Who reads their email the most Classically?

From: Greg Lindsey <glindsey_at_ssinc.com>
Date: Thu Aug 16 10:18:15 2001

> At 02:18 AM 8/16/01 +0100, Iggy Drougge wrote:
> >I really hate this M$-ish webification.
> >In the town where my grandparents live, the library was recently moved
into a
> >new, pretty building, and of course, they had to "modernise" the IT
system as
> >well. They replaced the old network of text terminals with sophisticated
and
> >powerful flat screens with Pentium PCs hidden in their feet. Those must
have
> >been cheap.
>
> Oh yeah? When I walk into a new library, my first reflex is
> still to look for the card catalog. :-)

When I'm in the library, and the "5 minutes until closing" speech is
sounded, I look for the old terminals to shut off, because I used to be a
page there. But our library did the exact same thing Iggy's did -- replaced
a bunch of older text terminals with a web-based system running on a bunch
of Pentiums. I just don't understand that mentality; it's like using a wood
chipper to sharpen a pencil.

But without card catalogs, what are the ghosts going to play practical jokes
on the librarians with? ^_^

GSL, who doesn't think that scene in _Ghostbusters_ would've been quite as
neat with Pentium machines...
Received on Thu Aug 16 2001 - 10:18:15 BST