Thank god for someone around here with a tolerant attitude. I'm sick of the fact that Slashdot continuously discriminates against those of us with monstrously large packages. First it was Colin Farrel in Alexander, now this.
For one thing, ripping an entire CD collection in a row is a great way to ruin your CD drive. Those things have moving parts and they heat up real fast, especially in laptops. I even ruined my desktop's CD drive this way. For another thing, the ripping company only has to rip one copy of each CD and then they store it on a server. So you are basically just showing them that you own the CD and then they give you a legal copy digitized in your format of choice. It is a pretty sweet deal if you think about it.
Ahh ok, I bought an OEM model. This was a couple years ago, and it was the first computer I ever built myself. Neither the mobo nor the HD came with the SATA cable though which was very frustrating, even though the HD was SATA only and the mobo had SATA support.
They don't include the SATA cable with the hard drive, and it is damn near impossible to find it in stores, or at least they were two and a half years ago when I bought mine. I ended up having to get one overnight shipped from a website specializing in cables which was damn expensive. The product itself is great, but the fact that there is no warning about this on the company website is really disingenuous.
As a member of the Wikipedia community, I'd like to make another announcement. Some of you may remember earlier in the year when The Slate published an article stating that seven out of ten instances of plagiarism are from Wikipedia. Jimbo responded:
"Wikipedia is now the source for 7 out of 10 instances of classroom plagiarism. We hope to reach 8 of 10 by next year."
I'm proud to announce that we have achieved our goal -- 8 out of 10 instances of classroom plagiarism can now be attributed to Wikipedia. Congrats everyone, now lets break out the champagne.
Anyone who knows anything about business knows the cardinal rule: A people recruit A people, B people recruit C people. The CEO of Diebold was an F person and it's likely the whole company is now filled killers, thieves, and lawyers.
And this is different than every other reality TV show how exactly? Reality TV shows are like sausage -- they are entertaining but you don't want to know how they're made.
If I already use OS X, can konfabulator do anything for me? It seems like there should be some sort of universal language for crafting these widgets now that they are getting very popular.
Try showing a random article (since most people stumble onto WP via google) to someone who has never heard of a wiki before and then tell me what percentage of readers understands how the article was created after reading it. You can call them stupid all you want. Maybe they are stupid. But that doesn't change the reality of the situation, which is that wiki is such a radical concept that it takes a while to sink in.
Even if you explained it step by step, most people still wouldn't get it until having a few months to think about it.
If more people read it then it would get fixed. I'm not trying to suggest that it literally does not matter, but rather that there is essentially a cap on the number of people who will see bad information. This isn't perfect, but it is the best anybody has ever been able to come up with. There are basically two things that need to be done to right this wrong:
A) Publish the number of people who have read the current revision so that users can get a rough heuristic of quality.
B) Educate users about what Wikipedia is and isn't. Wikipedia is not a list of facts, that is what an almanac is for. Wikipedia is a gateway to further information. If one occasionally runs into a "fact" that is PDOMA then it doesn't really matter. So you go to verify the fact, you find that it isn't really true, no harm no foul. This isn't "blaming the users," it's just using a source as it is meant to be used. You wouldn't use a plyers as a wrench and then sue the tool maker if you hurt yourself, nor should Wikipedia be liable for misuse. As the quality of Wikipedia improves, and stable versions of articles are phased in, then the way Wikipedia can be used will change. This is good. But currently Wikipedia only goes so far. Personally I think it is an extremely useful tool, but if you find the limitations of WP are too severe then just don't use it. It isn't really a big.
The same process that makes the most popular articles on Wikipedia of better quality than Britannica also makes the least popular articles of lesser quality. Although no one was willing to say it to his face, the real reason the error in Siegenthaler's article persisted for so long is that not many people care enough about him to read his eponymous article. Over the four months it was posted I'm willing to bet less than a thousand people read it. Really it is a tree-falls-in-a-forest issue, if no one is reading incorrect material does it really matter that it's incorrect?
People ask, "Where will Wikipedia be after five years." The real question is, "Where will the world be after five years of Wikipedia?"
The Register article saying that Wikipedia was filled with errors was itself filled with errors. At one point they actually called MMORPG's "shoot em up games." The real definition is right in the acronym, I mean how hard is it to figure it out.
I kind of disagree with your conclusion that the answer is turning the books into film, but that being said I think Gatto's book has influenced me more than anything else I've ever read. If you liked Underground History, you should definitely check out these video clips of him talking about the book. He has really expanded his views on what a good primary education should encompass since the book was published, and these video clips are the only place that reflects these ideas as far as I know.
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Thank god for someone around here with a tolerant attitude. I'm sick of the fact that Slashdot continuously discriminates against those of us with monstrously large packages. First it was Colin Farrel in Alexander, now this.
The first ever webpage, Tim's homepage, was a blog.
For one thing, ripping an entire CD collection in a row is a great way to ruin your CD drive. Those things have moving parts and they heat up real fast, especially in laptops. I even ruined my desktop's CD drive this way. For another thing, the ripping company only has to rip one copy of each CD and then they store it on a server. So you are basically just showing them that you own the CD and then they give you a legal copy digitized in your format of choice. It is a pretty sweet deal if you think about it.
