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Public-Domain Bookmobile Hits the Road

Posted by jamie on from the draft-behind-it-for-extra-bandwidth dept.

At Belle Haven Elementary School in Palo Alto, right about... *now*, the Internet Archive Bookmobile is starting its ten-day, cross-country trip to the Supreme Court. They're putting the hammer down (itinerary) (blog) to make it to Ohio for the Bookmobile Conference. Then they'll drive into Washington, D.C. on Oct. 8, the day before the nine Justices hear the copyright-extension case Eldred v. Ashcroft. The contraption is a Ford Aerostar with decals, satellite dish, wireless LAN, laptops... and a printer and binder to do on-demand printing of any of the thousands of public domain books on the internet. (The webpage says 20,000 but the decals claim 1,000,000... maybe they have 50 fonts :) Update: 10/01 01:33 GMT by T : Nick Arnett writes "The piece about Belle Haven School's bookmobile put the school in Palo Alto. It's not; it's across the freeway, in a far less wealthy and privileged neighborhood, where access to technology is much less common than in Palo Alto. (I'm on the board of Plugged In, a community technology center in the same area as Belle Haven.)"

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is this it????

    1. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yes...the rest of your life will be downhill from here on out. I hope you enjoyed it while it lasted.

    2. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      And you got modded +1 Insightful!!

      That's the funniest thing I ever saw!!!!

    3. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You ain't seen nothing yet - check this out. What a troll!
      Goatse was at +5... amazing, simply amazing. On this, the nearly half-month anniversary of that troll, we can only wonder... where can we go from here? The sky is the limit, folks.

  2. i have got it oh yes i have by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post booyah

    damn you filter dear sweet jesus i have been cheated

  3. Damn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was so close to getting a FP. And the guy below me scores a +1 moderator point for doing so. That's what I call class.

    I guess I'll just take this time to talk about gaping anuses, faggots, and why we should kill every single Jew out there. Eh, I'm bored, nevermind.

    See you all in the next thread!

  4. Re:I sincerely hope... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Moderated offtopic? Very strange. The moderators seem to have switched from crack to heroin today.

  5. Moderation Totals: Offtopic=1, Troll=1, Insightful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What a riot!!!

  6. Re:I sincerely hope... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, duh...Come on now. Didn't you see the "insightful" first post?

    Apparently, this discussion is a competition about who can be the most off-topic, etc. Currently, I'm trying to work my way to the lead. :)

  7. Burn! Smash! Rape! Kill! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Steamboat Willie was a crappy cartoon in the first place!

  8. Two Towers Trailer by smoondog · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Since it seems that the TTT trailer isn't worth a story, I've added a link to my journal because I would love to see some hi-res mirrors. It is way cool.....

    The trailer and mirrors (hopefully) are here

    -Sean

  9. A FORD??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They're taking a Ford (Fix Or Repair Daily) Aerostar??

    I hope they've got strong arms and legs for pushing that thing, because otherwise they're never going to make it to Ohio!

    Good luck guys, bring some spare parts!

  10. TIP: Goatse has a site icon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you have your Mozilla or Phoenix browser set to "Open middle-click windows in a new tab, in the background", then you'll get see a Goatse site icon, and you'll be able to close the tab without looking at the disgusting a-hole.

  11. (OT) First On Race Day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They're taking a Ford (Fix Or Repair Daily) Aerostar??

    More like First On Race Day.

    1. Re:(OT) First On Race Day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I thought it was:

      Found On the Road Dead.

  12. Re:excellent by tps12 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Uh, that is not a picture of me. It is just a picture on my webpage. I am stupid, though.

    --

    Karma: Good (despite my invention of the Karma: sig)
  13. both wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    its fvcker only runs downhill

  14. I'll persecute you next time, child of our Savior! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just don't know why people hate love and peace! Why would anybody hate thier personal Lord and Savior? Why would anybody hate His followers? Gee whiz, isn't that ironical?

    If only I wasn't anonymous...

  15. Re:Moderation Totals: Offtopic=1, Troll=1, Insight by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is true. And Klerck is the messiah, the prophet, the savior. Kneel before him.

  16. I hope they watch out... by Misch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hope they watch out... Given their recent problems with Scientology, they should stay away from $cientology's "Gold Base" in Hemet, California. People have a tendency to die in and around it.

    --

    --You will rephrase your request for me to go to hell. Goto statements are not acceptable programming constructs
  17. Re:I sincerely hope... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Karma whoring faggot, you're such a fake.

    Go back to your cave you unwashed communist linux ass-hippie.

    Yours sincerely,
    Alex Trebek

  18. IGNORE PARENT - Here is the real link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GODDAMNIT! Stupid slashdot. here. Don't gimme any of that preview crap either.

  19. I think it's crap. by DJ+FirBee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The technology used to print books on demand is going suck for a few generations. Forget about cool hardcover books with nice illustrations. Futhermore, how long am I going to have to wait for my copy to be xeroxed/mimeographed by the grandma at WaldenBooks anyways ? When is the grandma at Waldenbooks ever gonna learn how to run the Acme Book Machine anyways ?? Real publishers have this stuff down. They have been doing it for a long time. I don't want some scrappy tech head to print my book on his pre beta box with a bubble jet. Thats why I go to a book store and buy a real friggin book with glossy pages and nice pictures. If I wanted a purple mimeograph printed diagonally across the page I would go buy some computer hardware. Books are good technology that I use every day. Please don't fuck them up. Thank You.