that is why we need the world but in the encyclopedia of britannica. my dad.nstantly complains about government control could @%t imagine what would be created outside them. one who did imagine it is jimmy wales who founded with the pds. how did you think this would work? >> well, it's interesting. when i started that did not think about competing with anybody. i had any idea and a bunch of friends, and we just are typing and try to figure it out as we went along and had some failures and then later some successes along the way. john: you started for something called nubia combat that did not work. >> the concept was that if we were going to have an internet encyclopedia it needed to be even more academic than a traditional encyclopedia. we had a seven stage review process to organize it. it was very intimidating for people to get involved in. it was a complete failure, and we stumbled across the concept and started using the software. we get more done in two weeks and almost two years. it was amazing. john: and then it built. all of these people are editing i

that is why we need the world but in the encyclopedia of britannica. my dad.ven i have constantly complains about government control could @%t imagine what would be created outside them. one who did imagine it is jimmy wales who founded with the pds. how did you think this would work? >> well, it's interesting. when i started that did not think about competing with anybody. i had any idea and a bunch of friends, and we just are typing and try to figure it out as we went along and had some failures and then later some successes along the wy. john: you started for something called nubia combat that did not work. >> the concept was that if we were going to have an internet encyclopedia it needed to be even more academic than a traditional encyclopedia. we had a seven stage review process toorganize it. it was very intimidating for people to get involved in. it was a complete failure, and we stumbled across the concept and started using the software. we get more done in two weeks and almost two years. it was amazing. john: and then it built. all of these people ar

comparing the accuracy of scientific articles verses encyclopedia britannica.anicle -- panels of experts and the appropriate specialty founder of course harry instapundit.com errors per injury, three in britannica, not much difference. >> not much difference, and that was several years ago. for me one of the most amusing parts, when the study was being carried out, as soon as was published some people in the community came to me and said, can you get from the author the list of the errors because we want to fix them. the and the response was to issue a 20 page denunciations of the study. that is the spirit of the times. they can't fix theirs. they printed and shipping out. we just want to make it better. john: andore than a thousand dollars, even to buy the cd. you're freak. >> it's an astonishing thing. we are still not fully all the way to realizing the dream of a free encyclopedia for every single person on the planet, but were getting closer. john: thank you fo seeing it -- saying what i could not. >> thank you. john: the point of "freedom 2.0" is not that

you have crushed britannica. you destroyed it.y no longer print. >> all right. >> stephen: how am i supposed to press my floarl rarngments. do you know how hard it is to dry a calla lily between two ipads? what is the next thing? what is the future of wikipedia? >> well, one of the things we're focused on is growth in the developing world. the other thing is we have a travel site that is opening up soon. we'll see how it goes. >> stephen: wikitravel? >> it's not wikitravel it's wikivoyager. >> stephen: you travel some place and said i love the atmosphere, try the win. >> exactly. [ laughter ] >> stephen: i'd good to that. [ laughter ] will you have a business model for that? >> no. >> stephen: why won't you take advertising? it's so easy. product placement. under marie antoine net's let them eat kate entry have an ad. think about it. >> i'll think about it. >> stephen: thank you so much, jimmy. wikipedia founder jimmy

a deal with gorbachev and don't do things that appear in what we used to call the encyclopedia britannica you aren't transformative. >> he's got health care but he needs immigration and needs another big policy issue. and he needs republicans to come along to do it with him. if they want to stop him they can. i think the public wants him to do something. chris: thanks to a great roundtable. chuck todd. kathleen parker. kelly o'donnell. and chris frates. that's the show. thanks for watching. see you back here next week.

a deal with gorbachev and don't do things that appear in what we used to call the encyclopedia britannicaou aren't transformative. >> he's got health care but he needs immigration and needs another big policy issue. and he needs republicans to come along to do it with him. if they want to stop him they can. i think the public wants him to do something. chris: thanks to a great roundtable. chuck todd. kathleen parker. kelly o'donnell. and chris frates. that's the show. thanks for watching. see you back here next week. we are "on the money." i'm maria bartiromo. coming to you this week from davos, switzerland, where the world's economic forum is taking place. the mood of davos, where will the global economy go next and what will it mean to your portfolio as the u.s. stock market sets a new five-year high. >>> i'll have any candid conversation with outspoken jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon. we'll talk real estate, banking, his pay cut. >> we had run terrible year. >>> and she's called the oprah of china. remarkable entrepreneur who runs a media empire and reaches more than 200 million people

