AllenWeb
AllenWeb
Nov
'99
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Other Stuff
Currency
Calculator - KNOW what exchange rate you should expect BEFORE you
go!
Salary
Calculator - How much are YOU worth? Check here to get an idea.
This is a subject that you NEED to know if you are in business or into the
automation of it.
J.P. Morgan has recently published an industry analysis of the so-called
"Year 2000 Problem," which highlights the potentially devastating results
of programming written since the dawn of the computer age that was not designed
to handle any dates beyond 1999. (8/9/96)
The
Year 2000 Problem (Highly Recommend: Download (PDF) the
analysis from the site.)
There are some things you NEED to know about how resumes are transmitted,
received, stored in databases, and retrieved electronically. Executive
search firms and companies have been downsized and now more than 50% handle
resumes, etc. in this manner.
Resumes
That Computers Can Sink Their Electronic Teeth Into... by Rebecca Smith
A Quick Guide for you. Make sure you...
Know the difference in income versus standard of living. The
Salary
Calculator is one of the best tools to evaluate what you are making where
you are, and what you need to make in any transfer or relocation situation
to maintain the equivalent purchasing power of your income. The time to know
is BEFORE you accept a job, move there, and then receive a BIG SHOCK!!
Financial software index for risk management, stocks, futures trading, etc. ... everything you need to know about software for financial analysis and management is here.
Source: December 3, 1996 PC Magazine
Here are the tips, tools, tricks, and know-how you need to search the Web, Usernet, White Pages services, and MetaSearch sites.
Summary of Features
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| Name | AltaVista | excite | HotBot | infoseek | Lycos | Magellan | Open | Web | WWW | Yahoo! |
| # URLs Claimed | 30mm | 50mm | 54mm | 1.5mm | 66mm | 6mm | 20mm | 2mm | 3mm | 370k |
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| Search (S) Using AND/OR/NOT/NEAR | |
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| User Controlled Wildcard | |
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| Engine Supports truncated keywords | |
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| Supports keyword weighting | |
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| Field-level search by title/head/URL | |
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| Specify Web/Usernet | |
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| Narrow S by domain | |
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| Narrow S by date | |
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| Narrow S by database categories | |
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| Query by example | |
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| Set max # of hits rtn'd | |
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| Set # hits displayed | |
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| Engine eliminates duplicate hits | |
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| News/weather headlines | |
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| Business news/Stock quotes | |
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| Regional services | |
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| Web site reviews | |
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| Listings of recommended sites | |
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| Child-oriented site | |
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| Customizable start page | |
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