Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:13:45 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Conserving Momentum Was: Version 2 of "The Complete FreeBSD?" Message-ID: <19980211101345.13826@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980210110422.240B-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>; from Jason C. Wells on Tue, Feb 10, 1998 at 11:13:43AM -0800 References: <Pine.3.89.9802100915.A27390-0100000@netcom6> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980210110422.240B-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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On Tue, 10 February 1998 at 11:13:43 -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Das Devaraj wrote: >> Just a comment about the sheer physical size of the book. Is >> there a plan to split it into two? Will it cost more to >> produce? My personal preference is that each volume should be >> less than 1000 pages (makes them easier to handle when reading). >> >> das > > My personal preference is that a book be at least 1000 pages. I don't > judge a books value by it's cover. I look at the price per kilogram as > well as its total mass. > > If the content is lacking you at least have the pleasure of a resounding > thud or even a scream from a hapless user when the tome comes back to > earth after you launch it. > > Getting to the point, I vote that it be maintained as one volume. Do you have a copy yet? I find it's rather floppy. On the one hand, it means it stays open when you put it on a desk. On the other hand, it means you have to find a bit of desk to put it on, which isn't easy round here :-) Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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