Original Sender : "DasaMan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Win Letter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dimas Sasongko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 7:52 AM Subject: Mike Elgan's Win Letter 27 - Friday, January 15,1999 > >Mike Elgan's Win Letter 27 > >'Official Rag of the 2012 Palo Alto Olympic Games' > >Friday, January 15, 1999 > >Forward to a friend! > >Subscribe or (gasp!) unsubscribe: >http://winmag.com/elgan/winletter/ > > >Welcome to another exciting edition of the >Windows Win Letter, where each week you'll learn >amazing new facts or your money back. I scan the >globe to bring you a constant variety of juicy tidbits, >incredible happenings and shamelessly self- >promotional drivel. > >I'd like to thank the many readers who have sent >e-mail over past few weeks about how much you >like the Win Letter. A few of you noticed, for >example, that all my rumors have turned out to be >true. Others have pointed out that many of the >reports here are unique and unavailable in other >media. Still others expressed gratitude for how >short each Win Letter item is. Thanks for noticing! >And keep those messages coming. : ) > >I'd also like to ask you for suggestions on how I >might make America's Favorite Newsletter even >better ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Thank you and on with >the show! > > >INDUSTRY DIRT >The Mac Faithful are apparently so afraid of >Windows NT that organizers of the MacWorld >Expo last week prohibited Intergraph Computer >Systems from showing NT computers at their >MacWorld booth. Meanwhile, show organizers >welcomed demonstrations of a new version of Linux >for the PowerPC by LinuxPPC. > > > * * * * * >COMMENTARY >The Web revolution is only five years old, yet >already the Internet is littered with gigabytes of >cyberspace junk, old and dated pages long forgotten >but still (unfortunately) available to the public. >Called the "ghost site" phenomenon, it's >simultaneously a headache, liability and source >of embarrassment. Click here for a hilarious sampling >and the question companies are increasingly asking >themselves: What to do?: >http://bbs.winmag.com/columns/archives/011099/friday/column.asp > > * * * * * > > >COMPUTER CULTURE >Once again the mainstream, traditional media have >been fooled by an Internet hoax. Here's what >happened. In August, 1997, the humor site "Top 5" >posted hilarious faux Chinese translations of >American movie titles. In April of 1998, a Top 5 >visitor attached the fake list to a real Wall Street >Journal article and sent it around the net. In December >of 1998, the New York Times picked it up off the >Web and published some of the fake translations as >real ones. And on January 5th (ten days ago) ABC >News anchor Peter Jennings read one of the bogus >translations on TV, believing it was real. The >translation? The movie "Babe" was translated as >"The Happy Dumpling-to-be Who Talks and Solves >Agricultural Problems." The Times reported a >dozen or so false translations including this gem: >"Occasionally, the Chinese seem to find unintended >meanings in American movies. 'Interview With the >Vampire,' for instance, became, 'So, You Are a >Lawyer.'" >http://www.topfive.com/html/body_rantorama.htm > > >Y2K COUNTDOWN >As if possible widespread power outages, panic, >looting and plane crashes weren't enough, >Hollywood is dishing out two more reasons to dread >the coming Y2K meltdown: Chris O'Donnell will >star in a Warner Brothers movie entitled "Y2K." >Sean Connery will play the leading role in a Fox >movie called "Entrapment" in which the world's >networked computers go dark on January 1, 2000. > > >Y2K COUNTDOWN 2 >In an attempt to quiet the inevitable panic over the >coming millenium crisis (and the two movies >mentioned above), the U.S. government has created >both a toll-free hotline and web site. >1-888-USA-4-Y2K >www.y2k.gov > > >CYBORGS 'R' US >Researchers at the University of Alabama at >Birmingham and the University of Tubingen in >Germany have successfully taught paralyzed >people to type messages with only their thoughts. >Researchers taped two small electrodes on the >scalps of subjects, enabling computers to detect >signals emanating from inside their brains. After >some training, subjects were able to move an on- >screen cursor to select letters and punctuation marks. >It took patients an average of 80 seconds per letter. >Although that's pretty slow, it does prove that it's >possible to control a computer with brain waves >alone. Combine that with a more advanced version >of this technology and wireless networking ten >years from now, and you can imagine a new >communications medium: Computer Aided >Telepathy (CAT). I predict Bill Gates will >eventually built CAT technology into future >versions of Windows CE. What do you think? >(Never mind---I'll know soon enough...) > > >WINDOWS, WINDOWS EVERYWHERE >Everyone's getting into the Windows act. Even die- >hard Microsoft competitor Silicon Graphics finally >knuckled under and started shipping NT workstations. >http://www.sgi.com/visual/launch/compatibility.html > > >STRANGE BUT TRUE >There's a hideous new threat to the American way of >life, according to the National Security Agency: >The Furby. The NSA has banned all Furbies from >its headquarters