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The U.S. prison at Guantánamo has sufficient military medical staff to synchronize forced-feedings to the Ramadan fast and will only feed hunger strikers after sunset and before dawn, a prison spokesman said Tuesday.
Navy Capt. Robert Durand said that the detention center had for years only fed Ramadan-observing detainees at night during Islam's holy month, and this year would be no different — even with the majority of captives on hunger strike.
"We understand that observing the daytime fast and taking nothing by mouth or vein is an essential component of Muslim observance of Ramadan," Durand said. "And for those detainees on hunger strike we will ensure that our preservation of life through enteral feeding does not violate the tenets of their faith."
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This will be the 12th Ramadan in U.S. captivity for most Guantánamo detainees. It begins at the U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba at sunset Monday.
Troops adjust their captives' feeding schedules to after dark for those observing the fast, said Durand, and will still offer meals during the day for those who don't fast. The prison has already "laid in supplies of lamb, dates and honey and zamzam water" — water from a well in Mecca, said Durand.
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He made the commitment by telephone from Guantánamo in an interview with The Miami Herald a day after lawyers for four Guantánamo captives sought an emergency hearing at federal court in a bid to get a judge to order the Pentagon to stop force-feedings, as inhumane.
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Detainees say through their attorneys that the feedings are both painful and humiliating; the Pentagon defends the practice as routinely used on consenting U.S. hospital patients.


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Bad Cop Drop is a mission in The Lost and Damned. It is given by Jim Fitzgerald to Johnny Klebitz.
Jim is still angry about the cops, Ed McCornish and Jimmy Matthews, who harassed them at the end of the last mission. So he wants to show them a thing or two about The Lost Brotherhood. Johnny agrees and goes along with the plan and lures the bent cops into a trap in Acter Industrial Park.
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- Race Jim to the cops
- Lure the bent cops to the ambush
- Take out the bent cops
- Leave the area
When you arrive at Jim's location, you'll witness a cutscene. Jim is understandably worried about the crooked cops who are currently trying to blackmail the two of you. The way Jim sees it, there's two options here. The first and most obvious is to pay the cops off as they want. The second, more desirable alternative is to kill these cops to teach them a lesson - you can't push The Lost MC around. Jim and Johnny agree on going with the latter, killing the crooked cops and before you head to the location, he hands you a new gun. Jim will take the lead on this trip and bring you to a location where the two cops are currently sitting in a car.
As Jim approaches, Ed McCornish makes fat jokes about him and asks for payment. Jim responds by punching McCornish in the stomach and throwing his coffee at Matthews before running back to your location, mounting onto his bike. From here you'll ride somewhat slow, leading the police to an ambush site in the Acter Industrial Park. While leading the crooked cops there, you're told holding the "cinematic camera" button will allow you to see from the point of view of the cops, which is important as you want to stay in their line of sight and not lose them. However, do not allow McCornish and Matthews to get too close as they will open fire on Johnny and Jim with SMGs. Once you all arrive on scene, you'll discover other Lost MC members lying in wait for the cops. Once here seek cover and kill all of the cops in the area. After they're all dead, you're told to leave the scene. Due to the gunfight you've acquired a two-star wanted rating. Once evaded, the mission ends successfully.
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- After completion of this mission, a news article will appear online on the Liberty Tree website, as well as a Weazel News radio broadcast, detailing the cops' deaths.
- Ed McCornish - Killed by Johnny for blackmailing Jim Fitzgerald.
- Jimmy Matthews - Killed by Johnny for blackmailing Jim Fitzgerald.
- This mission and the Marta Full of Grace are the only ways to get the FIB Buffalo without getting a 4 or 5-star wanted level or use of cheats.
- If you go around the "start" marker and look in the back of the FIB Buffalo, you will see that there are two cops in the back of the FIB Buffalo, but, during the cutscene, there is no one in the back seat of the car.


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jquindlen, 1 Aug 2006 @ 3:01am
FIRST POST!I watched the show and went straight to wikipedia. It said something about the colbert page being locked due to vandalism
Ravedigital, 1 Aug 2006 @ 3:04am
WikipediaWikipedia needs some kind of self-moderating function granted to authenticated users with more abilities granted as their karma score increases. Letting ANYONE even without a username is a little bit ridiculous. A lot of people are using the internet, for good and evil, and it's time for wikipedia to also move with the times.
John, 1 Apr 2008 @ 1:58am
Re: WikipediaThen it wouldnt be a community project you f***ing moron.
Patrick Cahel, 20 Jul 2014 @ 9:13pm
Re: WikipediaWhat do you know about Citizendium?
Ravedigital, 1 Aug 2006 @ 3:06am
ALso..Also may I add, it's only time until spammers start using wikipedia to spam. already there a lot of commercial links that look somewhat like real pages from wikipedia entries but the only job is to simply redirect to link farms.
Spam will KILL wikipedia. In about 2-3 years I predict the onslaught of automated bots looking for topics on wikipedia to link to link farms with keyword analysis, followed quickly by a full user system with captcha and everything.
Red, 1 Aug 2006 @ 3:16am
BahahahahaI watched the show and went straight to Wikipedia too. And I checked the elephant article and it still says that the pop of elephants has tripled in the past six months, hahahaha.
The Colbert Report is awesome, maybe even better than the Daily Show......
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 9:53am
Re: BahahahahaYeah, funny. But the fact is that this kind of comedy could really hurt what is a great source of information. Sure it's a wiki - entries must be taken with a grain of salt (it's for intelligent people...you must think for yourself), but it's still a great resource.
Yes, Wikipedia needs to move with the times and innovate better security while maintaining open source. However, I still think it's out of line for Colbert (or anyone else) to mass-promote site vandalism the way he did. It would be too bad to see a site like Wikipedia die out due to mass-vandalism as a result of celebrity promotion of such acts.
Danno, 1 Aug 2006 @ 3:31amSpam won't kill Wikipedia, there are already good Spam reversing models in existence: See Ruse by Jim Weirich.
I really don't think this is cool on Colbert's part, it's like a malevolent /. effect attack. Jimbo should make him revert all the changes his audience made.
Kat, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:36am
Re:I don't think we should be blaming Colbert, but rather his overestimation of the intelligence of the average TV viewer. There is a huge contingent of mouth-breathing, Rush-Limbaugh-parroting troglodytes that take everything Colbert says as gospel, simply because he is saying stuff that they want to hear. They don't realize that the show is an ongoing satire on punditry and he is actually making fun of the Sean Hannity's of the world.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 9:55am
Re: Re:I don't buy that.
