a statement on Wikipedia by a college professor
Wikipedia.org is often berated by college professors as an unacceptable source in undergraduate papers. I, however, have no qualms whatsoever about college students using Wikipedia as a source in their papers. It must be assumed, with respect to almost any topic a human person can give name to, that a Wikipedia article on the subject [...]
“owning” books: google ebooks cloud
Noted: Google books has a new strategy. They are providing “ownership” of a flexible ebook format where the actual images of the book are stored in the clouds, and you can access the book on any device you choose: phone, pad, laptop, desktop, internet TV whatever. You buy an access key. You purchase the right [...]
Apocalypse Then: Armageddon Fever in the 1980′s
Set the dial on the wayback machine to the 1980′s: Reagan was president, Russia was still “the Soviet Union” (which Reagan called “the Evil Empire”), and people lived daily with the fear that the arms race between the U.S. and the Soviets, along with the public-policy known as “M.A.D.” (mutually assured destruction) might one day [...]