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ALA President Not Fond of Bloggers
Phil Shapiro writes "American Library Association president Michael Gorman is not too fond of bloggers and blogging. '[The] Blog People (or their subclass who are interested in computers and the glorification of information) have a fanatical belief in the transforming power of digitization and a consequent horror of, and contempt for, heretics who do not share that belief... Given the quality of the writing in the blogs I have seen, I doubt that many of the Blog People are in the habit of sustained reading of complex texts. It is entirely possible that their intellectual needs are met by an accumulation of random facts and paragraphs.'"
Don't let this guy read any Slashdot comments in that case.
Look out! The "Blog People" are going to burn books!
I like suggestions, but I don't like contributing towards them.
It is entirely possible that their intellectual needs are met by an accumulation of random facts and paragraphs.
Not sure what
a random
paragraph is. The temperature here is 33 degrees
fahrenheit. I took a walk today. My HP
doesn't like talking to CUPS.
There are 3,472 green M&M's in the
jar.
man, I feel like mold.
I don't even understand how this person became President of such an organization. His writing styles is absolutely atrocious. He offers no supporting evidence for any of his points. He really needs to go back and take a basic college writing course. I would fail him if he was my student and turned in a paper like that.
Read complex texts? Ha! /.ers can't even be bothered to RTFA.
I'm not to fond of these ALA president people. From what I have superficially seen they make broad sweeping generalisations and knee jerk statements about others who they do not take the time to understand. I also heard that they don't shower very often and are cruel to puppies. There was a rumour going around that they get their tertiay education from discarded tissue boxes and glue sticks.
I do not have contempt for heretics who do not share my beliefs. I merely beat them mercilessly until they do.
share that is.
man, I feel like mold.
"It is entirely possible that their intellectual needs are met by an accumulation of random facts and paragraphs."
Kind of like slashdot readers?
) Human Kind Vs Human Creation
) It'd be interesting to see how many humans would survive to serve us.
News flash: A brontosaurus is not too fond of mammels and live birth. 'The mammels (or their sublcass who are monkeys) have a fanatical belief in the transforming power of being small, having a relatively large brain and the ability to withstand, say, a large meterorite striking the earth. Given the quality of their roars, I doubt that many of the mammals are in the habit of thundering across the primordial plains. It is entirely possible their survial needs are met through hair, live birth and quick adaptability.'
meant to post anonymously. damn you, autologin.
how do I get my original account back when @home died long ago?
*obligatory comparison to Fox News*
You post to Slashdot, and you're concerned with a waste of resources? Bwahaha!!
XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve the problem, use more.
God come up with an orignal thought please. God knows nobody on slashdot has use that before.
Passive resistance aside, Gandhi would punch you in the face right now.
He's just bitter because the idea of mapping IP addresses to the Dewey Decimal System never caught on.
-- Gah.
...William Shatner?
That here we are, creating an accumulation of random facts and paragraphs, with no attempt to build up to a complex document ...
Did Mr. Gorman just troll Slashdot??
I just love the american definition of the political left.
"It is entirely possible that their intellectual needs are met by an accumulation of random facts and paragraphs."
Ohh like powerpoint slides?
Ohh like the Nasa department for Space Shuttles
Up their what?
Nothing by Ayn Rand belongs in a library, unless the library happens to have public toilets.
They aren't our only right wing party - we also have New Labour. They're even more like the Republicans.
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"I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing and it was everything that I thought it could be."
'[The] Newspapermen (or their subclass who are interested in dailies and the glorification of information) have a fanatical belief in the transforming power of yellow journalism and a consequent horror of, and contempt for, heretics who do not share that belief... Given the quality of the writing in the newspapers I have seen, I doubt that many of the newspapermen are in the habit of sustained reading of complex texts. It is entirely possible that their intellectual needs are met by an accumulation of random facts and paragraphs.'
How wrong that sounds today.
He reads like a luddite blueblood snob. I enjoyed the article so much, it might actually be satire. I'm going to send a terribly illiterate, blogish flamemail to mailto:michaelg@@csufresno.edu and I think everyone else should too.
I think it's fair to say that Michael Gorman is a snobby blowhard that discredits and smears the name of intelectuals everywhere. I think it's also fair to say that it is not egotistical nor hypocritical to say that my lifestyle of not being a complete judgemental prick mired in mini-ego battles is superior to his.
That being said, I suddenly realised that I was being a hypocritical egostistical prick.
I guess, that it's fair to say, that if I ever met someone that talked to or about me like he did, I would punch him, and I am a pacifist. (A hypocritical pacifist)
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I guess that points out the difference between living in an attic and a basement. ;)
~REZ~ #43301. Who'd fake being me anyway?
"The cat awaited the mouse with baited breath".
I'd rather be lucky than good.