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Andrea Camilleri - Obituary - NYTimes

The author Andrea Camilleri in Rome in 2002. He was in his 60s when he decided to try writing a mystery — in part, he said, as an exercise in self-discipline.CreditCreditSandro Michahelles
 
 


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Clement of Alexandria - Against the Heathen (Kairos?)

 'Well, now, let us say in addition, what inhuman demons, and hostile to the human race, your gods were, not only delighting in the insa...

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Matteo de Belatomicci - trns. from the 1657 folio - Bologna


Z, the perfect catalog


Z=w(r)

w=k/i

i=b(g)

r=b'(g')


w, potential knowledge of text; k, real knowledge; i, distilled and recorded information, the catalog; b, external bias; g, skill-practice; r, receiver-user, b', external bias receiver, g', knowledge-skill-practice of receiver

M value item deselection

M = (Circulation/Shelf Life) / (Last Action Span)

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