Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Computers & Technology
Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet
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English
ISBN
804-411-1115
Chapter 1: SETTING UP AND JACKING IN
1.1 READY, SET …
1.2 GO!
1.3 PUBLIC-ACCESS INTERNET PROVIDERS
FLORIDA
NORTH CAROLINA
1.4 IF YOUR TOWN HAS NO DIRECT ACCESS
1.5 NET ORIGINS
1.6 HOW IT WORKS
1.7 WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
1.8 FYI
Chapter 2: E-MAIL
2.1 THE BASICS
2.2 ELM — A BETTER WAY
2.3 PINE — AN EVEN BETTER WAY
2.4 SMILEYS
2.5 SENDING E-MAIL TO OTHER NETWORKS
2.6 SEVEN UNIX COMMANDS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT:
2.7 WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
Chapter 3: USENET I
3.1 THE GLOBAL WATERING HOLE
3.6 ESSENTIAL NEWSGROUPS
3.7 SPEAKING UP
3.8 CROSS-POSTING
Chapter 4: USENET II
4.1 FLAME, BLATHER AND SPEW
4.2 KILLFILES, THE CURE FOR WHAT AILS YOU
4.3 SOME USENET HINTS
4.4 THE BRAIN-TUMOR BOY, THE MODEM TAX AND THE CHAIN LETTER
4.5 BIG SIG
4.6 THE FIRST AMENDMENT AS LOCAL ORDINANCE
4.7 USENET HISTORY
4.8 WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
4.9 FYI
Chapter 5: MAILING LISTS AND BITNET
5.1 INTERNET MAILING LISTS
5.2 BITNET
Chapter 6: TELNET
6.1 MINING THE NET
6.2 LIBRARY CATALOGS
THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY UNION CATALOG
6.3 SOME INTERESTING TELNET SITES
AGRICULTURE
AIDS
AMATEUR RADIO:
ANIMALS
CALCULATORS
READY FOR NEW COMMAND:
6.4 TELNET BULLETIN-BOARD SYSTEMS
6.5 PUTTING THE FINGER ON SOMEONE
6.6 FINDING SOMEONE ON THE NET
6.7 WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
6.8 FYI
Chapter 7: FTP
7.1 TONS OF FILES
7.2 YOUR FRIEND ARCHIE
7.3 GETTING THE FILES
7.4 ODD LETTERS — DECODING FILE ENDINGS
7.5 THE KEYBOARD CABAL
7.6 SOME INTERESTING FTP SITES
7.8 PROJECT GUTENBERG — ELECTRONIC BOOKS
7.9 WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
7.10 FYI
Chapter 8: GOPHERS, WAISs AND THE WORLD-WIDE WEB
8.1. GOPHERS
8.2 BURROWING DEEPER
8.3. GOPHER COMMANDS
AGRICULTURE
8.5. WIDE-AREA INFORMATION SERVERS
8.6 THE WORLD-WIDE WEB
8.7. CLIENTS, OR HOW TO SNARE MORE ON THE WEB
8.8. WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
8.9 FYI
Chapter 9: ADVANCED E-MAIL
9.1 THE FILE'S IN THE MAIL
9.2 RECEIVING FILES
9.3 FILES TO NON-INTERNET SITES
9.4 GETTING FTP FILES VIA E-MAIL
9.5 THE ALL KNOWING ORACLE
Chapter 10: NEWS OF THE WORLD
10.2 REUTERS
10.3 USA TODAY
10.4 THE WORLD TODAY, FROM BELARUS TO BRAZIL
10.5 E-MAILING NEWS ORGANIZATIONS
10.6 FYI
Chapter 9: ADVANCED E-MAIL
9.1 THE FILE'S IN THE MAIL
9.2 RECEIVING FILES
9.3 SENDING FILES TO NON-INTERNET SITES
9.4 GETTING FTP FILES VIA E-MAIL
9.5 THE ALL KNOWING ORACLE
Chapter 10: NEWS OF THE WORLD
10.2 REUTERS
10.3 USA TODAY
10.6 E-MAILING NEWS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 11: IRC, MUDs AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MORE FUN THAN THEY SOUND
11.1 TALK
11.2 INTERNET RELAY CHAT
11.3 IRC COMMANDS
11.4 IRC IN TIMES OF CRISIS
11.6 GO, GO, GO (AND CHESS, TOO)!
11.7 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
11.8 FYI
Chapter 12: EDUCATION AND THE NET
12.1 THE NET IN THE CLASSROOM
12.3 USENET AND BITNET IN THE CLASSROOM
CHAPTER 13: Business on the Net
13.1 SETTING UP SHOP
13.2 FYI
Chapter 14: CONCLUSION — THE END?
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