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"maff" |
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09 Jan 2005 11:29:40 AM |
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Why encyclopaedic row speaks volumes about the old guard |
Why encyclopaedic row speaks volumes about the old guard
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1386027,00.html
John Naughton
Sunday January 9, 2005
The Observer
According to the laws of aerodynamics, the bumblebee should not be able
to fly. Yet fly it manifestly does, albeit in a stately fashion. So
much for the laws of aerodynamics.
Much the same applies to Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia written,
edited and maintained by its readers. Or, to put it another way,
written, edited and maintained by anyone who can be bothered to log in
and change it. By all laws of reference-work publishing, Wikipedia
ought to be a disaster. Yet it is exactly the opposite - an exceedingly
useful online reference work often consulted by this columnist and
countless others.
John Naughton
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/a1d337e62358e8d1
Wikipedia
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/a3354a00d3560d68
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| User: "Mick White" |
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| Title: Re: Why encyclopaedic row speaks volumes about the old guard |
09 Jan 2005 06:00:46 PM |
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maff wrote:
Why encyclopaedic row speaks volumes about the old guard
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1386027,00.html
John Naughton
Sunday January 9, 2005
The Observer
According to the laws of aerodynamics, the bumblebee should not be able
to fly. Yet fly it manifestly does, albeit in a stately fashion. So
much for the laws of aerodynamics.
Oh, yeah?
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040911/mathtrek.asp
Mick
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