Wikipedia Losing Volunteers

Published on November 23rd, 2009

Posted by John C Dvorak in General

The Hadron collider works. We’re all still here! Bigger test coming.
AOL changes name and logo… It’s now Aol. Cripes!
AT&T does prepaid broadband .
Apple chewing up all the mobile broadband traffic.
Apple voids warranty on smokers who smoke around the computer. It’s supposedly a hazard to workers.
New USB wireless HDD.
Wikipedia losing volunteers.
MSFT or GOOG will buy Twitter they say.

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# 1 qb said, on November 23rd, 2009 at 9:09 pm

Hadron Collider – world’s longest reboot.

# 2 deowll said, on November 23rd, 2009 at 10:26 pm

The problem is that the limits include rather limited content going along with their idea that an encyclopedia has short articles. The other is control from the top.

In the end this wiki is a going to run on ad revenue or it’s going away because working on the wiki is going to be reduced to work.

# 3 Hmeyers said, on November 24th, 2009 at 3:31 am

Thanks for including links to the articles covered.

I like that.

# 4 Glenn E. said, on November 24th, 2009 at 3:47 am

AOL bought out my webmail service. And made it needlessly more complicated. And also lost my carefully crafted spam filter (I crafted it). So I’ll be seeing more Viagra and Cialis messages, return soon. It’s opening page takes a full minute to load now. I had it down to 15 seconds, before. The redirect URL has aolcdn.com in it. Is this AoL Canada? And what was so valuable about mail.com, that AOL needed to own it?

Anyway, if this keeps up, I may rely more on Thunderbird email, thru my ISP account, than this free, semi-anonymous webmail service.

# 5 Glenn E. said, on November 24th, 2009 at 4:01 am

Billions of dollars spend building the LHC, so physicists can start their own religion. “We believe we know how the universe came to be!” Ok, how’s that gonna put bread on my table. Obviously it puts it on theirs, cause they’ve made a substantial living out of this trivial pursuit, on the backs of taxpayers everywhere. If they want to do something for the common man. Research how to make a “Mr. Fusion” device for the home. So we can recycle our least recyclable waste products into cheap electric power. Or some appliance that creates basic food and clothing items out of electricity and waste. Defying the old “garbage in, garbage out” axiom. Pull that off, and we’ll take Nobel prize. Who cares, but these guys, about finding a new subatomic particle? Can it sing? Can it cook? Is it any good in bed? No? Screw it then. Next!

# 6 pedro said, on November 24th, 2009 at 4:10 am

#5 Not a religion. They believe the universe started that way but are set to prove it right or wrong, thus stop believing to start knowing.

As to what that will help you? It will help you in no way, like anything physics has done for you, right?

And the Mr. conFusion device has already been invented. Is in Washington.

# 7 WmDE said, on November 24th, 2009 at 5:16 am

Good for Apple! Smoking makes a mess of any piece of electronic equipment. An ugly yellow residue coats the surfaces and interior. This an even bigger problem if there is a fan.

# 8 The0ne said, on November 24th, 2009 at 8:38 am

If you smoke and send your product(s) back for RMA don’t expect anyone to like you for it…actually expect everyone to hate you for it. It is literally one of the dirtiest, smelliest, crappiest product to be return from the field.

Do us all a favor and smoke some more til you die. Save those that cherish their lives, at the very least their lungs, so that we can still breath.

# 9 spsffan said, on November 24th, 2009 at 10:10 am

Yet another! reason to avoid Apple products. Oh, and as one who occasionally dabbles in antique radio restoration, there is nothing short of cosmoline like a think coating of tobacco residue to preserve an old radio from the ravages of time. Smelly, nasty, but very effective stuff!

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