Squeezing a Wikipedia Snapshot Onto an 8GB iPhone 169
blackbearnh writes with this excerpt from O'Reilly Radar "Think about Wikipedia, what some consider the most complete general survey of human knowledge we have at the moment. Now imagine squeezing it down to fit comfortably on an 8GB iPhone. Sound daunting? Well, that's just what Patrick Collison's Encyclopedia iPhone application does. App Store purchasers of Collison's open source application can browse and search the full text of Wikipedia when stuck in a plane, or trapped in the middle of nowhere (or, as defined by AT&T coverage...)"
Re:Survey of Human Knowledge? (Score:5, Funny)
"Wikipedia, what some consider the most complete general summary of human knowledge[citation needed] we have at the moment."
There. Fixed that for you.
There. Fixed that for you.
Not a Problem (Score:5, Funny)
This is easily doable.
Once you trim the earth reference down to "Mostly harmless".
Oblig (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, pretty much you're turning your iphone into a hitch hiker's guide to earth, or at least america and europe if you can manage to squeeze wiki-travel onto it.
Re:iPhone apps for computers (Score:5, Funny)
That problem has recently been solved. With the recent addition of sms-sharing, you could use any iPhone remotely.
What about editing (Score:1, Funny)
Wikipedia has an entry on the Kama Sutra ... (Score:5, Funny)
... so clearly this app will never make it through Apple's review process.
Re:Not a Problem (Score:2, Funny)
This is easily doable.
Once you trim the earth reference down to "Mostly harmless".
What reason did you have for adding "Mostly"?
Re:Not a Problem (Score:3, Funny)
Advice (Score:2, Funny)
App Store purchasers of Collison's open source application can browse and search the full text of Wikipedia when stuck in a plane
This page [wikipedia.org] is not recommended when you're stuck in a plane...
Web Version (Score:3, Funny)
Is there a version of this that will run in a web browser? Anyone have a link?
Re:Survey of Human Knowledge? (Score:2, Funny)
"[[Wikipedia]], what some[who?] consider[weasel words] the most complete general summary of [[human knowledge]][which?][citation needed] we[who?] have at the moment[weasel words]."
There. Fixed that for you.
There. Fixed that for you.
There. Fixed that for you.