Nature fudged the results
Not that one source knows all, but if you're going to argue facts it's best to be well prepared. Never bring a slingshot to a gunfight!
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Tod69 Talamasca
The Human Tripod ;)
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03-27-2006 03:53
I always get tired of people citing Wikipedia as the KNOWS ALL repository & never having read anything like an actual BOOK on the subject. Then I found this:
Nature fudged the results Not that one source knows all, but if you're going to argue facts it's best to be well prepared. Never bring a slingshot to a gunfight! _____________________
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Noh Rinkitink
Just some Nohbody
Join date: 31 Jan 2006
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03-27-2006 04:12
Heh, I like this particular quote:
Former Britannica editor Robert McHenry dubbed Wikipedia the "Faith based encyclopedia"[...] |
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Gabe Lippmann
"Phone's ringing, Dude."
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03-27-2006 05:50
I just read on Wikipedia that Britannica doesn't even exist...so there.
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Armandi Goodliffe
Fantasy Mechanic
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03-27-2006 07:01
Wikipedia is a handy resource and the only people I hear speaking ill of it are those who normally get their asses kicked in online "debates" (and those people who want to sell you 27 books you will use as paper weights). If someone states something and uses wikipedia as a source, then find a counter source that shows the information to be wrong.
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Toni Bentham
M2 Fashion Editor
Join date: 26 Jan 2006
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03-27-2006 07:03
I always get tired of people citing Wikipedia as the KNOWS ALL repository & never having read anything like an actual BOOK on the subject. Then I found this: It's also best to use at least half-decent grammar. Reading your first sentence was difficult to determine exactly what your complaint was, but I believe it was people citing Wikipedia as the know-all repository. I haven't in my life ever heard anybody say or write anything like that; besides which, how do you know whether somebody has read a book on the subject or not? There are many more innacurate books out there than innacurate Wikipedia articles, give me a break. _____________________
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