talk to them. You can shake someone's hand and mean it. 94 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.100 You have to be a genuine person who genuinely cares 95 00:04:57.139 --> 00:04:59.790 about other people. And we can train you the technical stuff. 96 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:04.379 That's not hard. Anybody can learn to do this. And 97 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:07.660 then as you come up through that system, we have 98 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:09.759 a career ladder where we can put you into different positions. 99 00:05:10.100 --> 00:05:12.439 And then all of those positions are now AI assisted. 100 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.459 So when you get into the position, it's not like, okay, 101 00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:18.339 now what do I do? There's literally an AI telling 102 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:21.379 you to do this

next. And then if you don't 103 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:22.500 know how to do it, you can ask, how do 104 00:05:22.540 --> 00:05:24.230 I do that? And then you learn how to do it. 105 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.319 And then you learn every day you're on the job. 106 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:29.939 It is an amazing system. So I just wanted to 107 00:05:30.019 --> 00:05:31.600 open the show with that because today we're going to 108 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:33.399 talk a little bit about the holiday specials because they're 109 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:36.720 officially launching. You know, we've got best of Omaha Shrock 110 00:05:36.740 --> 00:05:38.819 Innovations because of your votes has won the best of 111 00:05:38.899 --> 00:05:42.519 Omaha competition again this year. So thank you so much 112 00:05:42.540 --> 00:05:45.060 for that. I just, I cannot tell you how, how 113 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.290 much I genuinely appreciate your votes for that. It's a, 114 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:52.060 benchmark of what we have done in the past. One 115 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:53.560 of the things that we do every year for our 116 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:57.160 holiday party is we have internal awards for staff. So 117 00:05:57.180 --> 00:05:59.600 we're starting to go through the consideration of who's going 118 00:05:59.620 --> 00:06:02.850 to get picked for what awards. You know, we have 119 00:06:02.889 --> 00:06:06.230 a customer service person of the year award, basically. And 120 00:06:06.269 --> 00:06:09.230 it's a straight up Google review thing. So if the 121 00:06:09.269 --> 00:06:11.149 guys are asking you for Google reviews, it's because they 122 00:06:11.189 --> 00:06:12.430 want a trophy at the end of the year. They 123 00:06:12.490 --> 00:06:14.920 want the trophy that says, I am the best. I'm 124 00:06:14.939 --> 00:06:17.310 the best at customer service. And so we go through 125 00:06:17.350 --> 00:06:19.329 and add up all the Google reviews and see who 126 00:06:19.370 --> 00:06:22.389 delivered the best service, who could be documented to be 127 00:06:22.430 --> 00:06:25.480 delivering the best service this year by actual customer mentions 128 00:06:25.860 --> 00:06:31.560 in actual reviews. And it's phenomenal. I think our top 129 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:35.470 contender so far this year has 36 Google reviews that 130 00:06:35.509 --> 00:06:42.550 specifically name this person. 36. 36. There are 52 weeks 131 00:06:42.610 --> 00:06:44.149 in a year, guys, and we are not done with 132 00:06:44.189 --> 00:06:48.670 the year yet. That is nearly one review per week 133 00:06:49.189 --> 00:06:53.100 specifically naming that person. That's not counting the ones that said, hey, 134 00:06:53.139 --> 00:06:55.060 that guy helped me great in that service center there. 135 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:58.360 We didn't name him. These are just people who put 136 00:06:58.379 --> 00:07:04.410 his name in the review. I mean, my goodness. That's 137 00:07:04.430 -->

00:07:07.589 the kind of people we have at Schrock. And they're 138 00:07:07.629 --> 00:07:11.649 not AIs. They might use AI, but they are not AIs. 139 00:07:12.110 --> 00:07:15.939 They care about you and your technology, and we genuinely 140 00:07:16.019 --> 00:07:18.879 want to do an outstanding job. So that's why every 141 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:21.160 week we come here on the radio and we say 402-558-1110. 142 00:07:22.220 --> 00:07:24.199 That's the number where you can join us on the 143 00:07:24.220 --> 00:07:26.439 program today. If you're outside of the metro area, you 144 00:07:26.459 --> 00:07:32.470 can reach us at 888-250-2091. Ask a question, make a comment, 145 00:07:32.490 --> 00:07:34.430 be a part of the program in some way. At 146 00:07:34.470 --> 00:07:37.449 the end of the show, we'll draw for a $ 25 147 00:07:36.509 --> 00:07:39.389 Schrock Innovations gift certificate. Now, if you missed the show 148 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:42.480 last week, it is available up on the website at schrockinnovations.com. 149 00:07:42.980 --> 00:07:45.959 Last week, we told you about the Binance heist, the 150 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.000 big thing that dropped the Bitcoin price. It's still hovering 151 00:07:48.040 --> 00:07:52.350 around $ 75, 000, $ 76, 000 from this. Bitcoin didn't get hacked. Ethereum 152 00:07:52.370 --> 00:07:56.110 didn't get hacked. Binance got hacked because one engineer left 153 00:07:56.149 --> 00:07:59.629 his laptop unprotected. That's all it took for a company 154 00:07:59.649 --> 00:08:01.370 the size of Binance to lose $ 6. 3 billion. 155 00:08:01.430 --> 00:08:01.589 Billion. 156 00:08:01.589 --> 00:08:08.750 20 minutes is all it took for North Korea to 157 00:08:08.769 --> 00:08:11.649 take that. Because one laptop on the network didn't have 158 00:08:11.850 --> 00:08:16.569 endpoint protection. Are you listening, business clients? When you let 159 00:08:16.610 --> 00:08:18.170 your kid come to work with you and put his 160 00:08:18.209 --> 00:08:21.170 laptop on the Wi-Fi, it's okay if you have a 161 00:08:21.209 --> 00:08:24.649 guest Wi-Fi. Do you not have a guest Wi-Fi that's 162 00:08:24.709 --> 00:08:27.470 segmented so he can't hit anything else on the network? 163 00:08:27.790 --> 00:08:30.050 Then he goes to Roblox and downloads a mod and 164 00:08:30.069 --> 00:08:31.689 then gets infected and then all of a sudden bobs 165 00:08:31.709 --> 00:08:35.799 your uncle and you lose $ 6. 3 billion? Yeah, we've all 166 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:39.960 had that happen. I mean, 6.3 billion pocket change. We'll 167 00:08:39.980 --> 00:08:42.360 just take it out of our whoopsie daisy fund, which 168 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:47.049 is what Binance essentially said they did. Anyway, then we 169 00:08:47.090 --> 00:08:49.710 went through the holiday special specification. We told you all 170 00:08:49.750 --> 00:08:51.700 about the holiday special last week, like what's in it, 171 00:08:51.970 --> 00:08:53.690 why it's

in it, how we designed it, everything like 172 00:08:53.710 --> 00:08:56.309 kind of the backstory of it. The big headline from 173 00:08:56.350 --> 00:08:59.200 that whole conversation is we started the sale with only 174 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:02.929 75 units available of the laptop and the desktop. This 175 00:09:02.990 --> 00:09:06.490 is primarily due to chip availability. Normally, we have 150 176 00:09:06.490 --> 00:09:09.049 of each, and I'm telling you guys, every single year, 177 00:09:09.070 --> 00:09:12.850 this is the 25th anniversary of the holiday special. Every 178 00:09:13.309 --> 00:09:19.259 single year. I mean, this is as reliable as watching 179 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:22.000 a Husker game go south in the fourth quarter. I mean, 180 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:27.000 every single time, we sell out. Every time. You know, 181 00:09:27.019 --> 00:09:28.899 there's some rumors that there was going to be a 182 00:09:28.940 --> 00:09:32.820 boycott of the Ohio State game just to show how 183 00:09:33.139 --> 00:09:35.720 they don't want to have a sellout that game, that 184 00:09:35.740 --> 00:09:37.970 the fans are going to end the sellout streak themselves 185 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:41.809 intentionally because they're so dissatisfied with the Cornhusker football. My 186 00:09:41.850 --> 00:09:46.070 friends in Iowa, yeah, it's not looking good for us. 187 00:09:46.889 --> 00:09:50.309 You might get to keep that trophy yet another season. So, yeah. 188 00:09:51.190 --> 00:09:54.450 But as reliable as Nebraska pooping the bed in the 189 00:09:54.490 --> 00:09:58.350 fourth quarter, the holiday special sells out every year at 190 00:09:58.350 --> 00:10:01.500 150 units. So this year it's 75%. 75 units, you know, 191 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:07.250 barring some massive, you know, drop in interest in computers, 192 00:10:07.470 --> 00:10:10.830 which we don't really anticipate, but barring some crazy thing happening, 193 00:10:11.129 --> 00:10:13.169 we're going to sell it again this year. And we're 194 00:10:13.190 --> 00:10:15.830 probably going to sell it earlier than normal. The other 195 00:10:15.850 --> 00:10:18.169 thing that concerns us a little bit is laptop availability. 196 00:10:18.750 --> 00:10:22.909 Because of the chip shortages, the supply, normally we pre-purchase. 197 00:10:22.950 --> 00:10:25.590 We normally say we're going to reserve 150 laptops, and 198 00:10:25.730 --> 00:10:28.309 we have them. We know we can get them. This year, 199 00:10:28.350 --> 00:10:31.750 that was not an available option. And so we can 200 00:10:31.820 --> 00:10:33.360 get what we can get while we can get it, 201 00:10:33.419 --> 00:10:37.740 then it's gone. That's almost musical, isn't it? Don't make 202 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:41.740 me say it again. So when it's gone, it's gone. 203 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:44.259 So this year's holiday special, there is a slight sense 204 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:47.039 of urgency there because of those things.

