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September 1998

TECH TALK TUESDAY – Ancient Solar Science

nancy Techie Tues 9-2-97

Ancient Inca astronomers were tracking the sun and planets centuries ago. Now scientists have unearthed an observatory on an island. Why was the center of science isolated from society?

Solar Observatories of the Inca 

   University of Illinois at Chicago archaeologist Brian Bauer and colleagues have unearthed artifacts from sites in South America that shed light on how the Inca organized their sun-worship rituals and how they physically kept track of the sun’s movements.

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TECH TALK TUESDAY – Asian Net

nancy Techie Tues 9-2-97

  Faster and stronger, “Internet 2” is reserved for universities and research centers.
Now Russia and China are speeding into the scientific community with connections to this new network.

Asia Net

   The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced two major awards over five years to Indiana University and the University of Tennessee to lead international high performance research and education network connections between the United States and the Asia Pacific Rim and Russia.

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TECH TALK TUESDAY – Who’s There?

nancy Techie Tues 9-2-97

The internet continues to grow in leaps and bounds. It doubles in size every year! Who is surfing and what do they do online? to find out!

Who is Online? 
By Elizabeth Wiese

   More than a third of adults in the USA are online.

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TECH TALK TUESDAY – Alternative Browsers

nancy Techie Tues 9-2-97

Are you tired of the browser wars? Are you ready for another choice? There are several alternatives to the Netscape and Microsoft products. Best of all, they don’t need Windows, download quick and take up almost no drive space!

Browser Options 
By John DeBellis 

   If you thought Microsoft’s “Internet Explorer” and Netscape’s “Communicator” were the only browser choices for surfing the Web, think again.

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