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Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall

From	"Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers, comp.misc
Subject	Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall
Date	2015-09-24 16:13 -0500
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"Louis Krupp" <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:36:21 -0400, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>I don't think I have anything special in the way of computer books, but I
>>have some chunks of books that make up relatively good selections in the
>>fields they cover.  And I would worry about donating them somewhere unless
>>they were going to value the books and keep them as an archive.  One
>>reason i buy books (at used book sales) is because I don't trust others to
>>keep them.
>
> Same here.  I recently bought a copy of Robin Vowels's _ALGOL 60 and
> FORTRAN IV_ online just because.  Our books are safe for now, barring
> fire and flood, but what do you think is going to happen to them when
> we go to that great used book store in the sky?  My relatives are all
> wonderful people, of course, but asking them to know or care about
> ALGOL is expecting a bit too much.
>

At least 20 years before she passed away, my grandmother would offer to give 
her children and grandchildren things she owned.  Most of it was 
knick-knacks and things.  She wanted the things to have a new "home" long 
before her time came to expire.

-- 

numerist at aquaporin4 dot com

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Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-22 12:48 +0000
  Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2015-09-22 11:27 -0700
    Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-22 15:08 -0600
      Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-22 23:16 +0100
        Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-23 13:08 +0000
      Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-23 01:01 +0000
        Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-22 19:39 -0600
          Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2015-09-23 06:38 -0700
            Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-23 16:27 +0000
          Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com> - 2015-10-06 00:41 +0000
            Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-10-06 19:36 -0600
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-06 22:47 -0400
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2015-10-07 03:28 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-10-07 03:41 -0600
        Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-23 04:03 +0100
          Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-23 10:14 +0000
      Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-23 13:08 +0000
        Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-23 12:47 -0600
          Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-09-23 14:15 -0500
            Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-23 14:17 -0600
            Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-09-23 21:09 +0000
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> - 2015-09-23 22:56 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-23 17:05 -0600
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall     wje@acm.org (Bill Evans) - 2015-09-23 15:49 -0700
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-09-24 10:48 +0000
              Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-24 13:35 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-24 10:51 -0600
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-09-24 13:36 -0400
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Louis Krupp <lkrupp@nospam.pssw.com.invalid> - 2015-09-24 12:06 -0600
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-24 16:13 -0500
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-09-24 11:36 -0700
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-09-25 12:27 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-09-25 12:57 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-25 13:06 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com> - 2015-10-06 00:45 +0000
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-09-24 16:09 -0500
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall Lon <lon.stowell@comcast.net> - 2015-09-27 12:00 -0600
                Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-28 13:43 +0000
    Re: 100 boxes of computer books on the wall jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-09-23 13:08 +0000

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