Word: fas
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Even if newsgroups don't interest you, the fas system has tons of other resources for you to use. One of the most popular is the online Harvard phonebook...
...system gets pretty slow during the day; if you're in a hurry, simply type ph at the fas% prompt, where is the last name or full name of the person whose number you want. You'll find out their phone number and e-mail address in a matter of seconds...
Once you've tracked down a person's contact information, you can use fas% to see if they're logged on. Unix has a popular command known as finger that lets you find out when and where a user last logged on. To check on Jane Radcliffe, for instance, you'd type finger jradclif at the fas%. To find out more about the user, add a space and the letters -1 after the jradclif, in this case...
...forget that the fas% is your key to the status symbol of the 1990s: your very own page on the World Wide Web! Forgo pine for a bit, and you can create a masterpiece about, well, anything you feel like putting...
Kevin S. Davis '98 is the coordinator of HASCS' Advanced Support Team and an independent computer consultant. You can reach him via e-mail at ksdavis@fas,harvard.edu...