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- MAP-EXTRA: POP QUIZ #2 ANSWERS
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- 1. There are literally THOUSANDS of files available through FTP
- that have the .TXT file extension. Tell me the exact location
- of just one of these files (hint: see MAP17).
-
- ANSWER: There were three ways you could have found the
- answer:
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- 1. Doing an Archie search with the keyword "txt"
- 2. Doing a Veronica search with the keyword "txt"
- 3. Accesing a random ftp site and looking around for
- a "txt" file
-
- I hope you chose the first option :) BTW, I did not list
- the answer because there are THOUSANDS of correct answers.
-
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- 2. Rick Gates has a monthly competition called "The Internet Hunt."
- The Hunt asks ten of the most contrived questions you have ever
- seen, and the Hunt's participants have to find the answers using
- nothing but the Internet (and they also have to show where they
- found the answers).
-
- Come to think of it, the Internet Hunt is a lot like this pop
- quiz ... hmmmm ....
-
- I have heard that Rick places the Hunt results on the CICNET Gopher
- server (gopher.cic.net) in Michigan (U.S.)
-
- I am interested in the Hunt results. In particular, I am interested
- in May, 1994 results.
-
- Who won the May 1994 Internet Hunt in the individual category? :)
- (Note: you may want to bookmark the main Internet Hunt menu --
- it is a WONDERFUL Internet training resource).
-
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- ANSWER: the winner was some squirrel at the University of
- Alabama named Patrick Crispen :)
-
- Shameless self-promotion, but I thought it was a neat way
- to introduce you to the Hunt.
-
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- 3. I just tried a Veronica search and I got an "Empty Menu" error
- for a file that I *KNOW* exists. I should call my local Internet
- service provider and complain, right? Explain your answer :)
-
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- ANSWER: NO! Your local Internet service provider is only
- responsible for the LOCAL part of your service. If
- you are having a problem accessing a distant file,
- there is a really good chance that the problem is
- at the distant site.
-
- Your provider has no control over distant sites, so
- calling them will not help you at all. Your best bet
- is to try your search later.
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- 4. I want to subscribe to a LISTSERV list. The list's address is
- NAVIGATE@UBVM
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- Tell me what I need to do.
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- ANSWER: Send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UBVM.BITNET
- which says SUBSCRIBE NAVIGATE <YOUR NAME>
-
- If the Bitnet address does not work, you can
- take the address
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- LISTSERV@NODE
-
- or
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- LISTSERV@NODE.BITNET
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- and change it to
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- LISTSERV%NODE@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
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- BONUS: What *IS* Clifford Stoll's next book going to be about?
- (One of the questions above gives you enough information to find
- the answer).
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- ANSWER: Astronomy.
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- The answer can be found in the May 1994 Internet Hunt results.
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- PATRICK DOUGLAS CRISPEN THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS LETTER DO NOT
- PCRISPE1@UA1VM.UA.EDU NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE
- THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - TUSCALOOSA
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- ROADMAP: COPYRIGHT PATRICK CRISPEN 1994. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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