Patrick Collison Puts the Squeeze on Wikipedia
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Patrick Collison Puts the Squeeze on Wikipedia
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Re: Patrick Collison Puts the Squeeze on Wikipedia
#2It's possible to get "Don't panic!" engraved into the iPhone, right?
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#3Patrick was largely wasting his time... as everyone (and their pet arcturian megadonkey) knows the real whole sum of human knowledge can be compressed down to MOSTLY HARMLESS.
The rest of the 2GB might as well be filled with cocktail recipes.
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#4NICTA (ICT research organisation in Australia) have something similar: http://www.tiniwiki.com/main/
I believe it's a demo application of some compression technology they've developed that can be updated with more recent content easily, but my first thought on hearing about it was "Didn't Patrick Collison already do this?"
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#5It's possible to get "Don't panic!" engraved into the iPhone, right?
This is not slashdot - while funny, this comment doesn't add to the conversation.
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#6Re: Patrick Collison Puts the Squeeze on Wikipedia
#7Patrick was largely wasting his time... as everyone (and their pet arcturian megadonkey) knows the real whole sum of human knowledge can be compressed down to MOSTLY HARMLESS. The rest of the 2GB might as well be filled with cocktail recipes.
What happened to everyone's sense of humor today?
Re: Patrick Collison Puts the Squeeze on Wikipedia
#8It's possible to get "Don't panic!" engraved into the iPhone, right?
"Don't panic" was actually displayed on launch in the original app, but I forgot to include it in the App Store version.
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#9This interview -- transcribed (very) directly from a Skype conversation -- makes me have so much respect for Obama's eloquence when speaking without notes. I need to improve.
Re: Patrick Collison Puts the Squeeze on Wikipedia
#10Since this is open-source, is there a fork for PC/Linux yet? I am not the slightest bit interested in the iphone, but having this on a USB stick would be handy.