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Subject: Project Gutenberg Newsletter for Sept, 1998
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
To: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 16:31:37 -0500 (CDT)
This is he Project Gutenberg Newsletter: Wednesday, September 2, 1998
[Usually sent the first Wednesday of each month, delayed if by relay.]
Main URL is promo.net Webmaster is Pietro di Miceli, of Rome, Italy
**********This coming Tuesday is International Literacy Day!**********
September 8 is International Literacy Day, give someone the gift of an
assortment of Etexts on floppy disk; encourage them to pass on copies!
In honor of this we are posting more files this month than ever before
. . .from several different official release months, and when, finally
I get a chance to take a deep breath, I will post the new Shakespeare!
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We also got a very nice writeup in the major French paper, Le Monde:
http://www.lemonde.fr/dossiers/utopies/gut.html
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We are scheduled to be listed in the "WIRED 25" in November's issue.
***Requests for Assistance***
We need a non- translated copy of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales,
something published before 1924. . . . Please contact me and also cc:
Thomas Broch-Nielsen <histbn@stud.hum.aau.dk>
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Looking for a lecture Henry James delivered, and which was issued
in a magazine named Pall Mall Gazette (or something like that).
Paulo Costa Galvco
prgalvao@rio.com.br
Revista Brasil de Literatura
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
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Now, in a totally confusing order of months, here are ALL the December
Etexts, 23 of the October Etexts, and 5 of the January, 1999 Etexts.
**You may have to remind yourself when getting them to use /etext99**
[This is totally my [Michael Hart] fault, as I tend to get ahead of
myself on occasion, while not yet getting the new Shakespeare posted.]
Mon Year Title and Author [filename.ext] ###
Dec 1998 Laches, by Plato, B. Jowett, Translator [Plato #6][lachsxxx.xxx]1584
Dec 1998 Options, by O Henry [O Henry #2][optnsxxx.xxx]1583
Dec 1998 Reserved for Holy Bible, Douay Rheims Version, NT [ xxx.xxx]1582
Dec 1998 Reserved for Holy Bible, Douay Rheims Version, all[ xxx.xxx]1581
Dec 1998 Charmides, by Plato, B. Jowett, Translator #5 [crmdsxxx.xxx]1580
Dec 1998 Lysis, by Plato, Benjamin Jowett, Translator #4 [lysisxxx.xxx]1579
Dec 1998 Aucassin and Nicolete, Tr. by Andrew Lang[Lang#10][aucncxxx.xxx]1578
Dec 1998 The Grey Room, by Eden Phillpotts [gryrmxxx.xxx]1577
Dec 1998 The Life of Phineas T. Barnum, by Joel Benton [ptbnmxxx.xxx]1576
Dec 1998 The Foundations of Personality, by Abraham Myerson[prstyxxx.xxx]1575
Dec 1998 Historic Girls, by E. S. Brooks [hgrlsxxx.xxx]1574
Dec 1998 Frank's Campaign/Farm & Camp, Horatio Alger Jr. #9[frcmpxxx.xxx]1573
Dec 1998 Timaeus, by Plato, Benjamin Jowett, Translator #3 [tmeusxxx.xxx]1572
Dec 1998 Critias, by Plato, Benjamin Jowett, Translator #2 [critixxx.xxx]1571
Dec 1998 The Power of Concentration, By Theron Q. Dumont [prconxxx.xxx]1570
Dec 1998 The Lily of the Valley by Honore de Balzac[HdB#51][tlotvxxx.xxx]1569
Dec 1998 Poems, by William Ernest Henley[William Henley #2][pmwehxxx.xxx]1568
Dec 1998 Poems, by T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot [Eliot #3][tsepmxxx.xxx]1567
Dec 1998 The Evolution of Modern Medicine, by William Osler[teommxxx.xxx]1566
Dec 1998 Last Days of Pompeii, Edward George Bulwer-Lytton [tldopxxx.xxx]1565
Dec 1998 Life of Johnson by [James] Boswell [ljnsnxxx.xxx]1564
Dec 1998 The Crystal Stopper, by Maurice LeBlanc [cstprxxx.xxx]1563
Dec 1998 Little Rivers, by Henry van Dyke [van Dyke #4][ltrvsxxx.xxx]1562
Dec 1998 Pagan & Christian Creeds, by Edward Carpenter [pchrcxxx.xxx]1561
Dec 1998 The San Francisco Calamity, Charles Morris, Ed. [sfclmxxx.xxx]1560
Dec 1998 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, By Balzac #50[adpapxxx.xxx]1559
Dec 1998 The Profits of Religion, by Upton Sinclair [prfrlxxx.xxx]1558
Dec 1998 Men of Iron, by Ernie Howard Pyle [femenxxx.xxx]1557
Dec 1998 The Marriage Contract, by de Honore de Balzac[#49][mrgctxxx.xxx]1556
Dec 1998 A Passion in the Desert, by Honore de Balzac [#48][apitdxxx.xxx]1555
Dec 1998 Adieu, by Honore de Balzac [Honore de Balzac #47][adieuxxx.xxx]1554
Dec 1998 The Hidden Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac[HdB#46][hmstpxxx.xxx]1553
Dec 1998 Most Interesting Stories of All Nations, Hawthorne[misanxxx.xxx]1552
Dec 1998 A Cathedral Courtship, by Kate Douglas Wiggin [#9][cthrcxxx.xxx]1551
Dec 1998 A Lady of Quality, by Frances Hodgson Burnett [#8][ladyqxxx.xxx]1550
Dec 1998 Commentary on Galatians, Martin Luther [mlgltxxx.xxx]1549
Please note that we have reserved 1500-1548 for Shakepeare, new editions.
This reserves the rest of the October Etexts and all the November Etexts.
Thus the current releases are being labeled as being from December, 1998,
and January, 1999.
Oct 1998 Beacon Lights of History, by John Lord [V3 Part 2][32blhxxx.xxx]1499
Oct 1998 Beacon Lights of History, by John Lord [V3 Part 1][31blhxxx.xxx]1498
Oct 1998 The Republic by Plato, Tr. Benjamin Jowett/see 150[repub11x.xxx]1497
Oct 1998 Massacre at Paris, by Christopher Marlowe [CM #5][msprsxxx.xxx]1496
Oct 1998 The Golf Course Mystery, by Chester K. Steele [glfmsxxx.xxx]1495
Oct 1998 The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg Volume 2[2lotjxxx.xxx]1494
Oct 1998 The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg Volume 1[1lotjxxx.xxx]1493
Oct 1998 The Life of Columbus, [in his own words] by Hale [tloccxxx.xxx]1492
Oct 1998 Letters to Dead Authors, by Andrew Lang [Lang #9] [letdaxxx.xxx]1491
Oct 1998 The New McGuffey Fourth Reader[McGuffey Reader #2][4nmcgxxx.xxx]1490
Oct 1998 The New McGuffey First Reader [McGuffey Reader #1][1nmcgxxx.xxx]1489
Oct 1998 True Story of Christopher Columbus, by E.S. Brooks[ttsccxxx.xxx]1488
Oct 1998 Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary the Ring, by GB Shaw[sringxxx.xxx]1487
Oct 1998 The Unseen World and Other Essays, by John Fiske [nswoexxx.xxx]1486
Oct 1998 The Use and Need of the Life of Carrie A. Nation [crntnxxx.xxx]1485
Oct 1998 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by Ibanez [4hrsmxxx.xxx]1484
Oct 1998 Forty Centuries of Ink, by David N. Carvalho [40cnkxxx.xxx]1483
Oct 1998 Modeste Mignon, by Honore de Balzac [de Balzac#45][mdmgnxxx.xxx]1482
Oct 1998 A Daughter of Eve, by Honore de Balzac [Balzac#44][doevexxx.xxx]1481
Oct 1998 Tom Brown's School Days, by Thomas Hughes ][tbssdxxx.xxx]1480
Oct 1998 A Vanished Arcadia, by R. B. Cunninghame Graham ][vajipxxx.xxx]1479
Oct 1998 A Parody Outline of History, by D. O. Stewart [#2][apoohxxx.xxx]1478
Oct 1998 The Toys of Peace by H.H. Munro ("Saki") [Saki #3][toypcxxx.xxx]1477
and also
Jan 1999 Tamburlaine the Great PT 2, by Christopher Marlowe[tmbn2xxx.xxx]1589
Jan 1999 A Rogue's Life, by Wilkie Collins [W. Collins #9][rgslfxxx.xxx]1588
Jan 1999 The Black Robe, by Wilkie Collins [W. Collins #8][blkrbxxx.xxx]1587
Jan 1999 Man and Wife, by Wilkie Collins [W. Collins #7][mandwxxx.xxx]1586
Jan 1999 The Wrong Box, by Stevenson & Osbourne [RLS#40][wrngbxxx.xxx]1585
And now from Edupage:
PC PRICES PLUMMET
The price for a home PC, which broke the $1,000 mark just 18 months ago, is
now tumbling below $400 -- well within the reach of the average U.S. family.
Micro Center, an Ohio-based chain of 13 stores, began selling a $399 PC
under the Power Spec label earlier this month, and PrecisionTec LLC, a PC
maker based in California, has introduced its Gazelle machine for the same
price. The low prices don't include computer monitors, which usually start
at about $150. Analysts at ZD Market Intelligence are saying the low prices
will spark a surge of PC-buying among households with incomes of less than
$30,000 -- a segment that so far has been difficult to reach -- and that PC
penetration should reach close to 50% of U.S. households by the end of the
year. (AP 21 Aug 98)
SEC SCOLDS COMPANIES ON Y2K DISCLOSURE
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a statement last week chiding
companies for their lack of candor in disclosing Year 2000 problems to their
stockholders. "While the number of companies disclosing year 2000 issues
has increased dramatically, many companies are not providing the quality of
disclosure that we believe investors expect." The SEC has posted a document
on its Web site, <http://www.sec.gov>, that compares "meaningful Y2K
disclosure" with "boilerplate Y2K disclosure," but an agency task force
recently found that most companies have opted for the latter, just inserting
some meaningless legalese into their financial reports. (Los Angeles Times
3 Aug 98)
THE BLOATWARE DEBATE
A 100-company survey by Standish Group International found that 45% of a
software application's features are never used, 19% rarely used, 16 %
sometime used, 13% often used, and 7% always used; yet, in spite of the
fact that most of an application is seldom used, software gets bigger all
the time. For example, Windows went from 3M lines of code (Windows 3.1) to
14M lines (Windows 95) to 18M (Windows 98). Booze, Allen & Hamilton chief
information officer Roger Walters is one of the people complaining now about
this "bloatware" phenomenon: "My problem is, I'm forced to upgrade all the
time -- not for functionality I want, but for features someone wanted for
me." But industry analyst Jeffrey Tarter defends the software makers by
noting: "I can't think of a single lite version of any product that has
ever succeeded. It may be inelegant and sluglike, but bloatware sells."
(Computerworld 10 Aug 98)
INTEL CATCHES FLAK FOR WEB ADVERTISING TACTICS
In an effort to sell higher-power computer chips, Intel is sponsoring an
"Intel Inside Optimized Content" program that encourages Web sites to use
dense, complicated graphics that slow down a computer's processor when the
pages are downloading from the Internet. An accompanying message tells the
user that a Pentium II microprocessor would speed up the process. Intel
normally reimburses PC makers 50% of their Web-based advertising costs if
the ad sports an "Intel Inside" logo, but ups its contribution to 75% if the
site uses complicated graphics and includes wording that says the page could
be better viewed using a Pentium II processor. "It's a hell of an
incentive," says one Web editor. "PC companies are going to advertise on
sites where they pay only 25% of the costs, as opposed to sites where they
have to pay for half of the ad." But the innovative tactic has raised the
ire of some Web site owners: "What they're asking us to do is turn our
sites into a demonstration of their products," says a senior VP at IDG,
publisher of Computerworld magazine. "We're going to optimize our content
for our readers, not for Intel." (Tampa Tribune 17 Aug 98)
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