http://www.osnews.com/story/19288/Who_Is_Really_Behind_Wikipedia_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:04:06 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?299778 http://osnews.com/thread?299778 And tomato is pronounced as tomato... Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Jonix) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?299790 http://osnews.com/thread?299790 TINLC. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bthylafh) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?299825 http://osnews.com/thread?299825 And how is this any less petty than the in-fighting you see between groups of salaried professionals who waste thousands upon thousands upon thousands of man hours advancing their pet theories?

Not to cast any doubt on the need for people who know their job, and act professionally, but in case you missed it, the world's always been f--king nuts; the internet just happens to be a slightly better stage for it.

There's good and bad in wikipedia, just like there's gold and nonsense in written, copy-edited and published books. If you don't have the ability to critically evaluate what you read, you're likely to believe bullshit no matter where it comes from. It's not the internet's fault people are the way they are, nor is it society's fault. That's just the way people are. We have one foot in the stars, and the other in the cave. Learn to enjoy it.

Idiocy occurs in the government, and in non-governmental sectors, among academics, executives, politicians, and police offices. White, jew, black, slave, free, rich, poor, gay, straight: They're all f--king crazy! And I like it that way! Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (thebackwash) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?300018 http://osnews.com/thread?300018 Esp. the part about the Lamest edit wars ever, haha

Seriously, very nice article. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Nutela) Comments