Characters lie, they cheat, they steal, they love, they live with intrigue, and at the most sophisticated sites, like the Spot, Web surfers can send E-mail, eavesdrop on characters' private thoughts and scroll through journal pages that give the inside story. The Spot averages 150,000 hits per day. Select a thumbnail image to see larger versions with captions. As the planet shrinks, we can observe more The pace of discovery and understanding is dramatically increasing thanks to the Internet, and this is shrinking our planet. Events halfway around the globe become backyard concerns when we learn of them in real time.
Mere facts become living events.
As the planet shrinks, our worldview expands. And because the revelations arrive in real time, we can do more than just watch. Online-enabled Earth watchers can also be world changers. Abang Ramadan, a 3 -ton rogue Malaysian elephant, was saved by brave park rangers on February 8. Instead of killing the hungry creature, who had been devastating crops, they found a way to take him to a more remote place and attach a radio collar to his neck that allows his movements to be tracked by satellite and plotted on the Web.