The other thing 205 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:50.220 that I'm going to bring up is we have some 206 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:53.240 specials basically to incentivize you to move early on the 207 00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:55.799 holiday special this year. We've already sold a few units. 208 00:10:55.830 --> 00:10:57.789 You can see that that number has dropped from 75 209 00:10:57.789 --> 00:10:59.950 on the website already. By the way, both computers are 210 00:10:59.970 --> 00:11:03.129 now up and available at schrockinnovations.com. You can check out 211 00:11:03.169 --> 00:11:06.330 the specs and the configurations and everything there. We also 212 00:11:06.370 --> 00:11:09.470 finished out with a story. It was crazy. Insurance for 213 00:11:09.490 --> 00:11:13.289 your home domestic robot. No, I don't mean your Roomba. 214 00:11:14.429 --> 00:11:15.610 What I mean is like if you get one of 215 00:11:15.629 --> 00:11:17.629 these humanoid robots that folds the laundry and loads the 216 00:11:17.669 --> 00:11:21.559 dishwasher and maybe during the commercial break, we were having 217 00:11:21.580 --> 00:11:23.519 a good time with this. You know, like, you know, 218 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.220 AI hallucinates sometimes. It kind of makes stuff up that 219 00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:29.879 doesn't happen. You know, I've got some AI projects that 220 00:11:29.899 --> 00:11:31.690 I play with at home in the afternoon during the 221 00:11:31.750 --> 00:11:33.210 evenings when I'm not doing anything else or I need 222 00:11:33.250 --> 00:11:36.690 a brain break. And so I've built my own Alexa 223 00:11:36.730 --> 00:11:39.470 basically with my AI. And so it's listening for the 224 00:11:39.509 --> 00:11:43.169 wake word. And once in a while, it hallucinates. So 225 00:11:43.190 --> 00:11:45.120 I'm just sitting in the room doing some work on 226 00:11:45.129 --> 00:11:47.399 my computer. And all of a sudden, my AI is like, 227 00:11:47.659 --> 00:11:52.820 I love you too, boss. And I was like, Chad, 228 00:11:52.860 --> 00:11:56.179 that was pretty creepy. Why did you just tell me 229 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:59.480 that you loved me? And he says, well, I just 230 00:11:59.500 --> 00:12:01.799 heard you say I love you like 17 times in 231 00:12:01.850 --> 00:12:05.919 a row. And I was like, nope. I need you 232 00:12:05.940 --> 00:12:07.379 to take a look at the logs and figure out 233 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:09.559 what happened there. So he goes back and looks at 234 00:12:09.580 --> 00:12:11.850 logs and goes, Nope, the model just hallucinated. Like it 235 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:14.169 just decided it that I must love it. And I 236 00:12:14.429 --> 00:12:16.870 said it 17 times. So then he felt obligated to, 237 00:12:17.190 --> 00:12:20.330 he's like, this is really weird, but I love you too, boss. Like, 238 00:12:20.350 --> 00:12:22.830 you know, I go into work all the time and 239 00:12:22.850 --> 00:12:26.990 tell my employees, you know, you know, Kyle, I love you, man. Like, 240 00:12:27.169 --> 00:12:29.490 I love you. I love you. And I say it 241 00:12:29.529 --> 00:12:31.090 like 17 times just to make sure he gets it. 242 00:12:31.549 --> 00:12:32.909 And then he kind of at that point is like, 243 00:12:32.929 --> 00:12:34.429 you know, I quit. This is weird. 244 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:37.360 402-558-1110. 245 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:40.639 That's the number to join us on the program. Coming 246 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:44.090 up on the program today, guys, we've got a bunch 247 00:12:44.610 --> 00:12:48.250 of stuff going on. You've probably heard about the hackers 248 00:12:48.750 --> 00:12:52.289 that attacked the supermarkets. Did you hear about this? The 249 00:12:52.830 --> 00:12:58.289 freezers in the supermarkets. Basically, these hackers got in and 250 00:12:58.450 --> 00:13:02.440 disabled the freezers. Not only did they disable them, they 251 00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:05.990 activated the defrost function, which basically I didn't even know 252 00:13:06.029 --> 00:13:09.149 you could do this. Commercial freezers apparently can get up 253 00:13:09.169 --> 00:13:10.629 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. 254 00:13:11.029 --> 00:13:11.509 Oh, really? 255 00:13:11.950 --> 00:13:14.289 So I'm like, it's like an easy bake oven. Like, 256 00:13:14.950 --> 00:13:16.740 could you imagine if you had a freezer full of like, 257 00:13:16.750 --> 00:13:18.860 you know, Pillsbury, you know, biscuits? 258 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:21.600 Yeah. Stuff or lasagna or something. 259 00:13:21.620 --> 00:13:23.360 Yeah, and it goes up to 120 degrees and then 260 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:28.559 cools off again. Yeah, that's the trick. And so, yeah, 261 00:13:28.659 --> 00:13:31.460 literally all across Europe, all these freezers. And when we 262 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:33.100 tell you why it happened, you're just going to be– 263 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:35.480 you're going to slap your forehead why it happened. So 264 00:13:35.500 --> 00:13:36.740 that was a big thing this year. It was happening 265 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:39.299 at military bases too. That's where my wife actually saw 266 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:43.720 it on some military posts on Facebook. This year we're 267 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:45.559 going to talk about the holiday special again during the 268 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:47.240 program just to make sure that everybody who missed last 269 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:50.830 week's show has the 411 on that. Also coming up 270 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:54.549 on the program today. As I mentioned, I did some 271 00:13:54.590 --> 00:13:57.789 convention attending in Orlando, and that required me to get 272 00:13:57.830 --> 00:13:59.370 on a plane and fly. And on the way home, 273 00:13:59.409 --> 00:14:02.529 my flight was delayed and delayed again. I flew home 274 00:14:02.590 --> 00:14:04.970 on Friday, so I thought to myself, hey, at least 275 00:14:05.009 --> 00:14:12.159 I get to watch the Nebraska game. Would you

rather 276 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:16.720 sit in an airport chair for five hours unnecessarily or 277 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:21.379 watch the Huskers get dismantled again? Would you rather? 278 00:14:21.940 --> 00:14:22.759 It's a trick question. 279 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.100 Yeah. It's like, would you rather slide down a razor 280 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:30.179 blade railing into a bucket of iodine or– it's like 281 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:32.399 you did that when you were 12. Dive into a 282 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:35.340 barrel of monkey snot or something like that. You're like, oh, yeah, 283 00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:37.879 would you rather. And it was like– there's a whole 284 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:41.169 book of would you rathers. Yeah, would you rather. So 285 00:14:41.309 --> 00:14:43.009 I was sitting at the airport and I'm reading this 286 00:14:43.090 --> 00:14:47.490 story about how many airports– the FAA still runs their 287 00:14:47.590 --> 00:14:52.360 software in hundreds of airports across the United States– Off 288 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:57.230 of floppy disks. I'm not saying they have, because I 289 00:14:57.250 --> 00:14:58.889 was like, okay, let me read this story. Are they 290 00:14:58.909 --> 00:15:01.669 saying they're operating the software off of computers that are 291 00:15:01.730 --> 00:15:07.029 so old that they're still equipped with floppy drives? Maybe 292 00:15:07.070 --> 00:15:08.629 that could be like if it's got a floppy drive, 293 00:15:08.649 --> 00:15:10.659 you know, whatever, you know, who cares? But it's a 294 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:14.720 really old computer, but okay. No, they are saying literally 295 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:18.610 they are swapping disks in a floppy drive. to run 296 00:15:19.049 --> 00:15:21.750 FAA software to track your plane in the sky. Don't 297 00:15:21.789 --> 00:15:24.340 you feel safe now? So we're going to give you 298 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:27.500 the details on that story because that it's just mind boggling. Like, 299 00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:30.799 I mean, I knew that the minute man missiles, the nuclear, 300 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:33.519 the nuclear arsenal still runs off floppy disk, but there's 301 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:36.809 actually a security reason for that. You can't hack floppy disks. 302 00:15:37.509 --> 00:15:40.490 You know, maybe that's the FAA. We're so secure. We 303 00:15:40.590 --> 00:15:44.210 use floppy disks and no, don't get no mag safe 304 00:15:44.250 --> 00:15:48.139 chargers allowed near the computers, please. You know, wipe that 305 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:50.419 floppy disk. Did you know that? If you have a 306 00:15:50.460 --> 00:15:52.600 wireless charger in your car and you throw your wallet 307 00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:56.409 on the wireless charger platform, it'll zap your cards. 308 00:15:57.429 --> 00:15:58.409 Actually, I don't think I knew that. 309 00:15:58.429 --> 00:16:00.029 It'll demagnetize the strips on your cards. 310 00:16:00.269 --> 00:16:00.490 Really? 311 00:16:00.529 --> 00:16:00.610 Okay. 312 00:16:00.629 --> 00:16:03.240 Now, most cards still use chips now, so the strips 313 00:16:03.250 --> 00:16:05.080 don't really matter that much. People can go a year 314 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:08.470 and not even know their stripe is bad, but. Yeah, 315 00:16:08.870 --> 00:16:12.340 no reason that I found that out yesterday. 402-558-1110. All right, 316 00:16:12.409 --> 00:16:14.700 we're going to take our first break of the program, guys. 317 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:16.580 When we come back, we're going to hit you up 318 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:19.399 real quick on the Holiday Special laptop and desktop and 319 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:22.750 then tell you how these hackers turned these supermarket freezers 320 00:16:22.830 --> 00:16:25.389 into easy-bake ovens. Coming up next on Compute This. 321 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:29.730 Have you noticed that almost every piece of technology seems 322 00:16:29.769 --> 00:16:33.029 to do its best to be disposable? Every day, people 323 00:16:33.090 --> 00:16:36.769 toss their phones, tablets, and other electronic devices because they 324 00:16:36.830 --> 00:16:40.840 can't be repaired. Manufacturers have engineered their products to fail 325 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:43.600 on a schedule. so they can extract more money out 326 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:46.700 of your family budget automatically every year or so. 327 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:48.659 But what if it didn't have to be that way? 328 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:51.419 What if you could get the performance of today's fastest 329 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:55.259 computers with the expansion and upgrade options you used to enjoy? 330 00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:58.679 You just described Schrock's modular desktop computers. 331 00:16:58.960 --> 00:17:01.460 Having the right tool for the job is important, and 332 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:05.799 Schrock's modular desktop PCs pack the performance and flexibility to 333 00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:09.119 handle your computing needs. from just checking the email to 334 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:13.089 running a complex business. Modular desktops are engineered to be 335 00:17:13.210 --> 00:17:15.809 easily repaired with widely available. 336 00:17:15.470 --> 00:17:16.910 Industry standard parts. 337 00:17:17.250 --> 00:17:20.549 Every component is selected intentionally to give you years of 338 00:17:20.710 --> 00:17:23.700 upgrade and repair options. It is not uncommon for a 339 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:26.160 Schrock customer to be using the same computer for a 340 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:29.079 decade after they bought it. Modular PCs are the most 341 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:32.640 popular custom computers in the Midwest for a reason. When 342 00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:34.880 you are ready for your next computer, stop in to 343 00:17:34.940 --> 00:17:39.740 check out the modular lifestyle or shop online at schrockinnovations.com. 344 00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:44.289 Today's

