idiot drivers) finish stripping the supermarkets of bread, toilet paper
and milk (and wouldn't you just know it -- I needed milk, too).
* Wikipedia in the News
Over at Wikipedia,
the online, collaborative encyclopedia where anyone can post content
and make changes (I link to articles there all the time), there have
been a few mini-scandals this past week that are causing them to change how they develop content.
Previously,
anonymous users were allowed to both create new entries and edit old
ones; Wikipedia depended on a system of norms and self-policing to make
sure all information was good, that the porn and spam was weeded out,
etc.
Apparently, an anonymous user posted an entry a few months
ago saying that John Seigenthaler, a former aide to Bobby Kennedy, was
somehow linked to the Kennedy assassinations. Mr. Seigenthaler then
threw a hissy fit, one result of which was a USA Today opinion piece last week.
Also last week, we were treated with a slapfight between Adam Curry and Dave Winer over who should get what credit in starting the whole podcasting phenomena
(which, as you know, allows you to subscribe and have audio files
download automatically, in the background, to a desktop or portable MP3
player.)
Mr. Curry edited the entry on Podcasting
in a way that suggested he was trying to shut out Mr. Winer's role,
though he later claimed it was due to incorrect information.
So,
the upshot of all this drama is that anonymous users will no longer be
able to create new articles (though they will still be able to edit),
and people are going to be looking more closely at how and who can edit
content on Wikipedia.
* The Non-Diet Diet
The AP ran a story on BYU health science professor Steven Hawks's new "Intuitive Diet" (which has it's own Intuitive Institute, coming in 2006), which basicially comes in two parts:
1. You can eat whatever you want, but only when you're hungry.
2. You have to stop eating when you're full.
(One
presumes that "full" is "not hungry anymore" full, not "ohmygod, I ate
so much food at Thanksgiving dinner, I thought I was going to burst"
full.)
By George, it's so simple it might actually work! Anyway,
read the article and see what you think.
* Top 30 Facts About Chuck Norris (contains some profanity and adult situations)
This has been floating around for a while; it's funny, in kind of a stupid-funny way: It's the top 30 "facts" from a database of user-submitted "facts" about martial arts and action star Chuck Norris. Why all the quotes around "facts"? Most of them revolve around roundhouse kicks, godlike powers and his beard. Here are some examples:
A
blind man once stepped on Chuck Norris' shoe. Chuck replied, "Don't you
know who I am? I'm Chuck Norris!" The mere mention of his name cured
this man blindness. Sadly the first, last, and only thing this man ever
saw, was a fatal roundhouse delivered by Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris can make a woman climax by simply pointing at her and saying "booya".Like I said, stupid-funny stuff.
If
I were ambitious, I would try to tie the Chuck Norris piece with
Wikipedia, since they both rely on submitted content, but I won't.
Talk to you later. -- Joe
12 comments:
Ain't you talking about the star of "Walker Texas Ranger"? Some novel that you really wrote was pretty long & unbelievable. Okay, you passed the test.
Rein.
Isn't it funny here in DC that people go insane with snow? I was driving home from the gallery tonight and people were crazy on 270. I learned to drive in Northern Pennsylvania with lake-effect snow storms and was a good driver in all kinds of weather early on because I had to be. That driving skill translated well for twenty years in Florida with the torrential rains and oil slick roads.
The frantic shopping also cracks me up...... when I dusted off my car I realized that I need a new snow scraper, there won't be one for 30 miles tomorrow. We have bread.
:)
judi
I am gonna see snow in my area in New York & it is heading on it's way & this would not be happening & New Yorkers seem to like it or dislike it depending on how much snow that we are having & I do not drive a car at all. Poor conditions & visibility will play the role & I have been disliking snow for more than 20 years & my goodness I still not into snow, geez! Forget the name "doppler", I do not know the name of "doppler" & it is not in the dictionary.
you goober...
John Seigenthaler had to right to a hissy fit. He and his Dad are from Nashville and are both highly respected men and professionals. The senior Seigenthaler no longer living but still regarded with much respect. Anyway that type of blog is an interesting and strange concept to me.
Steven Hawk must have read Gwen Shamblen's (spelling?) "Weigh Down Diet"....same thing. Don't eat til your hungry...wait for the stomach growl, eat and stop when you are pleasantly full, eating your favorite things first so you don't "miss out" if you get full and any liquids should not be caloric. Only in hers it was tied to religion.
Hope you got your milk at the store and had a safe trip home.
Is it possible that Wikipedia is, in fact, an early version of what may eventually become The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy? "...though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate..."
-Paul
http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/
Let me get this straight.
You can link to a site that you acknowledge contains adult situations such as Chuck Norris causing a woman to climax - and that's cool, but -
If I link to an AOL/WebMD site designed to educate people about Bulimia, someone can submit a bogus TOS complaint that AOL wont even investigate, and MY link is NOT cool?
In fact, my link is so uncool that AOL deletes my journal and will not restore the entries, even after I pitch a world class conniption fit.
Even better, your "Integrity Assurance" department authorized 18 months of free "service" on my behalf because the felt oh-so-bad about not being able to restore my journal...
...only to learn 6 months later from one of your own techs that AOL COULD HAVE RESTORED MY JOURNAL BECAUSE THEY MAINTAIN TAPE BACK-UPS FOR 30 DAYS.
WTF, JOE?!
WTF?!
When did AOL replace "INTEGRITY" with "MALICE" as one of their core competencies?!
Oh, to be able to change the "content" on some parts of AOL. Those Wikipedia people are so damn lucky.
Hmm one of our own gets his journal tosed for things like this.. Corrections not like this, his was a medical link.
Why does this one sided unfairness not surprise me.
hehe.. Chuck Norris is a funny man.. sont freeze to death in DC
nat
LAWSUIT ACCUSES AOL OF ILLEGAL BILLING
AOL's business practices are paying off... I'm sure their advertisers are proud to be associated with a company who engages in their brand of business practices.
Read the story here:
http://journals.aol.com/armandt/sense/entries/830
If you grew a Chuck Norris beard, people wouldn't give you this lip.
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