Illustrated by Barrett Hinkle and Matt Hedges

I llust rat ed by Barret t Hinkle and Mat t Hedges

This is one of a series of my EBooks on dif f erent , import ant subjec t s relat ed t o Home Ebusiness ( w orking from home, on y our c omput er, t o earn money on t he Int ernet ) . These books are NOT int ended t o be College- lev el Tec hnic al c ourses! There are plent y of books like t hat already ! I int end t hese books t o be c ommon- sense explanat ions of informat ion t hat is oft en v ery c onfusing t o t he av erage c omput er and I nt ernet user. So, w hy is t his series of EBooks c alled The " Trut h" About Home EBiz, inst ead of just " Home Ebiz" ? Simple. That 's bec ause it 's t he exac t opposit e of all t he lies

about Home Ebiz f loat ing around t he I nt ernet t oday . Lies, bad inf ormat ion, disinf ormat ion, and out right sc ams.

Good I nform a t ion is H a rd t o Find Finding genuine, honest inf ormat ion about how t o do business f rom home on t he I nt ernet is like

t ry ing t o t alk t o a friend in a v ery c row ded night c lub. Your friend is t ry ing t o shout somet hing t o y ou at t he t op of his lungs. The band is on st age behind y ou, c ranking out t unes at a v olume t hat hurt s y our ears. People keep bumping int o y ou, and spilling drinks on y our shoes. The smoke is so t hic k t hat y our ey es are burning, and t he mirrors behind t he bar are reflec t ing t he st age light s, blinding y ou

most of t he t ime.

Your friend has informat ion y ou need, but y ou c an't hear him at all, and y ou c an barely ev en see him. How muc h inf ormat ion do y ou t hink he's going t o be able t o giv e y ou in a plac e like t hat ?

That 's w hat f inding real Home Ebiz inf ormat ion on t he I nt ernet is like.

The " night c lub" is t he v ast expanse of t he Int ernet it self.

The " band" members are t he t housands of Sc am Art ist s w ho are sc reaming false

promises at t he t op of t heir lungs.

The " smoke and mirrors" are t he c heap, useless, w it less misinfor mat io n sold by

people w ho don't know w hat t hey are t alking about , and are t ry ing t o make a quic k buc k off

of y ou, w it hout c aring how or w here y ou end up.

So, w ho's y our friend w ho's t ry ing t o shout t he right informat ion t o y ou? I am, alt hough I'll underst and if y ou're not sure about t hat y et . : o)

Tired of t he noise? Me t oo. Let 's get out of t hat joint and sit someplac e quiet , so t hat w e c an hav e a c lear, underst andable c onv ersat ion.

There...muc h bet t er, isn't it ? : o) Let 's get st art ed!

Ke e p it Sim ple

As a t w ent y - y ear Comput er Sy st ems v et eran, I 'v e t aken more f all- asleep- and- drool- ony our- shirt c omput er c lasses t han I c are t o t hink about . Now , I 'll admit I 'v e had a f ew really great t eac hers, but many of t he people w ho'v e been c hosen by my sc hools t o smot her me int o a c lassroom c oma hav e been real soc ial knuc kleheads.

Sure, t hey knew t heir subjec t s. They knew t hem v er y w ell. How ev er, a knuc klehead w it h a lot of know ledge is st ill a knuc klehead. There are many really know ledgeable c omput er people in t eac hing posit ions w ho simply aren't muc h good at t eac hing. What do t hey do inst ead?

They flaunt .

They flaunt t heir know ledge. They 're so impressed w it h t hemselv es t hat t hey feel t hey simply c an't draw a breat h unless ev ery one else around t hem is equally impressed w it h t he inc redible number of fac t s t hey hav e flit t ering around from neuron t o neuron inside t heir ov er- st imulat ed brains. Teac hers like t hese use six sy llables in t heir w ords w hen t hey c ould hav e used t w o. They use t w elv e w ords w hen six w ould hav e been enough. Ev en w hen t hey ar en't speaking in t ongues, t heir t ongues are ov er- speaking. Any t eac her w ho say s, " You may now ac t iv at e y our Visual I nt erf ac e Dev ic es" , w hen t hey c ould hav e said, " Turn on y our c omput er sc reens" , is a soc ial knuc klehead, in my opinion. Someone w ho " t alks

dow n" t o people t o make t hemselv es sound import ant or know ledgeable shouldn't be t eac hing. How ev er, it get s ev en w orse. When a person like t hat has t oo muc h t ime on t heir hands, guess w hat t hey do? The y w rit e books about w hat t hey t eac h.

What 's w rong w it h t hat ?

Some poor st udent somew here is going t o get st uc k hav ing t o re a d t hose books! Aaauuugghh!

W hich, fina lly , brings m e t o m y point . ( It 's been a long t rip around t o t his point , hasn't it ? I'll underst and if y ou need t o sit dow n and rest ) .