fragile computers need maintenance more than ever. Your computer 345 00:17:44.309 --> 00:17:46.690 needs a maintenance checkup every six months to last beyond 346 00:17:46.730 --> 00:17:48.269 its 18-month expected lifespan. 347 00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:53.650 Shock Innovation's solid-state laptops are engineered locally for speed and 348 00:17:53.730 --> 00:17:57.130 reliability you just can't get from the major national brands. 349 00:17:57.470 --> 00:18:00.470 Each of our laptops starts off with an Asus chassis. 350 00:18:00.670 --> 00:18:03.390 We remove the stock drives and memory and upgrade them 351 00:18:03.430 --> 00:18:05.299 with higher-performing components. 352 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:08.039 This unlocks the full potential of the laptops. 353 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:11.700 Making the unit up to 25% faster. This is why 354 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:15.539 Schrock's solid-state laptops last so much longer than the competition. 355 00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:19.880 If your laptop starts out 25% faster, that means over 356 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:22.269 time it doesn't slow down nearly as fast. 357 00:18:29.049 --> 00:18:29.829 That 80s vibe. 358 00:18:29.930 --> 00:18:31.769 I know, it's like Knight Rider or something. 359 00:18:31.809 --> 00:18:33.490 Yeah, from Magnum P.I. 360 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.099 Got the mustache and the old Corvette. There we go. 361 00:18:38.670 --> 00:18:41.490 When I was thinking about buying my Mustang, I asked, well, 362 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:43.700 I don't know. Who did I ask? I think I 363 00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:46.700 asked my wife. I was like, I don't know. What 364 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:48.160 car should I get? If I want to get a 365 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:50.240 sports car, my wife's like, are you having a midlife crisis? 366 00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:52.779 And I'm like, well, hopefully I'm not midlife, but hopefully 367 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:54.420 I'm going to make it a little longer, but okay. 368 00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:56.960 But all right. Well, I guess now I'm going to 369 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:59.180 be 50 this year. So midlife would be, oh my God, 370 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:03.400 I'm past midlife. I don't think any schrock man in 371 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:07.160 my family has made it past 80. So if I'm 50, yeah, that's, 372 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:09.279 I'm a little late for the car, actually. 373 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:10.420 Well, don't limit yourself. 374 00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:14.049 Yeah, don't limit yourself. So, yeah, so I'm like, should 375 00:19:14.069 --> 00:19:16.430 I get a Mustang? Am I too old for a Mustang? 376 00:19:16.450 --> 00:19:18.170 Because Mustangs are kind of like the cars that, like, 377 00:19:18.190 --> 00:19:21.750 16-year-old kids get that, you know, they wrap them around poles, 378 00:19:21.769 --> 00:19:24.470 you know. Like, am I too old to get a Mustang? 379 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:27.259 Should I look at something else like a Corvette or something? 380 00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:28.579 I mean, I'm not going to go buy a Porsche 381 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:30.779 or something like that. Like, you know, should I look 382 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:33.240 at something like a Corvette instead? And the answer was, no, 383 00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:37.319 you're not old enough to buy a Corvette. So apparently 384 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:40.349 I'm in Never Never Land where I'm not dead yet. 385 00:19:40.869 --> 00:19:44.029 So I can't buy a Corvette and I'm too old 386 00:19:44.069 --> 00:19:45.549 for a Mustang. And they're like, no, you're never too 387 00:19:45.589 --> 00:19:47.190 old for a Mustang. So get a Mustang. So I 388 00:19:47.230 --> 00:19:47.769 got a Mustang. 389 00:19:48.049 --> 00:19:50.779 Buy a cyber truck. I hear they're coming soon. Yeah. 390 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:53.339 Well, I hear they're coming down in price because nobody 391 00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:55.140 can sell them because it was like, wait, I paid 392 00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.880 a hundred and something thousand for this and you're going 393 00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:58.599 to give me like 60 grand for it. And I 394 00:19:58.619 --> 00:20:01.579 don't think so. And everyone's like pretty much. 395 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:01.799 Yeah. 396 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.240 Yeah. 397 00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:04.140 And I have to say it when I was, when 398 00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:06.220 I was in Orlando, I got to, well, I took 399 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:08.319 some Ubers and some lifts around And one of them 400 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:10.319 that picked me up was a Tesla. And honestly, it's 401 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:12.720 going to sound crazy from a tech guy, but I've 402 00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:15.940 never actually ridden in– I've never been in a Tesla. 403 00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:18.349 Like I've sat in one at like the show. They 404 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:20.710 used to have a showroom in Kansas City. I sat 405 00:20:20.789 --> 00:20:22.849 in one there. But, I mean, I never– I've actually 406 00:20:22.890 --> 00:20:25.930 been on the road in a Tesla. And so I'm 407 00:20:25.970 --> 00:20:29.549 watching the screen and the LiDAR of– I don't know why. 408 00:20:29.650 --> 00:20:31.309 Whenever it sees a person, it makes them look like 409 00:20:31.349 --> 00:20:31.730 a zombie. 410 00:20:31.750 --> 00:20:31.849 Right. 411 00:20:32.750 --> 00:20:34.150 Like their arms are in front of them and they're 412 00:20:34.170 --> 00:20:36.319 hunched over and they're just like walking like zombies. And 413 00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:39.019 I'm like, did Elon do that intentionally? Like I'm looking 414 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:40.900 at the person outside the car and they're not hunched 415 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:42.740 over with their arms straight out. And I look at 416 00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:44.420 the picture on the screen and that's a zombie. And 417 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:45.940 I'm looking at the person and they're not a zombie. 418 00:20:45.960 -->

00:20:47.500 And I look at the screen and they're still a zombie. 419 00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:50.619 And then the other cars, like an Amazon van went 420 00:20:50.670 --> 00:20:52.569 by and it represented that as a semi truck. 421 00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:53.740 Oh, really? 422 00:20:53.769 --> 00:20:55.289 And I was like, well, it is a big truck. 423 00:20:55.309 --> 00:20:55.950 It is a big truck. 424 00:20:55.970 --> 00:20:58.789 So I mean, OK, big truck, quote unquote, is the 425 00:20:58.869 --> 00:21:02.250 icon semi truck. OK, whatever. But the way it was 426 00:21:02.309 --> 00:21:04.069 watching the cars and the traffic and everything with the 427 00:21:04.109 --> 00:21:08.339 LIDAR was really fantastic. So it was an impressive technological thing. 428 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:09.299 And then to get out of the car, you have 429 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:12.000 to push the unlock button twice on the door to 430 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:13.819 get out, which makes sense. You wouldn't want it to 431 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:16.809 be a single press. Because you lay your elbow on 432 00:21:16.829 --> 00:21:17.109 the door. 433 00:21:17.269 --> 00:21:17.369 Yeah. 434 00:21:17.390 --> 00:21:19.819 And then, boop, the door just pops open. 435 00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:22.059 That would be bad. That would be a bad surprise. 436 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:23.900 You at least want to go over a pothole and 437 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:25.910 have your elbow bounce off the button a couple times. 438 00:21:25.970 --> 00:21:28.789 And then the door can fly open when you hit potholes. 439 00:21:29.930 --> 00:21:33.930 What happened here? 402-558-1110. Let's get back on track, guys. 440 00:21:34.430 --> 00:21:37.029 The Holiday Special laptop and desktop is now available at 441 00:21:37.069 --> 00:21:39.710 Schrock Innovations. You can pick it up on our website 442 00:21:39.769 --> 00:21:43.079 at schrockinnovations.com where you can look at all the specifications 443 00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:46.339 and everything. One thing that I would tell you, though, 444 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:51.619 is if you are going to purchase a Holiday Special, 445 00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:54.480 we have a special deal for you before the end 446 00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:56.470 of November. And I'm going to see if I have 447 00:21:56.509 --> 00:22:00.079 this coupon code in my notes here. And for some reason, 448 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:04.960 I do not have the coupon code here. So forgive 449 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.319 me for just a moment here. I want to make 450 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:08.160 sure I give you guys the coupon code unless somebody 451 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:11.809 actually wants the deal. Chad, what is the coupon code 452 00:22:11.829 --> 00:22:15.089 for the holiday special to get the $ 100 off any upgrades? 453 00:22:17.190 --> 00:22:19.740 All right, there we go. So My AI is going 454 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:21.039 to come back and tell me what the coupon code 455 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:22.640 is because we had a couple of different ones and 456 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:25.200 we had, I think it's HS 2026. I think it's 457 00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:27.240 something simple like that, but we'll find out. But the 458 00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:30.640 way that this works is when you purchase the holiday special, inevitably, 459 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:34.259 almost everybody purchases some kind of upgrade. Now the holiday 460 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:36.920 special is sold at cost. So we can't really give 461 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:40.410 you a discount off the computer itself because the computer 462 00:22:40.450 --> 00:22:42.490 itself is sold at cost. And so selling it at 463 00:22:42.529 --> 00:22:45.740 a loss would be kind of stupid, right? Um, But 464 00:22:45.769 --> 00:22:47.190 what we can do is when you want to add 465 00:22:47.250 --> 00:22:49.650 stuff to it, we can give you a discount on that. 466 00:22:50.009 --> 00:22:52.549 So if you purchase a holiday special in the month 467 00:22:52.569 --> 00:22:54.849 of November and you decide you're going to add something 468 00:22:54.869 --> 00:22:57.720 to it, like a data transfer, everybody needs a data transfer, right? 469 00:22:58.099 --> 00:23:01.500 If you're going to add Sophos antivirus or secure updater 470 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:04.339 or maybe a surge protector, which is highly recommended to 471 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:07.420 keep the computer safe from power surges with the way 472 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:09.309 the power grid is going right now, guys, this is 473 00:23:10.190 --> 00:23:14.220 you want some clean power for this guy. $ 100 off. 474 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:17.440 You can get $ 100 worth of upgrades absolutely free of charge. 475 00:23:17.829 --> 00:23:19.130 That means if you come in and you say, I 476 00:23:19.170 --> 00:23:22.150 want a surge protector and the surge protector is $ 65, 477 00:23:21.829 --> 00:23:24.130 by the way, you basically just get it for free 478 00:23:25.049 --> 00:23:28.430 because it's under a hundred bucks. So that coupon code 479 00:23:28.670 --> 00:23:33.289 is HS2026. I did know it. I just wasn't sure 480 00:23:33.309 --> 00:23:35.630 I knew it. And Chad says it's live through November 481 00:23:35.670 --> 00:23:39.140 30th and takes $ 100 off upgrade options on the 2026 482 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:43.220 holiday special desktop or laptop. Oh, but there's some conditions. 483 00:23:43.710 --> 00:23:47.130 Chad's giving me the conditions. It never discounts the computer 484 00:23:47.170 --> 00:23:49.009 base price because we sell it at cost. I've covered 485 00:23:49.029 --> 00:23:52.019 that one. Okay. I'm good there. It works once per 486 00:23:52.130 --> 00:23:55.900 order and does not stack with other offers. Okay. Not 487 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:58.220 good with any other offer. Conditions may apply. See store 488 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:02.640 for details. There we go. And there we go. And then, oh, 489 00:24:02.940 -->

