horselight writes "A new study by sociologists studying social networking have determined that Wikipedia is not an intellectual project based on mutual collaboration, but a war zone. The study finds that although the content does end up being accurate as a rule, it's anything but neutral or unbiased. The study includes extensive data on access and editing patterns of users related to major events, such as the death of Michael Jackson and the edit storms that ensued." The article explains that the research (here's the paper at PLoS One) looked in particular at controversial entries, not ones about obscure duck-hunting equipment or long-settled standards.
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Den sprödaste blev den starkaste.
Sent på lördagskvällen svensk tid meddelade australiska myndigheter att de avbryter sökandet efter överlevande från skeppsbrottet vid Julön.
Konflikten i Syrien krävde ytterligare minst 102 människoliv i dag.
China is to make its first ever attempt at manually docking a spacecraft, the Shenzhou-9, with another space module.
Efter flera dagars oroligheter vid Gazaremsan säger en Hamasledare att de är redo att försöka på nytt med den av Egypten förhandlade vapenvilan med Israel.
An anonymous reader writes "Hello! Every summer (and other holidays) the work load at my job becomes minimal. I like scripting (HTML, CSS etc.) and would like to get into programming just to tinker a bit due to curiosity. At work we are not allowed to install anything except company approved software. Is there something I can program in that has an IDE like PortableApps.com? I guess I am asking for a recommendation on both language and IDE at the same time. Again, I want to reiterate that this is to satisfy my tinkering curiosity and thus not need something great, just something more advanced than HTML/CSS."
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Fully protects you from CSRF attacks
Prevent a release unless the version number is incremented
Crowds continue sit-in at Cairo's Tahrir Square as election body fixes date for revealing winner of presidential runoff.
Renewed agreement comes after another day of deadly Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, killing three people and wounding dozens
Pledge comes after US report decries appalling treatment of migrant workers, many of whom are victims of debt bondage.
After one week of demonstrations, unrest spreads to several neighbourhoods of Khartoum and other towns around country.
President blames fighters loyal to former leader for series of deadly cross-border raids after 2010-2011 civil war.
En jordbävning med magnituden 4,8 skakade Grekland strax före klockan nio i kväll.
