MAP-EXTRA: POP QUIZ #2 ANSWERS

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1. There are literally THOUSANDS of files available through FTP that have the .TXT file extension. Tell me the exact location of just one of these files (hint: see MAP17).

ANSWER: There were three ways you could have found the answer:

1. Doing an Archie search with the keyword "txt" 2. Doing a Veronica search with the keyword "txt" 3. Accesing a random ftp site and looking around for a "txt" file

I hope you chose the first option :) BTW, I did not list the answer because there are THOUSANDS of correct answers.

2. Rick Gates has a monthly competition called "The Internet Hunt." The Hunt asks ten of the most contrived questions you have ever seen, and the Hunt's participants have to find the answers using nothing but the Internet (and they also have to show where they found the answers).

Come to think of it, the Internet Hunt is a lot like this pop quiz ... hmmmm ....

I have heard that Rick places the Hunt results on the CICNET Gopher server (gopher.cic.net) in Michigan (U.S.)

I am interested in the Hunt results. In particular, I am interested in May, 1994 results.

Who won the May 1994 Internet Hunt in the individual category? :) (Note: you may want to bookmark the main Internet Hunt menu -- it is a WONDERFUL Internet training resource).

ANSWER: the winner was some squirrel at the University of Alabama named Patrick Crispen :)

Shameless self-promotion, but I thought it was a neat way to introduce you to the Hunt.

3. I just tried a Veronica search and I got an "Empty Menu" error for a file that I *KNOW* exists. I should call my local Internet service provider and complain, right? Explain your answer :)

ANSWER: NO! Your local Internet service provider is only responsible for the LOCAL part of your service. If you are having a problem accessing a distant file, there is a really good chance that the problem is at the distant site.

Your provider has no control over distant sites, so calling them will not help you at all. Your best bet is to try your search later.

4. I want to subscribe to a LISTSERV list. The list's address is NAVIGATE@UBVM

Tell me what I need to do.

ANSWER: Send an e-mail letter to LISTSERV@UBVM.BITNET which says SUBSCRIBE NAVIGATE

If the Bitnet address does not work, you can take the address

LISTSERV@NODE

or

LISTSERV@NODE.BITNET

and change it to

LISTSERV%NODE@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU

BONUS: What *IS* Clifford Stoll's next book going to be about? (One of the questions above gives you enough information to find the answer).

ANSWER: Astronomy.

The answer can be found in the May 1994 Internet Hunt results.

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