By Neil Dangerfield
Published Tuesday 30 December 2008
James Eccarus gazed out across the
ice-strewn river towards Southwark bridge. As he pulled his
scarf from his throat, the cold winter sun stung the back of his
neck. He rewrapped the scarf, more tightly this time. He
lent forward, resting his elbows on the walkway’s handrail. He
clutched the book in his hands to his chest, scared that it [...]
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Tags: book, gallery, library, research
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By Sam Pablo Kuper
Published Monday 22 December 2008
“But I Googled everything!” Lena cried.
“Google doesn’t know everything, though,” said Tom. “It doesn’t know what you had for breakfast this morning, for instance.”
“If we had a holobot, it would!” retorted Lena. “It could watch me eat, semrec me doing it, upload that to Google and then everyone in my filter would be able to [...]
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Tags: computers, future, library, online, reading, research, robots, semantics, students, university, web
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By Neil Ayres
Published Monday 22 December 2008
I am a Learner. My son has been killed. It was not a gentle,
expected death.
I should not speak, for I am a Learner. I have written my son’s mother
a letter. The letter is like this:
Your son has died. Your daughter is still alive. I have not Learned
where, but I will try to find her.
It is [...]
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Tags: capitalism, CCTV, Croydon, freedom, library, totalitarianism
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