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By Claudia Lynch,
Benchmarks Online Editor
In addition to our feature
articles, Benchmarks Online publishes monthly columns that are
focused on specific aspects of computing here at UNT (and beyond, in
some cases). Check out what is waiting for you this month:
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The
Network Connection
- "The Network Connection" may well be the longest running
column in computer publishing history. Certainly in University
of North Texas computer publishing history. Dr. Philip
Baczewski, Associate Director of Academic Computing, started
writing the column for our
newsjournal, Benchmarks, in 1989. It was originally
called "The BITNET Connection," but was renamed in 1991. Dr.
Baczewski wrote then ("The Network Connection," Benchmarks,
September 1991, page 13):
This month, "The BITNET Connection" officially
becomes "The Network Connection." When this column began in
March of 1989, the intention was to increase awareness of
BITNET among members of the University community and to
provide insights into the effective use of wide area
networking. Although the University had been a member of the
BITNET network since 1985, even by 1989, use of BITNET had yet
to become widespread on the UNT Campus. In the intervening
years, however, much has changed on the networking landscape.
The use of BITNET seems fairly commonplace these days,
possibly due to educational efforts on the part of Academic
Computing Services (including this column), but more probably
because of the increasing awareness of the
wide-area-networking on the part of faculty, whether it be
from their counterparts at other universities or through
professional academic affiliations.
. . .
It has become increasingly difficult to discuss
BITNET without including the Internet somewhere in the
conversation.
. . .
Hence the name change of this column.
This month's
column is titled "Microsoft's Ultimately Unsuccessful
Strategy." Click
here to read all about it.
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Link
of the Month -
As it says on the top of the "Link of the Month" page, "each
month we highlight an Internet, USENET Special Interest Group
(SIG), or similar mailing list(s) or Website(s)." Lately we
have been confining ourselves to featuring UNT specific sites.
This month we focus on "The UNT Homepage: www.unt.edu."
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WWW@UNT.EDU -
"WWW@UNT.EDU" is a monthly column written by the Central Web
Support Group in
Academic Computing Services. The topics usually focus, , in
some way, on World-Wide-Web-related issues. This month's topic
is "Logging Your Web Traffic."
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Short
Courses -
Every semester, Academic Computing Services (ACS)
offers short courses on computer-related topics, many of them
having to do with statistical research. This column keeps you
up-to-date on what is being offered and when as well as other
training opportunities.
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IRC
News - As their
Webpage says, "the IRC
is an advisory and oversight body created to foster
communication and cooperation between and among UNT
information resources providers and users." We publish the
minutes of the IRC meetings each month, when they are
available. This month, the July 15, 2003 meeting minutes are
featured.
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Staff
Activities - This column focuses on new
employees, people who are no longer employed at the Computing
and Information Technology Center, awards and recognitions and
other items of interest featured here.
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