Yeah, that's from a while ago. But it's still brings up a smile. :-)
On 9/22/07, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
Dunno if this got mentioned here:
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On 9/22/07, Casey Brown cbrown1023.ml@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, that's from a while ago. But it's still brings up a smile. :-)
Hey, if we can influence politicians to actually base their stuff on facts, then go us! :)
--Oskar
On 22/09/2007, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/22/07, Casey Brown cbrown1023.ml@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, that's from a while ago. But it's still brings up a smile. :-)
Hey, if we can influence politicians to actually base their stuff on facts, then go us! :)
Wikipedia is not reliable enough to base national policy on... of course, it's more reliable than the stuff the spin doctors come up with.
On 22/09/2007, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Wikipedia is not reliable enough to base national policy on...
It has been tried (I think the relivant country was in south america).
On 22/09/2007, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 22/09/2007, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Wikipedia is not reliable enough to base national policy on...
It has been tried (I think the relivant country was in south america).
Returning to the beginning of this thread...
[citation needed]
Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
On 9/22/07, Casey Brown cbrown1023.ml@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, that's from a while ago. But it's still brings up a smile. :-)
Hey, if we can influence politicians to actually base their stuff on facts, then go us! :)
Somebody's been watching too much CNN. ;-)
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On 9/22/07, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
Dunno if this got mentioned here:
By the way, there is another fantastic xkcd comic about wikipedia:
If you haven't done so already, adding xkcd to your newsreader is a must :)
--Oskar
Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
By the way, there is another fantastic xkcd comic about wikipedia: http://xkcd.com/214/
And also "New Apartment" in Munroe's blog (er, "blag") at http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/06/06/new-apartment/.
(Speaking of whiteboards, did anybody ever manage to get the hypothesized commemorative whiteboard plaque installed at Jordanhill railway station?)
On 9/23/07, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
By the way, there is another fantastic xkcd comic about wikipedia: http://xkcd.com/214/
And also "New Apartment" in Munroe's blog (er, "blag") at http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/06/06/new-apartment/.
I love that the whiteboard comes in "Sumerian", "1337", "Cussin'" and "Fortran" :) There should be a Fortran wikipedia!
--Oskar
Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
On 9/23/07, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
And also "New Apartment" in Munroe's blog (er, "blag") at http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/06/06/new-apartment/.
I love that the whiteboard comes in "Sumerian", "1337", "Cussin'" and "Fortran" :) There should be a Fortran wikipedia!
WP:BEANS, my man, WP:BEANS! (And perhaps WP:NCR for good measure.)
On 2007.09.23 04:53:51 +0200, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com scribbled 14 lines:
On 9/23/07, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
By the way, there is another fantastic xkcd comic about wikipedia: http://xkcd.com/214/
And also "New Apartment" in Munroe's blog (er, "blag") at http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/06/06/new-apartment/.
I love that the whiteboard comes in "Sumerian", "1337", "Cussin'" and "Fortran" :) There should be a Fortran wikipedia!
--Oskar
"A good editor can write FORTRAN in any language!" (With apologies to whoever came up with the cutting original remark.)
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Steve Summit wrote:
Dunno if this got mentioned here:
and from the xkcd meetup here in Somerville this last week (not my picture, I was working)
http://home.comcast.net/~slefton/images/xkcd-3.jpg
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