[bksvol-discuss] OT: Guido & Pratik et al
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:29:35 -0800 (PST)
We have missed you, Guido. Do stick around. grin
Thank goodness, too, Pratik is back with us. One can
count on a chuckle, smile or laugh now and then--and
then you two incite others, also, and life is so much
pleasanter.
G.Cindy
--- Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No, books don't have temperature. it's only the
> right angle that boils at
> 90 degrees.
>
> G.
>
>
> Guido Dante Corona
> IBM Research,
> Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
> Austin Tx.
> Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
>
> ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain
> they were right who
> were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just
> maybe, those who
> questioned the most were in the end those who came
> closest to being wise."
> [David Poyer, The Command]
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> Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans: No Longer
> Accepted
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> Hi all,
>
> What, Guido, you mean it has to have a "normal
> temperature"?
>
> Ann P.
>
> Original message:
> > The minimum acceptable accuracy for a 'good' book
> is 98.6%. Anything
> > less is a candidate for rejection. G.
>
>
> > Guido Dante Corona
> > IBM Research,
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> > Austin Tx.
> > Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
> <http://www.ibm.com/able>
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> > ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most
> certain they were right
> > who were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe,
> just maybe, those who
> > questioned the most were in the end those who came
> closest to being
> wise."
> > [David Poyer, The Command]
>
>
>
> > "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > 01/15/2008 06:57 PM
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> > Subject [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans:
> No Longer Accepted
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> > I have never tried that method. What is the
> minimum for a book to be
> > rated "good" rather than "fair" using the system
> you describe?
>
> > E.
>
>
> > At 07:51 PM 1/15/2008, you wrote:
> >> A validator could just take the book to Step 2
> and do an abortive
> >> upload - that is, upload the book to Step 2
> before even beginning to
> >> work on it, and then close the browser window
> before hitting either
> >> of the approve or reject buttons - and get a
> recognition figure. If
> >> it is below the minimum, then he/she can either
> reject at that
> >> point, or decide whether it is worth a cleanup to
> get it above that
> figure.
>
> >> Hopefully, in the not too distant future, books
> will be evaluated at
> >> submission in a similar manner to that which they
> undergo after
> validation.
>
> >> Evan
>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "E."
> <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:37 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans:
> No Longer Accepted
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> >>> What is to prevent a submitter just saying the
> submit is "good"
> >>> instead of "fair" and not improving the quality
> of the submit?
> >>> There is nothing in the system which judges a
> book at time of
> >>> submission is there?
>
> >>> E.
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