Re:The Higher Education Bubble: It's About to Burst
by carbocation on Tuesday August 31, 2010 @04:06PM
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So odd. Even when I found the permalink to that comment ( http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Sunday_Ref... ) it still didn't take me (in Chrome dev build, at least) directly to the comment.
Re:The Higher Education Bubble: It's About to Burst
by ronnoch on Tuesday August 31, 2010 @06:50PM
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Technical explanation: The Disqus comments don't load until a second or two after the permalink's anchor jump (#comment-55003614) is attempted by the browser. So when the browser tries to jump to the comment, the comment isn't there yet.
Re:The Higher Education Bubble: It's About to Burst
by carbocation on Tuesday August 31, 2010 @07:32PM
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It's an unfortunate side-effect. I wonder if Disqus could circumvent this by using a hashchange-type trick (referencing Ben Alman's BBQ jQuery addon).
Re:The Higher Education Bubble: It's About to Burst
by mkramlich on Tuesday August 31, 2010 @06:47PM
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And with the Internet the world's greatest library now has an annex in every home, office, vehicle or pocket with a sub-$500 device in it.
Re:The Higher Education Bubble: It's About to Burst
by ronnoch on Tuesday August 31, 2010 @06:52PM
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I don't know that the internet is the world's greatest library yet. In 5-10 years, when Google and Amazon have scanned every book in the world, maybe.
Re:The Higher Education Bubble: It's About to Burst
by waqf on Tuesday August 31, 2010 @08:14PM
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If Google and Amazon scan every book in the world, do you think they'll let you have the result for free?
How about we properly fund the public library system to do its job of maximally disseminating knowledge, which it can most cost-effectively achieve by buying those scans from Google or Amazon?
Great non-linkable comment on the Examiner article discussed: "if you want a degree - go to the University. If you want an education - go to the library"