The Great Wikipedia Thread

[stev]

Wikileaks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikileaks is a website running on modified MediaWiki software which allows whistleblowers to release (whilst remaining anonymous) government and corporate documents, allegedly without possible retribution. It claims that postings are untraceable by anyone attempting to do so. It was launched in December 2006 and, as of November 2007, had contained over 1.2 million documents.[1] It provides mirrors which can be used during outages.

In February 2008, Wikileaks' Wikileaks.org domain name was taken offline. Wikileaks published a statement that the Swiss Bank Julius Baer had sued Wikileaks and the wikileaks.org domain registrar, Dynadot, and obtained a permanent injunction ordering the shutdown.[25][26] The text of the injunction posted by Wikileaks states that it was issued on February 18, 2008 by Judge Jeffrey White of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The injunction orders Dynadot to prevent wikileaks.org from being used to access the website,[27] and in exchange orders the plaintiffs to file a dismissal with prejudice in favor of Dynadot, i.e., to never sue Dynadot again over the issue. The injunction mentions that it was based on a stipulation, meaning Dynadot and Julius Baer agreed to it, although Wikileaks says it was not consulted.[28]

[SAMSON]

That is All.



Succinctly,
Samson

[stev]

very cutting yank.

[SAMSON]

Originally Posted by stev

very cutting yank.

Thanks



Wittily,
Samson

[User10539783]

Wikileaks has now been removed from the Internets due to the goverments getting pissed off about their secrets being exposed. Who'd thunk it?

[stev]

you can still get it, check the wiki article lots of mirror sites and straight from the ISP.

[User10539783]

Originally Posted by stev

you can still get it, check the wiki article lots of mirror sites and straight from the ISP.

You are a genius!

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[stev]

Autodidactism

"I never let my schooling get in the way of my edu***ion."

Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) is self-edu***ion or self-directed learning. An autodidact is a mostly self-taught person, as opposed to learning in a school setting or from a tutor.

A person may become an autodidact at nearly any point in his or her life. While some may have been edu***ed in a conventional manner in a particular field, they may choose to edu***e themselves in other, often unrelated areas.

Self-teaching and self-directed learning are not necessarily lonely processes. Some autodidacts spend a great deal of time in libraries or on edu***ive websites. Many, according to their plan for learning, avail themselves of instruction from family members, friends, or other associates (although strictly speaking this might not be considered autodidactic). Indeed, the term "self-taught" is something of a journalistic trope these days, and is often used to signify "non-traditionally edu***ed", which is entirely different.

Inquiry into autodidacticism has impli***ions for learning theory, edu***ional research, edu***ional philosophy, and edu***ional psychology.

[Savannah]

I've been called some things in my lifetime but never an autodidactist.