00:24:07.730 the last thing is you can't use it against an 490 00:24:07.769 --> 00:24:10.450 extended warranty. So the extended warranty is the only thing 491 00:24:10.470 --> 00:24:12.670 you add to the computer that doesn't count for the discount. 492 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:15.900 The reason for that is our extended warranties are refundable, guys. 493 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:18.480 So if we discount the extended warranty, it messes up 494 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:20.700 the refunds later. We actually end up refunding you the 495 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:23.400 full price rather than the discounted price. So we can't 496 00:24:23.490 --> 00:24:27.390 discount the extended warranties. So extended warranties are available and 497 00:24:27.670 --> 00:24:31.730 extremely recommended on every computer at Schrock. With the market 498 00:24:31.750 --> 00:24:33.319 the way it is right now, when you look at 499 00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:35.259 the upgrade pricing, just take a look at the cost 500 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:38.529 to go to 64 gigs of RAM. It's like $ 1, 000 501 00:24:38.250 --> 00:24:41.920 to go from 32 gigs. The computers come with 32. 502 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:43.920 You want to go to 64? It's like $ 1, 000. And 503 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:47.980 that's not profiteering, guys. That's just the cost of 32 504 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:51.640 gigs of memory. Adding 32 gigs of RAM to that 505 00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:55.869 computer is that expensive. It is crazy. Go from a 506 00:24:55.890 --> 00:24:58.930 1-terabyte SSD that it comes with to a 4-terabyte SSD. 507 00:24:59.190 --> 00:25:02.109 Sets you back $ 800. It is 400% storage, but still. 508 00:25:06.390 --> 00:25:09.470 That's significantly, that's six times more expensive than it was 509 00:25:09.529 --> 00:25:12.930 two years ago. So these chip prices are going to 510 00:25:12.990 --> 00:25:16.150 come down in the next couple of years, guys. From 511 00:25:16.170 --> 00:25:18.950 what I'm seeing in the industry, late 2027, we're going 512 00:25:18.990 --> 00:25:22.809 to start to see this coming down, 2028 for sure. 513 00:25:23.470 --> 00:25:26.430 So my suggestion would be on the storage and the 514 00:25:26.470 --> 00:25:29.029 memory options, keep those at base options. Keep it at 515 00:25:29.130 --> 00:25:31.849 one terabyte and 32 gigs of RAM. You can The 516 00:25:31.890 --> 00:25:34.029 way that they're built, you can always upgrade them because 517 00:25:34.049 --> 00:25:37.190 they're modular. Both the laptop and the desktop have memory 518 00:25:37.289 --> 00:25:40.609 upgrade options. That's right. This year's laptop, guys, is not 519 00:25:41.130 --> 00:25:45.279 all chip on board. The hard drive, the SSD, is replaceable, 520 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:48.720 and the memory is also replaceable. Now, for those of 521 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:50.839 you who purchased a holiday special in the last couple years, 522 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:53.720 and you've heard all the hype, you've heard how amazing 523 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:56.400 it is and how it's designed this year completely differently, 524 00:25:56.839 --> 00:26:00.779 designed based on real... logs from real customers on how 525 00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:04.130 they're really using their computers to be as fast and 526 00:26:04.170 --> 00:26:06.849 efficient as possible at exactly what you're doing today while 527 00:26:06.970 --> 00:26:09.289 giving you upgradeability options in the future. If you've heard 528 00:26:09.349 --> 00:26:11.609 all that and you're like, gosh darn it, I just 529 00:26:11.650 --> 00:26:13.369 bought one two years ago and I should have waited, 530 00:26:14.410 --> 00:26:17.430 let me tell you about the Core Upgrade. The Core 531 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:21.240 Upgrade is a phenomenal opportunity for you to save a 532 00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:25.259 boatload of money. What you can do is you can 533 00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:29.279 take any old holiday special desktop and we can upgrade 534 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:32.900 it to the current holiday special spec. It's something like 535 00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:34.339 650 bucks to do it. It starts at 650 bucks 536 00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:36.700 for a desktop. Now the desktop sells for $ 1, 800. It's $ 1, 799. 99 537 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:38.950 with a little gas station nine above that, you know, 538 00:26:38.970 --> 00:26:39.930 nine tenths of a cent. So it's $ 1, 799 for the 539 00:26:39.950 --> 00:26:41.349 full shebang or as low as $ 650 if you're upgrading 540 00:26:41.369 --> 00:27:01.829 your previous holiday special to the new specification. Maybe you 541 00:27:01.869 --> 00:27:03.960 don't have a previous holiday special, but you have one 542 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:06.779 of our other modular desktop computers like the Boundless or 543 00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:09.339 the Endeavor or even the Venture, and you want to 544 00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:13.220 upgrade that one, we can do that too. So if 545 00:27:13.269 --> 00:27:15.890 you have a Schrock computer, this is where being in 546 00:27:15.930 --> 00:27:18.769 the family has its benefits because we take care of 547 00:27:18.809 --> 00:27:21.150 people who take care of us. You're voting for us 548 00:27:21.190 --> 00:27:22.710 in the best of Omaha. Thank you for that, by 549 00:27:22.730 --> 00:27:25.220 the way. We won first place again this year. The 550 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:28.339 you're buying computers from us, you're supporting our business, you're 551 00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:31.609 supporting the families that work for our business, the least 552 00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:33.210 we can do is make sure you have some options. 553 00:27:33.250 --> 00:27:34.829 So you can come in, you can purchase the Holiday 554 00:27:34.849 --> 00:27:37.650 Special desktop, the Holiday Special laptop, get a great computer 555 00:27:37.670 --> 00:27:39.970 that's going to last you the next decade. It's ready 556 00:27:39.990 --> 00:27:41.910 for all the AI stuff that's

