Robert McHenry is Former Editor in Chief, the Encyclopædia Britannica, and author of How to Know (Booklocker.com, 2004).
...and besides his former job, he has written an 'interesting' piece of paper about wikipedia
"The Faith-Based Encyclopedia"
http://www.techcentralstation.com/111504A.html
"The user who visits Wikipedia to learn about some subject, to confirm some matter of fact, is rather in the position of a visitor to a public restroom. It may be obviously dirty, so that he knows to exercise great care, or it may seem fairly clean, so that he may be lulled into a false sense of security. What he certainly does not know is who has used the facilities before him."
Am Mon, 15 Nov 2004 07:44:35 +0100 hat Mathias Schindler neubau@presroi.de geschrieben:
Robert McHenry is Former Editor in Chief, the Encyclopædia Britannica, and author of How to Know (Booklocker.com, 2004).
...and besides his former job, he has written an 'interesting' piece of paper about wikipedia
"The Faith-Based Encyclopedia"
http://www.techcentralstation.com/111504A.html
"The user who visits Wikipedia to learn about some subject, to confirm some matter of fact, is rather in the position of a visitor to a public restroom. It may be obviously dirty, so that he knows to exercise great care, or it may seem fairly clean, so that he may be lulled into a false sense of security. What he certainly does not know is who has used the facilities before him."
Nu ja, wenn man muß, dann muß man. Dann darf's auch gerne mal ein öffentlicher Abort sein. Bis ich eine ältere, pelzverhangene Dame davon überzeugt habe, mich auf ihr blattvergoldetes Luxusklo zu lassen, würde ES bestimmt in die Hose gehen.
Und die Frage, ob bei den Britannicadianern alle Sitzpinkler sind, steht auch noch im Raum ;)
Aber einen riesigen Vorteil hat eine gedruckte Enzyklopädie natürlich gegenüber der Online-Wikipedia: Auf öffentlichen Toiletten hatte ich schon öfter das Problem, das kein Toilettenpapier mehr vorhanden war ;)
Sorry, konnte es mir nicht verkneifen.
Gruß.