On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:53:33 +1100, Tim Starling t.starling@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