[time-nuts] Paywall rant

[Rick Karlquist]

I have a bound set of IRE/IEEE Proceedings from about 1920 to 1985.
If anyone wants them, they are free for the taking.

Rick Karlquist N6RK



J. Forster wrote:
> Good luck.
>
> About 20 years ago, I bought out the entire library of a local R&D company
> for $10, including well over 50' of 7' high shelves of professional
> journals.
>
> (There were a number of books I wanted and I got more than my money's
> worth on those.}
>
> Anyway, I tried to sell the journals without a single nibble. Nobody
> wanted them. Luckily I bought the library on condition of not having to
> take what I didn't want, so didn't have to dealo with several tons of
> useless paper.
>
> There might be takers as a donation in India or something, IF you pay to
> ship them there. That's not for me.
>
> FWIW,
>
> -John
>
> ====================
>
>
>
>
>> I may still have the option to get something like 600 to 800 lbs of
>> IRE publications.
>> I think in South Dakota. If anyone is game/interested I can check.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 6:15 AM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Its actully pretty pervasive these days. I hate those sights so now
>>> carefully see what googles pointing me to before jumping if possible.
>>> So a quick question and not to take the thread.
>>> Anyone know if the old IRE papers might exist someplace for free?
>>> I ran across a few of the actual magazines and for me it was actually a
>>> good read.
>>> Regards
>>> Paul.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Peter Gottlieb <nerd at verizon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Â  I dropped my membership a couple of years ago. Â Every single thing
>>>> cost
>>>> Â  money; I couldn't even skim through papers to see if they were
>>>> Â  applicable without paying full price and it became increasingly
>>>> Â  difficult to justify membership PLUS paying for browsing privileges
>>>> Â  especially when there is actually very little of direct practical
>>>> use.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Â  On 06/05/12, Attila Kinali<attila at kinali.ch> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Â  On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:26:56 -0700
>>>> Â  Â Hal Murray <[1]hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:
>>>> Â  > The IEEE is particularly behind the times. I assume it's left
>>>> over
>>>> Â  from when
>>>> Â  > they could get away with it because they only had to jack up the
>>>> Â  price of
>>>> Â  > printed stuff by a small amount. Some of this may trace back to
>>>> their
>>>> Â  > standards work where they could get away with high prices.
>>>> Â  Actually they are getting worse. IEEEs Computer Society started to
>>>> send
>>>> Â  out yearly reminders that it's not ok to share documents you legaly
>>>> Â  acuired with your coworkers and friends. Telling them a few times
>>>> that
>>>> Â  this is in contradiction to local law, which explicitly allows me
>>>> to
>>>> do
>>>> Â  that didn't change anything... That and also the wording that
>>>> strongly
>>>> Â  suggests that anyone who is subscribed to the CDL is a thief
>>>> Â  ("illegaly"
>>>> Â  copying files and sharing them with the world) led me to the
>>>> decision
>>>> Â  to cancel my subscription.
>>>> Â  Attila Kinali
>>>> Â  --
>>>> Â  It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded.
>>>> All
>>>> Â  the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of
>>>> no
>>>> Â  use without that foundation.
>>>> Â  -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson
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