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Learn the Net News--a free weekly service from Learn the Net.com
http://www.learnthenet.comVol. 2, No. 42 -- Week of October 29, 2000
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The humble PC has been getting a lot of competition lately from Net-enabled wireless devices like cell phones. But is the personal computer dead? Will it go the way of the typewriter, turntable and other marginalized technology? Find out what our tech guru, Larry Magid has to say:
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/larry.htmIn honor of Halloween, our Web Tour this week searches cyberspace for ghosts. Do you believe in these supernatural beings? Whether you do or not, you’ll find some fantastic sites for phantoms at:
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"Top Ten Things You Can Do on the Net This Week:" Happy Halloween
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/features/tenthings.htm1. Celebrate Mexico’s Day of the Dead:
http://www.calacafeast.com/mainhub.html2. Send a ghoulish greeting card:
http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=327627&bfsiteid=28154003&bfpage=text143. Brew some supernatural treats:
http://www.vamphalloween.com/recipes/4. Sneak inside the Salem Witch Museum:
http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/5. Howl with the werewolves:
http://www.werewolfpage.com/6. Unearth the ghost of the Queen Mary:
http://www.ghostsandlegends.com/index.htm7. Find out if you're a vampire:
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~ghenry/vamptest.html8. Treat yourself to a vintage coffin:
http://www.vintagecoffins.com/9. Ponder the macabre writings of Edgar Allan Poe:
http://www.gothic.net/poe/works.html10. Crawl through the Haunted Graveyard:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Portal/9539/graveyardindex.html
Do you have a site to recommend? Let us know, please:
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With the holidays coming up, I’ve been searching for some inexpensive airfares. I heard about a new service, called Hotwire [www.hotwire.com], which offers discounted fares on national carriers. Unlike Priceline, you don’t name the price you want to pay. You enter your destination and travel dates and Hotwire delivers a fare. You then have thirty minutes to book it.
I took Hotwire for a test drive by requesting a ticket from San Francisco to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The fare it proposed was about $10 less than one currently available on the United Airlines website—that’s the good news. The bad news is that you can’t choose your flight times, you don’t know which airline you’ll be flying until you purchase the ticket, you don’t earn frequent flyer mileage, the ticket is non-changeable and nonrefundable, and you don’t get a seat assigned until you arrive at the airport. Given the stress travelers already face in the unfriendly skies, this is much too high a price to pay.
I’ll give Hotwire the benefit of the doubt for now. Perhaps other fares are significantly lower and worth the trade-off. As for me, I want as much certainty as possible when I fly and I’m willing to pay more for it. Am I in the minority on this? Let me know your thoughts.
Wishing everyone a safe and spooky Halloween!
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