Groklaw Will Be Archived At Library of Congress

inode_buddha writes "Groklaw has just received an invitation to be archived in the Library of Congress. In true FOSS style, PJ has decided to ask all the contributors and commenters if they wish to be included, since commenters own the copyrights on their comments. So far, the answer seems to be 'yes,' even for Anonymous Cowards. It's a great honor for Groklaw, but one wonders how many AC's there are, and whether Congress or future researchers would think that they are all one person."

Comments

Congrats

[MightyMartian]

I give my congratulations to PJ. She has done a remarkable service and has proven the Internet's power for citizen advocacy, education and activism. Her success can be measured by just how much her enemies tried to, and in some cases still try to discredit her.

Re:Congrats

[msclrhd]

It comes from the pronunciation of "blogs" in some accents:
    * /blA.gz/ -- the 'o' is pronounced the same as in "b(o)ther", where "f(a)ther" and "b(o)ther" are pronounced differently (e.g. British Accents) [to pronounce this, pronounce it as the "ah" in "f(a)ther", but round the lips like in "b(oo)k" and keep it a short sound]
    * /blA:gz/ -- the 'o' is pronounced the same as "f(a)ther", where "f(a)ther" and "b(o)ther" are pronounced the same (e.g. some American Accents)
    * /blOgz/ -- the 'o' is pronounced the same as "m(ore)" (e.g. some American Accents)

The /blOgz/ pronunciation gets transliterated as "blawgs". Therefore, it is a transliteration of that accent and not a typo. It was probably chosen for this and (as people on Groklaw have noted) that it contains the word "law" in it.

c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English_low_back_vowels

NOTE: I am using Kirshenbaum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirshenbaum) as /. does not accept Unicode IPA characters.

People are often dumb, but...

[Angst Badger]

It's a great honor for Groklaw, but one wonders how many AC's there are, and whether Congress or future researchers would think that they are all one person.

I rather doubt many future researchers would think that "Anonymous Coward" is one person, though I can't speak for members of Congress. I can certainly imagine Ted Stevens talking about the tremendously prolific output of A. Coward flowing through a series of tubes....

Size of Groklaw archive

[Curate]

Does anyone know just how big the Groklaw archive is, anyway? Please answer in units of Libraries of Congresses, or LOCs. And how big will it be, in LOCs, after it gets added? And how big is the actual Library of Congress, in LOCs, both before and after the addition? I'd prefer it in metric LOCs (being Canadian), but I can convert from imperial LOCs if necessary. Thanks.

Re:Size of Groklaw archive

[Pop69]

Isn't it obvious that the Library of Congress is always equal to one LOC ?

Your mistake is thinking that one LOC is a constant

Re:What shallI do?

[RichardJenkins]

The right thing is obviously to sue the true rights holders in a protracted and monumentally expensive legal battle dragging your name through the mud and ultimately making a complete ass of yourself, after artificially inflating your stock price for a little while.

Re:What shallI do?

[RockDoctor]

The right thing is obviously to sue the true rights holders in a protracted and monumentally expensive legal battle dragging your name through the mud and ultimately making a complete ass of yourself, after artificially inflating your stock price for a little while.

There is a man in Utah (I think) who is interested in your plan and wishes to invest his unemployment benefits in suing you for infringement of his patents. Call Darl@mcdonalds.ut.us