Comment Wikipedia is not Social Media! (Score 1) 579
It's an encyclopedia.
If you're going to compare it with Facebook and Pinterest, then all you are doing is demonstrating how how ignorant you are about what it is.
It's an encyclopedia.
If you're going to compare it with Facebook and Pinterest, then all you are doing is demonstrating how how ignorant you are about what it is.
If you'd read on, it gets worse.
A personal submarine is like a sports car, apparently.
From the article;
"I went to battle at the telescope to try and get this detection," Faherty says. "I wanted to put war paint under my eyes and wear a bandanna, because I knew this was not going to be an easy thing to do."
Who said astronomy was dull? There has to be a TV series to had here. Action Astronomer wields her mighty War Telescope!
Nobody seems to know for sure
For "Nobody" read "No Journalist".
Unless Microsoft have really lost the plot, I'm fairly certain they know the difference between 'Threshold' and 'Windows 9', and which is heading for release.
Maybe he should stop taking his work to his bedroom?
Why are they running a server in their bedroom where they sleep?
Sounds like something a 7 year old living with his momma might do.
The whole currency exchange actually increased the share of the "Yes" vote.
Cite?
Fact is that hoaxes have always existed and have always found ways of propagating. Wikipedia, like everything on the internet, has just made it easier and faster. It is not a problem of Wikipedia, it's a problem with people in general.
Even people who work for Wikipedia tell you not to trust it [youtube.com], but to check the underlying citations.
You say this as if it comes as a shock. That's kind of the point of an encyclopaedia and completely the point of citations. If you are going to trust an entry in Wikipedia alone for anything important, you are being very foolish.
Unfortunately, while Wikipedia has to justify itself on one hand to those who demand that everything is verified before it is shown, on the other it has those who complain bitterly that new material they have added without any verification is being removed. Wikipedia cannot do both.
Why is your computer on and browsing, with the speakers on, in the middle of the night when you're not using it?
If you're going to do this, you deserve all you get. Along with what it does to your bandwidth and electricity bill.
And those who don't, comment on those who do.
You may laugh, but there's a lot of factors that need careful analysis. Weight, dimensions, material, grip, balance, available space, ceiling height, bounce, damage.. The list goes on. You could fill at least three hour lectures on it.
That was my first thought. Wait 5-10 years and everyone else will be saying to Linux; "You can have the desktop. We're not interested in it any more."
All of them ride around all day with no spare tire? Seems to me the biggest oversight here was NOT packing an extra set.
And a mechanic to change the wheel is just a phone call away because NAS had the foresight to take out full MAA (Mars Automobile Association) membership. They'll even tow it back home!
"Ignore user" only works if everyone does it. Unfortunately there's always someone who wants to engage with the troll, wanting to put them straight, or show them up for the idiots they are. They don't realise that a troll doesn't care what is said to them. As long as they're given attention they are getting what they came for, and it ensures they keep coming back for more. Usually under multiple accounts.
It has nothing to do with skill. "Being licensed" has some implication (however imperfect it may be) of being insured and being a known citizen, with a history of following the rules of the road and laws in general.
Not being licensed means you could be an uninsured, unidentifiable, homicidal maniac fresh out of prison. Personally I'd prefer some kind of means of avoiding getting in a car alone with these people.
All power corrupts, but we need electricity.