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Re: How far back can we go?

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markspace wrote:
> Fritz Wuehler wrote:
>> ...  but it's not very likely a person who doesn't know
>> anything about subject A can tell whether ...a small collection
>> of older books found online and would like to see how useful they are or if
>> anything bad happens if I use them.
>  
> Yes, it's very hard for a person who doesn't know what the "older 
> collection of books" you found actually *is* help you understand whether 
> those books are still useful or not.
> 
> Absent that information, I think Steve's advice is 100% correct: get the 
> news books you can.  Period.  I'm really uncertain what else I or anyone 
> else could tell you.

Well, Fritz, aside from markspace said, you have been given lots of very, very specific advice on how to tell what books are newer and useful.  Your question was whether older books could help you. That question has been answered here repeatedly, in depth, with links.  

Now you take a condescending tone with someone who's trying to accent that information with yet another vote for modern texts?  Are you sure that is a good way to respond?

If the information provided here doesn't help you, then nothing will.  As markspace pointed out, you haven't exactly been forthcoming with the details of your situation.  Maybe you should back off on the condescension just a tad, hm-k?

Fare thee well, Fritz.

-- 
Lew

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How far back can we go? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201108.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2011-08-27 08:15 +0200
  Re: How far back can we go? jaap <niemand@meel.homelinux.net> - 2011-08-27 10:11 +0200
    Re: How far back can we go? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-27 01:29 -0700
    Re: How far back can we go? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201108.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2011-08-28 07:46 +0200
      Re: How far back can we go? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-28 02:17 -0700
        Re: How far back can we go? blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 12:07 +0000
          Re: How far back can we go? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 08:25 -0700
            Re: How far back can we go? blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 16:03 +0000
              Re: How far back can we go? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 09:19 -0700
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  Re: How far back can we go? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-08-29 04:16 -0700
  Re: How far back can we go? Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 10:03 -0400
    Re: How far back can we go? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-08-29 14:06 -0700
      Re: How far back can we go? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 14:30 -0700
        Re: How far back can we go? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-08-30 08:28 -0500
          Re: How far back can we go? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201108.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2011-08-31 06:44 +0200
            Re: How far back can we go? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-30 22:21 -0700
      Re: How far back can we go? Steve <tinker123@gmail.com> - 2011-08-30 10:51 -0400
        Re: How far back can we go? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-30 09:30 -0700
    Re: How far back can we go? Fritz Wuehler <fritz@spamexpire-201108.rodent.frell.theremailer.net> - 2011-08-30 01:48 +0200
      Re: How far back can we go? markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-29 18:53 -0700
        Re: How far back can we go? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-08-29 19:06 -0700
        Re: How far back can we go? markspace <-@.> - 2011-08-29 20:05 -0700

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