On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:00:13AM -0600, Ted Hilts [EMAIL PROTECTED] was
heard to say:
I hope this message is not OT and forgive my ignorance but I received a
very informative response to some of my questions and several people
recommended that I make better use of everyones time by first
I hope this message is not OT and forgive my ignorance but I received a
very informative response to some of my questions and several people
recommended that I make better use of everyones time by first going to
Wikipedia. The messages were more or less as follows:
See
Ted,
Wikipedia is a great resource -- you just have to take what you read
there with a grain of salt. Many people writing there have an agenda,
and some are clueless. If you're reading about something
controversial, check the discussion pages; they can often point out
that there is a conflict
2008/8/19 Ted Hilts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I became very cautious about wikipedia although there seems to be a lot of
sound information. I have seen a lot of references to wikipedia from the
Debian lists to lists that are science oriented and mathematically oriented.
Does anyone know what the
On 08/19/2008 06:00 PM, Ted Hilts wrote:
I hope this message is not OT and forgive my ignorance but I received a
1. This message is OT. It is not related to debian and/or running a
debian system.
2. Please configure your mail system not to ask for 'return receipts'.
This is considered impolite
Jeff Soules writes:
In short, Wikipedia is sometimes questionable, but so are things you read
on mailing lists and forums, and even articles published by professional
journalists.
_Especially_ articles published by professional journalists. No source is
totally reliable, but in my experience
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Subject: Re: [debian-user] Re: Wikipedia
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:26:48 +0200
On 08/19/2008 06:00 PM, Ted Hilts wrote:
I hope this message is not OT and forgive my ignorance but I
received a
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