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  • July 20, 2008

    How often do you use Wikipedia?

    WikipediaQuestion for you — How often do you use Wikipedia each week?  I tend to use if at least once a week.

    In a recent article they claim that they will soon produce a book that has up to 90,000 authors.  Some excerpts of the article are list below.

    A book with 90,000 authors
    Wikipedia makes a bold claim that it will make history in print publishing by creating a book with the most credited authors ever.

    Among the unlikelier announcements made at Wikipedia’s conference in Alexandria, Egypt, was the bold claim on Friday that the online encyclopedia was about to make history in print publishing: creating the book with the most credited individual authors ever–about 90,000.

    The book with so many authors is the product of an unusual alliance – a single-volume encyclopedia produced by the German publisher Bertelsmann from the 25,000 most popular articles on German Wikipedia. The volume will have very short articles, no more than a few paragraphs at most, and include photos and illustrations.

    (From The New York Times)

    Filed under: In the News, Using the Internet — Tags: , — John @ 7:40 am


     

    February 5, 2008

    E-Mail Speak

    A few common code words that are often used in chat rooms and forums:

    Frequently Asked Computer Questions

    BTW - by the way
    BRB - be right back
    TYVM -thank you very much
    YW - you’re welcome
    LOL- laughing out loud
    L8R - later
    NRN - no reply necessary
    SOS - same old stuff

    AYPI? - and your point is?
    ATM - at the moment
    BAC - back at computer
    B4 - before
    BBFN - bye bye for now
    BC - be cool
    GMTA - great minds think alike
    HTH - hope this helps
    view more chat room and forum code words

    Filed under: Using the Internet — John @ 6:30 am