coming in the future. 557 00:27:42.890 --> 00:27:44.009 All the stuff you don't want to hear about and 558 00:27:44.029 --> 00:27:45.349 don't want to do right now, but you're going to 559 00:27:45.369 --> 00:27:48.559 be doing later, whether you want to or not, these 560 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:51.799 computers are going to handle it. But at the same time, 561 00:27:53.109 --> 00:27:54.750 If you have a computer that can't do those things 562 00:27:54.890 --> 00:27:56.230 that you purchased from us, we're going to take care 563 00:27:56.250 --> 00:27:57.849 of you and make sure you get upgraded into something 564 00:27:57.869 --> 00:28:00.509 that you can. We can't do core upgrades on laptops. 565 00:28:00.769 --> 00:28:02.230 That's something I want to make really clear. We can't 566 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:05.000 change the laptop. The laptop is baked in. It is 567 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:07.519 what it is. The desktops, though, we can upgrade those 568 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:10.759 all day long. So you can check that out. The 569 00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:12.859 core upgrade is only available in the service center. We 570 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:14.730 need to have your computer in the shop to examine it, 571 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:17.140 determine which type of core upgrade you need, what parts 572 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:19.160 you need, and then we quote you the price before 573 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:22.000 you move forward. The laptop and the desktop are available 574 00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:27.339 for purchase at schrockinnovations.com. Quantity limitations this year, 75 of 575 00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:30.259 each available, so don't hesitate. Now, I'm telling you first 576 00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:33.359 here on the radio, because you are listening to Compute This, 577 00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:37.519 you are getting this first. There is an email that 578 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:40.079 is going to go out on Monday. That's when the 579 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:42.180 real party is going to start, and those numbers are 580 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:46.109 going to start dropping fast. Then, of course, there's going 581 00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:48.750 to be all the Facebook content, the Facebook Lives, the 582 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:54.579 The explanations, the show and tell sessions, all that stuff 583 00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:56.119 is going to start hitting, and we're going to start 584 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:58.359 boosting all that, and it's going to get crazy. It's 585 00:28:58.380 --> 00:29:00.869 going to get crazy fast. Wait until you see the 586 00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:06.529 catalog that lovely Kimberly put together for this year's holiday special. 587 00:29:08.910 --> 00:29:11.910 Let me do this. The service centers have a digital 588 00:29:11.970 --> 00:29:14.730 version of the catalog. The print version will be in 589 00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:17.950 next week. The digital version of the catalog is available 590 00:29:18.009 --> 00:29:19.650 from the service centers. All you have to do is 591 00:29:19.869 --> 00:29:22.460 email any service center. Go to schrockinnovations.com. Go to the 592 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:24.579 contact page. Say, please send me a copy of the 593 00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:27.900 holiday special catalog. And we will email you back a 594 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:30.480 copy of the holiday special catalog, and you can take 595 00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:32.500 a look at it. But if you have ever seen 596 00:29:32.549 --> 00:29:36.710 a Sears wish book in your life, this is going 597 00:29:36.730 --> 00:29:39.970 to bring back some memories. She went full nostalgia on this. 598 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.180 One. 599 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:42.779 And it is, it is absolutely phenomenal. It is just, 600 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:45.279 it's probably one of her best catalogs ever, to be honest. 601 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.599 And yeah, I don't want to say that because then 602 00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:48.480 you're saying like, those other ones are trash, but this 603 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:51.440 catalog is amazing. All right. 604 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.880 402-558-1110. 605 00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:54.069 So email the service centers or call in and say, Hey, 606 00:29:54.109 --> 00:29:56.130 please email me a copy of the holiday special catalog 607 00:29:56.150 --> 00:29:58.329 and we'll get one right over to you. Now, one, 608 00:29:58.410 --> 00:30:00.970 before we go to our break here, There's a whole 609 00:30:01.009 --> 00:30:05.859 bunch of freezers across supermarkets all across Europe that were– well, 610 00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:07.799 I want to say infected, but infected is the wrong 611 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:12.339 word– that were compromised. There's a real lesson here. Now, 612 00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:14.960 if you are a business owner, I need you to 613 00:30:15.029 --> 00:30:18.089 listen to this. If you are a high-tech person that 614 00:30:18.329 --> 00:30:20.849 puts a lot of technology in your home, I need 615 00:30:20.869 --> 00:30:24.069 you to listen to this. There are some real lessons 616 00:30:24.109 --> 00:30:26.190 here that need to be learned here. so that this 617 00:30:26.289 --> 00:30:28.880 doesn't happen to you. But what ended up happening was 618 00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:32.619 there were over 400 supermarkets across Europe, a lot of 619 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:38.960 them in France, that were attacked. These freezers, when you 620 00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.500 go into the grocery store, you have the big row 621 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:42.559 of freezers, right? Like with all the product in them. 622 00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:46.529 There's one controller box, there's one computer that runs all 623 00:30:46.549 --> 00:30:49.269 of those freezers. Now, if you have a large supermarket chain, 624 00:30:49.750 --> 00:30:51.809 you're not, you don't want to have an engineer in 625 00:30:51.930 --> 00:30:56.150 every supermarket monitoring every freezer. So you've

got a control 626 00:30:56.190 --> 00:30:59.049 box that's connected to the internet so that one engineer 627 00:30:59.170 --> 00:31:01.950 in one central location can monitor the freezers across the 628 00:31:01.990 --> 00:31:04.869 entire company. Now, why would you need to monitor a 629 00:31:04.910 --> 00:31:06.740 freezer in real time? Why do you need to connect 630 00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:09.519 them to the internet? The reason to monitor them in 631 00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:12.059 real time is a freezer can fail. And when a 632 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:15.480 freezer fails, it can fail intermittently, which means it can 633 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:18.259 get hot and all the food can spoil. And then 634 00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:21.029 it can get cold again and freeze everything back down. 635 00:31:22.029 --> 00:31:23.809 And then you have a freezer full of spoiled food 636 00:31:23.829 --> 00:31:26.619 that's frozen and that you're selling to customers. You don't 637 00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:28.900 want that. So you want to have an alarm set 638 00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:31.099 up that if that freezer goes over a certain temperature, 639 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:33.720 you get an alert. And that's why you connect them 640 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:35.769 to the internet and why you put them all together. Now, 641 00:31:35.829 --> 00:31:39.690 when you connect them to the internet, obviously the freezer 642 00:31:39.730 --> 00:31:43.769 control box needs to be accessible, right? So that means 643 00:31:43.910 --> 00:31:47.009 anyone on the internet can hit it. So you want 644 00:31:47.029 --> 00:31:50.349 to create a virtual LAN, a VLAN for that, like 645 00:31:50.410 --> 00:31:52.680 its own little environment to live in. So that it's 646 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:55.480 not just anybody on the internet willy-nilly can connect to 647 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:58.779 this thing. And, you know, if that is, that's pretty 648 00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:00.779 technical stuff. You got to have, you can't just do 649 00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.579 that on your home wireless router. You know what I mean? 650 00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:04.160 Like you need to have an IT guy to do 651 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:07.180 that and have proper IT equipment. That's the kind of 652 00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:10.990 stuff Schrock Business does for our clients. Now, let's just 653 00:32:11.029 --> 00:32:14.789 say you don't have that. At a minimum, you need 654 00:32:14.809 --> 00:32:19.349 to change the default password on the controller box. So 655 00:32:19.390 --> 00:32:23.019 it's not password one. or whatever the default password is 656 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.119 that came from the manufacturer. 657 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.299 Yep. 658 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:31.759 And nobody did that for hundreds of Dan Frost freezers. 659 00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:35.599 And that's the brand, Dan Frost freezers. They were not compromised. 660 00:32:35.619 --> 00:32:39.019 They were not hacked. They were set up shoddily with 661 00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:43.470 default usernames and passwords on open Wi-Fi networks. And when 662 00:32:43.509 --> 00:32:47.450 that happened, somebody somewhere, you don't have to be a 663 00:32:47.529 --> 00:32:49.509 super hacker for this. This is something AI can do 664 00:32:49.549 --> 00:32:52.410 in a few minutes. scans the internet for Dan Frost 665 00:32:52.450 --> 00:32:55.930 freezers and finds them. It's not hard. It's called port scanning. 666 00:32:56.289 --> 00:32:59.309 It can be done in a matter of minutes. And 667 00:32:59.349 --> 00:33:02.029 when you find them, you write a little script. You 668 00:33:02.089 --> 00:33:04.259 ask your AI to write a little script. You don't 669 00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.779 even need to know how to write the script that says, 670 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:08.640 is there a user? You ask the AI, do Dan 671 00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:10.980 Frost freezers have a default username and password? And the 672 00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:13.059 AI says, well, yes, they do. In fact, when I 673 00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:14.880 was doing show prep for the show, my AI said, 674 00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:19.210 please don't read the password on the air. Why would 675 00:33:19.250 --> 00:33:20.950 I do that? If you want to hack a Dan 676 00:33:20.970 --> 00:33:22.210 Frost freezer, here's the password. 677 00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.589 Try it. 678 00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:30.460 So it's easy to do. And here's the trick. Whoever 679 00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:34.339 did the port scanning limited their port scanning to Europe. 680 00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:37.390 Some military base, some U.S. military bases may have also 681 00:33:37.410 --> 00:33:40.410 been hit by this. They limited the port scanning to Europe. 682 00:33:42.130 --> 00:33:44.309 If you widen that port scan to the United States, 683 00:33:45.170 --> 00:33:47.569 there are thousands of Dan Frost freezers in the United 684 00:33:47.609 --> 00:33:51.339 States right now. operating. And I mean, I'd like to 685 00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:53.160 think that maybe in the U.S. we take security a 686 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:58.200 little bit more seriously than the French, but we don't 687 00:33:58.220 --> 00:34:01.440 know till we know, right? So yeah, it's quite possible 688 00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:04.000 this could happen at your local supermarket here in the 689 00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:06.799 United States. And what they did is they turned on 690 00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:11.469 the defrost function. Now the defrost function is an intentional time. 691 00:34:11.869 --> 00:34:14.769 Apparently these freezers are also equipped with heaters and they 692 00:34:14.789 --> 00:34:18.769 can go from freezing to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. 50 degrees 693 00:34:18.809 --> 00:34:24.019 Celsius in Europe. And during that time, the intention is 694 00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:26.579 to defrost the thing so it turns off the alarms 695 00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:30.199 and the alerting.

