Computer technology

[Laurel Mittenthal]

As I mentioned yesterday, I also maintain a how-to page on this sort of stuff,
and update it fairly regularly, just because things change so fast (and
are, in
general, getting gradually less complicated). I'd be happy to work together
with someone on this (Tom Beyer - ?) or accept contributions directly, then
put
them up on a page. I've also been considering doing a branch of the WWW
Virtual
Library on computing in non-Latin-font languages; does anyone think this would
be of use?

Laurel

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Laurel Mittenthal
Foreign Language Computing Specialist   mittenth at fas.harvard.edu
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Computer Services, Harvard University
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mittenth/        +1.617.496.6005


At 10:57 07.06.99 -1000, you wrote:
>Before great technological strides make this discussion obsolete, a helpful
>solution would be to have one repository of computer wisdom located on one
>Web page. People with solution to common problems could write in and the
>solution would be filed (something like a FAQ). A listserv is too
>evanescent and ephemeral for this. Any takers? If not, let me know.
>Irene Thompson
>
> At 12:29 PM 6/7/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Kjetil offered great suggestions, and I know these remedies are out there.
>>However, not everyone has the know-how or the time to learn the know-how
>>well enough to take care of it on their own.  And many of us are left with
>>no system support, so we have to figure it out on our own.  I'm pretty
>>handy w/a computer. but at some point I need someone there to show me
>>certain steps that I'm just not getting.  This becomes a huge demand on
>>time and energy.
>>
>>What we really need is further development of both computers and software
>>which recognizes the many different languages that are prevelent on the
>>net.  Technology is a great thing, but there is still so much more we need
>>from it.
>>
>>Devin / Divan
>>
>>Devin P Browne
>>dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu
>>
>>
>Irene Thompson
>P.O. Box 3572
>Princeville, HI 96722
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>