Re: Lazy?

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

"The only drawback to using the Internet as your library is that everyone
and anyone with access to a computer is free to post information.  You
have to look carefully for credentials which accompany the information.
You do have to take care where you're stepping and what you're stepping
in out there on the Information Superhighway."

This apples to printed matter also, tho not to the same extent as on web sites.

bc   who finds many of the posts on PHYS-L are discussed in 50 year old (and older)
books in research libraries  (and mine).

p.s. credentials are not a guarantee.

Larry Cartwright wrote:

> I believe Herb's analysis is right on the money, unless you have
> fortunate access to a major municipal or major university library or a
> specialized technical repository.  For those of us out in the boondocks,
> the Internet is an informational Godsend.
>
> The only drawback to using the Internet as your library is that everyone
> and anyone with access to a computer is free to post information.  You
> have to look carefully for credentials which accompany the information.
> You do have to take care where you're stepping and what you're stepping
> in out there on the Information Superhighway.
>
> Best wishes,

This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.