Re: Weekly posting summary

Oct'avian wrote:
> On Mar 29, 12:55 am, Troia <troia.leg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> I see this as an albeit-cyclic parallel to those people who believe
that
>> books -- the ones made of paper & such -- will disappear because you
can
>> get the content in such supposedly-new-and-improved ways now.
>>
>> And yet, despite the doom-and-gloom predictions, and despite web-boards
>> and e-books and books-on-tape and instant-messaging ... more books are
>> sold, and more people are on news servers.
>> -- Troia
> 
> I had a philosophy professor in college who was adamant about the use
> of the newly built library building we had on campus being utilzed.
> At least once a term he would say things like: "There is this
> building, with windows, that has books in it- it's called a library.
> The college spent a lot of money making a newer better building, and I
> want you to make use of it.  The only website I want to see listed as
> a reference is the online location of a literary journal or
> publication"
> 
> And, without fail, there was always at least one newbie who complained
> about doing legitimate research for a paper.
> 
> ~Oct'avian (otherwise known in college as "Monmouth's own barefoot
> philosopher")


A lovely story, to be sure, but it seems that nowadays even the profs 
prefer the on-line stuff (which is pretty danged sad, if you ask me.)


-- Troia