Re: more miscellaneous (was: Alpha Bravo)
- From: Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removethis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:49:13 -0500
Brian Kelk wrote:
+ > Fragmentation rather spoils the point of having a collection.
+ > (And if you were subdividing surely you'd do it by language
+ > rather than alphabet).
+ + That doesn't make any sense. If you had a stamp collection, would you + have them all mounted on one page the size of the entire wall of your + living room? Are all of the Louvre's collected works housed in a single + room?
If someone is calling for a restriction to be imposed I
wish to disagree.
It has nothing to do with restrictions. It has to do with good practice and common sense.
Some of you may be familiar with German Gutenberg
(gutenberg.spiegel.de). They are making moves towards
allowing you to have a book rather than just a chapter.
(See the FAQ section).
Project Gutenberg doesn't chain all of its books into one long page and post it to Usenet. Nor do they even post all of their books on a single web page. Why are you citing an example that demonstrates my point, the one with which you say you disagree?
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