The 2010 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was the last

[jrandom]

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/after-244-years-encyclopaedia-britannica-stops-the-presses/?hp

Hard disks, LCD touch screens and the internet have finally killed a poster child of the print industry.

I find myself not experiencing any particular emotion in reaction to this news.

[Winston001]

Yeah, everything has its day in the sun. I have an affection for the Encyclopaedia Brittanica ever since I discovered it as a small boy. All that knowledge and information but alas it only existed in libraries - and my uncle's house.

Today I have a 1982 set which gets looked at a few times a year but Google is your friend...

Alas the King is dead.

[blackdog]

Yeah, everything has its day in the sun. I have an affection for the Encyclopaedia Brittanica ever since I discovered it as a small boy. All that knowledge and information but alas it only existed in libraries - and my uncle's house.

Today I have a 1982 set which gets looked at a few times a year but Google is your friend...

Alas the King is dead.

When sitting down with the kids on a Sunday there is still nothing like opening an encyclopedia or atlas. The interweb doesn't smell the same.

[Usarka]

Cost my parents a bloody fortune years ago.

[Pussy]

My last loader driver when I was topdressing made the Encyclopaedia Brittanica redundant anyway.
The wanker knew everything.

[Winston001]

Encyclopaedias eh, its all a bit sad how they have gone out of use. Like you Blackdog I'm still keen on opening a big book.

On the other hand I have a stack of Colliers or some-such in the garage ready to put in the woodburner. Thick books are marvellous to keep the fire smouldering overnight. :facepalm:


Not that I've brought myself to do it yet....

[SMOKEU]

Google is my best friend.

[flyingcrocodile46]

Encyclopedias were always overrated.

They become completely redundant as soon as you get married, because wives know everything. <_<

[Big Dave]

>>not experiencing any particular emotion<<

Slight melancholy for the transparent plates that overlaid human physiology/anatomy in layers over the skeleton.

[kiwisfly]

>>not experiencing any particular emotion<<

Slight melancholy for the transparent plates that overlaid human physiology/anatomy in layers over the skeleton.

yeah good material till the plates stuck together then it was back to the nat geo with old village toothy woman with roll-up boobs! ;)

[The Lone Rider]

Bit of a problem for uni and polytech students. Last I heard, you can't turn in your research with the bibliography listing a bunch of websites, especially Wikipedia. You can get away with a few of them, as long as you had a number of references from a printed encyclopaedia and other hard copies.

The rise of the internet research has also meant universities and polytechs have had to require papers be handed in, in a certain format, so that they can be run through a system that compares the handed in paper to any entries on Wikipedia and I guess Google. An anti-plagarism system if you like.

[Usarka]

Handing in a uni paper based on Encyclopedia Brittanica references probably wouldn't have resulted in a great mark either.

[SpankMe]

A lament for Encyclopaedia Britannica.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Razml14MU_U

[Fergus]

Bit of a problem for uni and polytech students. Last I heard, you can't turn in your research with the bibliography listing a bunch of websites, especially Wikipedia. You can get away with a few of them, as long as you had a number of references from a printed encyclopaedia and other hard copies.

If you can write a paper with info from wiki alone then you're probably still in high school or studying tourism or something ;)

You don't need hard copy references, they just need to be reputable. Most academic journal articles are only available online..




The rise of the internet research has also meant universities and polytechs have had to require papers be handed in, in a certain format, so that they can be run through a system that compares the handed in paper to any entries on Wikipedia and I guess Google. An anti-plagarism system if you like.

Yep, turnitin.com
""Check papers against 24+ billion web pages, 250+ million student papers and 110,000+ publications.""
None of my work has been through it, all of girlfriend's work does. I guess engineering students are honest and management students are a bunch of cheats :eek:

[Winston001]

Well I don't care what anyone else thinks. I've got two sets of Britannicas and I'm keeping them.

[MIXONE]

My ex inherited our set along with the kids,house and contents,car ,dog etc.
I kept my bike and a stereo.Well a man's gotta have his priorities eh.

[SPman]

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/W9DwRcioFWM?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe>...................

[Brian d marge]

Motor cycling meet Britannica , Britannica meet motorcycling

Stephen

[awa355]

Most encyclopaedias were out of date by the time they were printed. Half the stuff thats readable on the net is made up. Facts and the truth can be whatever you want to believe. :(:( Fuck!! I qualify to use green print. :Pokey:

[Usarka]

I liked the plastic overlay pages, especially when it was something cool like a submarine.