Re: [SaF] Meaning of these terms
I don't know about Uproar, but iWin is the site of a pretty fair search engine where you can by using their site earn points--in this case, chances in a drawing to win free merchandise. Does this sound familiar? The site you're referring to is Iwon.com. I think iWin is a cheap spammer idea to bait people who are in to that kind of thing. Ed
Re: [SaF] CD Drive Emulator
K. Bryan wrote: So it's like mass storage of, let's say - playable music - when you might not have access to a CD-ROM? OK.. and you can scan 20 or so CDs into the computer and play the CDs back after being saved to your hard drive? I went looking for just such an app myself a while ago. I have a certain application which I use very often, that requires its CD to run. I wanted to free up the drive so I could use it for other things. Well, long story short, I couldn't find a free version, so I just got another CD-ROM drive instead. Anyway, that's one reason why one might look for such a program. Ed
Re: [SaF] Motherboard and processor
Peace, I'm kinda new to motherboards myself. I had to replace my own last month and my head's still spinning. Here are some links that may help you: http://www.fica.com/main/main.stm http://www.pcguide.com/ref/mbsys/mobo/index.htm http://venus.spaceports.com/~canada/webhq/tables.htm http://www.ping.be/bios/numbersami.shtml Ed
Re: [SaF] Origin of the word humdinger
www.m-w.com: "probably alteration of hummer" http://www.indiaserver.com/thehindu/1999/06/29/stories/13290672.htm "This is a word that was used quite frequently by the experts during the World Cup matches." My fat dead-tree dictionary (not true seeknfind, I know): "From the fact that a missile hums through the air and dings when it strikes its mark." I hope someone else can find more information for you. Ed Julie Stroli wrote: Does anyone know the origin of the word "humdinger" ??
Re: [SaF] Opinions On Email Clients
E-mail remover is a separate program that allows this option. You can set it up to launch your e-mail client afterwards. http://eremover.bizhosting.com/ Highly recommended, no matter which e-mail client you use with it. Ed 2. It let you see and delete messages from the server before downloading, if necessary.
Re: [SaF] Song from Natalie Cole in Freak City
- I have no experience with napster. Is that not illegal? Tough question. I suggest you read the article "Napster: Great Experiment or Ethical Dilemma?" @ http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nf/20010221/tc/7632_1.html Ed
Re: [SaF] Plain text looks like linked text in Netscape
Look for a link that wasn't closed. In other words: (a href="some.url")Text of link(/a) The parentheses should be but I left them out in case Alan's html detector bounces the message. If any part of the tag (opening or closing) is missing, you'll see underlines all through the rest of the page. Ed Bob in Jersey wrote: Well, it's just happened in one of my local files: something got screwed up when I edited an HTML file (in a text editor), and now the plain text is underlined and the same color as text inside links. Isn't there a site (other than Netscape) that shows how to alleviate this?
Re: [SaF] intellectual life
George, Here are some links, although little of the information presented makes sense to me: http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/hist-topics/intelam.html http://www.salonmag.com/people/col/pagl/2000/03/04/inteltrad/ http://mccoy.lib.siu.edu/projects/hist469/read.html http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195097254.html Ed "Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis." --Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) George wrote: Hi All, Where to begin with in doing the research on the intellectual life in general and the American intellectual life in particular?
