skotte - Slashdot User

Submission + - Gadets Taking Over Our Brains (reuters.com)

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skotte

on Saturday July 14, 2007 @02:44AM

skotte writes: "According to a Trinity College survey released Friday, the boom in mobiles and portable devices that store reams of personal information has created a generation incapable of memorizing simple things. While perhaps not news to slashdotters, the implication is a little unsettling."

Submission + - YouTube to host Presidential Debates (brigandine.org)

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skotte

on Friday June 15, 2007 @01:17PM

skotte writes: "Wired is reporting July 23 at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, Anderson Cooper will host presidential debates in which debaters are asked 20-30 questions culled fFrom a specially designated section of YouTube, where the voting populace can post questions directly. You and I (assuming you're American, probably) can ask questions ourselves, not just a reporter in a crowd. Candidates won't know which questions they are being asked, and the video selection process will remain a complete secret. Interesting, but also the slightest bit scary."

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