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...predicts the fall of books altogether; rather, he believes that they will become less important in time. “We’ve seen already, in just a dozen years on the web, that our thought takes other forms,” Weinberger says. Take blogs or encyclopedia articles filled with cross-indexed links for examples. Not knowing what tomorrow’s technology will hold, however, even Weinberger must concede that traditional media hold a privileged place among today’s readers.“Books are an established form, and they will always be used...
...computer hacker named Virgil Griffith unleashed a clever little program onto the Internet that he dubbed WikiScanner. It's a simple application that trolls through the records of Wikipedia, the publicly editable Web-based encyclopedia, and checks on who is making changes to which entries. Sometimes it's people who shouldn't be. For example, WikiScanner turned up evidence that somebody from Wal-Mart had punched up Wal-Mart's Wikipedia entry. Bad retail giant...
Rowling announced this week that she plans to compile a “Harry Potter” encyclopedia from all of her notes and ideas that didn’t make it into the works, which eventually will give him new life. But there is no more going forward—only gazing lovingly back...
Similar deals are available for other eco-embarrassments. Some commentators (like TIME's Charles Krauthammer) have uncharitably compared carbon credits to the indulgences sold by the medieval Catholic Church. But indulgences are apparently misunderstood. The Catholic Encyclopedia, in an eye-rolling, "Here we go again" tone, scolds that an indulgence "is not a permission to commit sin, nor a pardon of future sin." No doubt environmentalists would insist the same about carbon credits: they are not a gift certificate or get-out-of-jail-free card for would-be polluters. But they sure do play...
...RETRO AGE The '60s and '70s saw a rising popularity for young gumshoes. Book series like Nate the Great and Encyclopedia Brown were roaring successes. Characters from the TV show Scooby-Doo have remained a staple of the American cartoon diet...