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darmstadt replied

7 July 2010, 16:13
360 Assembler Programming in German, no clue why
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Spacecadet replied

7 July 2010, 14:57
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

300,000? that's
[chews lip]
...
[counts on fingers]
...
[takes off socks]
...
[gets calculator]
...
10,000 a year for the next 30 years. Your sorting strategy should be mainly a deleting strategy I think.

300k + 150k = 450k

15,000 for the next 30 years
or
40 books a day
or
2.5 books an hour (based on being awake for 16 hours)
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rsingh replied

7 July 2010, 14:35
Originally posted by doodab View Post

Does any one else have several editions of the same book? E.g. I have 2nd and 3rd of edition of c++ programming language, several webmaster in a nutshells (all out of date) and numerous others.

All paper. ebooks aren't books IMO.

Nope, but my bookshelf sags in the middle.
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doodab replied

7 July 2010, 14:33
Does any one else have several editions of the same book? E.g. I have 2nd and 3rd of edition of c++ programming language, several webmaster in a nutshells (all out of date) and numerous others.

All paper. ebooks aren't books IMO.
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TheFaQQer replied

7 July 2010, 14:26
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

Sams "Teach Yourself Babbage's Difference Engine in 24 Hours"
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thunderlizard replied

7 July 2010, 14:26
300,000? that's
[chews lip]
...
[counts on fingers]
...
[takes off socks]
...
[gets calculator]
...
10,000 a year for the next 30 years. Your sorting strategy should be mainly a deleting strategy I think.
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Zippy replied

7 July 2010, 14:24
Originally posted by rsingh View Post

I'll see your SQL2000 and raise you with a SQL 6.5

Sams "Teach Yourself Babbage's Difference Engine in 24 Hours"
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rsingh replied

7 July 2010, 14:20
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

I know the feeling

shelf 1 - SQL Server 2000
shelf 2 - SQL Server 2005
shelf 3 - SQL Server 2008
shelf 4 - other tech books

I'll see your SQL2000 and raise you with a SQL 6.5
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Spacecadet replied

7 July 2010, 14:19
Originally posted by Zippy View Post

I wish I could get along with ebooks as I keep runnng out of bookcases. I suppose it might help if I could bear to part with any of my books ... Windows 95 programming anybody?

I know the feeling

shelf 1 - SQL Server 2000
shelf 2 - SQL Server 2005
shelf 3 - SQL Server 2008
shelf 4 - other tech books
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Zippy replied

7 July 2010, 14:11
I wish I could get along with ebooks as I keep runnng out of bookcases. I suppose it might help if I could bear to part with any of my books ... Windows 95 programming anybody?
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rsingh replied

7 July 2010, 14:03
Flog them on ebay. Or maybe a car-boot sale even.
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TheFaQQer replied

7 July 2010, 13:58
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

Do you have any money left over for living expenses?

Bit torrent is free
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Spacecadet replied

7 July 2010, 13:54
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

Over 300,000 non-fiction, about 150,000 fiction, and dozens of magazine series some going back decades

Do you have any money left over for living expenses?
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Moscow Mule replied

7 July 2010, 13:51
Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

Over 300,000 non-fiction, about 150,000 fiction, and dozens of magazine series some going back decades

Stop downloading the whole internet!!!
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doodab replied

7 July 2010, 13:50
Why not just read them haphazardly?
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