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  1. Re:Add this one to the list... on Mathematical Problems For The New Age · · Score: 1

    To be pedantic, the name of the book is Generatingfunctionology. See http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=wilf&titl e=Generatingfunctionology&submit=Begin+S earch&new_used=*&binding=*&isbn=&keywords=&min_pri ce=&max_price=&order_help=on&currency=US D&mode=advanced&st=sr&ac=qr

  2. Re:It will eventually happen on Library Of Congress Will Not Digitize Books · · Score: 1
    Agreed.

    Billington has not identified the main problem with reading online. Jakob Nielsen has. The problem is that current screens have insufficient resolution and they cause eyestrain. Nielsen estimates that that problem will be solved within 5 years.

  3. Re:Various books on Social/Technological Implications Of Nanotech? · · Score: 1

    and Peter Hamilton's Reality Dysfunction and sequels. See http://www.bookfinder.com/?author=hamilton&title=r eality+dysfunction

  4. Re:Unix cannot be defined as a single thing on What Makes A UNIX System UNIX? · · Score: 1

    The exact quote is "Unix, by contrast, is not so much a product as it is a painstakingly compiled oral history of the hacker subculture. It is our Gilgamesh epic." which can be found on page 88 of Neal Stephenson's IN THE BEGINNING ... WAS THE COMMAND LINE

  5. Re:Books... on Books On Societal Effects Of Computers? · · Score: 1

    Net Slaves is by Lessard and Baldwin. You can find multiple sources of this book at http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=ne t+slaves&submit=Begin+Search&new_used=*& currency=USD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr