"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Chris Bacon wrote:
It's several times easier and quicker finding info. from
searching Usenet than looking things up in books, even
if you think you've got the right book (somewhere!).

That's not to say that books aren't useful.

Interesting: I've met this before. I wonder if it's as much a
psychological difference as a practical one, since I'm a bookworm by
nature and find books vastly quicker. I do enjoy doing web searches, and
discussing things with people on line, but printed dead trees are my
instinctive first choice. I'm also more inclined to _believe_ what I
read in a reference book
Mike.

Why should it be true on a printed page and not on a virtual one?

I tend to look at at least three sites to judge the validity of the info.
Jenny :~))