Category: Engineering & Technology
The number of services is enormous. It takes time to find the truly interesting stuff. - Knowledge is power. - A large personal network gives you a punch. - The value of information, and of having a good time.
The number of services is enormous. It takes time to find the truly interesting stuff. - Knowledge is power. - A large personal network gives you a punch. - The value of information, and of having a good time.
will do the job for you. Still, take a few minutes and browse through the text. It may enable you to handle unexpected problems better. Our example assumes that you have an MS-D...
25. Chapter 4 for more about how to get these files.)Fog City Online Information Service ----------------------------------- is the world's largest bulletin board with AIDS information. Based in San Francisco (U.S.A.) it offers fr...
9. Chapter 7: Electronic mail, telex, and faxElectronic mail is one of the most popular online services. People living thousands of miles apart can exchange messages and documents very quickly. International Resource Devel...
6. Chapter 4: Hobby, games and funOnline services have one thing in common with newspapers, magazines and books. What they offer, varies from provider to provider. The next chapters will focus on the contents of...
23. Chapter 17: Gazing into the futureNewspaper of the future --------------------------- Some years ago, Nicholas Negroponte of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said that today's newspapers are old-fashioned...
16. Chapter 11 Update (FI82)NewsNet's clipping service, NewsFlash, will automatically search all new editions of newsletters selected for monitoring. The hits will be sent to your mailbox, and be retained...
3. id. You enter 'anonymous', and supply your email address aspassword. This will give you access. You use the cd command (change directory) to navigate to the desired library catalog on the remote hard disk. You locate the desired file, a...
2. Chapter 2: The online worldThis chapter is about the structure and contents of the online world. You will read about Bulletin Board systems, discussion lists, conferencing systems, online data bases, pack...
22. Chapter 16: Automatic communicationWe all have different needs --------------------------- Automation will never be the same for everybody. Our needs are too different. Some get excited when a program can dial a...
18. chapter 16 for more about this.The more advanced your software is, the more time it will take to learn how to use it. The rewards are lower telephone costs, faster transfers, and less time spent doing technic...
7. Chapter 5: Home, education and workThe EXEC-PC BBS has "Home Repair." The FUTUREHOME TECHNOLOGY NEWS newsletter is available through NewsNet. On ILINK, you will find the HOMEGARDEN conference. Usenet has misc.con...
13. Chapter 10: Looking for a needle in a bottle of hayExperienced users regularly clip news from online services, and store selected parts of it on their personal computers' hard disks. They use powerful tools to search their data,...
8. Chapter 6: Your personal HealthNetHealth is a concern in most families. Where a family member or a friend is suffering from cancer, AIDS, a serious disability, or a rare disease, finding help is imperative. Fort...
5. Chapter 3: How to use the online servicesThe user interface refers to what you get on your computer screen and how, when you call an online service. It includes menus and help screens, and various options to tailor the...
19. Chapter 13: Cheaper and better communicationMany users access online services by calling them directly. A lot pay extra for long distance calls to other cities and countries, even when this means inferior transmission qua...
12. Chapter 13). The total cost for seven minutes was US$6.00, whichincluded the cost of a long distance call to Oslo. I read some stories, while they scrolled over the screen. All was captured to a file on my hard disk for later study. The size...
1. Chapter 1: Going online will make me rich, right?The number of services is enormous. It takes time to find the truly interesting stuff. - Knowledge is power. - A large personal network gives you a punch. - The value of informa...
15. Chapter 11: Getting an edge over your competitorThis chapter starts with how to use the networks to manage projects. Next, it treats how to monitor competitors, prospects, suppliers, markets, technologies, and trends. It wind...
14. Chapter 7. If your name is Jens Jensen, and you want to subscribeWhen your subscription has been registered, you will receive a confirmation. From this date, all messages sent to the list will be forwarded to your mailbox. (Send "SIGNOFF SOVN...
20. Chapter 14: Keep what you findThis chapter starts with how to build a personal data base on your own hard disk. We continue by investigating strategies for finding interesting information on your disk, befor...
24. Chapter 9 for more information. Single-user (individual) pricesCompuServe ---------- has about 1.3 million users (August 93) all over the world, over 1,500 databases, 200 forums, 500 newspapers, online shopping from more than 100 shops and...
21. Chapter 15: You pay little for a lot!Calculating costs ----------------- Those living in Norway may read up to twenty-six pages of news from Associated Press in the United States and Financial Times (England) for U...
10. Chapter 8: Free expert assistanceThis may sound too good to be true. Many computer experts are ready to help YOU without asking a dollar in return. The same is the case with experts in other areas. You have an...
11. Chapter 9: Your electronic daily newsSure, you read newspapers, watch TV, and listen to radio. But did you know how limited their stories are? Traditional news media just give you a small part of the news. Their ed...
17. Chapter 12: Practical tips- Quick transfers with a minimum of errors - Rescuing lost files - Copyright and other legal matters - Unwritten laws about personal conduct - Privacy - Fax services weigh less...
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