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October 22, 1996

Making Waves: Net Tips for University Students

This is a column I've bodysendsand e-mailor posts decided to do in order to help a message on a newsgroup those university students who- (moreonthose next week) that don't- know the Internet like is more or less a tirade of in- the back of their hand. Some sults. These are sometimes tips, sometricks,somerecom- _ personal, orsometimes just for mendations and probably a a breach of net etiquette whole lot ofbabbling, because (Netiquette), such as chain let- I'm going to write this every ters or make money fast week whether I have anything schemes. useful to say or not! But, for Spam - this is a word this week, at least, shouldbe used to describe anything able to help some of you out. pointless and useless, whether How? Well, bythis pointinthe on e-mail or newsgroups. year you probably all have your ASCII - this is a very student accounts, and have simpletype of word processor learned to use e-mail. So far, (WordPerfect or Microsoft so good...until you get e-mail Word, conversely, are com- from somebody who has been plex word processors) used using itlongerthan you. Then frequently onthe Internet or e- look out! You'll see weird mail. The value of using this symbols flying all over the system as the standard is that place, and a lot of acronyms, nearly every word processor slang and lingo that aretotally available inthe world can read beyond your comprehension. _ it or convert a document to it, But fear not, forI've compiled making it much easier for peo- a little list of several of the ple to send documents to each most frequently used Internet other, or for somebody to read

jargon and symbols, and a_ them form a Web page.

rough guide to whatthey mean. sig - this isn't used in the <g>-Thissymbolstands message itself, but rather re-

foragrin. Therearenumerous fers to a block of text that is

automatically added to any e- mail you send. .sig's come in all shapes and sizes, and come in all varieties, from interest- ing designs using ASCII char- acters, to humourous quotes, to just listing your e-mail ad- dress and organization. It's usually considered a breach of Netiquette to have one that is - too- long, but not always. I, for one, have what I believe is the biggest .sig on the Net.

“ * - this symbol, and others like it, are called "smileys", or "emoticons". They are very widely used to express emotions, such as:

“ “- happy smiley

3_3- crying smiley

:p - smiley sticking out tongue (usually when making ahumourous comment)

>_<-wincing smiley

0_o- surprised smiley

Well, that's all for this week! See you next time fora short discussion of Newsgroups, and how to use them.

Chris McNeil chmceneil@upei.ca

variations on this common symbol, including big grin <G>, evil grin<EG>, very evil grin <VEG>, and so on.

<ROTFL> - This sym- bol stands for laughter, more specifically, Rolling On The Floor Laughing.

A related one is <LOL>, or Lots of Laughter.

WWW - World Wide Web. Basically, a synonym for the ination Ga Four delegates and one ob- Also referred to as the Net. S€rver were sent to repre- "Cyberspace" or "The Infor- Sent UPEI. mation (Super)Highway" aren't As a delegate, I thor- generally used on the Net-ac- Oughly enjoyed myself. We tually, people will probably toured the Institute for Ma- make fun of you if you do. rine Dynamics located at

Flame - this is a term Memorial University as well

From September 26- 29, students from all over te Atlantic provinces gathered in St. John's Newfoundland for the annual conference.

UPEI Well Represented at Atlantic Conference for Engineering Students

site of the Hibernia platform. We also had some excellent guest speakers offering their insights on such topics as engineering in today's busi- ness world. The round table discussions were a good op- portunity to share opinions on many relevant issues is- sues facing engineering stu- dents today. Topics brought forth included the role of women in engineering,

Pss...

Beach Party!

On the glorious day of September 27 (the nicest day in two weeks, chosen by me) the Political Studies Society had a beach party...fortunately Annette and Frankie didn't make an appearance.

The party took place in Argyle Shore at the cottage of student Dianne Porter. The weather couldn't have been nicer, as the convoy of cars headed out oftown. A friendly cat and mouse game erupted between two vehicles, and we will win the rematch. Some balloons welcomed the partiers to the cottage. After scaling the cliff, VP Clarey hit the water, as President I did some investigating as well. On the horizon we could see the newly named Confederation Bridge spanning the Strait.

All the professors were in attendance along with sev- eral of their dogs. The stu- dents present started several interesting conversations, com- munism, the Quebec issue, Halifax, Tignish, you name it, it was discussed. Like true politicians, we agreed on very little, except the fact that we were hungry.

The gourmet meal in- cluded corn (hand picked and shucked by me!), chicken

hotdogs prepared by our Chef Matt, chicken wings, and two pitchers of Tang brought to us by Tang's number one fan Jason Doucette. All in all the meal was great, topped off by VP Clarey's dessert (there was al- most a brawl for the Naniamo Bars!).

The feat ofthe night was VP Clarey's incredible defeat ofthe President and past Queen of the Court, me, at the game of twenty one. The basketball gods were smiling on him, of course Matt didn't face the same fate (I whipped his butt!). Thanks to the peanut gallery for all their support. And be- ware, I am out to retain my title, this time on my court, ha ha ha!

Allin all, the event was a success! All of those who missed it missed a great time. Thanks to the students who came as well as who brought stuff. Thanks tothe professors who are always very support- iveand whoalso broughta few beverages! The next meeting for PSS will be Oct 22, at 9am in the Politics Lounge in Main, hope tosee youthere! Thenext event isa US Presidential Elec- tion Party! Sounds like fun eh! Stay tuned!

- Yvonne MacKean

neering in the Atlantic re- gion.

Although education and informative, there was also a lot of fun to be had at the conference. A few of the more adventurous souls de- cided to hike up Signal Hill. Apparantly the night life of St. John's is quite lively (I chose to catch up on sleep and studying - honest). Jennifer, our fearless presi-

whose muscles were sore for days later. Jen's quote: "I never knew my back could bend back that far when I dance!"

So a good time was had by all - some of us just managed to stay more in con- trol than others.

(Keep Shmoozin’)

Ellen Dalton

used to describe when some- _ as a tour of the construction entrepencuring, and engi- dent, was a dancing queen