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• stimulating the production and distribution of Canadian Content; And, according to the report,accessis not equal in both oflicial languages, • accelerating access to the Information Highway; One of the council's priorities that is already being realized is to • responding to changes in earning l and the workplace; encourage digital literacy by ensuring every Canadian school has full • and transforming g overnment into a "model user" of the Information Internet access by 1998.

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Another area that is now benefiting from this technology push is business, June Campbell takes a look at how some B.C. businesses are And if this council's history is anything to go by — Bo percent of the making use of Industry Canada's Strategis Web site to reach new marrecommendations made in its first report last September have already kets and investors (see page 30). been adopted by the federal government - the latest recommendations have a good chance of having a life beyond the printed page.

In this issue (The full text of both reports can be found on the Web at http: // We also address small business in this issue. specifically the small oflice strategis.ic.gc.ca/IHAC.) and home oifice (SOHO) sector. Alan Thwaits takes a look at the trends "We must seize the opportunity techno-logy presents," Johnston said in self-employment, a category in which sS percent of working Canadians at the unveiling. He added that in doing business, communicating, and now falL This is up Irom ss percent zo years ago (see page so). conducting our daily lives "we are at the vortex of tremendous Also in this issue, readers tired of Mac users trumpeting the security change... Nobody is in a better position than we are, but many are in superiority of their operating system will be pleased to leam the a similar positions and success in the knowledge-based era will be Swedish company that issued a challenge to hackers to crack its Mac based on being number one." server is finally having to pay out — though a company representative The council's report urges the governmen t to take steps to make does explain that the problem was not in the server but in a security Canada the most" connected nation. hole in third-party software (see page s8).

Johnston said one thing that gives Canadians an edge in this charge Let us know what you thinld into the tuture is our adaptability. Apparently, as a nation, we take to Megan Johnston, Associate Editor

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Encyclopedias: A Matter of Trust" (August Issue]. like something is to try to understand and use The program currently has over 8o particiI sensed a very negative slant tcwaard the use of it first — liking it will come because you start pants and recently won the s997 Award of athawaeoeambe d e r aMnas multimedia encydopedias as an educational tooL knowing that field. '. '«38e Excellence finm the Canadian Association for what& ~ e. thealhtlabeIha Marcel Ban University Continuing Education, The pro&tarn ANN ouNcsteNry Jea seslletcpan.corn It is true that some of the information on these «t discs is either incorrect or outdatal.

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Twenty years ago, almost 19 per cent of Canadians workedfor various levels of government, while 11 per cent of us were selfemployed.Today, over 15 per cent of us are self-employed,and only 14.6 per cent work for the government, according to Statistics Canada.

Andrew Jackson, senior economist with the Canadian Labour Congress, claims selfemployment has created 75 per cent of the net gain in employment between 1990 and 1995.

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Here aresome answers. Not specifics,but trends that hold within them answers that can mean new business,repeat business, and an increase in the bottom line.

Answer one In the 1969 film The Graduate, the one-word business advice given to Dustin Hoffman's character was "plastics." In the 1990s, the answer would be "solutions."

Manufacturers,developers, resellers, and knowledge workers understand that customers are willing to pay — and pay well — for the servicesof someone who can customize a product or service. It's an extension of the current passion for th e personal trainer, someone who knows the customer well enough to build a solution that will meet the customer's particular needs.

The logical corollary is that those who simply sell " b o xes," w hether hardware, software, or a single service, are doomed to failure.

Answer two Convergence is the dynamic that's running the business world. Whether it's the computer/FV hybrid, the marriage of banking and the Web, or even the uneasy alliance between Microsoft and Apple, things are coming together. That means that the state-of-the-art SOHO entrepreneur needs to position himself or herself across at least a couple of sectors and markets.

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adaptable, nimble, and aggressive.

Answer thtee Once again, we' re talking about size and speed. Or, more accurately, about access and mobility. Small and fast only matters if it serves the bottom line. Otherwise, it's just a red flag for larger predators. That means that the successful SOHO must be mobile and instantly accessible to customers.

