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I'm sure some of you are aware of this already.
It really is an amazing website. I have used it loads of times this year, especially coming up to exams. Great for when you are unsure of a date, event, or term etc. It also has a fair bit about horse racing by the way.
Unlike encyclopedia britannica, it is completely free.
Well worth looking up if you need some informaition quickly:
http://www.wikipedia.org
Win2Win
21st May 2006, 15:51
Yes....it's firewalled in China though :)
bigcumba
21st May 2006, 15:56
A magazine did a bit of a survey on the online encyclopaedias a while back - basically you get what you pay for. Wikipedia was recommended, but only because it was free. Of the various different searches they used in the survey, Wikipedia had more mistakes, and more bits missing than the others. Still, it is a very useful site and I do use it regularly... it's dead easy to just get completely lost in it and next thing you know you've spent 4 hours just browsing around the place!
I think over time it can only keep getting better and better as more content is added and more knowledgable people get involved in sorting out any possible mistakes in there. As a free resource you can't beat it. :)
sparkyminer
21st May 2006, 16:05
Yes....it's firewalled in China though :)
I thought it would be Greatwalled.:D
Win2Win
21st May 2006, 16:10
China are great, they started the 3 dams project in '92 to supply 10% of the required power, but after the latest increase in industry, it will now only supply 3% :laugh
It was also built to stop houses flooding, so in order to build the damn they had to move a few million people while they flooded there homes :doh Go figure!
bigcumba
21st May 2006, 16:16
There are also several dozen dams planned for the Yangtze.... to 'assist' this one and provide more power. Apparently the lake behind the great dam is already badly polluted.
bigcumba
21st May 2006, 16:17
Oh yeah, another small project thay have in mind is to pipe water 3000km from north to south China...
Fadetoblack
21st May 2006, 16:42
One note of caution Wayne (I'm always offering you notes of caution aren't I :D)
A lot of the articles are added by members of the public so it's not always the most reliable.
vegyjones
21st May 2006, 16:46
Well, I find it most accurate in all due respect Fade!
I looked for Win2Win and it said thus:
"An organisation run by the highly intelliegtn and charismatic figure called Vegyjones. This wonderful individual answers all questions correctly and takes part in the most simulating debates! A worthy human being of the highest order!"
Sounds accurate enough to me! :D
One note of caution Wayne (I'm always offering you notes of caution aren't I :D)
A lot of the articles are added by members of the public so it's not always the most reliable.
Yeah, I've often noticed that an article has been 'disputed' by another contributor. Especially some of the political ones.
bigcumba
21st May 2006, 16:50
most simulating debates
they got that right... :wink
vegyjones
21st May 2006, 16:51
Blimey BigC, you're a right Eagle eye! :D
No sign of you yet FTB.....Never knew fade to black was a drink. Next time we are out in Dublin, we gotta have a few.
Fade to Black
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Fade to Black, a theater and film phrase, meaning to slowly turn off lights until the audience cannot see anything. It has been used in a variety of ways:
Fade to Black, a song by Metallica from the album Ride the Lightning.
Fade, to Black is the name of a Rolling Stones song.
Fade to Black, a 2004 documentary about Jay-Z.
Fade to Black, a 1980 movie starring Mickey Rourke.
Fade to Black, a 1993 made-for-cable movie starring Heather Locklear.
Fade to Black, a video game, released in 1995 by Delphine Software International.
Fade to Black, a drink made by combining shots of Aftershock.
Fade to Black, an online humor webzine started by comedy writer Michael Page in 1995.
Fade to Black, a Nero Wolfe mystery novel by Chicago writer Robert Goldsborough
I really should get some more studying done:(
Fadetoblack
21st May 2006, 16:53
haha...all work and no play make Wayne a dull boy....
Must admit though it is a fairly handy resource. If Darren Skelton is not on it by the end of this decade then my life has been a failure!
vegyjones
21st May 2006, 16:56
Must admit though it is a fairly handy resource. If Darren Skelton is not on it by the end of this decade then my life has been a failure!
Does that mean you are going to register and create a topic about yourself?? :doh :D
Fadetoblack
21st May 2006, 16:57
Does that mean you are going to register and create a topic about yourself?? :doh :D
If need be.
Or I'll get you to do it for me.
susanwells
21st May 2006, 23:34
haha...all work and no play make Wayne a dull boy....
Must admit though it is a fairly handy resource. If Darren Skelton is not on it by the end of this decade then my life has been a failure!
I`m on it. :hearty
Never doubted it Susan. :)
However I looked for the Win2Win entry that Vegy mentions and couldn't find it at all :doh
vegyjones
22nd May 2006, 18:53
:peeky
bigcumba
22nd May 2006, 19:27
that Vegy mentions and couldn't find it at all :doh
Vegy mentions a lot of things that you;d have great difficulty in finding.... :icon_tong
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