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Subject: n-1-4-020.08
The First Internet Hunt
With something on the order of nearly 1.5 million Internet
hosts now connected in "flat information space," there is considerable
research, standardization and commercial activity underway to help
everyone sort through the Matrix.
There are also some people creating some fun activities that incent
and teach teach users, and at the same time demonstrate the enormous
and varied distributed information on the Internet. A few weeks ago,
Rick Gates, Director of Library Automation at the University of California,
Santa Barbara, Library <lb05gate@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu>, announced the winner
of the First Internet Hunt held in September. Rick has provided
Internet Society News with the following details.
Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries at Babson College submitted the
highest scoring entry. Rick says that the Internet Hunt has met with such
enthusiasm it is now a monthly occurrence, and currently archived at an FTP
site at the Coalition for Networked Information
(<ftp.cni.org> /pub/net-guides/i-hunt).
In announcing the results, the methods used in arriving at the answers
are also published. Preference is given to answers that can be solved
immediately using the Net. The questions posed for the first Hunt are
listed below, together with the winning answers. Alternative answers
are possible, but these were the best. In announcing the winner, Rick
also announces many of the alternative answers. Together, they represent
a really useful portrayal of Internet discovery tools and techniques.
Internet Hunt
1. I'm leaving for Japan tomorrow. Approximately how many
yen can I get for my dollar, give or take a few yen ?
126.23 (an end of August figure)
Via Gopher access to Hermes.Merit.Edu
to UM-Ulibrary and
to the menu soc-sci, then
ec bulletin board, then
monetary stats.
2. A hurricane just blew in! Where can I find satellite
photos of it's progress?
For satellite photos,
ftp to vmd.cso.uiuc.edu.
The files are .gif files.
3. I'm taking a job as a social studies teacher at a high
school in Denver, Co. Where can I find a list of local
environmental organizations that could come speak to my classes?
Access CARL (pac.carl.org). The Directory of Environmental
Education Resources (DEER) is a joint project of Colorado
Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE) and Colorado
Dept. of Education, as a service from Pikes Peak Library
District. At Pikes Peak Lib. District menu go to #3 for
Encyclopedias, Business and Reference (sources including
DEER). DEER is 26. If you browse by title you will see an
alphabetical list of programs focused on environmental ed.
4. My wife just got a job at the University of North
Carolina. My specialty is computer/data processing work. Where
can I find a list of jobs in that area of the state?
North Carolina State University's CWIS, "Happenings," has a
menu item, "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs," which contains the listings of
vacancies posted by the North Carolina Office of State
Personnel Vacancies. Category #5 is entitled "Data
Processing." Beyond that, the CWISes of the University of
North Carolina at Asheville, at Chapel Hill, at Greensboro,
and at Wilmington also provide job listings.
5. How many copies of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" does
the University of Nevada at Las Vegas hold?
There are two copies in special collections at the Univ. of
Nevada at Las Vegas. I couldn't get in through UNLV but did
get in through Reno and found access to Southern Nevada which
enabled me to look up Las Vegas.
6. Bill Clinton made a speech somewhere on Earth day this
year. Where can I find the text of it?
Via WAIS (quake.think.com), I searched Clinton
speeches at sunsite.unc.edu. - clinton-speechess.
Bill Clinton spoke at Drexel University in Philadelphia,
PA on Earth Day in April 22, 1992.
7. I just read an interesting paper by a Bradley Smith in
the Chemistry Department at the University of Western Australia.
Is it possible to get an email address for him?
Yes, his address is: bjs@crystal.uwa.oz.au
Using the Internet Gopher X500 gateway, phonebooks
directory, you can narrow to country, to Australia, to
university, and then to Chemistry department.
8. Someone told me that there's a collection of software
specifically for libraries stored somewhere in Canada called
libsoft. How do I get ahold of this software?
FTP to hydra.uwo.edu, directory libsoft.
9. Where can I find news, discussions, and perhaps
eyewitness reports out of what used to be Yugoslavia?
A good mailing list is the listserv SOC.CULTURE.YUGOSLAVIA.
10. Could you tell me how I can find the Washington address
for the congressman from my district?
Via WAIS I identified the Congress file from pit.mit.edu,
and identified Robert J. Lagomarsino as the
Rep from District including Santa Barbara.
His Washington address is:
2332 Rayburn
Washington DC 20515