Please don't ever ever ever tell anyone to use the font tag (or really the br tag for that matter) they are both deprectated and should never be used if you want to produce up to date standards compliant code. I realize this is only a kid, but why teach her old news when there's plently of current stuff that's just as easy she could be learning.
"Furthermore, the book is expected to work on any future machines invented in the next dozen years - with some books needing an indefinite lifetime.
Then comes the problem of errata and editions. How often do you release a new edition? "
Ther point about the new editions negates te point about the lifetime of the book. It has come to the point where I have a hard time selling a brand new book I bought back at the end of the semester because they have already come out with a new edition. That's it, that's becoming the new 'lifetime' of a book, a semester. It's sad really. Seeing as the ony change a few things that are posted in the errata anyway. What's even sadder is that this semester I couldn't buy the used edition of one of my books because the class required a book (read edition) that had a publishing date of 2005. Hurray for publisher not following silly things like the roman calander.
"...but in the end, you can sell them on half.com or back to your book store and re-coup most of your losses. Think about if first is all I'm saying."
Have you tried to sell back any books lately?! Recouping MOST of your losses is a laugh. One time I sold over $100 in books back and got $11. Granted if you can find somone one half.com, or somewhere else, who will buy it you'll make more than that, but there are two disadvantages: 1) there's no guaruntee and 2) as the name implies you're still getting a lot less than your books is worth if you took good care of it.
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Please don't ever ever ever tell anyone to use the font tag (or really the br tag for that matter) they are both deprectated and should never be used if you want to produce up to date standards compliant code. I realize this is only a kid, but why teach her old news when there's plently of current stuff that's just as easy she could be learning.
"Furthermore, the book is expected to work on any future machines invented in the next dozen years - with some books needing an indefinite lifetime.
Then comes the problem of errata and editions. How often do you release a new edition? "
Ther point about the new editions negates te point about the lifetime of the book. It has come to the point where I have a hard time selling a brand new book I bought back at the end of the semester because they have already come out with a new edition. That's it, that's becoming the new 'lifetime' of a book, a semester. It's sad really. Seeing as the ony change a few things that are posted in the errata anyway. What's even sadder is that this semester I couldn't buy the used edition of one of my books because the class required a book (read edition) that had a publishing date of 2005. Hurray for publisher not following silly things like the roman calander.
"...but in the end, you can sell them on half.com or back to your book store and re-coup most of your losses. Think about if first is all I'm saying."
Have you tried to sell back any books lately?! Recouping MOST of your losses is a laugh. One time I sold over $100 in books back and got $11. Granted if you can find somone one half.com, or somewhere else, who will buy it you'll make more than that, but there are two disadvantages: 1) there's no guaruntee and 2) as the name implies you're still getting a lot less than your books is worth if you took good care of it.