Wow. This thread is FANTASTIC. Michael, you can't be so sensitive. In programming, there are a LOT of egos we all have to deal with. None of the comments were that condescending, and if they really have 18's for stats, well it might be a good idea to just listen to what they have to say. I commend you for having an opinion, but your professionalism and openness for criticism is lacking.
Also, many colleges are accepting Wikipedia as a legitimate resource as long as you're staying away from subjective matter. I think Dave is probably just having fun with the fact that this thread is better than a sitcom. -Brandon On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Michael Firth <mfsqlser...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Interesting. In my spare time I am going back to college and almost to a > tee all of my professors warn about wikipedia and how much misinformation is > on there. What is really something is that at my previous school the > professors were the same way about wikipedia. Guess you have to take it > with a grain of salt. > > > > On Jan 25, 2011, at 9:35 PM, Dave Watts wrote: > > > > >> Wikipedia is not exactly a great source for verifying something lol. > Just saying. > > > > It's satisfactory for undisputed facts, and it's easier to remember > > off the cuff than other sites that list logical fallacies, which is > > what "begging the question" is. I use it quite often to provide simple > > explanations of (again, undisputed) facts that I already happen to > > have picked up somewhere else - in this case, university philosophy > > and logic courses. I'm a college dropout, but I remember what I > > learned. > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341272 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
