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by forsoothsayer
Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Distrusting Online Information
Replies: 18
Views: 1386

Re: Distrusting Online Information

ohio jones wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:43 am
forsoothsayer wrote: Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:43 am [And another thing, if I had enough money, I would buy an encyclopedia slightly older, so I could get new information.]
Wouldn't that be slightly older information?
I beg your pardon -- I meant to say "newer" information; not "new."
by forsoothsayer
Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:43 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Distrusting Online Information
Replies: 18
Views: 1386

Re: Distrusting Online Information

Just using old sources does not always work because so many new things are not available in the older sources. Current issues have to be sourced from current sources. The older sources do not always have the needed information. Older sources will have little on robotics, electric grid/green energy,...
by forsoothsayer
Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:26 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Distrusting Online Information
Replies: 18
Views: 1386

Re: Distrusting Online Information

you’re wise to stick with old publications Thank you, temporal. I stick with old encyclopedias since they're usually sold cheaper than the latest ones. This might be off topic, but I think students should stick with bringing dictionaries to school. [if they're not allowed to use the computer during...
by forsoothsayer
Sun Jan 21, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Distrusting Online Information
Replies: 18
Views: 1386

Distrusting Online Information

I use outdated information from encyclopedias since I don't trust most information online. I only trust the information if it's from a well-known company or ends with ".gov" or ".edu." [except search engines]. If certain information isn't in those encyclopedias, I would ask the p...
by forsoothsayer
Sun Nov 26, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: Written Word
Topic: Fantastic and Interesting Words
Replies: 48
Views: 11481

Re: Fantastic and Interesting Words

Forsooth (I frequently use this word.) :lol:
  • In truth. Obsolete
WBMS, Gen. 1:2
Forsooth the earth was idle and void, and darknesses were on the face of depth; and the Spirit of the Lord was borne on the water.