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The problem with Wikipedia... - Dark Jaguar - 27th January 2007
<img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_problem_with_wikipedia.png">
This is all too true.... I myself have bounced around from quantum physics to the origin of the Joker to something about an Atari game called "Impossible Mission".
We, as a species, have a massive database.
I'm serious here. A borg style collective is not an inherantly bad idea. Just don't force it on people, they'll join of their own will, which will become OURS.
The problem with Wikipedia... - A Black Falcon - 27th January 2007
Yes, that seems to happen to me every time I go to that site... :)
Whatever it is you went there to look up, you're bound to find it... after going through fifteen other unrelated pages first. And forgetting what you came there to find a few times. :D
The problem with Wikipedia... - DMiller - 27th January 2007
That is incredibly funny and true. Wikipedia, despite its flaws, is such a great site.
The problem with Wikipedia... - Great Rumbler - 27th January 2007
Yeah, and it's only going to get bigger and more comprehensive.
The problem with Wikipedia... - EdenMaster - 27th January 2007
Ah the hours I've wasted on Wiki...too numerous to count.
The number of times that I've thought of something randomly and decided to learn everything there is about it, only to find myself flying from one end of the encyclopedia to the other with somewhat marginally related topics is staggering.
It's fun, though, for someone like me who enjoys useless information.
The problem with Wikipedia... - Dark Jaguar - 27th January 2007
<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/pierski/2007-01-22.png">
The problem with Wikipedia... - A Black Falcon - 27th January 2007
That's pretty funny... :D
... not sure how much it has to do with the topic though...
The problem with Wikipedia... - Weltall - 28th January 2007
I don't even get why it's funny.
The problem with Wikipedia... - Dark Jaguar - 28th January 2007
I see, you don't recognize one of them. Well I can see that.
You see, the giant is a collosus, and there's that shadow OF the collosus.
The problem with Wikipedia... - Weltall - 28th January 2007
Ohhhhhhh!
...I still don't get it. =/
The problem with Wikipedia... - Great Rumbler - 28th January 2007
He's covering his weak-point.
The problem with Wikipedia... - EdenMaster - 28th January 2007
Now, it's funny :D.
I suppose if any of us had played Shadow of the Colossus we'd understand, right?
The problem with Wikipedia... - Great Rumbler - 28th January 2007
Quote:I suppose if any of us had played Shadow of the Colossus we'd understand, right?
I'd say that's fairly vital to understanding the joke.
The problem with Wikipedia... - A Black Falcon - 28th January 2007
Quote:Now, it's funny .
I suppose if any of us had played Shadow of the Colossus we'd understand, right?
Or watched Naruto...
The problem with Wikipedia... - Weltall - 28th January 2007
Well, I'm 0 for 2 as per that particular criteria.
The problem with Wikipedia... - A Black Falcon - 28th January 2007
Well then, I can see why it wouldn't make sense to you. I doubt it would be funny if you don't know Shikamaru's character...
The problem with Wikipedia... - Great Rumbler - 28th January 2007
You guys really need to play ICO and Shadow of the Colossus.
The problem with Wikipedia... - A Black Falcon - 28th January 2007
Sorry, I won't have a PS2 anytime soon. (but yes, if I did, I'd definitely get them... and I did play Ico for a few minuites once like five years ago, though I know that that means little other than to say "yeah I know it's good and if I had a PS2 I'd get it"...)
The problem with Wikipedia... - Weltall - 28th January 2007
I bought ICO four years ago but barely played it.
I have no idea why Sony had to put the game on a blue disc. Morons.
The problem with Wikipedia... - Dark Jaguar - 28th January 2007
It didn't take up enough room to need anything else? What's the problem with it being on a CD instead of a DVD?
Anyway, yeah that ninja guy in the... net shirt... has the power to control people in shadows. And that's the SHADOW, and it's a collosus, it's like a pun. Also, he's lazy. Everything's a big troublesome drag if it requires effort.
Of course this joke needed too much explaining so as a result, it's not that funny to you.
The problem with Wikipedia... - Weltall - 28th January 2007
Because many PS2s lost the ability to read the blue CDs as they aged due to faulty lasers. Mine was among them.
The problem with Wikipedia... - Dark Jaguar - 29th January 2007
Oh... Many lost the ability to read DVDs and kept their CD laser alligned. I'm not sure which incident happened more, but a friend of mine lost the DVD ability. That person was GLAD certain games were printed on CDs instead of DVDs.
Mine reads both just fine.
The problem with Wikipedia... - Darunia - 30th January 2007
Thats not a bad thing about Wikipedia, its a good thing... you can discover so many fascinating things like that! Thats how I first discovered http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_spaghetti_monster !
The problem with Wikipedia... - Weltall - 26th February 2007
I have been meaning, for literally years, to make the "Bag of Bones" entry complete and comprehensive.
Never have, though. When you get down to it, reading Wiki is fun. Editing pages is a pain in the ass.
The problem with Wikipedia... - A Black Falcon - 29th March 2007
Wikipedia is evil... it chews up time so easily...
*reads GameFAQs review of Seal of Evil, a Chinese Diablo clone. It says that the Baiyue people in the game are also known as the Hmong/Mien. Decides to look stuff up on Wikipedia.*
Baiyue->Yue (state) - Hmong-Mien - Wu (state) - Qin Shi Huang - The 100 - Ts'ai Lun - Empress Deng Sui ... Isabella of Castille - Ferdinand of Castille - several other Spanish royalty - Mary I (of England) - Lady Jane Grey - Elisabeth I - wait, it's 1 am?
:)
The problem with Wikipedia... - alien space marine - 29th March 2007
This picture somes up my feelings.
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