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| From | Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Hey Odd! |
| Date | 2016-01-29 22:20 +0000 |
| Organization | NewsGuy - Unlimited Usenet $23.95 |
| Message-ID | <n8gojn22h9j@news6.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:23:05 -0600, Odd Bodkin wrote: > > Why do I need to store thousands? Do I need to keep each and every book > that I have read after I have read them? > You must have some kind of unnatural photographic memory. In scientific or technical books, there is so much information that I, and I'm sure most others as well, have to come back again and again to the same volumes. Most scientific books become permanent references that can be consulted whenever a need arises. It is also not at all unusual to have many favorites that can be reread many times over. > > I read about a book a week. > In a good week, I can read several books. But I, like most humans, cannot retain every scrap of information contained therein. Thus, I, like most humans, need to consult them again in the future. > > And what would one possibly gain by having the entire holdings of the > Library of Congress in one's possession? > Well, the gains are debatable, but with e-books the losses are none. With e-books it's just as easy to have the entire LOC as it is not to have it. So why not just have it?
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