[WikiEN-l] Re: How to destroy the good morning I had...

[Justin .]

On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:53:33 +1100, Tim Starling
<t.starling at physics.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> Mathias Schindler wrote:
> > http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/12/02/41ae87066c10f
> >
> > "I never fully understood the sheer awfulness of the human condition
> > until last Tuesday. In the course of a debate about mammalian
> > intelligence, my friend Harlan and I discovered an online encyclopedia
> > called Wikipedia.org, a depressingly successful effort to harness the
> > elusive Power of Loser."
> 
> That's brilliant, it's a little insight into the mind of a vandal. He's
>   calling us all losers for trying to construct something of value. He
> attacks the site just out of revulsion for the effort we put in. I guess
> if we want to be more than "barely-sapient", we should discard our
> geekish ways and go play football.
> 
> -- Tim Starling

Don't fret it much.  I don't think there's ever been a student
newspaper that wasn't filled with whining students.

-Justin