Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:51:30 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: 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?)) Message-ID: <D83DEF0888B648931D5A2853@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070425192904.GA15766@saltmine.radix.net> References: <20070424145433.734761db.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <f0lrup$18a$1@sea.gmane.org> <20070424182027.33d16b28.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <f0n1ug$5p1$1@sea.gmane.org> <20070425083153.1cfa3a38.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20070425124847.GB19653@saltmine.radix.net> <20070425085531.5998728b.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <66681924-B13F-4E91-96BB-AE6FB92CEBF0@cteresource.org> <462F5ECF.1040508@lvor.halvorsen.cc> <20070425191503.GB81828@demeter.hydra> <20070425192904.GA15766@saltmine.radix.net>
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--==========BEDE98761166B7AD89A0========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Wednesday, April 25, 2007 15:29:04 -0400 Thomas Dickey=20 <dickey@radix.net> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 01:15:03PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: >> No kidding. That professor should have his Wikipedia account banned, >> and the head of his department should be informed of his vandalism. I >> don't suppose you know the name of his Wikipedia account, or his legal >> name. . . . > > yawn. That sort of research has been going on for years. > > Less interesting is the sort of trash emitted by people who don't like > knowing that whatever they've read on a webpage might not be completely > accurate, and that they might have to do some of their own thinking. > > regards. At one time I had high hopes that the internet would usher in a new era of=20 increased knowledge and reduced gullibility. Instead it seems to have=20 simply hastened the arrival to the wrong conclusions. --=20 Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========BEDE98761166B7AD89A0==========--
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