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36.20 Z - Other Special Topics

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37 STATISTICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SOFTWARE
                                       
37.1 Introduction

   Don't forget to check the mailing list, Usenet, and the "SOFTWARE
   PROGRAM LIBRARIES" sections, as software is covered there as well.
   
+ 37.2 AUTOBOX
+
+  This company offers a sophisticated automatic time series forecasting
+  engine. At this site, they offer extensive information on their
+  products. You can even follow an example of it solving a problem.
+  Their products are available for a number of platforms.
+  
+    # http://darkstar.icdc.com/~autobox
       
* 37.3 BCI Data Manager Version 2.0

   For this section, let me quote from a post by the author (Gary F.
   Langer), with just a bit of editing:
   
   BCI Data Manager is a Windows 3.1 program that lets you manage the
   economic time series contained in the U.S. Commerce Department's
   Business Cycle Indicators (BCI) and Current Business Statistics (BSDC)
   database files. Together, these data files, updated weekly and
   monthly, contain current and historic data on over 2000 data series.
   BCI files contain all of the time series included in the "yellow
   pages" of the Survey of Current Business, going back to 1945, and
   always contain the very latest revisions. Current Business Statistics
   files contain all the economic time series found in the "blue pages"
   of the Survey of Current Business, going back four years. These files
   are available on the Commerce Department's Economics Bulletin Board
   (EBB) and on a subscription basis. You can access the EBB via telnet
   through ebb.stat-usa.gov, or via modem at (202) 482-3870.
   
   The main purpose of BCI Data Manager is to extract data from these
   data files and save it in a useful format. You can choose to save
   extracted data as an ASCII file (CSV format), as a spreadsheet file
   (WK1 format), or to the Windows clipboard. (You can also interactively
   view the data on-line if you like). Range names are saved in the WK1
   files to facilitate importing the data into word- processing documents
   and external databases. Graphs of each series extracted can also be
   saved in the WK1 file containing the data, at the option of the user.
   
   The program also enables you to keep historic database files
   up-to-date with an automated update facility. The Commerce Department
   issues weekly and monthly updates of the last two and four years of
   data for all of its BCI data series, but unless this data can be
   integrated into the historic database files that go back to 1945, it
   is of limited usefulness. By essentially clicking on files to be
   updated and clicking on the files containing the updated data, the
   program will automatically add the updated and revised data to
   existing historic data files.
   
   Another feature of the program is its ability to display graphs of all
   of the series contained in the database with a single click of the
   mouse. With a single tap of the up or down arrow keys you can scroll
   through graphs of all of the series on your computer as if you were
   turning through the pages of a book. With another mouse click you can
   switch the display from that of quarterly or monthly data to that of
   annual data. I've found that this feature is excellent for in-class
   and seminar slide (or screen) show presentations.
   
   If you use the program and like it, send me email and I will send you
   information about later versions of it (I tinker with it endlessly).
   (Also send email if you would like me to send you the program on a
   floppy diskette via surface mail.)
   
   If you use the following address to retrieve the software, you can
   obtain it from either the zipped (using PKZIP) or unzipped directories
   (in that case, be sure to get all files).
   
   Since the above was written, Gary Langer sent me the following:
   "Probably the neatest thing that Data Manager is now able to do is
   serve as a Mosaic viewer. That is, if you are running Mosaic and you
   point it at the BCI Data Manager home page you will have immediate
   access to the BCI files at the U. Mich library. Then, with one click
   on a BCI file, BCI Data Manager will automatically load, process the
   file, and be ready to display graphs, display the data, or extract
   data series to a spreadsheet file. I don't think there's anything else
   like it anywhere available."
   
   The program is available at both CodEc, on a gopher at in Colorado,
   and the primary site is the web page in Colorado.
   
*    # http://csf.colorado.edu/pkt/bci.html
     # Information: Gary F. Langer <gary.langer@syslink.mcs.com>
       
37.4 Aptech (GAUSS)

   This site offers information on this very popular software package for
   econometrics. Specifically, they offer information on GAUSS and
   products for it, new features and products, information on where to
   buy it, comments from users, and links to related sites.
   
