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>>>>> Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz@c...>: > David Megginson writes: >> Note that the common thread running through these examples is a >> sacrifice in quality in exchange for an increase in quantity -- in >> other words, a democratization of knowledge. > and is this regarded as a good thing, then? I'd say yes. > hands up all those who think that the truly amazing amount of > information on the web is balanced by the utter uselessness and > wrongness of most of it :-} I don't think it is. When the information is out there and is searchable, semi-automatic moderation schemes, such as the Google search engine (www.google.com), will help to dig out the correct information from the useless. That said: with "Border affair" spinning on the CD right now, it still bugs me that Google is unable to turn up the ultimate Lee Clayton fan page. :-/ Surely he would have deserved one...? "I'm gonna find me a reckless woman With razor blades and dice in her eyes With just a touch of sadness in her fingers And thunder and lightning in her thighs" Ah well! *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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