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Subject: [gweekly] October 31 weekly newsletter
From: Greg Newby <gbnewby@ils.unc.edu>
To: "Project Gutenberg Weekly Newsletter" <gweekly@listserv.unc.edu>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:58:39 -0500
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First, there was some question if these got announced properly:
May 2003 Marmion, ed. Morley, by Walter Scott [Scott#15][marmnxxx.xxx]4010
May 2003 Victories of Love, by Coventry Patmore [Patmor#1][viclvxxx.xxx]4009
May 2003 Count Julian, by Walter Savage Landor [Landor#2][cntjlxxx.xxx]4008
May 2003 Gebir, by Walter Savage Landor [Landor#1][gebirxxx.xxx]4007
May 2003 Yesterdays, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox [#6][yestrxxx.xxx]4006
My apologies if some of you didn't get those listings.
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NOTE: This week, we have posted 23 new etexts. We have also
posted a significant number of new versions of existing Etexts,
including versions for portable devices, Microsoft reader, as
well as .HTML versions. This first section of revisions and
corrections is, therefore, unusually longer than normal. The
section announcing newly posted editions follows this long
section.
The following texts have been modified significantly and an
improved version has been posted. PLEASE NOTE: The index
line has also been changed. Subsequent REpostings will
follow to handle new versions in formats other than (txt):
Oct 2002 The Efficiency Expert, Edgar R. Burroughs [ERB
#7][effncxxx.xxx]3475
[Author's Full Name: Edgar Rice Burroughs]
[The new version is effnc11.txt and effnc11.zip]
Jul 1996 Pellucidar, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [Pell#2][pelluxxx.xxx] 605
[The new version is pellu11.txt and pellu11.zip]
Jun 1996 At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Pell#1][atcorxxx.xxx] 545
[The new version is atcor11.txt and atcor11.zip]
Apr 1994 At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Pell#1][ecorexxx.xxx] 123
[The new version is ecore11.txt and ecore11.zip]
We have posted the following L. Frank Baum etexts in new
FORMATS, including Palm Resource (.PRC), and Microsoft
Reader .LIT, as well as .HTML:
Jul 1997 Glinda of Oz, by L. Frank Baum [LFB#17] [Oz#14][14wozxxx.xxx] 961
[The HTML formatted files are 14woz10h.htm and 14woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 14woz10l.lit and 14woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 14woz10p.prc and 14woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Tin Woodman of Oz, by Baum [LFB#16] [Oz#12][12wozxxx.xxx] 960
[The HTML formatted files are 12woz10h.htm and 12woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 12woz10l.lit and 12woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 12woz10p.prc and 12woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Lost Princess of Oz, by Baum [LFB#15] [Oz#11][11wozxxx.xxx] 959
[The HTML formatted files are 11woz11h.htm and 11woz11h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 11woz11l.lit and 11woz11l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 11woz11p.prc and 11woz11p.zip]
Jun 1997 Rinkitink In Oz, by L. Frank Baum [LFB#14] [Oz#10][10wozxxx.xxx] 958
[The HTML formatted files are 10woz10h.htm and 10woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 10woz10l.lit and 10woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 10woz10p.prc and 10woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Scarecrow of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[FB#13][Oz#9][09wozxxx.xxx] 957
[The HTML formatted files are 09woz10h.htm and 09woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 09woz10l.lit and 09woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 09woz10p.prc and 09woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 Tik-Tok of Oz, by L. Frank Baum [Baum #12] [Oz #8][08wozxxx.xxx] 956
[The HTML formatted files are 08woz10h.htm and 08woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 08woz10l.lit and 08woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 08woz10p.prc and 08woz10p.zip]
Jun 1997 The Patchwork Girl of Oz, by L. Frank Baum[Baum12][07wozxxx.xxx] 955
[The HTML formatted files are 07woz10h.htm and 07woz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are 07woz10l.lit and 07woz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are 07woz10p.prc and 07woz10p.zip]
May 1996 The Emerald City of Oz, L. Frank Baum[Oz#7/Baum#8][emctyxxx.xxx] 517