ADM FWD Re: [SaF] HTML was Templates References
Cherie wrote: well..not tutorial..but a table showing all (most) tags and what they mean..like this HR horizontal rule br line break, etc (probably just messed up some people's email programs with that..sorry :o) Here's my favorite: http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/tutors/master.html#tg Click "HTML Flags". This will take you to a page with all the tags listed and a brief description. If you need more info, the master page (url above) will point you to tutorials and references on everything you'll need to know. Ed
ADM FWD Re: [SaF] Templates
Shenna, I have made several personal websites and I am using Microsoft Front Page 2000 to do so. I have used several other options in doing this, but I can work with this editor best. gritting teeth Ease of use is a factor in designing web pages, yes. But if you want your pages to be of maximum use to someone else, there are no shortcuts. The only thing FrontPage does is add a delay between getting your pages on the web and getting them to work the way they should. As a nuts-and-bolts web designer, I don't use any editing software. However, I've heard rave reviews of the free 1stPage html editor. One of these days I'm going to try it out myself. You can find it at http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage/ . The site isn't coming up for me right now so I'm viewing the cached page at http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.evrsoft.com/1stpage/+first+page +web+editing+softwarehl=en (paste together if multiple lines) Could you direct me to where I can find some templates for this? I'll let someone else help you with the template question. One suggestion I have for you is that you learn how to make tables with html. Besides css (which isn't quite universal yet), they are the only means to format web pages. The web site you mention uses nested tables. A good table tutorial can be found at http://htmlgoodies.earthweb.com/tutors/tbl.html If you are serious about designing a web site, it will be well worth your time to learn how to design a page from scratch. Joe Burns' table tutorials, at the site above, will help you with this. Unless you understand how the page is constructed from the basic framework on up, you'll only find confusion and disappointment using an html editor such as FrontPage. (These editors can provide plenty of frustration even if you do understand html.) For starters, you can paste this into Notepad and you'll have a basic table to frame your content on the page: Replace all ( 's with (table border="0" width="100%" (tr (td width="60%" You can paste a column of text here (/td (td width="40%" You can place images here or a different column of text (/td (/tr (tr (td colspan="2" More text can go here (/td (tr (/table I'm sure someone else will have some better information for you but I hope this helps. Ed
Re: [SaF] 3 in 1 -----track ISP, find ISP , and track stats
Hello, Patti. is there a way (short of directly asking the site owner) to find out WHO the ISP of a particular web site is... http://www.netcraft.com For example, to find out who hosts ashlists.org, you can go to the following URL: http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.ashlists.org It tells me the site is hosted by CommuniTech.Net, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries. Top sites hosted by CommuniTech.Net, Inc. are listed on the following page: http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/hosted?netname=COMMUNITECHNET,209.15.0.0,209.15.255.255 an ISP that can handle Streaming Media... one that supports Frontpage (as the page creation software)... one that also has direct unlimited FTP access... and one that allows for lots of file transfers (not sure what that term is --- but one that would allow a visitor to my site to download large files of their choice without extra cost to me for hogging up the servers I recommend letting your mouse do the walking. Visit http://www.hostsearch.com/ and enter the criteria you desire. A couple of other messages that have been posted to this list may also be of help: http://www.mail-archive.com/seeknfind@ashlists.org/msg00346.html http://www.mail-archive.com/seeknfind@ashlists.org/msg00366.html I need to find: 1. the ISP that is providing service to some hand selected similar sites as mine so I can inquire about their hosting services for myself... See Netcraft above. 2. I need to outright find an ISP that provides the following for a USA site: Again, see above. 3. I need to findthe *exact* location to the Real Audio *free* Player download I'll let someone else help you with this one. out of curiousity --- when you all want to play an audio file and you click on it on someone's website --- WHAT media player pops up automatically for YOU on YOUR computer... ?? RealPlayer, of course. A question of my own: Has anyone heard of hosting provider http://www.yournetspace.com/ ? It looks like they have very good prices. I think they may be brand new--I can't find anything on them anywhere. I'll probably switch to them, since I'm a cheapskate, but I'd like to find out if there are any experiences with this one. Thanks! Ed Bockelman
Re: [SaF] Mailing Lists/Newsgroups Bots
Tiziano, One idea would be C4U. http://www.C-4-U.com/ Though this wouldn't help you with Usenet much, (unless you can save a deja.com search, which may work but I haven't tried), many e-mail lists (such as this one) archive their messages on a web site. C4U is ideal for checking pages for updates. I can't rave enough about this program. Ed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for FREE bots that, based on supplied keywords, continuously search for hits in mailing lists/newsgroups and e-mail the results daily. (Something similar to what www.Reference.com used to do.) I went to www.botspot.com but did not have any luck...
