tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post948698737931250478..comments2024-03-24T07:50:56.426-04:00Comments on Vaulting and Vellum: This Is Your Brain on A Series Of TubesVaultinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13686632678496609427noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-28962407392222588872010-09-02T15:58:35.577-04:002010-09-02T15:58:35.577-04:00A very interesting study. Like you, I was surprise...A very interesting study. Like you, I was surprised by the idea that anyone would try a web search in a non-boolean form. Why on earth would you type a whole question? go to wolframalpha if that's what you want. <br /><br />I'll make it a point of teaching any future students a brief lesson in "how to use the internet for good (not evil)" starting with how to properly write a search string. Vaulting's searches always reveal more interesting things than mine. Her google-fu is strong.Vellumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141550387013181309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-17266331481637130012010-09-01T21:13:20.276-04:002010-09-01T21:13:20.276-04:00Links to some actual data on this, statistically s...Links to some actual data on this, statistically significant sort of data, and my lengthy waffle on the subject, <a href="http://tenthmedieval.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/the-google-generation-debunked-ii-grauniad-catches-up/" rel="nofollow">here, if you're interested</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034399454083305947.post-56522886718636975992010-09-01T12:43:54.234-04:002010-09-01T12:43:54.234-04:00"...some parts of the internet are actually a..."...some parts of the internet are actually about the spread of intelligent discourse (not here so much, but some parts)."<br /><br />Speak for yourself! I'll have you know that I'm working on an extremely illuminating post about medieval games you can play for free online. The spread of intelligent knowledge is indeed alive and well!<br /><br />PS - nice post ^__^Vaultinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686632678496609427noreply@blogger.com