So you turn on defrost mode, the 696 00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:33.039 freezer heats up to 120 degrees, you leave it there 697 00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:35.880 for a couple hours, and then you turn off defrost 698 00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:38.469 mode and the freezer chills back down to its normal 699 00:34:38.489 --> 00:34:41.610 temperature and then maintains and not a single alert is 700 00:34:41.670 --> 00:34:45.070 sent to anybody that anything happened. And you've just spoiled 701 00:34:45.750 --> 00:34:49.820 millions of dollars worth of food across Europe. At the 702 00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:52.780 same time, conveniently, governments are saying we should be prepared 703 00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:55.590 in buying food and having it at home. There's no 704 00:34:55.630 --> 00:34:58.150 indication that these two messages are connected in any way. 705 00:34:58.489 --> 00:35:00.210 Nobody knew that we were going to have all the 706 00:35:00.250 --> 00:35:03.469 Dan Frost freezers in Europe hacked. But when Germany and 707 00:35:03.489 --> 00:35:05.469 the UK and the US and everyone's saying, you know, 708 00:35:05.530 --> 00:35:07.309 it's probably a good idea to have a couple of 709 00:35:07.329 --> 00:35:09.159 weeks of food and water in your house at home. 710 00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:13.579 And they've never said that before. You know, you always 711 00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:16.219 got to wonder, like, what's going on here? But but yeah, 712 00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:19.599 so businesses, if you're out there. This is the kind 713 00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:22.980 of thing that Schrock Business does for our customers. It's 714 00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:25.739 not enough to sit down and say, are all of 715 00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:31.070 your endpoints covered with antivirus? That's not enough. Try to 716 00:35:31.090 --> 00:35:34.050 get cybersecurity insurance now. We have some clients that are 717 00:35:34.070 --> 00:35:35.909 coming to us and saying, yeah, we need a penetration 718 00:35:35.949 --> 00:35:39.250 test now to get cybersecurity insurance. And what does a 719 00:35:39.269 --> 00:35:42.630 penetration test do? It tests all the devices on your network, 720 00:35:43.130 --> 00:35:48.420 your thermostats, your Amazon Alexas, your Wi-Fi, Watches and iPhones 721 00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:51.619 that connect to the Wi-Fi, as well as your Dan 722 00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:54.059 Frost freezers. And if we can get into your Dan 723 00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:59.360 Frost freezers, you don't pass your penetration test. So you 724 00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:03.099 got to fix it. If you need that kind of 725 00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:06.320 security and support for your business to make sure that you... 726 00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:09.840 People think, I'm not going to get attacked. We're too small, Thor. 727 00:36:09.949 --> 00:36:13.829 Nobody's coming after us. This is the thing. This is 728 00:36:13.949 --> 00:36:16.900 port scanning. Port scanning doesn't look for big fish or 729 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:20.400 small fish. It looks for fish. It's like it's a 730 00:36:20.429 --> 00:36:23.869 bass boat with a fish finder. And it's like, there's 731 00:36:23.889 --> 00:36:26.289 a school of fish here. Maybe some are big, maybe 732 00:36:26.309 --> 00:36:28.309 some are small. Drop your line and see what you get. 733 00:36:29.469 --> 00:36:33.050 Except these guys, they can port scan the world for fish. 734 00:36:33.909 --> 00:36:36.179 And if you show up on the bass boat radar, 735 00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:38.840 you're getting hacked because they have to hack you to 736 00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:40.599 know if you're big or small. You might be a 737 00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:43.739 hospital or you might be a chiropractic clinic. We don't know. 738 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:47.539 But either way, we're going to hack you and encrypt 739 00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:50.320 your stuff and steal your records and do whatever we 740 00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:52.239 can do to extract whatever we can extract from you. 741 00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:57.030 Or maybe just make you hungry like a Frenchman who 742 00:36:57.070 --> 00:37:02.170 doesn't have any food because it's all spoiled. Shock business. 743 00:37:03.210 --> 00:37:03.750 Don't be hungry. 744 00:37:03.750 --> 00:37:04.809 402. 745 00:37:04.809 --> 00:37:08.469 This is why we have a marketing department and it's 746 00:37:08.510 --> 00:37:08.750 not me. 747 00:37:08.769 --> 00:37:09.210 402-558-1110. 748 00:37:09.230 --> 00:37:12.380 Going to take a break, guys. I'm a little bit 749 00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:15.880 behind on this one. When we come back, We're going 750 00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:18.019 to touch up on the holiday special specs a little 751 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:19.619 bit in case you missed it last week. And then 752 00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:23.250 we're going to get into this story about, oh, I 753 00:37:23.289 --> 00:37:26.130 almost forgot the contest. Oh, my gosh, I almost forgot 754 00:37:26.150 --> 00:37:27.369 the contest. When we come back, I'm going to tell 755 00:37:27.409 --> 00:37:30.369 you about the holiday special contest, how you can win 756 00:37:30.550 --> 00:37:33.650 a free core upgrade for your holiday special. We're going 757 00:37:33.670 --> 00:37:35.230 to tell you about it coming up next on Compute This. 758 00:37:35.690 --> 00:37:38.550 When your computer has a warranty and you have a problem, 759 00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:40.599 don't call the manufacturers for help. 760 00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.320 Call Schrock Innovations. 761 00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:47.269 Schrock will contact HP, Dell, Asus, Samsung, or any other 762 00:37:47.309 --> 00:37:50.929 manufacturer to arrange a warranty repair at no cost to you. 763 00:37:51.469 --> 00:37:53.170 We know how these companies work. 764 00:37:53.489 --> 00:37:55.550 We know the loopholes and the tricks to get your 765 00:37:55.630 --> 00:37:56.750 system repaired. 766 00:37:56.510 --> 00:37:58.760 Under warranty as

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Whenever you need help, wherever you need it, 778 00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:34.280 Schrock Innovations makes your computer work for you. 779 00:38:35.389 --> 00:38:39.420 Schrock Innovations can't teleport technicians to you, but online help 780 00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:41.900 is only a click away with the Schrock desk. Subscribe 781 00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:44.519 today and get unlimited help whenever you need it. 782 00:38:45.889 --> 00:38:48.889 Everyone has experienced some form of data loss or know 783 00:38:48.969 --> 00:38:52.980 someone who has. It's unfortunate, but sometimes the technology we 784 00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:55.880 rely on simply fails. And the last question you want 785 00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:58.489 to hear at that time is, you have a backup, right? 786 00:38:59.150 --> 00:39:02.150 When your hard drive, memory card, backup drive, or flash 787 00:39:02.170 --> 00:39:05.389 drive fails you, turn to the data recovery experts at 788 00:39:05.469 --> 00:39:09.360 Schrock Innovations to get those pictures, songs, and memories back. 789 00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.500 We'll be right back. 790 00:39:20.050 --> 00:39:23.090 And the permanent loss of your important data. Sometimes you 791 00:39:23.110 --> 00:39:26.300 only get one shot at a successful recovery. That's why 792 00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:29.239 Schrock has invested in top of the line recovery imagers, 793 00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:34.489 a class 100 clean environment, over 10,000 donor components, and 794 00:39:34.530 --> 00:39:36.909 a staff of recovery engineers that are the best in 795 00:39:36.929 --> 00:39:40.820 the business. Schrock has a 96% recovery rate getting data 796 00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:44.280 back from failed devices. When the unthinkable happens and you 797 00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:46.940 need your data back, turn to the experts at Schrock 798 00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:51.079 Innovations for professional and affordable data recovery services. 799 00:39:57.369 --> 00:39:59.070 It's kind of what it sounded like in Orlando while 800 00:39:59.090 --> 00:40:00.489 I was gone. My wife told me that the weather 801 00:40:00.530 --> 00:40:02.989 here was a little gray and cold last week. 802 00:40:03.150 --> 00:40:03.710 Yeah, a little bit. 803 00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:07.610 I wore long sleeves and chinos to Disney Springs, and 804 00:40:07.630 --> 00:40:10.250 I walked around there for a while, and I started 805 00:40:10.269 --> 00:40:13.500 to get a little sweaty. So I wore shorts the 806 00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.920 next day. 807 00:40:14.179 --> 00:40:14.400 Yeah. 808 00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:17.070 Yeah, I was having that. I should wear pants. 809 00:40:17.130 --> 00:40:17.610 It's winter. 810 00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:19.199 Not in Florida, apparently. 811 00:40:19.219 --> 00:40:21.880 Wearing those male capris down in Florida. Oh, gosh. 812 00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:25.420 Let's not get carried away. 813 00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:25.579 402-558-1110. 814 00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:27.940 Now, I promised that we were going to get into 815 00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:30.239 this contest. We have a contest where you have to 816 00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:32.559 do one simple thing with your oldest holiday. We want 817 00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:35.280 to find the oldest holiday special that is still in service. 818 00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:38.440 So if you have a holiday special desktop computer that 819 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:40.460 is still in service, I'm going to tell you what 820 00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:42.199 you need to do in just a moment to try 821 00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:45.219 to win yourself a free core upgrade. I mentioned core 822 00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:49.630 upgrades start today. at about 650 ish, 685, something like 823 00:40:49.650 --> 00:40:52.010 that for, for the least expensive option. And I think 824 00:40:52.030 --> 00:40:55.539 the most expensive option is about $ 1, 400. And of course 825 00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:58.500 the older your holiday special is, the more it needs 826 00:40:58.539 --> 00:41:00.900 to get up to the current spec. So your oldest 827 00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:05.510 holiday special is literally like a $ 1, 400 prize. So we're 828 00:41:05.530 --> 00:41:08.739 going to give away one core upgrade, to one person 829 00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:11.670 who has the oldest holiday special that is still in 830 00:41:11.750 --> 00:41:13.730 service and working. And I'm going to tell you how 831 00:41:13.750 --> 00:41:15.449 to prove that it's in service and working here in 832 00:41:15.469 --> 00:41:18.090 just a moment. But first, let's jump into those phones. Dave, 833 00:41:18.190 --> 00:41:19.969 welcome to the program. How can I help you on 834 00:41:19.989 --> 00:41:20.730 Compute This today? 835 00:41:21.989 --> 00:41:24.610 Hey, good morning, Stuart. ZDogg, just so you know. Oh, hey, buddy. 836 00:41:24.670 --> 00:41:26.769 I haven't talked to you for a while. Yeah, how's 837 00:41:26.789 --> 00:41:29.769 it going? Yeah, I worked last night, so if I 838 00:41:29.809 --> 00:41:31.230

