From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 4 09:42:32 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 833CC106567F for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:42:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31CB58FC19 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 09:42:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m649gZjJ043010; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:42:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:42:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:42:26 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Ted Mittelstaedt Message-ID: <20080704094226.GA1817@thought.org> References: <539c60b90806301348l4b09cd90n3972b41339276d6f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 21++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: stevefranks@ieee.org, FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: 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: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:42:32 -0000 On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 01:50:20AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Steve Franks > > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 1:49 PM > > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > > Subject: OT: anyone been crazy enough to mirror wikipedia? > > > > > > 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. > > > > This is not a silly idea. For many many years people would spend > hundreds of dollars on a complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica > or World Book encyclopedia to have it sit on their shelf gathering > dust (until their kids used it for school, etc.) > > The fact that your even asking the question and wanting to do > it is to your credit. > > I really feel the big value of doing something like this is to > be able to go back to it, years later, and compare the old > entries on a topic with the current entries on a topic to > see how they have changed. > > I also think that solving the technical problems and learning > how to create a wikipedia mirror would be a great learning > experience for anyone. > > But, as for the practical value, I would encourage you to read > Asimov's Foundation series to really understand that any attempt > to catagorize and store the world's accumulated knowledge in a > storage medium in a single location is ultimately an exercise in > futility. Asimov > made the valid point that book knowledge of facts must work hand > in hand with experience to be useful, and experience isn't documentable. > Terminus itself, the entire planet and everyone on it, was the > encyclopedia - the actual encyclopedia that the encyclopediests > were working on, was nothing more than a sham. > Thanks for thi, Ted. While this is going even further off-topi, I would like to see a ' (non-scholarly) wiki for just about every topic you can think of. By wiki, i mean, in wiki format. over time it could have citations and beome a research tool. On the BSD kernel prio scheduler, for one example. This mighht grow into a wiki-web for unix nerds; or art history buffs, etv. I've got one questioon that I have been meaning to ask for years, but haven't due to the yelps.... II've asked some off-the-wall here on -questions simply because this is the most intelligent group|list of people I've found. Is there a more appropriate place to ask miscelllaneous questions? [I know about some and will hold my tongue!] Be nice to ask, e.g, why homes are not required to have R-50 in the wall; R-90 attics. --I'd ask here, but not only would someone toss a fit, but I doubt that even gven our level of xpertness, no one would know. ---Anyway, apologies for this quasi-ramble and completely OT post. have a good 4th/july, gary > Ted > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org