ENEWS.COM
Vladimir Vrabec
vrabec at cs.felk.cvut.cz
Sat Nov 27 12:36:51 CET 1993
Vazeni pratele,
P. Scott zaradil do sveho HYTELNETu "Electronic Newsstand", ktery
se prezentuje v Internetu ve forme gopherskeho clienta a servera. Prohledl
jsem si ho a myslim, ze stoji za navstevu. Proto pro informaci a nalakani
zajemcu uvadim text souboru specifikovaneho prvkem menu
"1. Introduction to the Electronic Newsstand.",
dale udaje o nove knize o Internetu, ktera je ohlasena v submenu prvku
"9. Special Projects -- (McGraw-Hill, Ventana Press)/".
Ze submenu "4. Best of the Newsstand/" poslu v naslednem prispevku velmi
zajimavou stat
"Overhearing the Internet.
VOICE OF AMERICA
By Robert Wright".
Zdravi
Vladimir Vrabec
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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1993 17:24:28 EST
Sender: "HYTELNET Updates Distribution." <HYTEL-L%KENTVM.bitnet at earn.cvut.cz>
From: Peter Scott <aa375%freenet.carleton.ca at earn.cvut.cz>
Subject: New File <FUL060> The Electronic Newsstand(tm)
.....
The Electronic Newsstand(tm)
TELNET ENEWS.COM or 192.215.1.51
login: enews
The Electronic Newsstand(tm)
1. Introduction to the Electronic Newsstand.
2. Notice of Copyright and General Disclaimer -- Please Read.
3. News of and about the Newsstand/
4. Best of the Newsstand/
5. Titles Arranged By Category/
6. All Titles Listed Alphabetically/
7. Arts & Entertainment - Selected Reviews/
8. Collected Book Reviews from Various Publishers/
9. Special Projects -- (McGraw-Hill, Ventana Press)/
10. Titles In Development -- Hardhats Required/
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This is Electronic Newsstand
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Electronic Newsstand was founded to provide the Internet community
with easy access to a wide range of interesting information provided by
U.S.magazine publishers and, in the future, publishers from around the
world.
Like traditional newsstands, Electronic Newsstand is a place where you
can browse through many publications and have your interest stimulated by a
wide range of subjects. Electronic Newsstand provides a window on the
world of politics, science, business, foreign affairs, the arts, travel,
food, sports, and other areas of interest covered by magazine publishers.
All of the publishers on Electronic Newsstand hope that each time you
browse the Newsstand, you find at least one piece of information or one
article that can help you at work, school, or in your daily life.
We aim to make the Newsstand as educational, enlightening and
enjoyable as possible and request your help to accomplish that goal.
Please send us your comments about the Newsstand and suggestions on
titles to add. Please send email to: COMMENTS at Enews.Com
Thank you very much for visiting Electronic Newsstand!
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Special Projects -- (McGraw-Hill, Ventana Press)
--> 1. McGraw-Hill Internet Resource Area/
2. Ventana Press Internet Resource Area/
+---------------+
McGraw-Hill Internet Resource Area
--> 1. The Internet Guide for New Users by Daniel Dern/
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The Internet Guide for New Users by Daniel Dern
1. About This Area - McGraw-Hill's "The Internet Guide for New Users".
2. Overview Information about The Book.
3. About The Author -- Daniel Dern.
--> 4. Table of Contents.
