It's good to see this...hopefully the new members will be able to have some influence, and not end up being the 'token' fringe element.
As for the voting process, I'm happy to say it went very smoothly here. My fiance and I had both registered, with no delays or problems, and we voted without any glitches too. I had placed Auerbach second, she put him third...we both had Lessig as first choice.
Now...where's that.cat that my fiance wants so bad?? <G>
I didn't post anything to the Hellmouth debate when it first appeared, so maybe my feelings on the use of quotes is less strong than some peoples. I think of a place like/. as being sort of like a wall where you can scrawl graffiti...You do it so that it can be seen, so I don't have a big problem with posts being reproduced for a book. And as for the hellmouth book itself, I plan to buy one, and donate it to my local library. Maybe in that way some readers can be reached who would not end up on this site. I hope so at least. The wider availability the better, IMO.
The thing that caught my eye in the Librarian's comments was the idea of 'reverance' in regards to books. It occurs to me that perhaps he has let his position in the (ornate, even temple-like) Library go to his head. After all, if we are to be properly reverent, doesn't that make him sort of the High Priest of the library? And since when do High Priests want the masses to have free access to the Holy Works? On a slightly more serious note, I agree that I would not read War and Peace or such books on a screen as a matter of choice...I do like to curl up with a book. But if I am researching a 900 page technical or historical book, then a searchable format would be wonderful. The basic fact is, When in doubt, it is best to go with more access, not less. Hopefully the LOC will go this route before too long.
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It's good to see this...hopefully the new members will be able to have some influence, and not end up being the 'token' fringe element. .cat that my fiance wants so bad?? <G>
As for the voting process, I'm happy to say it went very smoothly here. My fiance and I had both registered, with no delays or problems, and we voted without any glitches too. I had placed Auerbach second, she put him third...we both had Lessig as first choice.
Now...where's that
Just as long as it doesn't come with a copy of that annoying little kid and his chimp friend
I didn't post anything to the Hellmouth debate when it first appeared, so maybe my feelings on the use of quotes is less strong than some peoples. I think of a place like /. as being sort of like a wall where you can scrawl graffiti...You do it so that it can be seen, so I don't have a big problem with posts being reproduced for a book. And as for the hellmouth book itself, I plan to buy one, and donate it to my local library. Maybe in that way some readers can be reached who would not end up on this site. I hope so at least. The wider availability the better, IMO.
The thing that caught my eye in the Librarian's comments was the idea of 'reverance' in regards to books. It occurs to me that perhaps he has let his position in the (ornate, even temple-like) Library go to his head. After all, if we are to be properly reverent, doesn't that make him sort of the High Priest of the library? And since when do High Priests want the masses to have free access to the Holy Works?
On a slightly more serious note, I agree that I would not read War and Peace or such books on a screen as a matter of choice...I do like to curl up with a book. But if I am researching a 900 page technical or historical book, then a searchable format would be wonderful. The basic fact is, When in doubt, it is best to go with more access, not less. Hopefully the LOC will go this route before too long.