Hey there, just thought that some of you might want to try your luck at brainteasers, so here's three:
1. There is a mom and a dad. There are 6 brothers, each one has a sister. Each sister has 6 brothers, and each brother has 1 sister. How many people are in the familly?
Answer: 9, information is repeated. 2 parents, 6 sons and 1 sister.
2. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, coat, glovesand ski mask. He is walking down a back street with all the streetlamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off butsomehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?
Answer: Happened during the day.
3. There was a man with three balls and he had to cross a bridge. The bridge could only hold the weight of him and two balls at a time and he could only make one trip across. In the end he made it to the other side with all three balls. How did he do it?
Answer: The man juggled the balls
For thoose that haven't figured it out, highlight to see the answers :)
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Monday, May 11, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Use Wikipedia!
Wikipedia. One of the most loved and most hated sites across the internet. It contains well over two and a half million articles in English (2.847m as of this writing), and even more in other languages. Want to Google something random? Wikipedia will be in the top 5, unless it doesn’t have a page on that topic (which is unlikely). However for some reason people hate this site. I can’t understand why, the arguments are silly. You don’t become the 7th most visited site by being an unreliable source (alexa ranking).
When in school, and told to “cite sources”, students are often told or even rhetorically asked, “what site will you not use?”. The answer, of course, being Wikipedia. Is Wikipedia wrong? Sometimes. But no more than another site.
‘Anyone can post anything on the internet’. A saying most of us have heard several times. This rule is true, and there’s no reason to argue with it. Ask yourself if you think it is true. Now that you’ve agreed with it, put it into perspective.
How is Wikipedia any different than other sites? Wikipedia.org, informationcenter.net. The second site is hypothetical, but will serve a purpose. Why is Wikipedia any less accurate than informationcenter.net? Anyone can post on either of these. Wikipedia is owned by a larger company, the Wikimedia Foundation, which has 27 staff according to their official site. How many do those other sites have? Likely 2-3 (1 admin and 1-2 writers).
Is Wikipedia the only source? No, and in fact there should never only be one source for something. This goes back to the point: ‘Anyone can post anything on the internet’. Just as you would check other sources, you should also be cross-checking (not with a hockey stick, but with research) Wikipedia with other sites. For recent events, search news sites. For sports, search on sports sites. To get better results, use sites that are catered to what the research needs to be done on.
So there you have it, why Wikipedia shouldn’t be hated by anyone, unless they also dislike other sites. Wikipedia is just another site in the grand scheme, so there’s no reason to trash talk it like so many people do. No Wikipedia? Before you know it, Google won’t be allowed.
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When in school, and told to “cite sources”, students are often told or even rhetorically asked, “what site will you not use?”. The answer, of course, being Wikipedia. Is Wikipedia wrong? Sometimes. But no more than another site.
‘Anyone can post anything on the internet’. A saying most of us have heard several times. This rule is true, and there’s no reason to argue with it. Ask yourself if you think it is true. Now that you’ve agreed with it, put it into perspective.
How is Wikipedia any different than other sites? Wikipedia.org, informationcenter.net. The second site is hypothetical, but will serve a purpose. Why is Wikipedia any less accurate than informationcenter.net? Anyone can post on either of these. Wikipedia is owned by a larger company, the Wikimedia Foundation, which has 27 staff according to their official site. How many do those other sites have? Likely 2-3 (1 admin and 1-2 writers).
Is Wikipedia the only source? No, and in fact there should never only be one source for something. This goes back to the point: ‘Anyone can post anything on the internet’. Just as you would check other sources, you should also be cross-checking (not with a hockey stick, but with research) Wikipedia with other sites. For recent events, search news sites. For sports, search on sports sites. To get better results, use sites that are catered to what the research needs to be done on.
So there you have it, why Wikipedia shouldn’t be hated by anyone, unless they also dislike other sites. Wikipedia is just another site in the grand scheme, so there’s no reason to trash talk it like so many people do. No Wikipedia? Before you know it, Google won’t be allowed.
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