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Okay, revamping the InfoSource sticky, realized it will be a lot tougher without the old one to pick through and glean good sites from.

Open to suggestions, this is just the current design I've been batting around. If you have a site to add, please include what category it would fall under, and a comment about it!

Oh yeah, it's in pseudo-BBCode at the moment. (Pseudo-pseudo-code?)

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//Formatting is as follows:
//[title] will be made into a link
//[[title]] will be bolded/colored as a topic heading
//text will be plain text
//>except text preceded by the greater-than symbol, which will be a link to the named section.
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//Document Structure:
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//Introduction
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//ToC, with a short description of, and links to, sections.
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//Individual sections, containing the actual offsite links.
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//Credits

Information Resources

InfoSources exists for the sole purpose of providing a portal to all offsite knowledge-bases, starting with several broad-base general purpose sites, then split by category.

[[Table of Contents]]

General Sites
A list of search-engines, general knowledge sites, and broad-spectrum technology resources.

Programming //Going to need help with this one, I am by no means anything more than a mediocre programmer.
This is roughly arranged into interpreted, compiled, and assembled languages.
>Interpreted
>Compiled
>Assembled

Networking //Again, will need help.
Networking is split roughly into local area networks, or self-contained networks, and networking across the internet.
>Local
>Internet

Hardware //Third time is the charm, yet more help needed.
Hardware is a broad range of review, news, and modifications sites, from simple HOWTOs on installing components, to soldering and overclocking
>Reviews
>News
>HOWTOs

Software
This is a clearinghouse for all things soft and ware-ish. Reviews, freeware sites, news sites.
>Reviews
>Freeware
>News

Security //BPrice, expect -lots- of questions about this. Organization of categories will probably change too.
Security links to resources to help improve your system security. This is -not- how to crack security.
>Basic Steps
>Intermediate
>Advanced Protection

Social-Legal // If anyone has any suggestions please add them, I have far too few sites in mind. Need lots of input from members in countries other than the U.S.
Social-Legal links to resources dealing with both the impacts and regulation of technology in society.
>United States Law
>European Union Law
>Australian Law
//Add more here.

[[General Sites]]

These sites should be a first stop for any search.

[Google]

-The- Search Engine. So popular, ubiquitous, and useful, that it has graduated to a verb.

[Wikipedia]

A massive user-run repository of factual information, often contains incredibly detailed amounts of information on a topic.

[Other Search Engines] //Sub-category.

Google is good, but cross checking your search takes only a moment, and will often yield excellent results.

[Fast]
//Will comment
[Teoma]
//Will comment
[Lycos]
//Will comment

InfoSources is for off-site information, if I can find the networking guides again when/if I get around to the Big List of Guides, I'll be sure to include it.

-O