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re: [gutvol-d] PG for Mac users
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 23 May '05

23 May '05

one of the top 5% said: > Are there individual volunteers who use Macs and can advise others? it is also the case that, since distributed proofreaders is web-based, mac users can get along just fine other there. just so you know... -bowerbird

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Help with video formats
by Robert Cicconetti 23 May '05

23 May '05

On 5/22/05, Jim Tinsley <jtinsley(a)pobox.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 03:04:51PM -0400, Robert Cicconetti wrote: > >On 5/22/05, Jim Tinsley <jtinsley(a)pobox.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 08:25:24PM +0200, Branko Collin wrote: > > > >But all of that is not as good as getting a more accurate capture of > >the original. To me, converting those video files is like automated > >conversion of text to html.. useful to some, but referring back to the > >original text delivers a much better final product. > > > >For 1994, that is very good digital video footage. For 2005.. well, > >most camera phones do better. > > For 11 years, anybody could have come to us with improvements to > it, and they still can. Such is the nature of PG; things get built > on, improved, re-formatted, whatever. 16MB was quite a chunk of > real-estate to devote to this back in 1994. 16MB is not so scary > now! If you, or someone, can get better originals, then you should > by all means let us know. I think the collection represented by that DVD is likely the best transfer of the original 16mm and television coverage that is widely available.. the question is how much is clearable under Rule 8. And that is a rather large can of worms.. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009XYYF/ is the particular work I am referring to. If it is clearable, then at some point I can purchase a copy, rip the scene.. wait, now we get into DMCA territory.. you can why I am a little hesitant here. The ideal solution, of course, would be to get the footage straight from NASA. Anyone have any contacts there? ;) R C (Whoops.. didn't check the To: box the first time..)

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copy of the archive on DVD
by Aaron Cannon 23 May '05

23 May '05

Please note that this is only an internal offer, not one for the general public. If any of you active volunteers have a need for a copy of all of the zip files (minus mp3s and human genom) from the archive on DVDs, please let me know. 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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Re: [gutvol-d] Attempt to add: Flight From The City
by Gutenberg9443＠aol.com 22 May '05

22 May '05

In a message dated 5/22/2005 2:01:50 AM Mountain Daylight Time, holden.mcgroin(a)dsl.pipex.com writes: Then surely it should be possible to publish this at PG of Australia since, up until recently, their copyright law was Life + 50 and the recent extensions do not (I believe) apply to books which had already fallen into the public domain. I really cannot imagine who would complain to us about publishing MEIN KAMPF if that is what we're still talking about, whether it's legally public domain or not. It's all over the Net. That's why I don't think it's really essential for us to do it. Anne Do you like to breathe? Then save the trees! Begin a personal relationship with an ebook TODAY!

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Help with video formats
by Jim Tinsley 22 May '05

22 May '05

Etext #116, Video of the first moon landing, needs attention, and I'm no video format expert. There are three files: landiavi.zip landimpg.zip landiqt.zip all in etext94/. The AVI is perfect. The MPG has perfect picture, but no sound. Given the disparity in file sizes, I don't think this was corruption. The QT/MOV won't play for me at all. Yes, I may not have the latest QT, but this file is from 1994!! :-) The obvious solution is to make MPG and QT files from the AVI. A complication that, thankfully, we don't need to deal with is that the landiqt.zip on archive.org is corrupt; same file size but some bytes different, leading to a corrupt zip. Not a problem, because we can work from the file on ibiblio, and just replace the archive version. If someone knowledgeable in this area could contact me off-list, and help me towards getting a good solution, I'd appreciate it! jim

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re: automated conversion of text to .html
by Bowerbird＠aol.com 22 May '05

22 May '05

robert said: > To me, converting those video files is like > automated conversion of text to html.. > useful to some, but > referring back to the original text > delivers a much better final product. i know you were _trying_ to say something there, but i don't think i got it. would you please rephrase? because compared to creating a .html book manually -- which is how a good many people create them -- i think doing it automatically is _much_ superior, given end-results that are even roughly equivalent... :+) when you said "referring back to the original text", did you mean looking at the original paper-book itself, either directly or by viewing scans of its pages? -bowerbird

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Re: [gutvol-d] Attempt to add: Flight From The City
by Jonathan Ingram 22 May '05

22 May '05

--- Dave Doty <davedoty(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >From: "Branko Collin" <collin(a)xs4all.nl> > > >I am afraid that is not really relevant. However, if the heirs want > >to submit the book for PG, that should be possible. > > A couple of months ago, I did a little digging out of curiousity to find out > who owned the copyright to Mein Kampf. Apparently it's the Austrian > Government,who refuse to allow it to be published in Austria, but otherwise > have no interest in it. But it's definitely still copyright by either US or > life+70 countries' standards. Not in life+50, though. -- Jon Ingram Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html

