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Techno Page - By Harendra Alwis Internet through
email? But if you
think that sounds limiting, read on. You can access almost any Internet
resource using e-mail. Maybe you've heard of FTP, Gopher, Jughead,
Usenet, Finger, Whois, Nslookup, Traceroute, and the World-Wide
Web but thought they were out of your reach because you don't have
a direct connection. Not so! You
can use simple e-mail commands to do all of this and much more on
the Internet. And even if you do have full Internet access, using
e-mail services can save you time and money. If you can send a note
to an Internet address, you're in the game. A Short Aside...
"What is the Internet?" If you're the
type that wants to skip the preliminaries and just dig in, I'm not
going to bore you with details. Instead, I'll just offer up my condensed
definition of the Internet, and encourage you to find out more as
you gain skill at using the tools described. Internet (noun)
- A world-wide collection of computer networks, connecting government,
military, educational and commercial institutions, as well as private
citizens to a wide range of computer services, resources, data and
information. A set of network conventions and common tools are employed
to give the appearance of a single large network, even though the
computers that are linked together use many different hardware and
software platforms. FTP BY EMAIL When visiting
an FTP site using a "live" internet connection, one would
specify the name of the site, login with a user-ID & password,
navigate to the desired directory and select one or more files to
be transferred back to their local system. Using FTP by
e-mail is very similar, except that the desired site is reached
through a special "ftpmail server" which logs in to the
remote site and returns the requested files to you in response to
a set of commands in an e-mail message. Using FTP by
e-mail can be nice even for those with full Internet access, because
some popular FTP sites are heavily loaded and interactive response
can be very sluggish. So it makes sense not to waste time and connect
charges in these cases. To use FTP
by e-mail, you first need a list of FTP "sites" which
are the addresses of the remote computer systems that allow you
to retrieve files anonymously (without having a user-ID and password
on that system). There are some
popular sites listed later in this guide, but you can get a comprehensive
list of hundreds of anonymous FTP sites by sending an e-mail message
to the internet address: mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu Another file
you might want to get is "FTP Frequently Asked Questions"
which contains lots more info on using FTP services, so add this
line to your note as well: Site : ftp.cs.wisc.edu The
Game Boy The new device
bears an attractive brushed metal finish and is bristling with buttons
thanks to the requirements of functioning as a mobile phone. It
will be introduced in February 2003, and games for it will be distributed
on solid state memory cards. As one might
expect, a key selling point for the N-Gage will be online and multiplayer
functionality thanks to its mobile phone functionality. The system
will also carry a Bluetooth chip, enabling wireless multiplayer
gaming over short distances, and Nokia is talking up the possibilities
of gaming over the mobile phone networks. Software support
for N-Gage remains a concern, although Sega has already signed on
to create games for the device, and if Nokia gets the publishing
revenue models on the system right, it may well win widespread support
from publishers concerned by the tight margins on the GBA. |
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