
Oh, the interweb generation....
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- Chris Corbyn
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Re: Oh, the interweb generation....
Wow. I can understand people making uneducated posts when it comes to technical things, but this is just... wow.
Re: Oh, the interweb generation....
Umm, What is a library?
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Re: Oh, the interweb generation....
It is a good idea though...
And 400 years ago it was positively brilliant!
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Re: Oh, the interweb generation....
I fall into that 0.0001% of people that didn't get it for atleast 10 seconds. Boy oh boy.
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Jcart: we're two in 20,000.

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O man, that can't be serious... 
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alex.barylski
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Re: Oh, the interweb generation....
I still don't get it...
I read a lot of books...at least 2-3 a month...my books are mostly useless once I've read them. The library doesn't cut it...locally speaking...they never have many books of interest. I'd much rather borrow a book for a month at the cost of $5 than goto Chapters and spend $80 or $60 on Amazon and pay $80 after shipping...
A trading post for books in a "global" community would make sense I would think...even if Amazon offers a similar service...something specialized would probably work better.
What am I missing?
I read a lot of books...at least 2-3 a month...my books are mostly useless once I've read them. The library doesn't cut it...locally speaking...they never have many books of interest. I'd much rather borrow a book for a month at the cost of $5 than goto Chapters and spend $80 or $60 on Amazon and pay $80 after shipping...
A trading post for books in a "global" community would make sense I would think...even if Amazon offers a similar service...something specialized would probably work better.
What am I missing?
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time for a web 2.0 social book trading application!
Step 1: Trade books.
Step 2: ?????
Step 3: PROFIT!
Step 1: Trade books.
Step 2: ?????
Step 3: PROFIT!
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Step 2: Drink Starbucks and use Apple Notebooks
- Maugrim_The_Reaper
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Re: Oh, the interweb generation....
That's the point at which you're suppossed to put to them to good use. Like displaying them on a bookshelf, giving them to friends, selling them - anything except stuffing in a box in the garagemy books are mostly useless once I've read them
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Not to be offensive, but I think the term is "a couple" not "lots".Hockey wrote:I read a lot of books...at least 2-3 a month...
*sigh* if only Pratchett would write one book a month...
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took me about 15 seconds to get it also... damn. 
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2 to 3 books a month over the course of decades or centuries could cumulatively be a "lot" of books. 