They're in the industry. They know their audience better than anyone. Which is exactly why they're so popular.
Brad Eleven, 1 Aug 2006 @ 10:10am
Re: Re: KatI think you mean... O'Reilly.
Although it's certainly possible that there is a significant contingent of Colbert Report viewers who take it seriously. After all, there were enough idiots at the White House Press Dinner to hire him to speak there.
Danno, 1 Aug 2006 @ 3:36amOh, incidentally, the Elephant article makes no mention of increases in Elephant populations now, it actually mentions a 10 fold plummet (with a citation).
Tyshaun, 1 Aug 2006 @ 4:15am
lemmings...It's amazing how people, for all of our sophistication still basically listen to people on the TV without thinking. Whether it was right or wrong for Colbert to do what he did, it was really bad that so many people just listened.
As for wikipedia, I think it's best defense against spam is the same one that exists against erroneous information, user feedback. The more users it has the more quickly spam gets taken down when it occurs. About the only thing maybe they should do is improve protection against bots to make the task of making spam links more difficult to produce.
Mark, 1 Aug 2006 @ 4:21am
WikiJust because you read something, does it make it true? Get a clue people Creeps like Colbert will always be around, and every site may not have as much time devoted to them as should be. MOST of the thing I have looked up in Wikipedia has been at least close to what it should be. besides if you are researching something, do YOU only look at one sorce? If so don't complain when your facts are wrong.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 9:59am
Re: WikiColbert is not a creep. Grow up.
Yes. That was out of line. But that doesn't make him any less funny. For all the comedic genius in his body the guy should get a little credit for attacking the wrong thing - I think he should apologize for underestimating the impact his joke would have in reality - that would square things up as far as I'm concerned.
Sammy Chavanavich, 1 Aug 2006 @ 5:08am
Cobert ReportThis weekness in Wikipedia needed to be demonstrated. Cobert has done it in a manner that will speed the fix.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 6:32am
Re: Cobert ReportHey Sammy, maybe you should look up weekness on wikipedia.
eh, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:38am
Re: Cobert ReportThis weakness in people needed to be demonstrated as well. Colbert has done it in a manner that will speed the decline.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 10:00am
Re: Re: Cobert Reportlol :)
meggy, 1 Aug 2006 @ 5:47am
viva la revolution!
Tosshin, 1 Aug 2006 @ 6:00am
the "Wiki" principleI for one hope that wikipedia DOESNT change their model of open editting. The principle behind a wiki site is that it allows for the community to contribute openly to the site. By even adding user registration you change the open feel of the website. I think the only thing that wiki needs to do is to continue to rely on the community that takes pride in the site to monitor and report erroneous information.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 10:01am
Re: the "Wiki" principleIf that model can be upheld that would be great. I just worry that there are so many jack-ass idots out there that don't give a shit that the community that does care won't be able to control it.
MikeJ, 1 Aug 2006 @ 6:07amI think the point Colbert was trying to make is that it's so easy for a person in a position of influence to distort the facts that it can crush a good-intentioned project such as Wikipedia with a mere wag of a finger. Today it's elephants, but what happens when Pat Robertson and the 700 club catch on to Wikipedia and start editing entries about homosexuality and non-Christian religions?
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:34am
Re:MikeJ, thats an excellent point, and if it is true, then irony of his joke is underscored by (what i think is) the fact that colbert's audience seems like it should be more wikipedia-positive than the rest of society yet could be manipulated into destroying it.
spoon, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:56am
Re: coment 12The respective communities get really mad and re-edit it and Wikipedia locks the article and reverts it due to opinion-war.
I mean, isn't this a self-propelling problem? They very problem he's complaining about, he's propagating! Most of the articles on Wikipedia try to stay void of opinion and just keep to the facts as they are known. Why are these people in such a rush to vandalise anything that smacks of progress? Are they afraid of it? Did it say something nasty about them? Or are they still just acting like children, messing it up because they can? There are communities that monitor most of the stuff, ad the admins can close anything down that becomes an opinion war. Look at Bush Jr's article - it survived the war and it mostly lists the facts and timeline of his presidency with little, if any, opinion.
To people that vandalise it just because it can be, I say GROW UP! Wiki's just trying to help, what's your problem with that?! In my opinion, anyone that contributes should have to register, prove their intentions are neutral, and have to prove, in conversation, that they are just adding information. It is, I'll admit, naive for Wikipedia to trust anybody to any capacity, and believe in nothing but the worst in people; I also believe the people who did this are worthless fuckers, and proves even more that mandatory registration and presentation of evidence into the group or admins controlling the article should be mandatory.
Nathan, 1 Aug 2006 @ 6:10am
Accept Wikipedia for what it isDo I expect Wikipedia to be the OED? or Brittanica? Or Grollier's? Or the NYTimes, LATimes, or WashPost? No, because it's Wikipedia. It's fast. It's current. It's fluid. It's alive. It's not a dead, centrally controlled, out of date information source. It can abused. AND it can be corrected. Can you correct Brittanica when it's wrong? Can you correct the NYTimes when they're wrong? No. You might be able to bring it to someone's attention, but after that all bets are off. This is not a weakness of Wikipedia. It is it's strength, but you need to understand what Wikipedia is and stop bitching that it isn't something that it isn't supposed to be.
Kevin, 6 May 2007 @ 7:40am
Re: Accept Wikipedia for what it isAny wealthy organization that wishes to control Wikipedia can hire a team of individuals to monitor a specific list of articles and prevent any edits that are contrary to what they want published. It is also true what Colberg suggests -- that Wikipedia shows the facts that the majority wishes to believe. Imagine 95% of the people had an incorrect view on a topic. Do you think the 5% while get an equal say? There are many more arguments beyond these two that discredit Wikipedia. Unfortunately, Wikipedia is trusted by far too many people as definitive. It needs to more publicized that wikipedia is not to be used as an end of search resource for information. It is good as a starting point, but that is all you can garantee.
Don Gray, 1 Aug 2006 @ 6:30am
Thank You Colbert!Although I think it's sad that so many of Colbert's audience decided to participate in intentionally putting incorrect informatin on Wikipedia, I don't think you can blame Colbert for that.
The fact that Wikipedia shrugged off this challenge fairly easily is a testament to its robustness.
The real issue is that a BUNCH of people who probably had never heard of wikipedia just did. Wikipedia can't buy that kind of advertising.
