And once it's on the internet, it's there forever.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Ben <[email protected]> wrote: > An example of the "human cost" is this: http://www.dolekemp96.org/. > Someone has to make sure the site should be shut down, that it's shut > down, and, possibly, archived properly. That all costs a lot more > then just leaving it there. > > Ben > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:02 PM, Ben <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yes, but there is a cost to track down and remove the electronic > > files. Even if you automate it (say a database query of "last bought > > greater then 5 years ago"), that automation still requires a human > > element to program and the results need to be verified. It's probably > > a lot more cost effective to just leave it be then to track down the > > ebooks then to track them down and then verify that they should be > > removed. Wouldn't want to go deleting "Magician's End" two weeks > > after it's published because "Magician Send" is a close enough match > > for the automated cleanup algorithm. > > > > Ben > > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> On Apr 29, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Brian Jones (Trancendance) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Of course, given the growth in storage capacity being brought about by > nanotechnologies, graphene and other such materials, and the proportionally > reducing amount of data that it will take to store books, it is conceivable > that all (future) books will be available, if not for immediate purchase, > for retrieval from a library archive. I know that the British Library has a > long running digitisation and archiving project, although some past texts > and recordings are just too old and fragile to be converted, and it is > likely that eventually these will be lost forever. > >> > >> > >> You miss the point, as techno types often do. There's a business model > that must be considered. Even if it's SUPER cheap, it's still a cost, and > if you're not making money, dump the cost. > >> > >> Best, R.E.F. > >> ---- > >> www.crydee.com > >> > >> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." Bill Vaughan "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
