-[ Quoting William Elliot , to Dennis Menard ]-
 DM> I'm using Britannica 98, Multimedia CD; it covers neural networks and
 DM> other related material, as well.  However, I've never tended to depend
 DM> on just one single source when I'm looking for something.  Thanks for
 DM> the reference.
 WE> Sounds like a good primer.  Me?  I've got an hundred year old version
 WE> of EB and a 50 year old childhood encyclopedia.  Skip AI, artificial
 WE> intelligence, take a look at virtual life and for a history lesson
 WE> take a peek at automata theory.  I also recommend the fido SCIENCE
 WE> echo.
We had an EB (ie, printed) version in the '50s when I was still a kid, but
I'm really appreciative of the nice job they've done transferring all those
32 volumes to CD ... complete with multi-media.  MS Encarta is good, also;
though no comparison to Britannica.  For Canuck perspectives, I consult the
Canadian Encyclopaedia ... very much an infant in the field.  With National
Geographic (108 years on 30 CDs), Gutenberg (850 vols as of Oct 97), and a
few other computer resources (including the phenomenal MS Virtual Globe (97
version was called World Atlas)), the computer references are well rounded.
For the more obscure stuff, though, nothing beats print; ... yet.  :)
Is the FIDO "SCIENCE" echo greatly different than "SCI&TECH"?  I've not had
a chance to look at it yet.
 DM> ... If voting could bring change, it would be illegal.
 WE> So that's why the media monopoly is legal, 'cause it maintains the
 WE> status quo?
:)  Is that what it's doing?
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