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Wikipedia constantly poor-mouthing and begging for money...
Posted on 11/19/23 at 2:39 am
Posted on 11/19/23 at 2:39 am
shite is ridiculous
This post was edited on 11/19/23 at 2:41 am
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Posted on 11/19/23 at 2:43 am to ZIGG
They don't sell data and don't cover the pages with ads so I don't mind tossing them a few bucks a year.
In the end, if you don't use Wiki you wouldn't see them asking for money.
In the end, if you don't use Wiki you wouldn't see them asking for money.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 3:11 am to ZIGG
Wiki is a piece of the socialist progressive cancer that’s infected our country/
frick em
frick em
Posted on 11/19/23 at 3:18 am to Obtuse1
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They don't sell data and don't cover the pages with ads so I don't mind tossing them a few bucks a year.
Meanwhile they allow the mass conversion by “editors” of all BC and AD years to BCE and CE. Atheist pricks. Yet if someone tries to convert them back…
Posted on 11/19/23 at 3:24 am to lsuroadie
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Wiki is a piece of the socialist progressive cancer that’s infected our country/
It is a horrible source on subjects that lend themselves to opinion or editorializing but it is generally a great source when trying to find something like the Cd of an E30 M3 or a basic explanation of shear thinning in non-Newtonian fluids.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 3:34 am to LSUGrad2024
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Meanwhile they allow the mass conversion by “editors” of all BC and AD years to BCE and CE. Atheist pricks. Yet if someone tries to convert them back…
If Dionysius The Humble hadn't screwed up and left out year zero then scholars (including biblical scholars) wouldn't need to shift to BCE and CE, there is a year missing between BC and AD. Never mind Jesus wasn't born in that missing year anyway. Jesus was born sometime between 5 and 7 BC.
This post was edited on 11/19/23 at 3:42 am
Posted on 11/19/23 at 3:48 am to Obtuse1
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the Cd of an E30 M3 or a basic explanation of shear thinning in non-Newtonian fluids.
I was just thinking about these things a few days ago.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 4:32 am to ZIGG
I mean, it's not like this just started
They've been doing this for 20 years
They've been doing this for 20 years
Posted on 11/19/23 at 5:58 am to ZIGG
I make editorial contributions all the time and they throw them away like the dead babies the Clinton's eat.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 6:35 am to JackieTreehorn
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JackieTreehorn
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I was just thinking about these things a few days ago.
If you didn't spend all your time treating objects like women you might have time to consider other things, man.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 6:36 am to lsuroadie
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Wiki is a piece of the socialist progressive cancer that’s infected our country/
frick em
But it's still fun to vandalize a page on gameday.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 7:40 am to ThatTahoeOverThere
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I make editorial contributions all the time and they throw them away like the dead babies the Clinton's eat.
lol
Posted on 11/19/23 at 7:54 am to Obtuse1
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If Dionysius The Humble hadn't screwed up and left out year zero then scholars (including biblical scholars) wouldn't need to shift to BCE and CE, there is a year missing between BC and AD. Never mind Jesus wasn't born in that missing year anyway. Jesus was born sometime between 5 and 7 BC.
Yeah, none of those things would have kept the politically correct change to BCE and CE from happening. You know this.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 8:17 am to hojo
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Yeah, none of those things would have kept the politically correct change to BCE and CE from happening. You know this.
It was a flawed system. I can't speculate on any individual's impetus but the revision is more accurate. Keep in mind the BCS/CE has been in use since the 1800s in scholarly work, both secular and religious.
The BC/AD system was designed by Dionysius over 500 years after Jesus' birth and left out the year he was supposedly born. It also miscalculated his birth since it has him being born 4 years after Herod died. How silly is it that a calendar set up to accurately determine Easter completely left out the year Jesus was born?
This post was edited on 11/19/23 at 8:22 am
Posted on 11/19/23 at 8:30 am to Obtuse1
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How silly is it that a calendar set up to accurately determine Easter completely left out the year Jesus was born?
So is it your opinion that the miscalculation had more to do with the change than the fact that the Much more popular (regardless of "scholarly work" usage) designations were abbreviations for "Before Christ" and "In the Year of Our Lord?"
This post was edited on 11/19/23 at 8:43 am
Posted on 11/19/23 at 8:41 am to ZIGG
quote:Bet you're a big tipper at restaurants and barber shops
ZIGG
shite is ridiculous
Posted on 11/19/23 at 8:48 am to hojo
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So is it your opinion that the miscalculation had more to do with the change than the fact that the Much more popular (regardless of "scholarly work" usage) designations were abbreviations for "Before Christ" and "In the Year of Our Lord"?
Absolutely, the fact that it is incorrect was the impetus for the shift away from BC/AD in the 1800's. If Dionysius Exiguus had gotten it right then BC/BCE likely would have never existed.
I am ambivalent about either's use but I do not expect BC/AD to be used in scholarly work therefore I don't expect to see it used in the reference section. People see what they want to see but for me it is simple, one is accurate and one is inaccurate.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 8:54 am to Obtuse1
quote:So for like 5 to 7 years we were technically without a Christ?
Jesus was born sometime between 5 and 7 BC.
Whoa!
Posted on 11/19/23 at 8:59 am to Obtuse1
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Absolutely, the fact that it is incorrect was the impetus
Then I guess we'll agree to disagree. Most of what I've read indicates that while the miscalculation is very real, religious neutrality is most often attributed to the shift.
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