Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 23:30 21/05/2001, David H. Adler wrote:
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 08:28:24AM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
Don't think anyone writes technical books for money. If they do, then
they're in for a big shock.
...and you can just imagine how much more
On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 08:43:39AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote:
Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 23:30 21/05/2001, David H. Adler wrote:
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 08:28:24AM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
Don't think anyone writes technical books for money. If they do, then
On Tue, 22 May 2001, David H. Adler wrote:
Hey, maybe it's one of those cheapo 'made in China' jobs. Of course,
if it paid for a Martin or a Lowden or something else equally lovely,
then well done Mr Adler.
Ah, I wish...
The truth is somewhere in between. I got a Burns Marquee. The
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 05:05:20PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
At 13:27 20/05/2001, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
You can't expect to steal music and then bitch about how someone is
stealing copies of your book on line.
True. But just so as we know where we all stand. I have only ever used
I object to paying 3.99 gbp (for a single), or 12.99gbp (for an album
track) to just get one song. However, if I hear another track from those
artists, and like it, I will probably get the full album.
Then exercise your right not to buy it - then don't steal it.
You don't have a divine right
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 08:28:24AM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
Don't think anyone writes technical books for money. If they do, then
they're in for a big shock.
...and you can just imagine how much more true that is for editing
technical books... :-)
dha, used some of his editing money to buy
At 23:30 21/05/2001, David H. Adler wrote:
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 08:28:24AM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
Don't think anyone writes technical books for money. If they do, then
they're in for a big shock.
...and you can just imagine how much more true that is for editing
technical books... :-)
At 12:12 19/05/2001, Robin Houston wrote:
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:30:28PM +0100, Barry Pretsell wrote:
It sounds like a good idea (must be better than having 3 editions
of Programming Perl) and I'm tempted to give it a go, so any Safari
subscribers out there with an opinion?
Don't
At 01:46 20/05/2001, Simon Cozens wrote:
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 07:20:31AM -0600, Nathan Torkington wrote:
Who here has written a book? Simon and Dave at least. It's not easy,
is it?
You're asking the wrong guy. I don't write books for money, I write
them to contribute information.
Don't
At 17:28 19/05/2001, Jonathan Stowe wrote:
On Sat, 19 May 2001, Nathan Torkington wrote:
Robin Houston writes:
Don't forget the ever-fabulous http://corvin.spb.ru/
I'd also like to say that I'm pretty disgusted that the Perlmongers,
of all people, would advocate pirating the Camel.
At 00:18 20/05/2001, Dean S Wilson wrote:
I suppose the issue with books as PDF is that it leaves you wide open to
rampant
copying...
A problem we're currently encountering with DMP. Some dickhead in Israel
thinks it's clever to distribute the PDF for free from his website.
Dave...
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From: Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: O'Reilly Safari - anyone use it?
At 00:18 20/05/2001, Dean S Wilson wrote:
I suppose the issue with books as PDF is that it leaves you wide open
to
rampant
copying
At 10:14 20/05/2001, Barry Pretsell wrote:
A problem we're currently encountering with DMP. Some dickhead in Israel
thinks it's clever to distribute the PDF for free from his website.
Why do Manning sell their books online as pdf files? and do they plan to
stop it now that rampant copying
On Sun, 20 May 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
At 17:28 19/05/2001, Jonathan Stowe wrote:
On Sat, 19 May 2001, Nathan Torkington wrote:
Robin Houston writes:
Don't forget the ever-fabulous http://xx.xxx.xx/
I'd also like to say that I'm pretty disgusted that the Perlmongers,
of
On Sun, 20 May 2001, Barry Pretsell wrote:
A problem we're currently encountering with DMP. Some dickhead in Israel
thinks it's clever to distribute the PDF for free from his website.
Why do Manning sell their books online as pdf files? and do they plan to
stop it
now that rampant
On Sun, 20 May 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
At 00:18 20/05/2001, Dean S Wilson wrote:
I suppose the issue with books as PDF is that it leaves you wide open to
rampant
copying...
A problem we're currently encountering with DMP. Some dickhead in Israel
thinks it's clever to distribute
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 09:10:02PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote:
I'm curious what the perceived payback is on books: kudos on the one
hand, benefit to humankind on the other, and then cash. How does it
all stack up?
The kudos is fun but unless you write something completely
earth-shattering,
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 11:23:05AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
I have in the past had a pirate copy of O'Reillys Network Bookshelf ...
but a) I would not have paid for the CD in the first place and b) Iliked
what I saw so much that I went on to buy a whole bookcase full of
O'Reilly stuff.
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 08:49:56AM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
I disagree. IMO, posting a link to site containing pirate copies of books
_is_ advocating piracy. YMMV.
Here is how to do it. Now *you* have a choice.
Have you read A treatise on the construction of locks?
--
The C Programming
Dave Cross [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
*
*I disagree. IMO, posting a link to site containing pirate copies of books
*_is_ advocating piracy. YMMV.
In a world that advocates Napster, this is no different. Someone buys a
copy of the book, scans it in and shares it with the world. Outrage by the
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 07:27:39AM -0500, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
You can't expect to steal music and then bitch about how someone is
stealing copies of your book on line.
Ah, good old piracy is theft analogy - what would we do without you?
I think I'll start reloading that russian site
On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 05:15:44PM +0200, Niklas Nordebo wrote:
Seriously, I don't advocate copyright violation, but I much prefer it to
theft or high sea piracy if people are going to commit crimes.
I always found arms trafficking far more fun.
Although I supposed nowadays we should be
At 13:27 20/05/2001, Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
You can't expect to steal music and then bitch about how someone is
stealing copies of your book on line.
True. But just so as we know where we all stand. I have only ever used
Napster to find copies of unavailable music.
Dave...
--
also use Napster (when I'm working somewhere with a big pipe) to get
digital copies of music that I've already paid for analogue copies of.
--
Robert
- Original Message -
From: Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 20 May 2001 17:05
Subject: Re: O'Reilly Safari - anyone
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:30:28PM +0100, Barry Pretsell wrote:
It sounds like a good idea (must be better than having 3 editions
of Programming Perl) and I'm tempted to give it a go, so any Safari
subscribers out there with an opinion?
Don't forget the ever-fabulous http://corvin.spb.ru/
Robin Houston writes:
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:30:28PM +0100, Barry Pretsell wrote:
It sounds like a good idea (must be better than having 3 editions
of Programming Perl) and I'm tempted to give it a go, so any Safari
subscribers out there with an opinion?
Don't forget the
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When you don't pay money, whether you justify it because you already
own the book, or because you're a poor student, you're screwing the
authors. But they won't miss my $1. Your dollar is no different
from everyone
-Original Message-From:
Barry Pretsell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm interested to know if anyone uses
Safari to read O'Reilly books online.
http://safari1.oreilly.com/tablhom.asp?home
It sounds like a good idea (must be better
than having 3 editions of
I'm interested to know if anyone uses Safari to
read O'Reilly books online.
http://safari1.oreilly.com/tablhom.asp?home
It sounds like a good idea (must be better than
having 3 editions of Programming Perl) and I'm tempted to give it a go, so any
Safari subscribers out there with an
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