My point is t hat I had t o st udy t hose mat erials. I'v e been 10 minut es int o st uff like t hat , and ac t ually t hought I c ould feel t he glaze forming ov er my ey es like a sheet of ic e on a c ar w indshield. Ev ery t hing get s rippled and hard t o see, and y ou get v ery c old f or some reason. The c old may hav e somet hing t o do w it h dread; in fac t I'm pret t y sure t hat 's it . You dread t he fac t t hat y ou are going t o hav e t o make some sort of sense out of t w elv e- sy llable w ords spoken in unfamiliar t ongues, and t hen y ou'll be t est ed on it !

Learning about t he I nt ernet t he har d w ay c an be an ey eglazing experienc e if t here ev er w as one. Trust me on t hat ; I've been t here!

Don't w orry , t hough. That 's not going t o happen here. I 'm here t o de- glaze y our ey eballs for y ou, and show y ou a few t hings in t erms t hat w e c an all underst and. I know t he I nt ernet pret t y w ell. I know t he buzzw ords, and t he c lev er t ec hnobabble t hat w e sy st ems guy s use t o impress girls at part ies. ( Well, t hat w as t he t heory , any w ay . For some reason, t hat nev er w orked v ery w ell) .

I also know how t o t eac h. I did it for a w hile. I t rained groups of businesspeople in c omput er use, and I learned v ery quic kly t hat it 's not t he quant it y of t he know ledge t hat 's import ant , or t he lengt h of t he w ords used t o t eac h it . It 's t he qualit y of t he know ledge, and how w ell it c an be put int o int er est ing and under st andable t erms. It w orked for my st udent s and me t hen, and it 's going t o w ork for y ou and me now . : o)

We're going t o de- glaze a w hole bunc h of subjec t s in t his book. From w hat t he I nt ernet is t o w hat a domain name is; f rom DNS serv ers and I P Addresses t o Bandw idt h and Aut oresponders. Those are all just c lev er- sounding names t hat my fellow c omput er sy st ems Dw eebs c ame up w it h t o purposely c onf use t he general public , and t o sound slic k w hen c arousing on Sat urday night at t he I c e Cream Soc ial.

I n c ase y ou don't know w hat " Dw eeb" means, Merriam- Webst er's Dic t ionary defines t he w ord as " An unat t rac t iv e, insignific ant , or inept person" .

Being somew hat of a Comput er " Dw eeb" my self , I beg t o dif f er. : o) I saw an unof f ic ial definit ion of t his w ord online t hat goes somet hing like t his:

Dw e e b: " A y oung, exc it able person w ho may mat ure int o:

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A Comput er Hac ker ( a bad guy )

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A Clev er Comput er Programme r ( a good guy )

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A Nerd ( y ou'v e probably seen t he mov ie)

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A t ec hnic ally bright but soc ially inept person ( Bingo! ) "

The def init ion of " Dw eeb" t hat I use in t his series of books is:

Dw e e b: " A t ec hnic ally bright but soc ially inept person" .

It only fit s, aft er all. The people in my line of w ork w ho make up t erms t hat are more c omplic at ed t han t hey need t o be, in order t o sound impressiv e, ARE t ec hnic ally bright . They 're able t o inv ent all t hat c lev er c omput er st uf f , af t er all. How ev er, it I S kind of soc ially inept t o spend so muc h t ime c reat ing names and t erms for t hose t hings, t hat many t imes seem purposely misleading.

For t hat reason, w henev er I explain one of t hose t erms t o y ou in t his series of books, I 'll c all it a t erm f rom t he " Dw e e b La ngua ge " .

The " Dw eebish Language" is c omplex at t imes, but w e w ill " un- c omplex" it here, nev er fear. : o)

ALL t he impressiv e- soundin g Dw eebish t erms w e'll t alk about , ac t ually mean t hings t hat are muc h more dow n- t o- eart h t han t hey seem.

Let me show y ou w hat I mean.

An Ex a m ple of t he Dw e e bish La ngua ge

Hav e y ou ev er heard of a " Tw a in Driv e r" ? No? OK, t here's our f irst Dw eebish Language t erm. Let 's f igure out w hat Tw ain Driv ers r eally are, just f or f un. : o)

Using y our c omput er and a " Sc anner" t hat y ou c an buy at y our loc al 'Comput ers I s Us' st ore, y ou c an " sc an images" . All t hat means is t hat y ou slap a pic t ure of y our Aunt Bessie on y our sc anner ( w hic h looks v ery muc h like a small Xerox c opier) . Then y ou " sc an" t he pic t ure int o y our c omput er.

Inst ead of ending up w it h a Xerox c opy of t he pic t ure on paper, y ou end up w it h an image of Aunt Bessie on y our c omput er sc reen.

Then t he games begin! You c an email t hat pic t ure t o y our c ousins, or y ou c an remov e

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