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Google appears to be in a bit of a hurry to achieve its ultimate dark aim of indexing all of the world's knowledge, including humanity's entire literary output, as this image of an 1855 issue of The Gentleman's Magazine demonstrates:
Quite what "Sylvanus Urban", the editor of this fine London periodical, would have made of some heavily-bejewelled, partially-rubberclad former colonial female pawing his material is anyone's guess, but we suspect it would involve heavy choking on his beef and oyster pie, followed by a stiff brandy and an indignant letter to the Times. ®
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Thanks to Dave Walker-Sharpe for the heads-up. He notes: "There are other faux-pas in this work, too, with folded over pages and poorly-scanned images on various pages." Yes indeed, as the old saying goes: "Less haste, more speed."
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Overheard at the googlecopier :
"only another 675 pages to go ...... and then I get to start on Rob Roy."
It may not quite be the most boring job in the world, but it most be close. Stock options and free flying lessons or not.
Her fingers look burnt.
Exposing one's fingers to a photocopy machine day after day, results in red fingers and other possible side affects.
Wrong Title
I've come to expect more from the Reg with the headlines.
How about:
"Google Book scanner fingered." ?
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