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| 21 Nov 09, 1:15 AM Creidhne UK(CV), 4 yrs   |
I dont mind it to be honest. I still use the internet but only to read online journals. And I have to actually goto the library and do my work. | ||
| 21 Nov 09, 1:37 AM Angelika_Gabriel UK(M), 2 yrs |
That still isn't good, In my degree there a large amount of internet based research as it's focusing on new technology and the best and quickest way to find out about it is online, BUT we have been told that if our only research methods are online then we are likely to do very badly as we need a balanced and wide ranging amount of research. Which uni are you at? Because it worries me too The world is too much with us, Could we not now just elope? Strange way to hold us closer, Strange way to give us hope, Strange way | ||
| 21 Nov 09, 2:09 AM jules9 UK(CH), 3 yrs    |
The OP did answer the question, but I suggested in memo it may be a little too revealing in terms of personal information, to be placed on the boards. Hopefully his academics will remove their heads from their arses and start to educate properly... | ||
| 21 Nov 09, 7:31 AM sardax UK, 6 yrs |
I do think there's a lot of academic sniffiness talked about online information from scholars who believe books must always correct because it's all been set in print and unchangeable. However being unchangeable does not mean it's correct. I know from having worked at publishers how silly mistakes occur and how they get set in print without checking in exactly a similar way to entering
information online.And then they throw up their hands and say -"oh well, it's in print now- nothing we can do about it" Doesn't online publishing score higher over that attitude?
It's all subject to human error whatever way it's published.
Of course checking from all sources is best though if your local library has closed down or worse transferred everything online, you might not have any other option. (For a classic example of how mistakes keep getting transferred from one book to the next see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dürer%27s_Rhinoceros Of course the validity of that article could be suspect itself!) Fascinating ramifications to all this. | ||
| 21 Nov 09, 7:36 AM tanken UK(NR), 2 yrs |
I agree. Even established sources need checking from time to time and that doesn't even take into account that scientific opinion changes over time anyway. Who needs Viagra when there is a pretty young domme with a box of matches nearby | ||
| 21 Nov 09, 10:24 AM Sirebel UK, 5 yrs    |
Any university that doesn't teach the importance of relevance and understanding of research techniques isn't worth the money you are paying for it. In my industry, the rate of change is too high to rely on printed media. The internet is the only way to get accurate and up to date information. It would be dangerous to rely on book learning in a lot of cases as the information is no longer correct. The key is to understand what you are reading, the currency of the information, the relevance and the accuracy. I don't know what's right and what's real any more | ||
| 21 Nov 09, 10:29 AM Angelika_Gabriel UK(M), 2 yrs |
It's posts like this that make me want a facebook style 'like' button, why couldn't I have said what I meant as clearly as that The world is too much with us, Could we not now just elope? Strange way to hold us closer, Strange way to give us hope, Strange way | ||
| 21 Nov 09, 11:04 AM Belasarius UK(M), 8 yrs    |
For analness sake (and with apologies - I suspect I shall be feeling much more tolerant when my girl gets back in a few days time) you separate wheat from chaff. This is actually quite important as chaff and wheat is what is left on the threshing floor after the living daylights have been beaten out of the harvested stalks and ears. The chaff is the inedible husk, etc. Separating the two is therefore a task that demands patience and detail and which can make a huge difference to the quality of the finished flour. So if using the expression you are asking your reader to infer that you have gone over everything available, analysed it thoroughly, graded it for quality and retained only that which is perfect. Patience is bitter - but its fruit is sweet. Edited 21 Nov 09, 11:18 AM by Belasarius | ||
| 21 Nov 09, 11:15 AM Belasarius UK(M), 8 yrs |
There is a powerpoint presentation lying around on various websites called "shift happens" which I thoroughly recommend. It is written by technocrats and vocationalists but, imho, completely undermines the idea that vocational qualiications taught in an academic setting are of any value whatsoever. Take a look at it. It makes its argument with data not opinion and the premise is this: society and technology is changing so fast that anyone spending years learning about it is out of date before they apply their skills. Only constant training as part of a career can supply these practical skills. Pure academic degrees, on the other hand, teach people to think (well, some of them do). That is a skill the individual and society can use. Patience is bitter - but its fruit is sweet. | ||
| 3 Dec 09, 11:44 PM fetish_king 4 yrs |
ya me too, at uni and G.S is not good enough for essays shit like. |
