March 2005 - dvdvol - lists.pglaf.org

Fwd: 4.2GB or 2,36GB or even 2.25GB - what's tighter=)
by Aaron Cannon 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Thought that this could potentially prove useful to someone someday. Person obviously seems to have done a lot of work. >Delivered-To: cd(a)pglaf.org >X-Originating-IP: [213.7.90.60] >X-Originating-Email: [maxbrain(a)hotmail.com] >X-Sender: maxbrain(a)hotmail.com >From: "Anthony Snatcher" <maxbrain(a)hotmail.com> >To: cd(a)pglaf.org, webmaster(a)gutenberg.org >Subject: 4.2GB or 2,36GB or even 2.25GB - what's tighter=) >Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:10:06 +0000 >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Mar 2005 09:10:06.0416 (UTC) >FILETIME=[1AF3A500:01C52F88] > >Hi Project Gutenberg Activist, > >I am a student in www.townshend.cz and downloaded your 10K >Gutenberg-4.2GB-DVD.iso >(http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/0/8/0/10802/10802-rar/) and wanted to > >thank you very much for this wonderful organized job! > >All the old books that might have been lost are digitized and free for >everyone! (I am still waiting for Aldous Huxley's - "brave new world" >though ;-)) >Currently I try to make my own ebook-library. >got 2 DVDs full of ebooks!!!! WAHOOO! ;-) > >I hand them around as much as I can to distribute the wealth of knowledge. > >The Human Genome Project was included in the .iso although the homepage >said it was not. (it's an extry 400MB of text not really interesting TCGAAGTCA- > >Sequences) > >Anyways... managed to re-pack the textfiles (without HGP) from 7.28GB to >2,36 GB (32%). (with 1% CRC) (Still 4CDs! ;-() >Packed every folder in one .rar (so you have ETEXT00.rar ETEXT01.rar...) > >Even thighter was packing the whole thing into 4x 700MB.rar and 1x200MB >file 2.25GB (30%). (without CRC but including human genome project!) > >Thought that is interesting for you. (webspace, download-traffic and all) > >Know why? Packing a iso does not compress well, nor does packing .zip >files with .rar. > >What I did is the following: > >PROJECT GUTENBERG EXTREME TIGHT PACKING by Crypt0 21.03.2005 20:11 >(complains 2 maxbrain(a)hotmail.com) > >this is ibiblio 10KDVD without HumanGenomeProject > >i tried many different packers, rar did best so I packed everything with >WinRar 3.41 > >Downloaded 4.2GB ziped & rared -> unpacked 7,28 GB (7.824.153.728 Bytes) >-> 2.25GB rared (highest) >10KDVD without HumanGenomeProject >7,28 GB (7.823.773.824 Bytes) 100% >2,36 GB (2.534.577.635 Bytes) 32% >(including +1% (74MB) File Recovery (CRC)) > >PACKING TEST >211 MB (221.449.361 Bytes) 100% >UHAC 41,9 MB (43.970.903 Bytes) 21% >RAR 41,9 MB (43.970.975 Bytes) 21% >ganze 72Bytes unterschied! WAHOO! Winrar rockx ;-) > >ZIP 79,8 MB (83.778.555 Bytes) 38% >uahh... >ACE 57,7 MB (60.594.144 Bytes) 27% >bad..too > >RAR with bigdic better > >UHARC COMMAND Used : >"E:\PROJECT_Gutenberg\uharc.exe" a -r+ -ed- -pr -mx -mm+ -md+ -md32768 >-b32768 Gutenberg "E:\PROJECT_Gutenberg\pgdvd\*.*" > > >RAVE-ON! uz uz uz uz .... > >Crypt0 (maxbrain(a)hotmail.com) > >_________________________________________________________________ >Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! >http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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Question to the list
by John Hagerson 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Has anyone estimated the weight and volume of the printed works contained on a copy of the Project Gutenberg CD or DVD? I have a request from a gentleman who is going to Africa to play "Johnny CD-seed" and would like the statistic for his presentation. Thank you for your assistance.

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broken database
by Aaron Cannon 16 Mar '05

16 Mar '05

Well, the move didn't go as smoothly as I had hoped, but all should be working again. Thanks for your patients. Sincerely Aaron Cannon -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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CD for teaching English
by Marcello Perathoner 13 Mar '05

13 Mar '05

Seeing that many third-world schools are using our resources how about a CD with books to teach English (French, German, ...) This should be a collection of classic works aimed at students. We should also include some human-read audio books and the relative texts. Something that goes like this: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Pride and Prejudice The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (+ audio) Shakespeare Huckleberry Finn Moby Dick ... -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster(a)gutenberg.org

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no more e-mail requests
by Aaron Cannon 13 Mar '05

13 Mar '05

Well, school has started and I am insanely busy, so sorry if I haven't gotten back to you if you've e-mailed me. If anyone is interested in helping out with some of the administration end of things, please let me know. I am considering no longer accepting requests by e-mail unless they state that they are having a problem with the form in their message. If they don't mention a problem, I would send them a message referring them to the web form. Does anyone have any objections to this? The reason behind this is that if they don't enter their info into the form, then I have to do it, and it takes time, which could be spent on other aspects of the system. Thoughts? Sincerely Aaron Cannon -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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requested changes in place... almost
by Aaron Cannon 04 Mar '05

