On May 27, 2004, at 8:59 AM, Poor, Edmund W wrote:
This will gradually change, as public awareness increases. Imagine Wikipedia as a top 100 website (it's already flirting with the top-500 boundary, you know). Forget the slashdot effect; think about Wikipedia as a rival to Google!
Indeed, I have come to depend on the Wikipedia as a reader. Looking things up in the 'Pedia was become a reflex, as Googling has been for me for a while. I actually have an impulse to look things up when I'm not at my computer. I've started making lists of things to look up later. I find that I can soak up knowledge like a sponge in wiki format. It's kind of like in the Matrix, the way Trinity learns to fly the helicopter, or Neo does his combat training. If I don't know something I need to know, I just type it in the box, hit "Go", read a little and...I know kung fu.
One of these days I'll outfit my Newton with a WiFi card so I can take the Wikipedia with me wherever I go. And while I'm dreaming, I'd like a pony...
Peter
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