     # http://www.aptech.com/
     # Information: info@Aptech.com
     # Orders: sales@Aptech.com
     # Technical Support: support@Aptech.com
       
37.5 Estima (RATS)

   On their web site, you can read the latest news from Estima, the
   producer of RATS and other related products. You can also read about
   general information on their products, and about frequently asked
   questions on RATS. Finally, they offer a list of procedures and
   examples.
   
     # http://www.estima.com
     # Other Support: estima@estima.com
       
37.6 GAMS

   "The General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) is a high-level modeling
   system for mathematical programming problems. It consists of a
   language compiler and a stable of integrated high-performance solvers.
   GAMS is tailored for complex, large scale modeling applications, and
   allows you build large maintainable models that can be adapted quickly
   to new situations." It can run on machines that vary in size from PC
   to supercomputers.
   
   At this site you can read about GAMS, including solvers and supported
   platforms. They also offer extensive documentation (including FAQs and
   an index to their model library), information on contributed software,
   and material on workshops and courses.
   
     # http://www.gams.com
     # Information: gams@gams.com
       
37.7 Laissez Faire Software

   This firm produces BETA, a wide ranging econometrics program. Versions
   are available for DOS, Windows and OS/2.
   
     # Information: LaissezF@aol.com
       
37.8 Leading Market Technologies - EXPO & EXPO/SE

   This company's products are often used for analysis in the financial
   industry. "It's flagship product EXPO has a powerful backbone of
   mathematical, statistical, and time series analysis routines, paired
   with a highly visual, customizable, easy-access front-end." They also
   offer a high speed server. Many of their products can be downloaded
   for a free trail. They also offer a free student version. It is a
   subset of the regular version in only two ways: it supports only 12
   open windows, and it cannot perform realtime analysis.
   
     # http://www.lmt-expo.com/
       
37.9 Limdep Manual

   The manual for Limdep can be found at this site.
   
     # http://wuecon.wustl.edu/limdep/limdep.html
       
* 37.10 LINDO

*  This company specializes in optimization software. This includes
*  linear and nonlinear programming, as well as spreadsheet plug-ins. You
*  can find information about their these products here.
   
     # http://www.lindo.com
*    # Information: info@lindo.com
       
37.11 Mathsoft - S Plus & MathCad

   This company produces two products that might interest economists -
   MathCad and S Plus. The former turns your computer into a "live
   worksheet" where you can perform numerous types of calculations. The
   latter is an object oriented statistical analysis program. It has a
   large following in the statistics community. Extensive information on
   both of these programs can be found here.
   
     # http://www.mathsoft.com/
       
37.12 MathWorks (MATLAB and SIMULINK)

   This site offers extensive information about their products. You can
   read about the features of MATLAB, SIMULINK, Toolboxes and Blocksets
   (some of the detailed info is in Adobe Acrobat pdf format), extensive
   support information. You can also retrieve user contributed and
   MathWorks written software, read about MATLAB books, and also read
   material from the many different forums that discuss MATLAB.
   
     # http://www.mathworks.com/
     # Sales, Pricing and General Info: info@mathworks.com
     # Technical Support: support@mathworks.com
     # Bug Reports: bugs@mathworks.com
       
37.13 Minitab

   This site offers extensive information on their products (including a
   student versions of their software), customer support (including FAQs,
   papers on using Minitab in classes, macros, bug fixes, and textbooks
   that use Minitab). They also have information on workshops and
   conferences, and a "community" section on numerous on-line statistical
   resources. There is information on the company as well.
   
     # http://www.minitab.com/
       
37.14 The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd (NAG)

   You can find out about the products of this company, famous for its
   Fortran libraries, here. The also have a Fortran 90 repository.
   
     # http://www.nag.co.uk/
       
37.15 Numerical Recipes

   Numerical Recipes was originally the title of a book that implemented
   numerical algorithms in different computer languages. They have
   expanded and now offer the algorithms in different electronic forms:
   both via diskettes and on-line. At this site, they offer information
   and news on themselves, an on-line store (i.e. you can purchase the
   routines and books on-line), instructions for their use, free upgrades
   and bug reports, related information on the Internet, and associated
   information.
   
     # http://nr.harvard.edu/nr/nrhome.html
       
37.16 Quantitative Micro Software

   This firm sells MicroTSP and its descendent, EViews. Versions are
   available for Macs, MS-DOS, and Windows platforms. Currently, you can
   read about their products, and in the future, they plan to offer
   support for them here. They also offer the DRI Basic Economics
   Database (formerly Citibase).
   
