Pic: A Printed Version of Wikipedia

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Pic: A Printed Version of Wikipedia

Rob Matthews has created a hefty physical version of Wikipedia’s featured articles. The 2,559 digital articles have been transformed into a massive, 5,000 page hardbound book that looks to be around 2 feet tall. Though thoroughly impractical, the project beautifully illustrates the usefulness of digital information.

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  1. Wow.. how will it ever be updated though?

    KP

  2. Call me oldschool, but I recall massive print version of a Wikipedia type book set in the back of my 3rd grade classroom… the encyclopedia.

  3. @jon burg
    Agreed, that’s pretty idiotic, considering that it’s not like books of that size don’t exist, they’d just be broken down into volumes.
    Wtvr

  4. yes, real encyclopedias were bound sets, and most could reach over 2 feet if you stacked each volume. They were also edited by professionals. The only thing this is illustrates is the internet’s most abundant resource: fail.

  5. “beautifully illustrates the usefulness of digital information” do you believe that or are you confused on the difference between quality and quantity and how the relate to usefulness? To quote a famous dead man, ” I can crap in a box and mark it GUARANTEED, but its still a box of crap”

  6. “beautifully illustrates the usefulness of digital information” do you believe that or are you confused on the difference between quality and quantity and how they relate to usefulness? To quote a famous dead man, ” I can crap in a box and mark it GUARANTEED, but its still a box of crap”

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