[LINK] {SPAM 01.1} Re: Borders and A&R finished

[Tom Koltai]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Worthington [mailto:tom.worthington at tomw.net.au] 
> Sent: Friday, 3 June 2011 8:57 AM
> To: Tom Koltai
> Cc: link at anu.edu.au
> Subject: Re: {SPAM 01.1} Re: [LINK] Borders and A&R finished
> 
> 
> Tom Koltai wrote:
> 
> > ... Our future generations will probably have to travel to a 
> museum to 
> > get that sense of "I have arrived in the great hall of Alexandria...
> 
> The new library of Alexandria, "Bibliotheca Alexandrina", opened in 
> 2002: <http://www.bibalex.org/>.
> 
> Thanks to the bravery of Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of 
> the library 
> and his staff, the building and its contents survived the Egyptian 
> revolution earlier this year, so that future generations can 
> visit it: 
> <http://www.bibalex.org/News/NewsDetails_en.aspx?id=3129&Keywo
rds=&fromDD=-1&fromMM=-1&fromYY=-1&toDD=-1&toMM=-1&toYY=-1>.

Yes. It was curiously one of the last sites (along with the Stock
Exchange) to go dark when the Government pulled the plug on the filter
cache.

An excellent model of data retention and very forward thinking of the
Egyptian Government to fund the project.

>I have suggested this building as one model of a venue from computer 
>assisted discussion of public policy issues: 
><http://www.tomw.net.au/technology/it/designing_for_democratic_dialogue
/>.

But I would still like to be able to walk into a great hall somewhere
and smell the papyrus...
It has to be one of the most educationally inspiring and energising
feelings in the world.

All these books, so little time in which to consume them all....
(So from that angle, speed reading on an e-book without having to turn
pages must save a substantial quantum allowing additional "sponge"
time.)
Now we just need the e-Book reader to smell like old leather and mouldy
paper to complete the experience...
The books on the shelves ? Hell we could just get a Chinese firm to make
a library books wallpaper motif... 

I don't care what anyone says about e-book readers, I'm still going to
miss the books.

TomK