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The ARTICLES section on WHY-NOT will try to cover subjects concerning the Internet, computers, and computers on the Internet.

We will also post occasionally various documents that cover specific areas in computing.

Some of these documents are downloadable.

The Internet
- Is banner advertising dead ?
  While it may be premature to write the obituary yet, banner advertising on the web is clearly in trouble.
  The Interactive Publishing Alert published some viewpoints and opinions.
- World Wide Web User Statistics
  There are numerous surveys trying to figure out how many people are using the Internet, when, what for, and how.
  We've tried to gather, from various sources on and off the 'net, the most important and relevant information.
  You'll find up-to-date statistics on age, gender, growth rate, computer-platforms and web-browsers being used, and more.
- What's new on the Internet
  New programs, ventures, options, possibilities....
  Read this to stay updated !
- The INTERNET This short article, written by Josia Kersen of JK Business Services, gives a general idea about the different uses of the internet
  Or, if you'd like a more 'sophisticated' point of view, try:
- What Is The INTERNET - a glossary of term and abreviations.
  ... URL, HTTP, FTP, GOPHER, VERONICA, WHOIS, TCP/IP .... Do you really understand all this ...?
Documents
- Animation and Video on PCs
  This article covers the known (and common) methods and applications used for displaying video on a PC, as well as how and why compression methods are used for video (especially on networks).
- Graphic file formats
  This manual covers with detailed explanations and examples ALL the file-formats used for computer-graphics.
Computers
- Alice in UNIX Land
  
  Alice was reading the message on her monitor and beginning to suspect that everything was not as it should be.
  "Program too big to fit in memory," it read...
- How It Came To Pass...
  
  " ... At first the people loved the DOSFISH, for he was the only one who could swim the PEA SEA. But the people soon grew tired of commanding his line, complained that he could be neither dragged nor dropped... And many of them left the PEA SEA, and went off in search of the MAGIC APPLE. ... "
- The Story of Creation
  
  " ... In the beginning there was data. The data was without form and null, and darkness was upon the face of the console ... "
Hardware
- Video Boards and Video Busses
  What, where, why, when, what for, and for how much ?