Who wants a copy of the PL2004 CD?

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Anonymous said:
If you want to get the CD out to libraries you should take a
look at this site.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/Public_main.html It's a list
of the libraries that have web sites in the USA. A good start to
get their snail mail addreses. Some of larger ones might even be
willing to host an ISO of the CD so that it can be downloaded by
library patrons.

Don't forget these places as well.

The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov

Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu

Big Brothers Big Sisters
http://www.bbbsa.org

Boy Scouts of America
http://www.scouting.org

Boys & Girls Clubs of America
http://www.bgca.org/

4-H Club
http://www.4-h.org

Salvation Army
http://www1.salvationarmy.org

YMCA
http://www.ymca.net

I think there are more places that might be interested. College
and high school libraries, computer departments at schools, rec
centers, churches, hotels, motels,. Even prisons and juvenile
detentions have computer classes.
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Many good suggestions for places to distribute CDs - thank you. :)

ATM I lack the strength to even *think* about a *nationwide*
distribution - but I'll use some of your ideas at the local level.

My freeware "crusade" :) is pretty low key. Today I asked my "kids" to
take a few of the CDs to work with them and give a copy to coworkers
that they thought would appreciate having one. . .

Susan
 
Susan said:
ATM I lack the strength to even *think* about a *nationwide*
distribution
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Let's assume that it will spread by itself though natural
multiplication. I mean, a lot of people have CD burners today, and they
makes copies of CD:s and spread to other people who also have burners,
and keep spreading it in wider circles.

If the volunteers just make, say, ten copies each, that is maybe enough,
many of those copies will multiply by themselves, so to speak.

I wonder what will happen when an iso becomes available for download.
Will the bandwith limits for that ISP account explode?
Whatever limits that web space has it may be exceeded by the enormous
response this CD may create.

If we could find a web space, or ftp space for that iso which has no
limits other than hardware limits it would be no problem, it would be
downloaded as much as the hardware limits (server capacity) allowed
until the immediate demand was filled, and copies of it would show up in
many new download places.
 
If we could find a web space, or ftp space for that iso
which has no limits other than hardware limits it would be
no problem, it would be downloaded as much as the hardware
limits (server capacity) allowed until the immediate demand
was filled, and copies of it would show up in many new
download places.
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*/_USENET_/*
altbinaries.freeware
 
My said:
*/_USENET_/*
altbinaries.freeware
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Yes, but a lot of people have no access to binaries groups, and it is a
mess to get all pieces together for big files.

Do you often download 500MB big files from usenet?

I have had big problems with much smaller files than that.
 
Yes, but a lot of people have no access to binaries groups,
and it is a mess to get all pieces together for big files.
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Your opinion, and you _are_ entitled to it, of course.
Do you often download 500MB big files from usenet?
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Often, no.
Often enough, yes.
I have had big problems with much smaller files than that.
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Premium news service providers = No problems.
CD, DVD, whatever, and in whatever format you like.
Mp3, Mpg, iso, bin+cue, etc.
Take a look here for info, and other diversions:
alt.binaries.news-server-comparison
 
Your opinion, and you _are_ entitled to it, of course.
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The great majority of Internet Providers do no longer provide
binaries groups. That's not an opinion, it's a fact.
HTH.
YF Sock
 
Susan Bugher said:
Hi Ted,

New requests - please include:
your country
an email address: MyName AT Somewhere DOT net (or similar)

Susan
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rtdos at hotmail dot com (have several requests a.k.a. gifts)
United States
 
* ProteanThread * said:
rtdos at hotmail dot com (have several requests a.k.a. gifts)
United States
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I'm out of the ACF volunteer burning business myself now. ;)

A note or two as I leave. . .

Making more than one copy per person is additional work for burners.

IMO *mailing* copies to people on a gift list is *clearly* the
responsibility of the person making the "gift".

ISTM that those gift CDs would look especially nice with one of the
*colored* cover images.

Susan
 
(e-mail address removed) wrote in
The great majority of Internet Providers do no longer
provide binaries groups. That's not an opinion, it's a
fact. HTH.
YF Sock
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So quit whining to me, purchase premium services.
I'm not here to agrue with you about whether more/fewer people
have access to good binary news-servers, or don't you get that
people who do have access will propagate the CD, & that is what
this is all about.
 
I would appreciate receiving a PL2004 CD please.
The location is Alberta in western Canada
Perhaps I then could burn a few and mail them to others in this
region.

Best,
Dave
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Probably bad form but replying to my own post...

I would volunteer to copy some CDs for others if someone could send me
one.

David Nelsen
Box 350
Irricana Alberta Canada
T0M1B0
(e-mail address removed)

Thanking some kind soul in advance.
 
Probably bad form but replying to my own post...

I would volunteer to copy some CDs for others if someone could send me
one.

David Nelsen
Box 350
Irricana Alberta Canada
T0M1B0
(e-mail address removed)

Thanking some kind soul in advance.
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Hi David,

The quickest way for you to get a PW2004 CD is from one of the burners
in Canada.

For their email addresses see:
http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/CD2004PL.htm

Susan
 
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