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Wikipedia and the History of Gaming 240

Posted by Soulskill from the citation-needed dept.
Wired is running a story about Wikipedia's tremendous contribution to documenting the history of video games, and why it shouldn't necessarily be relied upon. Quoting: "Wikipedia requires reliable, third-party sources for content to stick, and most of the sites that covered MUDs throughout the ’80s were user-generated, heavily specialized or buried deep within forums, user groups and newsletters. Despite their mammoth influence on the current gaming landscape, their insular communities were rarely explored by a nascent games journalist crowd. ... while cataloging gaming history is a vitally important move for this culture or art form, and Wikipedia makes a very valiant contribution, the site can’t be held accountable as the singular destination for gaming archeology. But as it’s often treated as one, due care must be paid to the site to ensure that its recollection doesn’t become clouded or irresponsible, and to ensure its coalition of editors and administrators are not using its stringent rule set to sweep anything as vitally relevant as MUDS under the rug of history."

Comment Re:Matched speeds (Score 1) 486

by jdizzle636 (#33986540) Attached to: Heroic Engineer Crashes Own Vehicle To Save a Life

A pressed accelerator overpowers breaks, even more so of "the car in front". The pickup could get the minivan shoved out of the way and then roll it. Very dangerous, definitely not something I would want to do with my family and friends in the car. Then again, if his minivan was actually bigger than the pickup he was breaking, then it's ok. The story is silent about that part, and also fails to mention other possible outcome scenarios so other kids don't try to do it at home.

I thought this was a website for smart people. You are the third person in 50 posts who doesn't know the difference between "breaks" and "brakes"

Comment Re:Cynics unite! (Score 1) 486

by jdizzle636 (#33986306) Attached to: Heroic Engineer Crashes Own Vehicle To Save a Life

Also, whatever trucks these are designed so that they can keep moving while the driver is unconscious - Clearly unsafe.

But I'm not trolling, I'm being honest and serious. The summary was pretty terrible and cars don't have failsafes for an unconscious driver.

Hello, my name is cruise control. Nice to meet you!
Hardware Hacking

Building a Telegraph Using Only Stone Age Materials 238

Posted by samzenpus from the from-scratch dept.
MMBK writes "It's the ultimate salvagepunk experiment, building a telegraph out of things found in the woods. From the article: 'During the summer of 2009, artist Jamie O’Shea of the organization Substitute Materials set out to test whether or not electronic communication could have been built at any time in history with the proper knowledge, and with only tools and materials found in the wilderness of New Jersey.'"
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Woman Jailed For Starting Office Fire To Leave Work Early 136

Posted by samzenpus from the take-this-job-and-spark-it dept.
A Florida woman was sentenced to nine months in jail, followed by five years of probation, for starting an office fire so she could get out of work early. From the article: "Pasco sheriff's investigators said Michelle Perrino, 40, started a fire at Bayonet Point Oxygen on May 12, 2009. Perrino drew suspicion when she mentioned the fire's origin — a filing cabinet — during an employee meeting. Employees had not been told where the fire started." I hope she had the good sense to start the fire on Friday so she could have a long weekend.

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