     # http://www.eviews.com
     # General Info and Sales: <sales@eviews.com>
     # Customer Support: <support@eviews.com>
       
37.17 SAS

   Besides some information on their statistical products, you can also
   read about some of their other products and about the company itself.
   In addition, you can find out about training classes at their sites,
   find extensive information about support (including communicating with
   SAS via the web and email) and answers to various common questions,
   use a searchable database of more than 10,000 SAS Notes. There are
   also routines and sample datasets from the SAS Sample Library. One can
   even order their books via on-line.
   
     # http://www.sas.com/
     # Education: sasedu@vm.sas.com
     # Publications: pubs@unx.sas.com
     # Software Sales and Marketing: software@sas.sas.com
       
37.18 SPSS

   At this on-line site, SPSS offers information on their products for
   the variety of platforms they support, extensive material on their
   training programs, FAQs (frequently asked questions (and answers)) on
   their products, a list of their offices across the world, and
   information on documentation. They also offer an on-line version of
   "Keywords," a magazine for their users. Finally, they list a limited
   number of statistical resources on the Internet.
   
     # http://www.spss.com
       
37.19 SHAZAM

   Besides offering support via email, there are a number of additional
   services offered over the Internet for SHAZAM. The ftp and gopher
   sites listed below contain SHAZAM procedures, command files, issues of
   SHAZAM Network News, and data and programs from an edition of Judge
   and other sources (not all information is available on both the ftp
   and gopher sites).
   
   The web site offers a wealth of information on SHAZAM itself: some
   manual chapters (still be modified for this environment), a
   description of its features, hardware requirements, lists of handbooks
   and disks, and examples and frequently asked questions. You can even
   order a copy on-line.
   
   In addition, they offer a very interesting service: one can run SHAZAM
   programs remotely on their system. Via email, a program can be sent to
   <runshazam@shazam.econ.ubc.ca>. It must start with a SHAZAM comment
   line (i.e. *), it must contain its own data, and they ask that you
   don't abuse this offering with large jobs that tie up the machine
   (they monitor usage). One can also use their web page to run programs.
   Either allows one to try out SHAZAM, or for old users to try the most
   recent version.
   
     # http://shazam.econ.ubc.ca/
     # gopher://137.82.185.2/11ftp%3aSCSI%3apub%3aUBCEconGopher%3aSHAZAM%3a
     # ftp://shazam.econ.ubc.ca/pub
     # Support: help@shazam.econ.ubc.ca
     # Order Information: info@shazam.econ.ubc.ca
     # Australia: shazam@bond.edu.au
       
37.20 Stata

   This site offers a wealth of information to existing and potential
   Stata users. It includes extensive information on their products, and
   equally extensive user support. The latter includes FAQs, archives of
   their mailing list (described here in the mailing list section),
   copies of the Stata Technical Bulletin diskette (not the STB Journal),
   which includes bug fixes, user written programs, and new features. In
   a nice innovation, they even offer courses over the Internet. They
   even offer links to other providers of statistical software.
   
     # http://www.stata.com
       
* 37.21 TSP International

   Currently, this site has extensive information on their products. This
   includes details on capabilities and capabilities. Pricing and
   ordering information is available as well.
   
   Note: this firm sells TSP; another firm, Quantitative Micro Software,
   sells MicroTSP 7.0 and Eviews.
   
*    # http://www.tspintl.com/
     # Sales Inquiries: <sales@tspintl.com>
     # Support: Clint Cummins <clint@leland.Stanford.EDU>
       
+ 37.22 VORSIM (Spreadsheet Simulation)
+
+  This product, an Excel spreadsheet add-on that can perform a number of
+  useful functions and operations: "time series models with lags, static
+  partial equilibrium economic models, engineering process models,
+  business plan projections," etc. The details here include a sample you
+  can download.
+  
+    # http://members.aol.com/vorecon/vorsim.html
       
37.23 Wolfram Research, Inc. (Mathematica)

   This web site has a variety of information on their Mathematica
   product, including information on support, customer support, student
   versions, product information, technical information, and MathSource,
   which is said to be "the largest collection of packages, notebooks,
   examples, and programs available."
   