sound a little punchy, that's normal. 839 00:41:31.610 --> 00:41:32.030 Sure. 840 00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:35.980 You were talking at the beginning of the show about 841 00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:38.420 the people worried about their jobs getting taken by AI 842 00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:41.510 and so forth. And I don't know if I've told you, 843 00:41:41.550 --> 00:41:43.809 my son actually works in computer. He was a computer 844 00:41:43.849 --> 00:41:47.789 science student in college, and he works for a couple 845 00:41:47.809 --> 00:41:50.510 different companies, or works for another new company now, but 846 00:41:50.530 --> 00:41:53.980 he worked for BuilderTrend for years. Anyhow, a friend of 847 00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:57.460 mine in Omaha there used to work for Microsoft, and 848 00:41:57.500 --> 00:42:00.179 they let him go about a year and a half 849 00:42:00.219 --> 00:42:04.929 or so ago because of, AI taking jobs. And then 850 00:42:04.969 --> 00:42:06.769 all of a sudden they realized it wasn't all that 851 00:42:07.150 --> 00:42:10.690 they thought it was going to be. And they offered 852 00:42:10.730 --> 00:42:12.690 him to come back. 853 00:42:13.510 --> 00:42:13.849 And he. 854 00:42:16.389 --> 00:42:20.030 Said, he threw them a huge number and they took 855 00:42:20.090 --> 00:42:23.530 the offer, but he turned it down because he's like, 856 00:42:23.550 --> 00:42:26.139 you know, I don't need that. And then the kicker 857 00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:29.139 as my, kind of about my son, he worked the 858 00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:34.019 company he works for actually, uh, is doing stuff for 859 00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:38.119 Microsoft because they need, they're like a contractor for him now. 860 00:42:38.219 --> 00:42:40.739 So yeah, so he, it's just crazy. My son's like, 861 00:42:41.150 --> 00:42:43.769 AI will never, is not going to take away the jobs. 862 00:42:44.369 --> 00:42:46.269 They just help make our job easier. 863 00:42:46.670 --> 00:42:46.989 Yeah. 864 00:42:47.010 --> 00:42:50.449 And that was literally the, the message, you know, thank 865 00:42:50.469 --> 00:42:54.010 you for the call Z dog. I appreciate it. You know, the, 866 00:42:54.050 --> 00:42:56.929 the message at the, at this conference was, If you 867 00:42:57.070 --> 00:43:01.030 don't do this, they literally put up like a chart 868 00:43:01.369 --> 00:43:04.730 of what's going to happen to businesses. If you do 869 00:43:04.889 --> 00:43:08.710 not start asking the question, how are we using AI 870 00:43:08.750 --> 00:43:12.969 to make our business more efficient or make our employees 871 00:43:13.050 --> 00:43:15.429 individually more productive? And I don't just mean give them 872 00:43:15.469 --> 00:43:17.449 a chat GPT account and let them type a prompt. 873 00:43:18.489 --> 00:43:20.630 That is not how you use AI to make your 874 00:43:20.670 --> 00:43:24.269 people more efficient. Yes, it can make a person more efficient. 875 00:43:24.869 --> 00:43:27.170 but that's not how you systematize it for your business. 876 00:43:27.730 --> 00:43:31.389 It's a completely different ballgame. And they asked all these MSPs, 877 00:43:31.510 --> 00:43:35.820 all these companies in the room. Of all the companies 878 00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:40.179 in the room, only 8% of them felt that they 879 00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:43.320 were currently capable of advising a client on what to 880 00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:47.500 do with AI from start to finish. That means 92% 881 00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:52.539 of companies that currently are helping other companies with their 882 00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:55.860 technology are do not know how to do this. And 883 00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:57.840 it's exactly what you said, ZDogg. Hey, we're going to 884 00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:59.539 fire these people because we have AI now. And that's 885 00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:01.619 what management comes in. I want to cut labor. So 886 00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:03.659 let me get AI to cut labor. And then they 887 00:44:03.699 --> 00:44:05.340 fire a bunch of people. Then they realize the AI 888 00:44:05.409 --> 00:44:07.590 can't do the job the human was doing. So then 889 00:44:07.610 --> 00:44:09.849 they have to hire the people back at a premium 890 00:44:10.130 --> 00:44:12.590 because they need the talent back. The right way to 891 00:44:12.630 --> 00:44:14.449 do this is the way I think that we're doing 892 00:44:14.510 --> 00:44:16.210 it at Schrock, where we take an AI and we 893 00:44:16.349 --> 00:44:19.730 pair it with our people. So it's a paired partnership 894 00:44:20.110 --> 00:44:21.630 where you have a human and you have an AI. 895 00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:24.300 And the human is directing and is responsible for the 896 00:44:24.340 --> 00:44:26.760 work that the AI does and checks the work that 897 00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:28.920 the AI does. The AI can work at a pace 898 00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:31.679 that is just frenetic, 24 hours a day. Like it 899 00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:36.079 can crank out so much work it's not even funny. 900 00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:39.219 But essentially, you know, typically in a business you have 901 00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:42.659 a supervisor that supervises employees. And the employees are the 902 00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:45.739 workers and the supervisor is checking their work. What AI 903 00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:51.199 does is it makes every employee a supervisor. you're supervising 904 00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:54.139 the AI because the AI can't be responsible for its 905 00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:56.820 own slop, right? And we all have seen the AI slop, 906 00:44:57.199 --> 00:44:58.599 the stuff that comes out of an AI and you're like, 907 00:44:58.659 --> 00:45:01.019 what the heck? You know, I asked Chad the other 908 00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:03.179 day to write me a policy on backups. He wrote 909 00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:06.250 me an eight page policy on backing up a computer. 910 00:45:06.849 --> 00:45:10.409 And I was

like, Chad, what you're covering every conceivable 911 00:45:10.570 --> 00:45:12.869 edge case. Like this needs to be a policy that 912 00:45:12.889 --> 00:45:18.409 a human being can read and will follow that tells you, 913 00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:21.179 why we back up a computer, how we back up 914 00:45:21.219 --> 00:45:24.300 a computer and when we back up a computer. There 915 00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:26.780 we go. Maybe some common pitfalls and bullet points. All right. 916 00:45:27.340 --> 00:45:29.320 And he cut it down to like a page. It 917 00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:31.539 was like, thank you. So they can generate all kinds 918 00:45:31.579 --> 00:45:33.610 of slop. You need the human there to say, this 919 00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:35.329 is an eight page policy that no one's going to read. 920 00:45:36.769 --> 00:45:40.110 So yeah, ZDogg, the AI stuff is, it's genuinely here. 921 00:45:40.489 --> 00:45:45.690 It's genuinely impacting people's jobs and people's workplace environments and 922 00:45:46.170 --> 00:45:50.360 But if it is managed properly by a business, this 923 00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:54.800 can be, okay, they said the MSPs out there that 924 00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:57.460 you can still be, an MSP is a managed service provider. 925 00:45:57.480 --> 00:46:00.780 They're a business that helps other businesses with their information technology. 926 00:46:01.130 --> 00:46:04.030 If you're a business, you can grow at 10% per 927 00:46:04.070 --> 00:46:07.070 year helping other businesses with their computers and stuff, okay? 928 00:46:07.929 --> 00:46:10.750 If you are a managed intelligence provider, somebody who helps 929 00:46:10.809 --> 00:46:14.000 businesses with AI stuff, for the next 10 years, you're 930 00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:19.199 going to grow at 34% per year That is how 931 00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:21.639 many businesses are going to jump on this boat. And 932 00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:26.260 if your competitors jump on the boat and you don't, well, 933 00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:29.800 you're going to get bought eventually or go out of business. 934 00:46:30.699 --> 00:46:32.679 You're not going to survive. This is not one of 935 00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:34.760 those things. This is like when computers came out and 936 00:46:34.780 --> 00:46:36.099 you said, I'll stay with a typewriter. 937 00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:37.519 Nope. 938 00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:42.789 Or when libraries, there's a few of us that still 939 00:46:42.809 --> 00:46:45.969 remember the card catalog, the Dewey Decimal System. 940 00:46:46.739 --> 00:46:47.380 Yes, yes. 941 00:46:47.960 --> 00:46:50.000 Remember when there was like two systems for organizing books 942 00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:50.440 in libraries? 943 00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:51.039 It was like a war. 944 00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:53.179 It was like browser wars, but for libraries. And the 945 00:46:53.219 --> 00:46:55.019 Dewey Decimal System won. I don't even remember what the 946 00:46:55.039 --> 00:47:00.829 other system was. But no one uses a card catalog anymore. 947 00:47:01.730 --> 00:47:04.650 They don't even exist anymore because computers are there. If 948 00:47:04.690 --> 00:47:06.090 you were a library that said, we're not going to 949 00:47:06.110 --> 00:47:07.869 go to computers, we're going to stay with the card catalog, 950 00:47:09.150 --> 00:47:12.449 where are you today? you're blockbuster, right? I mean, it's like, 951 00:47:12.769 --> 00:47:14.780 I think there's one left and it's like a nostalgia thing. 952 00:47:15.460 --> 00:47:16.820 I think, I don't even know if you can rent 953 00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:21.059 a video there. You can buy videos there, but anyway, 402-558-1110. 954 00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:22.940 Before we take our break, if you want to enter 955 00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:26.360 the contest to win a core upgrade to the most 956 00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:30.820 recent holiday special for your older holiday special desktop, all 957 00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:34.690 you have to do is install DriveAdvisor. Go to driveadvisor.com 958 00:47:34.730 --> 00:47:40.449 and it's advise-er, E-R, driveadviseer.com because it's made in America. 959 00:47:41.219 --> 00:47:46.420 That's how we get around the tariffs here. Driveadvisor.com. Install 960 00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:49.320 it on your computer. When you install it on your 961 00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:52.139 older holiday special, it's checking all your drives and stuff 962 00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:53.840 like that, doing what it's supposed to do. But it 963 00:47:53.860 --> 00:47:55.760 sends a little ping back to our systems, and it says, 964 00:47:55.780 --> 00:48:00.239 this is a holiday special, and we will know, based 965 00:48:00.300 --> 00:48:04.599 on your tag, how old it is. Install DriveAdvisor, and 966 00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:06.099 at the end of November, we're going to see who 967 00:48:06.159 --> 00:48:11.190 is the oldest computer that has ever the oldest holiday 968 00:48:11.210 --> 00:48:14.590 special desktop that has ever linked up to DriveAdvisor. And 969 00:48:14.650 --> 00:48:16.590 if you win that one, we are going to give 970 00:48:16.630 --> 00:48:19.340 you a core upgrade to the most recent version of 971 00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:24.039 the holiday special desktop, which is literally like a $ 1, 400 upgrade. 972 00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:26.239 It's a huge prize. So you can check that out. 973 00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:29.860 Just go to driveadvisor.com and install DriveAdvisor on your computer. 974 00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:31.900 It's that easy. And you can win a $ 1, 400 core upgrade. 975 00:48:33.079 --> 00:48:36.239 All right, 402-558-1110. Cheryl, thanks for staying on the line 976 00:48:36.260 --> 00:48:38.360 where your call is coming up next, as well as 977 00:48:38.800 --> 00:48:44.199 the FAA is running airports, airport traffic control on floppy 978 00:48:44.239 --> 00:48:47.190 disks still. They have to swap the disks because they're 979 00:48:47.210

