Eine wunderschöne Meldung zum Datum gelang LOCUS.
Demnach soll heute im Google-Hauptquatier, der Plan, die verlorene Biobliothek von Alexandria zu digitalisieren, bekannt gegeben worden sein.
Dan Clancy (Google) wird zitiert: »Ladies and gentlemen, you should know by now that Google does not undertake small projects. Or if we do, we do not convene press conferences to boast of them. No, although we are indeed currently scanning the contents of many contemporary foreign libraries as a routine part of our business model, I am talking now about access to the fabled and heretofore extinct institution which was founded during the reign of Ptolemy Soter in the third century BC, and which lasted in some form down until AD 391.« Und weiter: »Having achieved time travel, we next asked ourselves how we could best incorporate the new technology into our grand scheme to assemble all the data in the world into easily searchable digital form, whilst doing no evil. Almost unanimously, our first thought was to reclaim the lost masterpieces from Alexandria. Over one million papyruses, including unseen works from such eminent figures as Euclid, Aeschylus, Menander, Pythagoras and Aristophanes. The heritage of our species will be incalculably enriched.«
Das ist doch mal ein Plan…
Edit: Leider hat Locus diesen Aprilscherz gelöscht. Es war ein so schöner Scherz. Ein SF-Scherz.
Bild: Neuzeitliche Vorstellung der Bibliothek von Alexandria aus der Wikipedia




