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It's A Jungle Out There
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The Jungle Books of Rudyard Kipling (1894 and 95) are as strange as they are compelling. The two volumes are a loose collection of stories and poems united by a single theme-the struggle for survival in an extreme climate, whether the jungle or the Arctic. Kipling reminds us that all characters are at once predators and prey; to him, this grim struggle is not only tragic-it is also "life-and-death fun." Furthermore, Kipling sees animal behavior not as "instinct," but rather as a "law of the jungle," in which he perceives order and ethics.
It is mankind that puzzles him. Kipling conjures up as ...
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Modem sellers hip op policies.(the Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition backs the Cable Modem Coalition's claims about cable operator policies)
Magazine article from: Multichannel News
; ...discounts to cable-modem customers who buy their own modems, minimizing any...and the cost of modems in the retail space...Inc. is hard on modem makers, requiring...customers who buy their modems, which ranges...incentive to purchase a modem," Denning added...
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Modems: Still gathering speed
Magazine article from: Telecommunications
; ...innovations driving the modem's growth such as the...early 1995 of v.34 modems, and the strong uptake...users now have a PCMCIA modem. However, recently...exciting development in modem technology for many years...is significant. DSVD modems give users the line optimising...
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Getting modem working one of the biggest challenges for users. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...someone else's, modem manufacturers build...features into their modems that make them work...internal 2,400-bps modems, often with a fax modem on the same card...understood by many modem users. Rest assured, though, that all modems require some sort...
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Blazing modems.(28.8-Kbps modems)(Buyers Guide)
Magazine article from: Macworld
; ...the fall of 1994, modem makers were already selling modems using that technology...of 14.4-Kbps modems found, owning a fast modem doesn't mean you...after 14.4-Kbps modems became popular and inexpensive, the modem infrastructure is...
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Modem power. (includes a related article defining communications terms) (a correction to this article appears in the Jan. 1992 issue, page 333) (Computer Shopper's Guide: Modems) (Buyers Guide)
Magazine article from: Computer Shopper
; ...telephone lines. Modems translawte digital...In fact, the word modem is just a contraction...description of a modem's work. The best of today's modems take advantage of...SPARE Neither men nor modems are islands. Above...with others. One modem would do the world...
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Modems take Route 56. (new 56Kbps modem technologies) (Technology Information)(Technical)
Magazine article from: Computer Shopper
; ...factors that limit modem speeds. In effect...communications channel. Modems operating at 56Kbps...purely digital modems to the PSTN. As...on your 56Kbps modem--comes in as...from all previous modem standards in that 56Kbps modems are capable only...
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Modems' main bout: Rockwell put to test
Magazine article from: Orange County Business Journal
; ...Semiconductor Systems and modem giant U.S. Robotics...dueling displays of modems that allow for faster...supremacy in the modem industry. Rockwell...of the world's modems--more than 100...themselves, to buy its modems; Rockwell, meanwhile...can persuade other modem makers--as well...
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Modem technologies: the choice is yours. (includes related article about 56-kbps modems)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: EDN
; ...thinking about a merged modem/audio subsystem. Modems are standard in almost...emerging 56-kbps-modem technologies (see...herring: 56-kbps modems"). Evaluating...functions; and * HSP modems that execute both the modem algorithms and the...
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Modems make progress at show, but vendors still face hurdles. (1996 National Cable Television Association convention)
Magazine article from: Multichannel News
; ...starting lineup in the cable-modem race, clarified that announcement...and development into cable modems and associated standards...off a prototype cable-modem card that slides into the...today's internal phone modems, Frank Gill, executive...
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Modems' Last Stand : Analog modems will soon be obsolete--here's what's next.(ISDN, DSL and cable modems compared)(Technology Information)
Magazine article from: Macworld
; ...likely still have a 56K modem in your life for the...Macworld Lab tested five 56K modems to find which one is...sidebar, "The Last Modem You'll Ever Buy...sometimes called an ISDN modem) or an ISDN-capable...port used to connect modems and printers), while...
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