In fact, perhaps the wiki foundation should start a Hollywood campaign to get some "product placements" into movies and television shows so even more people can join in.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 6:35am
Hmmm...A good prosecutor might be able to make a case for Colbert directly or indirectly (by inciting others to do the dirty work) violating any of various US cybercrime laws.
MissingFrame, 1 Aug 2006 @ 6:39am
Fatal flawInteresting that Colbert exposed the REAL fatal flaw of Wiki. Hopefully that will get fixed before it gets abused too much.
pat robertson et. al.mikej wrote:
'what happens when Pat Robertson and the 700 club catch on to Wikipedia and start editing entries about homosexuality and non-Christian religions?"
read the wikipedia article on part robertson, or paul wolfowitz, or any other conservative. at least half the time the neutrality of the article is being disputed.
colbert's whole running gag has been that we should blindly accept the whitehouse's version of everything and to not think for ourselves, telling people to vandalize wikipedia is part and parcel with his schtick.
George Glass, 1 Aug 2006 @ 6:42am
CompromiseMaybe it would work best if anyone could make changes, but the changes wouldn't be published until they were approved by registered users. There could also be a way to enter your email address without registering - just to receive notification when the changes were approved or denied. Registered users could make immediate changes.
Wikipedia may have some disadvantages, but it is one-of-a-kind. Other sources of information may be more reliable in some ways, but they have their own disadvantages. Despite its flaws, Wikipedia is a great resource and I believe it will change with the times - after all, that's what it's designed to do!
JD, 1 Aug 2006 @ 6:53am
the onion took on wikipedia tooFrom www.theonion.com a few weeks ago;
Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence
Founding Fathers, Patriots, Mr. T. Honored
A. Lloyd Flanagan, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:02am
Lighten up people1) The segment on the Colbert Report was hilarious.
2) Nobody is going to believe that the population of elephants has tripled in six months.
3) Wikipedia is great, but it's not Holy Writ. It's an experiment in collaborative information-sharing. It's vulnerable to this sort of thing, more or less by design. This is not a problem.
4) Once they're through cleaning up the entry on elephants, it'll probably be way better than it was.
Kilroy, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:14am
Wikipedia is generally good...Wikipedia is a community resource. Much like Ebay and Myspace, Wikipedia is generally a good tool if you understand the 'dangers' associated with it as well. Also, like Myspace and Ebay, Wikipedia relies on the community that it serves to police it as well. In extreme cases, the handle full of staff will intervene where necessary.
What Colbert did was point out one of these 'dangers' to the normally uninterested public. I believe this is a good thing because, like similar situations with Myspace and Ebay, it allows the public to become more aware of what the tool can and cannot provide and the 'dangers' associated with its use. Informed users are always better than blind ones.
As long as the Wikipedia community continues to police itself (by disputing facts, erasing incorrect information, etc) it will keep getting better and better and the malicious efforts of a few will be washed away by the noble efforts of the many.
As it turns out, if you give the public a chance they are indeed capable of doing the right thing and more often than not, prefer to.
jsnbase, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:42am
Don't be ridiculous"It's amazing how people, for all of our sophistication still basically listen to people on the TV without thinking. Whether it was right or wrong for Colbert to do what he did, it was really bad that so many people just listened. "
They were thinking; there's nothing lemming-like about it.
It's like Nathan said, Wikipedia doesn't NEED anything, it is what it is.
Mike Lewis, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:49amI can't believe that I'm seeing posts vilifying Colbert. Might those commenters not be aware that his show is pure satire of self-righteous, loose-with-the-facts, so-called conservative, TV opinion show hosts?
Someone even wrote that a "good prosecutor" could "make a case" against Colbert for inciting violations of cybercrime laws. Which law is it that prohibits a person from posting inaccurate information on Wikipedia?
This all exposes the vulnerability of Wikipedia and other Internet resources to inaccurate information yet also confirms the ability of the community to safeguard Wikipedia's content. These seem to be positive points, but at the very least, they represent reality.
If you're upset about this, you probably crave an Internet and broadcast media that are much more restricted by the government. Fortunately, you can find this in China, so I'd recommend a visit.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:15am
Re: Cybercrime?As a matter of fact, Wikipedia's own entry on Computer Crime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_crime) could be used to make a case for the potential criminality of Colbert's action.
Mike Lewis, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:55amAnd another thing: the whole point about the "weakness" of Colbert's audience is ridiculous.
They played into the joke to confirm his point while having some fun, curious about where the joke could lead.
To fully understanding Colbert's meaning is the opposite of being weak. Watch the show, and if you miss any of the biting social and political commentary, made through satire, post here and I'll explain it to you.
Ryan, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:56amRavedigital... I made up a word for that.
It's called Wikiteering - the processes of adding your own links to wikipedia articles for SEO purposes.
JustMe, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:59am
Why is everyone so upset?I believe that Techdirt had an article just a few weeks ago about students citing WikiPedia in term papers because they didn't understand it should not be trated as an authoritative source. I'm guessing that their parents were just as clueless.
Well guess what, this is a great way to use the Wiki system to demonstrate that it is different than an encyclopedia.
There's no harm done to Sean, and no harm to Wiki, so chill.
And yes, I am a WIki contributor. I look after my little article every month.
relativismstinks, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:03am
the public will do the right thing?Kilroy wrote: "...and the malicious efforts of a few will be washed away by the noble efforts of the many.
As it turns out, if you give the public a chance they are indeed capable of doing the right thing and more often than not, prefer to."
I guess the "public" doesn't watch Colbert, then eh? Which "public" are you referring to? I think what happened with the Colbert show indicates more clearly than ever that given the temptation, the "public" will do the wrong thing, not the right thing. As it has turned out this time, if you give the public a chance to do the wrong thing, the malicious efforts of the many (Colbert viewers) have to be cleaned up by the noble efforts of the few (wiki staff).
Another genius on the 'Net, 1 Aug 2006 @ 10:35am
Re: the public will do the right thing?When the public is given the temptation to do wrong, it will. Give one small excuse to riot and loot and the theives will show themselves.
relativismstinks, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:59pm
Re: Re: the public will do the right thing?HERE HERE!!
Republican Gun, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:07am
ColbertI love Colbert. Love his show. Loved him on that old show Strangers with Candy too. Having the prolateriate vandalize Wikipedia was genius.
Brad Eleven, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:14am
What Would O'Reilly Do?Aside from the "go to your windows right now and start yelling" effect, Colbert's stunt is merely a prime example of something that a boneheaded, egomaniacal host of a political talk show would pull. Notice how Colbert extends the satirical analogy by doing actual damage in the real world.
