Thanks..I am excited to learn. Using a computer since the beginning I believe this new year can be a new beginning in coding..karen marie On Dec 7, 2014 6:38 PM, "Apostolis" <apost...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Hour of Code is here > Εισερχόμενα > x > Sal Khan > Apostolis Papageorgiou, Computer programming changed my life. I first > program... > 1:03 π.μ. (Πριν από 30 λεπτά) > > > > 1:32 a.m. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sal Khan <sal...@khanacademy.org> > Date: 2014-12-08 1:03 GMT+02:00 > Subject: The Hour of Code is here > > Computer programming changed my life. I first programmed games on my > graphing calculator as a hobby in 9th grade. That hobby turned into > stimulating internships later in high school. That helped me get into and > succeed in college. When I graduated in the late 90s, the ability to code > that I had honed since high school became one of the key gateways to a > rewarding profession. 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I did a search in the OL repo in >> github and find a number of results on the term "merge" but I don't know >> which are currently being used, as great changes have been made to the code >> in the recent past. >> >> What is mysterious to me is whether these routines run on a regular basis >> or not. We've seen complaints that modifying records doesn't result in >> merging, and I don't know if that was temporary or if it's a continuing >> problem. >> >> It's like the many other issues that we have: can we count on regular >> indexing of new data? Is there any way to add more files of data to OL? >> (The last file of Library of Congress records was loaded in 2010 or 2011, >> as I recall. Ditto Amazon?) How about new covers - are they being loaded? >> etc etc >> >> kc >> >> On 12/7/14 10:50 AM, Ben Companjen wrote: >> >> Hi Karen, >> >> You seem to know of merging software that I have never read about in >> the few years that I have been around. Can you tell more or point to a >> resource that describes it? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Ben >> >> On 7 December 2014 at 17:43, Karen Coyle <kco...@kcoyle.net> wrote: >> >> Hi. The messed up titles from Amazon are usually from third-party sellers >> who take a lot of shortcuts, putting all of the information in the title. >> Please edit those! Thanks. Presumably that will bring the books together >> (but I don't know if that merging software is currently running). >> >> As for what is a "different edition" -- this is not an easy question. >> Texts >> get reprinted often, especially those in the public domain, but each new >> "act" on the part of a publisher is considered a new edition, because you >> don't know what might have changed (new preface, added illustrations...). >> For modern books (after about 1970) the shortcut answer is: if it has a >> different ISBN, it is a different edition. >> >> kc >> >> On 12/6/14 8:47 PM, earthfu...@yahoo.ca wrote: >> >> >> Request cleanup of Vernor Vinge listings >> https://openlibrary.org/search?title=names&author=Vernor+Vinge >> >> 1) "True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge >> 4 editions - first published in 1984" >> >> 2) "True Names...and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge >> 1 edition - first published in 1987" >> >> *** >> Should the works/editions above be made in editions of "True Names" >> book? (one edition of plain "True Names" book below) >> >> >> >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/True-Names-Opening-Cyberspace-Frontier/dp/0312944446/ >> "384 pages" >> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PX9d-HOaL._AA160_.jpg >> >> image <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PX9d-HOaL._AA160_.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> >> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PX9d-HOaL._AA160_.jpg> >> View on ecx.images-amazon.com >> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PX9d-HOaL._AA160_.jpg> >> >> Preview by Yahoo >> >> >> *** >> >> regarding title of : >> "1) "True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor >> Vinge >> 4 editions - first published in 1984" >> >> "True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier" >> was first published in 2001 by Tor and contained "True Names" by Vinge >> PLUS essays by other people writing about Vinge's story. >> >> >> http://www.amazon.com/True-Names-Opening-Cyberspace-Frontier/dp/B001PO6ANG/ >> >> *** >> >> regarding title of : >> "2) "True Names...and Other Dangers by Vernor Vinge >> 1 edition - first published in 1987" >> >> Amazon says "275 pages", so it seems to be a straightforward reprint of >> "True Names" >> http://www.amazon.com/Names-Other-Dangers-Vernor-Vinge/dp/0671653636/ >> http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSe9G8gnL._AA160_.jpg >> >> image <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSe9G8gnL._AA160_.jpg> >> >> >> >> >> >> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSe9G8gnL._AA160_.jpg> >> View on ecx.images-amazon.com >> <http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MSe9G8gnL._AA160_.jpg> >> >> Preview by Yahoo >> >> >> truly, >> Julian >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org >> >> >> -- >> Karen Coyle >> kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net >> m: 1-510-435-8234 >> skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org >> >> >> >> -- >> Karen Coyle >> kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net >> m: 1-510-435-8234 >> skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600 >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org >
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