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How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary
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Thesonofhendrix
User ID: 811684
11/6/2009 1:04 PM
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Its good to be prepared for big changes on the intenet and access to information, E-books are one of the main ways i am backing up data and preparing for the end of the internet as we know it.
I have accumilated approx 5,500 books on everything from the sciences, spirituality,mysticsm, metaphysics, philosophy, self help,survival, religion, history as well as works of fiction and general reading books.
Practice makes perfect, if the thing you are practising is perfect to begin with! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 763552
11/6/2009 1:05 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
only need 2 main ones, the rest of are little use to me... but I can understand why people would want many more! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 526387
11/6/2009 1:05 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
I'm assuming you're talking about survival type ebooks as well as others for reading pleasure. What source do you use? |
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Thesonofhendrix
User ID: 811684
11/6/2009 1:11 PM
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I'm assuming you're talking about survival type ebooks as well as others for reading pleasure. What source do you use? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 526387
As for survival books i only have a handfull. The SAS survival guide, both in real and ebook form.
US Marine Corps Survival
Kife skills Vol.2
Clayton- life after doomsday - a survivalists guite to nulcear war and other major disasters.
Surival Kit
thats about it, or if you want to include it i have The Zombie survival Guide- complete protection from the living dead.
I also have books that could be used for survival such as medical books and plant and fungi identification books.
My source is (public domain Google books, and pdfs, wikipedia, and the naughty file sharing source, usenet.
Practice makes perfect, if the thing you are practising is perfect to begin with! |
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Thesonofhendrix
User ID: 811684
11/6/2009 1:18 PM
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bump.
Practice makes perfect, if the thing you are practising is perfect to begin with! |
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Enaid 
User ID: 515273
11/6/2009 1:21 PM
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I'm a big library user. I normally have about 10 books checked out at a time.
But happen to have several disc with hundreds of books and access to thousands via the internet.
A majority of my books are cookbooks, reference books, how-to and art books.
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The Kurgan
User ID: 811975
11/6/2009 1:22 PM
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Do you have any on etiquette? Maybe one that explains how tacky it is bump your own post? |
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mercury2
User ID: 811974
11/6/2009 1:28 PM
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I did a very sketchy count, I have 16 30" shelves stuffed full of books, 4 file boxes packed full, and 4 overflowing grocery bags full of books here right now.
I figured 30 books per shelf, box or bag - that is probably an underestimate. So my rough, conservative count was 750 books.
I brought 5 new ones home last night - those weren't included in the count lol.
My collection is almost all non-fiction, in fact I have tried to make an effort to acquire some more classic fiction to round things out.
I have extensive libraries on sewing, patternmaking, business, horses, drawing, fashion history, costume design, perfume and aromatherapy, gardening - all aspects of gardening - cooking and food preservation, alternative house building, ETC.
It is fucking nuts trying to accomodate all this lol. |
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Thesonofhendrix
User ID: 811684
11/6/2009 1:28 PM
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it looks as though many of you are not even prepared or have any data archived incase the internet is changed(which they plan to do), you will be stuck with what you can get your hands on at public librarys and tptb will be able to track your every book hire.
The time is now to get hold of what you can.
I have nearly 500 books on conpiracys everyting from Ancient civilizations and underground cities, Aliens and Aspartame to masons, illuminati, cia, undergournd history, mars, mkultra, nwo, mind control , eugenics, basically any conspiracy theory you ahve ever heard of.
Practice makes perfect, if the thing you are practising is perfect to begin with! |
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Thesonofhendrix
User ID: 811684
11/6/2009 1:33 PM
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I did a very sketchy count, I have 16 30" shelves stuffed full of books, 4 file boxes packed full, and 4 overflowing grocery bags full of books here right now.
I figured 30 books per shelf, box or bag - that is probably an underestimate. So my rough, conservative count was 750 books.
I brought 5 new ones home last night - those weren't included in the count lol.
My collection is almost all non-fiction, in fact I have tried to make an effort to acquire some more classic fiction to round things out.
I have extensive libraries on sewing, patternmaking, business, horses, drawing, fashion history, costume design, perfume and aromatherapy, gardening - all aspects of gardening - cooking and food preservation, alternative house building, ETC.
It is fucking nuts trying to accomodate all this lol. Quoting: mercury2
yea,, i wonder some day if i would have to use my books to start up a new society if we have a TEOTWAKI and survive it.
But ive just realized i am going to need books on masonary, architechture, engineering, building, agriculture before i even think about being able to use my books for teaching science, history and philosophy. Such is the luxarys of our current society.
Practice makes perfect, if the thing you are practising is perfect to begin with! |
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Thesonofhendrix
User ID: 811684
11/6/2009 1:34 PM
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Do you have any on etiquette? Maybe one that explains how tacky it is bump your own post? Quoting: The Kurgan
im bumping it because its a poll and people mostly dont make a comment, just a vote.
Practice makes perfect, if the thing you are practising is perfect to begin with! |
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Thesonofhendrix
User ID: 811684
11/6/2009 1:39 PM
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bump.
Practice makes perfect, if the thing you are practising is perfect to begin with! |
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mercury2
User ID: 811974
11/6/2009 1:42 PM
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It's not tacky to bump your own post. Everyone does it.
