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hacker · 09-11-2004, 02:57 PM

Greetings.

Today is the 3rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. It is a time of mourning, and of retrospection. I'd like to give something back, to help educate those who may not know the details surrounding the events of 9/11.

As many of you may already know, I have taken the 567-page 9/11 Commission Report (in PDF format), and converted it BY HAND to validated XHTML. In the process I corrected several thousand punctuation mistakes, mis-hyphenated words, and the flow of the document in general. The content itself was not changed, just the way it was presented. The goal was to make the document readable on handheld devices.

I also added a linked TOC, mini-TOC for each chapter, and cross-linked every annotation and footnote in the original document. I also reformatted the output itself, to better display on mobile devices, such as PalmOS handhelds. There are a lot of other changes here that make the document much more readible on handheld devices. The information contained within, is far too important to disregard or be lost in a huge PDF on a .gov website.

From this base, I converted it to Plucker format, and then again to iSilo format. You can see all three versions here:

Plucker format:
http://downloads.plkr.org/911_Report.html

iSilo mobile format:
http://gnu-designs.com/iSilo/911_Report.html

Converted XHTML:
http://911.gnu-designs.com/

Both of the mobile versions are available on MemoWare and Palmgear as well (these links go right to the reports themselves on these sites).

Please feel free to download, redistribute, share, and link to this version as much as you'd like (of course, if you do, please make sure to give me credit, where credit is due). If I've missed any relevant newsgroups, forums, blogs, or websites please repost/forward there.

It is the only version of this document indexable by search engines and the like. It is also much more useful than the original, being heavily cross-linked within itself. I put a LOT of work into this to make it a professional work. Please respect the amout of time I've spent on it, by not hijacking it without crediting me.

Thanks everyone. I hope you enjoy the work. Please let me know if you'd like any additions, features, or other versions converted for other platforms.

09-11-2004, 02:57 PM	#1
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	9/11 Commission Report in Plucker, iSilo and HTML format Greetings. Today is the 3rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. It is a time of mourning, and of retrospection. I'd like to give something back, to help educate those who may not know the details surrounding the events of 9/11. As many of you may already know, I have taken the 567-page 9/11 Commission Report (in PDF format), and converted it BY HAND to validated XHTML. In the process I corrected several thousand punctuation mistakes, mis-hyphenated words, and the flow of the document in general. The content itself was not changed, just the way it was presented. The goal was to make the document readable on handheld devices. I also added a linked TOC, mini-TOC for each chapter, and cross-linked every annotation and footnote in the original document. I also reformatted the output itself, to better display on mobile devices, such as PalmOS handhelds. There are a lot of other changes here that make the document much more readible on handheld devices. The information contained within, is far too important to disregard or be lost in a huge PDF on a .gov website. From this base, I converted it to Plucker format, and then again to iSilo format. You can see all three versions here: Plucker format: http://downloads.plkr.org/911_Report.html iSilo mobile format: http://gnu-designs.com/iSilo/911_Report.html Converted XHTML: http://911.gnu-designs.com/ Both of the mobile versions are available on MemoWare and Palmgear as well (these links go right to the reports themselves on these sites). Please feel free to download, redistribute, share, and link to this version as much as you'd like (of course, if you do, please make sure to give me credit, where credit is due). If I've missed any relevant newsgroups, forums, blogs, or websites please repost/forward there. It is the only version of this document indexable by search engines and the like. It is also much more useful than the original, being heavily cross-linked within itself. I put a LOT of work into this to make it a professional work. Please respect the amout of time I've spent on it, by not hijacking it without crediting me. Thanks everyone. I hope you enjoy the work. Please let me know if you'd like any additions, features, or other versions converted for other platforms. Last edited by hacker; 09-11-2004 at 03:03 PM.