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Massive Update on Strings Theory in Wikipedia

Posted by Hemos on from the that-fount-of-all-scientific-information dept.

S3D writes "There is a massive update on Strings Theory in Wikipedia : AdS/CFT , Andrew Strominger , Cumrun Vafa, Ashoke Sen, Juan Maldacena, Mirror symmetry, String field theory, Holonomy, Heterotic string, Closed string , Open string, F-theory, Background independence, Higgs mechanism, Conifold, Tachyon_condensation, Einsteinian_manifold, Second superstring_revolution Now you can easyly tell Open string from Closed string at last."

6 of 39 comments (clear)

  1. I'm not sure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    why there is a wiki entry if its only a theory... sheesh, flat earth is a theory

    1. Re:I'm not sure by Roman_(ajvvs) · · Score: 2, Funny
      But The Guide is much better! it says

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      DON'T PANIC

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      on the cover. So much more comforting...

      I must admit though, wikipedia definately gives the guide a run for its money!

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  2. sweet vibes by xophos · · Score: 1, Funny

    If only i could play those strings...

  3. Re:Massive update? by Patrik_AKA_RedX · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since you're the only one who noticed that, I presume we can consider the "nobody-reads-the-articles-anyway"-theory as proven.

  4. Oh come on... by stienman · · Score: 4, Funny

    This could be solved with one entry:

    Closed String: Contiguously allocated memory ending with 0x00 ('\0', 0, 0b00000000, etc)

    Open String: Contigously allocated memory without a terminator (see also Closed String, Buffer Overflow)

    -Adam

  5. Light reading by Mick+Ohrberg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, good. Now I have more material for my light evening reading sessions.

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