[The HTML formatted files are emcty10h.htm and emcty10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are emcty10l.lit and emcty10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are emcty10p.prc and emcty10p.zip]
Feb 1996 Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, by L. Frank Baum[#4][dorozxxx.xxx] 420
[The HTML formatted files are doroz10h.htm and doroz10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are doroz10l.lit and doroz10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are doroz10p.prc and doroz10p.zip]
We have posted this file in a new FORMAT (HTML)!:
Mar 2003 Robur the Conqueror, Jules Verne [Verne #18][xrobcxxx.xxx]3808
[The HTML version is available in robc10h.htm and robc10h.zip]
We have posted a new FORMAT of Alice in Wonderland in PDB format:
Jan 1991 Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll [Carroll #1] [alicexxx.xxx] 11
[The PDB version is in alice30p.pdb and alice30p.zip]
We have also posted the following Edgar Rice Burroughs etexts
in new FORMATs, including Palm Resource (.PRC), and Microsoft
Reader .LIT, as well as .HTML:
Oct 2002 The Efficiency Expert, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [effncxxx.xxx]3475
[The HTML formatted files are effnc10h.htm and effnc10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are effnc10l.lit and effnc10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are effnc10p.prc and effnc10p.zip]
Jan 1998 The Chessman of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs[ERB#11][cmarsxxx.txt]1153
[The HTML formatted files are cmars12h.htm and cmars12h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are cmars12l.lit and cmars12l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are cmars12p.prc and cmars12p.zip]
Jun 1996 Out Of Time's Abyss, Edgar Rice Burroughs [ERB#14][ootmaxxx.xxx] 553
[The HTML formatted files are ootma10h.htm and ootma10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are ootma10l.lit and ootma10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are ootma10p.prc and ootma10p.zip]
Jun 1996 At the Earth's Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs [ERB#11][atcorxxx.xxx] 545
[The HTML formatted files are atcor10h.htm and atcor10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are atcor10l.lit and atcor10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are atcor10p.prc and atcor10p.zip]
Nov 1995 The Mad King, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [ERB#9][mdkngxxx.xxx] 364
[The HTML formatted files are mdkng10h.htm and mdkng10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are mdkng10l.lit and mdkng10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are mdkng10p.prc and mdkng10p.zip]
Nov 1995 The Oakdale Affair, by Edgar Rice Burroughs[ERB#8][oakdaxxx.xxx] 363
[The HTML formatted files are oakda10h.htm and oakda10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are oakda10l.lit and oakda10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted fils are oakda10p.prc and oakda10p.zip]
Jul 1994 The Lost Continent, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [#7][lcontxxx.xxx] 149
[The HTML formatted files are lcont10h.htm and lcont10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are lcont10l.lit and lcont10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are lcont10p.prc and lcont10p.zip]
Jan 1994 The Monster Men, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [monstxxx.xxx] 96
[The HTML formatted files are monst10h.htm and monst10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are monst10l.lit and monst10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are monst10p.prc and monst10p.zip]
Jul 1993 Thuvia, Maid of Mars/Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars#4][mmarsxxx.xxx] 72
[The HTML formatted files are mmars10h.htm and mmars10h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are mmars10l.lit and mmars10l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are mmars10p.prc and mmars10p.zip]
May 1993 Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs [Mars #2][gmarsxxx.xxx] 64
[The HTML formatted files are gmars11h.htm and gmars11h.zip]
[The LIT formatted files are gmars11l.list and gmars11l.zip]
[The PRC formatted files are gmars11p.prc and gmars11p.zip]
We have posted a new and significantly revised edition of:
Feb 2003 The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin [#18] [vbglexxx.xxx]3704
[Actual Full Title: A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World]
[The new version is vbgle11a.*]
We have posted a new Illustrated FORMAT of Alice in Wonderland in PDB
format:
Jan 1991 Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll [Carroll #1] [alicexxx.xxx]11
