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| Thread ID: 38752 | 2003-10-17 06:26:00 | Aren't libaries a great resource? | mark.p (383) | Press F1 |
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| 184170 | 2003-10-17 06:26:00 | Popped into the local signed out a book which happened to have RH8. Installed over the top of RH7.3 (which I got from the same place a few weeks ago) burned the cds. Now I can have a bit of a read. Not a cent to MS ;) yippyyyyyy! | mark.p (383) | ||
| 184171 | 2003-10-17 06:32:00 | Don't get too enthusiastic with an MSLess machine, the fun's just starting... Problems start occuring when you want to play games which the vendor hasn't ported to linux (bugger) and WineX doesn't seem to like working with. You can have more fun with KaZaA as well which doesn't work seemingly well under Wine, despite the tutorials on the net. And don't forget - you still have to do Linux Updates :D... |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 184172 | 2003-10-17 07:15:00 | Libraries are even better when you can browse their catalogs online, order the books and select which branch you want them all delivered to, all without leaving the comfort of your computer chair :D | Jen C (20) | ||
| 184173 | 2003-10-18 02:42:00 | But there's no substitute for looking along the shelves. Catalogues only find books you are looking for. The best books are the ones you "find". It's called serendipidy. :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 184174 | 2003-10-18 03:08:00 | > But there's no substitute for looking along the shelves . The last time I went into the library to "look along the shelves" (two weeks ago) there was nothing there except OLD (> three years) out-of-date books . :-( If you want the NEW (< 12 months old) books you have to browse the catalogues and reserve them . Or be lucky . Or be prepared to travel out to the suburban branches . |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 184175 | 2003-10-18 03:24:00 | > But there's no substitute for looking along the > shelves. Catalogues only find books you are > looking for. The best books are the ones you > "find". > > It's called serendipidy. :D serendipidy - that would be a good word for MrBillyT to use |
The_Banned_One (4744) | ||
| 184176 | 2003-10-18 03:28:00 | > > But there's no substitute for looking along the > shelves . > > The last time I went into the library to "look along > the shelves" (two weeks ago) there was nothing there > except OLD ( > three years) out-of-date books . :-( > > If you want the NEW (< 12 months old) books you have > to browse the catalogues and reserve them . > > Or be lucky . > You think thats bad, you should visit the Nelson Library . All the books newer than 10 years are out on loan . Thank god for the internet |
The_Banned_One (4744) | ||
| 184177 | 2003-10-18 07:46:00 | The library in my area has that service, however I don't really useful. It's quicker to take a 3min drive down to the library, and take a look for myself. | somebody (208) | ||
| 184178 | 2003-10-20 04:04:00 | > serendipidy - that would be a good word for Mr Billy T > to use *cough* :8} It's serendipity actually, a word coined by Horace Walpole in 1754, from Serendip which was an old name for Sri Lanka. The word is used to describe fortuitously happy events or accidental discoveries that are considered good fortune. We all have our share of serendipitous events when we accidentally stumble onto the reason for some computer glitch that has been bugging the hell out of us for ages. Cheers Billy 8-{) :| [pre][b]This was quite an obscure post, even by PF1 standards! so it was quite serendipitous that I chanced upon it. :D |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 184179 | 2003-10-20 04:13:00 | And it's the perfect word to describe finding books by "not looking for them". :D | Graham L (2) | ||
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