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Comment on About by Judel Morrforus Foir

Judel Morrforus Foir — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:13:05 +0000

You should probably delete this page…

Comment on reading for saturday by Evangelos

Evangelos — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:25:55 +0000

Dear Denise,

if you don’t see fear and the conservativeness in the the phrase: “The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet Is Killing Our Culture.”, then I assume that you have the same fear but you are not aware of it (or you are and try to hide it). Internet is not killing our culture, but it is the continuation of it, such all technology and science. The fact that it replaces some traditional ways of living and interacting with the world it doesn’t mean that it destroys the actual meaning of living and interacting – and the people who believe so, I will say that again, are afraid and conservative and don’t realize the transformation of cultures through time and through the natural process of the universe.
Thus I am not commiting an ad hominem fallacy because I don’t disapprove his conclusions with the claim that he is afraid and conservative, but I am just trying to prove that he has those characteristics through valid and sound arguments, which are the comparison of the meaning of fear and conservativeness with the meaning you can derive from his title. Ofcourse different people can derive different meanings and I am here to listen to all the different meanings you can derive from that.

Saying “there is no need to analyze(thanks for the help) it more”, I mean it from a personal perspective and according to that post on that forum. Not in general.

Last but not least, I don’t get how Wales doesn’t argue for free information. Ofcourse in a monetary system you expect some kind of reward, but not in the form that you have to pay to have access to the information. This is what free and open information means, in that system. Maybe you can comprehent this better if you do a research
on the Linux, an open source operating system which is the “opponent” of the closed source and commercial operating system we all use – Windows.
Maybe if I said “Information has to be open” you wouldn’t have that kind of compunction.

peace.

Comment on lazy by denisebolognino

denisebolognino — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:25:02 +0000

AHH, Line spacing – that occurred to me but didn’t make sense.
Thank you.

Comment on lazy by laurie

laurie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:59:48 +0000

Oh, now I see what you mean. I didn’t understand. It means double spaced between sentences. Like when you double space in formatting the paragraph/page.

Comment on lazy by denisebolognino

denisebolognino — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:50:48 +0000

So what do you mean by – requires double spacing within citations?

Denise

Comment on lazy by laurie

laurie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:28:17 +0000

No, you don’t need two spaces between each word. The formatting may look off because I cut/pasted.
L

Comment on lazy by denisebolognino

denisebolognino — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:25:19 +0000

Laurie,
sorry it is not clear – i cannot see from your example.
Do you mean 2 spaces between each word?
I have the MLA handbook and can look it up – but i guess not everyone does.

Denise

Comment on reading for saturday by denisebolognino

denisebolognino — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:06:12 +0000

Thanks Elise, for clarifying.
“hierarchical knowledge” doesn’t mean ranking people.
It more – funny how when you try to explain something that is so much the fabric of your thoughts it is difficult – about the solidity of truth.
And the idea that some knowledge, works of art are more lasting than other – they have something more to say – and are therefore higher than others. Hamlet speaks to us more profoundly than does Homer Simpson – and Homer Simpson has a lot of insights.
I don’t know if that helps.
This is an important question for all of us.
Hey – have a good spring break.

Cheers,

Denise

Comment on reading for saturday by Elise

Elise — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:52:28 +0000

I should say I got that from Merriam Webster.

I am not making a personal attack against you or religion. Or at least that was not my intention and I am sorry it came out that way.

Keen makes a statement that he believes in ‘hierarchical knowledge’ to me that sounds strange. I don’t know what I believe in for sure, but I don’t believe in ranking people especially based on their particular circumstances. How much room they were allowed to grow from day one.

And certain ideas are scary to me like: hatred, bigotry, an unwillingness to change, never being ‘happy’, all my teeth falling out, losing my family, killing the planet, etc…

Comment on reading for saturday by Elise

Elise — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:44:00 +0000

Hello,
hierarchy defined:

1: a division of angels
2 a: a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it ; especially : the bishops of a province or nation b: church government by a hierarchy
3: a body of persons in authority

4: the classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic, social, or professional standing ; also : the group so classified5: a graded or ranked series