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Re:Library of Babel by yk on Sunday May 03, 2015 @09:37AM (#9481214)
It should be possible to link to individual pages. ( So that one can show where the opening line of Neuromancer or the first paragraph of The Library of Babel is located.) But otherwise really cool.
Re:Library of Babel by recursive on Sunday May 03, 2015 @01:06PM (#9482061)
On average, the link would be at least as long as the book.
Re:Library of Babel by jonotrain on Sunday May 03, 2015 @01:17PM (#9482098)
I think yk's idea is excellent - I'm actually working on it right now. You're correct that the book locations need to be about as long as the book to provide sufficient unique values - but it isn't humanly or temporally possible for people to bookmark that many pages - so a separate index of bookmarked pages could use much shorter urls.
Re:Library of Babel by anotheryou on Sunday May 03, 2015 @04:58PM (#9483009)
and please make the bookmarks unguessable and private. I want to sent moderately private letters, that where already "written" in the library :)
Re:Library of Babel by jonotrain on Sunday May 03, 2015 @05:15PM (#9483085)
I'm glad you suggested that - will do.
Re:Library of Babel by anotheryou on Friday May 15, 2015 @10:56AM (#9551024)
letters where sent :)

I'm still amazed at the project, thank you

Re:Library of Babel by octatoan on Sunday May 03, 2015 @02:13PM (#9482342)
Not if you let the first linked page be site.com/1, the next one site.com/2 and so on, I think.
Re:Library of Babel by recursive on Sunday May 03, 2015 @02:44PM (#9482462)
Yes, even then.

Sure "1" and "2" are pretty short. And even "57834573495879436129386943" is pretty short.

But the average link would have so many digits, I couldn't post it in this comment.

Re:Library of Babel by jonotrain on Sunday May 03, 2015 @03:08PM (#9482558)
The bookmarks would only need to map to the book locations - you would only need sufficient values for the number of bookmarked pages, not the entire range of possibilities.
Re:Library of Babel by Tinyyy on Sunday May 03, 2015 @02:34PM (#9482422)
How does that even make sense? Taking a lower base will only require more characters.
Re:Library of Babel by jonotrain on Sunday May 03, 2015 @10:15PM (#9483971)
I created a bookmarkable link on the book pages - and you can title them yourself, so they will remain private if you like.

Thank you for the excellent suggestion.