Comments on: An extremely valuable use of time http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/ on the omphaloskepsis bandwagon Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Erin http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-46749 Erin Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:55:15 +0000 http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/#comment-46749 Dr. G-- "Back in my day, we didn't have no word processesors. We wrote our fourth grade science reports with number two pencils!" Karen-- see, this is why kids know they don't have to memorize things any more, since it is instantly available if they need it. Kate-- what would we do if he hadn't invented it? I tell ya! Julie-- Now you will have lots of time, in your new job-free state. if you want to feel really good about your dental health, look up pictures of extreme tooth decay. Dr. G– “Back in my day, we didn’t have no word processesors. We wrote our fourth grade science reports with number two pencils!”

Karen– see, this is why kids know they don’t have to memorize things any more, since it is instantly available if they need it.

Kate– what would we do if he hadn’t invented it? I tell ya!

Julie– Now you will have lots of time, in your new job-free state. if you want to feel really good about your dental health, look up pictures of extreme tooth decay.

]]> By: Julie http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-46320 Julie Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:30:35 +0000 http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/#comment-46320 Clearly I need to come up with better ways to use the internet . . . Clearly I need to come up with better ways to use the internet . . .

]]> By: kate http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-46273 kate Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:22:11 +0000 http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/#comment-46273 God bless Al Gore! And all those tubes. God bless Al Gore! And all those tubes.

]]> By: Karen Joy http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-46206 Karen Joy Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:24:19 +0000 http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/#comment-46206 "You should Google it," is a standard reply from my children whenever they ask me something that -- surprise! -- I don't know. They truly think that everything and anything of interest to them, no matter how obscure and unlikely, is available for verification via the internet. Fortunately/unfortunately, it usually is. “You should Google it,” is a standard reply from my children whenever they ask me something that — surprise! — I don’t know. They truly think that everything and anything of interest to them, no matter how obscure and unlikely, is available for verification via the internet. Fortunately/unfortunately, it usually is.

]]> By: Dr. G http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-46142 Dr. G Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:07:47 +0000 http://commadotcomma.net/blog/2007/09/17/an-extremely-valuable-use-of-time/#comment-46142 Imagine 40 years from now when we'll be among the few who can remember life before the internets. The grandchildren will marvel at tales of written letters, mail order, cds, phones attached to walls, and searching for answers in books. By the way, the "dramatic chipmunk" in the link is actually a dramatic prairie dog according to the longer source video on youtube. Imagine 40 years from now when we’ll be among the few who can remember life before the internets. The grandchildren will marvel at tales of written letters, mail order, cds, phones attached to walls, and searching for answers in books.

By the way, the “dramatic chipmunk” in the link is actually a dramatic prairie dog according to the longer source video on youtube.

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