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The University bookstore just got one of them new-fangled machines that will print public domain books for you for $8. I'd take the Tuesday ride there, but .2 mile rides are a little light even for Tuesdays.
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gsbarnes wrote:
The University bookstore just got one of them new-fangled machines that will print public domain books for you for $8. I'd take the Tuesday ride there, but .2 mile rides are a little light even for Tuesdays.
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I know neither your printer nor the FE machine, but I'm guessing/hoping the entertainment value of watching the latter will far outweigh that of watching the former.
It's not like I need more books to read.
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joby
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:40 pm
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gsbarnes wrote:
I know neither your printer nor the FE machine, but I'm guessing/hoping the entertainment value of watching the latter will far outweigh that of watching the former.
It's not like I need more books to read.
This must be some new definition of the word "Entertainment" I was not previously familiar with.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:05 pm
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It's not funny if you have to explain it.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:20 pm
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Yes Greg. Tell us about these... "BOOKS" you speak of. Is this some sort of web 2.0 thing? Can I make a profile? Can my friends join?
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gsbarnes
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:51 pm
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Well, I guess you're old enough, Scott.
You see, if a non-fiction book and a fiction book love each other very much, then they get together. The non-fiction book rubs its index on the fiction book's frontispiece, and, sometimes, a board book is born. These books can grow up to be bestsellers or even Oprah Winfrey book club selections.
Anyway, back in the 1960's, a very strange non-fiction book called The Art of Computer Programming did this with a fiction book called The Crying of Lot 49, inside a Fresh Espresso machine that was set to run backwards, and, 5 years later, the Internet was born.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:00 pm
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gsbarnes wrote:
Well, I guess you're old enough, Scott.
You see, if a non-fiction book and a fiction book love each other very much, then they get together. The non-fiction book rubs its index on the fiction book's frontispiece, and, sometimes, a board book is born. These books can grow up to be bestsellers or even Oprah Winfrey book club selections.
Anyway, back in the 1960's, a very strange non-fiction book called The Art of Computer Programming did this with a fiction book called The Crying of Lot 49, inside a Fresh Espresso machine that was set to run backwards, and, 5 years later, the Internet was born.
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tehschkott wrote:
Yes Greg. Tell us about these... "BOOKS" you speak of. Is this some sort of web 2.0 thing? Can I make a profile? Can my friends join?
It's not that hard to join! All you have to do is have a uid with this internet club called "Google" and you too can enjoy "books" of all sorts. You can find "Google" via your favorite search engine such as Lycos or Altavista.
I put a handy interlink below for "books" to save you a little bit of trouble:
HTTP://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM
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