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The Internet Achive's Open Library has over 40 million full-text, searchable, electronic editions of books. The full-text search for all 4+ million books has just been made available. This includes not just books that have entered the public domain but also close to half a million others. Though the press release is weak on technical details, exploring the advanced search interface quickly make clear which capabilities are available.
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Internet Archive's Open Library Now Supports Full-Text Searches for All 4+ Million Items
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Harp not on that string.
-- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday July 17 2018, @01:54PM (6 children)
The story says over 40 million books. And it says 4+ million. Like saying I have over 10 billion dollars. And I have 1+ billion dollars. It's a very special way to talk. And it's a funny way to talk.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by FatPhil on Tuesday July 17 2018, @01:59PM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 17 2018, @04:25PM
I visited the archive. All that electronic dust collecting on those old books gave me a sneezing fit. Think I'll stick with the newer stuff.
“I have become friends with many school shooters” - Tampon Tim Walz
(Score: 4, Funny) by DannyB on Tuesday July 17 2018, @04:35PM (1 child)
You can improve the comprehensibility of your speeches by using Google to suggest the next word in a series of words. I think you will find it helpful.
Dogs are people too just like corporations my friend jeffrey dahmer said with two llamas on the loose in philadelphia that he was obsessed chasing and it was okay.
Now that we're men in tights with shorts in summer and short sleeves and a blue dress formal for mental health awareness month colors.
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The Centauri traded Earth jump gate technology in exchange for our superior hair mousse formulas.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @03:32PM
Don't give us any more of the Trump-talk, please ...
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Tuesday July 17 2018, @05:32PM
And if anyone knows funny ways to talk....
The Musk/Trump interview appears to have been hacked, but not a DDOS hack...more like A Distributed Denial of Reality.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @08:40PM
And think it's a safe bet you haven't read any of them!