From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 3 02:12:50 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 DD6231065671 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:12:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-28.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-28.bluehost.com [69.89.17.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1AFB8FC0C for ; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:12:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 29568 invoked by uid 0); 3 Jul 2008 02:12:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 3 Jul 2008 02:12:47 -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 1KEEJS-0003Lk-Nq for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:12:46 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:07:36 -0600 Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:07:36 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20080703020736.GA14746@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <539c60b90806301348l4b09cd90n3972b41339276d6f@mail.gmail.com> <20080702143434.J9414@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080702184345.GC4709@kokopelli.hydra> <20080702211133.Y2931@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="J/dobhs11T7y2rNN" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080702211133.Y2931@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: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:12:50 -0000 --J/dobhs11T7y2rNN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 09:12:33PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> > >>wikipedia is just a pile of junk. everyone can put in it, and > >>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 > and 3 others are added. Do you really think such absurd exaggeration makes a valid point? >=20 > >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 >=20 > actually what i do - to get the first glance on subject, THEN checking=20 > more precisely. >=20 > but quite often it's crap even at the first glance I guess your definition of "quite often" must be much more permissive than mine -- or you just have a real knack for finding bad information. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Albert Camus: "An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself." --J/dobhs11T7y2rNN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhsNGgACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKURCQCgooB6Ah7REy8HPWteYIM9VlOo bdgAoLnbnfdTCDYBT4uADLy4wh3HfLV7 =tVXZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J/dobhs11T7y2rNN--