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Is the Internet Your Source of Knowledge?
serutan asks: "How much do you rely on the Internet for information? Since getting online 7 or 8 years ago, I have gradually abandoned almost all other sources of news and information, to the point where they've pretty much disappeared from my life. I'm a geek, but at age 49 not exactly a child of the Information Age. I've been surrounded by dictionaries, encyclopedias and similar books for most of my life. I still read fiction in book form, but if I'm trying to look up something and can't find it online in a couple minutes I generally just blow it off, as if there's no other place to look. This realization seems sort of stunning. I'm very curious if other Slashdot readers have become dependent on the Internet to that level, and what their thoughts are on the subject."
WTF are you talking about? What could possibly compete with the internet? Some other computer network? Oh wait that would be the internet too, just bigger.
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For those that would die defending it, Freedom
has a sweet taste that the protected will never know.
i am an addict of meta news sites like slashdot, kuro5hin, fark, etc.
i also listen to the bbc over internet radio all day at work- as a us resident, it's nice to have a non-stupidly patriotic news outlet like fox, etc, as the source of my information that shapes my opinions.
i do read/ buy books, because the form factor of the book: cheap, lightweight, no energy source needed, etc., just really cannot be beaten by the internet (until, of course, they perfect those electronic paper gadgets whispered about recently here on slashdot and elsewhere). but of course, i buy them online from amazon! lol
i have a bookcase of crumbling college days textbooks, picture books, etc., but it's more of a decoration piece than a reference i use anymore.
all my music is downloaded from the net as well. no more tapes, cds.
but, a big but:
the tv is always on in the background. hard for that to be replaced just yet by the net.
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it