Do you respond to email messages from your customers within four hours? Six? Any slower, and you' re liable to be forgotten in a world that moves so fast. Do you have a cell phone? A pager? Do you use them? If not, you' re going to be consigned to the tired category of those who may take a couple of days to respond to voice messages-and lose business in the process.

For good or ill, the business world is moving faster than ever, and access and mobility mean a lot.

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Tools-here are some new hardware and software options that will support the SOHO in responding to the above trends.

Because they' re always at hand, a palmtop or handheld computer can give you the information you need when you need it-not later, when you' ve returned to your office and taken the time to boot up your desktop system. The best ones come from Psion, Philips, and Hewlett Packard.

Another new tool is a SOHO-sized postage meter (and optional electronic weigh scale) that's replenishable via phone (no more lugging the box down to the post office!), from Pitney Bowes. It is inexpensive to run, and you can create your own ads on your business mail!

With email merging software, you can

design an e-mail campaign with a series of t imed messages personalized with y o ur prospect's name, address, and so on. This is

not "spam" (unwanted mass mailings), but a legitimate follow-up to a customer's inquiry about your product or service, and a good way to nurture your customer before following up with a voice call or personal visit.

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BY SJ. ROSS ng Shui, the 5,000-year-old Chinese practice of arranging your living space is increasingly being adopted by businesses in search of a livable office evironment.

"Feng Shui [pronounced "fung shwe" or "fung shoy"] is practical and physical and esoteric and mystical," says Malca Narrol, Feng Shui consultant and teacher. "It is the study of people and place, it is the Chinese art of designing harmonious environments, it is a way of setting up space to work well and feel right and suit the person who is using it."

In essence, Feng Shui, which literally translates as "mild wind, warm sun, clear water, lush tree," is the art of designing a space-such as an office-to balance yin and yang and the five elements of water, wood, tire, earth, and metal. Ultimately, when the elements in an office are balanced, the room becomes a comfortable, productive environment.

"People who work at home are in charge of themselves," says Narrol. "They are motivating themselves, creating goals, creating vision, and the environment can help with that or distract from that."

Get the balance right To balance the elements, Feng Shui uses a nine-square grid to classify room space as one of the essential qualities of life.

Clockwise, the squares are: I.Knowledge and education in the corner made by the entrance and left walls.

2. Superiors, mentors, employees in the middle of the left wall.

3. Wealth in the corner made by the left and back walls.

4. Reputation in the center of the back wall.

5.Relationships in the corner made by the back and right walls.

6.Creativity in the middle wall of the right wall.

7. Helpful people, such as friends and clients, in the corner made by the entrance and right walls.

8. Career in the centre of the entrance wall.

9.Health and energy is in the center of the room.

Based on this grid, you can find and correct problem areas, and enhance the important aspects of your work.

For example, ifyou cannot save money, and if there is a garbage can in the space that represents wealth, you can rectify this problem by moving the garbage can to a space that is less important to you.

On the more common-sense side, Feng Shui principles also range from placing your office in a space filled with light, air, a pleas-

ant feeling, and an enjoyable view, ensuring that practical considerations-from comfort to placement — are ideal for your needs, positioning office furnishings and items so you never have to uncomfortably contort your body, and minimizing clutter and disorganization.

"The importance of Feng Shui is vast," says Narrol. "It is very much in line with

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Then there is the Hugger Dua Back chair from Grahl Industries. The back hes" e split': down the middle, aimed at reducing spinal strain end encouraging correct pasture. But' Duffynates,"yau have enough musde inthe ' spinal region that this isn't en imteting factor," end "mare importantly, yau want curvature in the chair ta support the lumber regian,,of the beck."

Soft wrist rests, such as the Wrist Rat, can be problematic taa. Designed ta resemble e rat, it is said ta "alieviate wrist discomfort from prolonged computer mouse usage."

