I've worked on updating wiki sites on numerous occassions to add content or to updates pages where it would benefit others but from time to time there are some edits that are rejected (not by the authors) but by other members and it makes you think why bother?
Where has this happened?
wikipedia (on the odd occassion) and most annoyingly wiktionary
I've recently posted comment on: Blog Asylum (another blogger account)
Here is the content word by word:
I just made some updates on wiktionary and they reverted them back. Their meaning for check is "to check a box"
*To specify a definition you don't use the same word. I changed it to say "to place a tick in a box".
When I asked the user who reverted it back he said "we also cover other Englishes, like US, Canadian, Jamaican, Trinidad, etc. etc". Yet when I questioned him, he couldn't prove this to me. He stayed quiet. They also do not inform people of what is UK, US, Canadian English.
My changes to this page and 2 others were reverted back, so I would be annoyed. To correct a page with a simple sentence and have it reverted back doesn't make sense.
It's all American (not the Queens English). There is no English on there which is why they didn't like my correction. I've also seen comments posted against then within a quick online search:
http://www.ruclip.com/video/zR3I3hcvZhQ/lost-words.html
*Other pages may not be fit for viewing so I've left them out.
I've had my rant so will stop there. It makes you wonder whether there is any value contributing to these sites when they show some bias as simple as this.
We all have our disagreements but it makes you wonder whether to invest time into these sites. If I update any other wiki sites I aim to post the good and bad on here
As for the start of my list:
Good
Wikipedia - has lots of content useful, but register to ensure content is up
CNFolio - has lots of university students projects and university work. Not for public edit but is a valuable resource.
Bad
Wiktionary - don't bother. They don't support English (unless it's American).
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Monday, 27 August 2012
4G Finally
After waiting for what seems like an eternity 4G is available in the UK thanks for Everything Everywhere. This is merger of Orange and T-Mobile. Although I found this on the BBC, I though I'd share my thoughts.
Firstly I would personally thank the mobile company as for once it's on a network that I use, but would not be able to take advantage of for the moment. Secondly the phone companies (O2 and Vodafone) complain that they will lose out. I would say that Everything Everywhere and 3 (the network) have prepared, they should have too. Remember the saying "failing to plan is planning to fail".
Some would say why 4G? I would say why 4 years? That is how long the UK has been missing out. It's a shame that we missed the roll out of 4G during the Olympics. We could have been the first nation to bring Long Term Evolution to the Olympics.
With 4G on our phones many of us will get faster internet from our phones than from our home phone lines. Maybe that will spur the ISPs to speed up there home internet speeds for all of us.
A word for the ISPs: You need to speed up the process on providing up faster internet than making excuses on why it's taking you longer to get the lines updated. Stop milking our money and catch up with the rest of Europe, Japan and South Korea (the later 2 with 1Gb internet).
Firstly I would personally thank the mobile company as for once it's on a network that I use, but would not be able to take advantage of for the moment. Secondly the phone companies (O2 and Vodafone) complain that they will lose out. I would say that Everything Everywhere and 3 (the network) have prepared, they should have too. Remember the saying "failing to plan is planning to fail".
Some would say why 4G? I would say why 4 years? That is how long the UK has been missing out. It's a shame that we missed the roll out of 4G during the Olympics. We could have been the first nation to bring Long Term Evolution to the Olympics.
With 4G on our phones many of us will get faster internet from our phones than from our home phone lines. Maybe that will spur the ISPs to speed up there home internet speeds for all of us.
A word for the ISPs: You need to speed up the process on providing up faster internet than making excuses on why it's taking you longer to get the lines updated. Stop milking our money and catch up with the rest of Europe, Japan and South Korea (the later 2 with 1Gb internet).
Saturday, 7 July 2012
Patents are a Joke
The reasons for Patents are to stop others from stealing your idea and getting it to market. This is to protect the inventor/designer etc.
Now there are times when companies create patents that shouldn't have been granted:
-Swipping screen left to right - Patent
This idea was around in 2004 by Neonode and the phone N1m runs Windows CE. This phone has touch screen and swipping. A video is available on Youtube. With all this evidence, Apple managed to get a patent. Neonode should sue them for copying their idea.
-Tablet computer idea was thought by Alan Kay for the Dynabook in 1968 and later Roger Fidler who worked for a newspaper company called Knight Ridder came up with an idea that looks familiar to one ipad.
The tablet newspaper was thought of in 1994 and the idea of the company is available on Youtube.
For Apple to sue Google, HTC and Samsung is a joke as they have stolen these 2 ideas and have patents for both. Just because a frame around a screen is similar or doesn't have sharp edges means others are copying you. They are just making sure that there is less change of injury to the end user and they wouldn't want to get sued with all the Health and Safety laws of today.
HTC managed to beat Apple in court. Other should follow. On another note, if Apple didn't outsource to China, America's unemployment wouldn't suffer as much.
Now there are times when companies create patents that shouldn't have been granted:
-Swipping screen left to right - Patent
This idea was around in 2004 by Neonode and the phone N1m runs Windows CE. This phone has touch screen and swipping. A video is available on Youtube. With all this evidence, Apple managed to get a patent. Neonode should sue them for copying their idea.
-Tablet computer idea was thought by Alan Kay for the Dynabook in 1968 and later Roger Fidler who worked for a newspaper company called Knight Ridder came up with an idea that looks familiar to one ipad.
The tablet newspaper was thought of in 1994 and the idea of the company is available on Youtube.
For Apple to sue Google, HTC and Samsung is a joke as they have stolen these 2 ideas and have patents for both. Just because a frame around a screen is similar or doesn't have sharp edges means others are copying you. They are just making sure that there is less change of injury to the end user and they wouldn't want to get sued with all the Health and Safety laws of today.
