13 Dec
2011
13 Dec
'11
6:29 a.m.
On Dec 13, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Barry L. Kline wrote:
On 12/12/2011 11:47 PM, David Riley wrote:
Related: http://xkcd.com/214/
I think the worst is the combination of Wikipedia with tabbed browsers. It makes it way
too easy to just push the "ooh, that looks interesting" topic onto the stack
instead of just following it; by the time an hour is through, I can accumulate 20 tabs.
- Dave
Or more dangerous; I've lost days on
Wikipedia when I was meant to be
getting contractually obligated things done. On the bright side, I
now know all about the history of hand grenades and I know exactly
how a Hammond organ works. Both of these are worth knowing, but I
would rather have come upon them at a more opportune time. :-)
But you know -- I had these same issues when doing research in a library
and going through the encyclopedia. It's just so much easier to have
"lost time" episodes now that everything is at your fingertips; literally!