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- From: ernest@lenti.med.umn.edu (Ernest Retzel (1535 49118))
- Newsgroups: bionet.software
- Subject: Re: Computerized Lab Notebooks
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- Date: 10 Jan 93 20:01:49 GMT
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- I can think of lots of reasons why *not* to do it....
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- On the other hand, I can also recall, several years ago, a presentation about
- the UK-equivalent of extension agents showing the farmers how to use the
- computers for increasing their productivity out of the back of their
- pick-up trucks.
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- There are several Virtual Notebook projects out there; they have varying
- degrees of flexibility, and most are expensive. At least one of them [the
- Baylor project] really does feel like a better idea...
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- A big part of my work life centers around my work computer; I, for one, keep
- trying to get an ISDN experiment running to my home...I want that data, and
- I don't want a copy of it to carry. And I hate paper!
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- my 0.02.
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- Ernie Retzel
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