plus: scientific proof the internet is controlled by big brother “Dear Mr Micheal, The Editor thanks you for your communication but regrets that he is unable to publish it. He regrets also that he cannot enter into further correspondence on this matter. Manuscript...
Need To Get Around the January 18, 2012 Wikipedia Blackout? There Appears To Be Some Easy Ways to Avoid the Wikipedia Blackout. That Doesn't Mean You Shouldn't Fight SOPAIt's hard to argue against the fact that the January18 Wikipedia blackout is a noble endeavor. The web...
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Wikipedia is an "open source" online Encyclopedia in which anyone is invited to make edits, and by successfully making 10 or so edits, anyone can become a "Wiki Editor". In order to insert information into a Wiki article it must be related to the...
These come from The Nature of Space and Time. p21: I would have liked to draw you a four dimensional picture. However, government cuts have meant that Cambridge university can afford only two dimensional screens. p39: One could imagine that particles and information could...
Watching Neil Turok on Horizon or reading Stephen Hawking, for instance in The Nature of Space and Time, i'm reminded: these are refined gentlemen with balanced, deep, and intricate perspectives. If we could emulate them, i believe there'd be less strife and struggle - and -...
It seems while most of the U.S. and the world may have been preoccupied with New York Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner's admission that he lied regarding posting risque tweets on Twitter, an online rescue...
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By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" There are two flavours of public intellectual: librarians and authors. Librarians possess a synoptic view of mostly trivial and anecdotal data, interspersed with histories, accepted truths, slogans,...
Is Roger Ebert dying? I heard he has cancer.."Roger Ebert, who lost the ability to speak due to cancer, is having his voice recreated through an innovative computer program. (CBS)For more the 40 years, Roger Ebert has guided moviegoers at the box office. But today, Ebert...
VIDEO An army of zionist editors have just been trained to edit wikipedia pages! A first-of-its-kind course opened this week in Jerusalem: "Zionist Editing for Wikipedia." The patriotic "Yisrael Sheli" (My Israel) organization, which recently organized the...
Matthew Lasar of Arts Technica does some investigative reporting on Wikipedia and Porn: Since Fox News first reported that founder Jimmy Wales has relinquished a part of his control over...
A new infographic comparing US demographics to that of American Facebook users illustrates some notable differences in the 2 populations. The graphic, designed by social media consultant Muhammad Saleem, says the...
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Leroy Smith, 29, used a Wikipedia page with instructions on how to deliver a baby to help his wife give birth. The couple living in Leytonstone, East London, was waiting for midwife to arrive when Smith's wife Emma went into labour. Smith followed Wikipedia instructions on...
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Actor Ron Livingston has filed a lawsuit against an anonymous Wikipedia editor who has continuously been altering Livingston's profile information. The anonymous person has reportedly been posting information...
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" Wikipedia’s future has been put in doubt as 49,000 volunteer editors left the site in the space of three months. By comparison, only 4,900 volunteers left the site last year in the same period of time. The...
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Representatives from Google, YouTube, Wikipedia and Facebook have gathered in Vatican City today, not for a sermon or liturgy, but to give Vatican officials a lecture on the use of Internet and new media. During a four-day conference which started today, Vatican officials...
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