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- From: rjsalvad@iastate.edu (Ricardo J. Salvador)
- Subject: soc.culture.mexican FAQ
- Message-ID: <1992Oct9.155547.2957@news.iastate.edu>
- Followup-To: soc.culture.mexican
- Summary: This posting contains an index to FAQ items stored at an
- FTP archive site. This should be read by anyone wanting
- instructions on retrieving files from this site, and by
- anyone seeking information on mexican culture, history,
- society, language and tourism.
- Originator: rjsalvad@raquel.agron.iastate.edu
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: rjsalvad@iastate.edu
- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:55:47 GMT
- Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu
- Expires: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 00:00:00 GMT
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- Archive-name: mexican-faq
- Last modified: 1992/10/05
-
- Newsgroup SOC.CULTURE.MEXICAN
- Index to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Updated: 5 October 1992
- ====================================================
-
- Frequently asked questions in soc.culture.mexican are available
- via anonymous FTP to:
-
- ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU
-
- in the subdirectory:
-
- A1$RJS.MEXICO
-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- NOTE CHANGES IN ACCESS PROCEDURES FOR SOC.CULTURE.MEXICAN ARCHIVES!
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ---------------------------
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR FTP ACCESS:
- ---------------------------
-
- The host system runs a primitive version of FTP supporting only a
- limited number of commands. After opening a connection to this
- site, move to the subdirectory a1$rjs.mexico, scan the contents of
- the subdirectory, and retrieve desired files using the get command.
-
- -------
- EXAMPLE:
- -------
-
- ftp isumvs.iastate.edu
- User: anonymous
- Password: {enter valid e-mail address}
- cd a1$rjs.mexico
- ls
- get mexstat
-
- This instruction will retrieve file mexstat on the remote directory
- a1$rjs.mexico and place the file on your local machine's current
- directory.
-
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- CONTENTS:
- --------
-
- FAQs are heavily edited for brevity and clarity. Each item is
- quoted in the language in which it was originally discussed. Even
- though an effort was made to abbreviate items as much as possible,
- certain questions cannot be answered in just a few lines! For ease
- of retrieval of specific FAQs, following is an index of the items
- included at this site:
-
- 1. Statistical overview of the country of Mexico
- (From the 1991 CIA World Fact Book)
- Includes: People, government, Economy, Communications,
- Defense Forces
- (Rese~a informativa del pai's de Me'xico)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: MEXSTAT
-
- 2. How is S.C.M.'s electronic almanac generated?
- (Co'mo se genera el almanaque electro'nico de S.C.M?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: ALMANAC
-
- 3. How are the prehispanic calendars interpreted?
- (Co'mo se interpretan los calendarios prehispa'nicos?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: CALENDAR
-
- 4. How can I get travel information about Mexico?
- (Co'mo puedo obtener informacio'n turi'stica mexicana?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: TRAVEL
-
- 5. What is the electronic address of ...?
- (Direcciones electro'nicas mexicanas)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: MEXEMAIL
-
- 6. What is origin of the term "gringo?"
- (Cua'l es el ori'gen de la palabra "gringo?"
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: GRINGO
-
- 7. Cua'l es el significado del nombre de Me'xico?
- (Meaning of the name Mexico)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: MEXNAME
-
- 8. Cua'l es la pronunciacio'n del nombre de Me'xico?
- (Pronunciation of the name Mexico
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: MEXICO
-
- 9. Que' libros hay para aprender el nahuatl?
- (What books are available to learn Nahuatl?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: NAHUATL
-
- 10. What is the Indian population of Mexico?
- (Cua'l es la poblacio'n indi'gena de Me'xico?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: INDPOP
-
- 11. Que quiere decir "chingar?"
- (Meaning of the word "chingar")
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: CHINGAR
-
- 12. What is the recipe for the tortilla?
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: TORTILLA
-
- 13. Son mexicanos los burritos?
- (Are burritos authentically Mexican?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: BURRITOS
-
- 14. Co'mo me puedo suscribir a SOC.CULTURE.MEXICAN?
- (How do I subscribe to SOC.CULTURE.MEXICAN?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: SUBINFO
-
- 15. Cua'l es el significado del nombre de tal lugar?
- (Mexican place name information)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: PLACENAM
-
- 16. Cua'les son los reglamentos aduanales con respecto al menaje de casa?
- (Customs regulations for menage of returning citizens?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: MENAJE
-
- 17. Co'mo puedo obtener informacio'n acerca del CONACYT?
- (How can I get information about CONACYT?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: CONACYT
-
- 18. Cua'l es el estado de las redes electronicas en Me'xico?
- (What is the current status of Mexican networks?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: MEXNET
-
- 19. Co'mo se puede acceder a la Internet en Me'xico?
- (How can I access the Internet in Mexico?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: NETACCES
-
- 20. Which books can I read to understand Aztec history?
- (Cua'les libros se recomiendan para la historia azteca?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: AZTECBIB
-
- 21. Table of contents of journal "Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl"
- (Indice de la revista "Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl")
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: ECNINDEX
-
- 22. Item # 21 binary encoded Mac MS-WORD 5.0 file.
- (Partida # 21 en clave binaria)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: ECNBINHX
-
- 23. Cua'les libros se recomiendan para la historia mesoamericana?
- (Which books can I read to understand Mesoamerican history?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: MESOBIB
-
- 24. Which books can I read to learn about the Spanish conquest?
- (Cua'les libros se recomiendan sobre la conquista espa~ola?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: CONQUEST
-
- 25. Que' nombres auto'ctonos me recomiendan?
- (Suggestions for names in native languages)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: NOMBRES
-
- 26. Cua'les han sido los resultados de los sondeos anteriores?
- (Results of electronic surveys of SCM readership)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: SONDEOS
-
- 27. What is the charter of soc.culture.mexican?
- (Cua'l es la constitucio'n de soc.culture.mexican?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: CHARTER
-
- 28. Cua'l es la correlacio'n entre los calendarios prehispa'nicos
- y el gregoriano?
- (What is the correlation between the prehispanic calendars
- and the Gregorian?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: CORRELAC
-
- 29. Cua'ntos tipos de pendejos existen?
- (How many types of pendejos are there?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: PENDEJOS
-
- 30. Cua'les libros hay para aprender el Maya?
- (Which books can I use to learn Mayan?)
- NAME ON SUBDIRECTORY: MAYA
-
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