[The PDB version is in alice30p.pdb and alice30p.zip]
We have posted a newly improved VERSION of:
Sep 2002 The Koran/The Q'uran, by Mohammed/Mohammad [koranxxx.xxx]3434
Sep 2002 The Q'uran, by Muhamad/Muhammad/Mohomet
[koranxxx.xxx]3434
[This is version 11a from a completely different edition than our Etext 2800]
We have released an improved 11th edition of:
Jan 2003 The Rosary, by Florence L. Barclay
[rosryxxx.xxx]3659
We have released improved 12th editions of:
Jun 1994 The $30,000 Bequest, by Mark Twain [Twain #9] [beqstxxx.xxx] 142
[The files are beqst12.txt and beqst12.zip]
Oct 2002 Jo's Boys, by Louisa May Alcott[Louisa M Alcott#8][jsbysxxx.xxx]3499
[The files are jsbys12.txt and jsbys12.zip]
Oct 1995 Dracula, by Bram Stoker [Halloween Request #5] [dracuxxx.xxx] 345
[The files are dracu12.txt and dracu12.zip]
We have LOTS of newly formatted Etexts for LOTS of Tom Swift files:
Apr 1996 Tom Swift / Land of Wonders, by Victor Appleton [20tomxxx.xxx] 499
[The plain-text format is in 20tom10.txt and 20tom10.zip]
[The PRC format is in 20tom10p.prc and 20tom10p.zip]
[The HTML format is in 20tom10h.htm and 20tom10h.zip]
[The LIT format is in 20tom10l.lit and 20tom10l.zip]
We have posted the following file in HTML format:
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Electric Runabout, by V. Appleton [05tomxxx.xxx] 950
[The HTML version is in 05tom10h.htm and 05tom10h.zip]
We have posted the following file in HTML, PRC, and LIT format:
Aug 2000 Tom Swift And His Motor-Boat, by Victor Appleton [02tomxxx.xxx]2273
[The HTML version is in 02tom10h.htm and 02tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 02tom10l.lit and 02tom10l.zip]
[The PRC version is in 02tom10p.prc and 02tom10p.zip]
We have posted the following files in HTML and LIT format:
Feb 2003 Tom Swift & His Electric Rifle, by Victor Appleton[10tomxxx.xxx]3777
[The HTML version is in 10tom10h.htm and 10tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 10tom10l.lit and 10tom10l.zip]
Feb 2003 Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, by Victor Appleton [08tomxxx.xxx]3734
[The HTML version is in 08tom10h.htm and 08tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 08tom10l.lit and 08tom10l.zip]
Jan 2002 Tom Swift and His Airship, by Victor Appleton [03tomxxx.xxx]3005
[The HTML version is in 03tom10h.htm and 03tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 03tom10l.lit and 03tom10l.zip]
Jun 1998 Tom Swift Among The Fire Fighters, Victor Appleton[24tomxxx.xxx]1363
[The HTML version is in 24tom10h.htm and 24tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 24tom10l.lit and 24tom10l.zip]
Jun 1998 Tom Swift And His Undersea Search, Victor Appleton[23tomxxx.xxx]1362
[The HTML version is in 23tom10h.htm and 23tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 23tom10l.lit and 23tom10l.zip]
Jun 1998 Tom Swift And His Giant Cannon, by Victor Appleton[16tomxxx.xxx]1361
[The HTML version is in 16tom10h.htm and 16tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 16tom10l.lit and 16tom10l.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Air Scout, by Victor Appleton [22tomxxx.xxx]1284
[The HTML version is in 22tom10h.htm and 22tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 22tom10l.lit and 22tom10l.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera by Victor Appleton[14tomxxx.xxx]1283
[The HTML version is in 14tom10h.htm and 14tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 14tom10l.lit and 14tom10l.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, by V. Appleton[07tomxxx.xxx]1282
[The HTML version is in 07tom10h.htm and 07tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 07tom10l.lit and 07tom10l.zip]
Apr 1998 Tom Swift & His Aerial Warship, by Victor Appleton[18tomxxx.xxx]1281
[The HTML version is in 18tom10h.htm and 18tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 18tom10l.lit and 18tom10l.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his War Tank, by Victor Appleton [21tomxxx.xxx] 954
[The HTML version is in 21tom10h.htm and 21tom10h.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Air Glider, by Victor Appleton [12tomxxx.xxx] 952
[The HTML version is in 12tom10h.htm and 12tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 12tom10l.lit and 12tom10l.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Sky Racer, by Victor Appleton [09tomxxx.xxx] 951
[The HTML version is in 09tom10h.htm and 09tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 09tom10l.lit and 09tom10l.zip]
Jun 1997 Tom Swift & his Submarine Boat, by Victor Appleton[04tomxxx.xxx] 949
