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Google Is Adding Major Libraries to Its Database
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/14/technology/14google.html?oref=login&th ^
| Dec. 14, 2004
| By JOHN MARKOFF and EDWARD WYATT
Posted on 12/14/2004 5:54:39 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount
Great news for me and my PDA.
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posted on
12/14/2004 5:56:37 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/flamelily.html)
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:04:01 AM PST
by
ELS
To: cyborg
I wonder if CBS has decided if the internet is a serious phenomenon yet.
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:04:08 AM PST
by
Taliesan
(The power of the State to do good is the power of the State to do evil.)
To: Taliesan
I wonder if CBS has decided if the internet is a serious phenomenon yet.Someone should tell them that we will be able to access the entire body of human knowledge in our pajamas.
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:06:42 AM PST
by
jalisco555
("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." W. B. Yeats)
To: jalisco555
Someone should tell them that we will be able to access the entire body of human knowledge in our pajamas. Well, no good thing can come of that. As Bill O'Reilly once said, "if anything important happens, we'll tell you about it."
I think they'd rather just sort through all knowledge themselves and drop the conclusions down to us from the heavens.
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:13:28 AM PST
by
Taliesan
(The power of the State to do good is the power of the State to do evil.)
To: Taliesan
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:14:04 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/flamelily.html)
To: COUNTrecount
I use the Amazon full text search when doing research projects. Good that Google is adding more to its database!
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:15:56 AM PST
by
Koblenz
(Holland: a very tolerant country. Until someone shoots you on a public street in broad daylight...)
To: COUNTrecount
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:17:27 AM PST
by
Quilla
To: COUNTrecount
It seems to me that, in the near future era of digital publishing, the role of the publishing house will be irrelevant. Libraries could easily accept electronic text directly from the authors.
I predict there will be some kind of law or procedures in place that will restrict libraries to contract only with 'authorized' publishers. Sort of like how teachers can't negotiate their own contracts, but must join the teacher's union.
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:18:35 AM PST
by
pjd
To: Quilla
To: COUNTrecount
Be ware of geeks bearing gifts! Google is a left-coast, left-wing politically correct operation. They have used joint-o-gether.org asm as a news source over the protests of FReepers. Their selection of books will be unbalanced. Effective legal censorship.
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:26:10 AM PST
by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
To: cyborg
It's a great time to be alive, isn't it?
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:27:37 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Sleepin' on the interstate, ah whoa-o, Gettin' wild, wild life.)
To: COUNTrecount; cyborg; arasina; martin_fierro
Someday, from anywhere in the world, from the lowliest cellphone or laptop computer, we'll be able to count how many times the works of Bill and Hillary Clinton mention the stained blue dress. [Answer: zero]
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:29:55 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Sleepin' on the interstate, ah whoa-o, Gettin' wild, wild life.)
To: Quilla
And don't forget
Project Gutenberg. The original free ebook collection with mirrors all over the world.
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:43:36 AM PST
by
pjd
To: COUNTrecount
Daniel 12: 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:46:39 AM PST
by
WKB
(3! ~ Psa. 12 8 The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.")
To: pjd
Yes, the Univ. of Penn. site has numerous links to works at Project Gutenberg. I've read quite a few books online, one of my favorites being
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:48:18 AM PST
by
Quilla
To: Petronski
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posted on
12/14/2004 6:54:31 AM PST
by
cyborg
(http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/flamelily.html)
To: pjd
To: COUNTrecount; Quilla
I use the
netLibrary from time to time -- not bad!
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posted on
12/14/2004 7:13:46 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(pAye p00r atenShun 2 dEtai)
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