O'Reilly's true style is way below this; if anything, he (and other would-be disinformatives) would perpetrate something like this in secret. Something tells me he'd go for something a little more relevant to his own ends than the elephant population.
Recall that the staffs of certain Federal representatives--both elected and appointed--modified their masters' Wikipedia entries about a year ago--and were caught. I like to think that there are plenty of volunteers who monitor changes to Wikipedia pages, but I doubt that there are enough to survive an orchestrated attack.
And I cling naively to the hope that such attacks will continue to require masses of human beings (as opposed to botnets) in order to vandalize freely available resources--at least for the foreseeable future.
Anonymous Coward, 3 Aug 2006 @ 8:25pm
Re: What Would O'Reilly Do?You have problems when you start referring to Wikipedia as part of "the real world".
Ryan, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:18amColber Repor is the BEST! His whitty sarcasem and whicked sharp double edged meanings is devistatingly awesome.
saw the show last night, very funny
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:27amColbert's piece and it's instructions were neither criminal nor malevolent. He just pointed out that wiki is as likely to be user-generated crap as it is to be remotely true. A large user base only lessens the likelihood of the crap. I would have thought that most of the techdirt readers would have already known that.
David, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:30am
Colbert ReportI can't believe so many people listen to what Colbert said. That just shows the intelligence and maturity level of his audience. Don't get me wrong, I love the show, but it's stupid humor. In addition, Wikipedia is open to the community. There is no "flaw". Anyone can edit the articles. Of course, users will put in wrong information, but other users can correct this error. This is the beauty of Wikipedia.
Pope Ratzo, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:34amwikipedia cannot sustain it's policy of letting anyone edit its pages, any more than a bank can have a "honor-system" policy of letting anyone help themselves to withdrawals.
A certain segment of the population will always be so poorly socialized or simply sociopathic, and will make a mess of things given the chance.
I don't see any problem with requiring logins and some sort of karma-authorization system to keep the screwups from spoiling Wikipedia for us all.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:46am
Re:Kat wrote: There is a huge contingent of mouth-breathing, Rush-Limbaugh-parroting troglodytes that take everything Colbert says as gospel, simply because he is saying stuff that they want to hear.
You don't watch the show, do you Kat?
jsnbase, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:56am
Ummm...."I don't see any problem with requiring logins and some sort of karma-authorization system to keep the screwups from spoiling Wikipedia for us all."
As far as I'm concerned, 'requiring logins and some sort of karma-authorization system' would spoil Wikipedia for us all.
Kal Zekdor (profile), 1 Aug 2006 @ 9:15am
Many Colbert Watchers?I don't know what all you people are talking about with "it was really bad that so many people just listened." and Although I think it's sad that so many of Colbert's audience decided to participate". I watched the show last night. After he announced what he was going to do, I immediately opened my laptop and loaded up wikipedia, to see if he was actually going to change the entry. When he apparently (it's still not proven that the username "Stephencolbert" is really his) changed his entry regarding Oregon, I was impressed. I noticed then it was changed back almost immediately. After he made the suggestion about elephants, I want to watch that. And some people did change it. But, the number of people who were actually trying to change these pages according to Colbert's instructions were less than a dozen people. Most of the editing done was removing vandalism, replacing lost info, and correcting typographical errors. I'm not sure how many people watched the show last night, but a dozen out of a few tens of thousands is not what I'd call "many".
relativismstinks, 1 Aug 2006 @ 8:55pm
Re: Many Colbert Watchers?Wasn't it enough to bring the site down for a while? Even if they all just wanted to watch the few do something bad, what does that say about the many?
Danno, 1 Aug 2006 @ 9:17amThere's nothing wrong with Colbert telling people to go onto Wikipedia and make edits, I just think that encouraging non-factual edits is a dick move.
If he had told his audience to go on and state edit in their opinions on some topic they had some particular knowledge on, that wouldn't be so bad because there would probablly be roughly an equal amount of good and bad edits and once (most of) the bad edits got corrected, Wikipedia would be left with a net positive gain.
Telling the audience to go and mess up the Elephants page is just mean.
casey kochmer, 1 Aug 2006 @ 9:22am
checks and balancesMany people are missing the point. Wikipedia does have a very solid check and balance system. Its us. Everyone of its users is a check and balance for the information that flows in.
Granted this system is only as good as its users. However thats true of all information systems. Over time automated checks and balances will have to be added to fight spammers using automated tools against wikipedia. But any and all good software design is a process of evolution. Wikipedia is the same, and over time will have to evolve or become defunct. But the designers have done a great job to date, hopefully they will continue to do so for the future. It shouldn't be a process of debate or arm chair quarter backing but rather it's us working as community together to keep Wikipedia what it is :) a Great shared resource.
Mark, 1 Aug 2006 @ 9:30amI I love both Wikipedia and Colbert, and I wasn't very comfortable with seeing him encouraging its vandalism. At the same time, when he put the plan out in public like that, he pretty much gauranteed that it would not do any damage to the site. It sucks that he caused a headache for whoever had to deal with the misinformation, but still... the nature of Wikipedia allows for misinformation to be accepted as truth. If it wasn't for the public nature of the prank, a valid entry could have been tainted. The Wikipedia relies on responsible use and for now has been an extremely valuable source of information. It reminds me alot of how the web was when I first got started using it. The fact that there are individual entries that can be disputed and worked on collectively makes it much better than the old internet, but it still relies on the good nature of the people using it and unfortunately alot of people will not honor the site's intentions.
shableep, 1 Aug 2006 @ 10:02am
You know...To this day, every time I visit wikipedia on some subject, I'm surprised that I'm allowed to click that freakin' edit button.
I agree that it has it's flaws. But it's really just this massive experiment. An experiment that happens to be kicking ass at what it does.
kitzmark, 1 Aug 2006 @ 10:02am
boycottI am sick of all this anti-elephantism. You all have a pre 9/11 mindset.
Alex Hagen, 1 Aug 2006 @ 10:57am
Why the fuss?Why all the fuss about this. This is such not the big deal. The amount of vandalism done on Wikipedia on any given day makes any amount that Colbert or Colbert's fans did seem trivial. The reverting, and locking, of pages is done all the time all over Wikipedia. Maybe the subject matter of the vandalism was odd (Elephants?) but the methods used to deal with it have been honed to a razor sharp skill over there. For example, I hope everyone does realize that the things that Colbert on the show did were changed back by the normal processes within 10 minutes, well before the episode even aired. It just shows how good Wikipedia has become. Not perfect, but it will take a lot more than this to show flaws in their system.
