How to Use The Internet, 1993

[Grislygus]

NETWORK BASICS

You have at your fingertips the ability to talk in "real-time" with someone in Japan, send a 2,000 word short story to a group of people who will critique it for the sheer pleasure of doing so, see if a Macintosh sitting in a lab in Canada is turned on, and find if someone happens to be sitting in front of their computer (logged on) in Australia, all inside of thirty minutes! No airline (or TARDIS, for that matter) could ever match that travel itinerary.

The largest problem people face when first using a network is grasping all that's available. Even seasoned users find themselves surprised when they discover a new service or feature that they'd never known existed. Once acquainted with the terminology and sufficiently comfortable with making occasional mistakes, the learning process will drastically speed up.