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
