On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Paul Ginsparg 505-667-7353 wrote:
>sh > I founded a self-archive modelled on LANL that should have
>sh > been well on the road to catching up to LANL, yet it has only
>sh > gone 1/100,000 of the way so far!
> >
>sh > http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/search?dom=authors&query=*
>sh > http://xxx.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/show_monthly_submissions
>
> the first shows "Your search resulted in 755 hits"
>
> the second shows 109208 total
>
> hence by the given urls that appears to be 755/109208
> or roughly 1/145 (hence whence 1/100,000 ?)
Fine, fine. But please keep a lid on how careless I am with figures,
lest it be used against us...
Besides, as you know, I merely play John the Baptist to your Messiah.
Hence it is my lot to deprecate my evangelical efforts in favour of
Another who cometh...
Cheers, Stevan
Received on Wed Feb 10 1999 - 19:17:43 GMT