wrote:
On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:20:19 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:



The Internet is amazing. It floors me to think of how we used to do
research on a subject.

In some ways it was better though. Spending hours in the library was a
great way to meet girls.


I went to an all boys school. The library wasn't near as much fun ;-)

I do really like the internet tho.

Back in the olden days,if you want to do something like research a
Supreme Court decision, you needed a $100,000 law library and you also
needed to have a pretty good idea where to look.
Now you can find the decision in minutes, if not seconds.
There are also many sources of interpretation because sometimes the
logic can be somewhat convoluted, depending on who wrote it.

I loved the library growing up also. Plus the internet is easier. I had
access to both the small library a few blocks from my hose, but in high
school we used Cal Berkeley's library. In those days, you could even park
on campus by the library.