Math Webresource: Gnarly Gnews

Dear Tabitha,

NOTE: WE'D LIKE TO ADD MORE NAMES TO OUR SUBSCRIBER LIST. IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND,
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Attached is your copy of the September/October 2007, issue of our free
bimonthly newsletter, the Gnarly Gnews. I hope you find it interesting
and entertaining (and hilarious?). It's dated 1645 in Paris, France, and includes
interviews with three famous mathematicians: Descartes, Fermat, and Pascal.

Incidentally, you'll find the same newsletter at our site:
http://www.gnarlymath.com/news/gnews1_1.html . If you'd rather see it on-line
than follow the procedure in the PS, please ignore the attachment, and
visit our site.
NOTE: If you like the Gnews, you can get all the issues of the past eight
years, indexed, in the form of an Ebook, for as little as $7.00. It contains 688
pages in Adobe PDF format. It'd be a unique present for a friend or child who likes
to laugh, whether or not he or she likes math. If you'd like to acquire it, go to page http://www.gnarlymath.com/gnarnews.html ,where you can see the title page, and can
purchase it.

But let us assure you that your free subscription continues until
you unsubscribe, regardless of your interest in the Complete Gnews or in our CD-ROM
Solid Gold Gnarly Math, which is guaranteed to get you and your kids
enthusiastic about math -- or your money back.

The P.S. to this letter explains how to extract the Gnews from the
attachment, and also gives some hints on printing the Gnews.
The P.S. has not changed since our last newsletter.

TO UNSUBSCRIBE
If you wish to be removed from our mailing list, just send an
email letter to montyjr@gnarlymath.com with the Subject "Unsubscribe".
(Don't use montyphi@newmexico.com -- it's not a reliable address.)

MIGHT A FRIEND BE INTERESTED IN THE GNARLY GNEWS?
If you have a friend or relative whom you think might be interested
in the Gnarly Gnews, please forward this letter, with the attached copy of
the Gnews, to her or him or them. It is especially easy to do if your
email software has a "Forward" button at the top of the page. Of course,
you'll extract the newsletter for yourself first.

Best regards,
Monty Phister
montyjr@gnarlymath.com

P.S. The attached file is created by taking the current issue of the Gnews,
and condensing ("zipping") it so as to reduce both its size and the time it
takes to send it to you.
To carry out the procedure below, your computer must have the ability
to "unzip" files. Most computers, both PC's and MAC's, do have that ability.
If at step 3a or 3b below you get a message indicating your computer doesn't
know what to do with a zip file, you can download an unzipping program on
the internet from http://www.winzip.com or http://www.pkware.com .
To enjoy the newsletter, please use the following steps. They
refer particularly to Windows software, but similar procedures will work
for MAC's.
(It might be worthwhile to print this message, so you'll have the
instructions handy while you set up the newsletter the first time.
Once you've done it, we hope you'll handle later newsletters almost
automatically.)
1. Locate the attachment to this letter. In Internet Mail or
Outlook Express, for example, you'll click on the "paper clip" on the
bottom of the letter.
2. Double-click that attached file, named gnews9-1.zip. There
are now two possibilities, described as 3a and 3b.
3a. In some versions of email software, you'll see a panel
asking where you want to save the .zip file. You can store it anywhere
-- for example, in your c:\temp directory. But make a note of where it
is to go. When it's been saved, open Windows Explorer or File Manager,
locate the gnews9-1.zip file that has just been stored, and double-click
it. Then go on to 4.
3b. In other versions of email software, after clicking on
gnews9-1.zip, you'll see the panel described in step 4 below. So go on
to step 4.
4. You'll see a panel that tells you it'll unzip the files in
gnews9-1.zip, putting them in folder c:\gnarnews. If your hard drive is
not "c", replace the "c" with your drive's letter. If you'd rather use some
different folder, type its name in the block.
5. When you have the proper folder set up, click the button at
top right in this panel--the "Unzip" or "Extract" button.
6. Our newsletter is now extracted and placed in the folder
you specified (c:\gnarnews or d:\gnarnews, or whatever you specified).
8. Open Windows Explorer or File Manager, and look for the folder
\gnarnews. If it isn't there, you must do a refresh. On Windows Explorer,
click "View" at the top of the page, then "Refresh", which is second from
the bottom. On File Manager, click "Window" at the top of the page, then
"Refresh". The folder \gnarnews will now show up.
9. Click folder gnarnews, to open it, and then double-click the file
"Gnews9-1.htm". Our newsletter will now open in your browser.

If you have any trouble carrying out the above procedure, please
lst us know by sending a message to montyjr@gnarlymath.com.

Hints on printing the Gnews:

1. If you don't have Microsoft Word: The printing will be neater if
you eliminate the headers and footers. Do this from your browser by clicking
'File' (at the top left), then 'Page setup'. Under 'Page setup' find the
Headings and Footings section, and clear or delete all entries. Then go
ahead and print. You can also set the text size by clicking 'View' on your
browser, and then either 'Text size' or 'Increase/decrease font'. Of course,
you can print either in black-and-white or in color.

2. If you have Microsoft Word with the HTML feature, you can open
the Gnews there and then print. To open it (after unzipping, of course), you
click File/Open. At the bottom of the panel you'll see "Files of type:"
Click on the little arrow at the right and select "HTML document". Now find
the unzipped file Gnews9-1.htm and open it. The Gnews should now appear in
Word, in color and with all the figures. Word has the "Print Preview"
feature, so you can see what your printout will look at before printing.
You can adjust what's on each page by changing top and/or bottom
margins in File/Page setup". The printout seems to be best if the left
and right margins are each set at one inch. Printing from Word has the
advantage that it never splits figures on two pages.