Using the Internet

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Using the Internet

• Garden Googling

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What is the Internet?

• In the late 1960s the Advanced Research Projects
  Agency of the DoD developed the ARPAnet 1st
  message October 29, 1969
• ARPAnet grew into the Internet through the
  development of standardized communication
  protocols (think a single global language)
• Initially used phone lines at 50 Kbps today
  employs satellite links and fiber optics at 100s
  to 1000s of Mbps
• Now the Internet is a Network of Networks
  linking millions of domestic, academic, business
  and government networks

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Internet? (Cont.)

• These networks carry the files, web pages, and
  the other resources of the World Wide Web (WWW)
• Locations on the WWW are identified by their
  Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), e.g.
  www.chattanoogarose.org
• Top-level Domain Names (TLDs) segregate the URLs
  by function, e.g., .com for commercial entities,
  .edu for educational institutions, .gov for
  government agencies, .org for non-government
  organizations, etc.

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Connecting to the Internet

• Dialup
• Uses telephone lines
• Requires telephone modem in computer
• Slow by todays standards (56 Kbps, maximum)
• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
• Uses telephone lines for example, CenturyTel
• User must be within 2 miles (or so) of switching
  station
• Requires special DSL modem/router
• Relatively fast typically 1 Mbyte/sec downloads

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Connecting to the Internet (Cont.)

• Cable
• Connection via cable -- for example, Comcast
• Requires special cable modem/router
• Relatively fast typically, 1.5 Mbyte/sec
  downloads
• Wireless
• Connection via built-in or plug-in wireless
  adapters
• Great for multi-computer home networks
• Wireless hotspots available in public areas
  such as airports, hotels/motels, Starbucks,
  Panera, etc.
• Speeds as high as 100Mbps

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Connecting to the Internet (Cont.)

• Tethered broadband modem
• Thats what were using tonight
• Modem is a Blackberry handheld device
• Access to Internet is via wireless phone service
  in this case Sprint/Nextel
• Requires special software installed on computer
• Pretty fast, but not as fast as a good DSL or
  cable connection

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Browsers Your Internet Interface

• Most widely-used is Microsofts Internet Explorer
  (Version 7 is the latest)
• IE bundled with MS operating systems such as
  Vista and XP, and with applications like TurboTax
  and Quicken
• Other browsers include FireFox, Netscape, and
  Opera
• Browsers support the selection of homepages, and
  remember favorite websites and browsing history

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Some Useful Websites

• Our local Rose Society www.chattanoogarose.org
• Lots of information about roses
  www.helpmefind.com/rose/index.php
• Labels and MSDSs for all registered pesticides
  www.cdms.net (username chatrose, password
  oiTOj7553)
• Chemical Class Chart from Olympic Horticultural
  Products
• Pesticide source and pictures of troubled
  plants www.rosecare.com

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Internet Search Engines

• Search engines crawl through millions of web
  pages every day and index the contents (think
  super-duper card catalog)
• Most popular search engine is www.google.com
• Others are YahooSearch, Microsoft LiveSearch,
  Ask, etc.
• And one that purports to combines them all is
  www.dogpile.com

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Shopping on the Internet

• Garden chemicals like the very effective
  fungicide Compass, or the miticide Forbid are
  quite expensive
• You can use the Internet to find the suppliers
  offering the best prices
• Once you find the best price, you can safely
  order online and usually avoid Tennessee sales
  tax
• Lets shop for Compass

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Internet Shopping (Cont.)

• Using a search engine is OK, but lets just go to
  some suppliers we already know about
• Rosemania (no shipping charge, but TN sales tax)
  www.rosemania.com
• Primary Products www.primaryproducts.com
• A good site for shopping www.saveonchemicals.com

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Shopping Results
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New Products

• Not many in fact, number of registered
  pesticides is decreasing due to environmental
  concerns/pressures
• New products target the big crop and turf
  markets, not rose growers
• Some new products appearing as replacements for
  recognized pesticides going off-patent (think
  generic drugs)

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Replacements The Generics

• Pentathlon replacement for Manzate contact
  fungicide (DF powder, LF liquid)
• Products by Control Solutions, Inc.
• Honor Guard PPZ same as Banner Maxx at 85 the
  cost
• Bifen I/T same as Talstar at 80 the cost
• Dominion same active ingredient as Merit
• Stature DM systemic substitute for Aliette for
  the control of downy mildew different MOA

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New and Improved Products

• Products for the small and medium size gardens
  from Bayer
• Organic products from Harvest Safe
• New products from Cleary Chemical
• An interesting webpage from Syngenta in
  particular Flagship works like Merit
• Less well known products from SePro
• And, now, the worlds best