And hence it isn't really interesting, is bullshit, and makes
achaeologists sound like stupid people who can't get their silly heads
around technology. Mac Science sounds like an oxymoron ;-)
p g-b
Christopher Witmore wrote:
> The article does not purport to be more than what it is. It is a
> profile piece on Mac Science and is intended for publicity.
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:16 AM, pmgb <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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> While not wishing to be disagreeable, I thought the "article" was
> a bunch of bullshit! Effectively nothing more than a publicity
> puff for the Macbook. On the other hand I did laugh at
> "Archaeologists, says Schablitsky, are basic computer users. "We
> study old things," she says, "and we are very slow when it comes
> to using technology. Change is something we document, not
> something we do."" -speak for yourself Ms. Schablitsky!
>
> P G-B
>
> NEWMAN, Martin wrote:
>
>
> Though list members might be interested in this his article on
> historical archaeology from Apple’s website, obviously its
> promoting Mac use so hardly unbiased but still interesting
> http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/schablitsky/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss
>
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> Martin
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