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 ____________________________________________________________ NOTE: Any time you see the " ++ ", it means there is more of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike ____________________________________________________________ There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word or issue #. Here is the address direct to the messages; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MikesWhatsNews/messages ____________________________________________________________ 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. ++ From; Wired News ____________________________________________________________ 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 ____________________________________________________________ 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?" ++ From; PC Flank http://www.pcflank.com/index.htm ____________________________________________________________ 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 ____________________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________ 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 ____________________________________________________________ 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. ++ ____________________________________________________________ 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. ++ ____________________________________________________________ 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 ____________________________________________________________ Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy; <1stPicksoftware-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dsubscribe> 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!!! ~~~~~~~ OE6 View headers preview If you are using OE 6 for your email right click a message. Choose: Properties> Details> Message Source. 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