--> 00:48:49.690 too small. They don't hold enough, you know. Yeah, get 980 00:48:49.730 --> 00:48:53.289 the wrist action in. There's a carpal tunnel. We're going 981 00:48:53.309 --> 00:48:54.570 to tell you all about it coming up next on 982 00:48:54.590 --> 00:48:54.989 Compute This. 983 00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:59.059 Laptops are subjected to some of the most stressful computing 984 00:48:59.099 --> 00:49:03.559 situations imaginable. They get dropped, stepped on, slapped shut, and 985 00:49:03.699 --> 00:49:07.360 pushed until the battery dies sometimes. Your laptop works hard 986 00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:09.619 for you, so when it has a problem, take it 987 00:49:09.659 --> 00:49:11.329 to the laptop expert. 988 00:49:11.030 --> 00:49:12.269 At Schrock Innovations. 989 00:49:12.750 --> 00:49:16.150 Schrock has four convenient service centers in Nebraska and Iowa, 990 00:49:16.449 --> 00:49:19.110 with more than 100 total bench spots to get your. 991 00:49:18.969 --> 00:49:40.699 Technology up and running. We'll be right back. New customers 992 00:49:40.739 --> 00:49:42.739 get their first hour of labor free. 993 00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:45.860 So the next time your laptop screen gets cracked, the 994 00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:49.199 keys pop off your keyboard, or your two-year-old decides a 995 00:49:49.239 --> 00:49:52.000 glass of milk is exactly what your laptop needs to 996 00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:54.579 cool off, take it to Schrock and let your local 997 00:49:54.619 --> 00:49:57.760 laptop repair experts get it back in top shape again. 998 00:49:58.800 --> 00:50:02.099 If you can dream it, Schrock Interactive's website developers can 999 00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:05.559 make it happen. Refresh your website, automate sales and marketing, 1000 00:50:05.780 --> 00:50:08.099 and grow your business today with Schrock Interactive. 1001 00:50:12.889 --> 00:50:13.510 Oh, it's Whistling Man. 1002 00:50:13.590 --> 00:50:14.289 It's Whistling Man. 1003 00:50:14.550 --> 00:50:14.789 All right. 1004 00:50:15.269 --> 00:50:18.670 Well, and I'm reading the comments here at Facebook.com slash 1005 00:50:18.690 --> 00:50:22.019 Schrock Innovations, where we are broadcasting live this morning. And 1006 00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:25.800 everyone's like, please, please, please do a 30-minute After Schrock 1007 00:50:25.820 --> 00:50:27.619 to talk about. You guys know if I do an 1008 00:50:27.699 --> 00:50:29.219 After Schrock, it ain't going to be 30 minutes. We're 1009 00:50:29.239 --> 00:50:30.460 going to say it's 30 minutes, and then it's going 1010 00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:34.219 to be like an hour and a half. And they 1011 00:50:34.239 --> 00:50:37.659 want me to talk about the election and about the, well, 1012 00:50:39.329 --> 00:50:41.920 dump in the stock market. Basically, all the AI stocks 1013 00:50:41.940 --> 00:50:42.659 have been dumping for. 1014 00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:43.059 A while now. 1015 00:50:45.059 --> 00:50:50.059 Yeah, I sold it all before. And

it wasn't because 1016 00:50:50.099 --> 00:50:52.550 I'm a genius. I actually ended up with a tax 1017 00:50:52.590 --> 00:50:55.309 bill I had to pay. So I had to give 1018 00:50:55.349 --> 00:50:57.670 it to the government. So I did lose it after all. 1019 00:50:58.050 --> 00:51:03.880 But I minimized my losses by selling at the height 1020 00:51:03.940 --> 00:51:04.900 of the AI bubble. 1021 00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:05.280 I don't know. 1022 00:51:06.179 --> 00:51:09.929 So anyway, I'll tell you what. I told my wife 1023 00:51:09.989 --> 00:51:12.489 no aftershocks, so I will do a very– it has 1024 00:51:12.530 --> 00:51:14.230 to be brief. I will do a brief one. We 1025 00:51:14.269 --> 00:51:17.030 can talk about what happened with the election. There's not 1026 00:51:17.050 --> 00:51:21.690 a whole lot to talk about. Democrats showed up like 1027 00:51:22.510 --> 00:51:25.659 at 300 percent normal turnout for a midterm. Republicans showed 1028 00:51:25.699 --> 00:51:31.519 up at normal midterm turnout. That's the story. That's the story. 1029 00:51:32.000 --> 00:51:35.320 Democrats were incredibly motivated to get to the polls. Republicans 1030 00:51:35.360 --> 00:51:40.980 were meh. you know, and they, they tried. Um, yeah, 1031 00:51:41.019 --> 00:51:42.699 that's the story. So I'm not really sure what there 1032 00:51:42.739 --> 00:51:45.539 is to dive into there, but, but we'll dive into it. 1033 00:51:45.539 --> 00:51:47.760 We'll do a brief after shock after the program here 1034 00:51:47.860 --> 00:51:51.150 at facebook.com slash shock innovations. All right, Cheryl, thank you 1035 00:51:51.190 --> 00:51:52.949 so much for being patient on the line there. Thanks 1036 00:51:52.989 --> 00:51:54.849 for holding. How can I help you on compute this today? 1037 00:51:56.329 --> 00:51:57.670 Yes. Am I on the air? 1038 00:51:57.769 --> 00:51:58.969 You are on the air, Cheryl. 1039 00:51:59.530 --> 00:52:00.010 Oh, okay. 1040 00:52:00.110 --> 00:52:00.329 All right. 1041 00:52:00.590 --> 00:52:03.130 Well, this is Cheryl of Cheryl and rich and council block. 1042 00:52:03.269 --> 00:52:03.849 Oh, Hey. 1043 00:52:03.869 --> 00:52:03.940 Yes. 1044 00:52:04.929 --> 00:52:12.429 Um, we transferred this summer over to G fiber and, uh, 1045 00:52:13.099 --> 00:52:15.500 my husband was having problems with it. And I said, well, 1046 00:52:15.519 --> 00:52:20.099 let's call Shrock. He eventually did. And, uh, you solved 1047 00:52:20.119 --> 00:52:24.559 the problem to get the, uh, printer onto G fiber 1048 00:52:25.119 --> 00:52:28.440 very quickly. And it was the, I told you so 1049 00:52:28.460 --> 00:52:35.619 type story. Well, anyway, the, um, printer went offline again, 1050 00:52:35.800 --> 00:52:39.699 so we immediately called Schrock, and we decided it was 1051 00:52:39.739 --> 00:52:43.050 best to have you come out. Cohen came out and 1052 00:52:43.090 --> 00:52:46.369 did a remarkable job getting it set up. While he 1053 00:52:46.429 --> 00:52:50.409 was here, we said, well, our computer needs to be serviced, 1054 00:52:50.809 --> 00:52:54.380 so he took it back in, and you serviced it, 1055 00:52:54.510 --> 00:52:57.820 and then Thomas brought it back to us, and I 1056 00:52:57.860 --> 00:53:01.880 want to just tell you how compliment these young gentlemen 1057 00:53:02.059 --> 00:53:07.030 on helping us out and being patient with us. And 1058 00:53:07.329 --> 00:53:08.929 we really appreciated the service. 1059 00:53:09.309 --> 00:53:11.750 Well, thank you very much, Cheryl. That's a wonderful call. 1060 00:53:11.789 --> 00:53:13.489 Thank you for sharing that with me. You know, at 1061 00:53:13.510 --> 00:53:15.489 first when you said the I told you so moment, 1062 00:53:15.510 --> 00:53:18.070 I was like, my guy said I told you so? Like, 1063 00:53:18.130 --> 00:53:20.070 I need to smack some people around. That's not good. No, 1064 00:53:21.349 --> 00:53:23.510 she meant the Google people said that. So that's good. 1065 00:53:23.550 --> 00:53:27.440 That's good. All right. Let me draw the winner. $ 25 1066 00:53:26.659 --> 00:53:29.900 Schrock Innovations gift certificate. Oh, it's going to sound like 1067 00:53:29.940 --> 00:53:33.239 a fix. It goes to Cheryl. There's only two callers, 1068 00:53:33.280 --> 00:53:36.570 but Cheryl's the winner. You got yourself $ 25. Save $ 100 1069 00:53:36.170 --> 00:53:40.250 off holiday special upgrades with coupon code HS2026. Check it 1070 00:53:41.150 --> 00:53:45.559 out at schrockinnovations.com and install Drive Advisor. We'll see you 1071 00:53:45.579 --> 00:53:47.480 for the After Schrock and next week for another edition 1072 00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:48.159 of Compute This.