Thanks, Yahoo, now I know where I can find a hit man.

[quote user="WWWWolf"]However, I'm not sure if all of this is MySQL's fault. Perhaps it's just MediaWiki's fault.[/quote]Both. MySQL replication is dirt simple and dirt stupid. There are generally two patterns to follow: master/slaves (one writer, multiple readers) or multiple...

[quote user="WWWWolf"] Tons of citation requests - so unsightly! Problems of this magnitude usually just need {{unreferenced}}. And in this case, another warning would be very appropriate too - {{context}}. Better yet, also {{inappropriate tone}}. Ah, to hell with it, just slap {{cleanup-rewrite...

[quote user="ZiggyFish"] MasterPlanSoftware : What is slashdot?[/quote] What is Wikipedia ?

[quote user="MasterPlanSoftware"] [quote user="drinkingbird"]The original quote, however, is "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" [/quote] I can immediately find two sites that disagree with you that this is, in fact, a quote. http...

What a great resource. Plagiarism Warning: The term papers on Term Papers Lab are for research purposes ONLY . Do NOT submit term papers from Term Papers Lab as your own. If you use information from our term papers, it is your responsibility to cite it . A helping of hypocrisy and some idiocy . If you...

As the tag in the screenshot states, use of a copyrighted image for identification and critcial commentary -- which covers Wikipedia's needs -- accompanied by a properly constructed fair use rationale is not "wiggling out of using other people's copyrighted images", it's a perfectly acceptable practise...

thought this was funny.... (under Climate heading)

Was reading an earlier side bar post when I decided refer to the wiki page on this right quick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language The first line reads as: Scripting languages (commonly called script languages ) are computer programming languages that are typically interpreted and can be...

wooow... wikipedia is suckage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting_language The first line reads as: Scripting languages (commonly called script languages ) are computer programming languages that are typically interpreted and can be typed directly from a keyboard. 1) "commonly called script langauges...