From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 10 15:44:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA12753 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:44:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA12691 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:44:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA16529; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:13:48 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA19617; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:13:45 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980211101345.13826@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:13:45 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Jason C. Wells" , FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: Conserving Momentum Was: Version 2 of "The Complete FreeBSD?" References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Jason C. Wells on Tue, Feb 10, 1998 at 11:13:43AM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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