One of the great things about modern technology...

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One of the great things about modern technology...

Tom Brosz — 6/3/2005 10:17:26 PM (archived)

When you can put an entire library on a single shiny disk, "Farenheit 451" becomes one hell of a lot more unlikely. I don't need people wandering around the woods memorizing books. I can put them all in my pocket.

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A list of evil books. - alcaray - 6/2/2005 5:34:38 PM
- What no Bible or Koran? - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/3/2005 10:48:23 PM
  - One minor point in the interest of accuracy. - alcaray - 6/6/2005 5:39:41 PM
- Interesting... - Fox - 6/3/2005 4:35:03 PM
  - also - SDG - 6/3/2005 7:27:00 PM
    - Excellent point! - Fox - 6/4/2005 2:13:36 AM
- re: A list of evil books. - Doug Ellison - 6/3/2005 1:42:39 PM
  - re: A list of evil books. - zeus - 6/18/2005 6:13:44 PM
- Impossible to beat an idea when so many believe in it - SDF - 6/3/2005 7:19:30 AM
  - You don't have to read a book to burn it. - Mary Anne - 6/3/2005 2:23:16 PM
    - One of the great things about modern technology... - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2005 10:17:26 PM
      - Yes, but you need a machine worth thousands of $s to read them! - Mary Anne - 6/3/2005 11:04:03 PM
        
        Don't worry MA... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/4/2005 12:03:35 AM
        
        Equal access - Mary Anne - 6/4/2005 2:13:44 AM
        
        re: Equal access - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/6/2005 3:17:54 AM
        
        re: Equal access - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2005 5:05:07 AM
  - I read science fiction almost exclusively - SDF - 6/3/2005 7:22:02 AM
    - Doctrine versus Dogma - SDF - 6/3/2005 7:44:44 AM
      - Thinking about it a bit more - SDF - 6/3/2005 8:16:28 AM
- They don't like sex, womens rights, thinking skills, humanity, science. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/3/2005 5:49:05 AM
- Most I agree with. Unfortunately, it reveals a lot about the writers that Darwin is on there. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/2/2005 11:15:56 PM
  - It wasn't what Darwin wrote, but what others did in the name of "survival of the fittest" - Larry J - 6/3/2005 1:57:45 AM
    - Nicely put (n/t) - Fox - 6/3/2005 4:37:51 PM
    - That's a possibility - Tony - 6/3/2005 1:06:48 PM
      - Yes - Larry J - 6/3/2005 1:18:11 PM
        
        Some numbers... - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2005 10:21:05 PM
        
        Other than the autobahns and the trains running on time.... (n/t) - Tony - 6/3/2005 1:59:39 PM
    - re: It wasn't what Darwin wrote, but what others did in the name of "survival of the fittest" - gbaikie - 6/3/2005 4:30:30 AM
    - I see your point, but I wonder. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2005 3:30:15 AM
  - BTW, it's amusing to see the Left's take on this list. - Tom Brosz - 6/2/2005 11:23:02 PM
    - One of the replies made a good point about The Protocols of the Elders of Zion - alcaray - 6/3/2005 4:35:30 PM
      - I wondered about that omission myself. - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2005 10:21:59 PM
        
        It's not a book - Fox - 6/4/2005 2:14:52 AM
- re: A list of evil books. - gbaikie - 6/2/2005 10:31:18 PM
- A list to keep for later. - Mary Anne - 6/2/2005 7:20:28 PM
- That's one of the saddest articles I've read. - Bowser - 6/2/2005 6:11:29 PM
  - PS That was on-topic. Moderator, is that appropriate for this board??!! (n/t) - Bowser - 6/2/2005 6:12:35 PM

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