I love the internet

[jaerdaph]

Google
EN World
RPGObjects Modern Character Generator

It hasn't been the same since the Click on Spock Web site was taken down though. I could click on Spock's picture for hours.

This, however, is a worthy replacement: http://www.khaaan.com

 

[warlord]

File Sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Putfile.com.

 

[Jdvn1]

I invented the internet.

 

[ssampier]

I just do not get the whole Wikipedia thing. My brother just asked me to look over a friend's paper for an English class. She used wikipedia as a primary reference and was the only source she actually quoted.

I returned the paper and told her that she needed to find some real sources for her data.

Honestly...is it the end times?

That's akin to asking random strangers about complex topics such as the Civil War and medical procedures. You may get lucky and get an expert, but most likely, it's not very reliable.

As for actual Internet scholarly information, there's plenty of professional online databases that universities subscribe to that can yield very valuable data (many of them full-text and academically reviewed). I have used them to great success.

Even before Wikipedia and the Internet, professors advised students to choose their sources carefully. I fail to see how the Wikipedia made this student lazy or uninformed.

 

[Desdichado]

That's akin to asking random strangers about complex topics such as the Civil War and medical procedures. You may get lucky and get an expert, but most likely, it's not very reliable.

Like asking for details of the Napoleanic wars at the local Circle K? Let's see how old our audience is today...

Actually, though, wikipedia isn't nearly as bad as folks here are making it out to be. You don't get random luck and get experts; experts are naturally drawn to the articles that pertain to their field of expertise. While the risk of some random guy saying something he knows nothing about is always there, and wikipedia articles should always be corroborated for any type of even semi-serious research, in practice, they tend to be pretty good, if brief, in my experience. And I certainly have not come across just blatantly ignorant non-facts there before.

And for pop culture, it's really tough to beat.

 

[Dirigible]

Two reasons:

1) Microcultures [snip]

2) free pr0n

I see a strong correlation...

 

[Algolei]

I like posting naked pictures of myself for unsuspecting people to chance across.

In real life, that would be called "flashing" and I'd be excoriated for it (oh, and arrested).

BTW, look, a kitten: <<a picture of a kitten and not me in hip-waders at all>>

 

[mythusmage]

<<a picture of a kitten and not me in hip-waders at all>>

How can you call them hip waders when they're made out of lace?

 

[ssampier]

Like asking for details of the Napoleanic wars at the local Circle K? Let's see how old our audience is today...

You must have a more interesting Circle K than I do.

And for pop culture, it's really tough to beat.

Damn straight! I still wouldn't source them in university papers, though, for the same reason I wouldn't quote an encyclopedia.

It's serious business. You can't be a respected university these days without offering a major in commercial jingles or the films of M. Night Shyamalamalan.

 

[Desdichado]

You must have a more interesting Circle K than I do. [/i]

69, dude.