TOURBUS: Tuesday, August 27, 1996

DRIVER: Bob Rankin

TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP:
Survey, Screech, FAQ



TOURBUS RIDER SURVEY

  Ever curious as to just what kind of people are riding on the
  world's largest bus, I've decided a survey is in order.  So next
  Tuesday, you'll be receiving a short, voluntary survey which will
  undoubtedly confirm my suspicion that you're all very smart and
  good-looking.  :-)

  The survey will be confidential and anonymous.  We're not looking
  for information on specific people, just stats on the group as a
  whole.  When the survey arrives next week, you'll find complete
  instructions.
*--------------------------*  ONLINE COURSES  *----------------------*
 Do you want to keep your job AND take courses?  Univ. of Wisconsin-
 Stout provides facilitated & self-paced courses online.  For info
 visit "http://major.uwstout.edu" or e-mail "conted@uwstout.edu".
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THAT AWFUL SCREECHING SOUND

  Did you hear it...  last night around 11:45 PM?  That was me -
  agonizing over the Great And Uncoverable Hard Disk Crash.
  Fortunately, I am a Trained Computer Professional, and would never
  think of using an 850 megabyte disk without installing a tape backup
  unit.  Unfortunately, my most recent backup was done May 10th.  Ooops.

  The reason I share this little bit of personal trivia is that I lost
  a couple of orders for my "Painless" book in the Crash.  So if you
  sent me an order (via Web or E-mail) in the last week, please resend
  it - thanks!

THE NEW ACCMAIL IS HERE!!!  THE NEW ACCMAIL IS HERE!!!

  It won't help you discern you-know-what from Shinola, but Version
  6.0 of my free guide "Accessing The Internet By E-Mail" will show
  you how to access almost anything on the Net even if you have only
  e-mail at your disposal.

  This guide will show you how to retrieve files from FTP sites,
  explore the Internet via Gopher, search for information with Archie,
  Veronica, or WAIS, tap into the World-Wide Web, and even access
  Usenet newsgroups USING E-MAIL AS YOUR ONLY TOOL.

  There's lots of new info resulting from my continued research and
  comments from readers all around the world.  Find out the new
  addresses for FTP, Gopher and Web mail servers, browse the expanded
  Net Goodies section, and be sure to read about:


VIRTUAL PIZZA - Order an electronic pizza by e-mail
PLAYING GAMES BY E-MAIL - Play games via the PBeM Server
    
MAIL REFLECTORS - Test your ability to send or receive e-mail
   
 INETMAIL UTILITY - Automates many e-mail retrieval tasks

  "Accessing" is now available in over 25 languages!  To get the latest
  edition (and a list of translations), send e-mail to:
  "mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu" and enter this command in the BODY of the
  note: send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email
*-------------------------- BUY IT ONLINE --------------------------*
        Your Guide to Locating Products & Services Online
   Enter our "Can you FIND Goober" contest!  Put "Tour Bus" on the
      contest entry and we'll enter you twice - Great prizes!!
*------------------(  http://www.BuyItOnline.com  )-----------------*

See you next time, and remember...

   Back up your hard disk!   Back up your hard disk!

   Back up your hard disk!   Back up your hard disk!

   Back up your hard disk!   Back up your hard disk!


-Bob