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2009-10-19
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Or just... you know, use the N900 as intended and just hit up the live version of Wikipedia. 
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2009-10-19
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@ lma - is it confirmed? and how long does it take to build a database of an en.wikipedia 7GB dump file?
@ Zerojay - roaming data charges can be crippling, the option for an offline wiki would be greatly appreciated.
@ Zerojay - roaming data charges can be crippling, the option for an offline wiki would be greatly appreciated.
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2009-10-19
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@zerojay
We don't live in a cloud (yet)
Though your mind might be in a mist
Maybe in your location, maybe unsecure wifi and compatible 3g are plenty available. But not in all locals (or any that I am aware of) is that true.
Furthermore, bumping a thread dissing what the OP asked is not nice.
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@REMFwhoopitydo
You can see here:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/maemo/users/25845
Download this:
http://www.soschildrensvillages.org....tar.gz.torrent
and
Build your own mirror:
http://users.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~tt...iaOffline.html
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I don't use wikipedia that much to justify this but I think I'll download this and see if I can't convert it to a format easily accessible on the NITs.
We don't live in a cloud (yet)
Though your mind might be in a mist
Maybe in your location, maybe unsecure wifi and compatible 3g are plenty available. But not in all locals (or any that I am aware of) is that true.
Furthermore, bumping a thread dissing what the OP asked is not nice.
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@REMFwhoopitydo
You can see here:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/maemo/users/25845
Download this:
http://www.soschildrensvillages.org....tar.gz.torrent
and
Build your own mirror:
http://users.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~tt...iaOffline.html
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I don't use wikipedia that much to justify this but I think I'll download this and see if I can't convert it to a format easily accessible on the NITs.
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2009-10-19
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Originally Posted by REMFwhoopitydo
Look at the page, the author is working on a new version based on PyQt4 which probably accounts for the delay, and you can download ready-made dumps with bittorent.
@ lma - is it confirmed? and how long does it take to build a database of an en.wikipedia 7GB dump file?
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2009-10-19
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#7
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thank you all.
still, for the convenience of regular updates it would be great to simply recieve a SD card in the post and plug it in.
still, for the convenience of regular updates it would be great to simply recieve a SD card in the post and plug it in.
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2009-10-19
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Originally Posted by linuxeventually
Where was I dissing anyone?
@zerojay
We don't live in a cloud (yet)
Though your mind might be in a mist
Maybe in your location, maybe unsecure wifi and compatible 3g are plenty available. But not in all locals (or any that I am aware of) is that true.
Furthermore, bumping a thread dissing what the OP asked is not nice.
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@REMFwhoopitydo
You can see here:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/maemo/users/25845
Download this:
http://www.soschildrensvillages.org....tar.gz.torrent
and
Build your own mirror:
http://users.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~tt...iaOffline.html
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I don't use wikipedia that much to justify this but I think I'll download this and see if I can't convert it to a format easily accessible on the NITs.
And there's no need to warn me about the cost of data. I'm in Canada, pretty much the 3rd world in terms of mobile data.
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2009-10-19
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Im currently downloading enwiki-20090810-1.torrent (7.5 Gb) from http://aarddict.org/t/enwiki-20090810-1.torrent but only 1 seed and 2 leeches so its pretty slow going. Hoping to package aardict for maemo 5 over the weekend.
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2009-10-19
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i take it the aardaddict wiki dumps are already precompiled into the right format for the program, and all we have to do is extract it?
also, how much space will be required when it is extracted?
also, how much space will be required when it is extracted?
I know i would.
Openmoko have just launched a $99 ereader device preloaded with wikipedia on microSD cards:
http://lifestyle.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=20687
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/20...s-wikireader/1
How feasible would it be to just buy the microSD card and use it on an n900 via a offline wiki reader application?
I would pay for this given the convenience, because although there are free ways of achieving the same end, building a database for 3m articles apparently takes forever.
What do you think?
Last edited by REMFwhoopitydo; 2009-10-19 at 09:21.