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Wikipedia Releases Offline CD

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the vandalize-to-your-hearts-content dept.

An anonymous reader writes "WikipediaOnDVD, with cooperation with the Wikipedia community, has released its first offline test version. The articles were selected by Wikipedians and reviewed for accuracy, vandalism, and importance. Nearly 2,000 core Wikipedia articles will be sold on compact disc to give people without a net connection access to highlights of the popular web resource. The CD can be purchased or downloaded online via their site or the torrent."

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  1. Is there a pool going yet? by zappepcs · · Score: 5, Funny

    I pick 77 as the number of articles on the CD that will be wrong

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  2. Someone tell them by MouseR · · Score: 4, Funny

    [...] to give people without a net connection access to highlights [...]. The CD can be purchased or downloaded online [...]

    Now that's a hefty business plan.

    1. Re:Someone tell them by BinaryPower · · Score: 5, Funny

      What is this...offline?

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    2. Re:Someone tell them by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Look here for the answer

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  3. Re:No net connection? by soundhack · · Score: 5, Funny

    This reminds me of a retail cd drive that came with no printed installation instructions, the manual was on a CD.

  4. Re:No net connection? by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This reminds me of a retail cd drive that came with no printed installation instructions, the manual was on a CD.
    Let me guess: it contained a PDF containing a single word: "Congratulations".
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  5. Its a writable CD by Timesprout · · Score: 4, Funny

    so you can edit it. Also it will only work if you place it in a publically accessible network drive so others can make changes too.

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  6. Re:shouldn't it be wikipedia on CD? by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wikipedia on CD was already taken by a guy providing only 1.44 MB floppy images.

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  7. Great! by roelbj · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now my information can be wrong AND outdated.