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Mainstream Magazine shows off its internet savvy.
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Jul 27 07:23 UTC 1994 |
A year ago you never could have convinced me that by now internet activities
would be covered in this kind of detail by a mainstream mnagazine like
Newsweek. Nevertheless the following is copied verbatim from the Aug 1 issue.
ALL DISNEY ALL THE TIME
Delighted by Simba's advent? Worried about Michael Eisner's health?
Ready toorole-play as a 'toon> You're not alone. In rec.arts.disney, a very
popular usenet newsgroup, there are more than 200 threads waiting for you to
pull. Lurkers can head straight for the FDC (Future Disney Cabinet)
postings, This role-playing exchange can be charming-imagine Tinker Bell
talking back to a studio exec, or the cast members of "The Lion King" acting
out their roles - but recently a few characters took over a branch of MIT's
Wacko MUD, or multi-user-dungeon, and were reprimanded by the school.
For a look, telnet to redbranch.mit.edu 6003. Once inside, check out
Never-Land and Palace Atlantica from "The Little Mermaid".
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I wonder how many Newsweek readers didn't understand that?
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robh
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response 1 of 3:
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Jul 27 10:32 UTC 1994 |
What better is that the article didn't slam the Internet in some
way or another. If I see one more article about how Canter and
Siegel are the nicest people in the world and are being
"misunderstood" by the evil computer users because of a "clash
of cultures", I'm gonna puke.
Anybody else see the article in Time last week? I actually
liked it, and I can't stand news-weeklies in general.
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rcurl
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response 3 of 3:
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Aug 29 15:34 UTC 1994 |
More articles are appearing about the Internet and, in particular,
the implementations for WWW. Here are two more:
_Exploring the Internet - Part 1_ by Steve Ford, WB8IMY, QST, Sept. 1994,
pp 43-45. Subtitled, "Welcome to Cyberspace". An introductory overview
of what the Internet is, how it works, and its relation to amateur radio
packet TCP/IP. Future articles will also be elementary introductions to
accessing ARRL services, ftp, gopher, etc.
_The World Wide Web_, by Brian Hayes, American Scientist, Sept-Oct 1994,
pp 416-420. A general description of the Web, but written for an audience
of scientists, so it dips a little into http, html, href, urls, etc. A
few URLs to explore are described (including coke machines).
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