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The Distributed Library Project

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-might-work dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mike Benham of thoughtcrime.org has started a cool project for sharing information and building community in San Francisco. From the website: "Unfortunately, the traditional library system doesn't do much to foster community. Patrons come and go, but there is very little opportunity to establish relationships with people or groups of people. In fact, if you try to talk with someone holding a book you like - you'll probably get shushed. The Distributed Library Project works in exactly the opposite way, where the very function of the library depends on interaction." It looks like the software is now available for other cities."

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

    the end is near!

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

    I wonder what kind of relationships this guy is trying to establish...

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

    pist

    mad props to http://christdot.org/

  4. SCO? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    what's wrong with SCO's site?

    oh and first postus!

    1. Re:SCO? by Aussie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Soon Comes Obituary

  5. in soviet russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the books read YOU

    1. Re:in soviet russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I, for one, welcome our new librarian overlords.

    2. Re:in soviet russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of people loaning books?!

      Because that's what this idea's like, seriously.

    3. Re:in soviet russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I can help round up people to work in their underground book mines.

  6. HAHA YOUR LAST NAME IS CUMMING!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    1. Re:HAHA YOUR LAST NAME IS CUMMING!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Funniest thing I've read in weeks.

  7. ATTENTION ALL TROLLERS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to crapflood, troll, and otherwise piss off the people of http://christdot.org/, the new home of JesusGeeks.

  8. Bleeding rectally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    How do you know?

    I mean I just took a dump and it looks like I'm bleeding rectally. There was no pain but lots of bright red blood and turds.

  9. KATHLEEN FENT HAS AIDS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    She also has crabs, Taco. Better go back to rimming Cowboi Kneel's blimp-like anus.

  10. ThoughtCrime.org? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was under the impression that ThoughtCrime was what the political left charged you with if you don't agree with political correctness.

    You know:
    * racism is bad, unless you hate white people.
    * sexism is bad, unless you hate men.
    Hopefully, we'll find a final solution to the heterosexual white male problem.

    It is OK to hate as long as your hate is politically correct hate.

    1. Re:ThoughtCrime.org? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Men can hurt women more than vice versa. p That's why we should give more leeway to the women when they defend themselves against the male oppression (Do you think a woman could be elected as the president of the USA? Seriously).