[The HTML version is in 04tom10h.htm and 04tom10h.zip]
[The LIT version is in 04toml.lit and 04tom10l.zip]
And here are your 23 new Project Gutenberg e-texts for this week:
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1662 N.S. Complete [SP#23][sp23gxxx.xxx]4138
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1662 [SP#22][sp22gxxx.xxx]4137
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1662 [SP#21][sp21gxxx.xxx]4136
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jul/Aug 1662 [SP#20][sp20gxxx.xxx]4135
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1662 [SP#19][sp19gxxx.xxx]4134
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1661/62 [SP#18][sp18gxxx.xxx]4133
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb 1661/62 [SP#17][sp17gxxx.xxx]4132
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1661 N.S. Complete [SP#16][sp16gxxx.xxx]4131
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Nov/Dec 1661 [SP#15][sp15gxxx.xxx]4130
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1661 [SP#14][sp14gxxx.xxx]4129
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jun/Jul/Aug 1661 [SP#13][sp13gxxx.xxx]4128
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1661 [SP#12][sp12gxxx.xxx]4127
Jun 2003 Diary of Samuel Pepys, Jan/Feb/Mar 1660/61 [SP#11][sp11gxxx.xxx]4126
May 2003 Sidelights On Astronomy, by Simon Newcomb [slstrxxx.xxx]4065
May 2003 Moonbeams From the Larger Lunacy, by S.Leacock[#4][mftllxxx.xxx]4064
May 2003 Peter Plymley's Letters etc. [Smith #1][ptpmlxxx.xxx]4063
Contains:
Peter Plymley's Letters
Historical Apology For The Irish Catholics
Ireland and England
Moore's Captain Rock
May 2003 Gaston de Latour, by Walter Pater [Pater #11][xgastxxx.xxx]4062
[7-bit and 8-bit versions posted]
May 2003 The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World, Creasy [tfdbtxxx.xxx]4061
[Full Title: The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to]
[Waterloo]
[Author's full name: Sir Edward Creasy, M.A.]
May 2003 The Renaissance, by Walter Pater [#10][xrnsnxxx.xxx]4060
[See also #2398 rnsncxxx Nov 2000]
May 2003 Miscellaneous Studies, by Walter Pater [#9][xmstdxxx.xxx]4059
May 2003 Marius the Epicurean, Vol. II, by Walter Pater[#8][xmrs2xxx.xxx]4058
May 2003 Marius the Epicurean, Vol. I, by Walter Pater [#7][xmrs1xxx.xxx]4057
[The four above are posted as both 7- and 8-bit texts]
May 2003 Two Festivals, Eliza Lee Follen [Follen #10][twfstxxx.xxx]4056
***
We created 23 new eTexts for you this week.
With 4,059 eTexts online as of October 31, it now takes an average of
100,000,000 readers gaining a nominal value of $2.46 from each book,
for Project Gutenberg to have given away $1,000,000,000,000 [One
Trillion Dollars] in books.
*100,000,000 readers is one to two percent of the world's population!*
This "cost" is down from $2.53 when we had 3951 Etexts on October 3.
This "cost" is down from $2.61 when we had 3828 Etexts on September 5.
This "cost" is down from $2.70 when we had 3709 Etexts on August 1.
This "cost" is down from $2.76 when we had 3620 Etexts on July 4.
This "cost" is down from $2.83 when we had 3534 Etexts on June 6.
This "cost" is down from $2.90 when we had 3444 Etexts on May 2.
This "cost" is down from $2.97 when we had 3367 Etexts on April 4.
[This was the month we released two full Newsletters at one time]
This "cost" is down from $3.00 when we had 3333 Etexts on April 4
This "cost" is down from $3.10 when we had 3225 Etexts on March 7
This "cost" is down from $3.17 when we had 3150 Etexts on February 6
This "cost" is down from $3.23 when we had 3100 Etexts on January 3, 2001
This "cost" is down from $3.33 when we had 3000 Etexts on December 6, 2000
This "cost" is down from $3.40 when we had 2870 Etexts on October 18/Nov 1
This "cost" is down from $3.48 when we had 2870 Etexts on September 3
***
As of 10/30/01 4:30pm PDT:
We currently have 57 *reserved* slots, which is why the total number
of titles is not as high as the Etext ####'s might indicate. . .and
we are also working on two sections now, the 4000's and the 4100's
Total PG ebooks available online **AS OF 10/31/01**: 4,059 (TODAY!!!)
(This number includes the 13 etexts posted at the PG Australia web site.)
Thru 10/31/01: 43 Weeks & 2 Days (303 days)
1,009 total new etexts, yr-to-date.
Weekly avg.: 23.47
Daily avg: 3.33
The above translates to the following;
Our Total For The Year Is About 1,009 For 303 days,
this is 3.33 per day or 23.47 Per 30 day month. . . .
This Would Yield About 1,215 For The Year. . . .
We are about 43 weeks through the year. . . .
counting each Wednesday as ending one week.
