Cerebus also has really cool stuff about comic books. The roses or the ribbons in her long brown hair. I know I could not leave her there. It Must Have Been The Roses Finger , gopher , and ftp allow netizens to get information off of Cerebus once they know where the information is. Cerebus from 'inside', without having to use whois .
Gopher is an advancement over ftp.
Conceptually the two services are almost the same thing. Gopher provides everything as a list, however, where ftp requires that you know Unix commands in order to find out what you can grab. Most useful Internet sites provide gopher now as well as ftp. Some only provide gopher. If you ever venture onto the net and have a choice, use gopher, or bypass them all and use the web.