     # http://www.wri.com
       
37.24 Xlisp-Stat

   According to Hal Varian, a number of statisticians are using this
   freely available package. Versions are available for Unix (both
   character based and X Window), Macs, Amiga, and Microsoft Windows. It
   is quite extensible and flexible, and produces a variety of graphical
   outputs.
   
   For additional information, one might want to look at the author's
   (Luke Tierney) book: "Lisp Stat : An Object Oriented Environment for
   Statistical Computing and Dynamic Graphics, 1991, Wiley, ISBN:
   0471509167.
   
   In addition, an archive for this package is located at UCLA.
   Information on it is described in the "SOFTWARE PROGRAM LIBRARIES"
   section.
   
     # ftp://umnstat.stat.umn.edu/pub/xlispstat
     # Information: Luke Tierney <luke@umnstat.stat.umn.edu>
       
38 WORD PROCESSING
                                       
38.1 TeX and LaTeX References

   TeX is a typesetting system that was developed by the computer
   scientist Donald Knuth of Stanford. To make it easier to use, a very
   extensive set of TeX macros, known as LaTeX, have been developed.
   Versions of it are used widely, if not exclusively, for word
   processing in math and physics. In part, this stems from the ease in
   which one can type equations. In addition, LaTeX has an interesting
   philosophy: you design the logical structure of the document, and
   LaTex handles the physical output. This makes a number of things
   easier. For instance, if you wish to add a section, you don't have to
   retype all the other section numbers; LaTeX handles this
   automatically. Or, if you decide to change the presentation style of
   equations, you can make the change in one place, rather than equation
   by equation.
   
   For TeX, let me cite two references. The first one is the classic,
   while the second one contains information on the huge number of macros
   and ancillary programs for TeX.
   
   The TeXbook, Donald Knuth, Addison Wesley, 1984, ISBN 0-201-13447-0,
   paperback 0-201-13448-9
   
   Making TeX Work, Norman Walsh, O'Reilly and Associates, 1994, ISBN
   1-56592-051-1.
   
   For LaTex, let me also give two references. The first is the second
   edition of the classic LaTeX reference. It covers the new version of
   LaTeX, LaTeX2e. To be honest, I often find its technical appendix to
   be of more use than the chapters. The second reference is designed as
   a very detailed companion for the first.
   
   LaTeX, a Document Preparation System, 2nd ed., Leslie Lamport, Addison
   Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-201-52983-1
   
   The LaTeX Companion, Michel Gossens, Frank Mittelbach, and Alexander
   Samarin, Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-201-54199-8.
   
   Finally, the following first URL has the FAQ and additional
   information on TeX and LaTeX, while the second lists additional
   information about TeX and LaTeX.
   
     # http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/TeXdoc/TeXdocs.html
     # ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/comp.text.tex
       
38.2 TeX Macros for Economics and TeX/LaTeX Sources

   Since I am not a TeX user, let me defer to George Greenwade
   <bed_gdg@SHSU.edu>, who is. In fact, he is an expert. This section was
   written by George and I simply copied, with a bit of editing, from his
   posting to the Usenet newsgroup sci.econ.research as archived by
   Forrest Smith.
   
   The TeX macros written by Hal Varian, known as "VerTeX" (for Visualize
   Economic Reports in TeX; release 1.0 of August, 1987) are available
   for ftp retrieval from this site:
   
     # ftp://ftp.TeX.ac.UK/ctan/tex-archive/macros/plain/contrib/vertex/
       
   Also, the command:
   SENDME VERTEX
   in the body of a mail message to FILESERV@SHSU.edu will retrieve the
   set of 19 files via email.
   
   I have to stress that these are NOT LaTeX styles; they are TeX macros.
   VerTeX's syntax differs somewhat from the more standard LaTeX-type
   commands; however, the syntax used in VerTeX is consistent throughout
   VerTeX (and, as an occasional user, I feel comfortable in saying they
   are relatively easy to follow, understand, and use). The file set is
   pretty well documented and demonstrated. Varian has very roughly
   hinted that he might have an interest at some later date in rewriting
   these to use LaTeX and BibTeX (probably after the release of LaTeX3 -
   since I am quite involved in that project, I feel safe in telling you
   not to hold your breath on LaTeX3; I'll be surprised if it's out
   before 1996).
   
