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Intellectual Frankensteins

Quentin Rowan, Kaavya Viswanathan and Jason Blair all had one thing in common, blind ambition. They believed that they were some how destined for greatness and success and would do anything to ensure that they achieved it. It makes you … Continue reading

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A Big Ole Fat Glass of HATTERAID!

Martin makes some interesting observations in his article. I must say that I agree with his belief that the vast majority of research is channeled toward specific goals and those goals are not necessarily best for the masses. The goal … Continue reading

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Warp Speed Scotty!

The web may not be the final frontier but it’s certainly our frontier. None of us will probably never step foot on another planet, devise a new way to split the atom or, discover the first dilithium crystal but we … Continue reading

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Free at last, Free at last….but for how long?

Free books, free newspapers, free movies, free music, free, free, free and if it’s free, it’s for me. gobble it up; eat by our fill. When your about to burst, take a deep breath, loosen the belt a notch and … Continue reading

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What’s All the Hubbub Buddy?

After doing the readings I noticed that both were published in 2008 and thus where somewhat outdated. The technology of the Net moves so fast that that they where probably outdated a year after they where written. For example; all … Continue reading

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Something Old Something New

In chapter 8 of the text Research Stratagies Badke discusses a number of techniques aimed at streamlining the research process, “The connoisseur’s approach,” as Badke calls it. For the most part i found the majority of this information to be … Continue reading

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