From: J Corbally (icorb@indigo.ie)
Date: Sun Nov 17 2002 - 17:51:21 MST
>Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 00:28:16 -0500
>From: "Technotranscendence" <neptune@mars.superlink.net>
>Subject: Re: the digital library
>On Friday, November 15, 2002 8:32 PM Jeff Davis jrd1415@yahoo.com wrote:
> > When I read that, my head nearly exploded. You ocr
> > your materials, AND THEN YOU LET THE READERS, IF THEY
> > SO CHOOSE, AS VOLUNTEERS, CORRECT IT AS THEY READ
> > ALONG, at no cost.
>I'm not that surprised. NASA, e.g., has allowed web volunteers to do
>some of the tedious analysis on Mars photos. IIRC, the volunteers look
>to see if there's any interesting stuff in the photos and do crater
>counts.
>Cheers!
>Dan
>http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
Wonder how many "false face" alerts they get.
I've not been to Gutenberg in a while, I'll have to check that out.
James....
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and
crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures
to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."
-Q, Star Trek:TNG episode 'Q Who'
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