[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #509

MikesWhatsNews, 6, 06, 2002
in today's issue #509
Local Access: IT Takes a Village
GoToMyPC
Personal firewalls Support Comparison
Weird Sunset
Rumors And Misinformation Exposed
Carrot Juice for Internet Explorer
Clixpert 2002
BigMosaic 3.0
Tina's FrontPage Tips
CCC      Driver's License on the Internet 
        OE6 View Headers Preview
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Local Access: IT Takes a Village ~ by Manny Frishberg   
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52690,00.html
SEATTLE -- Wearing a traditional feathered headdress and using a
Power Point presentation, a leader of the Ashaninka Indian tribe
from central Peru described how his village created a presence on
the Internet. 
Mino, also known by his Spanish name Eusebio Castro, described the
situation faced by the indigenous people living in the Perene
River Valley at the mouth of the Amazon jungle. More than 50
Indian villages exist in isolated patches throughout the valley,
removed from one another and from the coastal cities where
political and economic power are centralized. 
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From; Wired News 
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GoToMyPC  ~ Free Download 
https://www.gotomypc.com/s/ExpertLiveOffer

"GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access and control
your computer from any Web browser, anywhere.

TELEWORK: Use your office computer from home, easily and securely,
with just an Internet connection.

TRAVEL: Access and use your computer from hotels, airports,
satellite offices, Internet cafes =96 anywhere with Web access.

LAST-MINUTE ACCESS: Get that file or email you left at the office
from anywhere, anytime.

See why GoToMyPC is revolutionizing the way people work remotely:
Register and download it now.

Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed: Pay nothing for this risk-free,
full-functioning trial."

***MfM*** (fine print<g> Your risk-free trial includes remote
access to 1 computer and will expire after 60 minutes
of connection time or 30 days, whichever comes first. Available
for Windows users only.)

Recomended by; Linda ~ Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers
Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/main.htm
Author/Teacher ~ MS Office EBooks/Classes
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/services.htm

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Personal firewalls Support Comparison
http://www.pcflank.com/art25.htm

We have already discussed the essential features of today's
personal 
firewalls. If a firewall protects against all leak tests, makes
your 
user's computer invisible to others on the Internet and provides 
several privacy features this firewall is worth using. But there
is yet
another factor all users should consider when choosing a firewall 
as well as any other software. 
This factor is a product Support level. 

So PC Flank decided to compare how prompt support answers 
are and how well support specialists solve users problems. 

We have registered several email accounts at free mail servers to 
spoof the real source and then tried to get an answer on the 
following question: 

"Hello, after I installed your firewall my web-browser cannot 
connect  to web-sites. 
But when I exit the firewall my browser is able to connect. 
What settings should I change to solve the problems?" 
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From; PC Flank  http://www.pcflank.com/index.htm
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Weird Sunset
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/03jun_sunset.htm
At sundown, on Monday, 10.Jun.2002, much of the US and North 
America will be able to view a partial eclipse of the sun. 
This page from NASA provides some details, including specifics 
for different cities.

Submitted by; Pam
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RUMORS AND MISINFORMATION EXPOSED
http://lockdowncorp.com/mis-information/
FIREWALLS 

There are no exact technical terms compiled into a list of rules
for what 
is and what is not a firewall at this time. New technology and
words 
used on the Internet such as Stealth, Stealthed, Firewalll, Drone,
R.A.T,
 Key Logger, Tunneling and many others are not yet fully defined
in 
dictionary terms. The only thing that we can do, is to glean
information 
from The Free Online Dictionary Of Computing FOLDOC or use some 
other popular Dictionary Links such as: www.dictionary.com

Computer Science: 
"Any of a number of security schemes that prevent unauthorized 
users from gaining access to a computer network or that monitor 
transfers of information to and from the
network." 

Though some would like to make their own numbered list of criteria

that a firewall must have, there is no such list adopted by any
official 
principality at this time.

LockDown would not be considered a firewall, if you were to define
it 
as to mean that it would block port connections made to your
computer, 
or to keep users inside your network from going out to other
networks. 
Even though these types of firewalls and firewall programs have
their 
use, they also tend to give computer users a false sense of
security.
++ There is more on the web site.
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Carrot Juice for Internet Explorer
http://www.tucows.com/preview/209209.html
Freeware
Win95/98

Now browsing multiple Web sites at once is a cinch. A labeled tab
appears at the bottom of the main window for each new site you
open.  There is also a quick link to a local weather report and
"carrots," which are rather like
bookmarks.  The first quick launch icon is the included help
file. 
Thanks to; Christy
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Clixpert 2002
http://users.bigpond.com/graemebs/
the original expert system shell for Windows=AE (98, ME, NT, 2000,
XP
Clixpert 2002 provides the user with a powerful editing tool for
designing, 
implementing and consulting knowledge bases in any chosen topic. 
You can download a shareware installation of Clixpert free of
charge. 
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BigMosaic 3.0  free
http://www.lenagames.com/bm_start.htm
 Win95/98/ME/NT/2000,
BigMosaic is a logic game similar to jigsaw puzzles. 

The goal is to make up two mosaic pictures from rectangular
two-sided 
tiles. You can rotate tiles, turn them upside down and change over
any 
two tiles. 
You are able to assemble both pictures separately or mix their
tiles to make a task more difficult. 

To make it even more difficult, you can choose the mode when 
you see only the active tile and the tiles already solved. 
The tiles size and shape depend on your wish 
(number of tiles is up to 1600). 
The game can be saved. 

After registration, you will gain access to more than 90 puzzles 
made of professional photos or famous paintings. 
Also you will get the MosMake utility for making your own puzzles.
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Tina's FrontPage Tips, by Tina Clarke

Space Saver

When you create blocks or items of text (such as
bullet-points with the <LI> tag) and want a new font to
highlight your list, use only one <FONT> tag to style the
entire list. If you use separate <FONT> tags for each
bullet-point, many browsers will add unwanted space 
between the items.

AccessFP ~ FrontPage Resource Centre
Site ~  http://www.accessfp.net/
Ezine & Forums ~ http://anyfrontpage.com/  FREE FP E-Books
Journal ~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AccessFPJournal
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
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Driver's License on the Internet

http://www.license.shorturl.com/

Driver's License on the Internet - including your own! I just
searched for mine and there it  was...picture and all (of course
using the really bad Transportation Ministry issued picture!!) I
don't think this is a good idea at all! Do you? I think we should
maybe start up a petition or something protesting this.  
What do you think? Go to the website and check it out. 
It's unbelieveable!!! 
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possible 
viruses, however no virus scanner is 100% effective as
manufactures
cannot keep up with the rapid change of viruses that happens
daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
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