But, according ta Duffy, soft rests may encourage an extended wrist position, which" compresses the carpel tunnel. This may encourage yau ta move the mause with smaller muscles in the hand instead of the larger, stranger arm muscles, It mey also encourage wrist deviation, which cen irritate the carpal tunneL: "We are nat encouraging wrist rests," Dufl'y says. "Na matter what kind.":on the bright side, however, the Ontario inventor wha developed the Wrist Rat says "yau can strake your Wrist Rat and it may help ta relieve same stresses."-S J. 'Ress",,,

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Carpal tunnel syndrome, for example, is an trackpad — a flat mousing device While Duffy recommends a shelf RSI that occurs when the carpal tunnel, a nar- that allows you to move your for people who predominately row space in the wrist containing tendons, cursor by moving your finger interact with the desk because it nerves, and blood vessels, becomes stressed on the trackpad and gener"provides clearance for the by repetitive finger movement and bent wrist ate mouse clicks by tapknees," she recommends that posture. And tendinitis (a sore muscle) is ping the trackpad or the heavy computer users use an caused by static holding and overuse. mouse buttons. articulate arm wide enough RSIs alsoinclude stiff shoulders caused by Whatever accessories to hold both keyboard and '""-""""" mouse. a rigid position, eye strain due to poor light- you choose, maintain a ing, back strain resulting from poor posture, 90-degree elbow angle, But whatifyou have sepaand more. And with, according to the Ontario keep your wrist straight, rate keyboard and mousing Worker's Compensation Board, an increase relaxed and not resting on options and your existing of more than 32 per cent of reported cases of an surface as you type, keyboard arm is not w i de carpal tunnel syndrome from 1990 to 1993, hold the mouse gently, and ™-"--- • enough to house your mouse?

RSI is clearly a growing concern. rely on the arm to move the Purchase an articulate mouse What is a s mall o f f ice / h ome of fice mouse. arm and position it as near as your (SOHO) worker to do ? C ombating RSI Now that you have your two keyboard as possible to avoid strainrequiresergonomic computer accessories and most important ergonomic computer ing your shoulder when reaching for office furnishings, good posture and work accessories, let's look at ergonomic comput- your mouse. habits, and frequent stretching breaks. er furnishings.

The Details line from Steelcase has a good The two most critical ergonomic computer According to A nne D u ffy, ergonomist selection of both keyboard and mouse arms. accessories are the keyboard and mouse. with Human Factors North Inc., the most Ifyou frequently referto documents asyou important SOHO ergonomic items are a Purchase items that require a minimum of type, purchase a document holder to hold effort, encourage relaxed posture, and pro- multitask chair, articulate keyboard and documents at monitor level. Duffy recommote a straight wrist. mouse surface, document holder, and anti- mends holders that are "height adjustable, glare screen. large enough to accommodate your paper, Product posturing T he key feature in a n o ff ice chair i s and has a clip and bottom lip."

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The palmrest is huge, with the keyboard set way back. It felt too big for a notebook, although the touch was quite acceptable.

Floppy drive and CD-ROM must take turns using the expansion bay.

Performance was smooth and speedy; video clips played in synch with their sound, with no hesitation or jerkiness. Standard three-year warranty.

machine was a reliable performer with all software tested. Since the floppy drive and CDROM drive are both integrated into the unit's standard design, there's no need to fiddle with swapping these components. The keyboard had an acceptable I'eel to it, and the unit has two hack supports t hat a l lo w t h e m achine to b c angled 1'or more comiortahie «omputing. Standard one-year warranty.

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The TrackPoint III trackstick is responsive, and its buttons have a better feel than previous models; IBM has always produced quite usable keyboards.

The system comes with Lotus SmartSuite. signups for several online services, and some utilities, as well as CoSession remote-control soi'tware so IBM technicians can peri'orm diagnostics if necessary. Standard warranty is one-year.

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Price: $g,3x9 The Versa 6200MX is a 166 MHz Pentium with MMX, with 32 MB of RAM, 2,1 GB hard drive, HP OmniBaok haaoCT 10x CD-ROM drive, and a bright, clear, Price: $3,594.

