October 2005 - gutvol-d - lists.pglaf.org

Re: [gutvol-d] Free Beer!
by Dick Adicks 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

I'm sort of in the dark about this phrase, not having observed it on the website, but it does seem to treat flippantly the admirable dedication and amazing technical competence of the many volunteers who produce PG texts. The closest analogy to PG is the library, one existing in an ethereal cyberspace. Could PG represent itself as a "cosmic library"? Free libraries are too good to be true. There is still hope as long as anybody on the planet can walk, even metaphorically, into a free library. Dick Adicks

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re: [gutvol-d] Free Beer !
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

dave said: > and I am unable to work out > exactly why beer should be free. um, why not? sounds like a great idea to me! :+) -bowerbird

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re: [gutvol-d] Missing page in book - Kitty Canary
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

jeffrey said: > I can checkout the copy of this book at the library yay jeffrey! :+) -bowerbird

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Re: [gutvol-d] Missing page in book - Kitty Canary
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

aj said: > (If not, I'll put in a transcriber's note about the missing pages, > and finish/upload the book, as it stands.) perhaps you can upload it, but it won't be "finished"... have you tried putting a notice on the "missing pages" thread on the d.p. forums? -bowerbird

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Missing page in book - Kitty Canary
by Al Haines (shaw) 24 Oct '05

24 Oct '05

I have a copy of Kitty Canary, by Kate Langley Bosher. It was published by Harper & Brothers, and has a copyright date of 1918. It's missing the leaf containing pages 3 and 4. Would anyone happen to have images of these two pages? (If not, I'll put in a transcriber's note about the missing pages, and finish/upload the book, as it stands.)

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"Banning the Burka" article
by Michael Dyck 22 Oct '05

22 Oct '05

(Re-iterating the topic raised by Dave Fawthrop...) This week's issue of the PG newsletter (Part 1a) http://www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/archive/PGWeekly_2005_10_19_Part_1a.txt included an article entitled "Holland Banning The Burka?". Why? Does its inclusion further PG's mission of "encouraging the creation and distribution of eBooks"? -Michael Dyck

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re: [gutvol-d] "Banning the Burka" article
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 21 Oct '05

21 Oct '05

j. michael said: > Does its inclusion further PG's mission of > "encouraging the creation and distribution of eBooks"? well, when the rightwingers start burning p.g. dvd's -- and if someone wants to provoke them, even now, does anyone here really think it would be difficult? -- you'll understand what you seem to be missing now... -bowerbird

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re: [gutvol-d] Re: Weekly Project Gutenberg Newsletter
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

michael, i really enjoy the news briefs you put in your "founder's section" of the newsletter! keep up the good work... -bowerbird

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Re: [gutvol-d] Re: Weekly Project Gutenberg Newsletter
by Joshua Hutchinson 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Fawthrop" <hyphen(a)hyphenologist.co.uk> > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:54:23 -0700 (PDT), Michael Hart <hart(a)pglaf.org> > wrote: > > > > | > | Holland Banning The Burka? > | > > Muslim women showing only their eyes are very common in Bradford, West > Yorkshire, UK Supermarkets. I see one or two every time I go into > Morrisons, Victoria, Girlington. Ok, so *why* was this in the PG newsletter and *why* did you post the reply to the whole group? Did I miss where any of it had anything to do with PG? At all? In anyway, shape or form? Josh

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Re: Weekly Project Gutenberg Newsletter
by Dave Fawthrop 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:54:23 -0700 (PDT), Michael Hart <hart(a)pglaf.org> wrote: | | Holland Banning The Burka? | | Rita Verdonk, Holland's hardline Integration Minister, | known as the Iron Lady for her hardline stances, simply | declined to meet with Muslim officials who who shake | hands with here as a result of their sexist views. | | She current leads a Dutch movement to ban the burka | in some situations. In addition there is a current | lawsuit being filed by a woman who was refused a job | at the prestigious Muslim University in Amsterdam | because she refused to wear a headscarf. | | A court case last year went against Muslim women who | had not been allowed to wear burkas during a social | work and childcare course. The court ruled that the | children should not be prevented from seeing who was | taking care of them. | | Holland would become the first country in Europe to | ban the burka in specific situations in public, but | several major Belgian cities including Ghent, Antwerp | and others banned the public wearing of burkas and | have starting issuing hefty municipal fines. | | Some Italian cities, such as Como, have have passed | laws banning the hiding of the face in public, and | are imposing fines for wearing Burkas as a result. | | In addition, France and some of Germany have banned | the hijab headscarf in schools and public buildings, | this following similar measures in Tunisia and also | even reported in Turkey, a majority Muslim nation. | | Sources: BBC, The Times and The Sunday Times | www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1823334,00.html | BBC News via WILL AM radio, ~9AM, 10/17 | | [For centuries Holland has been the greatest example | of religious tolerance in the world, so this marks | a major historical change.] Muslim women showing only their eyes are very common in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Supermarkets. I see one or two every time I go into Morrisons, Victoria, Girlington. -- Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> "Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*. "Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*.

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