HPR 412 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Library Catalog, Mnemonic, Lycos
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Collective search engine vs the learned box of paper slips. While a search engine is designed to register everything randomly, the scholar" machine makes the determination whether or not to record a piece of information. (50) idiosyncrasy. It sorts addresses so as to address thoughts (52) Moves scholar"s machine fully into the position of textual production (52) Standard box holds 1000 slips per cubby. Not written in order like in notebooks. Anything excerpted can be used in writing as it stands, instead of having to be copied again from a notebook (54) Elaboration of a new piece of writing results more easily from slips of paper than from handling books (ibid) Procedure better for selection or concealment of information. Paper slips develops into an east and comfortable means of payment. Banknotes must be covered and the money backing them must exist. There was a picture on page 51, figure 4. 1, of a paper lycos search engine from 1999.