   The present Visualize Economic Reports in TeX styles include:
     # jpe.sty -- Journal of Polemical Economy
     # jep.sty -- Journal of Economic Perspectives
     # jet.sty -- Journal of Economic Theorems
     # aer.sty -- Armenian Economic Review
     # ecnmet.sty -- Economagica
     # restud.sty -- Review for Economic Students
     # qje.sty -- Quartered Journal of Economics
       
   I'll assume that you can figure out which of these look like what
   "real" journals. When you use one of these styles, VerTeX will
   automatically adjust the style of the document and the style of the
   references to be more-or-less consistent with the journal style. Some
   fine tuning may be needed, but the output generally looks pretty good.
   
   As the US coordinator of the CTAN (a collection now in excess of a
   gigabyte), if you have any TeX-related files which you would like to
   have included, please contact me.
   
38.3 TCI Software Research - T3, Scientific WorkPlace and Scientific WorkPlace

   This company has three products: T3, Scientific Word, which generates
   LaTeX, and Scientific WorkPlace 2.0, which integrates Scientific Word
   with the Maple symbolic computation system. At this site you can read
   about this company and their products, read their newsletters, and
   find out how to order and obtain support. They also offer two mailing
   lists, which are explained in the mailing list section.
   
     # http://www.thomson.com/tcisoft.html
       
39 SOFTWARE FOR THE INTERNET
                                       
39.1 uuencode/uudecode

   This pair of programs are very useful when used in conjunction with
   email. Uuencode takes a binary file (such as a word processing file or
   a program) and converts it to text so that it can be emailed. Uudecode
   than converts it back to binary. Using this pair of programs,
   researchers can collaborate by emailing binary data or word processing
   files. If one host is an IBM mainframe, be sure to use the -x option.
   
   Many mail systems now support MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail
   Extensions) which perform the uuencode/uudecode functions internally.
   
     # gopher://Pip.SHSU.edu:70/11/ftp/tex-archive/archive-tools/uue
     # ftp://ftp.shsu.edu/tex-archive/archive-tools/uue
       
39.2 gzip

   This program can uncompress many files (note that this is typically
   denoted by a .Z or .gz suffix) found on the Internet. More information
   on this topic can be found below in the document by David Lemson.
   
     # gopher://Pip.SHSU.edu:70/11/ftp/tex-archive/archive-tools/zip/info-zip
     # ftp://ftp.shsu.edu/tex-archive/tools/info-zip
       
39.3 Eudora

   Eudora, an email program for Macs, Windows is manufactured by Qualcomm
   Enterprise Software Technologies. It seems to be one of the more
   popular email packages available. Qualcomm makes both a freeware
   version a "regular" version one may buy. It requires a mail server, so
   be sure to check if you have one at your site (technically, it
   requires a POP3 mail server).
   
     # ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/Eudora
       
39.4 Adobe Acrobat Reader

   Adobe Acrobat pdf (portable document file) files contain all the
   information need to fully describe a document: fonts, graphics, and
   even colors. It is a very useful way to exchange files that have such
   features, such as working papers. The IRS even uses pdf files to
   distribute tax forms through the Internet. To read pdf files, you need
   an Acrobat "reader." Adobe makes freely available readers available at
   this site (they receive revenue from the software that creates pdf
   files). It is easy to configure web browsers to automatically invoke
   readers when they encounter pdf files.
   
     # http://www.adobe.com
       
39.5 xpdf - a PDF Viewer for X Window Systems

   Derek Noonburg of Carnige Mellon University has written a pdf viewer
   for systems running X Window. I use it on my Linux machines and it
   works well.
   
     # http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/usr/dn0o/xpdf/xpdf.html
       
39.6 WinZip

   This very useful Windows shareware utility can decompress most any
   type of file found on the Internet. This includes "tar" files. The $
   29 price is money well spent.
   
     # http://www.winzip.com/winzip/
       
39.7 Netscape

   Netscape makes the leading browser for the Internet. Last time I
   checked, its license allows free use for academic users.
   
