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The Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter For Wednesday, January 12, 2005 PT1
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Here's a sample of what books we were doing around eBook #79
Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ###
A "C" Following The Etext # Indicates That This Etext Is Under Copyright
Jan 1994 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [LOF/WL][shaksxxx.xxx] 100C
Jan 1994 Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass, a Slave [dugl2xxx.xxx] 99
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens 98
Jan 1994 Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott [Math in Fiction] [flatxxxx.xxx] 97
Jan 1994 The Monster Men, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [ERB #1][monstxxx.xxx] 96
Dec 1993 The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope [zendaxxx.xxx] 95
Dec 1993 Alexander's Bridge, by Willa Cather [Cather #3] [alexbxxx.xxx] 94
Dec 1993 Tom Sawyer, Detective, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 93
Dec 1993 Tarzan, Jewels of Opar, E.R. Burroughs [Tarzan #5][tarz5xxx.xxx] 92
Nov 1993 Tom Sawyer Abroad, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 91
Nov 1993 Son of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Tarzan #4][tarz4xxx.xxx] 90
Nov 1993 NAFTA, Treaty, Annexes, Tariffs [from September] [naftxxxx.xxx] 89
Nov 1993 Price/Cost Indexes from 1875 to 1989 [Est to 2010][pricexxx.xxx] 88
Oct 1993 The 1993 CIA World Factbook, [CIA Factbook #3] [world93x.xxx] 87
OCt 1993 Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain 86
Oct 1993 Beasts of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Tarzan #3][tarz3xxx.xxx] 85
Oct 1993 Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [frankxxx.xxx] 84
(Different version in:) [frankxxa.xxx]
Sep 1993 From the Earth to the Moon, Jules Verne [verne#1] [moonxxxa.xxx] 83
Sep 1993 Ivanhoe, Walter Scott [#1] OBI/Wiretap/Gutenberg [ivnhoxxx.xxx] 82
Sep 1993 Return of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Tarzan #2][tarz2xxx.xxx] 81
Sep 1993 The Online World, by Odd de Presno [Shareware] [onlinexx.xxx] 80C
Aug 1993 Terminal Compromise/NetNovel, Win Schartau [termcxxx.xxx] 79C
Aug 1993 Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs[Tarzan#1][tarznxxx.xxx] 78
Aug 1993 House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne[#2][7gablxxx.xxx] 77
Aug 1993 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete, by Mark Twain 76
Jul 1993 Email 101 by John Goodwin [emailxxx.xxx] 75C
Jul 1993 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete, by Mark Twain 74
Jul 1993 Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane [Crane #1] [badgexxx.xxx] 73
Jul 1993 Thuvia, Maid of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs[Mars#4][mmarsxxx.xxx] 72
Aug 1993 On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau 71
Aug 1993 What Is Man?, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 70
Have We Given Away A Trillion Books/Dollars Yet???
With 15,035 eBooks online as of January 12, 2005 it now takes an average
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1% of the world population is 64,112,028 x 15,050 x $1.05 = $1+ trillion
With 15,035 eBooks online as of January 05, 2005 it now takes an average
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This "cost" is down from about $.93 when we had 11,001 eBooks a year ago.
100 million readers is only ~1.5% of the world's population!
Can you imagine ~15,035 books each costing ~$.24 less a year later???
Or. . .would this say it better?
Can you imagine ~15,035 books each costing 1/3 less a year later???
At 15,035 eBooks in 33 Years and 06.25 Months We Averaged
449 Per Year [We do about 3/4 that much per month these days!]
37.4 Per Month
1.23 Per Day
At 79 eBooks Done In The 7 Days Of 2005 We Averaged
11 Per Day
79 Per Week
356 Per Month
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production; each production-week starts/ends Wednesday noon,
starts with the first Wednesday of January. January 5th was
the first Wednesday of 2005, and thus ended PG's production
year of 2004 and began the production year of 2005 at noon.
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YAHOO'S NEW DESKTOP SEARCH TOOL
Yahoo is offering free desktop search software that searches through
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A downloadable test version of the software can be found at
http://desktop.yahoo.com Yahoo claims its new product is the most
comprehensive and nimble of the desktop search solutions now on the market.