04 Mar '05

I have finished coding the requested changes (the select all button and the sorting of the checked out queue), however if you visit the current system you won't see them. You will see them when we switch over to the new file server in the next few days. Before this week I never would have guessed it was possible to hold a baby, feed that baby, and program all at the same time. :) Sincerely Aaron Cannon -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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Fwd: feedback to your best of dvd '03 (yes, readme!)
by Aaron Cannon 02 Mar '05

02 Mar '05

>Delivered-To: cd(a)pglaf.org >To: cd(a)pglaf.org >From: Valentin Spirik <valentin_spirik(a)yahoo.de> >Subject: feedback to your best of dvd '03 (yes, readme!) >Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 04:25:10 +0100 >X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) > >hello there, > >i really like the gutenberg archive - that is why i am giving you some >feedback to your best of dvd '03. > >i recently downloaded it via p2p (your bittorrent link), and that part >went fine. but there are two major problems i see/experience with the dvd, >i think your dvd/content needs some work for the next release: > >i) look and feel (under mac os x) is very messy >ii) some .zip files don't expand > > >i) the look and feel thing... > >under os x (10.3.8) all you see, once you open the disc image (or burn it >to dvd), is a rather messy something of folders and files (like: ACCESS - >AUTORUN_INF.BAK - AUTORUN.INF -DONATE_HOWTO.TXT - ETEXT00 - ...). some >readme files even appear to be unix-programes (at least they have these >"exec." icons) - so at first one wouldn't want to double click those >readme files... and then it takes quite a while to find the two most >important files: the ones that list all titles and authors. my suggestion: > >whether on os x or any other operating system, the only thing a user >should see at first when he or she opens the disc image/dvd are those two >files (they should be called something like "all titles" and "all >authors"). the rest could be hidden im some folder called "archive" or >something. > >this is important: if you really want people to use the dvd it has to have >a nice look and feel to it. i was planing to copy the dvd for some of my >friends, but i just can't give this dvd to anyone, it just takes to much >time to find the information you are looking for... > >ii) the problem with some .zip files... > >this is very sad: i can't expand some .zip files, the cause is a mystery >to me. for example: robert louis stevenson's "dr. jekyll and mr. hide >(#1)" (HYDE10.ZIP) just can't be expanded (unstuffed), while the next file >"dr. jekyll and mr. hide (#2)" (HYDEA10.ZIP) can be! (i get the stop sign >and an "error 1 - operation not permitted" message while trying to expand >HYDE10.ZIP - that is after copying the zipped version to my hard-drive, in >case you were wondering what i was trying to do... the permissions for the >file in questions are the same as the ones for the file that works... very >strange... and unfortunately there are some other titles with the same >problem... > >i really want to help you to improve a great project - the dvd, at least >under mac ox x, has the feel of some early beta or alpha version of some >potentially great program - that's a real shame considering all the work >that went into digitizing those texts! > >i hope this helps to improve the project. > >greetings from berlin, > >valentin spirik > -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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queue control
by Aaron Cannon 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

Right now, we are receiving more requests than we're fulfilling. In fact, it's been like this for the past several weeks. I'm interested to know if any of you happen to have any ideas for ways in which we might decrease the number of requests, while still making sure we get the discs to those who need them most. IMHO, I think the best way to go about this is to increase the inconvenience factor for placing a request. Right now, people can just click on the form, drop in their info, and submit it. The ease of this process has undoubtedly caused a lot of impulse requesting by people who may or may not ever use the discs we send them. However, if we could somehow make it more work for the requester, but still something that isn't terribly arduous for the people who really want the discs, I believe we could solve the queue problem, at least in the short-term. Of course, the devil is in the details. Any ideas on how we could implement such a system? Any thoughts or arguments for or against? Sincerely Aaron Cannon -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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a new feature?
by Aaron Cannon 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

While we're on the subject of adding new features, I just checked in 62 requests as complete, and I couldn't help wondering if it wouldn't be a bad idea to add a "select all" button. If anyone else thinks it might be a time saver let me know and I'll get coding. Thanks. Sincerely Aaron Cannon -- E-mail: cannona(a)fireantproductions.com Skype: cannona MSN Messenger: cannona(a)hotmail.com (Do not send E-mail to the hotmail address.)

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FW: Bordany, Hungary
by John Hagerson 01 Mar '05

01 Mar '05

Here is a message I received in response to the notification that I had mailed a requested CD. I think you might enjoy its contents. John -----Original Message----- Dear Sir, I thank you wholeheartedly! The disc will be copied for the local school of Bordany (in Hungary) as many times as possible and would be given free of charge for the 8th grade students as a modest present--for their graduation--to enrich their English & literary education as they move on to secondary school. The community of Bordany consists a population which is roughly over 3000. Although many families here do own a PC, very few people have any access or exposure to printed English literature, which is a great pity. Your website has given me a wonderful solution and the initiative. Your project is truely a blessing. Sincerely, Yoram Laviv, Bordany.

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