Checker, 1 Aug 2006 @ 11:06am
WikiWarThis Jagoff and his website have major issues with Wiki.--------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://factcheck .gullible.info/discussion/145/no-more-links-to-wikipedia-articles/#Item_0--------------------------- ------------------------------ "If you post a link to Wikipedia your post will be hidden, or your thread moved to the garbage chute. Thank you for your cooperation and patience."
jsnbase, 1 Aug 2006 @ 11:27am
Yeesh.To Checker:
Gullible.info is a website devoted to made-up facts. They are trying to distance themselves from Wikipedia because (amongst other things) in the past back-and-forth link has required them to debunk their own fake facts in Wiki articles. It's a unique case. Ease up, tiger.
To Brad Eleven:
The speaker at the White House Correspondents' Dinner has always been an entertainer, and has become more and more 'roastish' as the years have gone by. Even if he didn't wow the crowd, bringing Colbert in is exactly what they've always done. Nothing idiotic about it.
Lee, 1 Aug 2006 @ 12:00pmThere are little basement dwelling shits stiill crapping on the Swiftboat Veterans entry. Orwell knew these lefties who would rewrite history on the fly to suit themselves. They are still all over wiki because they have nothing better to do with their llives.
jsnbase, 1 Aug 2006 @ 12:10pm
Re:Huh. Does crazy hurt? I think they have pills you can take.
Stephen Colbert, 1 Aug 2006 @ 12:12pm
D & D rules!D & D rules!
Lay Person, 1 Aug 2006 @ 12:15pm
I read some researchI read some research regarding the accuracy of Wikipedia content.
They concluded that as far as science is concerned, it is as accurate as Encyclopedia Brtannica.
It was slightly less accurate concerning contemporary events and culture.
Overall the researchers concluded that it is as accurate as anything else in print.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 12:16pmColbert should be painful. Isn't it a little known asian virus?
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 12:51pmSpam won't kill Wikipedia, it'll just force them to increasingly step-up restrictions on who can and can't edit as spamming becomes more automated and organised, rather than the individual vandalism that exists today (which isn't anything like as under control as the Wikipedia fanboys would have us believe anyway).
What could "kill" Wikipedia are its fundamental flaws in structure and philosophy. We can already see that the hype Wikipedia has been receiving from the mainstream media is dying down now, and being gradually replaced with cynicism and ridicule as people realise that, in actual fact, Wikipedia is not an encyclopaedia, but rather an often-innacurate repository of trivia and a place for nerds to participate in flamewars with each other.
Anonymous Coward, 1 Aug 2006 @ 1:00pm"...a place for nerds to participate in flamewars with each other."
Wait, were you talking about wikipedia or techdirt?
Wikiality, 1 Aug 2006 @ 2:27pm
Wikiality Lives
Marshall, 1 Aug 2006 @ 2:29pmWhat a disaster- now that the pre-Colbert versions of those pages are lost forever whatever shall we do??
Fire Star, 1 Aug 2006 @ 2:42pm
WikipediaThe pre-Colbert versions aren't lost, they are in the page history that anyone can look up.
I am a volunteer Wikipedia administrator, and I thought Colbert's bit was hilarious.
What drew me to Wikipedia (WP) was the desire to make sure that the articles on my and related professions weren't being spammed, and I spend about half my time there removing spam and banning spammers as well as other vandals. Due to the increased traffic, a lot gets by, but it is usually caught fairly soon.
Even so, WP is a better place to start researching a subject than it is to use as a reliable source...
Feynmann, 1 Aug 2006 @ 5:22pm
The Wikipedia...look up any physics related term on the wikipedia and it will be 99% accurate... but even that's beside the point, in what other encyclopedia can you find information on any video game you desire? hell, the subject of "video games" probably isn't even a 1 page entry in most encyclopedias, never mind the detail some of wikipedia's pages have on individual games (final fantasy series)... and even that's beside the point... anything that people can obsess about (video games, science, philosophy) will be 99% accurate on the wikipedia because people take their obsessions to the extreme... and 99% accurate is just as good if not better than the encyclopedia britannica
Duane barry, 1 Aug 2006 @ 7:23pm
StephenI dont' live in america (thank god) but i till tune into this show to watch it, it's funny and very entertaining. and yes I too went to click ont he wiki site after he mentioned it in his show.
thank you
Duane barry
lewis salem, 1 Aug 2006 @ 9:18pm
Re: StephenOf course you would. You are a lemming.
lewis salem, 1 Aug 2006 @ 9:17pm
It didn't work.The page is locked. So it didn't work. Proved nothing. How is this comedy? Wow that Colbert is a sly one! Woo hoo! Oh boy! How neat-o!
Wikiality, 1 Aug 2006 @ 11:26pm
Help define a reality we can all agree onwww.wikiality.net - under the inspiration of Mr Colbert, let's create a reality we can all agree on! Wikiality for all!
Dr. MoFo, 2 Aug 2006 @ 7:24am
Robust?: "The fact that Wikipedia shrugged off this challenge fairly easily is a testament to its robustness."
Unless you were one of the 2 billion or so people with internet access outside the USA, or not watching Colbert, who happened to consult Wikipedia's entry for African Elephants last night - and got wrong information.
Click ... Boom!
Admit your Wikipedia dreams are over, guys.
You can't vote for the truth.
Gil Shalit, 2 Aug 2006 @ 8:55am
Reminds me of a Borges short story
Lay Person, 2 Aug 2006 @ 9:26am
Wikipedia Rules!Look people, it's free and as in all things free there is a cost.
I'm willing to pay for the 1% inaccuracy. Besides where else can you go and find the information contained within the Wiki web site?
You'd be pressed to do alot more searching or paying.
Not so bad now...is it?
uno, 2 Aug 2006 @ 10:44am
Wikiality.com is here!I've developed my own wiki site at www.wikiality.com to help spread Stephen's version of truthiness and the "facts"!
Newob, 2 Aug 2006 @ 1:08pm
Funny thing is ...The funny thing is, traditional media have been pumping out misinformation for years and nobody can fix it because the editors are all bought by advertisers. This just goes to show that Wikipedia is a much better source of information, because it can be edited by anybody.
Anonymous Coward, 2 Aug 2006 @ 6:51pmWikipedia is garbage anyway.
