----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Hart <hart@pglaf.org> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:50:07 -0700 (PDT) To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion <gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org> Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Top 100
It turns out I had to disqualify those as well as a few others that have mp3 files and use the word "House" in the title. (Moreover, research has shown that "Usher" is a rap artist. :-)
OK, perhaps I was just expecting something more serious here, but. . . .
I would include all files, not sure why to disqualtify MP3 files, or "house" remixes. . .hee hee!
I think we should measure everything, though I think sub-lists would be acceptable. . .such as the "Whole Top 100," then fiction, non-fiction, .txt files, .htm files, .mp3 files, etc., etc., etc.,
The numbers are inflated because people probably hit Google, typed mp3 and usher, and downloaded our file. The *thought* they were getting a music file by a popular artist, not a computer read version of the House of Usher. So, they most likely moved the file to the recycle bin immediately. That, and the RIAA probably hit our file half a billion times to check if it WAS an usher song. I'm surprised we haven't received any automated cease and desist letters from the brain trust lawyers at the RIAA. After all, by their normal logic, if it has USHER in the title, it must be their song. Josh