1024x768 133-inch display. The CD-ROM The 2000CT has a 133 MHz Pentium pmc~sor drive«nd fl oppy drivecannotbe used atthe same with ~ 12 . 1-inch display, 16 MB of RAM, andtime. The VersaGlide touchpad is very sensitive, .Site seeittg.

IA4 GB hard drive. A 10x CD-ROM drive is yet the keyboard has a slightly harder touch than :Angel: Cbmputer,. Tel: 9o$goi+375. ':,,'. optionaL You can use the CD-ROM and fl oppy dn- many of the others we' ve looked at. Along with Web:sile .httput/www. ves simultaneously by attaching the floppy drive to the standard ports, the Versa has a video-out that ' !Apple.Made, Tel::Boo-z63-3394.:,., the parallel pott, or simply leave it in the expansion will send its display to a television set. ,Web site: httpg/www.apple.ca,;,'-:.-"l:.,'.,'-;:.;.: .', bay if you don't need the CD-ROM drive. The drive System performance is brisk, although the -:AST Chirhdh, Teit 9o5-5o7-3zys.,;".;i ',";.::::'-",„; has a neat little popeut handle that makes it very machine does devour batteries to give you that Web-sitei. http: //www.aStcarthda.rom: easy to remove without undue tugging at breakable speed. And the unit is a heavyweight is other '.:,Ca~;:CattaCh -'Inc:,--".Tel:.: Baa-567-<6>6, bits. The keyboard has large, flat keys, and a track- ways as well-it tips the scales at just about 3.6 kg Web stte:,".::http'.//www.cotnpiq;ca:,;-,'..:,':;:,':...::=;,'. stick with very noisy mouse buttons.

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Performance is quite acceptable, and the unit Price: $3,x39 t Web Qfe::,b+g w vM.wlndcN5;digital.horn comes with HP's TopTools management soft- This is the only unit in our roundup with a pas- 'E~ '-: Tel""ki>eh4-6sai.:': "-":":-" "'':i:-:-'' '-'-'": ware, plus HP's personal information manag- sive matrix enhanced STN display. It has a 133 '.;; Nab ~,:Ittttp'/twww.euracom.ca .,"", er.There's a standard three-year worldwide MHz Pentium processor, 16 MB RAM, 1.35 ,'„;Hewlett',,Padrhrd Canada,:Tet ',8aa-387-j867, warranty.

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In the interest of protecting your computer investment, a computer bag makes a whole lot of sense, and these days, there are hundreds of designs from which to choose.

Market leader Targus alone offers 35 under its own name, plus another 5o produced under other names. And with just Targus' Canadian production estimated to be about z5o,ooo units this year (4.4 million worldwide), you can tell notebook carrying cases are big business.

But how do you choose the right computer carrier? Targus of Canada vice-president Zeno Ricci offers a few hints.

First, decide what you need to carry. There' s the computer, obviously, but what accessories

portable printer? Do you also need to tote papers or books? What about diskettes, PC cards, or CD-ROMs? For overnighters, do you want to take a change of clothes?

Once youVe decided, you' re ready to consider a computer bag of the appropriate capacity. There are even cases available that combine a wheeled carry-on with a removable computer case, for frequent flyers.

As far as the bag itself is concerned, look for a well-protected system compartment.

Some vendors are using air-filled foam tubes for padding, while others rely on a suspended sling to absorb travel shock. If there's the potential for your machine to move around in its compartment, there should be some way to fasten it in place-typically Velcro-secured straps. Make sure the handle and shoulder strap are sturdy, well-padded, and comfortable to hold. The case's fabric is a matter of taste, but it should be strong and waterproof. —Lynn Gre1ner

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compounds with emphasis on life threatening disease and acute treatments. norMED Inc, a new speciality pharmaPresident and chief executive officer, Dr. ceutical company in L angley, has Mike Abrams, established the new business in launched a large print and interactive the Lower Mainland after spending the last identity design project to present corporate decade with the Philadelphia-based research information to potential investors, partners, unit of Johnson Matthey. employeesand collaborators.

