Interesting Links for 25-1-2011

[andrewducker]

• Coalition, Government and the Lords
  (tags: government uk)
• Bullied by Gays- A catalog of pupils driven to suicide by gay bullies
  (tags: lgbt suicide satire)
• Five Emotions Invented By The Internet. I have experienced all five of these.
  (tags: internet psychology emotions funny)
• The downward spiral of ownership and value (It's happened to music, it's happening to books.)
  (tags: books copyright ebooks)
• Wolfenstein 1-D: The Game That Changed Everything, Converted to a 1-Pixel Line
  (tags: videogames wolfenstein funny)
• The economics of Net Neutrality
  (tags: internet economics markets)
• Why the Cornish hotel ruling should worry conservative Christians - digs into the details of the actual ruling.
  (tags: christianity homosexuality law religion sex society)
• Genetically modified crops are the key to human survival, says UK's chief scientist
  (tags: environment gm food)
• BBC to cut online budget by 25% - close 180 websites.
  (tags: bbc online)
• Why Africa needs an agricultural revolution
  (tags: africa agriculture technology poverty government)
• Government scraps Labour plans to scrap the Common Travel Area between UK, Ireland and Isle of Man.
  (tags: government uk travel)

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I'd love to know the extent to which wikipedia is affecting the sales of non-fiction books, given how many students both at universities and high schools, are now no longer needing to purchase text books, and just going to wikipedia for their research.

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

LOL, trust me in this, although it's contested somewhat in the Humanities, citing 'Wikipedia article X' in a paper will get you in deep doodoo.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Apparently it's a lot more common in schools, where teachers are reluctant to fail too many of their classes because it looks bad on the league tables. But that's just anecdotal.