Higher intellect project

Higher intellect project

The higher intellect project, also known as preterhuman.net, is one of the larger freely accessible collections of text files and books. The archive consists of over 250,000 text files in a 100GB database. The project is entirely non-profit and is funded only by donations from its users and administrators.

Content

The files have various origins across the Internet. The primary sources for the archive are [http://textfiles.com textfiles.com] and [http://archive.org archive.org] . The contents are whatever the copied databases hold, along with some original submissions from administrators and viewers. An official sources list can be found [http://preterhuman.net/sources.php here] .

Time line

The project was created in 2001 by Paul Lezica in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The project was first launched on a Compaq ProLiant 5500 with only 20Gb disk space, using connectivity from Shaw Communications and Telus. The server setup currently in use was finalized in early 2006. It began with fewer than 10,000 text files obtained from a Hotline server named "Fodder's Land" between 1999–2000. The large growth of the collection began between 2004–2006 with the acquisition of several large archives.

Project goal

The project was created with the vision of information freedom in mind. In the battle against censorship, the geographical location of the servers themselves (in Canada) provide an advantage. The project has no bias as to the nature of its archive contents. As such, the archive continues to accumulate texts on any imaginable subject. The goal is to never stop. The future is expected to see the project creating more partnerships in business to allow for higher availability and increased capacity.

External links

* [http://www.preterhuman.net/ higher intellect]


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