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Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 29 Oct 1999 18:26:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tony Kilaras writes:
> Any attempt by TLG to close Kevin's site will lead to the use or increased use
> of other methods.
true.
> having the scans centralized in one place at least allows
> TLG to monitor their quality.
What do you mean my "monitor quality?" I think "observe activity"
would be a better choice of words.
It also allows them the opportunity to use the resource themselves. It would
take them an enormous effort and expense to create an archive themselves,
especially a public one. It would have to be perfect. A Fan site can have
significant quality and content defects and still be very useful. Also as we
have shown, a Fan site can utilize the efforts of hundreds of volunteers to
accomplish it's goal.
KL
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) TLG, by going to a central place, could if it wished, improve the quality of scans that are poor by, for example, supplying better ones, or supplying actual instructions for a volunteer to scan. Not that they would ever do that, of course, but (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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| (...) Thus leading to the very popular website "STLGI@Home" -- harnessing the power of countless AFOL PC's to search for intelligence within TLG. Steve Bliss Yeah, it was a cheap shot. It's Friday afternoon. I'm a little giddy. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) While I certainly agree with the above, it can't be assumed that the Euro sellers got the scans from Kevin's site. They may well have created the scans themselves. As anyone who knows a thing or two about the pirated software underground, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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