1k it books is small enough to fitinto the small model clock.
-danny
At 1:15 PM -0800 2/16/98, Stewart Brand wrote:
>At 12:21 PM -0800 2/16/98, Brewster Kahle wrote:
>>For 10k books for 10k years, that is 75 2" disks for $200k. Can we make
>>additional copies cheaper (as I recall they were working on that).
>>
>>detail: at 150 pages/book and $0.15/page that is $22.50/book. For 10k
>>books that is $225,000 for the collection. at 20k pages/disk, that is
>>133books per disk, or 75 disks. I would shoot for 10k books because 1k
>>will be difficult to select.
>
>Good if we've got the funds.
>
>Some reasons to go with 1,000 books for starters...
>
>* Discussion of THE 1,000 books is likelier to be a lively ongoing
>discussion, for the "Living Canon."
>
>* We can proceed with 1,000 sooner rather than later, and get some proof
>of concept of the 2-track strategy out bouncing in the real world. To me
>this is more important than content.
>
>* 1,000 books is ten times cheaper to micro-permatize than 10,000.
>Besides being dramatically easier (and quicker) for us, it would appear so
>to others, and invite traffic, which is the point.
>
>* 75 disks seems like a lot. It doesn't feel so miniature.
>
>* 10,000 books will piss off more people than 1,000 when they're not
>included, because more will feel like they're a contender.
>
>
>A reason for 10,000, however...
>
>* It's an impressively huge number, an enormous-seeming volume of storage.
>It pushes an envelope.
>
>
>Maybe we could do a quick 1,000, and then that experience and public
>interest (or not) will tell us how and whether to proceed with 10,000.