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dee Posted Fri 28 Mar, 2008 11:57 PM |
there should just be some website with every book and article in the worlxd and u just tick what you used and it references automatically.
that would be helpful |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 12:59 AM |
I totally agree with you.
It's a pain in the ass to write references. |
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Turtleneck Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 1:05 AM |
Just be grateful you have the internet.
Imagine going to university without the internet. Imagine having to spend HOURS in the library looking up references in a card catalog and having to write your notes on little scraps of paper. Spending HOURS in a little cave of a room looking at microfiche. Having to work around library hours.
Imagine having to type papers on a typewriter. Think about making a mistake of having to revise. Yeah. Bad.
Imagine having to walk to school...uphill both ways...in a snowstorm! 'Cause that's how it was in my day! Now where are my shawl and my spectacles? |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 1:14 AM |
Turtleneck wrote: Just be grateful you have the internet.
Imagine going to university without the internet. Imagine having to spend HOURS in the library looking up references in a card catalog and having to write your notes on little scraps of paper. Spending HOURS in a little cave of a room looking at microfiche. Having to work around library hours.
Imagine having to type papers on a typewriter. Think about making a mistake of having to revise. Yeah. Bad.
Imagine having to walk to school...uphill both ways...in a snowstorm! 'Cause that's how it was in my day! Now where are my shawl and my spectacles?
Hahaha, you're right Kayte. It must have been terrible.
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Turtleneck Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 1:20 AM |
I was in my last year of college when I first heard of the internet and e-mail. This was my conversation with a chum from high school:
Him: Gimme your e-mail address.
Me: You know where I live.
Him: No, your E-MAIL address.
Me: Did you lose my address?
Him: NOT YOUR HOUSE NUMBER, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS!!!
Me: I guess I don't have one. What is it?
Him: We can send each other messages and jokes on the computer.
Me: If you want to tell me a joke, just tell me a joke. I see you every day.
Him: E-mail jokes are different. They're only funny on the computer.
Me: Why would something be funny on the computer but not funny in real life?
Him: Oh, forget it.
Me: Yeah, forget it. Why don't you just talk to me like we usually do?
Of course, later on, I understood why some jokes are "e-mail" only kind of jokes. Now I can't imagine life without the internet. |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 1:47 AM |
Turtleneck wrote: I was in my last year of college when I first heard of the internet and e-mail. This was my conversation with a chum from high school:
Him: Gimme your e-mail address.
Me: You know where I live.
Him: No, your E-MAIL address.
Me: Did you lose my address?
Him: NOT YOUR HOUSE NUMBER, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS!!!
Me: I guess I don't have one. What is it?
Him: We can send each other messages and jokes on the computer.
Me: If you want to tell me a joke, just tell me a joke. I see you every day.
Him: E-mail jokes are different. They're only funny on the computer.
Me: Why would something be funny on the computer but not funny in real life?
Him: Oh, forget it.
Me: Yeah, forget it. Why don't you just talk to me like we usually do?
Of course, later on, I understood why some jokes are "e-mail" only kind of jokes. Now I can't imagine life without the internet.
Hahaha, that's very funny! xD
I can't remember the first time I heard of internet... |
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weirdmom Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 2:11 AM |
Dee, your idea is a really good one.
I remember recently feeling old, just 187-year-old great grandma old because my son asked if we could get the movie "Fox and the Hound." (I am guessing he saw a commercial)
I said sure and then he asked if I had ever seen it and I said yes, I saw it when I was about his age. He asked if we bought the movie when I was little and I then had to explain that we didn't have a VCR when I was his age so you had to watch it in the theater or wait until it was on TV.
I started snickering because it was just such an odd thought that while I feel that I did essentially grow up with a VCR (I was 7 or 8 when we got one) the truth was we didn't have one when I was his age. And now I can download a movie onto my computer in a matter of minutes.
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