Re: CHAT: facing your own mortality (as a conlanger)

Matahaniya ang Rick Harrison <rick@...>:

> If you have web pages that you want to stay online after
> you can no longer pay the hosting bill, what options are
> available? The Wayback Machine at archive.org doesn't
> catch everything and it might not be around forever.
Well, I am only *21* and I have given this a small thought
... I guess indeed the safest bet would be:

> The conlangers of ancient times published their ideas in
> books
I'm not intending to get published, but once your language
is in a stable state and you've written a comprehensive
grammar and dictionary, why not print that out and have it
bound as a hardcover book? Gilding and manual thread
stitching aren't obligatory, but however a hardcover binding
looks more professional than just a print-out that's held
together with a paper clip or a ring folder ... On the other
hand, books are thrown away pretty quickly, and why keep
grand-dad's weird languagey stuff anyway? :-\ Maybe better
do invest some money and go for a professionally produced
book with gilded edges and leather binding? When the
print-run is just one copy it should be compartively
expensive ... but at least it's something nice to have when
you or a close family-member is a bibliophile. That should
decrease the probability of throwing it away just like that.

> Is it arrogant to want some of your ideas to live on
> after you die?
No, I think everyone strives for self-realization
("Selbstverwirklichung" ... that should be a loan in English
:-P) in some way or another, so it is natural to wish for
something that survives one's self. I guess that's also why
heirlooms exist.

My 2 ct.

Regards,
Carsten

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Pinena, 21' Ihaloy 2317 ya 05:25:10 pd
Friday, June 27, 2008 at 02:53:25 pm

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