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Re: [SLE] [OT...sort of]Hardcopy or electronic books?
- From: "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:44:20 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200511190744.24991.hattons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Saturday 19 November 2005 07:34 am, suse_gasjr4wd@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Same here...I would rather receive things digitally, then I can always
> print it out myself.
> (my only issue is getting things to duplex correctly sometimes)
> Anytime a new manual comes out (as with a new version-upgrade) I print out
> the books for it.
>
> The PDF formats lets me do word searches, but many times I have to read the
> whole thing first to understand _what_ to look for...
>
>
> Yes, I can read them off of a laptop while in the car or something, but a
> book doesn't have batteries that die.
Suppose you are dealing with a 4-volume set with the smallest volume having
over a thousand printed pages? Would you prefer to get the hardcopy
professionally bound, or use whatever mechanism you currently use?
http://www.mathematicaguidebooks.org/
Steven
> Same here...I would rather receive things digitally, then I can always
> print it out myself.
> (my only issue is getting things to duplex correctly sometimes)
> Anytime a new manual comes out (as with a new version-upgrade) I print out
> the books for it.
>
> The PDF formats lets me do word searches, but many times I have to read the
> whole thing first to understand _what_ to look for...
>
>
> Yes, I can read them off of a laptop while in the car or something, but a
> book doesn't have batteries that die.
Suppose you are dealing with a 4-volume set with the smallest volume having
over a thousand printed pages? Would you prefer to get the hardcopy
professionally bound, or use whatever mechanism you currently use?
http://www.mathematicaguidebooks.org/
Steven
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