Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge [OT from this OT]
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:06:25AM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (13/01/04 19:10), Russell Shaw wrote:
> > Nano Nano wrote:
> > >Watching a program on PBS, I decided I wanted to read about Stonehenge.
> > >Off to google, I go, searching for "Stonehenge". Didn't like the
> > >results. Tried Google directory, Yahoo, and Teoma: didn't like any of
> > >them.
> > >
> > >The experience I wanted was a deep, rich, complete, authoritative,
> > >well-annotated, and well-accepted "Library-like" experience reading
> > >about Stonehenge: names of the best scholars, the names of the most
> > >influential histories and critiques on the subject, in short the sort of
> > >experience I would get at a University Library, only faster.
> > >
> > >The internet is nothing like that. I am lucky in than San Jose has
> > >opened a San Jose State's University library to the public: even though
> > >it is not a world-class university, the quality of the knowledge
> > >available there *blows away* what I can find on the Internet.
> > >
> > >Help me out here.
> >
> > The net is best for finding out what books to read;)
> I wouldn't suggest that the net is better than an authoratitive book but
> a quick search on stonehenge history produced:
> http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html as the first entry and many
> more besides. How you search is key to finding the best information.
>
> HTH
>
> Regards
>
> Clive
Amusing, and maybe significant:
I checked this out. I got only info. about various Inns and Wineries
until I fixed my spelling from stonehedge to stonehenge. I always have
had a problem with english spelling.
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@peakpeak.com
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