Re: MD Digitized LILA (Please Read)

From: ian glendinning (psybertron@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Aug 29 2005 - 09:28:24 BST

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    Hi Arlo, Yes please, I'd like a copy for offline use. I've ben toying
    with scanning and OCR myself, but it just seemed too tedious a chore.
    Well done.
    Ian

    On 8/28/05, Arlo J. Bensinger <ajb102@psu.edu> wrote:
    > All,
    >
    > As many of you know, someone has placed a complete digitized version of ZMM on
    > the web. I had downloaded the file a while back, and it has proven very useful
    > for me in locating passages and quickly perusing the text.
    >
    > I thought I'd spend some time this summer doing this for LILA. I scanned the
    > book with an OCR scanner, converted it to basic HTML, and ran some
    > spell-checks.
    >
    > Since I'm assuming all of us own LILA, and that my sharing this file with
    > interested MOQers won't deprive Pirsig of any capital, I thought I'd make the
    > offer.
    >
    > I can't guarantee the file is completely error free (in terms of reproducing the
    > text). Like I said, I ran spell-check and went through most of it by hand, but
    > if you find errors, please let me know.
    >
    > I offer this only for your own use, to help you locate passages and quickly
    > compare usage of terms throughout the book (personally I use Firefox with the
    > very nice "find in this page" window feature, much nicer than the pop-up one IE
    > uses). Like I said, its in basic HTML format, since I like the Firefox search
    > feature better than any search feature in any document program I have.
    >
    > So, if you are interested, please just drop me a personal email, I'll send you
    > the file (its only about 900kb, so most email systems should handle it.) I
    > won't put it on the web for general distribution, and only ask that you don't
    > either. And as a disclaimer... if you don't own the book, don't ask for the
    > file. Be "Good". :-)
    >
    > Arlo
    >
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