Token, 3 Aug 2006 @ 2:13am
¿And?I prefer masses deciding what they want to believe that individuals deciding what masses should be believing in. Wikipedia can be corrected, TV journalists hide their errors calling it 'The truth'. Neutrality gives us a chance to be wrong, control gives others full power to tell us what is wrong, whether it is or not.
crazy hakko, 3 Aug 2006 @ 9:24pmpoor old shitty gay wikipedia
Anonymous Coward, 5 Aug 2006 @ 7:30am
Contradictions everywhereWikipedia can be corrected, but how will you know its correct?
Sure the masses can decide what they want to believe, until a minority committee of Wikipedia admins disagrees.
I think this Elephant deal was perfect. The masses decided to believe something different, and a minority population disagreed. Then the minority population used tools and influence such as locking the page to ensure that only their opinion mattered and won.
That's not open.
Facts will be disputed...until the admins decide they should not be. Yet they have no credentials to argue their facts are better than yours. Meanwhile experts and academics are vilified for claiming to be authorities. The only expert authority in Wikipedia is admin apparently.
So who is right about Elephants? Who is to say Colbert wasn't right about the population? Wikipedia doesn't respect expert authorities that aren't open, so what WWF says doesn't count. WWF doesn't just let anyone dispute and change the information they publish, so they can't be trusted.
Wikipedia is an array of contradictions, and that was the point Colbert made beautifully.
mandy, 7 Aug 2006 @ 12:51pm
Re: Contradictions everywhereAnonymous (#84.), Let's talk about the Wikipedia Administrative team:
Then the minority population [i.e., Wikipedia admin] used tools and influence such as locking the page to ensure that only their opinion mattered and won.
I'm inclined to agree except you're forgetting something. Admin locked Wikipedia because it became very apparent that "vandals", or folks who thought it would be funny to take Colbert's suggestions to heart, were about to completely skew the collected data of people who were serious and concerned and diligent enough to contribute to the African elephant and other elephant entries. So the administrative staff did not lock those entries to ensure their opinions were the main source of info to be delivered to the masses, but rather to protect the efforts made by countless elephant enthusiasts as it were who made those entries in the first place -- a group maybe far outnumbering those who were ready to sabotage those entries. So in fact, the Wiki administration was looking out for the minority trying to report factual information.
At any rate, I agree that Colbert made a good point, however rebelliously it may have been executed.
paul, 5 Aug 2006 @ 7:39pm
wikipediaa related post 'Free the Curricula, Free the Textbooks'- A Wikiality? http://truckandbarter.com/mt/archives/2006/08/free_the_curric_1.html
mandy, 7 Aug 2006 @ 12:54pm
Re: The revolution will not be verifiedMike: In reference to your comment on my post, I'm sorry I didn't quite pick up on your sarcasm, but it certainly wasn't clear. Surprisingly enough, I think a lot of people might not realize that Colbert and Stewart are very much a team.
And who gets a Tip of the Hat or a Wag of the Finger? I think both Colbert and Wikipedia get the former. Colbert for pointing Wiki out and Wikipedia for the quick response.
AntiWikipedia, 24 Aug 2006 @ 3:46pm
Elephants - AntiWikipediaWe got the true elephant story at AntiWikipedia, straight from Stephen Colbert: Elephants - AntiWikipedia
Kimberly Ann Kubalek, 15 Sep 2006 @ 2:13pm
WikipediaWikipedia's model has always been naive to me. I mean, letting anyone edit? C'mon. Sweet, but stupid!
Flameviper, 15 Sep 2006 @ 5:47pm
Oh, by the gods.There are hundreds of people who constantly watch the recent changes. No vandalism gets by them. People have a skewed opinion of Wikipedia; everyone talks about the "edit this page" button but nobody talks about "IP block list" or "page protected" or "recent changes". I agree that it would be naive to assume everyone edits in good faith. That's not how Wikipedia works.
Have any of you actually observed how Wikipedia works? Or are you all just flaming Wikipedia when in fact you have no clue how it works? I suspect the latter.
Chewy, 25 Sep 2006 @ 1:11pm
Is EVERYONE completely ignorant?Am I the only one who thinks that Colbert pointed out the weakness of Wikipedia? Why is everyone so quick to defend it? This illustrates the ignorance of the masses perfectly. As Colbert said, if a majority of people agree that information is right, it is. I mean, 1984 anyone? Jeez.
I'm not saying that other systems of information need not be questioned, but Wikipedia is garbage, and no comments about close-mindedness or not understanding the checks that are in place will change this. The information is not reliable, and until there are stronger checks in place, it never will be. And banning IP addresses is not enough. Anyone can mask that easily enough.
And even if someone does revert any false changes, for the time that the information was incorrect, it could have been accessed by any number of people. What do you say to them?
Different people have different priorities. That is the flat out truth. Weather you know it or not, you have your own, no matter how neutral you might try and be. And it has been recorded that people with priorities have systematically changed "facts" to suit their own priorities, whatever they may be. And this includes the "altruistic" admins that run that site. Not all of them are as benevolent as they claim.
At least when you watch the CBC you know it is going to have more of a Liberal slant, or when you read the Sun or the Post, it'll be Conservative. Wikipedia is anyone guess, and as such it is mostly useless, system of checks notwithstanding.
Bob, 15 Nov 2006 @ 7:24pm
He's a comedian.(paraphrased) "Steven Colbert was altruistically pointing out a flaw in wikipedia so it could be fixed."
No he wasn't. Steven Colbert is a comedian. He is funny. He did something that he thought was funny. It kind of was. Steven Colbert deserves a wag of the finger for recommending that his viewers sabotage a good thing.
When I saw that episode, I immediately went to the African elephants page, not to sabotage, but to see if it was locked down. It was. Good for wikipedia.
A little off topic, but since we are talking about the strengths and weaknesses of wikipedia, has anyone noticed how snooty the staff are? I make several changes every month, usually spelling and/or grammar, sometimes filling in blanks. About three times so far, I got their "Your submission is not approved and has been reverted" page. Ok, fine. I'm not perfect, maybe I made a mistake. But the problem is, that page is uninformative and condescending. It doesn't say what edit was not approved. I make several. It also doesn't say why it wasn't approved. It is also condescending. "Thank you for experimenting with wikipedia. In the future, please experiment in the sandbox." Wikipedia needs to get off their high horse and recognize that they would be less complete without user contribution. In fact, they would be almost nothing without it.
