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Originally Posted by Flyndaran
Where does it say that Computer Operation the skill is required for TL 8+ Research?
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B217, in the heading of the Research skill.
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I disagree that anyone conducting research past 1980 needs advanced computer skills. No one needs that just to access known databases and search engines.
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From late TL7, when on-line databases became commercially available via dial-up, to about 1997 when web search engines started to get good, getting useful information out of online services required actual skill, although it wasn't that hard to learn (hence IQ/E). Nowadays, search engines provide significant bonuses to unskilled usage, although one can still do better with Research and Computer Operation skill.