Re: [SaF] Without opening it
Moataz, Spam and dangerous scripts are two different beasts altogether. I'll cover the latter first, and then give you a solution to both. It used to be that e-mail couldn't do too much harm to your computer. Those days seem to be gone, at least if you keep up-to-date with the latest commercial software. If you're not a M$ Outlook Express user, you don't have too much to fear. I did a web search for a fix for OE, but instead found even more reasons to ditch it altogether. Below are some quotes from various web sites, with links underneath: "Internet Explorer and Outlook Express let any jerk sabotage your Windows PC. ...Because Outlook Express uses Internet Explorer's code, both are bad news if you care about the safety of your Windows PC." http://www.twcny.rr.com/technofile/texts/bit050700.html "Microsofts security bulletin, however, indicated that the vulnerability is exploited as the mail is being retrieved from the server even before it arrives in the inbox." http://www.msnbc.com/news/432208.asp?cp1=1 "Now just by reading an e-mail you can be infected, and if you're using Outlook Express, you don't even need to read it," Viveros says. The worm will then send itself to everyone listed in that e-mail program's address book. http://www.mrshowbiz.go.com/archive/news/Todays_Stories/991110/seinfeldvirus111099.html If you still want to keep using OE as your email client, the following links may be of help: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2000/0525outlook2.html?nf http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/articles/BubbleBoy.htm http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/virus.asp http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/ Now for a solution to both spam and dangerous scripts: Email Remover. I use this very compact program every time I pick up my e-mail. It allows you to preview and delete messages _before_ you download them to your computer. This saves you time sifting through spam and, possibly, increases your chances of avoiding a dangerous virus. A good preview and tutorial of the program can be found here: http://www.snip.net/help/eremove.htm The program's official web site is here: http://eremover.bizhosting.com/ This program is the best thing that has been invented since spam became a problem. I wish to emphasize, however, that this will not completely protect you from all forms of e-mail sabotage attempts. Some recent viruses send themselves to everyone in a user's address book. They use subject lines such as "The information you requested" or "I love you". Since the message comes from someone you know, you are less likely to be cautious before opening it. The best policy is to avoid opening any attachments that you don't know are legitimate. I ask all my friends to send me an accompanying message separate from the attachment so I know it's legit. If they don't, I delete it. I hope this information helps you. Taking precautions is like wearing your seatbelt. Hopefully you'll never need it. Ed Is there a way or a method by which one can know the contents of a message without opening it , so that we can avoid spams and dangerous scripts ? Moataz Only by learning to trust the subject line. And you can and should always run a virus scanner on any attachment. Also if it is not from someone you know the best course is to just delete it.
Re: [SaF] security in life
LOL :-) You're impossible to stump, aren't you Alan? "Alan S. Harrell" wrote: On 25 Nov 2000, 14:03, George wrote: Thanks for the suggested book. In addition to that one, have you come up with any interesting URLs? http://www.msnbc.com/news/332947.asp http://www.davidmyers.org/happiness/ http://www.ourfamilyplace.com/homeowner/security.html http://www.money.com/money/depts/real_estate/bplive/ http://members.aol.com/Oxym0r0n99/behappy.html Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SaF] Bookmark management program
I have tried all (that I can find) of the existing bookmark management utilities and I'm less than satisfied. I agree that Powermarks is the best I've found so far. However, I would like a bookmark program that allows me to search by key words in the whole page, not just title. So far I've not found any, so I'm writing one. Bookmark Spider is still in pre-beta, but I should have a beta version ready next month. It will be freeware. Before you pay for another bookmark management program, I encourage you to wait and try mine. I think it will be worth the wait. :-) Bookmark Spider allows automatic synchronization of Netscape bookmarks and IE favorites. Any time you add a bookmark from one browser, just hit the Sync button and it will automatically be added to the other. Bookmarks that have moved or changed will be spidered and handled accordingly (I'm still working on this part). The option to index all page keywords takes up quite a bit of hard drive space, of course, but if you have the space, you can create your own web search engine right from your bookmarks! Anyone who is interested in beta-testing this program please e-mail me offline. Thanks, Ed "Dr. Pierre Hostettler" wrote: Hi out there! Can any one recommend a software which allows for effective management of bookmarks? I am working with netscape but its features are limited as soon as one works with many hundreds of bookmarks and would like to file and retrieve them according to a variety of key words. Many thanks, Pierre Hostettler LOGOS CONSULTING INTERNATIONAL Integrated Professional Services in Management and Marketing Worldwide SAN JUAN, PR 00923-2334 / USA
Re: [SaF] Bookmark management program
