From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 26 12:08:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4159316A400 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:08:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lcapps@cteresource.org) Received: from gershwin.cteresource.org (mail.cteresource.org [206.136.187.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1082D13C484 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:08:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lcapps@cteresource.org) Received: by gershwin.cteresource.org (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 324FD1CCC2; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:06:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.130] (hank.cteresource.org [192.168.1.130]) by gershwin.cteresource.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D0311CCBE; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:06:27 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Lee Capps Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:08:15 -0400 To: Ted Mittelstaedt X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.1.5 Cc: Svein Halvor Halvorsen , Thomas Dickey , Bill Moran , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wikipedia's perfection (was Re: Discussion of the relative advantages/disadvantages of PAE (was Re: Memory >3.5GB not used?)) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:08:24 -0000 On Apr 26, 2007, at 12:00 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Svein Halvor >> Halvorsen >> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:00 AM >> To: Lee Capps >> Cc: Thomas Dickey; Bill Moran; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Wikipedia's perfection (was Re: Discussion of the >> relative >> advantages/disadvantages of PAE (was Re: Memory >3.5GB not used?)) >> >> >> Bill Moran wrote: >>>> A friend of mine going for his Dr. at CMU (Patrick Wagstrom: >>>> GNOME guy) >>>> describes an exercise where a professor intentionally injected >>>> false >>>> information into Wikipedia, then gave his students a research >> >> >> And also: Where is this professor's ethics? Does he also misinform >> the >> students in class, only to later accuse them of not verifying the >> facts? >> And did he even think about the fact that others may have read his >> misinformation? Why does this professor think that his agenda is more >> important than Wikipedia's? Did he later correct the articles? >> >> I hope this professor got some sort of reaction from his >> University due >> to his unethical attitude towards openness, knowledge and science. >> > > I'm afraid I have to agree. The Prof was as lazy as his students. > The > world abounds in misinformation, it doesen't take a lot of effort > to find > it. The prof could have spent the hour he spent forging info in > Wikipedia, > finding already forged misinformation and having his students > research that. > He could have started at the Scientology website, for example, then > moved > on to PETA and the NRA. I note with interest that, so far, none of us has tried to track down this professor's possibly apocryphal research ;-) --- Lee Capps Technology Specialist lcapps@cteresource.org