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the britannica's last print version is a 30 2-volume, 130-pound 2010 edition of one cameo. another highlight from the year, number two, in june library announced that for the first time in history, all of its shakespeare library additions will be available in e-book format for less than the price of a market paperback. each of the bars work is now downloadable, electronically readable and principle on-demand. cameo number three, publishers weekly which is the official magazine of the publishing trade and now its choice for publishing choice of the year, not hillary mantell who was the first woman to win the book prize twice and not anything like the publishing people of the year in years past like david shag for instance who is ceo of penguin who really managed to balance nicely the digital and print publication company. he was the choice last year, and not the choice before which was, anyone like the choice before who is it arnson noble who managed to divert this company at a very critical time, and not going under. he was a choice in the -- this year. the choice was el ja

because it was in the encyclopedia britannica, it was in bertrand russell's history of philosophy, itas everywhere. so i was about to write that, and then i thought, oh, my god, if eric's going to read this book, i want eric to feel what it's like to be a babylonian b. and to feel what it's like, i have to put the babylonian protractor in your hands and to make your feel viscerally what it's like, i have to find out whether that protractor is made of clay, wood or copper. so for a month i pursued the question of whether a protractor is made of clay -- that is, a babylonian protractor -- is made of clay or p copper or wood. and i couldn't find it. and if somewhere in the back of my mind this happens to you every day, this happens to authors too, you go, you amazing idiot, how could you be so stupid? you are following up this obsession. you know what you have to say, go write it. well, after a month it occurred to me why in diligent research, you know, with google book search these days you can go through hundreds and sometimes thousands of sources in a day. and after going through tens

not only do you need the knowledge of the encyclopedia britannica, you also need patience.w stalwart eric knowles 28 years to uncover his best find. it happened one soggy afternoon in scotland. dumfries house really was, for me one humdinger of a day. it was the icing on top of the cake. where has this rather unpretentious vase been lurking before you brought it along today? it's been up in the loft. i was cleanin' out the loft and we came across it. we were going to bin it. we thought it was just a heap of junk. so we were going to bin it and then we thought we'll hold onto it. 'cause we heard the antique roadshow was comin' here. and that's why i've held onto it. i actually bought it at a car boot. and it had a plant kind of purple plant that was the reason we bought it, for the plant, 'cause it was quite nice in the bowl. knowles: as for the owners it was only too obvious that they really, really didn't have a clue about what they'd picked up at that car boot. it was obvious, also that there was no great attachment, be it emotional or whatever to it. do you know who made

freewheeling history of the modern american libertarian movement which i declared it the encyclopedia britannica blog is going to be the standard history of the libertarian movement for a long time. it's a massive work that will be the standard source for people studying this movement. ryan dougherty is senior editor of reason. he's been there for market a decade. he's a fellow at the competitive enterprise institute, but most importantly, started his career as an intern at the cato institute. in fact, we had five interns that semester and one was trying in one was fine kaplan has here in the front row. brian doherty returned is the editor of regulation magazine before moving onto other editorial projects. he's been covering ron paul since 1999, which is in essence i floodwalls research boat. so please look on the author of "ron paul's revolution," brian doherty. [applause] >> thank you all very much. the mac is projected well. i'm going to talk for a think 20 minutes up front and then there will be some questions later. i'm going to start with what i think was a very interesting frame from a hi

freewheeling history of the modern american libertarian movement which i declared it the encyclopedia britannica blog is going to be the standard history of the libertarian movement for a long time. it's a massive work that will be the standard source for people studying this movement. ryan dougherty is senior editor of reason. he's been there for market a decade. he's a fellow at the competitive enterprise institute, but most importantly, started his career as an intern at the cato institute. in fact, we had five interns that semester and one was trying in one was fine kaplan has here in the front row. brian doherty returned is the editor of regulation magazine before moving onto other editorial projects. he's been covering ron paul since 1999, which is in essence i floodwalls research boat. so please look on the author of "ron paul's revolution," brian doherty. [applause] >> thank you all very much. the mac is projected well. i'm going to talk for a think 20 minutes up front and then there will be some questions later. i'm going to start with what i think was a very interesting frame from a hi