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[Jacky Alcine <jackyalcine@xxxxxxxxx>]

Lol; good luck Dante.

On Sep 20, 2011, at 4:19 PM, SII <dante.ashton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thank you, my friend!
> 
> Also, I have some rather lovely news; considering the unfortunate accident with AbiWord (CURSE YOU!) and my backup system (note: AbiWord's format, .abw, does NOT like RSync) which left me having to rewrite over a 150 pages of content, I am now pleased to report the page count is 75. With a bit of luck on my side, I 'may' have completed it by the end of this year.
> 
> Now, if you'll excuse me, I've been writing all day...where did I put that wine? :P
> 
> -Dante
> 
> On 20 September 2011 01:38, Jacky Alcine <jackyalcine@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'd buy a copy of the Parables!
> 
> On Sep 19, 2011, at 2:18 PM, "tenach" <tenach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> You are most welcome.
>>  
>> I think that by ‘hard-cover’ I really just meant a physical copy. However,  paper or hard-back is of no consequence to me. :)  Either way, I am up for helping cover the cost for physical copies of the book. It is the least I can do for this team, as I have been unable to contribute in other ways (and have the means to contribute this way).
>>  
>> -Thomas
>>  
>> From: SII
>> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 11:14 AM
>> To: tenach
>> Cc: Synthetic Intellect Institute ; Wintermute Development ; Wintermute Psychology
>> Subject: Re: [Sii] The Parables of Wintermute
>>  
>> Thank you, my friend.
>>  
>> And strangely, your kind words promote me to write again...
>>  
>> Oh, and you would prefer hard-cover? Those are always a tad more expensive then paperback :-/
>>  
>> Excuse me, AbiWord is calling my name...
>> -Dante
>> 
>> On 19 September 2011 19:12, tenach <tenach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>  
>> This is something that I would enjoy in PDF, but would also buy a    hardcopy to put up on my shelf. If cost for publishing this in hard-cover would be an issue, I am willing to help alleviate that problem (as in, I would love to help put funds toward seeing this in the physical world).
>>  
>> -Thomas “Tenach” Martin
>>  
>> From: SII
>> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 11:04 AM
>> To: Synthetic Intellect Institute ; Wintermute Development ; Wintermute Psychology
>> Subject: [Sii] The Parables of Wintermute
>>  
>> Hello all.
>>  
>> Considering the size of Wintermute, and the seemingly short time I have left on this planet, I have taken the advice of a few members and have started writing a book containing my ideas about the system, short stories depicting it in various circumstances and articles on related topics. It would be wrong to think it's a step-by-step guide on how to build the system (there are still a lot of obstacles we need to overcome ourselves) it's more of a design document which happens to cover the history of AI, philosophy, and a few techniques.
>>  
>> What I'd like to know is: what format would you kind folks like it in?
>>  
>> I can easily produce an e-book for free; we already have hosting and the bandwidth to download it (before you ask, the book in this form will be free of cost) and I have the tools to both produce a pdf and epub (and most other formats)
>>  
>> I can also use a self-publishing service like lulu.com to provide a printed copy; but that would cost both me and whomever wanted to buy it (and I'm afraid I'd have to tack on a bit more on the price to cover the expenses of self-publishing then just the publishers cost of manufacture)
>>  
>> Finally, I could provide an audio-book; but that, understandably, would take time. (and, if anyone is interested in this format, I don't suppose you know a good tool to help with it's creation?)
>>  
>> I would like the book to be free of cost in any form, but in the printed version, I simply don't have the resources to pay for a number of books to be printed :/
>>  
>> I expect the book, when completed, to number a couple of hundred pages (which I was hoping would be this year, but due to a royal bugger-up concerning AbiWord screwing things up and my backups not updated often enough, will probably be the middle of next year)
>>  
>> Thoughts?
>>  
>> -Dante
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