tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5049559282220143120..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Bwahahahaha!Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68830140903673883612007-09-24T18:13:00.000-04:002007-09-24T18:13:00.000-04:00I admit it - I use Wikipedia. That said, I only u...I admit it - I use Wikipedia. That said, I <EM>only</EM> use it as a starting point for finding actual, trustworthy sources... or for information that is so commonplace that it is as good a source as any (like, say, who wrote the first Twilight Zone shows... and I feel so dumb for having to look that up). <BR/><BR/>All that aside, that graphic is as accurate as any :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52663390135651878932007-09-24T14:36:00.000-04:002007-09-24T14:36:00.000-04:00I find it handy for online citations, only after I...I find it handy for online citations, only after I check what I'm linking there and know on my own that it's correct.<BR/><BR/>One thing remarkable to me -- which I only discovered the other day -- is that it does not permit posting of original research. That strikes me as profoundly ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>I oughta bash off a note to Jimbo, since I knew him back when he was just a Usenet kook like me, and before all these damned brats started clogging up the 'net.Billy Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13406609611276200667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82561201550826436172007-09-24T13:20:00.000-04:002007-09-24T13:20:00.000-04:00Funny, but I had just been mentioning to my wife t...Funny, but I had just been mentioning to my wife the other day that Wikipedia has actually started to become a go-to reference source, lately. It's tons better than it was even two years ago, by a factor of about 500. <BR/><BR/>Still, all of my graduate school syllabi lately include the directive with regard to papers: "Scholarly sources only. Wikipedia articles may NOT be used."Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11287221460145195592007-09-24T03:13:00.000-04:002007-09-24T03:13:00.000-04:00There are two flaws in that diagram:1.) No mention...There are two flaws in that diagram:<BR/><BR/>1.) No mention of spam content.<BR/><BR/>2.) The use of the word "village". I don't think we have any.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89303425138350119912007-09-24T01:33:00.000-04:002007-09-24T01:33:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.phlegmfatalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6692128073296998562007-09-24T00:53:00.000-04:002007-09-24T00:53:00.000-04:00Isn't "Crack Whores Gone Wild" kind of redundant?O...Isn't "Crack Whores Gone Wild" kind of redundant?<BR/>Oh, and gay is spelled G-H-E-Y.<BR/>Kids today.daddyquatrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845283760860562110noreply@blogger.com