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- {subhead} Dr. Strange, Web Wanderer{def}{p}
- Article by Mark Tierno
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- Well, it's 1999 and the millennium approaches. Will it bring the suicide
- cults and and of the world or just a whole lot of partying? Several web
- sites have sprung up in answer to this question, a couple of which are
- given here. As for the rest of the usual eclectic variety, just read on to
- find out.
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- Lost In The Translation{p}
- {link http://hearsay.simplenet.com/translation}http://hearsay.simplenet.com/translation{end}
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- A little humor to start things off with, this time derived from the
- seemingly inevitable problems that arise when translating something from one
- language to another. In this case from other languages into English.
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- The examples given in this site are numerous and categorized, not to
- mention rather amusing. From signs (in hotels, street signs, posters), to
- advertisements, product names ("Assglue"- a Chinese glue), food and menu
- descriptions (from Nepal: "Fried friendship"), packaging, and film
- subtitles with colloquialisms that don't translate too well ("I'll fire
- aimlessly if you don't come out"). Several pages of hillarious
- linguistic missteps wait here.
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- Countdown to the Year 2000{p}
- {link http://www.ioa.com/~gaylord/count/countdown.html}http://www.ioa.com/~gaylord/count/countdown.html{end}
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- For those that really want to know the exact second when the millennium
- arrives, just check out the provided link for the number of months, hours,
- days, minutes, and seconds till the world goes boom. Or if you tire of
- that, enter in your own date that you want to count down to.
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- The History Net{p}
- {link http://www.historynet.com}http://www.historynet.com{end}
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- The perfect place for the true history place, or those students that
- don't want to go hunting around several libraries on foot to get enough
- material for their research paper. History here is classified by category-
- world history, the U.S. civil war, great battles, aviation and technology.
- Add to that the nearly 500 articles on different periods of history
- (categorized and searchable), historical interviews, accounts from
- eye-witnesses, and information and links to a massive number of historical
- magazines and this should be source material enough for anyone. And if
- that isn't enough, you can look up historical related travel sites to
- plane your vacation around, or even look up what happened on the daily-
- updated "what happened on this day in history" page. Definitely
- interesting reading.
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- The Smithsonian Institute{p}
- {link http://www.si.edu}http://www.si.edu{end}
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- Another site to wet the appetites of the curious intellectual with no
- Saturday-night social life, it shows just how massive the Smithsonian
- really is. With a map that gives the locations of the over a dozen
- Smithsonian museums, as well as the research centers and shops (with
- Smithsonian-related gift shops), there seems little parts of the
- intellectual pie that the Smithsonian isn't into. Events and activities,
- special exhibits, and tours are listed for the convenience of those
- planning their visits, and a long list of subject areas (from Aeronautics
- to Zoology) allows one to connect up with links to sites hosted by the
- Smithsonian that pertains to that subject. From archives to institute
- libraries, the available scholarly services are rounded out with a list
- of available publications, catalogues, and productions. It'll take some
- real stamina to get through everything this site has to offer.
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- {bold}Pick Of The Month{nobold}
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- Millennium Alliance{p}
- {link http://www.igc.org/millennium/events}http://www.igc.org/millennium/events{end}
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- Well, this site has their own answer to what the new millennium will
- bring, and that answer seems to be parties. And lost of them!
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- Every Year 2000 event around the world is given here, from major events,
- to parties, special events, and just about anything with the name Y2K
- attached to it.
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- Take the Major Events section. There's a North Pole to South Pole hike.
- An international Internet conference, Earth Day 2000, and the World
- Millennium Balls at 24 locations around the world. And that's just to wet
- the appetite.
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- Parties and events can be searched for by several categories. Pick a
- Region, be it continent, region, or island grouping, or perhaps a Country
- (in alphabetical order, and a LOT of them). If you're looking for
- something more local, then you can search by City, with parties listed for
- a number of major cities all around the world.
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- International or Synchronized activities are listed, be it global marches,
- peace days, global telethons, and more from an unbelievable variety.
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- The Special Events section is also rather fun to look at. Pilgrimages,
- leap year specials (yes, Y2K is a leap year as well), parties at places
- like the Pyramid at Cheops, and others, giving you the impression that
- humans are searching for just about any way possible to celebrate the
- Millennium.
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- Finally, the Mega events are not to be missed. Times Square plans to
- have a gathering of 1 million people, but California is not to be outdone,
- organizing their own 2.5 million person event. The Olympics of course
- will be very special this time, but the place to be will be Greenwich. It
- has been designated as the official starting place of the Millennium
- when the magic hour strikes.
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- Still not satisfied? Then finish off with enough links to Y2K resources
- and events to keep you busy for several hours.
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- Now if I can just decide which event I want to do...