5. FORWARD by Cheryl Currid.
6. From the Author's Preface.
7. Special 20% Discount Available Only to Internauts!.
8. Excerpts from Various Chapters/
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Table of Contents -- The Internet Guide for New Users
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Forward, by Cheryl Currid
PREFACE:
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How to Use This Book
Terminology and Conventions
A Few Notes on How This Book Was Done
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Your comments, opinions and feedback
PART 1: Ramping Up, Getting Started
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Chapter 1: Internet History & Technology: A Brief Introduction
Meet the Internet -- A Little Net History
Networking For Success
The Internet Today
Conclusion: The ARPAnet Legacy, The Internet Promise
Chapter 2: The Internet on a Dollar A Day: How to Get a User
Account and Plug In
So You Want To Join the Internet: What You Need, Who To Call,
Where to Start
Terminal/Shell End-User Accounts--The Easy-to-do, Inexpensive
Way to Start
Networking-Style Connections to the Internet: TCP/IP, and PPP/SLIP
for Dial-Up
Internet Access Lists and Tips
Chapter 3: Internet Naming and Addressing
Is This More Information About Naming Than You Really Need?
Names Are Important
Internet Names must be Unique
Addresses: They're Important, Too
Is Something a Name or an Address?
Uniqueness in Addresses
Internet Names and Address: Domain Names and IP Addresses
*Your* Internet Name, Address and Other Essential Information
Summary andConclusion
Chapter 4: Enough Unix to Survive as an Internet User
Why You (Should) Care About Unix
Basic Unix Concepts
Using Unix
A Dozen Useful Unix Commands
Getting On-Line Help: Man Pages and Other Facilities
Ten (or So) Common Mistakes That Unix Users Make
Programming In Unix: Shellscripts
PART 2: Electronic Mail, Usenet, Remote Login, and File Transfer
-- The Four Basic Internet Food Groups
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General Things to Know About Internet Tools: Interoperability,
clients and servers
Chapter 5: Electronic Mail--How to Exchange Messages With Other
Internet Users, And Other Exciting Things You Can Do
Electronic Mail: What It's All About
How E-Mail Works
A Few Other Thoughts Regarding E-Mail
Using Your E-Mail Program(s)
Creating And Sending Messages: New, Replies, Forwarding
How to Determine E-Mail Addresses
Other Useful Things to Know About and Do With E-Mail
Chapter 6: Usenet: The "Bulletin Board of the Internet"
What is Usenet [Some definitions of what it is and isn't]
The Many Ways to Participate In Usenet
The Origins of Usenet
Basic Concepts of Usenet and BBSs
How Usenet Works, at the Cosmic Level
What Usenet Newsgroups are There?
Using Usenet
What You'll Want to Learn To Do As a Usenet User
Required, Recommended, and Suggested Usenet Groups to Follow
Rules from a Usenet Site: The Ways of the World
Tips, Advice and Suggestions for New Usenet Users
Basic Usenet vocabulary
For more information about Usenet, Usenet software, etc:
Chapter 7: Remote-Login with Telnet
Astral Projection for Computers
Remote Login: Getting There From Here
To Connect, Emulate a Terminal
What Remote Login Lets You Do
telnet: Remote Login for TCP/IP Users on the Internet
Using telnet
Essential telnet Commands to Know
Popular Uses for Telnet
Netiquette for Using Remote-Login (telnet)
Summary
Chapter 8: Transferring Files with FTP
Introduction: Why Transfer/Share Files
The Importance of File Transfer
What Is File Transfer?
Why Use File Transfer?
File Transfer Programs and Protocols
What is FTP?
Starting Up an FTP Session
Basic FTP Commands You Should Know
Aborting a File Transfer
FTP Gotcha's and Tips
File Tranfer Netiquette
Getting Help, Resources and For More Information
PART 3: Navigating the Internet
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Chapter 9: The Internet Dashboard: Navigating the Internet Rapids
Tools for Internet Users: What's What
Using Internet Navigators: A Generic Overview
Accessing Internet Navigators
Internet Navigation Tool Netiquette
To Learn More About and Try Internet Tools
Chapter 10: Gopher, archie, WAIS and Others: Meet the Navigators
Gopher: Living on Burrowed Time
TechInfo: The MIT CWIS For Its Public Information
WorldWideWeb: A Hypertext View of the Internet
Other Front Ends, Navigators CWISs/WWISs, etc:
Resource Discovery and Indexing: Finding Files, Resources, Services,
People and Other Things on the Internet
Indexing the Internet: Go Ask archie
WAIS: Finding Information Needles In Network Haystacks
A Few Closing Thoughts On Navigating the Internet
PART 4: Help, Problems, Security and Other Aspects of Being an
Internet Citizen
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Chapter 11: Being An Internet Citizen
Rules For Being a "Good Internet Citizen"
Appropriate Usage, or Hey, You Can't or Can Do That on the Internet
Hackers, Crackers, Snoops and Spies - Internet Security: Why You
Care and What You Can Do
Netiquette
Cost -- Who Pays for What on the Internet
Chapter 12: Help!
