Libraries will hold large rings that contain all the information of man. Simply stand on end and spin. You will hear a humming sound and then a recorded voice. Wait, they perfected that. There will be smart-ass, simmulations to interact with you. Baaa
----- Original Message ----- From: "will hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Just FYI > I generally agree. The best place for computers in a school is the library and even that's a gamble. > > Right now, a computer can be used to cheaply expand a library holdings. Just the other day, I saw a CD series purporting to contain a decade of National Geographic on each CD. Not a bad use of a CD if the information is at least as accessible as it's print counterpart. Unfortunately, publisher's love of changing formats to force new sales and DRM make uses like this a big gamble. Will you still be able to find CD ROM players in ten years? What kind of addition to a library is a holding that goes away so fast? What use is a decade's worth of magazines if it can only be viewed by one user at one computer with special software that won't work in three years? Because the same paranoid dummies are busy screwing the world wide web, the future of useful content there is also in doubt. Perversely, digital content can come with more restrictions and less value than paper inherently had. > > It's fundamental issues like this that teachers need to be aware of to prevent vendors from pushing what amounts to short lived home entertainment systems onto schools.
