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International Teletimes

International Teletimes is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand International Teletimes rather than just read about it. In short: The International Teletimes was an online magazine published from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded by Ian Wojtowicz, it began publication in October 1992.

Key takeaways

International Teletimes belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect International Teletimes to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of International Teletimes from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The International Teletimes was an online magazine published from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded by Ian Wojtowicz, it began publication in October 1992. The magazine received a "Best of the Net" award from the Global Network Navigator (GNN).

History and content Ian Wojtowicz, who lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, created the International Teletimes in October 1992, publishing it on Edgeways, a Vancouver bulletin board system. The initial editions of the publication did not have images or a cover. Wojtowicz hired Anand Mani, a graphic designer, who brought images to the publication. The magazine was published under a shareware model and in three formats: DOCMaker, ASCII, and the World Wide Web (WWW). The web version began in January 1994. English, French, and Esperanto were the languages it was published in. The International Teletimes is a general-interest magazine and among the initial online magazines of that genre. Each issue is focused on a theme. Previous themes were the environment, television, movies, history, travel, and most-liked authors. Authors write columns about short stories, and food. Tom Davis was the wine columnist. Kent Barrett, a photographer, authored a column for the magazine. People who lived in Austria, Iran, Japan, Portugal, and Russia had penned articles for the publication. In 1995, the publication had around 1,500 readers and its authors and editors did not receive any money.

Reception The author Neil Randall called the International Teletimes "nicely designed and always interesting". The author David H. Rothman wrote of International Teletimes that "some of the prose could have graced Harper's or the Atlantic". He cited an article by Paul Gribble, a college student, who had taken a train ride during the winter, that said "Every now and then we pass a lake, completely frozen over, flat and white, smooth as a skating rink. I'd love to walk to the center of a big frozen lake like that and just sit there for a while. I'd feel like the first blot of paint on a fresh silk canvas." The Global Network Navigator (GNN) gave the International Teletimes a "Best of the Net" award alongside 11 other web content when Wojtowicz was 16 years old. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation did a feature on the magazine. The journalist Robert Duncan featured Ian Wojtowicz and International Teletimes on his 1996 PBS documentary "Understanding the Internet". The writers Bob Powell and Karen Wickre said that the International Teletimes "offers both interesting graphics and a wide variety of well written articles" and said "we think you'll enjoy it." They praised the advice column of Dr. Ignacious Bean as being "More fun than Dear Abby!" A Barnes & Noble Books publication called the magazine "graphically appealing ... though still under constant construction".

References

External links Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived May 3, 1998) Surviving issues of International Teletimes (Internet Archive) Screen recordings of International Teletimes (YouTube) Understanding the Internet documentary, 1995 (YouTube) Library and Archives Canada archive GNN 1994 "Best of the Net" citation Award press release, H-Net EDTECH archive, June 1994 ISSN 1198-3604 record (Web edition) ISSN 1190-9161 record (ASCII edition)

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with International Teletimes

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what International Teletimes claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to International Teletimes before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about International Teletimes ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of International Teletimes

In research: International Teletimes appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses International Teletimes in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: International Teletimes is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics History of the Internet, Magazines disestablished in 1995, Magazines established in 1992, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for International Teletimes outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study International Teletimes in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what International Teletimes means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain International Teletimes out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is International Teletimes in simple terms?

The International Teletimes was an online magazine published from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded by Ian Wojtowicz, it began publication in October 1992.

Why does International Teletimes matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study International Teletimes?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on International Teletimes.