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  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Saturday April 11 2015, @05:54AM

    by mhajicek (51) on Saturday April 11 2015, @05:54AM (#168903)

    First search engine I used was a card file and the Dewey Decimal System.

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  • (Score: 2) by mendax on Saturday April 11 2015, @06:27AM

    by mendax (2840) on Saturday April 11 2015, @06:27AM (#168909)

    Got you beat there. My first search engine was on clay tablets.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday April 16 2015, @02:08AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 16 2015, @02:08AM (#171308) Journal

    Ditto here. Ya know - I never did really question who or what Dewey was. I just entered it into Google. Some old coot who dreamed up a method of categorizing the books in a library. Who'da thunk it? I just learned the system, I didn't worry about buying the old guy a birthday card or anything.

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