Flameviper, 4 Jan 2007 @ 1:32pm
Jeebus, they are all idiots...Almost all of the posts on this topic are by ignorant fools who have no idea what they speak of.
People do not "vote on" articles. Unsourced statements are marked as uncited and deleted. The only actual "voting" process occurs when an article is nominated for deletion. Even then, it is not the number of users on each side as much as the consensus. Three users with correct and valid arguments to keep an article will outweigh fifteen users who give no sound argument to delete.
There is no opinion involved in publishing cited facts.
Sylocat, 15 Feb 2007 @ 7:59pm
Not clearForgive me for spouting a naïve, ridiculous, uninformed opinion here, but I can't help but think that if Wikipedia were going to get overrun by spammers, it would have happened a long, long time before now.
I'm not sure why Wikipedia works. It shouldn't. It's a terrible idea, and a recipe for disaster. But for some reason it does, even in an age where any moron can use the internet, for some reason they've managed to keep their database reasonably stable, even one that everyone on the internet has the power to edit. And yes, there have always been vandals, but overall they haven't overrun the pages. Don't ask me WHY it's worked, I have no idea, and certainly I wouldn't advise anyone to "assume good intentions" of everyone online, but they did, and for the most part they got what they wanted.
I think the actions on the part of Colbert's fans were a clear-cut case of "finding what you're looking for." They created a problem, namely mass vandalism, and now they're claiming it's always been a major problem.
Flameviper, 14 Jun 2007 @ 6:55am
Not really.You don't "control" Wikipedia by watching certain articles and reverting all edits to them. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:OWN.
You cannot use multiple accounts to influence consensus. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SOCK.
You cannot push your own point of view on an article, this gets you banned. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:NPOV.
There is a large group of editors that pass a rigorous process and examination so that they have exculsive rights. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:ADMIN.
I'm sick of all these people who have absolutely no experience on the site saying "WELL IF ANY1 CAN EDIT THEN IT CANT B ACCURATE!!!111"
There are literally hundreds of thousands of malicious edits made every day on Wikipedia. Even if Colbert could get 100,000 people to vandalise the site (which I seriously doubt, the number was more like 10), it would make no difference. Wikipedia IS ALREADY UNDER ATTACK. Everyone keeps saying "well, people can screw up the database". Dead wrong. They've been reverting and blocking since January 2001. They're not going to be overrun.
You have no clue what you're talking about. Honestly, you don't.
BAHHH, 17 Mar 2009 @ 4:49pmI hate wikimorons (I.E. people who use wikipedia and are... morons)
Flameviper is a perfect example.
Little anecdote, I vandalized several articles and my vandalisms stayed for weeks (people even SPELLCHECKED my vandalisms)... then someone took it down as being "unreferenced". So I left the page, created a Geocities account... and self referenced myself, that was up for months before people noticed my little addition.
And I wasn't "subtle" like Colbert was planning on being, I posted blatant lies that most people could see through but were worded in such a manner that it seemed true.
Simple matter of distorting information without being too stupid. (Like claiming sulfur is yellow, but turns bright red under High Spectrum UV Light, this effect is caused by the electron ionization shells increasing due to the UV Radition.) [I don't think any of that really makes much sense]
A simple claim that "the number of Elephants has tripled in the last six months" is quite likely to be left unnoticed... expecially if worded into an existing paragraph. (But most wikimorons probally remember the attack and will take it down...)
Remember the number one rule of Wikipedia, if don't read the ARTICLE, read the EDITS. Which means if your edit can survive for a few days, most Wikipedians won't notice it.
Nother anecdote. I have several wikipedia accounts... and just to test my theory I made a blatant vandalism to an article and with one of my wikiaccounts followed up with an edit. Several edits actually. No one touched the blatant error for days... I think it was me vandalizing another article to see if I could do it again that brought the vandalism to wikipedias attention (although to the cred, it was some article about some stupid person that no one knows).
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Gothenburg, 27 March 2013: SKF announces that the newly built bearing factory in Ahmedabad, India was awarded the coveted LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification by IGBC (India Green Building Council). With this certification, the Ahmedabad factory became the first bearing factory in India to be certified by LEED rating and the third SKF facility across the globe to attain a LEED certification.
Tom Johnstone, SKF President and CEO said, "SKF made the decision some years ago that all our new facilities should be built to the LEED standard. I am delighted that Ahmedabad has achieved Gold status, which will ensure we achieve world-class environmental performance – minimizing the local and global environmental impacts as much as possible. This is an important step in us achieving our aggressive new climate targets, which we launched last year. We strive to reduce our impact on the environment throughout the full value chain from the raw materials we select to the way we run our operations to developing customer solutions as in the SKF BeyondZero portfolio."
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After a protracted battle with loud and fierce opposition coming from First Nations and environmental groups, public support in Canada is on the decline for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, according to a new survey (pdf) published Wednesday.
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My g-grandfather was Frederick BARKER he married Elizabeth Jane CROCKETT in 1891 at Mansfield Australia. Frederick BARKER b.1870 at Wangaratta Victoria, he d.1895. Elizabeth Jane Crockett b.1860 and d.1898 leaving a son b.1892. Her father was Andrew CROCKETT he was b.1807 in Ireland and d.1888 in Mansfield Victoria Australia his family trace back to the French Gabriel Gustave De CROCKETAGNE of Montauban France.
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echabot necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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South Shore http://www.southshorefurniture.com
South Shore is a recognized leader in North American furniture manufacture, Established in 1940,we have been making furniture for three generations. Employing a team of over 1000 employees in three factories in Quebec and Mexico, our assembled and ready-to-assemble furniture has a reputation for quality and excellence at affordable prices for today's family.
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We are celebrating 70 years of existence and we are one of the few furniture manufacturer in North America which have been able to re-invent itself through difficult times, sustain and get stronger as years go by.
We want our new logo to reflect that.
Our main target market is women who are online and aged between 18-34 years old. Our corporate personality is Simple, Reliable, Smart, Affordable, Friendly, Excellent reputation, Modern, Young and Aimed at North American women. They are seeking solutions to ease their home decoration projects, room by room. Although, our core target is women aged 18-34, our secondary market is up to 45 years old. Therefore, we do not want a logo too hype...
We are no longer just a furniture manufacturer selling to other retailers. We are becoming a retailer ourselves as we develop our own transactional web site with an expanded offer. Our goal is to be able to sell customized ready to assemble furniture and accessories for the very specific tastes of single consumers.
Our target audience could speak English, French or Spanish.
