Clarinet's an electronic publishing network service that provides
professional news and information, including live UPI wireservice
news, in the Usenet file format.
Clarinet lets you read an "electronic newspaper" right on the local
system; you can get timely industry news, technology related
wirestories, syndicated columns and features, financial information,
stock quotes and more.
Clarinet's provided by using the Usenet message interchange format,
and is available via UUCP and other delivery protocols, including
NNTP.
The main feature is ClariNews, an "electronic newspaper,"
gathered live from the wire services of United Press International
(UPI). ClariNews articles are distributed in 100 newsgroups based on
their subject matter, and are keyworded for additional topics and the
geographical location of the story. ClariNews includes headlines,
industry news, box scores, network TV schedules, and more. The main
products of ClariNews are:
ClariNews General, the general news"paper" with news,
sports, and features, averaging about 400 stories per day.
TechWire, special groups for stories on science,
technology, and industry stories around them.
ClariNews-Biz, business and financial stories.
Newsbytes, a daily computer industry newsmagazine.
Syndicated Columns, including Dave Barry (humor) and Mike
Royko (opinion).
Full information on ClariNet, including subscription information, is
available from
Clarinet Communications Corp.
124 King St. North
Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2X8
info@@clarinet.com
(800) USE-NETS
or with anonymous FTP in the directory /Clarinet on
ftp.uu.net (Anonymous FTP).
"Needless to say, Aristotle did not envisage modern finance."
Frederick Copleston, S.J.
A History of Philosophy: Vol 1 Greece & Rome Part II, p95
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Things You'll Hear About
There are certain things that you'll hear about shortly after you
start actively using the Internet. Most people assume that everyone's
familiar with them, and they require no additional explanation. If
only that were true!
This section addresses a few topics that are commonly encountered and
asked about as a new user explores Cyberspace. Some of them are
directly related to how the networks are run today; other points are
simply interesting to read about.