Members Apendecto Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 I think another few hours just slipped by again. Yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Kashue Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 TOPICAL WEBCOMIC MAN STRIKES AGAIN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rikshaw Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 TOPICAL WEBCOMIC MAN STRIKES AGAIN!!! yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justinbass Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 I agree 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 I got caught earlier today too - stayed late at work reading up on plate tectonics, of all things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ranjaman Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 +1I've got five wikipedia tabs open right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 I hate that site so much! *makes sure bookmark still works* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Apendecto Posted August 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 I hate that site so much! *makes sure bookmark still works* Yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members der oxenrig Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 That and Youtube. Both can have negative impacts on free time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Apendecto Posted August 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 That and Youtube. Both can have negative impacts on free time. Amen to that. I have dial up at home but I don't get {censored} done at work... Yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevilRaysFan Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 Yeah -- daily time wasted on Wikipedia, YouTube, and HCBF--Hmm,.... give or take...about 24HRS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteveyDevey Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 It really is a beautiful implementation of hypertext. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeonVomit Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 Wiki and HCBF take up so much of my time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz Ad Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hypertext surely helped it but it's not very different from what happens when you open a dictionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteveyDevey Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hypertext surely helped it but it's not very different from what happens when you open a dictionary. I think hypertext is really the tipping point. Most people can avoid the pull of the endless cycle of a bound encyclopedia, but I don't know anyone who can mute the siren's call of the wikipedia. It just makes it so effortless to keep going, where paper books require you to put forth some time into finding the next articles. Books don't let you have tabs, either, which only aggrivates the "problem". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob O'Brian Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 Nice to know that I'm not the only Wikiaddict out there If I'm bored I'll click on the 'random page' function twice, and try to navigate from one to the other only by using hyperlinks within the articles. It's really amazing what I've learnt doing this. And how many hours it has wasted. The hardest one to navigate to was, I recall, 'bingo wings'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Apendecto Posted August 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hypertext surely helped it but it's not very different from what happens when you open a dictionary. It's all about laziness. Also wikipedia is up to the minute. You're not going to find articles on Danny Carrey from Tool or Shaun of the Dead in a dictionary/encyclopedia. Yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zesty brick Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 wikipedia has taken out much more practice time than HCBF ever could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeromus-X Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 Nice to know that I'm not the only Wikiaddict out there If I'm bored I'll click on the 'random page' function twice, and try to navigate from one to the other only by using hyperlinks within the articles. It's really amazing what I've learnt doing this. And how many hours it has wasted. The hardest one to navigate to was, I recall, 'bingo wings'! I figured I'd give this a shot since I'm bored at work, and I got "Llandaff North" (part of the capital city of Wales) and "I Yabba-Dabba Do!" (a made-for-TV Scooby-Doo movie) as my two articles. Good luck with that one! Love to see you post a sequence to get those two connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassdudeguy Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 atleast your learn from wikipedia haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 I agree it should be banned, but for different reasons. It started out noble enough, but has become pretty corrupt. They have a whole bunch of rules and guidelines which look very good on the surface. But everything that gets posted or not has to be done on the basis of "consensus" of the "editors." Interestingly enough, they have a rule that says "ignore all the rules" whenever they wish to. They also have this thing called a "reward board" where outside parties basically give editors kickbacks to skew "consensus" in their favour. If it wasn't publically funded - i.e. a non-profit organization and all the tax implications that goes along with that status - it wouldn't be a problem. As it is they have become, IMO, a platform for big money and power to skew information as they see fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rippin' Robin Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 atleast your learn from wikipedia haha I wish people would learn spelling from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crescent Seven Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 I agree it should be banned, but for different reasons.It started out noble enough, but has become pretty corrupt. They have a whole bunch of rules and guidelines which look very good on the surface. But everything that gets posted or not has to be done on the basis of "consensus" of the "editors." Interestingly enough, they have a rule that says "ignore all the rules" whenever they wish to. They also have this thing called a "reward board" where outside parties basically give editors kickbacks to skew "consensus" in their favour. If it wasn't publically funded - i.e. a non-profit organization and all the tax implications that goes along with that status - it wouldn't be a problem. As it is they have become, IMO, a platform for big money and power to skew information as they see fit. Fair enough. In your opinion, which direction do you feel like the information is being skewed, and in who's favor?C7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted August 11, 2007 Members Share Posted August 11, 2007 Fair enough. In your opinion, which direction do you feel like the information is being skewed, and in who's favor?C7 I've seen the heavy hand of "political correctness" played out in a few. It comes down to what is allowed to be an article then how it's slanted. One that comes to mind was around military aid to a mid-eastern country that will remain nameless. You really have to watch some of the "deletion" discussions to really get a handle on what's really going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassdudeguy Posted August 12, 2007 Members Share Posted August 12, 2007 Yeah -- daily time wasted on Wikipedia, YouTube, and HCBF--Hmm,.... give or take...about 24HRS!!! haha you don't sleep?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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