$f7a|1-So then, the internet, eh?



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Don't  talk  to  me about the internet.  It has hogged a part of my life
that  I know I will never get back.  It came in, during the night, raped
and  buggered me silly then left without a trace.  It IS boring when you
find  a  really interesting site as everyone else in the world thinks it
is  interesting too and consequently they, as well as you, are trying to
grab the same picture of Tyra Banks.  It can take anything from a couple
of seconds up to a good half an hour to access the internet.  I'm lucky,
as  my  internet  service is provided free at Uni, where I don't have to
worry  about a fone bill.  A usual download is a little less than twenty
megs, but depending on what you find, you could be there for hours.
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[You  are  not  supposed to use the internet to download girly pictures!
Gee  I  don't know Daz.  Oh yeah..  got any new Renee Zellweger pix?  ;)
Kei]
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The  best  site  for  Amiga utilities (if you're on holiday visiting our
planet)  is  the Aminet.  Not just because it is the definitive database
for  utilities, but because it is generally very fast.  They've recently
upgraded  their  server  or something and it has made a vast improvement
(I'm  talking  about  the server at src.doc.ic.ac.uk).  Of course, their
are  other  things  to do on the internet other than surf the world wide
web.  There's IRC.

I've  only  just  recently  just  obtained  a  copy  of MIRC for Windows
*-blech-*,  and  gained  access  onto IRC.  The only thing is, I'm on it
during  the  day and not many UK Amigans are on, but there are some very
busy and talkative channels at times.
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[You  can  contact  the  Carnage guys on the channels #Amirc, #Amiga and
#Cyberpunk on EFnet.  Kei]
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FTP/Gopher/Telnet  sites  are abundantly available.  Each have their own
commands at a sort of DOS prompt (however, there are GUI's that ease the
use of FTP).  Many BBS's are allowing Telnet users to log on (although I
haven't  done  this  yet).  FTP and gopher are basically the same thing,
only  Gopher  presents you with a menu system that is a little easier to
use than the basic FTP interface.

What  else  is out there?  Urm..  http/ftp/gopher/telnet/irc...  I think
that's  yer  lot.   This  is  just  a very vague, general idea about the
internet that I thought I would share with you.



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