Mark Williamson wrote:
The difference is is that there is to my knowledge no such thing as a flying polar bear, yet there are real Friulian people with internet access.
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:06:11 +0800, John Lee johnleemk@gawab.com wrote:
It's highly unlikely you'll be able to get even half of the educated Friulian-speaking population editing Wikipedia. Are they potential? Yes, in much the same way that I could potentially be killed by a falling polar bear from the sky as I type this.
Actually, when polar bears encroach on human settlements it is a common practice to airlift them back to more appropriate habitat. It seems quite possible that in the history of the world, the number of flying polar bears is larger than the number of websites written in (rather than about) the Friulian language.
--Michael Snow
The two are not comparable as humans, polar bears, and human airlifting of polar bears have all existed since long before the Internet.
Plus, the original comparison was regarding polar bears falling on a specific point.
The number of polar bears that have fallen from the sky in history is surely much much much lower than the number of Friulian-language online content.
mw
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:57:20 -0800, Michael Snow wikipedia@earthlink.net wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
The difference is is that there is to my knowledge no such thing as a flying polar bear, yet there are real Friulian people with internet access.
On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:06:11 +0800, John Lee johnleemk@gawab.com wrote:
It's highly unlikely you'll be able to get even half of the educated Friulian-speaking population editing Wikipedia. Are they potential? Yes, in much the same way that I could potentially be killed by a falling polar bear from the sky as I type this.
Actually, when polar bears encroach on human settlements it is a common practice to airlift them back to more appropriate habitat. It seems quite possible that in the history of the world, the number of flying polar bears is larger than the number of websites written in (rather than about) the Friulian language.
--Michael Snow
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