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Empty product - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In mathematics, an empty product, or nullary product, is the result of multiplying no numbers. Its numerical value is 1, the multiplicative identity, just as the empty sum — the sum of no numbers — is zero, or the additive identity.
mathematics  wikipedia 
march 2007 by citizenk
EveryTopicInTheUniverseExceptChickens DOT COM: Save Wikipedia! Promote accuracy at the expense of chickens.
Instead of vandalizing Wikipedia in general, we all just vandalize the chicken article - Sponsored by Fictional Jimbo Wales
humour  wikipedia 
november 2006 by citizenk
history flow
history flow is a tool for visualizing dynamic, evolving documents and the interactions of multiple collaborating authors. In its current implementation, history flow is being used to visualize the evolutionary history of wiki* pages on Wikipedia.
wikipedia  tool  visualization 
october 2006 by citizenk
Dürer's Rhinoceros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dürer's Rhinoceros is the name commonly given to a woodcut engraved by Albrecht Dürer in 1515
duerer  rhinoceros  art  woodcut  engraving  history  animals  iconography  wikipedia  dürer 
october 2006 by citizenk
Réflexe photo-sternutatoire - Wikipédia
Le réflexe photo-sternutatoire (ou ACHOO, rétro-acronyme de Autosomal dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst) est un phénomène physiologique où le sujet éternue lorsqu'il est exposé à une forte lumière. Ce réflexe concerne entre 17% et 25
phisiology  medecine  article  wikipedia  sun  sneeze  reflex  achoo 
september 2006 by citizenk
Puppy smoothies: Improving the reliability of open, collaborative wikis
This paper provides a practical proposal for improving user confidence in wiki information by coloring the text of a wiki article based on the venerability of the text.
wikipedia  wiki  article  study 
september 2006 by citizenk
The Observer | World | Wikipedia defies China's censors
The founder of Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia written by its users, has defied the Chinese government by refusing to bow to censorship of politically sensitive entries.
censorship  Wikipedia  China  internet  freedom  Politics 
september 2006 by citizenk
Internet encyclopaedias go head to head : Nature
Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds.
news  encyclopedia  wikipedia  reference  science 
december 2005 by citizenk
Wikipedia's open-source label conundrum | CNET News.com
If edits are incorrect, they won't get changed until someone else makes the changes. So in effect, there is no final version of a Wikipedia entry. They're more like living documents, always subject to change. Does that mean Wikipedia is always wrong? Not
wiki  wikipedia  internet  open-source 
december 2005 by citizenk
Growing pains for Wikipedia | CNET News.com
For Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, last week was a tough one. And he's going to change the ground rules for the popular anyone-can-contribute encyclopedia because of it.
wikipedia  news  wiki 
december 2005 by citizenk
CURRY.COM: Adam Curry's Weblog
I am the Kate Winslet of WikiPedia! Adam Curry's reaction
wikipedia  podcasting  news 
december 2005 by citizenk
Workbench: Adam Curry Caught in Sticky Wiki
Former MTV veejay and podcasting entrepreneur Adam Curry appears to have been caught anonymously editing the podcasting entry on Wikipedia to remove credit from other people and inflate his role in its creation.
wikipedia  podcasting  news 
december 2005 by citizenk
Exploding whale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There have been two documented, notable incidents of exploding whales, as well as some lesser-known ones.
whale  nature  wikipedia  fun 
july 2005 by citizenk
James Doohan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Montgomery Doohan (March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian character and voice actor best known for his portrayal of Scotty in the television and movie series Star Trek.
star-trek  scotty  obituary  article  wikipedia 
july 2005 by citizenk

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