On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:19:02 -0700, Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
"For example, if you consult the world's most useless online text, the captive Wikipedia, you'll see Fuller's entry is a plug for Eric "AI" Drexler."
The whole piece was a bit tongue-in-cheek, and this part too just seemed like a bit of dry humour... we are after all the world's most useful online text, the free! Wikipedia. How better to convey that to a British audience? I'm not sure if it was all an *inside* joke, though; it had the sweet sting of truth in places.
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