HTC managed to beat Apple in court. Other should follow. On another note, if Apple didn't outsource to China, America's unemployment wouldn't suffer as much.
Tuesday, 27 December 2011
Sports high and low
It's coming to the end of the year now and I'd like to some up a few things.
Football:
Southampton have made it to the top of the championship and look to stay there till the new year. Will they get promoted? With only 3 points and 3 teams fighting for automatic promotion, only 2 will make it. Who will it be?
Cricket:
There is a match between India and Australia. It's slightly in India's favour but one of the best players was out at the end of play today. The little master is currently stuck with 99 centuries and it 1 away from the magical 100 hundreds. We have been waiting since March and he has been less then 10 away on 2 occasions. Is he thinking too much about it and affecting his game as a result?
It reminds me when Shane Warne got to 99 and then was out. He never made his century. Lets home the little master does not end on this figure. I hope he gets it in Australia.
Football:
Southampton have made it to the top of the championship and look to stay there till the new year. Will they get promoted? With only 3 points and 3 teams fighting for automatic promotion, only 2 will make it. Who will it be?
Cricket:
There is a match between India and Australia. It's slightly in India's favour but one of the best players was out at the end of play today. The little master is currently stuck with 99 centuries and it 1 away from the magical 100 hundreds. We have been waiting since March and he has been less then 10 away on 2 occasions. Is he thinking too much about it and affecting his game as a result?
It reminds me when Shane Warne got to 99 and then was out. He never made his century. Lets home the little master does not end on this figure. I hope he gets it in Australia.
Sunday, 31 July 2011
New Lows for Cricket
Link 1 - Audio replay
Link 2 - Day 3 England vs India
This is about the last 2 days of cricket between India and England. Match changing decisions have been made. Decisions have gone Englands way.
A post (from link 2) shows that if this was the other way around, England would have stuck with the decision. What happened to honest sportsmanship?
Saturday:
-Harbhajan LBW, then 3 wickets go quickly after that.
Correct decision: Not out. This has cost India 50-100 runs
Sunday:
-Bell run out.
Incorrect decision: Put back in to bat
-Trott LBW
Incorrect decision: Should have walked. These 2 decisions have given England momentum and 50-100 more runs.
2 days of decisions going Englands way. This has turned a game that was in India's favour to England. This is now over for India who will lose the series and the number 1 place to England.
Not being biased, I would have to say Broad deserves man of the series with his batting and bowling. In addition Dravid is a close 2nd with his batting.
England are missing Trott (who's not at his game). India are missing Harbhajan today, Zaheer, Sehwag and Kohli.
-With these decisions, should 3rd umpires be more involved?
-Should players on both sides be honest?
Elsewhere:
This is not the only sport at a loss, look at Football with England denied a World Cup goal and Argentina given one. Is that fair?
Link 2 - Day 3 England vs India
This is about the last 2 days of cricket between India and England. Match changing decisions have been made. Decisions have gone Englands way.
A post (from link 2) shows that if this was the other way around, England would have stuck with the decision. What happened to honest sportsmanship?
Saturday:
-Harbhajan LBW, then 3 wickets go quickly after that.
Correct decision: Not out. This has cost India 50-100 runs
Sunday:
-Bell run out.
Incorrect decision: Put back in to bat
-Trott LBW
Incorrect decision: Should have walked. These 2 decisions have given England momentum and 50-100 more runs.
2 days of decisions going Englands way. This has turned a game that was in India's favour to England. This is now over for India who will lose the series and the number 1 place to England.
Not being biased, I would have to say Broad deserves man of the series with his batting and bowling. In addition Dravid is a close 2nd with his batting.
England are missing Trott (who's not at his game). India are missing Harbhajan today, Zaheer, Sehwag and Kohli.
-With these decisions, should 3rd umpires be more involved?
-Should players on both sides be honest?
Elsewhere:
This is not the only sport at a loss, look at Football with England denied a World Cup goal and Argentina given one. Is that fair?
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Hotmail - Sub folders now possible.
For a long time I found this an annoying problem. The team have finally allowed us to create sub folders. See the attached screen shot as proof.
If you're like me, then you will be glad to be able to organise your emails. If you use outlook you will also see the folders within sub folders and all emails should sync.
If you're like me, then you will be glad to be able to organise your emails. If you use outlook you will also see the folders within sub folders and all emails should sync.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Windows 7 vs Royal Mail
You should all be aware that Windows 7 is out on the 22nd October 2009. This has been planned for quite some time. However only recently the workers at the Royal Mail have decided to go on Strike on the 22nd and 23rd October 2009.
I don't know if you picked this up already, but the release of Windows 7 will be delayed even longer because of employees of the Royal Mail.
If it was me, I would personally look to employ some of the 2 million unemployed UK citizens (according to the BBC) and give them £4 an hour (cash in hand). This would put pressure on the fortunate Royal Mail staff that still have a job to "shut up" and "get on with it".
Remember this, there are over 2 million people that could replace you tomorrow. So don't cause grief to others expecting goods, money, travel documents and so on.
Also I was in charge at the Royal Mail, I would teach them a lesson by paying them 1 week later. Two can play at that game...
I don't know if you picked this up already, but the release of Windows 7 will be delayed even longer because of employees of the Royal Mail.
If it was me, I would personally look to employ some of the 2 million unemployed UK citizens (according to the BBC) and give them £4 an hour (cash in hand). This would put pressure on the fortunate Royal Mail staff that still have a job to "shut up" and "get on with it".
Remember this, there are over 2 million people that could replace you tomorrow. So don't cause grief to others expecting goods, money, travel documents and so on.
Also I was in charge at the Royal Mail, I would teach them a lesson by paying them 1 week later. Two can play at that game...
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