William Pietri wrote:
> On 01/23/2010 02:59 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
>
>> William Pietri wrote:
>>
>>> I note that just last night I was browsing EBay to see what a set of the
>>> 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica goes for. For $10, I could get it on DVD.
>>> Or I could pay hundreds for
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:09 AM, William Pietri wrote:
> On 01/23/2010 02:59 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
> > William Pietri wrote:
> >> I note that just last night I was browsing EBay to see what a set of the
> >> 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica goes for. For $10, I could get it on DVD.
> >> Or
On 01/23/2010 02:59 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
> William Pietri wrote:
>> I note that just last night I was browsing EBay to see what a set of the
>> 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica goes for. For $10, I could get it on DVD.
>> Or I could pay hundreds for a physical set. I would never buy the DVD
William Pietri wrote:
>
>
> I note that just last night I was browsing EBay to see what a set of the
> 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica goes for. For $10, I could get it on DVD.
> Or I could pay hundreds for a physical set. I would never buy the DVD,
> but I might buy the physical set. And I already
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Chad wrote:
> Last I heard, all the dumps were coming in at fairly regular intervals,
> barring
> the enwiki full-history-all-namespaces dump. Image dumps are needed, yes.
> The OP said he just needs the text anyway :)
>
> -Chad
Image dumps aren't really needed s
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:11 AM, wrote:
> wikireader doesn't say whether the data is just plain text or somehow
> encrypted
> in their format.
> (I couldn't find it)
>
> I don't need pictures, just plain wikipedia-text.
> Best with the discussion-pages and all that.
> Suitable for keyword-searche
On 01/21/2010 12:20 AM, Huib Laurens wrote:
> Why would anybody want to buy it if it is possible to download it for free?
>
This is a topic that's getting a lot of attention. For example, Kevin
Kelly lists 8 things that are better than free:
http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/01/bet
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Peter Gervai wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 14:01, Chad wrote:
>
>> I can second the WikiReader! But yes: we do not charge for access to
>> our content. Both the sites and the database dumps are usable without
>> any charges, and have been since inception. If pe
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 14:01, Chad wrote:
> I can second the WikiReader! But yes: we do not charge for access to
> our content. Both the sites and the database dumps are usable without
> any charges, and have been since inception. If people want to do things
> with that content--download, analyz
wikireader doesn't say whether the data is just plain text or somehow
encrypted
in their format.
(I couldn't find it)
I don't need pictures, just plain wikipedia-text.
Best with the discussion-pages and all that.
Suitable for keyword-searches, maybe even from program or batch-file
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> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Pascal Martin wrote:
>
>> It s possible to buy a usb key with okawix
>> http://www.okawix.com
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From:
>> To:
>> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [
buy a usb key with okawix
> http://www.okawix.com
>
> - Original Message -
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] sell wikipedia
>
>
> >
> >
> >> Why would anybody want to buy it if it is possible
It s possible to buy a usb key with okawix
http://www.okawix.com
- Original Message -
From:
To:
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] sell wikipedia
>
>
>> Why would anybody want to buy it if it is possible to download it for
> free?
> Why would anybody want to buy it if it is possible to download it for
free?
download is impractical, it takes too long.
Often you want it offline, when no internet-connection is available.
Or you want to have a fixed version, not overwritten by updates.
Or you want to have it in case it
Hello,
Why would anybody want to buy it if it is possible to download it for free?
Make a page on the wmf site where people can "buy" a hd with wikimedia
content and donated it to a school or something like that sounds more
like a nice idea.
Best regards,
Huib
2010/1/21, ster...@aol.com :
>
>
store it on memory chip or HD and sell it
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