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"Gil! Wake up, Gil!" But Power Computing was abundant with "Ummmph? Huh?" lawyers and Apple was forced to buy out the "Gil, you' ve been having that dream again," clone maker for USSxoo million. The Steve said his wife. proclaimed throughout the Valley, "let no one "What'? Wow, it was so vivid. It was just like license my technology again." a QulckTlme VR movie. I shouldn't have "Who's going to trust Apple as a business ordered the pizza with double anchovies.". partner? Who's going to sign a contract with "Yes dear," she soothed. It was going to Apple to buy a m i llion dollars worth of be another l ong n i ght i n t h e A m elio Macs?" said an unbeliever before he, too, household. + was tossed into the bottomless pit. "Your faith in me must sustain you," replied the Cot your own IJosslp of blbllcal proportions' Steve.

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According to Web Pool project manager Emma Payne, eight people involved in the development of the entire identity project, which took three months to complete, "They wanted to showcase their record in drug discovery and provide information about their l eaders and c ore s cience.

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Industry Canada's Laurie Dalkin reports hen Industry Canada says "I'm that Dog and Pony Games of Peachland was from the government and I'm here delighted to receive enquiries from other to help you," it's the truth, accord- placesin Canada as well as Hong Kong, the ing to B.C. businesspeople. The Strategis United States, Australia, Newfoundland and Web site an d t h e S t udent C onnection other points around the world shortly after Program are auracting enthusiastic support registering its game development business in from localbusinesses. the Strategis database.

Richmond's ACT Laboratory Ltd is a small.

The Canadian Company C apabilities young company that is rapidly emerging as a (CCC) database features more than 30,000 significant player in the North American gam- Canadian companies and 200,000 products ing industry. Act Labs is known tor its high- and services. end computer gaming accessories, such as The Strategis Web site — said to be the joysticks and racing wheels, and for providing largest in N o rth A m erica — is rated by ESL (English as a Second Language) and Microsoft as one of the top five business sites, TOEFL (Test o f E n g lish a s a F o r eign andreceives an averageof13, 000 hitsperday.

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Strategis is of little value, of course, unless a business is online. Industry Canada's Student Connection Program is one affordable and effective solution to businesses needing some help acquiring Internet skills.

Gary Warnock„a public affairs advisor for Industry Canada. reports that over 400 B.C. businessesa year have used thisprogram to leam how to use both the Internet and the Strategis site.

Participating university and college students develop and deliver customized training programs at a cost to the business of $150 for l5 hours of training.

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government is reaching out to stimulate small business activities through the use of technology. It's great for the students, too. Aside from making some money, they alsoget industry contacts and experience."

The Connection Program has been used by a diverse array of businesses, including the Goose Green Bed & Breakfast in Langley and Nico Environmental Health Services. +

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And the advertisers pay to place their ads in the hope that you, the readers, will buy their products. Since this is a computer publication, that means new hardware and software, or upgrades to your existing hardware and software.

And while many of us feel tyrannized by the urge to buy, here comes another little secret: many of us are not fulfilling our duty to buy new products on schedule,For example, recent studies have shown there are an estimated 97 million users of Windows 3.1. By some accounts, 5o percent of horne users and asmany as 7o percent ofbusiness users continue to use that operating environment, which dates back to 1992. (In fact, some of those users are still running Win 3.o, which dates back two years earlier).

Despite frenzied efforts by software publishers to come out with bi-annual officesuite upgrades, and semi-annual Internet browser upgrades, a large majority of users a re running something other t han t h e newest version o f t h ese ke y s o ftware items — even when, as in the case of Web browsers, they can upgrade for free. Millions of copies of Word Perfect 5.1 and Lotus 1-23 release 2.1, DOS software from the 198os are still in use.

