Feb 12, 2008 article readings

The first article was a little winded, to say the least. I was more interested with the author's incredible ability to coin new words, infotective, edutainment, than the points the author was trying to make, which were relevant, but written in such a fashion that it really didn't peak my interest. The second article, however, was more to the point; that being, how do we tell when a site is reliable? I actually learned something. No one ever informed me that when you see ~ in an address (which I refer to as That squiggle mark), that it's a personal web page. I wish I had known for the day I got into a conversation with a neighbor (elderly, and thinks that anything on the net that has what appears to be a good address connected to it, rather like Zack in the story, must be true. The article was blatently one sided yet I couldn't convince her that it wasn't just someone's opinion because the title and so called affiliated adresses looked really impressive and authentic.) Now I know. So, at least I learned something. Works for me.