Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 22:06:37 -0700
From: Patrick Douglas Crispen
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Subject: TOURBUS -- 22 MAY 1997 -- A *NEW* SOUTHERN WORD ARCHIVE / POLITICS AND BUSINESS THIS WEEK
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TODAY'S STOPS: A *NEW* SOUTHERN WORD ARCHIVE / POLITICS AND
BUSINESS THIS WEEK
TODAY'S ADDRESSES: http://ua1ix.ua.edu/~crispen/word.html
http://ua1ix.ua.edu/~crispen/
Hi, kids! :)
In my last TOURBUS post I wrote
Before you rush out and spend your hard-earned money on an anti-
virus program . . . give me one more week to find some free
anti-virus programs for you that will automatically scan Internet
downloads. With 80,000 people reading this post, if such a
program exists, I am certain that someone will tell me about it.
As expected, over the past couple of days I have received a FLOOD of e-mail
letters from some ultra-cool TOURBUS riders telling me where I can find
free (and semi-free) anti-virus programs. In fact, thanks to the help of
dozens of our riders, your fearless bus driver now knows of *31* different
anti-virus programs that will automatically scan Internet downloads
(EEEK!).
Folks, that is an awful lot of anti-virus programs. No, really. Instead
of forcing you to read a post that talks about all 31 of these programs --
just imagine how long *THAT* post would be! -- I am going to take a look at
all -- well, to be honest, I'll probably take a look at *most* -- of these
31 programs and then write a TOURBUS post talking about the *BEST*
anti-virus programs sometime in the next two or three weeks. :)
Anyway, in the interim I am happy to announce that today's journey of our
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And now, on with the show!
A *NEW* SOUTHERN WORD ARCHIVE
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I'm probably going to get in a lot of trouble for saying this, but the
University of Alabama's VM mainframe has to be one of the slowest machines
on the planet. Trying to load a Web page off of VM, even with a direct
connection to the machine, takes longer than the U.S. Senate's judicial
appointment process.
Well, I am happy to announce that I recently moved the Southern Word
homepage -- and, for that matter, all of my other web pages -- to a new,
faster server. The *new* Southern Word homepage archive can be found on
the Web at
http://ua1ix.ua.edu/~crispen/word.html
(that's "you-ay-won-eye-ex"). If you are looking for a collection of EVERY
single Southern Word that has ever appeared in TOURBUS (and that is a LOT
of Southern Words), this page is a must-see! And, thanks to the Southern
Word's new web server, this page now loads in less time than it takes to
play Doom on an abacus! :)
By the way, you are always welcome to "bounce up" and see all of my other
web pages by pointing your Web browser to
http://ua1ix.ua.edu/~crispen/
THE ECONOMIST -- POLITICS AND BUSINESS THIS WEEK
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I think it would be safe to say that I get a lot of my daily news from the
Internet. From news-based newsletters like the Daily Brief and Mercury
Mail to online newspapers like the San Jose Mercury and the Wall Street
Journal, I probably spend about 90 minutes every day just reading the news.
(By the way, before you ask, the Wall Street Journal's online version
requires a monthly subscription fee)
While it is indeed possible to find a heck of a lot of news stories posted
on the Internet, I have discovered that almost all of the news that you
find online is US-centric. This is great if you live in the United States,
but if you don't live in the US ... well ... try to find out what is
happening in the world *outside* of the United States, and the amount of
news that you can find online is no longer as plentiful.
One good source for GLOBAL news is Politics This Week and Business This
Week, both printed by The Economist Group in the United Kingdom (The
Economist Group is the group that publishes the Economist magazine).
Politics This Week and Business This Week are *FREE*, text-based
newsletters delivered via e-mail (just like TOURBUS) once a week.
Both newsletters give you one paragraph summaries of news events from
around the world. The only bad things that I can say about either
newsletter are:
1. They are only published once a week (Thursday);
2. They aren't very in-depth (they are, after all, only
summaries); and
3. They don't give you pointers showing you where you can find
more information about a particular story.
For example, here is one of the stories from the latest issue of Business
This Week:
> NICOLA HORLICK, booted out by Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in a
well-aired spat in January, joined Societe Generale. Along with
John Richards of Mercury Asset Management, she aims to set the
French bank up in the British money-management market.
Personally, I would like to know where I can find out more about this
"spat." Still, it is neat to have a source for *GLOBAL* information (and
it shouldn't be all that hard to find more information about this, or any
other, story using a good search engine).
To start receiving Business This Week, just send an e-mail letter to
newscaster@postbox.co.uk
with the message
join economist-business
in the body of your e-mail letter. To start receiving Politics This Week,
just send an e-mail letter to
newscaster@postbox.co.uk
with the message
join economist-politics
in the body of your e-mail letter. Both newsletters are free. :)
That's it for this week. Have a safe and happy weekend!
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TODAY'S SOUTHERN WORD OF THE DAY
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ARGON (noun) - Northwestern state where it rains a lot.
Usage: "You from Yurp?" "Nah ... I's from Argon."
(Special thanks to Barry C. McQuade for today's word)
CORRECTION:
Last week's Southern Word -- THRIT (noun) - an intention to inflict -- used
an incorrect pronunciation. The correct pronunciation, of course, is
"THRAY-IT." :)
YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE OLD SOUTHERN WORDS OF THE DAY ON THE SOUTHERN WORD
HOMEPAGE AT http://ua1ix.ua.edu/~crispen/word.html
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