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Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide (Prentice Hall Series in Innovative Technology)
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About Zen And The Art Of The Internet: A Beginner's Guide
Product Description This well-known, accessible guide is updated to reflect recent developments. Covers topics including the World Wide Web, E-mail, "netiquette," downloading files, Usenet, commercial services, resources, and keeping children safe on the Internet. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. From the Publisher The legendary best-selling Internet introduction, a convenient package that's just as friendly and easy-to-read as ever, is now fully-updated with coverage of the World Wide Web and much more. For years, Internet experts have referred newcomers to this book as the single best way to get started on the Internet. It's one of the few computer books that can truly be called a classic. Now author Brendan Kehoe has completely updated it to reflect the dramatic changes on the Internet. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. When historians travel through the records of a century, seek- ing those events that had a pronounced impact on society as a whole, they often find ideas that were originally nothing more than passing thoughts. Over time, these inspirations grew to effect the daily life of mil- lions of people. The car, the telephone, finding a cure for illnesses like the polio virus, all of these discoveries made a notable impression on the global culture. What you are now pursuing-this global method of communica- tions known as networking-will been seen to have had a similar effect. Look at our world today: friends staying in touch across the oceans; researchers sharing their results not in terms of days or weeks, but minutes; couples being married after having met in Cyber- space; and most of all, a generation being born to communicating with other nations as if it were a commonplace occurrence. The uncountable millions of people all becoming involved in this world-wide sharing of information each started out with the curiosity you're now feeling. You've heard the Internet mentioned on TV, in the newspaper, in cartoons, even in every-day conversations. So you've finally decided to "take the leap" and learn how to use this new medium-to see if it meets the grand predictions you've been told. This book is intended to ease you into this new world. As you go along, you'll find new ways to talk, new ways to think. If you encoun- ter areas of this virtual world that leave you confused or frustrated, don't give up. Odds are you know someone who can explain that par- ticular area to you. And most of all, realize that it's like any other aspect of life; the potential routes are uncountable. Choose your pur- suits carefully, and know that the Internet is used by a community driven by its desire to share information with others. It has grown from an interesting idea by some very influential and creative people, to become a veritable backbone to modern society. The Internet has come of age. In the United States, the 1992 Presidential campaign had an unparalleled presence in Cyberspace. Candidates sported email addresses, electronically available position papers, and a heretofore unseen awareness of this "global village." In the former Soviet Union, email was one of the only ways citizens could get information out about the coup against then-President Gorbachev. And MTV is on the Net. For those who helped build the Internet, its fantastic growth- more than doubling in size each six months-has been both exciting and sobering. Many predict that in only a few years, Internet connec- tivity will be available by right, in much the same way as having access to a telephone is considered a basic necessity. To someone learning about the Net for the first time, the sheer size of it can be overwhelming. Many people feel a strong urge to panic when they first encounter the Internet, putting it on a list of things to avoid, like learning to program a VCR. I urge you to stick with it and set your own pace. You alone control your learning pro- cess. If you need to, learn to program y
