======== Subject: Project Gutenberg Test of Weekly Format From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org> To: "Project Gutenberg mailing list" <gutnberg@listserv.unc.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:16:49 -0500 (CDT) *This is Project Gutenberg's Newsletter for Wednesday, April 11, 2001* Etexts Readable By Both Humans and Computers Since Before The Internet [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 *Check out our Websites at promo.net, and ask me for our FTP servers.* This is a test of doing the Newsletters on a weekly basis. . . . This will only be a test for the next few weeks, expect a full Newsletter the first Wednesday of May, and perhaps even June and July. . .but if we continue to grow, we will have to eventually go to a shorter format. . . Here is a list of the Etexts posted since last Wednesday. Sep 2002 Captain Brassbound's Conversion by G. Bernard Shaw[brscnxxx.xxx]3418 [Author's Full Name: George Bernard Shaw: he preferred just Bernard Shaw] Sep 2002 The Fortunes of Oliver Horn, by F. Hopkinson Smith[tfoohxxx.xxx]3417 Sep 2002 William Ewart Gladstone, by James Bryce [gladsxxx.xxx]3416 15 Sep 2002 The South Pole, Volume 2, by Roald Amundsen [tspv2xxx.xxx]3415 Sep 2002 The South Pole, Volume 1, by Roald Amundsen [tspv1xxx.xxx]3414 Sep 2002 The Blazed Trail, by Stewart Edward White [blztrxxx.xxx]3413 Sep 2002 The Golden Chersonese and The Way Thither, by Bird[gctwtxxx.xxx]3412 [Author's Full Name: Isabella L. Bird (Mrs. Bishop)] Sep 2002 The Stokesley Secret, by Charlotte M. Yonge[CMY10][stkscxxx.xxx]3411 10 Sep 2002 The American Spirit in Literature, by Bliss Perry [aslitxxx.xxx]3410 [Full: The American Spirit in Literature, A Chronicle of Great Interpreters] Sep 2002 Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope[Trollope11][barchxxx.xxx]3409 Sep 2002 Shame of Motley, by Raphael Sabatini[Sabatini #12][shmotxxx.xxx]3408 Sep 2002 The Spell of Egypt, by Robert Hichens [Hichens #3][sgyptxxx.xxx]3407 *** AOL INSTANT MESSENGER MAY HAVE SHOT ITSELF IN THE FOOT AOL's decision to close off its instant messaging system may come back to haunt it, as other service providers, including Microsoft, Excite@Home and Yahoo, join forces to pursue an interoperable messaging network. IMUnified, as it's called, provides members with the ability to send instant messages to subscribers of other systems, and AOL could eventually find itself isolated, say some industry analysts. "I think Microsoft is ultimately going to win the instant messaging wars," says one telecom specialist. "Microsoft thinks strategic, while AOL thinks tactical." (CNet News.com 5 Apr 2001) http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2001/13/ns-22090.html TRACKING THE BOSTON MARATHON [This is already done with NASCAR] Boston Marathon fans will be able to track a favorite runner's progress through automatic e-mail updates sent during the race on April 16. Runners can register up to two e-mail addresses to receive the updates, which will be sent as they cross checkpoints at the 10K, half-marathon, and 30K marks and the finish line. Race results will be available over the Internet and the Boston Athletic Association Web site, where updates from 11 checkpoints will be posted, searchable by name or bib number. In addition, representatives from Compaq will be stationed along the 26.2-mile course, armed with iPAQ handhelds to assist friends and fans in finding their runners. The Marathon has used shoelace-mounted transponder chips to track runners since 1995, but official times for the winners are still determined by stopwatches. (AP 4 Apr 2001) http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010404/14/run-boston-marathon MIT'S CATHEDRAL OF LEARNING: ONLINE AND FREE The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has committed up to $100 million for a 10-year project to create public Web sites that offer, without charge, learning materials used in almost all of its 2,000 courses. The materials will include lecture notes, problem sets, syllabuses, exams, simulations, and video lectures. Called OpenCourseWare, the program is not intended for "audit" purposes and not as a means for students to earn college credits. Computer science professor Hal Abelson explained: "In the Middle Ages people built cathedrals, where the whole town would get together and make a thing that's greater than any individual person could do and the society would kind of revel in that. We don't do that as much anymore, but in a sense this is kind of like building a cathedral." MIT President Charles M. Vest is confident that the new program will in no way detract from the value received by residential students who are paying tuition of $26,000 for the on-campus experience of working directly with faculty and other students." I don't think we are giving away the direct value, by any means, that we give to students. But I think we will help other institutions around the world... I also suspect in this country and throughout the world, a lot of really bright, precocious high school students will find this a great playground." (New York Times 4 Apr 2001) http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/04/technology/04MIT.html You have been reading excerpts from NewsScan Daily Underwritten by Arthur Andersen & IEEE Computer Society If you have questions or comments about NewsScan send e-mail to Editors@newsscan.com To subscribe or unsubscribe to NewsScan Daily, send an e-mail message to NewsScan@NewsScan.com with 'subscribe' or 'unsubscribe' in the subject line.
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