     # http://www.mcom.com/
       
40 RESOURCES ABOUT THE INTERNET
                                       
40.1 On-Line Guide: "EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet" (formerly "Big
     Dummy's Guide to the Internet")

   For a comprehensive on-line guide, the Electronic Frontier
   Foundation's "EFF's Guide to the written by Adam Gaffin, is excellent.
   While not as detailed as the above books, it is a very useful guide to
   the Internet. Plus, it is free. The ftp listing below identifies an
   ASCII (or text) version of the second edition; many other formats are
   available in the "Other_versions" directory. The guide can also be
   read via the web.
   
     # http://www.eff.org/papers/eegtti/eegttitop.html
     # ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/netguide.eff
       
40.2 John December's "Information Sources: the Internet and Computer-Mediated
     Communication"

   This document covers a broad range of topics on the Internet. December
   lists a number of documents, such as electronic guides to the
   Internet, and software sites. The breadth is quite remarkable. The web
   version is even broader.
   
     # http://www.december.com/web/text/index.html
       
40.3 Common Internet File Formats

   This file lists the many different types of files you'll find on the
   Internet and the programs that you used to deal with them. It is
   oriented towards Mac and Windows users.
   
     # http://www.matisse.net/files/formats.html
       
* 40.4 Usenet FAQs

   FAQs are Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) from the Usenet
   discussion system. They cover a very wide variety of topics; a quick
   check of recent FAQs found them on the following topics: drum corps,
   medical image formats, culture in Canada, European Union basics, pool
   and billiards, computer research, linear programming, hockey, finding
   craft suppliers, SCSI computer peripherals, reggae music,
   locksmithing, DESKview, FoxPro, cats, and electrical wiring. This
   document is the FAQ for the newsgroup sci.econ.research. In all,
   nearly 1000 different newsgroups have such documents. While some can
   be very useful, be sure to remember the adage: "they're worth what you
   pay for them." The html links are to various sites that generates html
   versions of the FAQ on rtfm.
   
*    # http://www.faqs.org/faqs/
     # http://www.cs.ruu.nl/cgi-bin/faqwais
     # http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news
     # ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group
       
40.5 Usenet Info Launch Pad

   This site provides database of the 10,000 plus Usenet newsgroups. If
   you're searching for a newsgroup, this is the place to find one (you
   can both browse and search for them). There is also information on
   Usenet.
   
     # http://sunsite.unc.edu/usenet-b/home.html
       
40.6 Deja News

   This site specializes in searches of Usenet newsgroups. The current
   database is some 80 gigabytes, and you can search for information from
   posts from up to a year ago.
   
     # http://www.dejanews.com/
       
40.7 Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides

   This joint project of the of the University of Michigan Library and
   their School of Information and Library Studies collects Internet
   guides for various subjects that are on the Internet. Thus, if you're
   looking for information available on the Internet, this is a good
   place to look. This guide is located here.
   
     # http://www.clearinghouse.net/
       
+ 40.8 InfoJunkies Anonymous
+
+  This site is designed for those "who thrive on quick and easy access
+  to a substantial body of news and practical reference information..."
+  It does a fine job of just this, and is much easier than looking
+  through a large index or search engine. Of particular use is their
+  Reference Desk and Virtual Library.
+  
+    # http://www.globaldialog.com/~morse/ija.htm
       
40.9 Patrick Crispen's Internet Roadmap

   This set of lessons was originally designed for learning about the
   Internet via email, and it has now been updated to a web site. It
   offers about 30 distinct lessons on various aspects of the net.
   
     # http://www.brandonu.ca/~ennsnr/Resources/Roadmap/Welcome.html
       
40.10 Yahoo!

   This a very extensive directory to interesting Internet resources. Of
   all the different indices to the net, this one is probably the most
   used. It offers both hierarchical listings and search function. It is
   a fine place from which to explore the Internet.
   
     # http://www.yahoo.com/
       
40.11 Open Text

   This service claims to index every word it can find on the web. Its
   search capabilities are quite varied, and it is collaborating with
   Yahoo! Earlier work of theirs provided the search technology for the
   electronic Oxford English Dictionary.
   
     # http://www.opentext.com
       
40.12 Lycos

   This service also indexes the web, and you can access it through a
   sophisticated search engine. In addition, they provide some nice
   categories in an index format.
   
     # http://www.lycos.com
       
40.13 LISZT - Directory of E-Mail Discussion Groups

   This is perhaps the largest compilation of mailing lists on the
   Internet.
   
