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David's in progress list
by Norm Wolcott 22 Jun '06

22 Jun '06

I have been unable to download david's in progress list. It stops at Abbott and just sits there and never finisihes. Is it posted anywhere else? nwolcott2(a)post.harvard.edu

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re: [gutvol-d] scraping the p.g. default .txt files
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 22 Jun '06

22 Jun '06

i said: > well, i have scraped the p.g. default .txt files -- > http://www.gutenberg.org/files/#####/#####.txt > -- from #10000 up, and surprisingly _quickly_. of course, the idea is to rework these e-texts into z.m.l. format. although i won't be able to get started on that for a few weeks, and it will probably take me about 6 months to finish them all, i did have a chance to do just a wee bit of experimentation... so, to see a review of the transformation of one such p.g. e-text: > http://snowy.arsc.alaska.edu/bowerbird/misc/screen1.html -bowerbird

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chapter-headings linked to the table-of-contents
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

i see that carlo, one of the smarter p.g. people, has started doing one of the things i suggested some time back -- having each chapter header link to the table of contents. well-done, carlo... > http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18627/18627-h/18627-h.htm#table chalk up another "i told you so". -bowerbird

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scraping the p.g. default .txt files
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

well, i have scraped the p.g. default .txt files -- http://www.gutenberg.org/files/#####/#####.txt -- from #10000 up, and surprisingly _quickly_. text is indeed compact. even when not zipped. a few notes. circa #18644 is the most recent? really? i thought we were up close to #20000? i take it .aus and .eur are in that count? please relabel human genome files! not really .txt! out of each 1,000 e-texts, about 150 are a.w.o.l. -- different types (e.g., mp3) or something or other, reducing these 8,644 down to some 7,000 or so. plus before i process further, i will toss out the non-english and other pesky variants... let's get it working on the simple ones first. which might take the 7,000 down to 6,000. i'd thought of it initially as a mere pilot-test, but it's looking more like split-half reliability. (i choose 10,000+ only because filenames were generated with a one-line template.) anyway, i chunked those files into folders of 1,000 e-texts each, because that was the size where my old machine starting choking, but o.s.x. seems to handle folders just fine even when the number of files inside is 5,000+... so i might consolidate the folders further, but in the meantime, the results lead to good news. each set of 1,000 e-texts takes roughly 300 megs, so the entire set of 20,000 would be about 6 gigs, meaning they will fit comfortably on today's dvd. and that is without any compression at all, baby. if we figure in compression, and tomorrow's dvd, we're talking an impressive library on a single disc. and a _huge_ library in a case containing 10 discs... -bowerbird

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scoo bee doo bee bee doo
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

jon said: > Now, doesn't 232332 (base 6) sound much more impressive? yes, it does. especially if you're special enough to know that -- in base 6 lingo -- 3 is articulated as "bee", and 2 is "doo" except when it occurs at the start of a "word" in which case it is pronounced "scoo", meaning this number is vocalized as "scoo bee doo bee bee doo". -bowerbird p.s. personally, i like base 7 -- 112211 -- a lot because it's great to have m.c. palindrome on the ones and twos... p.p.s. there are 10 types of people in this world -- those who understand base 2 and those who don't.

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Re: [gutvol-d] 20000 (decimal) represented in other bases -- Impact on PG
by Joshua Hutchinson 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

And below is an example of true geek humor. Us geeks are having a good chuckle. Everyone else is scratching their heads, saying, "What the *bleep* are they talking about!?" Josh PS And the Google nerds are busy searching for the meanings of the esoteric phrases... ;) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marcello Perathoner" <marcello(a)perathoner.de> > To: "Jon Noring" <jon(a)noring.name>, "Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion" <gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org> > Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] 20000 (decimal) represented in other bases -- Impact on PG > Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:15:09 +0200 > > > Jon Noring wrote: > > > Therefore, I recommend to PG that if human nature is important, and > > bigger is better, then PG should report the number of books it has in > > a lower base. > > Wasn't it Donald E. Knuth who celebrated his 1,000,000th birthday? > (base 2) > > > We should count our books in base t where t == 2^(12/18) > > That would make all those computations about our keeping up with Moore's > Law much simpler: If we have to add a new digit each new year, we are on > schedule. > > > I hope the advertising industry won't wisen up to this: everything would > start to cost $10¹ and you'll have to read the fine print to find out > the number base. > > > ¹) base the real price > > > -- > Marcello Perathoner > webmaster(a)gutenberg.org > > _______________________________________________ > gutvol-d mailing list > gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org > http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gutvol-d >

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!@! Just TWO Books Needed for 20,000!!!
by Michael Hart 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Anyone got anything coming in the next THREE hours??? ;-) Thanks!!! Give the world eBooks in 2006!!! Michael S. Hart Founder Project Gutenberg Blog at http://hart.pglaf.org

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Fwd: Abbey Library of St. Gall, Switzerland: Online 100 manuscripts (fwd)
by Greg Newby 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

This might have some materials suitable for harvesting. -- Greg ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Christoph FlÃ¼eler <christophe.flueler(a)unifr.ch> To: christophe.flueler(a)unifr.ch Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:10:11 AM Subject: Abbey Library of St. Gall, Switzerland: Online 100 manuscripts Abbey Library of St. Gall, Switzerland online - free access: www.cesg.unifr.ch - high resolution digital images: over 40'000 facsimile pages - regularly updated: now 100 complete manuscripts - manuscript descriptions and many search options - accessible in German, French, English and Italian Please recommend it to your colleagues and put a link to CESG on your homepage. Â© CESG - Codices Electronici Sangallenses ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [gutvol-d] Deleting Clearances
by Frank van Drogen 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

>I've got a few that were posted to PG--Widger particularly seems to >directly post when PPVing. Those would be better transfered to status >Submitted, I would think; they need to stick around in some form. You can change them to the submitted state by 'previewing' any dummy file under the clearance. Frank

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Deleting Clearances
by David Starner 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

Is there any way we could add a way to delete clearances from the clearance page? I have six clearances on my clearance page I'd like to kill; common reasons were I couldn't get suitable scans from my source or I ceeded it to some other volunteer with their own copy. Besides cluttering up my already cluttered clearance page, it makes some projects look more live than they are.

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