Quote:
Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Oh, good, the developer's here! I've always meant to ask:
If I create a folder, name it Self, fill it with books I've read and designate it as my Calibre library, then create an empty folder, name it New Self, designate it as my new library and tell Calibre to delete the old one, will I become a fresher and less cynical person as a result? Will I acquire the ability of children to learn new languages quickly? Will I be able to do the watusi without stuttering once more?
|
This is the Teleport Question. If you get into the Teleport in New York, and then are teleported to Los Angeles (or, in a rational world, vice versa) are you the same person as when you started? Or has You Number One been demolished (obscure SF reference) and the digital information about You Number One used to construct an identical but brand new You Number Two?
With this in mind, it should be clear that all that will happen in your hypothetical is that the books you have read and placed in Self will become unread books in New Self. You will not be fresher or less cynical, but you will be more ignorant.
You will also be a criminal, having copied all those books and transferred them to the possession of the New You, thereby, in effect, pirating them to yourself.
This is something that would be impossible, or at least inconvenient, for you to do without calibre, so make a donation today!