because the toys can record and >play back sounds. >http://www.furby.com >http://www.nsa.gov > > >MICROSOFT UPDATE >Microsoft is adding a mapping software component >to Office2000 called Microsoft MapPoint. The >software will enable users to build graphical >geographical data into spreadsheets, presentations >and word-processing documents. >http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/ > > >'HAVE I GOT MAIL?' >Speech software company Dragon Systems and >America Online are teaming up to enable AOL users >to navigate the online service with voice commands. >Hopefully we'll be able to tell those pop-up ads >where to go... >http://www.dragonsys.com/frameset/currentnews.html > > >THE CONNECTIVITY CONNECTION >Hilton Hotels announced Wednesday that the chain >will install 10Mbps high-speed Internet access in all >its North American hotels by the end of 1999. The >technology is called OverVoice by CAIS Internet, >and enables hotel guests to use a single line for both >voice and Internet access. You'll need an Ethernet >card in your laptop to take advantage of it. >http://www.cais.com/cais/news_press_99-01-13.htm >http://www.overvoice.com > > >YOUR MICROSOFT DOLLARS AT WORK >Celebrated journalist James Fallows, former Atlantic >Monthly contributor, editor of U.S. News and World >Report and author of the book, "Breaking the News: >How the Media Undermine American Democracy," >now works at Microsoft. His new job is to help make >future versions of Microsoft Word easier to use for >other professional writers. > > >UNSUBSTANTIATED RUMOR >The Chinese government has a novel solution for >motivating the Chinese airline industry to prevent >Y2K-related airplane accidents: They're ordering all >Chinese airline executives to fly on January 1, 2000. > > >THE RECYCLE BIN >Speaking of the Middle Kingdom, there's a weird >new Trojan Horse virus loose on the net. It collects >data on your PC and sends it to China. I know, I >know. It sounds like one of those urban legends. >But this one is true. The file is called PICTURE.EXE >and is sent as an e-mail attachment. When launched, >the program creates two more executables--- >NOTE.EXE and MANAGER.EXE---and places >them into your WINDOWS folder. It also adds the >line "run=note.exe" to your WIN.INI file. NOTE.EXE >then creates a list of all text and HTML files on your >computer, including every e-mail address it can find, >and sends them to seven e-mail addresses in China >and one HotMail account in a DAT file. The program >also scans your AOL user information, including >usernames and passwords. NOTE.EXE then creates >another DAT file, though it doesn't seem to send >that file anywhere. > > >UNDOCUMENTED TIP >I mentioned in a previous tip that you can use the >disk assembly numbers on a Microsoft-product CD >to order a new one if the original becomes lost or >stolen. I reported that you must, however, be able to >show a photocopy of the back of the CD case to get >the replacement. Win Letter reader Donald Kemp >asked me, "how do you go about getting a >replacement? Do you call them, and, if so, what is >the number?" Good question, Donald. The number >is: (800) 360-7561. > > >USEFUL WEB SITE O' THE WEEK >Ask Jeeves the Butler anything you like, and he'll >lead you to an answer on the web. *Anything!* >http://www.ask.com/ > > >COOL TRIVIA UPDATE >After announcing last week's trivia answer, reader >David M. Gondek pointed out that I had asked for >the first known reference to "Microsoft," not >"Micro-Soft." He also pointed me to a Microsoft >"Timeline" web site that shows Microsoft >trademarked the name "Microsoft" on November >26, 1976, and that the trademark application claims >the name has been in continuous use since November >12, 1975. I therefore stand corrected. Thanks, David! >http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/museum/timelines/intro.asp > > >LAST WEEK'S COOL TRIVIA WINNER >A hardy Win Letter congratulations to Gary Sobering >for being first to tell me Bill Gates' "Open Letter To >Hobbyists" was originally published in the MITS >"Computer Notes" newsletter. MITS is the company >that made the first personal computer, the Altair 8080. > > >THIS WEEK'S COOL TRIVIA QUESTION >What was the first spreadsheet called? Send your >answer to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]; please type the >words "COOL TRIVIA" in the subject line. > > >That's it for this week, folks. Have a great weekend >and (in the U.S.) a wonderful Martin Luther King holiday! > > >Mike Elgan >http://elgan.com > > > >Send *YOUR* Win Letter gossip, news, events, >sites, rumors, facts, trivia and product info to me at >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; please type "4WINLETTER" >(no quote marks and no spaces) in the subject line. > > > > >--------------------------------- >About the Win Letter >The Windows Magazine Win Letter is designed to be >different. Rather than a marketing vehicle to promote >content on the Windows Magazine web site, the >Win Letter is designed to give you complete but >concise information and opinion unavailable >elsewhere. I add links, but only to original source >material. In other words, if I talk about something you >can see for yourself on the web, I'll add a link to that >"something." 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