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In other cases, users are following the doctrine of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." There have been suggestions that 9o percent of us use 1o percent of the features in today' s advanced word processors and spreadsheets,

but most of the features added to new releases seem to fall into that "less-often-used" category. (Ironically, however, most users also resist attempts to sell them simpler products-most of use continue to use a full-powered word processor, for example, rather than a simpler p roduct l ik e C larisWorks or Microsoft Works, even though the Works product would probably meet all our needs, be cheaper to purchase, and require less computer hardware).

Many users simply aren't interested in changing,having made the big, expensive jump to getting a computer in the first place and then learning to use the software. They don't see much need to do it ail over again. unless there's something new and dramatic they want to do, but can't with their current setup.

A couple of teachers I know both bought their first computers about five years ago.

Each gotwhat was a power system for1992: a 386DX-33, with zi MB of RAM, a 1oo MB hard drive, and Microsoft Word 2.o. And that hardware and software package works as well today as it did the day they bought it even though its generations from the state-of-theart. Only the seductive call of the Internet is leading one of t hem to consider getting something new.

Still, even though there are millions of computer users resisting the call to upgrade, there are enough of you out there who won' t settle for less than the newest, most full-featured, to keep the software and hardware creators relatively happy. (And to keep me busy reviewing their latest offerings.)

Me? I'm somewhere in the middle. As a reviewer, companies often send me copies of their latest and greatest. But atter writing the review, I often find myself taking it olf my

computer, and going back to the older prod-

uct that meets my needs and that I'm familiar with. I' vechecked out the latest generation of word processors, but backed up a generation-I'm writing this using Microsoft Word-95, not the newest version of Word or Word Perfect. That older version includes features I like: Windows 95 long file names, and realtime spell-checking, for example, without the added heft of the newest generation.

I' ve stuck to even-older versions of some products, for example,Lotus Organizer 1.1, which dates back to 1993 and fits on a single floppy d i sk. I t s t i l l o r ganizes my

appointmentsand phone numbersin a simple scheduler interface. Later versions added networking and group-work-features I don't need-and take 1o times more disk space. I' ve tried other personal information managers, but the 1993 product is good enough for ~e. 4

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The Net Generation time as the new media: digital, networked, and interactive technologies that, separately and in combination, offer unprecedented opportunities to enhance, change, and revive the delivery of education, entertainment, consumer goods, and knowledge products.

Already, the Net Generation is combining demographic muscle with digital mastery. As a result, this is a generation that learns, works, thinks, and plays diff'erently than the baby boomers, There is no single issue more important to parents, teachers, business leaders, marketers, social activists, and policy makers than understanding this generation.

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Playing games, searching the Internet for inforThe Net Generation presents a challenge to mation about dinosaurs, dicking through CDthe boomers' demographic supremacy. There ROMs, participating in chat room conversaare SS million boomer adults in the United tions, and sending e-mail messages to Mends States and Canada. By 1999,those same are attractive activities for kids because they adults will be parents to 88 million children are fun. Computers are also valuable tools for betweenthe ages of two and 22. children's learning ,working,and communicatAlso called the baby boom echo, this gener- ing, however. ation must bedefi ned by more than demoChildren enjoy using a computer because the graphics. They are growing up at the same screen is the one environment they can control.

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This element of independent control influences how thehome PC isused as a learning tooL "At home you can do what you want with your computer," says 1/t-year-old Tiark Rompf from Germany."If you wanna go surf the Net, you can do that. If you wanna write a letter, you can do that. At school you can't simply do something,you have to be educated how to do something. And you certainly can't decide what you want to do."

Combined with an Internet connection, the home PC is also a communications tooL Kids who communicate online are interacting with other people, not with the computer. Through chat rooms and e-mail, "N-Geners" are making friends who live outside their own neighbourhoods and preparing for their roles in a global society.

"I have a lot of friends as it is and being online is like multiplying it by two and widening the age, location, and variety of Mends I have," says 16-year-old Darla Crewe of Halifax.

