"Shit" is a fairly mild (and common) word in Swedish. The translator was just a little too literal. (So it's more like "This rescues me from the bother/trouble").
"I'm sorry, Dave, but you're drunk and I won't allow you to start operating a heavy metal object which could kill many people if you're not alert." Not quite as catchy, I suppose.
These are already used in Australia, anyway. If you're convicted of a drink-driving offence, then your car must be fitted with an alcohol interlock for at least six months.
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Installed 0.8.6 and when I go to fullscreen, I can't find any new full screen control.
Gack, good! One of the best things about VLC is that there is no annoying "control" eating screen space when you go fullscreen. The keyboard shortcuts remain fully functional, so use those.
I've seen way too many public presentations that begin with the Windows Media Player controls present, then sliding away, not to appreciate the value of VLC.
Just as the wedge itself isn't evil. Its also not evil when you sharpen the edge and strap it to a stick. It still isn't evil when you cleave someones head with it - the weilder of it is. AND - the weilder is only evil if the cleaving was done out of malice or spite.
Truly, that is the oddest metaphor I've read this year.
So, as the summary states: make them available for Web searching does not mean that there will be a complete text index available (that is full text search,) but instead you can only search for specific works?
That probably means that the search index will be uncorrected OCR, which leads to some inaccurate searches. The problem with using raw OCR is scannos, words that may be recognised as a different word that "looks" the same, for example modem and modern, or an i might be recognised as a slash.
I do that every once in a while on their German counterpart: GaGa
Your time might be better spent at the real Distributed Proofreaders, or DP-Europe, since Projekt Gutenberg-DE is not an offical branch of PG, and actually copyrights its output (unlike the real PG).
Project Gutenberg and the Open Content Alliance are working on two slightly different things:
The OCA is making available the images of scanned pages. That's fine for reading an entire book, but you can't search it, nor copy a section of text into a document of your own.
Project Gutenberg makes available plain text, usually illustrated HTML, and occasionally other versions, of public domain books, which can be used by anyone for no cost.
If you'd like to help prepare public domain ebooks, visit Distributed Proofreaders and proofread a page a day (or more!).
Well, Google probably won't turn over data to the RIAA, but this looks like another "Do your web browsing through a Google proxy! It's free! Don't bother reading our vague privacy policy!"
Between this -- which they seem to be also encouraging the use of with non-Google wifi networks -- and Google Accelerator, it seems that a large number of people could be used by Google in a study of web-browsing habits.
I know someone who went to Nigeria (and other nearby countries) as part of setup for an Africa-wide online learning university (computer science components). It was a miserable failure because none of the Nigerian universities were able to meet the requirements for computing, most notably steady electricity supply.
Rather then shipping developing countries information, it is much more important to get them set up with infrastructure so that they will eventually have the access required to retrieve the information themselves.
Information is one thing. Using it is something else entirely.
Part of using information effectively is learning how to get it properly, and extract effective information from it. That's what we do every time we use Google: filter the wheat from the chaff, if you will.
Indeed, there are many, many sites that do all sorts of wonderfulthings with Project Gutenberg eBooks. That's the wonderful thing about PG, you can do anything you like with the books.
It is very much worth noting that Project Gutenberg would have nowhere near as many eBooks as it does without the help of Distributed Proofreaders. Sign up there, and proof just a page a day to make your contribution to preserving literary history. You can proofread as little or as much as you like, and do something worthwhile! Distributed Proofreaders is a great way to spend some of your time.
Project Gutenberg will accept any format of an ebook, as long as there is also a plain text version. So, many ebooks are available in plain text and HTML, and sometimes other formats (including PDF!!).
The major producer of PG ebooks, Distributed Proofreaders, ends up producing an illustrated HTML version of almost every book that would benefit from it.
As long as the public domain PDF ebooks are eventually added to the real Project Gutenberg, and PG2 pays the proper royalties to PG, I don't have a problem with this site.
Oh wait, I do... I think it's fishy that a friend of Michael Hart (the founder of PG) is awarded one of the domain names owned by the real Project Gutenberg. The "owner" of the domain is Greg Newby (the CEO of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. He does a fine job, and this isn't his fault;).
I guess when the whole trade secret thing stops working, it's time to patent!
I use Gordian Knot to encode DVDs (uncopyrighted religious movies that just happen to be CSS 'protected';), and it takes more effort then I'd like. I have to make decisions, for crying out loud!
The only effective way to stymie the illegal copying of DVDs is to make the purchase price attractive enough that they'd rather just buy it. In my opinion, if you appeal to the lazy in people, you win.
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"Shit" is a fairly mild (and common) word in Swedish. The translator was just a little too literal. (So it's more like "This rescues me from the bother/trouble").
"I'm sorry, Dave, but you're drunk and I won't allow you to start operating a heavy metal object which could kill many people if you're not alert." Not quite as catchy, I suppose.
These are already used in Australia, anyway. If you're convicted of a drink-driving offence, then your car must be fitted with an alcohol interlock for at least six months.
Gack, good! One of the best things about VLC is that there is no annoying "control" eating screen space when you go fullscreen. The keyboard shortcuts remain fully functional, so use those.
I've seen way too many public presentations that begin with the Windows Media Player controls present, then sliding away, not to appreciate the value of VLC.
Truly, that is the oddest metaphor I've read this year.
"Clickstream"? Who comes up with this stuff? Ick.
That probably means that the search index will be uncorrected OCR, which leads to some inaccurate searches. The problem with using raw OCR is scannos, words that may be recognised as a different word that "looks" the same, for example modem and modern, or an i might be recognised as a slash.
Your time might be better spent at the real Distributed Proofreaders, or DP-Europe, since Projekt Gutenberg-DE is not an offical branch of PG, and actually copyrights its output (unlike the real PG).
Project Gutenberg and the Open Content Alliance are working on two slightly different things:
The OCA is making available the images of scanned pages. That's fine for reading an entire book, but you can't search it, nor copy a section of text into a document of your own.
Project Gutenberg makes available plain text, usually illustrated HTML, and occasionally other versions, of public domain books, which can be used by anyone for no cost.
If you'd like to help prepare public domain ebooks, visit Distributed Proofreaders and proofread a page a day (or more!).
Well, Google probably won't turn over data to the RIAA, but this looks like another "Do your web browsing through a Google proxy! It's free! Don't bother reading our vague privacy policy!" Between this -- which they seem to be also encouraging the use of with non-Google wifi networks -- and Google Accelerator, it seems that a large number of people could be used by Google in a study of web-browsing habits.
'Slut' is perfectly applicable to both genders, you sexist bastard.
And another congratulations, submitter, for your senseless butchering of the poor comma.
Comma usage.
As long as Mickey Mouse is in "danger" of falling into the public domain, you can bet the copyright term will be extended.
There are over 14,000 uncopyrighted eBooks available from Project Gutenberg, and you can help create more by proofreading a page a day.
Except that you're paying for it...
This idea is sure to succeed because those horrible, evil, open source zealots would never think of this idea.
Is it just me, or is the display of photos by time on a calendar exactly what Photoshop Album 1 did?
Hurrah for innovation!
From the article:
* 19:00 Building the Office* 19:30 Kick-off party
* 19:45 International expansion
* 22:00 Concepts and planning
* 02:00 Nightly coding
* 14:00 Milestone 1
* 15:00 Milestone 2
* 16:00 Milestone 3
* 16:50 Milestone 4
* 17:00 Press conference
* 18:00 Final candidate 1
* 18:30 Release Party
* 19:00 Final release
* 18:59 Launch, IPO on eBay
They sure do have their priorities right! All the essential ingredients of a dotcom...
I know someone who went to Nigeria (and other nearby countries) as part of setup for an Africa-wide online learning university (computer science components). It was a miserable failure because none of the Nigerian universities were able to meet the requirements for computing, most notably steady electricity supply.
Rather then shipping developing countries information, it is much more important to get them set up with infrastructure so that they will eventually have the access required to retrieve the information themselves.
Part of using information effectively is learning how to get it properly, and extract effective information from it. That's what we do every time we use Google: filter the wheat from the chaff, if you will.
Well, this piddling 'interface' to Project Gutenberg may have died, but the real PG website is still going strong!
While you wait, you could do something worthwhile. (That is, instead of reading the 10,000 other "Its /.ed already" posts)
Indeed, there are many, many sites that do all sorts of wonderful things with Project Gutenberg eBooks. That's the wonderful thing about PG, you can do anything you like with the books.
While personally I prefer the original and the best... hey, whatever floats your boat!
It is very much worth noting that Project Gutenberg would have nowhere near as many eBooks as it does without the help of Distributed Proofreaders. Sign up there, and proof just a page a day to make your contribution to preserving literary history. You can proofread as little or as much as you like, and do something worthwhile! Distributed Proofreaders is a great way to spend some of your time.
Their results page simply lists the following info--
Average time wasted: 12.888078236572 Seconds
Total time: 1383.75 Minutes
Hours: 23.0625 Hours
Operating for: 928.40555555556 Hours
Then there's a big table full of entries like this (reformatted to make it easier to view here)--
ID: 6442 ;)
PID: 3578
FPID: 1
Date: Mar 19 2004 07:42:53AM
IP: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (Well really, let's not pick on one person
Location: Germany
Run time: 17
Filename: Unreal Tournament 2004 ALL VERSIONS KeyGen Crack (1).exe
The site continues in that vein for some time... fascinating stuff.
My thoughts: Software piracy is bad, m'kay, but two wrongs don't make a right!
Project Gutenberg will accept any format of an ebook, as long as there is also a plain text version. So, many ebooks are available in plain text and HTML, and sometimes other formats (including PDF!!).
The major producer of PG ebooks, Distributed Proofreaders, ends up producing an illustrated HTML version of almost every book that would benefit from it.
As long as the public domain PDF ebooks are eventually added to the real Project Gutenberg, and PG2 pays the proper royalties to PG, I don't have a problem with this site.
Oh wait, I do... I think it's fishy that a friend of Michael Hart (the founder of PG) is awarded one of the domain names owned by the real Project Gutenberg. The "owner" of the domain is Greg Newby (the CEO of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. He does a fine job, and this isn't his fault ;).
PROJECTGUTENBERG.INFO Registrant:
Newby, Greg
(PROJECTGUTENBERG2-DOM)
Does anyone have any experience with the longetivity of these things?
I was turned off buying one by the fine print on a Toshiba model:
Warranty does not apply when used for school use.
How durable can it be?
I guess when the whole trade secret thing stops working, it's time to patent!
I use Gordian Knot to encode DVDs (uncopyrighted religious movies that just happen to be CSS 'protected' ;), and it takes more effort then I'd like. I have to make decisions, for crying out loud!
The only effective way to stymie the illegal copying of DVDs is to make the purchase price attractive enough that they'd rather just buy it. In my opinion, if you appeal to the lazy in people, you win.