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Old 02-13-2007, 04:09 PM   #3
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God forbid one has to follow a few links in order to flesh out a premise.

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Middlebury College history students are no longer allowed to use Wikipedia in preparing class papers.
I love these articles that start off with a bang, and then proceed to completely contradict themselves.

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This really indicates a problem with the standard information model, doesn't it? We're stuck on training students how to do something that they don't really need to know how to do anymore, IE training chefs how to make fire by rubbing two sticks together, when we know that ovens exist.
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