The Internet is a truly amazing and powerful place. One cannot imagine doing any literature survey without google scholar (yeah! I love google) or Citeseer nowadays, at least in computer 'science' (I'll tell a story about it sometime). I thought that the Internet reached a new high with Wikipedia, with thousands of articles in various languages. The concept of an encyclopedia that anyone can edit is a very revolutionary idea, and according to Nature magazine the accuracy of Wikipedia is comparable to that of Britannica. But I realised the true power of the Internet when I chanced upon the Uncyclopedia! Why thousands of people from all over the world would bother to create a parody of the Wikipedia, where the only rule is that the articles have to be funny, is beyond me. I guess the real power of the Internet is, like they say about Democracy, with the people, and it is actually true in this case.
As an example, here is what the two have to say about Democracy:
Wikipedia
Uncyclopedia
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