4.0283 Notes: Halio; Quotation Book (2/46)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 16 Jul 90 18:23:56 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0283. Monday, 16 Jul 1990.
(1) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 90 11:45:11 EDT (18 lines)
From: Elliott Parker <3ZLUFUR@CMUVM>
Subject: Halio article (on student writing)
(2) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 90 18:14:08 CST (28 lines)
From: "Robin C. Cover" <ZRCC1001@SMUVM1>
Subject: *RELATIVELY* USEFUL...
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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 90 11:45:11 EDT
From: Elliott Parker <3ZLUFUR@CMUVM>
Subject: Halio article (on student writing)
[...]
Some months ago, Humanist discussed Marcia P. Halio's article on student
writing ("Student writing: Can the machine maim the message," <Academic
Computing>, Jan 1990). This month's Academic Computing carried a note
that the article and also comments are available via anonymous FTP from
umd5.umd.edu (128.8.10.5). They are in subdirectory pub/jac and in
addition to plain- vanilla ASCII, can be pulled off in a variety of word
processor formats.
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 90 18:14:08 CST
From: "Robin C. Cover" <ZRCC1001@SMUVM1>
Subject: *RELATIVELY* USEFUL...
Re:
> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 90 09:48:20 MDT
> From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz)
> Subject: Useful Reference on Finding Quotes
> I noticed the following new book and thought that it might be useful in
> connection with a recurring theme of this list:
> Shipps, Anthony W. 1990. The quote sleuth: a manual for the tracer of
> lost quotations. U of Illinois Press. 200 p.
John Koontz is to be thanked for alerting us to this resource: I intend to
have a look. Another feeling swept over me as I read the posting, however.
For 10% of the cost in production and distribution, we could have had
something 10-times more useful, if what you want to do is "hunt for
a lost quotation." A diskette instead of a book. Probably 2-3 times
more content, as well (with compression).
Someone will say, "Well, you can't curl up by the fire with a good novel
and a diskette of digital quotations." Right: my solar-powered hand
calculator won't work by firelight either, but I won't trade it in for
my old slide rule.
Why don't we all write Univ. of Illinois Press and say, "Gee, if you
publish this on a diskette where it's actually useful, I'll buy it."
rcc