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Re: About 8 million Geniac Send a noteboard - 13/09/2009 02:09:09 AM
You underestimate the volume of written material.


How do you know what I underestimate? There are certainly billions of books in the world. A tiny percentage have been digitised. So, lets all sign up with one of these projects and get crackin'!
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Prep School deems books an "outdated technology" - 11/09/2009 04:00:08 PM 1367 Views
I find this awesome. - 11/09/2009 04:27:54 PM 776 Views
Call me archaic, but... - 12/09/2009 04:08:36 PM 765 Views
I think they should have done both. - 11/09/2009 04:36:53 PM 1115 Views
Ditto *NM* - 12/09/2009 03:39:19 PM 400 Views
I have to go with Tom on this one. *NM* - 12/09/2009 04:09:04 PM 439 Views
Nicely put. *NM* - 15/09/2009 07:15:39 PM 356 Views
what heresy - 11/09/2009 06:02:54 PM 767 Views
I think this is probably a good decision. - 11/09/2009 06:14:28 PM 984 Views
For colleges it's a very different story, imho. - 11/09/2009 06:24:47 PM 1012 Views
Re: For colleges it's a very different story, imho. - 11/09/2009 06:41:20 PM 881 Views
You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here. - 11/09/2009 07:25:12 PM 923 Views
Re: You're betraying your lack of humanities (ha!) here. - 12/09/2009 02:48:34 AM 757 Views
*gives you a scanner and a keyboard* Have fun. - 12/09/2009 04:57:58 AM 828 Views
Re: cool, thanks for the free scanner, but... - 12/09/2009 11:01:22 PM 959 Views
Right. And how many books have they digitized? - 12/09/2009 11:30:59 PM 744 Views
Re: About 8 million - 13/09/2009 02:09:09 AM 898 Views
The internet can evolve, yes, but it has a long way to go. - 11/09/2009 07:45:10 PM 903 Views
They still have physical classrooms, and they're whining about "outdated technology"? Pfft. *NM* - 11/09/2009 06:32:25 PM 426 Views
You say that sarcastically, but for the most part it's true. - 11/09/2009 06:48:35 PM 798 Views
You write that and its from the point of view of lecture - 11/09/2009 07:15:21 PM 836 Views
That, my friend, is precisely my point. *NM* - 11/09/2009 07:23:21 PM 415 Views
Appalling. - 11/09/2009 07:16:13 PM 916 Views
Apparently - 11/09/2009 07:22:50 PM 874 Views
Yeah, you can actually. Have you tried curling up with an eBook reader? - 11/09/2009 09:05:16 PM 858 Views
Keeps you warm better than a book *NM* - 12/09/2009 12:51:04 AM 378 Views
it's still not the same. - 12/09/2009 03:45:10 PM 835 Views
Ignorance. - 15/09/2009 06:08:15 PM 1099 Views
Just because you're unnaturally attuned to "new" things doesn't mean everyone is. - 13/09/2009 12:59:19 AM 768 Views
Your post was beyond stupid. - 15/09/2009 06:01:11 PM 845 Views
Re: Prep School deems books an "outdated technology" - 12/09/2009 01:00:48 PM 960 Views
Some Prep School, and some students, hence "Some Prep School. " - 12/09/2009 02:04:38 PM 878 Views
bah, who needs to learn how to write a bibliography - 12/09/2009 03:47:32 PM 679 Views
Not really. - 12/09/2009 11:33:46 PM 803 Views

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