If you want some really good (as in well-articulated and thoughtful) views on Christianity, I highly recommend C.S. Lewis -- something other than the Narnia Chronicles. e.g. The Space Trilogy, or The Great Divorce. Lewis, like Brown delivers his philsophy through fiction.
I think one approach that may potentially work, similar to Yahoo! experts -- people, organizations, etc, wish for additional information on a given topic... so they offer a certain dollar amount on the information. Other WikiPedia users can browse topics to find one they may be able to contribute to... do the research, post the results. Then WikiPedia AND the contributor take a cut of the dollar amount.
Everyone benefits, including the WikiPedia community, because more specialized content will be contributed.... There are a few holes in this. For example, what would the timing for the payments be? And how would erroneous contributions be dealt with? Also, paid-research is generally done to obtain details to gain a competitive advantage. Sharing the info would obviously dissuade many people from using the system.
rating by censors (e.g. G, PG, R), strength of the cast, genre, competition from other films at the time of release, special effects, whether it is a sequel, and the number of theaters in which it will show.
Hmmm...I wonder what it had to say about Waterworld...
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Survival of the fittest? It's still there...except now the criterion is the thickness of one's wallet.
That's preposterous. We all know it's Major League Baseball who's spying on us...
If you want some really good (as in well-articulated and thoughtful) views on Christianity, I highly recommend C.S. Lewis -- something other than the Narnia Chronicles. e.g. The Space Trilogy, or The Great Divorce. Lewis, like Brown delivers his philsophy through fiction.
I think one approach that may potentially work, similar to Yahoo! experts -- people, organizations, etc, wish for additional information on a given topic... so they offer a certain dollar amount on the information. Other WikiPedia users can browse topics to find one they may be able to contribute to... do the research, post the results. Then WikiPedia AND the contributor take a cut of the dollar amount.
Everyone benefits, including the WikiPedia community, because more specialized content will be contributed.... There are a few holes in this. For example, what would the timing for the payments be? And how would erroneous contributions be dealt with? Also, paid-research is generally done to obtain details to gain a competitive advantage. Sharing the info would obviously dissuade many people from using the system.
Food for thought, I guess.
rating by censors (e.g. G, PG, R), strength of the cast, genre, competition from other films at the time of release, special effects, whether it is a sequel, and the number of theaters in which it will show.
Hmmm...I wonder what it had to say about Waterworld...
Hover Dam
I bet that one doesn't work very well.
oh the irony...
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"feels like I'm wearin' nothin' at all....nothin' at all...nothin' at all..."
stupid sexy flanders.