I suppose this would be funnier if you didn't understand French, and
could happily imagine that the English subtitles was an accurate
translation.
Ah, tant pis!
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:46:44PM -0600, Carl Tollander wrote:
DV: Hell is other autonomous agents? Or could it be more one's
I just ignored the French after I listened to it and realized it was
the movie dialogue. The juxtaposition of the iconic French malaise,
and the iconic American space cowboy behaviour amused me.
On May 16, 2011, at 12:36 AM, Russell Standish wrote:
I suppose this would be funnier if you
Interesting perspective on the role of the librarian versus collection
of print books.
The future of the library
What is a public library for?
First, how we got here:
Before Gutenberg, a book cost about as much as a small house. As a
result, only kings and bishops could afford to own a
Carl Tollander wrote:
That is very nearly a tautology.
NST replies:
You mean:
All thoughts are morbid
This is a thought
This thought is morbid?
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Nice article,
We at Altoona are looking for a new head librarian. For the past three days, I
have attended talks by candidates. The consensus seems to be that he university
library of the future will be a knowledge commons. It is a awkward term, and
not one speaker started out by explaining what a
Dear Dave
I'm not entirely sure that Vedic philosophy extends to ruling out a
distinction between living and non-living. For example there is an ancient
Vedic verse which states that all life exists to be consumed. Presumably
meaning that the end result of the food chain is that we are all dead
FWIW, a few years ago, my university library gutted its down floor, put in a
coffee bar and IT stuff, and called itself the “academic commons.” Seems like
a fad in Library Land.
Nick
From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of
ERIC P. CHARLES
Nick,
I'm not sure it is a fad, so much as a desperate plea for relevance. The
libraries at Penn State are, perhaps, the one part of the University that is
honestly one thing, spread over many campuses. (One of our mottos is One
university, geographically distributed, but it is a lie in most
