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OmManiPadmeOmelet[_1_]

In article >,
(Glitter Ninja) wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet > writes:
> > "SD" > wrote:
> >> ~patches~ wrote:
> >> > SD wrote:
> >>
> >> > > One of my pet peeves is people who make claims about things and can't
> >> > > or won't provide the evidence to back it up.
> >> >
> >> > Anywhere else but on usenet this might actually be a concern.
> >>
> >> I'm not asking to be spoonfed - I'm asking of you exactly what I ask of
> >> my 6th grade students. 50% of them just failed a research paper for
> >> exactly that reason - failure to document facts.
>
> >Usenet is not a class.
> >We are not being "graded" on our papers here. ;-)
>
> Some people really see it as that, though. I long ago gave up
> spending lots of time proofing my posts but if I make a typo, someone's
> going to tell me about it. I think of Usenet as being really informal
> and a few misspelled words or cromulent sentences won't kill anyone.

I view usenet as entertainment and probably spend _way_ too much time
here. <G> But I do find it educational.

Once I quit taking it so seriously, I started enjoying it a LOT more!

>
> >None of us are obligated to back up what we say here.
> >If you disagree, do your OWN googling to prove us wrong......
>
> >We are not being paid to do your research for you.
>
> I like looking things up for myself. You get more info that way, and
> don't have to rely on quickie summaries someone else posted.
> I've always wondered what would happen if I went into a thread with
> supposed information and made up a few URLs that didn't really exist as
> "sources". Hmm. I may have a project for tomorrow.
>
> Stacia

What is really fascinating about googling is that, depending on the
subject at hand, there are as many positive sites for something as there
are negative. One can attempt to prove their point by quoting websites
but it can backfire, as your opponent can do the same thing due to the
sheer nature of the internet.

>
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Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson