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Submission + - Wikipedia's Fundamental Problems

Submitted by Moryath on Monday November 12, 2007 @10:18PM

Moryath writes: We all know Wikipedia isn't perfect — but can it be saved? Is it usable, or at the same time those who love it crow, why is it that more people are now leaving than entering? Why is it that the vast majority go by, perhaps contribute once, and quickly become like even Wikipedia's co-founder, utterly disillusioned? Why do former administrators come out and tell the problems themselves even when the "community" threatens them?

Or is it something more basic — is it that wikipedia's administrators are too powerful, and too willing to place an indefinite ban on anyone they choose, with no recourse? Is it impossible for new users to even come in and work, with edit-count-itis and entrenched cliques running the place into the ground?

Submission + - Is the U.S. military overpriced and outdated?

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday May 03, 2007 @01:41PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "The U.S. spends over half a trillion dollars a year on its military, yet its losing to a bunch of rag tag terrorists with almost no budget who hate each other as much as they hate the U.S. http://www.thefuturewatch.com/UseforMilitary.html"

Submission + - The Legend of Zelda: A Pain in my Ass

Submitted by Rev Dj RaZorslave on Thursday May 03, 2007 @01:33PM

Rev Dj RaZorslave writes: From the mind who brought you Emo Assualt Squadron what would life with a constantly kidnapped girlfriend really be like. . . 8Bit Humor tackled by people with way to much imagination and time on their hands, anyone who ever played any of Legend of Zelda games. . .

Submission + - Nanotechnology on the catwalk

Submitted by

Roland Piquepaille

on Thursday May 03, 2007 @01:33PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "This event didn't take place in Paris or Milano, but at Cornell University during their Cornell Design League fashion show on April 21. It's now official: "nanotechnology has entered the fashion world." Fashion designers and fiber scientists have unified their efforts at Cornell to show a two-toned gold dress and a metallic denim jacket made of cotton fabrics coated with nanoparticles. And these garments can prevent colds and flu, destroy noxious gases and never need washing. When will we see these garments at our department store? The researchers don't say, but read more about the technology used and pictures of the real models — and the nanofibers used."

Submission + - Princeton physicists connect string theory

Submitted by

tinkertim

on Thursday May 03, 2007 @01:11PM

tinkertim writes: "Physorg is reporting that Princeton physicists have connected the string theory with established physics. From the article:

String theory, simultaneously one of the most promising and controversial ideas in modern physics, may be more capable of helping probe the inner workings of subatomic particles than was previously thought, according to a team of Princeton University scientists.
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