Thirteen-year-old Lauren Bane of New Zealand agrees: "I definitely believe that it is a won-

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A further complication is that — unlike word processors, which use all sorts of formatting controls to nicely align and display textemail packages generally work with simple ASCII text. By ASCII text, I'm referring to a standard character set that all computers universally understand. These 228 characters include all the common characters, such as the 26 lower case letters, the 26 upper case ones, thenumerals, and so on. Behind the scenes, this is known as the "lower ASCII*' set, with each character uniquely identified by a number ranging from "o" to "szp."

Standard ASCII was good, but computer manufacturers and font developers quickly realized they needed more than the 228 characters. They wanted more, especially funky characters such as a "non-breaking space" or an "em-dash" (essentially, an extra long hyphen). The computer geeks solved this problem by a dding another group of 228 characters to the existing ASCII set and calling these characters the "extended" or "upper ASCII" set.

Unfortunately, not everyone could agree on what each number of the extended ASCII set would represent. In fact, very few char-

Q; Your column "Electronic mail" taught me a good lesson: first type my message into my word processor application, then cut and paste it into my email application. This saves me time and keeps the telephone free. One thing I notice is that the message lines are distorted when I send an email or print out any emaiis I receive. The text doesn't stay in the same format as I typed it. Is this a normal situation or is there any mistake on my part'? In case it's important, I am using Eudora Light or Netscape Gold.

Abbas MacShrink David Rosen replies: There are many reasons why your text looks good on your end(i.e., before you send it) and choppy at the other (i.e., when your intended recipient reads it). First, most email software packages insert line feeds or carriage returns between each separate line of text. When you send me an email message, your text is set in the particular font and size you use.

As your message travels from your computer through your Internet service provider (ISP), then the Internet itself, and then finally to me, the message will be chopped up into smaller strings of text and sent to me with a carriage return at the end of each of these lines. When I get the message, my

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This isn't a Mac versus PC problem, but more of an overall personal-computerindustry problem: the same incompatibilities can exist from one Mac to another (or from one PC to another). A message created using the extended ASCII characters in one font may not map (or translate) to the same character in a different font. Weird, eh?

So what's the solution to all this craziness?

Well, it's important to realize that being an early adopter of technology is always tricky, with lots of annoyances. Second, ifyou receivea jumbled message, you can go through the document manually and remove the added line feeds, but it's usually easier to use your word processor to search and replace paragraph markers (which cause a line feed).

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Handycam (and no Finally, the third trend is the changing costs delays in video mode). Likewise, in dark or Capture concerns in the means of storing and transferring high-contrast lighting conditions, the DC I 20 As for the quality of the captured images, images from camera to computer. refusedto shoot,whereas the Handycam's auto advantage again goes to the DC120. In generAs it turns out, all of these concerns are brightness control was able to record (but with a l, sharpness and colour f idelity o f t h e interrelated. so we shall touch on each here. reduced sharpness). So, advantage Handycam DC120's 1,200x1,000 images are clearly betfor image-taking. ter than the highest resolution (1,500xl,l25) Quality comparisons images imported from the Handycam using How good are digital video camera/camcorder Transfier trials the Snappy screen capture unit. When I images versus a mid-price digital still camera? Getting the image from camera to computer switched to a Miro capture card, colour fideliWeil, we used a $3,700 Sony DCR-PC7 was another story. For all practical purposes, ty for the Sony Handycam was distinctly Handycam digital video camcorder versus the to get useful images out of the DC120, users improved-sometimes bettering the Kodak $1,400 Kodak DC120 digital still camera. should buy the 10 MB flash card with the PC DC120; but sharpness of image was still an The Sony Handycam sports 10x natural or Card adapter ($375) and the AC/DC power advantage of the DC120.

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And some people don't mind paying just over a d o llar a p i c t ure fo r t h e c o nvenience of getting the i mages stored on CD (plus a slide or negative) done for t hem. Th e c o s t o f p r o d u c ing d i g i t a l prints, on the other hand. has changed for the worse.

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Picturing the competition Finally, each camp is acutely aware of what the other is doing-Kodak, for that maner, is in both the digital still and 35 mm camps.

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