Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:00:51 -0500 Message-ID: <626B2AC4.AE6@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 17:01:08 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com Organization: The Starmaker Organization X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Stationary Points in Space References: <626ADBB0.239B@ix.netcom.com> <626B0ED6.1DCC@ix.netcom.com> <626B1EB4.C6@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 220428-8, 04/28/2022), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Lines: 84 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-0tk0d9daUpBnkInBdIX+W6A73hzoLF2nSMuQe6ojmpTzwfMFMd3KF4H69Qv6gXIT2IzPDf0cMHuq4SB!Oxrr3f0rXVKu41cbJC+Bu0BlRIcAAajYEjhXt7isXCinDFEjwQBY9vXY1j2pFPwj/Bbm38RHN97C!DgS8FrzM2g== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 4721 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:584452 The Starmaker wrote: > > Odd Bodkin wrote: > > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > Odd Bodkin wrote: > > >> > > >> The Starmaker wrote: > > >>> Odd Bodkin wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> Ed Lake wrote: > > >>>>> On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 12:48:19 PM UTC-5, bodk...@gmail.com wrote: > > >>>>>> Ed Lake wrote: > > >>>>>>> On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 11:45:23 AM UTC-5, bodk...@gmail.com wrote: > > >>>>>>>> Ed Lake wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>>>>> You may be right, which shows the sorry state of college physics textbooks. > > >>>>>>>> No, that’s not the right conclusion. If you find that every textbook > > >>>>>>>> disagrees with something you think is true, then it is a mistake to believe > > >>>>>>>> that you are right and every single textbook is wrong. What is a much > > >>>>>>>> better strategy is to conclude that it is YOU that is not understanding > > >>>>>>>> something correctly. > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> There are plenty of textbooks that agree with me. I have a collection of > > >>>>>>> well over 100 college physics textbooks. > > >>>>>> A hundred TEXTBOOKS? I’d like a listing of the first 30 please. > > >>>>>> Note that Brian Greene’s The Fabric of the Cosmos is not a textbook. > > >>>>>> Hawking’s A Brief History of Time is not a textbook. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Here are about 70 that I have categorized as "textbooks." I could have > > >>>>> dozens more that I just categorized as "books": > > >>>> > > >>>> OK, so let’s have a small moment of truth-telling here, Ed. You have > > >>>> provided a listing of 70 books, but you fell short of claiming that these > > >>>> are actually in your possession. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> It turns out that I have 152 books in .pdf format, 11 books in .epub > > >>> format (which my computer can read to me, if I want), and 2 books in > > >>> .mobi format which I can theoretically read on my Kindle. I also see > > >>> that only 31 of the 152 books in .pdf format are non-searchable (I'll > > >>> explain later why that is important). > > >>> > > >> > > >> I have a few hundred trade books in ebook formats as well. But not > > >> introductory college textbooks. There’s a reason why that is so. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Odd Bodkin -- maker of fine toys, tools, tables > > > > > > > > > > > > I only posted what Ed Lake wrote: > > > > That I don’t doubt. I’m sure he has lots of ebooks. Just not the textbooks > > he listed. > > I'm a little confused about what you wrote: "...sure he has lots of ebooks. Just not the textbooks he listed." > > Can you name a (one) title of an ebook he listed that you seem to believe he doesn't have it in ebook format? Just name one title..uno. Or are you saying he has textbooks in ebook formats but not the kind you open up like a real hardcover book with pages made of paper??? I'm confused. I don't know how to read through hoops... > > -- > The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, > to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge > the unchallengeable. -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.