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Weekly Yearly
Newsdate Etexts Avg/wk
10/31/01 23 23.47
10/24/01 31 23.09
10/17/01 31 22.90
10/10/01 22 22.70
10/03/01 29 22.74
October total 136
09/26/01 27 22.59
09/19/01 31 22.47
09/12/01 31 22.3
09/05/01 27 22.2
September total 116
08/29/01 25 22
08/22/01 21 22
08/15/01 30 22
08/08/01 20 22
08/01/01 22 22
August total 117
07/25/01 24 22
07/18/01 22 22
07/11/01 21 23
07/04/01 29 23
July Total 96
06/27/01 22 23
06/20/01 18 23
06/13/01 17 23
06/06/01 20 23
June Total 77
05/31/01 18 24
05/23/01 16 24
05/16/01 18 24
05/09/01 18 25
05/02/01 39 25
May Total 109
04/25/01 15 24
04/18/01 11 25
04/11/01 12 26
Weekly Started Here
April total 137
1st Qtr 04/04/01 Avg
13 Weeks 326 25.08
And for the 13 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
We totaled 282 21.69
And for the 16 Weeks
Ending on 07/25/01
We totaled 326 20.38
***
WEEKLY UPDATE PROGRESS -- 2001 Year-To-Date
10/31/01 23
10/24/01 31
10/17/01 31
10/10/01 17
OCT Total 102 (thru 10/31/01 newsletter)
Yr-To-Date 1,009 (thru 10/31/01 newsletter)
10/03/01 30
09/26/01 27
09/19/01 31
09/12/01 31
SEP Total 119 (thru 10/03/01 newsletter)
Yr-To-Date 907 (thru 10/03/01 newsletter)
09/05/28 01 (First inclusion of 9 Australian etexts)
08/29/01 24
08/22/01 22 22
08/15/01 25 22 N/A
08/08/01 20 22 N/A
AUG Total 119
Yr-To-Date 788
08/01/01 21 22 95
07/25/01 25 22
07/18/01 22 22
07/11/01 21 23
JUL Total *89*
Yr-To-Date *669*
07/04/01 29 23 97
06/27/01 22 23
06/20/01 18 23
06/13/01 17 23
JUN Total *86*
Yr-To-Date *579* (6 months)
2nd-Qtr-To-Date *253* (13 weeks)
06/06/01 20 23 99
05/31/01 18 24
05/23/01 16 24
05/16/01 18 24
05/09/01 18 25
MAY Total *90*
Yr-To-Date *493*
05/02/01 39 25 100
04/25/01 15 24
04/18/01 11 25
04/11/01 12 26
APR Total *77*
Yr-To-Date *403*
1st Qtr Weekly Avg:
13 Weeks *326* eTexts 25 108
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Internet as far back as 1996 through the Internet Archive, a free
repository of more than 10 billion Web pages (those still in use
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Congress. "It will allow researchers to study the evolution of
the Web in a way that is unprecedented," declared Ed Chi of the
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. The archive is the brainchild
of former supercomputer technologist Brewster Kahle. The archive,
which is updated every two months, uses bots to probe the Web for
pages to add; pages that require passwords are ignored, while page
owners can request that their pages not be captured if they so
desire. However, Stanford University's Lawrence Lessig warned that
Kahle could be sued for copyright infringement because of the
repository. The Internet Archive was funded by the Library of
Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Science
Foundation, and Compaq Computer. (Los Angeles Times, 25 October 2001)
[You heard it suggested here first. . .! ]
COLLEGES TURN TO BANDWIDTH SHAPERS TO THROTTLE NEEDLESS USE
Colleges are employing bandwidth shapers to prioritize certain
transmissions so that recreational traffic does not overwhelm
more critical traffic. For example, Loyola University uses a
bandwidth shaper to prevent congestion caused by the KaZaA
file-sharing service and allow its students easier access to
downloadable course materials and assignments. The shaper was
even more helpful in the aftermath of last month's terrorist
attacks, when students and faculty were trying to reach friends
and family by e-mail; the device was used to lower recreational
Web surfing and give e-mail more consideration. Bandwidth shapers
were originally created with commercial applications in mind. The
U.S. Navy, for instance, uses them to prioritize military transmissions.
