Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-16 Thread Paul Morgan
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:24:27 -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:53:03PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: >> >> You can get that. You could research at the British Museum, for example. >> What you really want is everything for free, and you can't reasonably >> expect people to give awa

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-16 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:53:03PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > > You can get that. You could research at the British Museum, for example. > What you really want is everything for free, and you can't reasonably > expect people to give away the copyrighted product of their hard work to > freeloader

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-16 Thread Paul Morgan
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:47:56 -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > Obviously, for tech stuff, the internet is authoritative. And there > should be travel brochures and fan sites on the internet. But I would > much rather "googling for Stonehenge" returned 27 hits comprising > thousands of printed page

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-15 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 10:47:56PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > Piles? Did you follow those links? There are three categories: > fansites (not authoritative nor deep), travel brochures and tour > packages (not interested and all), and interesting site

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-14 Thread Nano Nano
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:51:10PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:54:13PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > > Piles of stuff, right there, including two complete categories, about > anything you could possibly want to know about Stonehenge. Piles? Did you follow those links? Th

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:45:10AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 06:37:34AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > [snip] > > I don't see any problem. I found, I think, the sort of thing for > > which you were looking in just a few seconds. >

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 07:10:20PM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote: > >Help me out here. > > The net is best for finding out what books to read;) No kidding. I don't even have to get up and walk up the street to Central Library to find the book... telnet

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:54:13PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > Watching a program on PBS, I decided I wanted to read about Stonehenge. > Off to google, I go, searching for "Stonehenge". Didn't like the > results. Tried Google directory, Yahoo, and Teo

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-13 Thread Nano Nano
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 06:37:34AM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: [snip] > I don't see any problem. I found, I think, the sort of thing for > which you were looking in just a few seconds. [snip] > > http://www.aboutstonehenge.info/index.php Imagine what life would be like if googling for stonehenge r

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge [OT from this OT]

2004-01-13 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:06:25AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (13/01/04 19:10), Russell Shaw wrote: > > Nano Nano wrote: > > >Watching a program on PBS, I decided I wanted to read about Stonehenge. > > >Off to google, I go, searching for "Stonehenge". Didn't like the > > >results. Tried Go

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-13 Thread Jesse Meyer
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Nano Nano wrote: > Watching a program on PBS, I decided I wanted to read about Stonehenge. > Off to google, I go, searching for "Stonehenge". Didn't like the > results. Tried Google directory, Yahoo, and Teoma: didn't like any of > them. > > The experience I wanted was a

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-13 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Paul Morgan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:13:42 -0800, Nano Nano wrote: On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:06:25AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: [snip] The net is best for finding out what books to read;) I wouldn't suggest that the net is better than an authoratitive book but a quick search on stonehenge

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-13 Thread Dave's List Addy
On 1/13/04 5:37 AM, "Paul Morgan" wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:06:25AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: >> [snip] The net is best for finding out what books to read;) >>> I wouldn't suggest that the net is better than an authoratitive book but >>> a quick search on stonehenge history produ

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-13 Thread Paul Morgan
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:13:42 -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:06:25AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: > [snip] >> > The net is best for finding out what books to read;) >> I wouldn't suggest that the net is better than an authoratitive book but >> a quick search on stonehenge histo

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-13 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nano Nano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >but these aren't exactly deep; these are more like the Travel >Brochures you see in hotel lobbies. None of the other links are very >good at all. > >And having to type in "stonehenge history" is the kind of beef I had >with

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-13 Thread Nano Nano
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 09:06:25AM +, Clive Menzies wrote: [snip] > > The net is best for finding out what books to read;) > I wouldn't suggest that the net is better than an authoratitive book but > a quick search on stonehenge history produced: > http://www.britannia.com/history/h7.html as th

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-13 Thread Clive Menzies
On (13/01/04 19:10), Russell Shaw wrote: > Nano Nano wrote: > >Watching a program on PBS, I decided I wanted to read about Stonehenge. > >Off to google, I go, searching for "Stonehenge". Didn't like the > >results. Tried Google directory, Yahoo, and Teoma: didn't like any of > >them. > > > >The

Re: OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-13 Thread Russell Shaw
Nano Nano wrote: Watching a program on PBS, I decided I wanted to read about Stonehenge. Off to google, I go, searching for "Stonehenge". Didn't like the results. Tried Google directory, Yahoo, and Teoma: didn't like any of them. The experience I wanted was a deep, rich, complete, authoritativ

OT: Why the net Sucks: Stonehenge

2004-01-12 Thread Nano Nano
Watching a program on PBS, I decided I wanted to read about Stonehenge. Off to google, I go, searching for "Stonehenge". Didn't like the results. Tried Google directory, Yahoo, and Teoma: didn't like any of them. The experience I wanted was a deep, rich, complete, authoritative, well-annotate