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- acdcfanbill, on 11/13/2007, -14/+789Perhaps its time to ban Ted Stevens from Capitol Hill...
- AkatsukiNoTobi, on 11/13/2007, -12/+344Ted Stevens is just worried about schools having their tubes clogged up. No one wants their tubes clogged up.
- knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -8/+244has this guy ever used the internet?
honestly; he's got the most retarded views I've ever heard.
on another note, don't look up 'anus' in wikipedia and don't view the 3rd photo down. - anotherjeff, on 10/12/2007, -13/+165You can't ban wikipedia. Where else could i find a list of female porn stars and sex positions?
- livestradamus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+117knightblade2oo "on another note, don't look up 'anus' in wikipedia and don't view the 3rd photo down."
That's either a photo of Ted Stevens or at least where he talks out of - N0CTURN3, on 11/13/2007, -7/+82I am indignant that anyone would name wikipedia and myspace in the same breath.
- magnusdopus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+68I thought this was a good story, but upon further review, it's poor journalism. Stevens never actually said ban Wikipedia. The op-ed writer is just inferring it. The article title deliberately tries to look like a quote.
- Dumbledorito, on 10/12/2007, -2/+64@elroy: Even so, where the hell does he get the "it's not a big truck" part from?
As Jon Stewart said, “You don’t know **** about the Internet, you’re just the guy in charge of regulating it.” - chinaman1472, on 10/12/2007, -1/+60Wikipedia is a WONDERFUL tool for research. It's constantly updated with new findings and is usually accurate. Instead of going the "easy" way and banning it from a school, why don't teachers teach their students how to properly identify useful information from junk? Wikipedia isn't the final end of all other sites and sources, but it's one hell of a place to start, probably better than just typing something in Google. If you're doing research, you should be utilizing many other sites, books, and other various sources anyway. If Wikipedia says one thing and 10 other sources say another, chances are Wikipedia might be wrong. No one is perfect.
Don't believe everything you hear. Make your own judgements.
But anyway, it's targeting mostly social networks and blogs it seems, it's just Wikipedia got thrown in there. - ggarenn, on 10/12/2007, -11/+64***** this guy. his stupid ass mentality pisses me off.
- SIRBERUS, on 10/12/2007, -3/+48Yes. Let's have children go back to their books, circa 1932.
- acdcfanbill, on 10/12/2007, -5/+48"Little kids should not be using the Wiki for there final opinion/gospel judgment advise anyway"
What about myriad of other sites that are just as inaccurate and cite no sources? If they are using the computers for research, then the teachers should show them good research techniques and tell them how to properly use their sources. And how often is accuracy guaranteed? According to the multiple editions of text books and revisions to materials I have, it's not. - mc7winkie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+46Easy. School admins apply to have Wikipedia block the IP from editing. Some ass at my school deleted the whole wikipedia on the PS3 once and it got us banned from editing.
- Azerael, on 10/12/2007, -11/+53I completely agree with Ted. They might become corrupted by an article on Evolution during a lesson on Intelligent Design, and that would be a terrible thing to happen.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42Stevens is just worried that everyone will see his profile on Wikipedia and realize how much of a Moron he is.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37"He threatened to resign from the Senate if the federal earmark for the Alaskan bridges was sent to help repair Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina damage."
For ***** someone get that money to New Orleans STAT!!!!!! - CandidateZero, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36Beheaded? I'd settle for him just leaving. He's a known telecom shill and is opposed to all things internet. I... just want him to leave, now.
- spliffy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33doesn't look like he even has email, but here is the rest of his contact information for anyone who might like to voice an opinion about this.
United States Senate
522 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3004
(202) 224-2354 FAX - SultanTravi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+33There are problems with Wikipedia, but that doesn't mean it's better not to have it at all. It's an incredible reference.
Most errors and problems are fixed within minutes or hours because of vigilant users, especially on the most frequented pages. This isn't a case of the government offering it as a source of information, this is a case of them banning a good source of information.
It's the teacher's job to make sure students use the evidence links in the Wikipedia entries as their reference, not text from the Wikipedia entry itself. - JonForTheWin, on 10/12/2007, -7/+33As far as American can be concerned ted stevens is now officially an anti-American liberty-gutting Freedom-hating terrorist who needs to be tried convicted and beheaded in public for high treason.
- Doggpound, on 10/12/2007, -0/+24The government needs to be doing less in our live not more
- H3LLSL337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23I think he has an email address, if you remember the discussion, it took a week for his internet to get from his office to another because someone was clogging the pipes.
"An Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday, I got it yesterday. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the Internet commercially." - dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -4/+27He didn't really mention Wikipedia
- oceanmoon, on 10/12/2007, -4/+27"Little kids should not be using the Wiki for there final opinion..."
But, maybe little kids at least conduct their rants with accurate grammar. - PhilBoswell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21"the government should not be offering it up as an information source"
The government has nothing to do with Wikipedia, unless you count getting banned for trying to fiddle their information. - takeda, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19I looked at the comments and it shows how many people didn't even read the article...
The title of the article is misleading. He never mentioned word "Wikipedia". All this article is saying is that proposed bill *MIGHT* ban wikipedia, because the definition they used for sites that supposed to be blocked is too vague.
Marked as inaccurate (because of the title) - xtmno3, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19Well, who can expect a man to understand web 2.0 type sites when he can't get his head around web 1.0?
Someone should inform this man that he should stick to technologies like the telegraph and the "new fangled" microwave. - xnacoder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16First of all, the article title is misleading; the Senator certainly wasn't targeting Wikipedia exclusively, and it's only a possibility that Wikipedia would be included in the ban.
