From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 2 18:48:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D12CA1065673 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:48:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-24.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-24.bluehost.com [69.89.21.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A22218FC14 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:48:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 5442 invoked by uid 0); 2 Jul 2008 18:48:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 2 Jul 2008 18:48:55 -0000 Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KE7Nu-0007bk-M7 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:48:54 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:43:45 -0600 Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:43:45 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20080702184345.GC4709@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <539c60b90806301348l4b09cd90n3972b41339276d6f@mail.gmail.com> <20080702143434.J9414@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080702143434.J9414@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} DomainKey-Status: no signature Subject: Re: OT: anyone been crazy enough to mirror wikipedia? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:48:59 -0000 --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 02:37:20PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary. I'd like to do the > >2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own > >snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption, etc. >=20 > wikipedia is just a pile of junk. everyone can put in it, and=20 > unfortunately do. Meanwhile, in print encyclopedias, I see that with restricted writing access and strict editing processes there are typically systemic biases and subtler mistakes that are much easier to overlook -- and the mistakes not only persist until the next edition, but often exist for decades, whereas finding a mistake in Wikipedia is fixable within five minutes. >=20 > in EVERY article i watched in area i have knowlege there were bugs. in=20 > most - big nonsenses. The key is that an encyclopedia should never be the *end* of your research. It's basically just a place to look for key terms to research elsewhere, and to get a general overview of some common takes on various subjects. That's as true of Wikipedia as it is of any other encyclopedia. >=20 > >snapshot on DVDs or disk as a fundraiser? I'd drop $300 for some sort > >of officially licenced copy, I suspect there are other freaks that > >would too... >=20 > wget should do. select an option to limit downloads to wikipedia, but wit= h=20 > unlimited recursion, start from almost any place. Bad idea. Just get one of the periodic database dumps. Using recursive wget downloads is a good way to consume mass bandwidth and get your IP banned from accessing it. Please be aware of others' needs, and courteous in your treatment of those needs. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Friedrich Nietzche: "Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity." --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhrzGEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVvPACcCbL6w4OMQVIaJlc/V24kaLFM rysAoO5WU3Q6iI7LXSQQJfnD86Wb/A9J =kjdl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW--