User contributions for Metageek

30 April 2024

• 13:3413:34, 30 April 2024 diff hist +270 Twiddler →Specification current

6 November 2014

• 17:5917:59, 6 November 2014 diff hist 0 m Lamport's bakery algorithm Java is not an acronym.

1 November 2014

• 16:2516:25, 1 November 2014 diff hist −1 Artificial intelligence in video games Pong was released in 1972, so the Nim box was 20 years earlier, not 30.

26 November 2013

• 16:2116:21, 26 November 2013 diff hist −7 m Rsync "remote remote shell" --> "remote shell"

5 October 2011

• 14:3414:34, 5 October 2011 diff hist +1 m Digital camera Typo fix: "Nikons" ==> "Nikon's"

26 September 2011

• 15:3915:39, 26 September 2011 diff hist +4 m Mirrorless camera Emphasizing with italics instead of with all-caps.

8 September 2011

• 14:1214:12, 8 September 2011 diff hist +1 m Tropical Storm Lee (2011) Spelling fix: "spred" ==> "spread"

18 August 2011

• 15:3515:35, 18 August 2011 diff hist −1 m Boudica Typo fix: "based up on" ==> "based upon".

23 June 2011

• 11:5711:57, 23 June 2011 diff hist +452 Talk:Neanderthal admixture theory Autism and CNV.

20 June 2011

• 18:2318:23, 20 June 2011 diff hist +65 Qin Adding QIN, the acronym for Quinault Indian Nation.

4 March 2011

• 17:0117:01, 4 March 2011 diff hist +183 Skeuomorph Early pottery

2 March 2011

• 15:3715:37, 2 March 2011 diff hist 0 m Archaeocyatha "World" should not be capitalized.
• 15:3615:36, 2 March 2011 diff hist 0 m Halkieriid Fixing a typo: some transposed " and space.

15 February 2011

• 14:3114:31, 15 February 2011 diff hist +286 Stephen Colbert Referencing his on-campus improv troupe, No Fun Mud Piranhas

3 January 2011

• 21:4721:47, 3 January 2011 diff hist 0 m Railway Mania "Internet" is capitalized unless it refers to a small collection of connected networks rather than the global Internet

9 December 2010

• 19:5519:55, 9 December 2010 diff hist +5 m History of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Spelling fix ("lead" => "led") and wording fix ("Since 197, ... *have been* required", instead of "are required").

22 November 2010

• 22:5622:56, 22 November 2010 diff hist +140 Fanorona Linking to BoardGameGeek and Android Fanorona

5 November 2010

• 13:2213:22, 5 November 2010 diff hist −1 m Wayland the Smith Spelling fix: possessive "it's" ==> "its"

7 October 2010

• 19:5119:51, 7 October 2010 diff hist −14 Junius (writer) "Such as" and "for instance" are redundant.

24 September 2010

• 17:3817:38, 24 September 2010 diff hist 0 m History of the Isle of Man Capitalization fix

6 August 2010

• 20:0420:04, 6 August 2010 diff hist +25 m Catharism Linking to Angevin
• 19:5119:51, 6 August 2010 diff hist +7 Thunderbolt (interface) Clarification: "such" ==> "such a card"

5 August 2010

• 20:0720:07, 5 August 2010 diff hist +31 MBTA Commuter Rail Noting that the bilevel cars are sometimes used on the Lowell line--I rode one this morning.
• 20:0320:03, 5 August 2010 diff hist +24 m MBTA Commuter Rail Linking to Budd RDC-1; also, "an" ==> "a"
• 19:5619:56, 5 August 2010 diff hist 0 m MBTA Commuter Rail Spelling fix: "begun" ==> "began"

2 July 2010

• 12:4912:49, 2 July 2010 diff hist +7 ITA Software The MBTA ad campaign was some years ago.

16 June 2010

• 18:0418:04, 16 June 2010 diff hist −24 m Xeon Rephrasing the reference to Demand Based Switching for clarity. Fixing some a/an mistakes.

1 June 2010

• 19:1119:11, 1 June 2010 diff hist +4 m Dormant Commerce Clause Linking to New Deal

7 May 2010

• 19:2619:26, 7 May 2010 diff hist 0 m Terra preta There's no hyphen in "Great Britain".

6 May 2010

• 15:4515:45, 6 May 2010 diff hist +75 SIM card Went looking for the cat-and-mouse quote; found it attributed to Steve Jobs.

5 May 2010

• 14:1814:18, 5 May 2010 diff hist +254 Thunderbolt (interface) Throwing out the claim that a PCIe card would be able to keep up with 40Gb/s; replacing it with an analysis of the bottleneck.
• 13:4613:46, 5 May 2010 diff hist +10 m Thunderbolt (interface) Linking to PCI Express.

3 May 2010

• 13:2713:27, 3 May 2010 diff hist −4 m BumpTop Two is not several.

23 April 2010

• 19:1119:11, 23 April 2010 diff hist +1 m Svalbard Word choice: "for" environmental reasons, not "of"
• 19:0919:09, 23 April 2010 diff hist 0 m Svalbard Word choice: to make sure of something is to ensure it, not insure it.

12 April 2010

• 20:1220:12, 12 April 2010 diff hist +94 LabVIEW Linking to Mindstorms, which uses LabVIEW.

6 April 2010

• 19:2419:24, 6 April 2010 diff hist +8 H. A. Rey Just realized that "sizes and radii" was unclear.
• 19:1119:11, 6 April 2010 diff hist +327 H. A. Rey Mentioning the 2008 edition of Find the Constellations

1 April 2010

• 19:2919:29, 1 April 2010 diff hist +15 Ovi (Nokia) Adding the N86 to the list.
• 19:2619:26, 1 April 2010 diff hist +18 m Ovi (Nokia) Adding missing articles; replacing "&" with "and".
• 19:2319:23, 1 April 2010 diff hist +3 m Ovi (Nokia) Adding some missing commas.

25 March 2010

• 20:1220:12, 25 March 2010 diff hist −1 m Guillermo León Valencia Correcting grammatical number: he was a lawyer, not a lawyers.

17 March 2010

• 20:0720:07, 17 March 2010 diff hist 0 m Three generations of human rights Rearranging a sentence to flow better (not changing any meaning); fixing a spelling error.

8 March 2010

• 15:2815:28, 8 March 2010 diff hist +60 Alex eReader It's the second week of March, and it's not yet out.

2 March 2010

• 16:1716:17, 2 March 2010 diff hist +355 Hiram Monserrate Adding a reference to the Empire State Pride Agenda's opposition.

26 February 2010

• 14:2014:20, 26 February 2010 diff hist +1 m Duress in American law Fixing some typos.

25 February 2010

• 21:5621:56, 25 February 2010 diff hist −1 m Right-to-work law Correcting disagreement in number: the initiative was, the laws were
• 21:3621:36, 25 February 2010 diff hist 0 m Grenoble metropolitan area "His" ==> "Its" (English objects do not have gender, except when they do)
• 21:3321:33, 25 February 2010 diff hist −3 Stratford Old Town railway station Borderline minor edit: fixing grammar and punctuation bugs

9 February 2010

• 16:2716:27, 9 February 2010 diff hist +202 Telenet A switched fabric is *not* a bus. Pointing out the historic significance; linking to "switched fabric", where I've added an explanation of the advantages.