With that said, if the government passes a bill that bans Wikipedia in schools, it would be more than mere *****. I am in a very difficult college, and without Wikipedia, I would not have passed some of my courses. I don't know how to explain the significance of Wikipedia to my knowledge, but I'm sure many people on here understand; it has basically become part of me. If such a ban occurs, even though I am out of high school, I think I'll begin to use my "right to bear arms" :) - Ramtech, on 10/12/2007, -7/+22seems he stupid ....
very...
an Alaskan representative...with Alaska having a population of 626,932 (2000)... not that many people for a state... and not enough to hold enough seats in the senate... they definitely need another guy... one who's more... how do you say... "intellectual"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Stevens - rationalist, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17"doesn't look like he even has email, but here is the rest of his contact information for anyone who might like to voice an opinion about this."
Make sure you engrave your opinion in cuneiform on a stone tablet - and send a trained chimp along to translate that into grunts for the Senator.
Here's that info again for the institution they have Stevens locked up in:
United States Senate
522 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3004
(202) 224-2354 FAX - vanscott, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16How is this different than burning books?
- Zippo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14@spliffy
You're surprised he doesn't have an e-mail address? If that man even knows how to turn on a computer, I'd be surprised. - fofusion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I'm not even an american and he annoys me.
It really does make you laugh how truly stupid politicians come to technology - they should just leave it alone they'd probably do less damage that way. - moxx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Wait...so we should make our final judgement based out of textbooks...which...aren't biased...oh...wait...hmm...?
- jtherrien, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I don't think many of you read the article. The guy never even mentioned Wikipedia. Buried as inaccurate for the misleading headline.
- asif5th, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Wait, who elected this man? Please don't tell me it was the voters? :|? Yeah...and Senators work for the people...right..just like they did in Rome.
- elroy, on 10/12/2007, -18/+27Is the whole "tubes" thing really that funny? I don't think I've ever heard the concept of bandwidth explained to a novice without analogies to plumbing being made.
- Pile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10OMG!!!
We cannot let an information source exist that isn't controlled by corporate influence!!!!
DESTROY Wiki! No information shall get to the people that isn't first mandated by a small cadre of corporate CEOs!! - kualla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"Perhaps its time to ban Ted Stevens from Capitol Hill..."
That is exactly why I went to the comments on this story! Now someone that is knowledgeable about this subject, please provide an answer on how we can eliminate this old crack head of a senator! - ylocav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7`(II) protects against access to a commercial social networking website or chat room unless used for an educational purpose with adult supervision;
...
`(J) COMMERCIAL SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES; CHAT ROOMS- Within 120 days after the date of enactment of the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006, the Commission shall by rule define the terms `social networking website' and `chat room' for purposes of this subsection. In determining the definition of a social networking website, the Commission shall take into consideration the extent to which a website--
`(i) is offered by a commercial entity;
`(ii) permits registered users to create an on-line profile that includes detailed personal information;
`(iii) permits registered users to create an on-line journal and share such a journal with other users;
`(iv) elicits highly-personalized information from users; and
`(v) enables communication among users.'.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-49
You'd have to have a pretty wide view of any of this to include wikipedia, imo. Myspace, sure.
But I still think Ted Stevens is a moron. - XISUPERMANIX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8The Honorable Ted Stevens
United States Senate
522 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-3004
(202) 224-2354 FAX
NO I didn't write "The Honorable" it is actually on his site
maybe it is time to show his phone what the digg effect is?? - viewtiful4ever, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Wikipedia may not be the ultimate source of information, but thats how I got through my last year of high school. All of my projects were somehow related to wiki... that senator is a meat. [Source: Wikipedia]
- Ademan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I'm all for banning highschool students from EDITING wikipedia...
- Azselendor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I agree the wikipedia shouldn't be used as a source, but you know, most articles have links to authoritative sources. However, creeps like Ted Stevens need to either step down for the sake of nation and progress or grow the hell up and leave the 1850's amish/quaker life behind.
I also, whole heartily agree with chubbybubba, Ted Stevens fears the youth of today -- regardless of political background. He sees us with access and the ability to rapidly manipulate and coordinate with others on a medium he can't comprehend. It's like a caveman trying to grasp the concept of indoor plumbing. - Kerjo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Guys, you're missing the real story here! The real story is in the comments below the article, where some guy believes he's still on digg.
Sure, bury for inaccuracy, but resubmit for hilarity! - dohidied, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I admit that Wikipedia shouldn't be used as a source in papers, but it's a great resource if you need to check something quickly. It's no less accurate than the internet as a whole, and it's nice to have all of the information in one spot.
- Pfhreak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7RamTech,
Every state gets two Senators, regardless of population. It's the House of Representatives where the number is determined by population, although each state is guaranteed at least one (Alaska only has one Rep, and he's a lovely asshat, too)
The problem really is that Congressional committee assignments are done by seniority, meaning a clueless hick like Stevens gets put in charge of the committee that oversees the internet just because it's a powerful committee and he's been in Congress for a hojillion years. (He's not in charge of it anymore, since the Democrats are the majority party now, but if the Republicans ever re-take the Senate, he'll go back to being in charge of it.) - johnry07, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The article says wikipedia MAY be banned, so it's not definite. Regardless though, wikipedia should be promoted and advertised to youth, not hidden away and blocked. It has consistantly shown how it is on par (and in a lot of cases, exceeds) other text based encyclopedias. It is a great learning tool, and free too.
I love wikipedia; i can spend hours reading articles on things i never knew about and its great because it's all objective and (mostly) unbiased. For instance, today i learned about the colossal squid. wtf? did anyone else know there were squid bigger than the giant squid?? They attack sperm whales! Amazing. Wikipedia is awesome.
here's the wiki article for those interested - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_squid - acff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5next on hit list:
books, pencils, paper - dipdog21, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Could somebody please hijack his site and place a big dildo on the front page!
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