Scout Report: Week ending July 15, 1994
Highlights in this week's Report:
- Comet's collision with Jupiter earns a homepage at NASA JPL.
- National Performance Review Electronic Information Center
- PBS on the Net
- Top Ten Reasons Why White House Staff Like the Internet
- The lowdown on Woodstock '94, from ex VJ
World Wide Web:
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Academia Sinica, founded on June 9, 1928, as the highest academic
institution in Taiwan, Republic of China, provides information both in
English and in Chinese (Big-5). The purpose of the server is to introduce
the Academia Sinica and to serve as the Academy Information System.
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Arizona State University, Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Research
Center, contains information about the various labs and projects at the
Research Center. This server also describes the Electronic Commerce
Network (ECNet) being setup in the Phoenix Metro area in Arizona.
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Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter, from July 16 through July
22. The comet's collision with Jupiter will be the first collision of
two solar system bodies to be observed. Homepage at NASA includes the
parts of the world with the best view, and times. Extensive information,
with news added daily.
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Cray Research's new Web server includes product info, company
announcements, contact info and more. Also a page dedicated to
CraySoft, a company initiative to oversee development and of the
company's software for other firms' systems.
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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University WWW servers support the needs of
students and professionals in aviation, aerospace, engineering and
related fields. Check out their page of
thumbnail aircraft pictures
showing a few of the Embry-Riddle fleet over this century, each ready for
a click and a download of a high-quality JPEG version.
- Indiana University Honors Division has unveiled the
Labyrinth Electronic Publishing Project,
including collections of poetry from IU faculty and
students, and Labyrinth Galleries: Collections of visual art.
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The _NSF Network News_, InterNIC Information Services' bimonthly
publication, is now available on the Web. The current issue features an
interview with the new Executive Director of the Internet Society, Tony
Rutkowski, as well as a full-length article about the new NSFNET
architecture, with a topology map; a Regional NIC Report from
NorthWestNet about health care providers and the Internet; a news brief
on current and pending National Information Infrastructure (NII)
legislation, with a table of current legislation and status; and regular
features of the _NSF Network News_ such as the InterNIC Event Calendar
and updates from InterNIC partners.
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National Performance Review, Electronic Information System,
Office of the Vice President of the United States.
email: almanac@ace.esusda.gov
send npr catalog
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"The Network Nation Revisited" is an analysis of the predictions made by
Hiltz and Turoff in _The Network Nation_, one of the seminal texts
(published in 1978) in the field of Computer Mediated Communications.
- "OTIS"
(Operative Term Is Stimulate) at it's most basic interpretation and
intention, is a place for image-makers and image-lovers to exchange
ideas, collaborate and, in a loose sense of the word, meet. OTIS is
collection of images and information accessible mainly via INTERNET that
is open for public perusal and participation. The quickest analogy drawn
is that OTIS is like an 'art gallery'".
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The Signal Processing Information Base (SPIB) is a project sponsored by
the Signal Processing Society and the National Science Foundation. SPIB
is a repository of data, papers, software, newsgroups, bibliographies,
and addresses of interest to the signal processing community, as well as
links to other relevant repositories.
- A "sensitive" map of
Switzerland is now available.
- Uganda,
Abayudaya Jews homepage.
Gopher/FTP:
National Information Infrastructure:
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Congress Watch: An Update on Current National Information
Infrastructure (NII) Legislation" gives an overview of United States
congressional legislation introduced in the past few years concerning the
NII. The article features a list of current legislation, including bill
name, number, sponsor, date introduced, a brief description, and current
status. It is part of the latest issue of the _NSF Network News_,
InterNIC Information Services' bimonthly publication.
- NIIbyCTV is an open, unmoderated discussion list regarding fair and
equitable access to the National Information Infrastructure (NII) via
Cable Television (CTV). A dedicated list for ongoing discussion of the
policy and technical issues involved, and especially the issues involved
in negotiation of cable television franchises in this new age. To join,
send mail to:
LISTSERV@MIAMIU on BITNET or LISTSERV@MIAMIU.MUOHIO.EDU on Internet:
SUB NIIbyCTV yourfirstname yourlastname
NetBytes
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TOP TEN REASONS WHY WHITE HOUSE STAFF LIKE THE INTERNET, as stated by Tom
Kalil, the David Letterman of the Clinton/Gore administration. Kalil gave
the closing keynote at INET'94/JENC5 in Prague on Friday, June 17, and
included this list in his talk about NII efforts in the United States.
Recorded by Carl Malumud in the
Internet Town Hall.
10: Surfing the Web is more fun than going to meetings.
9: Even reading old RFCs is more fun than going to meetings.
8: On the Internet, no one knows you're a bureaucrat.
7: It's how we get our daily marching orders from Vint Cerf, Tony
Rutkowski, and Dave Farber.
6: It's hard to write your X.400 address on a cocktail napkin.
5: We get all that great electronic fan mail on the Clipper Chip.
4: We have access to the Top Secret Air Force server with cool gifs of
UFOs and little green men.
3: We're still hoping to get on Carl Malamud's "Geek of the Week."
2: We love getting flamed by rabid libertarians on "com-priv."
1: We can send e-mail FROM president@whitehouse.gov
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The Global Network Navigator (GNN) Netizens, holds the
Internet's first directory of
personal home pages.
Weekend Scouting:
- Adam Curry (formerly but no longer with MTV, for those of you who haven't
been tracking such things) has a new net address, and has posted the
lowdown on Woodstock '94.
Adam Curry's Music Server
scout@is.internic.net
guide@is.internic.net