Write a college text book, make a new edition every year. [roll]
Quote from: He Man on January 29, 2009, 11:54:40 PM
Write a college text book, make a new edition every year. [roll]
Yep. Such BS. I had a book that had a different introduction (which was pointless) and the chapters were slightly reordered. So I had to buy a make the beast with two backsing new one.
I fell for it my first semester of college.... then i smartened up the 2nd semester.
1. You cannot learn everything from a text book in 1 semester. It is cheaper to buy the book, make a copy of it, then return it.
2. Math and Science does not change. Buy the older edition for 90% off and go to the library, borrow the new one and take photographs of the ones you need to work on with the new numbers (ONLY if you need to hand in the HWK).
3. Many times the older edition is available online via bit torrent.
Now. for everyone of you cry babys about copyright infringement/stealing from the authors hard work...etc... Go suck it. Why? because History only happens once. Math is the same no matter what, it is not right that the school forces us to use a new edition just so the author of it can make money. And you know what, 90% of the time, its the SAME text book, with different numbers and things are reorganized.
Last i remember, Newtons laws hasn't changed, we still raped the Nazis and the Japanese Empire, and the derivative of X with respect to X is still 1.
ONTOP Of which, the US market for textbooks are marked up 600%. I just bought an international/low cost version of the exact same text book(soft cover, black and white, on non glossy paper) for $34.00 Brand new. I have to buy it from New Dehlia India because it is illegal to sell in the US since we have our own version....$190.00.
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Now. for everyone of you cry babys about copyright infringement/stealing from the authors hard work...etc... Go suck it.
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so,................tell us how you feel he man [thumbsup]
seriously though,... i remember that from college. what a pisser when you go to sell that expensive phone book back to the school book store, and they decline to buy it (either too many in stock, new addition coming, whatever...)
He Man, is there anything you don't whine about?
I bet you a DMF shirt you can't post consistently for three two one full month without pregnant doging about something.
;D
(edited so it's clear I'm not referring to Herm)
Quote from: Statler on January 30, 2009, 06:26:37 AM
Is there anything you don't whine about?
I bet you a DMF shirt you can't post consistently for three two one full month without pregnant doging about something.
;D
who you talking about?
>:(
[cheeky]
Try law school books.
That is a ripoff. Especially when your books are written by your professor.
I say "written" because they will occasionally write a page or two of analysis for a case.
I figured this otu my first semester. Second semester, I would just print out the cases from the library. Sometimes it is too much because the book has only a section of a case. However, I never had a problem peeking in the book of a friend to see waht pages are covered.
I think the books per semester ran around 500-800 $ depending on the subject.
The textbook for my patent law class was $300.
Ahhh text books. I bought them for 2 years, realized i never opened them so i never bought them again.
Quote from: Statler on January 30, 2009, 06:26:37 AM
Is there anything you don't whine about?
I bet you a DMF shirt you can't post consistently for three two one full month without pregnant doging about something.
;D
Sweet deal. Can I get in on that? I won't pregnant dog for a month. [laugh]
Quote from: Statler on January 30, 2009, 06:26:37 AM
I bet you a DMF shirt you can't post consistently for three two one full month without pregnant doging about something.
DEAL! I can do that. [laugh] I think. lol
QuoteHe Man, is there anything you don't whine about?
Free Food!
Quote from: ducatizzzz on January 30, 2009, 06:54:41 AM
Try law school books.
That is a ripoff. Especially when your books are written by your professor.
I say "written" because they will occasionally write a page or two of analysis for a case.
I figured this otu my first semester. Second semester, I would just print out the cases from the library. Sometimes it is too much because the book has only a section of a case. However, I never had a problem peeking in the book of a friend to see waht pages are covered.
I think the books per semester ran around 500-800 $ depending on the subject.
The textbook for my patent law class was $300.
:o that is a ridiculous amount!
;D
clock starts ticking......
[cheeky]
[thumbsup]
Quote from: He Man on January 30, 2009, 11:04:00 AM
:o that is a ridiculous amount!
and that was the USED price
If you buy it new, it is $450 (http://www.amazon.com/PATENT-PROSECUTION-5TH-IRAH-DONNER/dp/1570186812/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233342749&sr=8-1)
Wait a minute Statler....
He's bounced checks, had someone hit him (or his bike)< I mean he's got bad juju...
Don't bet against him. the bad juju could come over to you!
(that's the only way some people communicate. they don't hear how they sound)
then again, he man is cool and will take this in the ribbing friendly spirit it's intended ... ;)
hey now wait a minute, i wanna know who hit me or my bike. Did i post that and not remember? (in all seriousness, im serious, maybe i said, i got hit with 2 parking tickets, and you misremembered, or i was so pissed of i blocked out that memory?)
AND for the record, i didnt bounce a check to get that overdraft fee. I bought a subways sandwhich! [bacon] ;D or atleast i think that was it.