(AP/San Jose Mercury News 10 Jan 2005)
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10615687.htm>
THE NEW SHAPE OF PC CARDS
The credit-card-size PC cards for adding functions to notebook
computers are about to be replaced by "ExpressCards" that are half the size
and bear an orange rabbit logo to indicate they can handle high-definition
TV broadcast viewing and high-speed storage. Backed by Microsoft, Intel, and
Dell, the new cards will eventually be used on desktop PCs -- thereby
eliminating the need to open the computer to install hardware upgrades.
(Reuters/USA Today 11 Jan 2005)
<www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/parts/2005-01-11-pcmcia-mutation_x.htm>
U.S. SCHOOLS ARE RELUCTANT USERS OF TECHNOLOGY
[Why do schools fear technology? Too much independent learning?]
A report from the Department of Education says that although virtually
all U.S. schools are now connected to the Internet (with one computer for
every five students), many educators remain doubtful about the benefits of
online learning. Secretary of Education Ron Paige says in the National
Education Technology Plan: "Education is the only business still debating
the usefulness of technology. Schools remain unchanged for the most part
despite numerous reforms and increased investments in computers."
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HACKERS HIT GEORGE MASON
George Mason University has become the latest institution of higher
education to be the victim of hackers' accessing personal information
of faculty and students. University officials said that hackers gained
access to information including names, photos, Social Security numbers,
and campus ID numbers for "all members of the Mason community who have
identification cards." An e-mail sent by the university's vice
president for information technology indicated that the intruders
appeared to be seeking "access to other campus systems rather than
specific data," but the message warned that the information the hackers
obtained could be used for identity theft. George Mason had ended its
practice of putting Social Security numbers on ID cards, replacing them
with university-generated numbers, in response to a Virginia state law
that required such a change. The university maintains a database,
however, that includes Social Security numbers. University officials
discovered the intrusion on January 3 and said the hackers gained
access to records of more than 30,000 faculty, staff, and students.
CNET, 10 January 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5519592.html
NEW QUESTIONS ARISE OVER SCHOLARLY REPUBLISHING
A librarian at Cornell University has uncovered evidence that academic
publisher Emerald has for many years republished articles in its
journals without acknowledging previous publication. Philip M. Davis
first noticed republished articles dating back to 1989 in online
archives maintained by Emerald. Davis then broadened his search to
include paper copies of Emerald journals going back to 1979 and said he
found many more examples of such republished articles. Davis said some
articles were published more than once in the same journal, several
years apart, and noted that as a result libraries may have spent money
on material they already owned. A spokesperson from Emerald said the
company does not have a practice of republishing, though in some cases
Emerald officials who thought a particular article especially valuable
would republish it "to make it available to another audience." Davis said,
"It's clearly unethical to republish materials without attribution."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 14 January 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i19/19a03102.htm
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TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
See Terabyte announcement above.
*Headline News Avoided By Most Of The Major U.S. Media
I called my local media outlet people last night,
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of casualties due to the tsunami. . .none at all.
Last count was 152,000+ dead.
*PREDICTIONS OF THE WEEK
The final death toll from the tsunami will be ~1/3 million.
*ODD STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
Ten years ago China was an exporter of such basics as oil and cotton,
today China is a major importer of these commodities.
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People "decommission" 133,000 computers every single day in the US.
That's nearly 50 million computers per year. This is approximately
the total number of computers in the US before 1990.
In 1986 the number of US computer households passed 30%. [Compupedia]
In 1993 1/3 of US households had a computer. [Kensington]
Today it's over 75%.
Microsoft's fiscal year income ending 6/30/90 passes $1B in 1990.
IBM introduced its PC in 1981.
IBM income declines for first time in 45 years in 1991.
IBM abandons PC business entirely in 2004.
Microsoft ships ~10 million Windows 3.1 in 1992.
Flashback!
1951 Douglas Hartree tells Ferranti Ltd, of Manchester, England,
"As the three existing computer projects will suffice to handle all the
calculations that will ever be needed in England, Ferranti would be
well advised to drop the idea of making computers for commercial sale."
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