Reminds me of Andrew Grimm's experiments at railscamp with link traversal within wikipedia.
His main point was that following the first links will usually lead to a page on philosophy (which sort of makes sense intuitively). More interestingly he made a throwaway comment that if you follow the last link on any sequence of wikipedia pages, you'll usually end up at satan. So here we are - _why -> hitler -> satan why oh why? On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Duncan Bayne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > lol excuse my Monday arvo tiredness ... but seems Ayn Rand is a noughties > > mutation of Godwins law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law) > > It's funny that some philosophers & religions are considered kosher in > online fora but others aren't; one can mention Jung, but Rand is off- > limits? > > (On a related note it's funny how many politicians and public figures > who are so popular nowadays - esp. Churchill and FDR - were outspoken > supporters of fascism & fascist leaders, right up until it profited > them to oppose it. If Godwin's law were applied with an even hand, > one wouldn't be able to mention pretty much anyone politically active > between 1920 and 1945 or so). > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
