Higher intellect project
Encyclopedia
The Higher Intellect project, also known as preterhuman.net, is a large freely accessible collections of text files and books. The archive consists of over 280,000 text files in a 110GB database. The project is entirely non-profit and is funded only by donations from its users and administrators.
. The primary sources for the archive are textfiles.com and archive.org. The contents are whatever the copied database
s hold, along with some original submissions from administrators and viewers. An official sources list can be found here. The site also hosts an official mirror of Textfiles.com
.http://preterhuman.net/news/2009_05-textfiles_mirror.txt
. It began with fewer than 10,000 text files obtained from a Hotline
server named "Fodder's Land" between 1999–2000. In 2004–2006 it acquired several large archives.
, the geographical location of the servers themselves (in Canada) provide an advantage. As such, the archive continues to accumulate texts on any imaginable subject.
Content
The files have various origins across the InternetInternet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. The primary sources for the archive are textfiles.com and archive.org. The contents are whatever the copied database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
s hold, along with some original submissions from administrators and viewers. An official sources list can be found here. The site also hosts an official mirror of Textfiles.com
Textfiles.com
textfiles.com is a web site run by Jason Scott dedicated to preserving the digital documents that contain the history of the BBS world and various subcultures. The site categorises and stores thousands of ASCII files. It focuses on text files from the 1980s, but also contains some older files and...
.http://preterhuman.net/news/2009_05-textfiles_mirror.txt
Time line
The project was created in 2001 by Paul Lezica in Calgary, Alberta, CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It began with fewer than 10,000 text files obtained from a Hotline
Hotline Communications
Hotline Communications Limited was a software company founded in 1997, based in Toronto, Canada, with employees also in the United States and Australia. Hotline Communications' main activity was the publishing and distribution of a multi-purpose client/server communication software product named...
server named "Fodder's Land" between 1999–2000. In 2004–2006 it acquired several large archives.
Project goal
The project was created with the vision of information freedom in mind. In the battle against censorshipCensorship
thumb|[[Book burning]] following the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|1973 coup]] that installed the [[Military government of Chile |Pinochet regime]] in Chile...
, the geographical location of the servers themselves (in Canada) provide an advantage. As such, the archive continues to accumulate texts on any imaginable subject.