     # http://www.liszt.com/
       
40.14 Four11

   This site offers what seems to be an unusually large listing of email
   addresses. I was able to find a number of people I know here, which in
   my experience, is somewhat unusual with such databases.
   
     # http://www.Four11.com/
       
40.15 WhoWhere?

   This database of email and regular mail addresses also has an
   extensive listing of email addresses. It is said to be award winning.
   
     # http://www.whowhere.com
       
40.16 A Beginner's Guide to URLs

   This file offers a nice short introduction to Uniform Resource
   Locators (URLs), which are an essential part to using the Internet
   with web browsers.
   
     # http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/url-primer.html
       
41 NEAT STUFF
                                       
41.1 Introduction

   This section has a collection of various "neat" and useful things I
   have have come across on the Internet that are generally not related
   to economics. Some can be achieved with other technologies, but some
   are only practical with the Internet. Some are just plain clever.
   
41.2 JokEc - Jokes About Economists and Economics (part of NetEc)

   This page, by Pasi Kuoppamaki, lists a number of jokes about our
   profession. As some appear to be relatively uncommon (at least in my
   experience), I thought others might be interested. I am sure that the
   author would like additional ones.
   
     # http://netec.wustl.edu/JokEc.html
     # http://www.etla.fi/pkm/JokEc.html
     # http://netec.mcc.ac.uk/JokEc.html
     # http://netec.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/JokEc.html
     # Information: Pasi Kuoppamõki <pkm@etla.fi>
       
* 41.3 BigYellow

   This site has the U.S. yellow pages (that is, listings from the
*  business section of the phone book) as well as more than 70 million
*  listings from the white pages (i.e. residential listings). They claim
   to have national coverage; I can't test that, but they do have all my
*  neighborhood grocery stores, as well as my current address (and one of
*  some 10 years ago).
   
     # http://www.niyp.com/
       
+ 41.4 ZIP4 Lookup (U.S. Postal Service)

   With this resource, you can look up zip codes for any location in the
   United States.
   
     # http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
       
41.5 FedEx Tracking

   At this site, you can track your FedEx shipments.
   
     # http://www.fedex.com/track_it.html
       
41.6 UPS

   Like FedEx, you can track your shipments at this site.
   
     # http://www.ups.com/
       
41.7 ESPNET SportsZone

   This service of ESPN (a sports cable channel in the U.S.) is both very
   current and very extensive.
   
     # http://espnet.sportszone.com/
       
41.8 Travelocity

   This site, sponsored by the parent of American Airlines (the owner of
   the largest computer reservation system) is perhaps the most extensive
   site for travel shopping. You can make reservations, buy tickets, etc.
   
     # http://www.travelocity.com/
       
41.9 Witt Capital

   This company, an outgrowth of Spring Street Brewing Company, a
   microbrewery in New York, will sell initial offerings directly to the
   public through the Internet.
   
     # http://www.witcap.com/
       
41.10 ONSALE

   This company runs auctions (several different forms including Dutch)
   over the Internet for computers, computer supplies, and a few types of
   consumer electronics. In general, there are attractive bargains, but
   perhaps the most fun is said to be the interactive bidding. It is a
   unique form of electronic commerce.
   
     # http://www.onsale.com/
       
41.11 Amazon Books

   This site may be the world's largest bookstore, with more than 2.5
   million titles. Besides the usual book buying, they offer an
   additional service - at your request, they will inform you when a book
   becomes available.
   
     # http://amazon.com
       
41.12 Ask-A-Geologist

   This service, sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey, allows the
   general public to ask geologists questions about geology. I've found
   it to be a very useful service - I frequently use it after trips to
   ask about geological features I've come across.
   
     # http://www-marine.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge.html
       
+ 41.13 Cyberian Outpost
+
+  While there are a number of computer retailers on the net, this one
+  appears to be unique in that they market and will ship most anywhere
+  in the world. Currently, this site offers navigation and takes orders
+  in 12 languages. As computer prices are often higher outside the U.S.,
+  they should do well.
+  
+    # http://www.cybout.com/cyberian.html
       
+ 41.14 MapBlast!
+
+  This site can generate maps of most anywhere in the U.S.
+  
+    # http://www.mapblast.com/

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