Your point is fair but irrelevant: inaccurate information is still information and arguably much harder to keep track of since you can be wrong an infinite number of ways but only correct one way. (And for what it's worth, I have been involved in a few news stories first-hand.)
Perennially relevant to critical thinking about power. Similarly, Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World can explain how we make ourselves slaves. Follow up with Amusing Ourselves to Death.
If you are looking for just one metric, a good one is to avoid corporate or state-sponsored news. God knows there will be a lot of dross still but it won't be supported by a huge propaganda machine that can manufacture consent. The Christian Science Monitor has always had a unique non-profit model (which may not be workable anymore but has resulted in some excellent reportage for a long time) and similarly, so does ProPublica.
Can someone explain this to me, since I am pretty ignorant about smartphones but *why* do these formats even exist? What is it that they do that can't be accomplished with HTML/CSS for rendering a page and RSS for syndication?
I've already contacted Jason at Archive Team and the community will fork and continue on at a new location. MusicMoz has agreed to host a static version until then.
As a pure coincidence, it wasn't two days ago that I was editing Wikipedia about Knuth, TeX, etc. One thing I have wondered before and wonder now is if he has some plan for what happens to the work once he dies. Simply put, at this pace, he will not finish the book. Is anyone working with him to ensure that it is completed if he dies? Does anyone know? I'd like to ask him via snail mail but I frankly don't want to waste his time.
I actually think it would be useful to have for international coordination but we could still retain our local times as well. Simply put, time is something so fundamental for measurement that it is impossible to really change at this point.
Is the glacial pace of the GNU operating system disappointing to you? Is actually completing this OS a priority for you personally or the FSF movement at large?
Thanks for all the good work you do.
I'm not sure if your (good) questions are legitimate and about the site or rhetorical and about the quality of reportage. If it's the former, then:
WHY did they create this site?
They didn't. It was forked from Wikitravel several years ago.
What's the motivation for creating a second one that has the same content?
Free culture. This site is run on a non-profit basis. At the risk of sounding pedantic, it's worth it to have free alternatives. This is like saying, "We already have a newspaper, so why have alternative weeklies?"
And why do all the articles about Wikivoyage neglect to mention Wikitravel?
That's maybe your best question and providing context to these stories will help to clarify *why* this is news at all. The Wikimedia Foundation probably doesn't mention them in their press because of litigious threats and the fact that Wikivoyage has (and has had) its own identity, but news outlets should do their research and post background information making your questions redundant rather than simply parroting press releases.
Slashdot Mirror
How so?
Your point is fair but irrelevant: inaccurate information is still information and arguably much harder to keep track of since you can be wrong an infinite number of ways but only correct one way. (And for what it's worth, I have been involved in a few news stories first-hand.)
Perennially relevant to critical thinking about power. Similarly, Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World can explain how we make ourselves slaves. Follow up with Amusing Ourselves to Death.
If you are looking for just one metric, a good one is to avoid corporate or state-sponsored news. God knows there will be a lot of dross still but it won't be supported by a huge propaganda machine that can manufacture consent. The Christian Science Monitor has always had a unique non-profit model (which may not be workable anymore but has resulted in some excellent reportage for a long time) and similarly, so does ProPublica.
Can someone explain this to me, since I am pretty ignorant about smartphones but *why* do these formats even exist? What is it that they do that can't be accomplished with HTML/CSS for rendering a page and RSS for syndication?
Your English is very good.
Of course—just sign the guest book.
Oh wow. Then it will be one of an infinite number of things you don't do. No need to update us on all of them.
If you want to help us continue the Open Directory Project, you can join at the Resource Zone: https://www.resource-zone.com/
I've already contacted Jason at Archive Team and the community will fork and continue on at a new location. MusicMoz has agreed to host a static version until then.
There are six browsers, not seven.
As a pure coincidence, it wasn't two days ago that I was editing Wikipedia about Knuth, TeX, etc. One thing I have wondered before and wonder now is if he has some plan for what happens to the work once he dies. Simply put, at this pace, he will not finish the book. Is anyone working with him to ensure that it is completed if he dies? Does anyone know? I'd like to ask him via snail mail but I frankly don't want to waste his time.
I actually think it would be useful to have for international coordination but we could still retain our local times as well. Simply put, time is something so fundamental for measurement that it is impossible to really change at this point.
A canceled HDMI stick named Matchstick (site currently offline) was successfully funded on Kickstarter.
It is, yes! We'd be happy to have any slashdotters who want to help.
My city has a similar program: http://www.indystar.com/story/...
Is the glacial pace of the GNU operating system disappointing to you? Is actually completing this OS a priority for you personally or the FSF movement at large? Thanks for all the good work you do.
Poverty? War? Are these the only issues that matter now?
I'm not sure if your (good) questions are legitimate and about the site or rhetorical and about the quality of reportage. If it's the former, then:
WHY did they create this site?
They didn't. It was forked from Wikitravel several years ago.
What's the motivation for creating a second one that has the same content?
Free culture. This site is run on a non-profit basis. At the risk of sounding pedantic, it's worth it to have free alternatives. This is like saying, "We already have a newspaper, so why have alternative weeklies?"
And why do all the articles about Wikivoyage neglect to mention Wikitravel?
That's maybe your best question and providing context to these stories will help to clarify *why* this is news at all. The Wikimedia Foundation probably doesn't mention them in their press because of litigious threats and the fact that Wikivoyage has (and has had) its own identity, but news outlets should do their research and post background information making your questions redundant rather than simply parroting press releases.
I wish I could figure out how to delete (stupid) comments. Please ignore and move along. Thanks.
There are several older domains, e.g. purdue.edu: http://whois.domaintools.com/purdue.edu
http://everythingthathappens.com/ Great album, too.
For those who were not aware: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.edu#Other_uses I personally find it a bit sad, but what are you going to do with grandfathered domains? -JAK