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Warrior
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 19:26
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quote:I see much irony in this statement. Those who steal credit card numbers are often poor white trash. And Al Gore is a hacker, apparently. :D . But on a more serious note, Technology and its various branches can become extremely convoluted. Such is the natural way of advancement. -------------------- Wu wei... it's the only way Posts: 154 | Registered: Monday, June 20 2005 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Sunday, June 26 2005 21:06
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quote:The fact that you have "datz" as a synonym for "that's" in your signature leads me to believe that you don't have any respect for literature, regardless from whence you get it. -------------------- 人 た ち を 燃 え る た め に 俺 は か れ ら に 火 を 上 げ る か ら 死 ん だ Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Master
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written Monday, June 27 2005 12:35
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Well, most papers I do for school have to have at least one source from a book in the bibliography. :mad: I don't like bibliographies anyway. So many "correct" ways to do them. :P Besides that, books are good for stories, especially fiction. I'd much rather read a story in a book that stare at the computer screen for hours instead. That, and it doesn't take a thousand-dollar laptop to carry your book around. Even non-fiction is better that way, mostly because of the portability thing and the amount of information they can pack into a lightweight collection of ordered paper. -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Electric Sheep One
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written Monday, June 27 2005 13:11
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quote:Yup. My scientific field is one that has had a resurgence after recent experimental progress, but has a long theoretical history. So sometimes I have to cite papers from as long ago as the 1940s. This is horrible, to have to trudge over to another building and pore through ancient tomes of bound journals, to track down an old reference. Fortunately many scientific journals are now enlightened enough to have scanned all their old volumes into their online archives. Physics journals will be entirely electronic very soon. Already, it is the electronic form of Physical Review that is authoritative, with paper versions issued periodically for no good reason. -------------------- It is not enough to discover how things seem to seem. We must discover how things really seem. Posts: 3335 | Registered: Thursday, September 4 2003 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Monday, June 27 2005 17:22
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quote:...although for me it would be the availability of files in general, with music files being the greatest asset. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 10:30
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The best thing about the internet is up to the minute and insane news. :P First you go to CNN and Yahoo news, then you follow it up with Fortean Times and Snopes. Yay ! Libraries will adapt or die. Now you can get books, dvds, comic books, audiobooks, ebooks, mp3 audio books, and internet access at a properly diversified library... [ Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:33: Message edited by: I'll Steal Your Toast ] -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 10:42
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In future, we will be able to put libraries in our pockets. Posts: 356 | Registered: Tuesday, April 6 2004 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 13:24
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Moving libraries to the internet probably won't work so well, unless they make the eBooks in a format that cannot be copied and deletes itself after a certain time period, since eBooks can't be controlled as well as paper books. However, there are already several good free eBook websites that have many good books. My favorite is http://www.memoware.com/ . -------------------- Important Information about Stuff Posts: 258 | Registered: Wednesday, March 9 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 13:52
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Since libraries are supposed to give out free books I don't see why they'd object. It's not as though they can't give out more copies if you don't return your ebook. Pocket libraries are already technologically possible. Commercial publishers would object to having their works available as free ebooks, though. Watermarks and DRM on PDFs provides enough security for many publishers to feel secure with ebooks in that form, though. Just go on Amazon and browse around. You'll find many ebooks. —Alorael, who doesn't think the commercial ebooks and ebooks libraries will merge a moment before the world becomes one great money-free socialist utopia. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Master
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 14:10
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I don't know about everyone else, but I actually would prefer reading a book that an eBook. But I suppose as future urbanization calls for an increased rationing of paper resources, etc., pretty much all information will be electronical, and yeah, people will carry portable Internet and Library of Congress devices in their pockets. If you want to know something, click here. And it's not a link to Google. :P -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, June 28 2005 21:24
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quote:All the better. Uncontrolled information will be a huge step forward anyway, and there is plenty of evidence that free electronic distribution does not substantially harm paperback sales. See The Baen Free Library. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 05:57
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The best things about the internet are the freedom of information, the way it creates mindsets like the philosophy behind the GPL, and it's unmoderatable nature. -------------------- Inconsistently backward. SWOH. IM, PATF, ND. Posts: 612 | Registered: Saturday, October 13 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 06:12
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It also fools elementary school kids that cannabis is the nectar of gods and that Hitler was a good man. It tells them perhaps that the guilt was Eichman's or Göring's for the death of all innocent people (There were not only jews, there were sick, retarded, differently opinioned people and etcera.) from the time of Nazigermany. EDIT: I admit I am exagerating and being cynical. I have not came over Nicole's death, yet. [ Wednesday, June 29, 2005 06:13: Message edited by: Eagle, the author soul ] -------------------- So, as the great Groxy, I have come back to be served by goblins. In the "main hall" of the goblin cave was a large totem which resembled very much of... me. Posts: 437 | Registered: Friday, May 13 2005 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 13:30
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quote:Is that any worse than the textbooks used in innumerable high school classrooms claiming that marijuana use often leads to psychosis and death? There is a need for some form of opposition to the undending stream of often absurd anti-weed propaganda spewed from all manner of seemingly reputable sources. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Master
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 15:58
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It's better to refrain from using marijuana, however, at any rate. -------------------- -ben4808 For those who love to spam: CSM Forums RIFQ Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 16:35
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quote:That's quite debatable. Some would argue that the health risks involved in the abuse of marijuana are outweighed by the enjoyment the user gets out of it. The same can be argued for drinking, and many other potentially destructive habits. Of course, most people wisely choose to draw the line at some point. The consequences of abusing cocaine, for example, are considerably more dire than those of smoking weed or drinking. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, June 29 2005 19:26
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quote:Uncontrolled access to information should be given to those who are mature enough to view it critically. If elementary students are capable of that, there is no danger. If they are not, they should not be given access. The danger lies in thinking the entire population consists of elementary students. It does not. Most people read critically. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperament, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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