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The modern way to ban books is steganography-like: hide them in a sea of information.

• readme 13y ago
  Imagine this: services like amazon take over all the dead-tree book market. The government cracks down on piracy, and eliminates that way of getting books. A few big players end up controlling all the books on drm'd electronic devices. The future could be an easy place to ban books.
  • unimpressive 13y ago
    "The hardcore flying saucer cultist, on the other hand, is a very special personality who has thus far escaped close scrutiny by the scientific community. Contrary to Buckner's finding, a poll of 250 hardcore "ufologists" in the United States in 1969 determined their median age to be 31. Teen-agers and house-wives constitute the most active groups, collecting clippings of sightings and issuing amateur newsletters and magazines, usually mimeographed. The classic search for identity plays an important role. The teen-aged ufologist is most often isolated on a farm, or separated from his peers because of his eccentric personality." The Flying Saucer Subculture, John Keel (1973) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph I'd always wondered how you produced a zine before personal computers.