(Chronicle of Higher Education Online, 24 October 2001)
[but this might take even more bandwidth, but save money]
COLLEGES EXPERIMENT WITH IP TELEPHONY
An increasing number of colleges are routing telephone calls over
the Internet. The institutions have found IP telephony to be less
costly than charges for local services. Menlo College, for
example, has reduced its monthly fees for its 100 administrative
phones from about $11,000 to about $1,000 since implementing an
IP phone network, according to director of information technology
Patrick Olson. He also noted that phone service consumes
relatively little of the networks' bandwidth. In addition, Menlo
has set up two call-management servers to add redundancy. Keeping
IP telephone service campus-bound allows colleges "to control the
links from both ends" while dodging local charges, said Texas A&M
University's Walter R. Magnussen Jr. The largest cost savings of
IP telephony will come when a method for automatically updating
network databases to reflect any changes or movements of student
telephones is worked out, noted Columbia University's Henning G.
Schulzrinne. (Chronicle of Higher Education Online, 23 October 2001)
[Remember what Heinlein said about ID cards. . .he would say
it's already too late so save the country from totalitarians]
NATIONAL ID CARD FAILING TO ATTRACT SUPPORTERS
Neither the Bush administration nor congressional leaders have
embraced Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's proposal to create a national
ID card system. Conservatives and civil liberties groups have
come out against the measure, citing concerns about racial
profiling and the potential for misuse and error. Although
Ellison discussed his proposal with Sen. Dianne Feinstein
(D-Calif.), among others, she reportedly has not endorsed it.
Instead, Feinstein is focusing on legislation to issue biometric
ID cards to non-citizens entering the country, and to build a
database of criminal records that the immigration authorities can
reference. Smart cards may also be used in a wider capacity by
military and law enforcement officials, such as enhanced cards for
special airline passengers, according to the FAA's Paul Takemoto.
(Los Angeles Times, 24 October 2001)
APPLE SHINES NEW IBOOKS, POWERBOOKS
Apple Computer's new iBook and PowerBook G4 models were released
this week without the usual fanfare, but the upgrades and
upper-tier price cuts are significant steps forward for the
notebook lines. Besides making the customary increases in
processing power and hard-drive capacity to the higher-end
PowerBooks and the midrange iBooks, Apple also started integrating
the 802.11b standard AirPort wireless networking card with some
models. The card was included standard in all PowerBooks and
could be connected to built-in wireless antennas in the iBooks.
Technology Business Research analyst Tim Deal said Apple had done
a good job of cutting prices while adding functionality to their
notebooks. (ZDNet, 16 October 2001)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY UPGRADES ITS SUPERCOMPUTER
The IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer at Indiana University will be
capable of one trillion calculations per second following a major
upgrade announced on Wednesday. This capability will make it the
most powerful university-owned machine in the nation, according
to officials. IBM will receive $5 million from the university for
the upgrade, which is expected to triple the computer's
computational and storage capacity. The supercomputer will be
used in genomics research. One of its major operations will be
matching genomic data to the university's patient-record database,
explained university CIO Michael A. McRobbie. The supercomputer
will also be used to supplement genomic research projects with
three-dimensional visualization, high-speed network connections,
and the development of new research applications.
(Chronicle of Higher Education, 18 October 2001)
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APPLE UNVEILS iPOD MUSIC PLAYER
Apple Computer has launched its iPod digital music player, which can store
as many as 1,000 songs on its hard drive. The $399 device sports a 5GB hard
drive and connects to a Mac via FireWire. "This is going to be the hottest
gift this holiday season" for Mac fans, says CEO Steve Jobs. The iPod is
about the size of a deck of cards and features an LCD display that
identifies the artist, song and album title of the music playing. Using the
FireWire port, people can download an entire CD onto the iPod in under 10
seconds, and 1,000 songs in less than 10 minutes, according to the company.
(CNet News.com 23 Oct 2001)
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-7627927.html?tag=mn_hd
BELL LABS DEVELOPS NANO-TRANSISTOR
Bell Labs, the famed research division of Lucent Technologies, has
developed a transistor created from molecules of carbon, hydrogen, and
sulfur, and Bell Labs researchers have designed a simple logic circuit
using a pair of organic transistors. Nano-transistors, which eventually
will allow further shrinkage of the size of computing devices and increase
their processing power, can be developed without the use of expensive chip
lithography tools. Bell Labs physicist Hendrik Schoen says of the new
transistors: "Instead of fancy optics, they used molecules as the spacers
and as the active devices. We have an exquisite degree of control here. We
know the precise structure of the molecules. We can make a whole jar of
them." (AP/Washington Post 18 Oct 2001)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13570-2001Oct18.html
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