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Some friends and I have been engaged in developing an application for the iPhone. The development is bigger than most of my side projects, as not only is a foreign platform being used, but it's developed in a completely new language to me. Working on my homework, a problem was encountered regarding a semantic detail in the language. A query directed towards good ol'google yielded a page that contained exactly the information that was needed.

Already, flashes of the future where I'm hunchbacked in my Lay-Z-Boy talking to the whipper snappers about being around before Wikipedia flash through my mind.

"Grandpa, how did you ever learn about anything without the internet?"

"Well, you see, back in my day, we used to have a series of books, each for another letter, that contained the information. We needed to look it up. Because everything was in books, current events were never to be found, so you had to buy newer and newer editions of the set of books."

"Oh, Grandpa, that's crazy"

For the technocratic geeks of the internet, Wikipedia has been there to supply information, settle bets and waste time. Quite often this service is taken for granted, although annually the foundation does seek donations to help the cause. If you've made use of the service, please dontate to the foundation by clicking on the icon below. Even if you donate a fraction the cost of a new set of tree carcass encyclopedias, it will help to keep this service awesome service going.