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| Thread ID: 61527 | 2005-09-08 00:17:00 | Encyclopaedia Britannica | colin_s (3529) | PC World Chat |
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| 386821 | 2005-09-08 19:31:00 | This "junior" member is 64 yo and very senior in the IT world so please don't patronise me.. Don't be smart..All I asked for was help..Isnt that why we have this forum?Noone was patronising you at all. :) If you have been around the forum for a bit before registering to post, you might of picked up on the different personalities around. Graham L loves old technology, and reminiscing about them (actually, not all of it is reminiscing as he often still uses it :p). The banter between Joe and Graham was about that. PressF1 is not only a techncial help forum, it is also a community. :) thanks ..not much help..have reasons for my postIf you had specified your reasons in your initial post, you might of got some more appropriate advice as opposed to the most logical advice for your question. :) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 386822 | 2005-09-08 21:12:00 | Isn't that what I said! Have bought the mag and now have a CD I can give to my grandies. Not too impressed with the positive response. Mostly negative and flippant! Not what I expected when I registerd...moderator please note! Colin Someone might need help from my extensive knowledge base and I hope I won't be flippant!! |
colin_s (3529) | ||
| 386823 | 2005-09-08 21:32:00 | Hi Laura, Thanks for your replay. Didn't think posting a question set me up for ridicule! Perhaps I should seek a more proffesional forum! Hve purchased the mag and CD and will pass it on to my grandies. Most dissapointed in the support but appreciate your response. Best Regards Colin |
colin_s (3529) | ||
| 386824 | 2005-09-08 21:33:00 | So far your "extensive knowledge base" doesn't appear to include the concept of cover CD software as an inducement to buy a magazine or using a search engine to find things on the net :-p | PaulD (232) | ||
| 386825 | 2005-09-08 21:45:00 | Septembers Edition's cd has the above subject as a free complete version. Where do I find this either within PC World or on the net? Thanks in anticipation Colin_s The way you phrased your question sounded to me as if you had seen the Sept. PC World but wanted the cd off it (Encyclopaedia Britannica) without buying it. You may be good at IT work but not much good at saying what you want. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 386826 | 2005-09-09 01:55:00 | But Joe, old doesn't mean obsolete, and I didn't buy that set new. (I did buy the 1970 edition new and was badly disappointed). I once needed to know about Gaussian logarithms. You try to find that in a modern book. I found it in the old EB. Many of the articles in the early editions are by the people who invented the subjects. A lot of worthwhile articles are timeless. But they are forgotten, and are replaced by rubbish in the modern encyclopaedias. (In fact, I was inspired to look up Gaussian logs by an Internet newsgroup posting by an American professor who had "reinvented" them, in about 1980 ;) ) The EB started going downhill when it was sold to the US. :cool: I still regret giving away a set of one of the last (about 1952) editions published in Edinburgh. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 386827 | 2005-09-09 02:50:00 | I asked the library lady this afternoon for the CD, she said that she had given it to the IT department. However, she did lend me the older version, which is Encyclopedia Britannica Deluxe CD 2000. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 386828 | 2005-09-09 04:19:00 | hahahahahaha | jackrulz (2216) | ||
| 386829 | 2005-09-09 05:38:00 | What I'd like is a CD containing the 9th and 10th editions of EB (produced between about 1880 and 1911). That's so much better than the modern editions. The trouble is it's 35 volumes, each with about 1500 pages. The book case holding it is making my floor sag. Dear Graham...sorry if I kicked your food bowl. :rolleyes: ......and colin_s......... sorry if you think me flippant...but you CANNOT GIVE ME A STRAIGHT LINE LIKE THAT..and not expect me to take it for a run! I mean...come on! Woody Allen could not write an opener like that... very stuffy...wot? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 386830 | 2005-09-09 05:51:00 | copy/paste here: Thanks for your replay. Didn't think posting a question set me up for ridicule! Perhaps I should seek a more proffesional forum! Hve purchased the mag and CD and will pass it on to my grandies. Most dissapointed in the support but appreciate your response. Best Regards Colin Dear 64 y/o IT professional...-20 points for poor spelling. Grade: C - Next week: Grammar tests! :p We require no less than professional spelling from such self-esteemed persons. |
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