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0 pointsnannal4y ago0 comments

And a story may start with the first word, but if I present the word "Octopus" and say check out my story, you're going to be well within bounds to question me on it.

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simondotau4y ago

Well to be fair there were two collisions, so your story should be "Octopus imploded" and now everyone is captivated by the plight of this unlucky cephalopod.

eesmith4y ago

Wikipedia started as just an announcement of the idea (https://web.archive.org/web/20030414014355/http://www.nupedi... ).

How many entries do you think there were when the first live version was announced only a few hours later (http://www.nupedia.com/pipermail/nupedia-l/2001-January/0006... )?

As a different metaphor than your "Octopus", this is "first light".

"First light" in astronomy is the first time a telescope is used. It doesn't need to start with an amazing or ground-breaking image.

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