Ahh ok, I bought an OEM model. This was a couple years ago, and it was the first computer I ever built myself. Neither the mobo nor the HD came with the SATA cable though which was very frustrating, even though the HD was SATA only and the mobo had SATA support.
They don't include the SATA cable with the hard drive, and it is damn near impossible to find it in stores, or at least they were two and a half years ago when I bought mine. I ended up having to get one overnight shipped from a website specializing in cables which was damn expensive. The product itself is great, but the fact that there is no warning about this on the company website is really disingenuous.
Here is another article that was published today saying that Wikipedia is funded by pornography. Or how about this article saying that Wikipedia is run by pedophiles!
Wow. Apparently you are smarter than the free market, which makes you pretty much the smartest guy in the entire world! Can I have your autograph?
If you don't like it then don't buy it.
If not, what is it I'm paying for?
Social status.
As a member of the Wikipedia community, I'd like to make another announcement. Some of you may remember earlier in the year when The Slate published an article stating that seven out of ten instances of plagiarism are from Wikipedia. Jimbo responded:
"Wikipedia is now the source for 7 out of 10 instances of classroom plagiarism. We hope to reach 8 of 10 by next year."
I'm proud to announce that we have achieved our goal -- 8 out of 10 instances of classroom plagiarism can now be attributed to Wikipedia. Congrats everyone, now lets break out the champagne.
Anyone who knows anything about business knows the cardinal rule: A people recruit A people, B people recruit C people. The CEO of Diebold was an F person and it's likely the whole company is now filled killers, thieves, and lawyers.
And this is different than every other reality TV show how exactly? Reality TV shows are like sausage -- they are entertaining but you don't want to know how they're made.
Those fuckers hacked the fucking mainframe.
First DVD Jon hacked the mainframe.
Now Pi is hacking the mainframe.
The mainframe has been hacked once more, bitches!
If I already use OS X, can konfabulator do anything for me? It seems like there should be some sort of universal language for crafting these widgets now that they are getting very popular.
Several prominent Slashdot users accused of being pedophiles by Perverted-Justice
More likely it would take 25 billion if we did it today, but by the time we actually get around to doing it the cost will be 75 billion.
Try showing a random article (since most people stumble onto WP via google) to someone who has never heard of a wiki before and then tell me what percentage of readers understands how the article was created after reading it. You can call them stupid all you want. Maybe they are stupid. But that doesn't change the reality of the situation, which is that wiki is such a radical concept that it takes a while to sink in.
Even if you explained it step by step, most people still wouldn't get it until having a few months to think about it.
Anybody who doesn't understand this about Wikipedia at this point must be from Mars.
"Just had dinner with my dad and his high school buddies. One is college-educated (Dartmouth), a very successful professional. And he's about seventy.
On the way out the door, he asked, "What's an MP3?"
Before you decide that everyone knows something (or no one does), take a second to realize that you're wrong." --Seth Godin's Blog
So since you are posting as an Anonymous Coward then I guess that makes /. an RPG too by your definition.
You bring up the same point as another poster, so see my reply here.
If more people read it then it would get fixed. I'm not trying to suggest that it literally does not matter, but rather that there is essentially a cap on the number of people who will see bad information. This isn't perfect, but it is the best anybody has ever been able to come up with. There are basically two things that need to be done to right this wrong:
A) Publish the number of people who have read the current revision so that users can get a rough heuristic of quality.
B) Educate users about what Wikipedia is and isn't. Wikipedia is not a list of facts, that is what an almanac is for. Wikipedia is a gateway to further information. If one occasionally runs into a "fact" that is PDOMA then it doesn't really matter. So you go to verify the fact, you find that it isn't really true, no harm no foul. This isn't "blaming the users," it's just using a source as it is meant to be used. You wouldn't use a plyers as a wrench and then sue the tool maker if you hurt yourself, nor should Wikipedia be liable for misuse. As the quality of Wikipedia improves, and stable versions of articles are phased in, then the way Wikipedia can be used will change. This is good. But currently Wikipedia only goes so far. Personally I think it is an extremely useful tool, but if you find the limitations of WP are too severe then just don't use it. It isn't really a big.
No, they can't be. That would be an MMOG, not an MMORPG.
The same process that makes the most popular articles on Wikipedia of better quality than Britannica also makes the least popular articles of lesser quality. Although no one was willing to say it to his face, the real reason the error in Siegenthaler's article persisted for so long is that not many people care enough about him to read his eponymous article. Over the four months it was posted I'm willing to bet less than a thousand people read it. Really it is a tree-falls-in-a-forest issue, if no one is reading incorrect material does it really matter that it's incorrect?
People ask, "Where will Wikipedia be after five years." The real question is, "Where will the world be after five years of Wikipedia?"
The Register article saying that Wikipedia was filled with errors was itself filled with errors. At one point they actually called MMORPG's "shoot em up games." The real definition is right in the acronym, I mean how hard is it to figure it out.
I kind of disagree with your conclusion that the answer is turning the books into film, but that being said I think Gatto's book has influenced me more than anything else I've ever read. If you liked Underground History, you should definitely check out these video clips of him talking about the book. He has really expanded his views on what a good primary education should encompass since the book was published, and these video clips are the only place that reflects these ideas as far as I know.
Or my Redbull and vodka.