On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 05:05:27PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In my house, we had an encyclopedia because I was in school ...
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> > it was useful for research papers.
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> I suspect the usefulness would depend on what one's teachers meant
> by "research", which tends to change with grade
On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 02:19:29AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
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> But I don't see that the print encyclopedia articles are that accurate
> either, at least, not after time. Particularly on the controversal stuff.
Exactly my thought on the matter. One major benefit of Wikipedia over
print en
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> >>On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 05:15:39PM -0400, DAve wrote:
> >>>Steve Franks wrote:
> >>>>So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit
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On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 05:15:39PM -0400
> In my house, we had an encyclopedia because I was in school ...
> it was useful for research papers.
I suspect the usefulness would depend on what one's teachers meant
by "research", which tends to change with grade level.
In elementary and middle school, certainly. In high school, maybe.
In
On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 12:00:50PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >This is not a silly idea. For many many years people would spend
> >hundreds of dollars on a complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica
> >or World Book encyclopedia to have it sit on their shelf gathering
>
> they bought it to HAVE
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This is not a silly idea. For many many years people would spend
hundreds of dollars on a complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica
or World Book encyclopedia to have it sit on their shelf gathering
they bought it to HAVE it, not because they need it.
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I really feel the big value of doing something like this is to
be able to go back to it, years later, and compare the old
entries on a topic with the current entries on a topic to
see how they have changed.
nothing to solve - compressed database are available for download.
_
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> So call me a sociopath, but
references and 'buy it now' links, I can find out a layman's
introduction to nearly anything in one click.
in most cases bad introduction. but of course for intelligent people it is
not a problem.
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On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 09:12:33PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >>
> >>wikipedia is just a pile of junk. everyone can put in it, and
> >>unfortunately do.
> >
> >Meanwhile, in print encyclopedias, I see that with restricted writing
> >access and strict editing processes there are typically syste
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 03:38:48PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Chad Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:36:22PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote:
> >>
> >> We're advising our clients to stock up on canned goods and shotguns -
> >> Brain Gremlin
> >
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Chad Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:36:22PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote:
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>> We're advising our clients to stock up on canned goods and shotguns -
>> Brain Gremlin
>
> Seriously? What kind of business are you in that makes that an
> app
You know, the Wikipedia is crap argument is becoming tiresome. Maybe
they should have picked a different name. It is not a research tool.
However, I use it daily when someone mentions Microsoft's latest TLA,
or my daughter wants to see a picture of a blue whale, or I forget
what port subversion n
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 09:12:33PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >>
> >>wikipedia is just a pile of junk. everyone can put in it, and
> >>unfortunately do.
> >
> >Meanwhile, in print encyclopedias, I see that with restricted writing
> >access and strict editing processes there are typically syste
wikipedia is just a pile of junk. everyone can put in it, and
unfortunately do.
Meanwhile, in print encyclopedias, I see that with restricted writing
access and strict editing processes there are typically systemic biases
and subtler mistakes that are much easier to overlook -- and the mistakes
On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 02:37:20PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary. I'd like to do the
> >2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own
> >snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption, etc.
>
> wikipedia is ju
On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:36:22PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote:
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> We're advising our clients to stock up on canned goods and shotguns -
> Brain Gremlin
Seriously? What kind of business are you in that makes that an
appropriate bit of advice?
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On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 10:21:22PM -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
> >
> > > Actually . . . if things get that bad, you're going to need some
> > > firepower to protect your garden (and everything else you don't want
> > > taken from you by force). To properly protect a garden, you'd need to
> >
ahead of who is winning American Idol. If it comes to the point the internet
goes down for a long period of time, that $300 is better spent on a garden.
exactly :)
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So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary. I'd like to do the
2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own
snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption, etc.
wikipedia is just a pile of junk. everyone can put in it, and
unfortunately do.
in EVERY
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:15 PM, DAve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve Franks wrote:
>>
>> So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary. I'd like to do the
>> 2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own
>> snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption,
>
> > Actually . . . if things get that bad, you're going to need some
> > firepower to protect your garden (and everything else you don't want
> > taken from you by force). To properly protect a garden, you'd need to
> > make it a community farm, with community members who have and will use
> >
On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:45:19AM -0700, Steve Franks wrote:
> > Actually . . . if things get that bad, you're going to need some
> > firepower to protect your garden (and everything else you don't want
> > taken from you by force). To properly protect a garden, you'd need to
> > make it a commun
> Actually . . . if things get that bad, you're going to need some
> firepower to protect your garden (and everything else you don't want
> taken from you by force). To properly protect a garden, you'd need to
> make it a community farm, with community members who have and will use
> firearms to p
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 05:15:39PM -0400, DAve wrote:
> Steve Franks wrote:
> >So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary. I'd like to do the
> >2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own
> >snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption, etc.
> >
> >Wh
Steve Franks wrote:
So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary. I'd like to do the
2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own
snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption, etc.
What would be the best way to go about this. I see with <1T words, it
In response to "Steve Franks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary. I'd like to do the
> 2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own
> snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe
So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary. I'd like to do the
2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own
snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption, etc.
What would be the best way to go about this. I see with <1T words, it
appears doable on curr
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