What Wikipedia has to say

[GWDavis28]

Music Man

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Man_(company)

Ernie Ball

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ball

Glenn |B)

 

[mico]

Interesting. Wonder what happened to the Music Man amplifiers? They were very popular in the early 80's when I started playing. Do EB own the rights for these amps?

 

[Big Poppa]

I tried to alter the ernie ball entry and they refused to accept it. It is wrong where he died and what he died of. I dont trust Wiki pedia at all.

 

[spkirby]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Petrucci

So no NAMM JP2 BP?

 

[blackspy]

I tried to alter the ernie ball entry and they refused to accept it. It is wrong where he died and what he died of. I dont trust Wiki pedia at all.

Yeah, I believe they stopped allowing everyone to make edits or new posts. I think you have to sign up and go through an 'approval' process now. To reduce some of the bad posts. I'm sure they'll let you change it if you go through the registration.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4502846.stm

 

[CodeMonkey]

From Penny Arcade:

Tycho says - " I wasn't aware they thought they were making a real encyclopedia for big people at the time, and if I had, I'd have sought out one of the many other free solutions. I had seen the unbelievably detailed He-Man and Pokémon entries and assumed - like any rational person would - that Pokémaniacs were largely at the rudder of the institution.

I am almost certain that - while they prune their deep mine of trivia - they believe themselves to be engaged in the unfolding of humanity's Greatest Working.

Reponses to criticism of Wikipedia go something like this: the first is usually a paean to that pure democracy which is the project's noble fundament. If I don't like it, why don't I go edit it myself? To which I reply: because I don't have time to babysit the Internet. Hardly anyone does. If they do, it isn't exactly a compliment.

Any persistent idiot can obliterate your contributions. The fact of the matter is that all sources of information are not of equal value, and I don't know how or when it became impolitic to suggest it. In opposition to the spirit of Wikipedia, I believe there is such a thing as expertise.

The second response is: the collaborative nature of the apparatus means that the right data tends to emerge, ultimately, even if there is turmoil temporarily as dichotomous viewpoints violently intersect. To which I reply: that does not inspire confidence. In fact, it makes the whole effort even more ridiculous. What you've proposed is a kind of quantum encyclopedia, where genuine data both exists and doesn't exist depending on the precise moment I rely upon your discordant f**king mob for my information."


I think that says it best.

 

[Beth]

From Penny Arcade:

Tycho says - " I wasn't aware they thought they were making a real encyclopedia for big people at the time, and if I had, I'd have sought out one of the many other free solutions. I had seen the unbelievably detailed He-Man and Pokémon entries and assumed - like any rational person would - that Pokémaniacs were largely at the rudder of the institution.

I am almost certain that - while they prune their deep mine of trivia - they believe themselves to be engaged in the unfolding of humanity's Greatest Working.

Reponses to criticism of Wikipedia go something like this: the first is usually a paean to that pure democracy which is the project's noble fundament. If I don't like it, why don't I go edit it myself? To which I reply: because I don't have time to babysit the Internet. Hardly anyone does. If they do, it isn't exactly a compliment.

Any persistent idiot can obliterate your contributions. The fact of the matter is that all sources of information are not of equal value, and I don't know how or when it became impolitic to suggest it. In opposition to the spirit of Wikipedia, I believe there is such a thing as expertise.

The second response is: the collaborative nature of the apparatus means that the right data tends to emerge, ultimately, even if there is turmoil temporarily as dichotomous viewpoints violently intersect. To which I reply: that does not inspire confidence. In fact, it makes the whole effort even more ridiculous. What you've proposed is a kind of quantum encyclopedia, where genuine data both exists and doesn't exist depending on the precise moment I rely upon your discordant f**king mob for my information."


I think that says it best.

LMAO

I don't think I could have said it better myself.

 

[jongitarz]

I'm SURE I couldn't have

 

[SteveB]

CodeMonkey,

I have read your reply and I am inclined to post:

There are only 10 types of people in the world:

Those who understand binary and those who don't.

 

[blackspy]

Naw binary isn't it.

Profanity: the single language in which all programmers are expert.

 

[Spudmurphy]

LMAO

I don't think I could have said it better myself.

He sure talks "pretty" lol!

 

[Spudmurphy]

CodeMonkey,

I have read your reply and I am inclined to post:

There are only 10 types of people in the world:

Those who understand binary and those who don't.

very good! I'll have to remember that 01 lol

 

[Eilif]

I've just registered with Wikipedia and have edited the Music Man (company) page to add Steve Lukather as a 'famous user' of Music Man Guitars. I need to go back and add Albert Lee.

I'd be happy to edit and make corrections to the Ernie Ball or any other pages if no one better qualified than myself (e.g. BP) is able to do so. Just post here.

 

[Eilif]

I've removed the reference to emphysema and the death having occurred in Canada for the Ernie Ball article. Let's hope it sticks.

BP, et al., don't give up on Wikipedia. It may be idealistic in nature, but I think it will prove itself in the long run.

 

[CodeMonkey]

He sure talks "pretty" lol!

Dear god please don't tell me I 'have a purty mouth' or that you are going to make me 'squeal like a pig boy'. I'll be shaking in my ADORABLE monkey galoshes.

There is nothing in the world better than a monkey in galoshes.

 

[Colin]

I've removed the reference to emphysema and the death having occurred in Canada for the Ernie Ball article. Let's hope it sticks.

BP, et al., don't give up on Wikipedia. It may be idealistic in nature, but I think it will prove itself in the long run.

It looks like the changes have remained