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Operated by the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., this
automated data service provides database access to information ranging
from current navigational satellite positioning, astronomical data,
and software utilities. A wide variety of databases can be searched
and instructions for file transfer are given. Telnet to
tycho.usno.navy.mil and log in as `ads'.
"My consciousness suddenly switched locations, for the first time in my life, from the vicinity of my head and body to a point about twenty feet away from where I normally see the world." Howard Rheingold, Virtual Reality
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