Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 22:26:17 -0700 Subject: GovAccess.048: SF ElEx free candidate info & net hosts/GNPs SAN FRANCISCO [ELECTRONIC] EXAMINER OFFERS CANDIDATES FREE WEB EXPOSURE Date: 07 Sep 94 23:57 GMT From: GULKER@AppleLink.Apple.COM (S F Examiner, Chris Gulker,APD) Distribute widely, please As a service to the community, The Electric Examiner is offering free Internet publishing to candidates for office who will appear on Bay Area ballots. Internet users with access to the World Wide Web via Mosaic, Lynx or other browser software can access these files as noted below While it is anticipated that candidates will mainly offer text files like position statements, speeches and schedules, The Examiner's World Wide Web server also supports photos, graphics and short clips of audio and video. Candidates can e-mail files to chrisg@sfgate.com for inclusion on the server. Each candidate will be granted an equal heading and space up to the limits reserved for this project. Candidates who do not have e-mail access can send files on 3.5-inch diskette in either DOS/Windows or Macintosh format to Chris Gulker Candidates Internet Project San Francisco Examiner 110 Fifth Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Candidates offerings will be published at Uniform Resource Locator (URL): http://sfgate.com/examiner/candidates/ The Uniform Resource Locator of The Electric Examiner is: http://sfgate.com/examiner/ File formats: Text must be in plain ASCII format - this option is offered by most word processors. Photos and graphics should be in Compuserve GIF format and shouldbe sized to no more than 4 inches in the longest dimension at 72 dots per inch. Audio files should be in 'AU' format, video can be in either MPG or Quicktime format - these should be brief clips. The Electric Examiner is the World Wide Web service of The San Francisco Examiner. === Thanks to both Phil Agre and brad@ape.com (Brad Schrick) for fastly-forwarding this hot-stuff. --jim &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& INTERNET HOSTS: HOST-COUNTS AND EXPENDITURES/GROSS-NATIONAL-PRODUCT [ smaller number is better ] From: Tony Rutkowski via farber@eff.org Wed Sep 7 1994 GNP/GDP Compared to Internet Hosts in July 1994 by Eric Arnum* Top-Level Country July 1994 GNP/Host Domain Name Code Internet Hosts GNP/GDP Total Ratio ------------------------------------------------------------------ Iceland is 3,268 $4,200,000,000 1.29 Finland fi 49,598 $80,600,000,000 1.63 Norway no 38,759 $72,900,000,000 1.88 Australia au 127,514 $280,800,000,000 2.20 USA var 2,044,791 $5,700,000,000,000 2.79 New Zealand nz 14,830 $46,200,000,000 3.12 Sweden se 53,294 $202,500,000,000 3.80 Canada ca 127,516 $521,500,000,000 4.09 Netherlands nl 59,729 $249,600,000,000 4.18 Czech Republic cz 5,639 $25,600,000,000 4.54 Switzerland ch 47,401 $238,050,000,000 5.02 U.K. uk 155,706 $915,500,000,000 5.88 South Africa za 15,595 $96,000,000,000 6.16 World Median ww 3,212,000 $19,850,690,000,000 6.18 Israel il 8,464 $56,400,000,000 6.66 Denmark dk 12,107 $91,100,000,000 7.52 Austria at 20,130 $164,100,000,000 8.15 Chile cl 3,703 $30,500,000,000 8.24 Germany de 149,193 $1,300,000,000,000 8.71 Slovak Republic sk 868 $9,300,000,000 10.71 Singapore sg 4,014 $43,200,000,000 10.76 Costa Rica cr 544 $5,900,000,000 10.85 Hungary hu 5,390 $60,100,000,000 11.15 Portugal pt 4,518 $50,700,000,000 11.22 Ireland ie 3,308 $39,200,000,000 11.85 R.o.W. Median (not USA) 1,180,387 $14,150,690,000,000 11.99 Belgium be 12,107 $171,800,000,000 14.19 France fr 71,899 $1,033,700,000,000 14.38 Taiwan tw 10,314 $150,800,000,000 14.62 Luxembourg lu 420 $7,830,000,000 18.64 Poland pl 7,392 $162,700,000,000 22.01 South Korea kr 12,109 $273,000,000,000 22.55 Spain es 21,147 $487,500,000,000 23.05 Liechtenstein li 27 $630,000,000 23.33 Greece gr 2,958 $77,600,000,000 26.23 Kuwait kw 297 $8,750,000,000 29.46 Croatia hr 838 $26,300,000,000 31.38 Japan jp 72,409 $2,370,000,000,000 32.73 Mexico mx 5,164 $172,400,000,000 33.38 Malaysia my 1,322 $44,900,000,000 33.96 Slovenia si 574 $21,000,000,000 36.59 Ecuador ec 256 $11,500,000,000 44.92 Italy it 23,616 $1,090,000,000,000 46.16 Brazil br 5,896 $358,000,000,000 60.72 Nicaragua ni 23 $1,600,000,000 69.57 Turkey tr 1,204 $91,780,000,000 76.23 Thailand th 1,197 $92,000,000,000 76.86 Uruguay uy 101 $9,100,000,000 90.10 Venezuela ve 399 $52,300,000,000 131.08 Romania ro 453 $71,900,000,000 158.72 Cyprus cy 38 $6,100,000,000 160.53 Panama pa 24 $5,000,000,000 208.33 Tunisia tn 46 $10,900,000,000 236.96 Macau mo 12 $3,100,000,000 258.33 Fiji fj 5 $1,300,000,000 260.00 Colombia co 144 $45,000,000,000 312.50 Argentina ar 248 $101,200,000,000 408.06 Bulgaia bg 79 $36,400,000,000 460.76 Peru pe 42 $25,150,000,000 598.81 Philippines ph 65 $47,000,000,000 723.08 Egypt eg 52 $39,200,000,000 753.85 Ukraine ua 339 $339,200,000,000 1,000.59 India in 316 $328,000,000,000 1,037.97 China cn 325 $452,000,000,000 1,390.77 Indonesia id 54 $116,200,000,000 2,151.85 Russia ru 322 $800,000,000,000 2,484.47 Algeria dz 7 $54,000,000,000 7,714.29 Moldova md 2 $16,900,000,000 8,450.00 Iran ir 4 $90,000,000,000 22,500.00 Saudi Arabia sa 1 $104,000,000,000 104,000.00 Yugoslavia yu 1 $159,000,000,000 159,000.00 Czechoslovakia cs 1,869 $0 0.00 Soviet Union su 3,145 $0 0.00 Educational edu 856,234 Commercial com 774,735 Government gov 169,248 Military mil 130,176 Organization org 66,459 Networks net 30,993 US Int'l us 16,556 International int 315 Puerto Rico pr 75 Antarctica aq 4 Hong Kong hk 9,141 n/a Estonia ee 659 n/a Latvia lv 180 n/a Lithuania lt 53 n/a n/a GNP figures not available Sources: Internet hosts: Mark Lottor, Network Wizards, GNP figures: Groliers Encyclopedia, Ratios: EMMS. *by permission to Internet Society &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& "Empty wagons make the most noise." -- Farmer's Almanac, 1881 [je@crl.com's delightful signature-msg] --jim Jim Warren, columnist for MicroTimes, Government Technology, BoardWatch, etc. 345 Swett Rd., Woodside CA 94062; voice/415-851-7075; fax/415-851-2814 >> To join or drop the GovAccess list, email to jwarren@well.com . << >> Permission herewith granted for unlimited reposting and recirculation. <<