Warning: link to opinion blog follows.
Once again, the Internet is an idiot: Marginal Revolution: Who should be bounced from The Great Books series?
I wish I had read more Plotinus instead of reading that post.
via slashdot:
“WikipediaOnDVD, with cooperation with the Wikipedia community, has released its first offline test version. The articles were selected by Wikipedians and reviewed for accuracy, vandalism, and importance. Nearly 2,000 core Wikipedia articles will be sold on compact disc to give people without a net connection access to highlights of the popular web resource. The CD can be purchased or downloaded online via their site or the torrent.”
Seriously? I think its a great idea to have “fixed” versions of wikipedia articles approved by staff, just like many software authors distribute both stable and beta releases of their work. So I could go to wikipedia and click on “see last community board approved version of this document”. But offline? Seriously? Unless they’re intended for time capsules.
At Chicago, even the peer pressure is based on quantitative research, as evidenced by this link sent out to recruit for TNDC (Thursday Night Drinking Club).
this is what yosefblog was born for: Stephen Colbert takes on Wikipedia, dies.
Stephen doesn’t know the true secret of wikiality: if it’s completely untrue and irrefutable, no one can stand in your way.
Stephen Colbert’s 2006 Commencement Address at Knox College