CLARIFICATION:
i do use net resources published long-established news organizations. they,
basically, 'Sign' their web pages, putting the full Authority of their
organizations behind what they publish on the net.
such is, of course, nothing short of Spectacular, and world-opening.
but i also read, listen to, and view from the most of the same sources
offline.
basically, i like to =See= the 'provenance' of the information i take-in.
[all of this 'explaining', since you asked.]
k. p. collins
Kenneth Collins wrote in message ...
>i read the page at Washington U.
>>basically, i find the net 'interesting, and helpful in terms of coming
>across things to look-up, but i do my reading in the Library, because i
>respect the peer-review process. (even though everything i've submitted to
>it has been 'rejected' :-)
>>what it comes down to is folks who put-it-on-the-line, by signing their
name
>to their work, all in a Verifiable way.
>>unfortunately, it's just not the same on the net. folks use 'pseudonyms' to
>post via 'identy-obscuring' mechanisms, and there's a lot of stuff posted
>that's not been agreed upon by anyone except the one who posts it. there's
>worth in such, same as any coffee-house discussion, but it's not the
>most-direct route to getting to the 'heart' of anything.
>>so i do it the 'hard' way, in the Library.
>>no 'offense' intended.
>>k. p. collins [ken]
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