Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:43:45 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: anyone been crazy enough to mirror wikipedia? Message-ID: <20080702184345.GC4709@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20080702143434.J9414@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <539c60b90806301348l4b09cd90n3972b41339276d6f@mail.gmail.com> <20080702143434.J9414@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 02:37:20PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary. I'd like to do the > >2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own > >snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption, etc. >=20 > wikipedia is just a pile of junk. everyone can put in it, and=20 > unfortunately do. Meanwhile, in print encyclopedias, I see that with restricted writing access and strict editing processes there are typically systemic biases and subtler mistakes that are much easier to overlook -- and the mistakes not only persist until the next edition, but often exist for decades, whereas finding a mistake in Wikipedia is fixable within five minutes. >=20 > in EVERY article i watched in area i have knowlege there were bugs. in=20 > most - big nonsenses. The key is that an encyclopedia should never be the *end* of your research. It's basically just a place to look for key terms to research elsewhere, and to get a general overview of some common takes on various subjects. That's as true of Wikipedia as it is of any other encyclopedia. >=20 > >snapshot on DVDs or disk as a fundraiser? I'd drop $300 for some sort > >of officially licenced copy, I suspect there are other freaks that > >would too... >=20 > wget should do. select an option to limit downloads to wikipedia, but wit= h=20 > unlimited recursion, start from almost any place. Bad idea. Just get one of the periodic database dumps. Using recursive wget downloads is a good way to consume mass bandwidth and get your IP banned from accessing it. Please be aware of others' needs, and courteous in your treatment of those needs. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Friedrich Nietzche: "Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity." --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhrzGEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVvPACcCbL6w4OMQVIaJlc/V24kaLFM rysAoO5WU3Q6iI7LXSQQJfnD86Wb/A9J =kjdl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW--
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