Solve the brand identity issue that we have right now cause we run our company under 2 identities: "Meubles Rive Sud" in French and "South Shore Furniture" in English. (See existing logos in yellow and red.) I can send you the existing logo in what ever format you require. Just send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Charleston, S.C. -- The women's tennis team had to contend with some tough sets but held off the Charleston Southern Lady Buccaneers 7-2. CSU claimed one singles and one doubles match, but could not break through to pick up any more points. With the loss, CSU falls to 5-7 on the season while ETSU improves to 4-3.
Charleston Southern's Gizella Turbok won the #1 singles match over Paty Vega 6-4, 6-1 but that would be the only singles point CSU would get. ETSU's Rika Iida had to fight past Julie Harnois 7-5, 6-0 at #3. Charleston Southern would be unable to gather more than two games in any other set.
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
New Toys (cont'd)
I have earlier posted some of the cookbooks I received. Sure enough, one of them was a duplicate to what I already have, Nigella Feast. SURELY the giver should have known that being the avid Nigella Fan that I am, I would have most if not all of her books. Truth be told, I don't have her Forever Summer, for some reason, and have no inclination to get it at all, despite my obsessiveness about having complete sets, when it comes to books. Still that does not remove her from the pedestal she's on. The other guy whom I do not feel compelled to have complete sets either are Jamie Oliver.
So anyway, I was rather pleased with THESE two books I received.
The problem with Gordon Ramsay's book, CHEF, is that whilst one can dream and ogle at the lovely lovely food porn in that book, it probably is destined to REMAIN as such. Something one can only fantasise about, because it looks darn difficult to do, and tedious as well. Its like reading THE SILMARILLION vs Jackie Collin's "HOLLYWOOD WIVES". (the latter being the Nigella equivalent...not in terms of literary value, (Nigella writes wonderfully), but in terms of ease of recipes). But it was a BEAUTIFUL gift nonetheless, and really, is the sort of thing one can only HOPE to receive, coz I doubt I would buy it on my own volition, because of the prohibitive cost. Thanks to the Lionheart, yhsmom and Leon crowd.
Annie Bell's Gorgeous Desserts was such a sweet surprise, from favourite neighbour girl, Miss D, who dropped it off as a belated Christmas present. She has always been a sweetie. The recipes here look delectable, and I can't wait to try some of them. In fact, there's another book in the same series I saw in Borders, Gorgeous Cakes, by the same author. I tell you, age is really catching up, coz when I was browsing that book, I really wanted to get it, coz there was 20% off, but at the back of my mind, I was thinking, hmmm, do I have this book? Annie Bell, hmm, rings a Bell.
In the tool/accessories department, I got these. My long awaited and dreamed of Blowtorch. Nigella is right. There is something wonderfully satisfying about wielding that flame thrower, it gives such an adrelanin rush. The sound of the highly pressurised lighter gas flowing through the nozzle with that glorious blue flame, sends tingles of pleasure down my spine. Who knew a blowtorch could be so fun. Oh, in case yall are wondering WHAT one does with the blowtorch, no, it is not for disciplining recalcitrant children. It's to caramelise sugar on top of the creme brulee, which are what those ramekins (them little bowls) are for. Ramekins are for things like souffle, brulee, anything else ending with Le....
Many thanks to Kung Tai Tai and gang for this birthday present.
The red silicone baking pan, is pyrex brand, given by Sunshine. Frankly, I have my reservations about silicone ware. For starters, the baking pans seem to come in really irregular sizes, so I was pretty thrilled to see that this particular one was 20cm diameter, or 8", which most cake recipes cater for. Secondly, I always thought they didnt cook as well, ie, didnt conduct heat as well as the normal aluminium pans. This particular one seemed to do a splendid job actually. So, I don't know if there are different grades of silicone, coz if there are, then pyrex must be using the good type, probably the same grade as that for breast implants.
And Crewcut of Crew's Brew, who bought me the Nigella Feast which I already had, replaced Nigella with this lovely arty clock he got from Thailand. Got people give clock for birthday one ah? Haha, fortunately, I not taboo.
So thankyewberrymuch all of you for your lovely birthday and Christmas gifts.
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I hope it is better late than never. Happy Birthday!
- fatboybakes said...
heh heh sam, thanks. twas about 2 months ago la. just that i lost my "groove" whole of december so hardly blogged. eh, you never reply comments on your own blog one ah?
- Karen said...
happy belated birthday! 2 months ago - november baby? me too :)
lovely pressies! still wanting ramekins... they're always too big or too small.
- wmw said...
Got people give clock for birthdays, but they normally ask for a ringgit from you. So as if you bought the clock.
- Flower said...
Taking about new toys, I just like to ask you 1 question or two. How's your Kenwood mixer. I'm looking for a new cake mixer. Not sure whether to get a Kitchenaid or Kenwood. Both are good but I heard that Kenwood has more power, 'more power heh heh heh (as in the sitcom, Home Improvements)' or the retro chic. Any pendapat?
Terima kasih.
- Flower said...
Oh, one more question, can you get silpat baking mat in KL? If you know the place I might get my big sister to go and buy me one.
- Jason said...
The book ok lah, but I don't like Gordon Ramsay at all...
I bought a clock similar to your design but in green for a friend too but it's not birthday gift :P
- fatboybakes said...
jason, as in you dont like gordon's cooking or person? you got the clock from bangkok too?
flower, i think you can get silpats at the french culinary school in menara imc.
HTC In Asia Sdn Bhd
Level 8, Annexed Block, Menara IMC,
8 Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur
(next to Concorde Hotel, pls take parking lift up)
Tel: 03 2026 9188 - Fax: 03 2026 4188
E-mail: email@example.com
as for kenwood vs kitchen aid, i dunno which is better. i'd go for the cheaper one, as they basically do the same thing anyway.
wmw, i thought that's for knives and sharp objects?
snowie, howdie!!! yours what november? saggitarian? yeah, i know what you mean about ramekins. try the remix shop in hartamas shopping centre la.
- Flower said...
Thanks mate. Might get my sis to go there and get me one silpat.
As for the cake mixer, both of the brand are at about the same price here. Might just have to close my eyes and pick one.


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Hey all,
It seems that Kevin Hall, famous for his Andrastavia LEGO-illustrated story, may be back. A new photo showed up in his Brickshelf gallery giving a tantalizing glimpse of Drachenberg, a German castle and village. Hopefully there will be more photos up soon. Does anyone have a current e-mail for Kevin?