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From: ray@pnet01.cts.com (R. Andrew Rathbone)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Electronic Banking
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Date: 7 May 89 02:58:13 GMT
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> Newspapers are better online.

This argument usually is based on the "easier search" feature of an electronic
newspaper. The flow of extraneous information can be weeded out, and only
those articles containing a "key word" will be sent to the end user.

But when foraging through a newspaper, haven't you found articles and subjects
of interest by accident? Haven't you ever started to read something you'd
never intentionally select, but once finished, been glad you've read it?

Perhaps electronic clipping services should incorporate a "random" clip
feature?

Any thoughts on this?