{"id":229,"date":"2009-06-19T09:47:19","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T09:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techno-mage.co.uk\/blog\/?p=229"},"modified":"2009-06-19T09:47:19","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T09:47:19","slug":"why-i-love-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techno-mage.co.uk\/blog\/techno-mage\/2009\/06\/19\/why-i-love-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I love the Internet…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Something happened today that reinforced my love of the Internet, and seeing as it is indeed the perfect example of my “favourite thing” about the Internet, I thought that I would share it with you, dear reader.<\/p>\n

I read a web-comic called XKCD<\/a>, which is in my opinion one of the funniest things on the planet, but it is also something that has broadened my knowledge from time to time… Take today’s strip:<\/p>\n

XKCD comic - 19th June 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

I had no idea who Paul Erd\u00f6s was when I read this strip, nor did I get the joke, but a little Googling later and I had found the following two links:<\/p>\n

Paul Erd\u00f6s’s Page at Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

&<\/p>\n

An Explanation of the idea \/ meme “Erd\u00f6s Number”<\/a><\/p>\n

So, you are thinking, I love the Internet because it leads me to the almost accidental acquisition of knowledge..? Well I do love that about the internet, but there is an even more quintessential reason to love the internet, and here it is… If you read the Wikipedia<\/a> page about the “Erd\u00f6s Number” above very carefully, you will note that the page has been edited to include that the XKCD comic for June 19th 2009 makes a joke about the Apocalypse and a bunch of mathematicians trying to lower their Erd\u00f6s Number.<\/p>\n

Here is the link with a page-anchor to the specific section<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s why I love the Internet; the entire store of human knowledge expanding and evolving at a speed just slower than the speed of thought – how can anyone not love that?<\/p>\n

Have a great weekend \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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