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Wikipedia is great as an information resource. But what does its format do that Gutenberg didn't do 400years ago? It has color pictures - that's all that separates it from a woodblock print encyclopedia.

It's running on a ####ing computer and yet can't use any of the features of that computer - just because the browser is an app and the job of the OS is to protect itself from apps



> It has color pictures - that's all that separates it from a woodblock print encyclopedia.

Well, that and it fits on a desktop instead of in 100 monasteries connected by donkey carts.


And it's very up to date!

Usually.




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