Re: [gentoo-user] why firefox is so slow?

[Peter Kelly <linuxpete@houston.rr.com>]

On Friday 05 May 2006 12:58, Farhan Ahmed wrote:
> Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> > (snip)
> >
> > There are cases, where misonformation was not found for month, even
> > longer - and there are a lot of very demanding and obscure articles,
> > would you really bet, that every case of voluntary misinformation can and
> > will be found?
>
> In that case you should stop using GNU/OSS software, as you have no way
> of knowing every piece of code using your brains.. Have you ever audited
> kernel before updating? No.. But still you update.. Why? Because you
> trust that someone will point some malicious code, if any, before it
> comes to your machine.. Likewise, if someone reads the article and he
> sees some inconsistency, he'll in all likelihood correct it (just in
> wiki's, not entirely possible in "Reliable Articles By Experts")..
>
> Just as an example, compare Wikipedia spelling accuracy to other sources,
> you'll find that Wikipedia is far better.. When thousands of people are
> editing a article there will always be some odd person who will post
> misinformation, but how many people will correct it? Almost everyone who
> points that misinformation..

Got to agree there.  Ever posted something in a NG that wasn't quite correct?  
How quickly those who know better jump in....

Peter
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