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Date: 07/03/2009 07:38AM
Subject: Re: Historical Archaeology computing article

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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