Many thanks to you Alan, Pierre, and to each of you who volunteered to test my program. I have high aspirations for this program: I'm hoping that it will enable internet users to create their own custom internet search engines. More to come Alan's advice is, as usual, very wise. Beta testing isn't for beginners. However, there's rarely anything to fear from a beta product, as long as you know how to get rid of it if it does something unorthodox. I also would recommend the InControl program. I have been using it for some time now. It is very useful for knowing where programs are treading in your system. Before I stop wasting any more bandwidth on this topic, I'd just like to mention that InControl will be of little use with my program. It makes no registry changes, and save for the start menu icons, all of its operations will take place within only one folder on your hard drive. The program is written in compiled Perl, which is a common and very well-tested medium for programming internet applications. The bookmark part of the program is really just the beginning. I intend to add a bona-fide web spider that we at Seek-and-Find can use to really beef up our web searches. Stay tuned. :-) Ed "Alan S. Harrell" wrote: Let me recommend to anyone that is going to undertake beta testing, that you download and install PC Magazines InControl and learn to use it's features before you begin your beta tests: http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,001CV2,.html Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SaF] Bookmark management program
Answered offlist "Brian L. Johnson" wrote: Well hey, if it works in Perl, I could run it on my Linux box? :)
Re: [SaF] Adobe Acrobat Program
Today's post reminded me of some information I located on the web some time ago. According to: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/5682/postscript.html 'A frequently asked question is, "How can I extract the text from a PostScript document?" The answer is, it's not easy. The best way is to go back to the program which produced the PostScript document, and ask it for the plain text. If you have no way to do that, you can try the following. 'PSTOTEXT extracts the ASCII text from a PostScript or PDF document.' Further instructions on the page explain how to use the program. It requires Ghostscript, the freeware (or open source, whatever it's called) alternative to Adobe Postscript. This link should help you install Ghostscript: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/get601.html I have installed Ghostscript myself (though I don't currently have it), and as I recall it was relatively easy. I would be interested in seeing whether this solution helps. Please e-mail me offlist if you try it. Thanks, Ed On 14 Oct 2000, 22:25, Richard Cyndi Ask wrote: This may be off topic but don't know where else to ask. We've got a CD where all of the documents are in Adobe Acrobat. The problem is that the Text tool has been blocked so we can't highlight any part of any of the documents. We'd like to be able to highlight, copy and paste from documents instead of sending the entire document. Is there a way that we can get around this problem?
ADM FWD Re: [SaF] Poverty Info
With regard to food budget info, I suggest you check the page at http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/ There is a lot of helpful info in a pdf (Adobe Acrobat) file under the link "Preparing Nutritious Meals at Minimal Cost". Some of the other links may be helpful to you as well. Ed "Southworth, Leasa M" wrote: I have to "estimate the minimum monthly cost of each item." (groceries, transportation, clothes etc) and multiply that by 12 to get the family's subsistence budget. I CAN use governmental programs because this family will only be making $15,455 which is poverty level at government standards.
ADM FWD Re: [SaF] Error 404
Here are a couple of pages that contain simple explanations of the most common error codes: http://www.netscapeworld.com/netscapeworld/nw-09-1997/nw-09-webmaster.t. html http://www.htmlcenter.com/tutorials/tutorials.cfm/66 Ed Shashi Chopra wrote: Posted to SeeknFind and Help-Net When the document is not retrieved by sending a request by Email, I get a message ' Error 404 Not found' What exactly is error 404? Any site from where I can get information on different error numbers? I have also wondered if more than one person is trying to retrieve a specific document at the same time, is it possible for both of them to get the document or it is something like 'first come first serve?Is it technically possible for unlimited requests made for one document at exactly the same time to be retrieved and sent by the server to all? I am interested in learning how a document is processed. Thanks. Shashi Chopra
Re: [SaF] My Corkboard
"Alan S. Harrell" wrote: Get a junky Hotmail or Yahoo account and register your software with it. One suggestion: http://www.mailexpire.com/ I've never tried it, but it might be a cleaner and more effective solution than giving a lot of personal info to sign up for a free e-mail account. Ed Bockelman Bright Outlook
Re: [SaF] Free Phone Cards
"Alan S. Harrell" wrote: http://www.mytalk.com/ MyTalk requires you to listen to 30 second ads for 2 free minutes of LD. MyTalk has other services, such as having your e-mail read to you over the phone or hearing voicemail messages on your PC. I have no experience with MyTalk so I can't say how well it works. I have used the service. It uses a voice-recognition interface. It feels a bit strange to actually be speaking to a computer (especially when it understands, which it does remarkably well). I feel awkward having a conversation with a machine. You've gotta try it though. I can't give you a long-term analysis of the service at this time. I really don't have much need to listen to e-mail over the phone. If I do in the future, though, I plan to use this service. Another service you should try is: http://www.ureach.com They give you 30 minutes a month (every month!) of free phone time. You can't lose with this one. There are no ads. They are hoping you'll want to use the service more than the initial 30 minutes. For this you pay about $.10/minute. I've used this one quite a bit. It's very powerful. Ed Bockelman Bright Outlook
