*** ANSWERMAN INTERNET EXTRA *** Sunday, July 7, 1996 This is a weekly newsletter for the community of new Internet users on America Online. It is brought to you by AnswerMan, AOL's area for those learning to use the Internet. Come see what's new at keyword ANSWERMAN. Got comments about this newsletter? Send them to Kevin Savetz, "savetz" on America Online. ||| IN THIS ISSUE || | Purple's Picks -- Purple gets cultcha' From the Internet Jargon File -- "your mileage may vary" Upcoming AnswerMan Chats -- what's on tap in AnswerMan? The End -- how to reach me or unsubscribe ||| PURPLE'S PICKS || by Sarah Nehrer (CJ Purple) | Hi again everyone! Okay, well last week we talked about personal finance - kind of boring but important. :-) So today, I figured we stay a bit high-brow but more fun, and visit Culture Finder - The Internet Address for Performing Arts (http://www.culturefinder.com). The site is well-organized, loads quickly, and is quite informative and useful if you're into classical music, opera, performing arts series, dance, theatre and/or Broadway. These are the types of events included in their database that you can search through from the Calendar option. You can search by type, date and city for the "perfect" evening on the town. You can also get an alphabetical listing of the 500 performing arts organizations covered by the service, as well as a geographical listing. Cities in the U.S. and Canada are covered right now, and Europe, Asia and South America will be included soon. You can also do specific searches for composers, conductors, performers, organizations and works. The information you receive includes date, time, place and ticket prices, as well as phone/fax numbers for ordering tickets. The welcome letter (which is also available in French, Spanish and German) indicates that a direct ticketing service is being worked on. Other areas on this site include news and columns which cover news about the performing arts and weekly columns on classical music, the dance scene in New York City, the inside track of the theater world and a CD review of the week. The Library includes Classic CD Online, an online version of Britain's leading classical music magazine, the NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection, and the Classical Music Answer Man. (Watch out Kevin! You have competition! ) The What's New area includes names and schedules of newly added organizations. Hope you all have a great time trying this site out; it's a lot of fun to find out what's happening in the cultural arts in your home town or the town you're headed to on vacation this summer! Don't forget to write me at cjpurple if you have any ideas for future columns or any comments about this or past ones. Until next week..... :-) ||| FROM THE INTERNET JARGON FILE || | Once again, we present five terms, culled from Net culture, that you didn't know you needed to know. In case you were wondering, these entries come more or less from The Jargon File at http://www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon.html -- the Jargon File is a wonderful collection of hacker culture and lore, and is entertaining reading, whether or not you're a nerd. funky Said of something that functions, but in a slightly strange, klugey way. It does the job and would be difficult to change, so its obvious non-optimality is left alone. The more bugs something has that nobody has bothered to fix because workarounds are easier, the funkier it is. lurker One of the "silent majority" in a electronic forum; one who posts occasionally or not at all but is known to read the group's postings regularly. This term is not pejorative and indeed is casually used reflexively: "Oh, I'm just lurking." nastygram Disapproving mail, especially from a net.god, pursuant to a violation of netiquette. Sometimes used to describe a letter or status report from an unhappy, and probably picky, customer. "What'd Corporate say in today's nastygram?" net.personality Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts. your mileage may vary From the standard disclaimer attached to EPA mileage ratings by American car manufacturers. a. A ritual warning often found in UNIX freeware distributions. Translates roughly as "Hey, I tried to write this portably, but *who knows* what'll happen on your system?" b. A qualifier more generally attached to advice. 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What can Internet users learn about you and your personal life? Are your computer files safe from crackers on the Net? Just about everyone who has used the Internet has asked one of there questions--this hour, AnswerMan will discuss the issues, debunk the myths, and explore the problems of Internet privacy. Questions and discussion encouraged! ||| THE END || | That's all for this week. Please send any comments or suggestions about the AnswerMan Internet Extra to "Savetz" (from AOL,) or "savetz@aol.com" (from the Internet.) To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send an e-mail message -- To: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE Body: UNSUBSCRIBE ANSWERMAN This newsletter copyright 1996 by America Online and Kevin Savetz. All rights reserved. Made from 100% recycled electrons.