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Librarians Fighting to Save Moore's Law Issue
wambaugh writes "As
reported earlier, Intel is offering $10,000 for a copy of the April 19, 1965 issue of Electronics containing Moore's original article predicting
'Moore's Law.' Now it is
being reported that
academic science libraries are having to
make sure no go-getters make off with their copies. At least one
copy is
already missing from the University of Illinois. Too bad Intel won't settle for a pdf."
Lo and behold... brothers of Slashdot; here is an Ebay auction with an alleged copy of the Electronics mag from 1965, that (purportedly) did not come from a library.
My grand-pappy used to say, "if it looks too good to be true, it is." I'm guessing that Intel's prerequisite about having an intact magazine will put this auction out of the running for the $10k prize, as the pages are all put in anti-acid sleeves, according to the seller.
Not sure if it's legit but if Intel wants to save a buck or two they might call an emergency meeting and head over to buy it. Unless this auction is a hoax. Caveat Emptor sirrahs...
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
Why doesn't Intel just buy it off some library for 'permanent loan,' like in a museum?
Or for that matter, why not just post a copy of it, nobody will know/care that its really the one.
Eh! FP?
"At least one copy is already missing from the University of Illinois. Too bad Intel won't settle for a pdf."
Too bad some people have no ethics, or morality.
Welcome to humanity. Hope you enjoy your stay.
As a fellow Illini I understand the feeling, and I have an especially strong feeling on this particular issue. As it happens, after reading about the Moore's law article on Slashdot I popped into the library on one of my regular trips, actually found the book and read through it (though I didn't walk off with it!). Part of me wanted to take it down to the desk and suggest that it be kept under lock and key for a few weeks, but for some reason I didn't act on that instinct, and boy do I feel dumb. The next day it walked away =(
Intel did this as a marketing ploy -- only. They set aside $10k for one copy of the Electronics mag, knowing all sorts of them would go missing, thus increasing the value of *their* copy, while creating quite a stir. Intel will put it up for auction since the value was increased, or they might keep it around, collecting value.
The funny thing is... they are getting a lot of press over this, so it's a very successful advertising campaign, and for the LOW PRICE of only $10,000. Compared to some ad campaigns? That's NOTHING!
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
Am I the only one who misread the Subject?
I had visions of otherwise demure, bookish girls wearing glasses duking it out in a wafer fab plant before tumbling over a workbench into a pit of jelly...
Dialectician. Archology.
I worked in a library for 9 years, it's funny what people steal. The Mason's steal all of the books revealing their secret rites, the Scientologists do something similar to the books on cults.
We had a lovely old stitch bound book on FORTRAN that walked when some local geeks attempted to start a computer museum! WHY!?
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This is where you need a Tome Raider.
[Enter, stage left, busty librarian with guns on her hips]
Check out the cartoon on page 3 of Steve Jobs selling Mac Minis at Walmart.
Whenever I hear the word 'Innovation', I reach for my pistol.
As soon as I read the ad on ebay, I check my library. They had a copy, and I reserved it.
:)
When picking it up, the computer told the librarian that it could not be lend out, since it was a rare item. The librarian frowned and aussumed it had to be an error. I got the magazine anyway.
Instead of stealing it, I made few good color scans and returned the magazine
The raw scans (tiff, 100Mb): http://laudy.net/moore.zip
Cleaned version(tiff, 100Mb):
http://laudy.net/moore_clean.zip
1.7 Mb/file Jpg version:
http://laudy.net/moore_jpg.zip
The BBC are reporting that a British engineer has "won" the auction. The link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4472549.stm
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