Resources for Module 10
2001, A Space Odyssey
An archive of information about the movie written by Arthur C. Clarke, and featuring the HAL 9000 computer.
Alta Vista Search Engine
by Digital Equipment Corp.
An Intellectual Property Primer
Survey of intellectual property laws.
Automatic Teller Machine-phobia
An article from Georgia Tech on how training of older people can reduce their fear of ubiquitous new technologies, such as ATMs.
Brief History of Computer Technology
Brief sketch of the development of digital, electronic computers, part of a larger Web-book on computational
science; sponsored by the US Department of Energy.
Civil Liberties
ACLU page on Internet censorship.
CNet News Service
A news service that will let you customize your interests and send you weekly email with headlines
Communications Decency Act - 1996
Full text of the 1996 CDA ruling.
Composing Good HTML
A treatise by E. Tilton.
Copyright Website
Lots of copyright information for the WWW.
c|net News
The latest news about the net.
DejaNews Search
Searches news items and newsgroups.
Disney's Fantasia
The tale of the sorcerer's apprentice is given fantastic form in this classic Disney animated film. See sound bytes here.
Expert Systems at Penn State
The Penn State Agricultural Department has a number of experimental expert systems for agricultural management for you to try out.
Federal Networking Council
Official government definition of the Internet.
Galaxy Search Engine
by Trade Wave Corp. A search engine and catalog of subjects.
HAL's Legacy
A 25th anniversary celebration and book about the movie 2001, and the legacy of Arthur C. Clarke's vision of the future of computing through HAL 9000.
Hamilton College
The cool college where Rick and Stu weave their magic web
History of the Net
The View from Internet Valley.
InfoSeek Net Search
InfoSeek home. Also a starting point for browsing "cool" sites.
Intellectual Freedom and Censorship of the Internet
Information on the issues of intellectual freedom, free
speech, and censorhip of the Internet.
J.A.N. Lee's History of Computing
A collection of materials related to the history of computing
Kasparov v. DeepBlue Page
Comprehensive information on the rematch, and more, sponsored by IBM.
Law of the Net: Problems and Prospects
Thinking ahead about Internet legislation.
Lycos Search Engine
Lycos home. Now a commercial search engine: created at Carnegie Mellon University.
Machine That Changed The World
Outline of the major topics of presentation in each of the episodes of the video series.
Mark/Space Virtual Reality
Colorful site of VR information, glossary, and links.
MUD Catalog
Kent State Department of Education lists all the MOOs/MUDs that are fit to print.
NetLingo
A dictionary of the Internet language.
Newspage
A customizable news service
PBS Internet timeline
From the PBS series Life on the Internet.
PC Therapist
By a three-time Loebner winner.
Privacy Pages
Source for Internet privacy issues.
Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
From the Computer Ethics Institute.
Virtual Museum of Computing
Wonderful listings of computing history, computing resources, images, etc.
Volume Controls in Cyberspace?
First Amendment questions about the Internet.
Webcrawler
Search engine originally from U. Colorado.
World Wide Web Consortium
Home of the WWW Project, as started and continued by T. Berners-Lee.
Yahoo Web Search and Directory
Cataloged and searchable listings from Yahoo, an outgrowth of the Stanford Web cataloging project.
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