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Browser Assistance Request.
by rvijay07 22 May '05

22 May '05

I was finally able to download the gutenbrowser software. It shows the text only about three inches to the centre of the page. Fonts are not convenient and is slow. So, I have decided to work with mozilla for now in regards to reading ebooks. Thanks very much for the help so far. By pressing Cltr+ I am easily able to change fonts now. Also I learned to change the background color to dark green as this is more convenient compared to the bright glowing white background. Here is what I need now. Is there any way that I can add a Bookmark in the text file that I am reading thru Mozilla ? What other convenient options does Mozilla offer for reading ebooks ? Thanks in advance. Vijay _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

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Attempt to add: Flight From The City
by rvijay07 21 May '05

21 May '05

Hello everyone: Here is my attempt to add a book to the PG collection and a response in this regard. Steve, the Author of the site soliandearth.org is confident that this book is Public Domain. Can this book be added to the PG Collection ? Please advice. Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Vijay Definition of Public Domain for Reference: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/okbooks.html --- On Sat 05/21, Steve Solomon < stsolomo(a)soilandhealth.org > wrote: From: Steve Solomon [mailto: stsolomo(a)soilandhealth.org] To: rvijay07(a)myway.com Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 19:16:11 +1000 Subject: Re: Email from the soilandhealth.org web site >>Vijay, If you are a PG member then you are for sure familiar with the rules of Public Domain. Alive/dead has nothing to do with it. It would be miraculous if Borsodi lives in the same body he lived in when he was being Ralph Borsodi !Steve Original Message From: <rvijay07(a)myway.com> To: <stsolomo(a)soilandhealth.org> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:05 PM Subject: >> Greetings Steve ! I see that the book below (Flight From the City) is Public Domain. Can you please provide the related proof since I believe that the Author is still alive. http://soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030204borsodi/030204borsoditoc.html I am presently a PG Volunteer and would like to see this book added to the gutenberg.org collection/library. Hence my request. Thank you in advance. Vijay _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

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Re: [gutvol-d] Attempt to add: Flight From The City
by rvijay07 21 May '05

21 May '05

The Author seems to have passed away as per this and other sites on him. http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/loomis_borsodi_bio.html http://www.izaak.unh.edu/specoll/mancoll/borsodi.htm Vijay --- On Sat 05/21, Janet Kegg < jmk(a)his.com > wrote: From: Janet Kegg [mailto: jmk(a)his.com] To: rvijay07(a)myway.com, gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 07:45:27 -0400 Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Attempt to add: Flight From The City I followed the link you gave for "Flight from the City" and see the ebook posted states it is "copyright 1933". So it is not in the public domain in the U.S. and cannot be added to PG. For your information, the general rule for PG is that the book was published in 1922 or earlier. On Sat, 21 May 2005 06:31:29 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > >Hello everyone: > >Here is my attempt to add a book to the PG collection and a response in this regard. > >Steve, the Author of the site soliandearth.org is confident that this book is Public Domain. > >Can this book be added to the PG Collection ? Please advice. > >Thanks in advance. > >Sincerely, > >Vijay > >Definition of Public Domain for Reference: >http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/okbooks.html > > > --- On Sat 05/21, Steve Solomon < stsolomo(a)soilandhealth.org > wrote: >From: Steve Solomon [mailto: stsolomo(a)soilandhealth.org] >To: rvijay07(a)myway.com >Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 19:16:11 +1000 >Subject: Re: Email from the soilandhealth.org web site > >>>Vijay, If you are a PG member then you are for sure familiar with the rules of Public Domain. Alive/dead has nothing to do with it. It would be miraculous if Borsodi lives in the same body he lived in when he was being Ralph Borsodi !Steve > >Original Message From: <rvijay07(a)myway.com> >To: <stsolomo(a)soilandhealth.org> >Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:05 PM Subject: >>> Greetings Steve ! I see that the book below (Flight From the City) is Public Domain. Can you please provide the related proof since I believe that the Author is still alive. >http://soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/030204borsodi/030204borsoditoc.html I am presently a PG Volunteer and would like to see this book added to the gutenberg.org collection/library. Hence my request. >Thank you in advance. > >Vijay > >_______________________________________________ >No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. >Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com > > >_______________________________________________ >gutvol-d mailing list >gutvol-d(a)lists.pglaf.org >http://lists.pglaf.org/listinfo.cgi/gutvol-d _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

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