[time-nuts] time sync by moonbounce

[Jeremy Nichols]

I didn't even notice the fold-out. Thanks, Hal! Looks like mine has never
been folded out.


On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 4:49 PM Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

>
> Abe Books has several copies of the hardcopy.
>   https://www.abebooks.com/
> $30.  Check the fine print.  At least one says print on demand.
>
> My copy is in near perfect condition.  Page 127/8 is a 3 page fold out
> diagram.
>
> It's 650 pages, way more than I will ever read, but if somebody sends a
> note
> with a page number, I'll probably look it up.
>
> It's also the sort of thing that I can easily get sucked into.  Just open
> to a
> random page and start reading.  For example, page 525 is Orbiting VLBI,
> clearly time-nuts bait.
>
>
> > The last page reveals the culprit: "Printed in Great Britain by
> Amazon.co.uk
> > " A quick search shows similar experiences with other print on demand
> books
> > from Amazon.
>
> Print on Demand doesn't have to be crap quality.
>
> A friend wrote a college level physics text.  The story he told was that
> the
> college book store would put in an order with the publisher.  The
> publisher
> would send it to the nearest Fed-Ex print shop.   (I forget what they were
> called back then.)  They would print and deliver the next day.
>
> Xerographic printers can be really good.
>
>
> --
> These are my opinions.  I hate spam.
>
>
>
>
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