From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 25 13:49:05 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15AFE16A403 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:49:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lcapps@cteresource.org) Received: from gershwin.cteresource.org (mail.cteresource.org [206.136.187.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9E3A13C45A for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:49:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lcapps@cteresource.org) Received: by gershwin.cteresource.org (Postfix, from userid 1003) id C29751CCB5; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:28:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.130] (hank.cteresource.org [192.168.1.130]) by gershwin.cteresource.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B591CC4A; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:28:56 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20070425085531.5998728b.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <01d301c78699$d6a36820$0300020a@mickey> <20070424140528.95287ff4.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <021201c7869f$ee90fd70$0300020a@mickey> <3ee9ca710704241144n4ab349c6m901586e427b1ae0d@mail.gmail.com> <021c01c786a0$fe7e5510$0300020a@mickey> <20070424145433.734761db.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20070424182027.33d16b28.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20070425083153.1cfa3a38.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20070425124847.GB19653@saltmine.radix.net> <20070425085531.5998728b.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <66681924-B13F-4E91-96BB-AE6FB92CEBF0@cteresource.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Lee Capps Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:30:45 -0400 To: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.1.5 Cc: Thomas Dickey , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wikipedia's perfection (was Re: Discussion of the relative advantages/disadvantages of PAE (was Re: Memory >3.5GB not used?)) 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, 25 Apr 2007 13:49:05 -0000 On Apr 25, 2007, at 8:55 AM, Bill Moran wrote: > > A friend of mine going for his Dr. at CMU (Patrick Wagstrom: GNOME > guy) > describes an exercise where a professor intentionally injected false > information into Wikipedia, then gave his students a research > assignment > that involved that information. Apparently the number of students who > trusted the false information without verifying it was quite high. I > should take that as a lesson that most people _don't_ know how to > verify > the validity of information and be more careful when I make sarcastic > statements. That's interesting, though, to pick a nit, it may just show that students were in a hurry, rather than that they necessarily trust the info or that they don't know _how_ to verify the info. --- Lee Capps Technology Specialist lcapps@cteresource.org