Internet Help--Like the Internet, It's Abundant But Not
Always Organized
On-Line Internet Help
"Tours" and Other Hypertext Help Information
Organizations and People Who Know About the Internet and
Answer Questions
Other Internet Groups and Resources
Guidelines & Suggestions When Calling for Help
Problems -- and Solutions: When Bad Things Happen To Good Networks
PART 5: Commercial Services, Archives, Communities & Miscellany
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Chapter 13: Communities of Interest: A Look at Who's Using the Internet
Research by Network: Reaching for Information
Educational Networking: From Kindergarten through College, and
Community, Too
Libraries: Catalogs and Contents Go On-Line
Business, Government Stuff, Free-Nets, and Just Plain End Users
Chapter 14: Commercial and Other Information Services on the Internet:
Databases, Libraries and Other Info-mongers
Background on On-Line Information Services
Accessing On-Line Services: The Internet Way
Sample Information Services Available the Internet
Things to Think About: Service and Reachability
Chapter 15: Anonymous-FTP and other Archives on the Internet:
Gigabytes for the Taking
What's An Archive Site?
Archive Sites and Files -- Lots and Lots of Them!
OK, So What's In Internet Archives?
Who Uses Archives?
Accessing the Archives: By File transfer, E-mail, and More
Before You Install or Use Retrieved Software!
Chapter 16: Electronic Mailing Lists: How to Join, Read, and
Participate In Them
E-Mail Lists: Groups of Interested Parties
The Internet's Got Lots of Mailing Lists
How Mailing Lists Work: Unmoderated, Moderated, Digest
E-Mail Distribution Methods for Efficient Use of Network and Computer
Resources
Using Mailing Lists: Finding, Joining, Contributing To, Learning About
Chapter 17: BITNET: Another Network Worth Knowing About
BITNET: Origins and Today
Addressing E-Mail to BITNET
BITNET LISTSERV E-Mail Discussion Lists
Using LISTSERV
Chapter 18: And Away You Go!--Tips, Toys, and Suggestions
nslookup, ping and other Useful Tools
Conversational Facilities: talk, and the Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Multi-User Games -- Go, Chess, MUDs and More
Other Interesting UNIX facilities
Other Miscellaneous Internet Services
Lists of Resources and Services
Where You Can Go From Here -- Some Final Comments from the Author
APPENDIXES
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Appendix A: Third-Party TCP/IP Software for Your Computer
(DOS and Windows Systems, Apple Macintosh, Amigas)
Appendix B: Common Editors on Unix Systems and How to Exit Them
ed, emacs, ex, vi
Mail default dumb text-entry editor
Other things to try
Appendix C: InterNIC Access Information
Appendix D: Free! A Simple Internet Front-End Unix ShellScript
Appendix E: Internet-Related Organizations Worth Knowing About
Bibliography
Glossary: Some Words, Phrases, Abbreviations/Acronyms,
Smiley-faces and Emoticons You May Run Into
COUPONS
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608 pages. Forward by Cheryl Currid; illustrated by Hannah M.G. Shapero.
Includes coupons for Internet accounts, services and products.
Paperback $27.95 (ISBN 0-07-016511-4) Hardcover $40.00 (ISBN 0-07-016510-6)
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