http://en.wikipedia.org/ down - did you feel affected?

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Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/ down - did you feel affected?

Unread postby vishnu » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:03 pm

When it comes to wikipedia, the first question that comes to my mind is, does anyone besides me think that Sue Gardner is kind of hot? :lol:
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Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/ down - did you feel affected?

Unread postby jan-jaap » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:45 am

ChristTrekker wrote:Typical bonehead "fire off a cannon to kill a gnat" legislation.

Looks more like a game of 'whack-a-mole' to me -- no matter how much you whack, the moles simply pop up some other place. With this law in place, the content industry can simply put the burden of whacking on a third party. Tim O'Reilly wrote a couple of good pieces on the subject, like this one.

I do have an opinion about all of this, but that would firmly cross the 'no politics' boundary :)
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Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/ down - did you feel affected?

Unread postby skywriter » Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:58 am

guardian452 wrote:...pfffff old man skywriter...


GET OFF MY LAWN!
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Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/ down - did you feel affected?

Unread postby Oskar45 » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:57 am

skywriter wrote:
guardian452 wrote:...pfffff old man skywriter...


GET OFF MY LAWN!
Gentlemen, PLEASE calm down. True, I'd started this thread with a rather innocent question but I'd never anticipated such an ending :-) Just shake hands, will you?
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Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/ down - did you feel affected?

Unread postby hamei » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:06 am

skywriter wrote:
guardian452 wrote:...pfffff old coot skywriter...


GET OFF MY LAWN!

Dang young whippersnappers :( Where can you buy rock salt these days ?
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Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/ down - did you feel affected?

Unread postby tingo » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:27 am

It was interesting to see (at work) how many times a day we use Wikipedia. Me too.
It made me happy I've already donated money to Wikipedia.
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