http://gwan.com/blog/20121027.html
What makes something "notable"?
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What makes something "notable"?
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Re: What makes something "notable"?
#2I hear this a lot. Node.js seems to have gained quite a bit of popularity though, I see developers swear by it like a religion regularly.
Re: What makes something "notable"?
#3That's some really odd text formatting.
Re: What makes something "notable"?
#4how is this website so ugly?
Re: What makes something "notable"?
#5Lol, nice try at a bit of self-promotion there.
This guy obviously doesn't know node. He's comparing node.js to a dedicated webserver, when they are completely different things.
Re: What makes something "notable"?
#6These guys sound like cry babies
Re: What makes something "notable"?
#7Like others I couldn't get beyond the formatting - the website looked like it was shouting at me. Hard to take something seriously when it's displayed like a ransom note.
Re: What makes something "notable"?
#8tl;dr: Guy is angry at Wikipedia because his web server doesn't meet Wikipedia's "notability" requirements while Node.js does. Ah, also his server is faster than Node.js. Here's a HN comment thread about G-WAN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4113514
Re: What makes something "notable"?
#9I've seen some comments/postings to HN about g-wan, and I still can't work out if it's some really elaborate troll or not. Has anyone played with it? I can't imagine that this very strange license section in the FAQ: http://gwan.ch/faq#license, is going to help people want to try it!
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Re: What makes something "notable"?
#10The aggressive tone is off-putting, the formatting is distracting and the target of criticism seems to be Wikipedia, as well as Node. Talk about concurrency.