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You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 11/09/2009 07:25:12 PM
Yeah, I don't need it as much because I'm Computer Science. That's definitely true. The only reason people in the humanities need libraries, though, is because the teachers say they need libraries. Don't think for a minute, though, that 99% of the humanities students out there don't write their papers straight from Wikipedia.


Well, that's incorrect for quite a few reasons. Any humanity student at my school who tried to write a paper straight from Wikipedia would fail miserably, simply because encyclopedias don't provide the depth of information required to write anything approaching a real paper.

I also think you overestimate the ability to digitize books.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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Prep School deems books an "outdated technology" - 11/09/2009 04:00:08 PM 1405 Views
I find this awesome. - 11/09/2009 04:27:54 PM 837 Views
Call me archaic, but... - 12/09/2009 04:08:36 PM 831 Views
I think they should have done both. - 11/09/2009 04:36:53 PM 1181 Views
Ditto *NM* - 12/09/2009 03:39:19 PM 427 Views
I have to go with Tom on this one. *NM* - 12/09/2009 04:09:04 PM 464 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 15/09/2009 07:15:39 PM 378 Views
what heresy - 11/09/2009 06:02:54 PM 822 Views
I think this is probably a good decision. - 11/09/2009 06:14:28 PM 1043 Views
For colleges it's a very different story, imho. - 11/09/2009 06:24:47 PM 1074 Views
Re: For colleges it's a very different story, imho. - 11/09/2009 06:41:20 PM 947 Views
You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here. - 11/09/2009 07:25:12 PM 991 Views
Re: You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here. - 12/09/2009 02:48:34 AM 820 Views
*gives you a scanner and a keyboard* Have fun. - 12/09/2009 04:57:58 AM 892 Views
Re: cool, thanks for the free scanner, but... - 12/09/2009 11:01:22 PM 1024 Views
Right. And how many books have they digitized? - 12/09/2009 11:30:59 PM 804 Views
Re: About 8 million - 13/09/2009 02:09:09 AM 955 Views
The internet can evolve, yes, but it has a long way to go. - 11/09/2009 07:45:10 PM 967 Views
They still have physical classrooms, and they're whining about "outdated technology"? Pfft. *NM* - 11/09/2009 06:32:25 PM 454 Views
You say that sarcastically, but for the most part it's true. - 11/09/2009 06:48:35 PM 851 Views
You write that and its from the point of view of lecture - 11/09/2009 07:15:21 PM 900 Views
That, my friend, is precisely my point. *NM* - 11/09/2009 07:23:21 PM 443 Views
Appalling. - 11/09/2009 07:16:13 PM 981 Views
Apparently - 11/09/2009 07:22:50 PM 939 Views
Yeah, you can actually. Have you tried curling up with an eBook reader? - 11/09/2009 09:05:16 PM 920 Views
Keeps you warm better than a book *NM* - 12/09/2009 12:51:04 AM 403 Views
it's still not the same. - 12/09/2009 03:45:10 PM 891 Views
Ignorance. - 15/09/2009 06:08:15 PM 1167 Views
Just because you're unnaturally attuned to "new" things doesn't mean everyone is. - 13/09/2009 12:59:19 AM 825 Views
Your post was beyond stupid. - 15/09/2009 06:01:11 PM 907 Views
Re: Prep School deems books an "outdated technology" - 12/09/2009 01:00:48 PM 1022 Views
Some Prep School, and some students, hence "Some Prep School. " - 12/09/2009 02:04:38 PM 944 Views
bah, who needs to learn how to write a bibliography - 12/09/2009 03:47:32 PM 708 Views
Not really. - 12/09/2009 11:33:46 PM 838 Views

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