Comments on: Encyclopedia Galactica https://blog.speculist.com/computers/encyclopedia-ga.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Karl Hallowell https://blog.speculist.com/computers/encyclopedia-ga.html#comment-88 Karl Hallowell Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:42:28 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=90#comment-88 Hmmm, the thing that was impressive here is that a terabyte is very affordable. Ie, it might cost $260 million to convert to electronic, but it costs a few thousand to store all of that data on common electronic media. Eg, we’re talking a few of the current largest hard disks or maybe 2,000 CD’s. Very affordable either way.

]]> By: cdhall https://blog.speculist.com/computers/encyclopedia-ga.html#comment-87 cdhall Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:16:43 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=90#comment-87 we’re getting closer to “The Library” that the aliens had in David Brin’s Uplift Trilogy. i thought that the library was one of the coolest things in the books.

]]> By: Stephen Gordon https://blog.speculist.com/computers/encyclopedia-ga.html#comment-86 Stephen Gordon Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:25:25 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=90#comment-86 A good compromise would be a mandated pay for content system. Whether they want to or not, content providers would be compelled to offer their content at a mandated price per unit of data. Governments could argue that this is a form of “imminent domain.”

Once you’ve paid a price you would have the right to view that data at any place, any time.

There would be a little running meter at the side of your screen and little popups that would remind you that you are about to purchase the right to view content.

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