1/5/06
If you may or may not be aware, Wikipedia is currently whoring it up with a beg-a-thon which would put most respectable PBS stations to shame. On Tuesday night, I was browsing Wikipedia looking for pages that cried out for vandalism. Every single page was loading slowly and none of the pictures would load, even after I attempted to reload them by right clicking in Firefox.
If you may or may not be aware, Wikipedia is currently whoring it up with a beg-a-thon which would put most respectable PBS stations to shame. On Tuesday night, I was browsing Wikipedia looking for pages that cried out for vandalism. Every single page was loading slowly and none of the pictures would load, even after I attempted to reload them by right clicking in Firefox.
I say that Wikipedia is trying to increase their income by making people see how badly their servers would be without their member dollars.
Heck, it's not even like they're giving away cool premiums like vibrators shaped like Bert or Red Dwarf scripts or that perennial favorite of the city-mouse liberal: canvas tote bags!
This is sad because usually the PBS stations put on their best face while saying gimme-gimme-gimme and Wikipedia's exemplifying the complete bullshit that is Wikipedia: The Encyclopedia that Almost Anyone Can Edit.
a letter to the board of directors of wikipedia
Dear Wikipedia,
Bite the fucking bullet, implement Google AdWords and move on with your life.
Contemptfully yours,
Bite the fucking bullet, implement Google AdWords and move on with your life.
Contemptfully yours,
spivak a.k.a. heptapod on Wikipedia
done for the day
As I write this, Spot's sitting upon the ledge looking down at her houseape. Olympics Guy is pacing around, sometimes knocking against something and saying "Come on (inaudible), come on (another inaudible word)" which is disconcerting. The slow season at work seems to be arriving earlier than usual and I'm going to bed.
raddidge wants to live in a yurt. I believe this is "O. K.".
