Episode: 69
Date: 30/07/2008
Host: Ben Grubb
Co Host’s:

Brent Pudney @ http://www.saltwaterit.com

“That Adam Kid” @ http://gsnail.wordpress.com/

Streamed @ http://www.live.techwiredau.com 7:30 PM Wednesday

Topics Discussed:

1. Starbucks closures will limit Telstra Wi-Fi options

2. Georgia Student Arrested for Hacking Grades, VoIP

3. Comcast communicated by blog

4. Practical Jetpack Available “Soon” – Video: http://media.theage.com.au/?rid=40046

5. YouTube free on Seven’s TiVo

6. Software error cripples NAB

7. Aussie businesses ignore online customer inquiries

8. California Earthquake: Don’t Make Phone Calls, Use Text or IM Instead [Earthquake]

9. HP, Intel, and Yahoo Get Into Cloud Computing

10. India Developing US$10 Laptop

11. Your Gadgets Are Tracking You….

12. Your Computer and Cell Phone Are Lying To You

13. Video shows NYC officer shoving cyclist

14. eBay customers left in the lurch

15. Flufffy Bunny: Walkers swallow RFID pills for science

Listener Feedback

Hi Ben and Brent,

Just some comments on the proposed changes to Wikipedia to avoid
vandalising of pages:

The great multitude of topics on Wikipedia, many dealing with topics
which are of a very obscure nature, means that having subject experts
would be impossible.  You’d need thousands and thousands of them.

The beauty of Wikipedia is the way information is up to date almost
instantly in areas that are of a rapidly changing or evolving nature.
As you may know I am interested in trains.  I find that the latest
changes and news are rapidly incorporated into the Wikipedia articles
within a matter of hours. If we introduce an editorial process where
changes need to be approved and checked and re-checked it will be
impossible to have this rapidly changing information incorporated
into articles for a few days or more likely, weeks or months.
Wikipedia would become useless as an up-to-date information source.

Encyclopedias such as Britannica are not always 100% correct on every
article.  As an example their article on the Independent Baptist
Church contains a number of errors.  And I’m sure there are many
others.  So Wikipedia may contain errors – but then so do other
encyclopedias.

Also regarding academic institutions and schools not permitting
Wikipedia as a source for essays – this is hardly surprising.  Most
academic institutions do not allow the use of any encyclopedia
(Britannica, Word Book or any other) because encyclopedia articles
are not in-depth enough for academic purposes and by their nature do
not contain original research by their authors and are not a primary
source.

Regarding CRT Televisions – people still buy them particularly in the
sub-63cm range.  They do have a very distinct price advantage on LCDs
for small sizes and plasma TVs are not made in sub-63cm sizes.  I
purchased a CRT Television just under a year ago – I only own a 51cm
TV as I cannot justify the money on anything else considering my
limited apartment size and the small amount of time I spend watching
it.  Sub-63cm CRT TVs are still widely available particularly in
stores like K-Mart and Big W.
–
Albert
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