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Muslim Groups Attempt to Censor Wikipedia 1730

Posted by Zonk on Thursday February 07, 2008 @02:20PM from the where-free-speech-meets-the-road dept.

Nom du Keyboard writes "The New York Times is reporting that Muslim groups are attempting to censor Wikipedia because of images of Muhammad contained in the article about him. 'A Frequently Asked Questions page explains the site's polite but firm refusal to remove the images: "Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with the goal of representing all topics from a neutral point of view, Wikipedia is not censored for the benefit of any particular group." The notes left on [online petitions against the page] come from all over the world. "It's totally unacceptable to print the Prophet's picture," Saadia Bukhari from Pakistan wrote in a message. "It shows insensitivity towards Muslim feelings and should be removed immediately."'"

Comment US over-representation? (Score 1) 1131

by Soylent Mauve on Sunday September 30, 2007 @10:36AM (#20801297) Attached to: Why Is US Grad School Mainly Non-US Students?

The US accounts for less than 5% of the world's population, yet accounts for ~10% of this graduate program. Sounds to me like US representation is very healthy indeed.

Submission + - NYT & Economist articles on Algorithms (nytimes.com)

Submitted by Soylent Mauve on Sunday September 23, 2007 @10:59AM

Soylent Mauve writes: The trend toward data- and algorithm-driven tuning of business operations has gotten a lot of attention recently — check out the recent articles in the New York Times and the Economist. It looks like computer scientists, especially those with machine learning training, are getting their day in the sun.

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