Garrett's working blog

Garrett's working blog

      ( 5:11 PM ) Garrett
The web library (source: resourceshelf) #

      ( 5:10 PM ) Garrett
the High cost of not finding information(sources, Marylaine, Gary and others) #

      ( 5:00 PM ) Garrett
Mathematicians on video(sourced: Science Netwatch) #

( 9:50 AM ) Garrett
Study Backs Freud’s Dream Theory #

( 12:25 PM ) Garrett
a hacking the Library column (source: Shifted Librarian) #

( 10:54 AM ) Garrett
Jeffrey Tucker, Books, Online and Off, Ludwig von Mises Institute, March 22, 2004. Tucker writes of the Austrian von Mises Institute's "policy that as many books as possible should be made available online and offline—and why we think it would be a good idea for all publishers to do the same." They offer titles for free and for purchase and conclude that "books online and offline reinforce the viability of each other, just as movies in theaters boost movies in rental, and free radio helps the market for CDs for purchase." Tucker points out that online books and their print counterparts are seen as complementary, fulfilling similar and disparate functions for the reader. One example discussed is Mises' Omnipotent Government, which the "current publisher" declined the Institute the rights to publish freely online. So the Institute negotiated to lease the book and pay the publisher for expected lost revenues.

What happened was precisely the reverse of what the publisher expected. Instead of lost sales, the sales of the book shot up. In the few weeks since the text went online, more copies of this book left our warehouse than during the whole of the last decade. Omnipotent Government is now a top seller in the Mises.org catalog. The publisher obtained not only the leasing fee from our offices but suddenly enjoyed a flood of new orders for the book from us.

The article goes on to acknowledge the costs of publishing these texts and encourage those who benefit from their dissemination to support the Institute through membership and other contributions. (Source: The Virtual Chase)
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( 10:34 AM ) Garrett
Search Engine Showdown explains how to search magazine articles indexed in Google... the syntax ...site:print.google.com magazine ... not much there yet, but worth keeping an eye on ... (source: The Virtual Chase) #

( 10:30 AM ) Garrett
The Loom talks about evolutionary complexity of tumors (Source: Sci-Tech Daily Review) #

      ( 12:24 PM ) Garrett
What happened with AT&T research(Source: my computational complexity weblog) See also: Quantum algorithms #

      ( 11:17 AM ) Garrett
Chemical Structure Association Trust Newsletter (source; englib) #

      ( 11:12 AM ) Garrett
Quantum Information blog (atom feed only) #

      ( 11:10 AM ) Garrett
"Cell Phones Get More Computer Functions" Washington Post #

      ( 10:26 AM ) Garrett
Area schools crack down on illegal downloading #