Although not directly related to this thread, it may be helpful. If anyone wishes to find free content on technical books, here's a free resource to over 1,200 technical books online.<div><br></div><div>The Safari resource has *tons* of Open Source books that you can read by PDF. And, our library (The San Francisco Public Library), has free access. You only need a library card.</div>
<div><br></div><div>To access</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://sfpl.org/sfplonline/dbcategories.htm">http://sfpl.org/sfplonline/dbcategories.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>find "Safari Tech Books Online"</div>
<div><br></div><div>and enter your library card number.</div><div><br></div><div>The above link is here if you want to try to save a step:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://ezproxy.sfpl.org/login?url=http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uicode=califa">http://ezproxy.sfpl.org/login?url=http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uicode=califa</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Glen</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Will Sargent <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:will.sargent@gmail.com">will.sargent@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:00 AM, jim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim@well.com" target="_blank">jim@well.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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how will "we" know that you have a particular book?<br>
(for the record, i'm still against this practice for<br>
reasons previously expressed but yet unaddressed.)</blockquote><div><br></div></div>I'll tell you, either in person or on the mailing list, as you prefer. And I keep a record on Toodledo of all the books I've either lent out or been lent. Currently, two economics books out for a friend to finish a paper. I realize you don't know me, but the last time I was told I had something and couldn't find it, I spent over $100 and many months tracking down and replacing their Paul Pope collection. They found the originals in the basement when they moved.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">It sounds as though your reasons are trust related. I can understand that, but if you're really worried about people walking out with books and not returning them, the best solution is to have them in a locked room and only give out the key to people you know will give them back.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Besides which, what motivation would I have for not telling you that I had a particular book? It would be wrong for me to take something that wasn't freely given, and it would be just as wrong to lie about the having of it afterwards. My personal integrity is worth more to me than a $15 paperback.</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_quote">Will. </div>
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