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TheUltimateBulbaSpriter August 24th, 2007 7:24 AM

Hey hey hey, USB is back! I was making a golf course.

Drummershuff August 24th, 2007 7:47 AM

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Hey hey hey, USB is back! I was making a golf course.

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TheUltimateBulbaSpriter August 24th, 2007 8:02 AM

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Okay, sorry about that. :(
What is everyone talking about? I don't get it.

DarkGreg August 24th, 2007 8:23 AM

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Originally Posted by TheUltimateBulbaSpriter (Post 2801980)
What is everyone talking about? I don't get it.

We're talking about how it's so annoying that schools ban websites that we like.

And they even ban Wiki. 0=

The Real AAA August 24th, 2007 8:25 AM

What they banned wikipedia in schools also?!!

TheUltimateBulbaSpriter August 24th, 2007 8:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Wudge (Post 2802038)
We're talking about how it's so annoying that schools ban websites that we like.

And they even ban Wiki. 0=

Seriously? A site that's good for learning? Oh, man that's weird.

Gourmet Popcorn August 24th, 2007 8:34 AM

I know it stink's, I loved using Wikipedia.:)

TheUltimateBulbaSpriter August 24th, 2007 8:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Chin_Chan (Post 2802085)
I know it stink's, I loved using Wikipedia.:)

Man, it's a great site, I was on there this morning.

pokejungle August 24th, 2007 8:36 AM

The Wikipedia doesn't get enough credit though, it's much more reliable than people think.

And it's Sinchan, not chinchan.

Gourmet Popcorn August 24th, 2007 8:37 AM

But the only down side is that you can put anything you want on there, but other than that it is a great site.:)

The Real AAA August 24th, 2007 8:39 AM

Yeah Wikipedia is an awesome source, but why did they banned the site from schools?

pokejungle August 24th, 2007 8:40 AM

Schools don't want kids using it for research.

Virtual Headache August 24th, 2007 8:44 AM

My school didn't block Wikipedia.
Would have bene bad if they did, since that's the first site everyone went to when we had to found out more on a certain subject.

pokejungle August 24th, 2007 8:45 AM

Yeah, even my school in Japan used it a lot. If there was a rock solid 'pedia that covered as much as the Wikipedia, then people would love it. But the only reason that the Wikipedia has so much information is because so many people write for it.

The Real AAA August 24th, 2007 9:25 AM

It still sux that they blocked wikipedia, what other good sites they have blocked? oh yeah YouTube, I could understand why it's block but it's a cool site

Ivysaur August 24th, 2007 9:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Phrase (Post 2802133)
Yeah, even my school in Japan used it a lot. If there was a rock solid 'pedia that covered as much as the Wikipedia, then people would love it. But the only reason that the Wikipedia has so much information is because so many people write for it.

Oh, well, the problem of the wikipedia is that some people do changes for their own interests. You will be surprised by all the changes the most important companies made.

Razer302 August 24th, 2007 9:38 AM

I have never used Wikipedia for any of my school projects. I tend to use more specific sites related to what it is on.

Has anyone had their GCSE results?

Shikon no Tama August 24th, 2007 9:39 AM

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Originally Posted by The Real AAA (Post 2802233)
It still sux that they blocked wikipedia, what other good sites they have blocked? oh yeah YouTube, I could understand why it's block but it's a cool site

Wikipedia is probably blocked so students can't just get easy answers off the internet. I think teachers now-a-days want students to try looking up words in dictionaries instead of the internet, seeing as the internet might not be as reliable as they think sometimes. But I don't really understand why teachers wouldn't think Wikipedia is a reliable site. You can look up just about anything and get a result in most cases.

Over here where I live, they only put a ban on Youtube and other such sites during the school day. Like in computer class if you wanted to go on Youtube, it'd show up as restricted on the computer. But after school, it works strangely enough. I think they put a timed ban or something on the site.

Morkula August 24th, 2007 9:43 AM

I had a professor in my freshman year of college that banned us from using Wikipedia as a source because it could be edited by anyone and therefore "wasn't a reliable source of information". I guess he didn't realize that it's heavily moderated and anything false or biased written in there usually gets cleaned up as soon as it's put up there.

Vavavoom ♣ August 24th, 2007 9:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Wudge (Post 2802038)
We're talking about how it's so annoying that schools ban websites that we like.

And they even ban Wiki. 0=

=O They did? Woah... At my school, were aloud to use Wikipedia. ^^

Shikon no Tama August 24th, 2007 9:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Vavavoom (Post 2802300)
=O They did? Woah... At my school, were aloud to use Wikipedia. ^^

You're so lucky~ ;-; At my school, we weren't even aloud to look up things on the internet unless the teacher monitored us when we used laptops to make sure we got the right information, but never were we allowed to use Wikipedia, Google or any other site like that. Teachers just didn't think those sites were really good sources... On Google, just about any site can pop up. If we ever were to research off Google, we had to get a little slip of paper showing us what to search and what link to click on. .___.;

Razer302 August 24th, 2007 9:53 AM

Your school's seem a to take the use of Google and Wikipedia quite serious. My school will let us use Google to search for what we are looking for. They won't give us direct instructions of the sites to use a lot of the time. We get to find are own sites.

Youtube isn't even blocked.

gaz-is-the-best August 24th, 2007 9:53 AM

My school hasn't blocked wikipedia. Even though theyre pretty damn close to blocking EVERY SINGLE DECENT SITE ON THE INTERNET!!

Shikon no Tama August 24th, 2007 9:58 AM

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Originally Posted by razer302 (Post 2802319)
Your school's seem a to take the use of Google and Wikipedia quite serious. My school will let us use Google to search for what we are looking for. They won't give us direct instructions of the sites to use a lot of the time. We get to find are own sites.

Youtube isn't even blocked.

Yeah, our school is just too strict with these internet bans. You see... the reason they don't let us use Google is that 2 years ago or so this kid at the school was in the library, researching and the librarian caught him on Google looking up "inappropriate things for a child to research". Ever since then the teachers here take it pretty seriously if anyone else wants to use Google.

Rena Ryuugu August 24th, 2007 10:00 AM

Heh. My school hardly cares.

Plus, the teachers are fools, so they give us a computer assignment and then leave the room. What is wrong with them!? XD


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