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references to e-mails!
On Dec 19, 2007 11:16 AM, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/18/07, joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu
<joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu> wrote:
Larry raises very good points. I think he
overestimates how much people
prefer quality to easy access but I might be cynical.
Ah, but cynicism is a virtue. Read-access is cake. Write-access, even
to fix a minor grammatical error[1], is subject to excessive
restriction.
On 12/18/07, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro(a)gmail.com> wrote:
That is pretty much what citizendium is relying
on. That there is a
"huge potential demand" for perfection instead of "just good
enough".
I don't see that this is a gimme, but it could be true. I cast my lot
with "just good enough", so will have to forego perfection.
"I appreciate the best, but I'm settling for less, 'cause I'm looking
for the next best thing."[2]
On 12/18/07, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Of course, the flipside of the argument is that
what wikipedia
is trying is not waiting for a grand piano to appear out of thin
air, but instead giving the parts of one grand piano to a
million monkeys, and waiting patiently for the monkeys to
assemble them into a playable instrument.
More like we rely on them to create their own list of parts and tools
to scavenge for, and patiently wait for them assemble said piano.
Maybe the result will be perfectly tuned but look like shit.
Or maybe it will be visually beautiful but sound like shit.
Or maybe the instrument will look and sound great, but smell like shit.
Or maybe it will look, sound, and smell like shit, but at least it
won't cost us a penny.
Nothing comes without a trade-off.
—C.W.
[1] (or any other issue, perhaps in the [[Rocket science]] article,
which would not benefit much, if at all, from expertise or even vague
comprehension of the subject)
[2] (C) 1983 Zevon Music (BMI), Tiny Tunes (ASCAP), Valgovind Music (BMI)
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