And yes, I have a nice copy of Emily Post's Etiquette, sitting right next to the bible.
She worked as an interior decorator, I think her father was an architect? She wrote a book you would enjoy called
The Personality of a House, and her main message in that book was you should arrange everything about your house to please yourself, you should have everything your own way, just the way you like it and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. She said your house should express own individual self so much, that when someone would walk in, they would instantly know it was your house and no one else's. |
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gus
User ID: 811815
11/6/2009 1:43 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
Hey OP besides printing some books, I suggest that people buy an e-book reader that allows you to store any document format (no digital rights bullshit). As an alternative, I have bought a digital photo frame from Samsung and I have converted it into an e-book reader. I print my PDFs as grayscale JPEG images, one for each page. Then I do some image processing on them, and I transfer them to the photo frame via USB. It has 1GB of internal memory and it supports SD memory cards. It is very handy, and photo frames support 16 million colors while E-book readers only support 16 shades of grey. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 811684 (OP)
11/6/2009 3:09 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
Well my initial idea was to get hold of enough stuff that if the internet went down i would be ok for the rest of my life maybe another 70 yrs.
Im fine with reading ebooks on my lcd monitor, and non of my files contain DRM copyright b.s.
If electricity was gone or we had an EMP strike i would be screwed. I have an 8GB USB flash survivor that comes with a tube that is 200m water resistant and fully shock resistant and drop tested aircraft grade aluminium. it would contain the PDF, DEJA VU, LIT reader software so that any computer i could get it to would beable to read the e books. |
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rachel
User ID: 529732
11/6/2009 3:12 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
i print or buy books, computer will be down when shit hits the fan. besides i would rather read on paper, computer hurts my eyes sometimes
i have at least 200 books, 20 folders of printed info and not enough stored in my head lol |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 811684 (OP)
11/6/2009 3:22 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
i wonder if there is some kind of affect that the printed word on paper has in comparison to it existing as digital information on a computer screen. I mean come to think of it,, when i pick up a real book and read it, its asif more data is encoded into it, you get a differnt feel than you do reading off a screen...
does the printed symbol some how manifest deeper meaning?.,... |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 781169
11/6/2009 3:26 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
Found this link for a free download of a couple of my favorites about medicine/field medicine
[link to www.hesperian.org] |
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9teen.47™
Time is short.
User ID: 811916
11/6/2009 3:27 PM
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Do you have any on etiquette? Maybe one that explains how tacky it is bump your own post? Quoting: The Kurgan
 Na, it's OK to bump your own threads now and then.
Zec 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
Psa 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
STOCK UP NOW. You should have at least 6 months worth of basics for every member of your household. Stay away from crowds when trouble starts, do not forget water storage, tobaccos worth more than gold or silver, and be kind to hungry children. |
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Winningjob
User ID: 385114
11/6/2009 3:28 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
I am an Internet Marketer so I have have access to thousands. They are great for giveaways and can be branded to not only aide your downlines but to cross promote them into other programs!
Revolutionary online garden produces delicious Organic Produce!
[link to peopleseekdirect.com] |
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rachel
User ID: 529732
11/6/2009 3:29 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 781169
thanks |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 811684 (OP)
11/6/2009 4:14 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
perhaps there is an easy way we can share/trade our books.
Anyone want to take part? |
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Atheist
User ID: 805039
11/6/2009 4:19 PM
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Atheist
User ID: 805039
11/6/2009 4:21 PM
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Its good to be prepared for big changes on the intenet and access to information, E-books are one of the main ways i am backing up data and preparing for the end of the internet as we know it.
I have accumilated approx 5,500 books on everything from the sciences, spirituality,mysticsm, metaphysics, philosophy, self help,survival, religion, history as well as works of fiction and general reading books. Quoting: Thesonofhendrix
If somebody would throw the survival, science, philosophy, maths, classic fiction and some encyclopedias in a torrent i would be willing to seed.
Last Edited by Atheist on 11/6/2009 at 4:21 PM
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 811684 (OP)
11/6/2009 4:28 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
Its good to be prepared for big changes on the intenet and access to information, E-books are one of the main ways i am backing up data and preparing for the end of the internet as we know it.
I have accumilated approx 5,500 books on everything from the sciences, spirituality,mysticsm, metaphysics, philosophy, self help,survival, religion, history as well as works of fiction and general reading books.
If somebody would throw the survival, science, philosophy, maths, classic fiction and some encyclopedias in a torrent i would be willing to seed. Quoting: Atheist
i have all that but im cautious of torrents as they dont use SSL encryption.
i think skype still has a great file share capability....
I want to share this book on sacred geometry im reading its really revaling some amazing truths. It amazes me how much evidence there is in the world supporting sacred gemoetry but how little its taught or accepted. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 811684 (OP)
11/6/2009 4:38 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
Heres a few excrypts from the book so far only up to page 10
The content of our experience results from an immaterial,
abstract, geometric architecture which is composed of harmonic waves of energy,
nodes of relationality, melodic forms springing forth from the eternal realm of geometric proportion.
The ancient astronomers designated
the movement and position of celestial
bodies through angular notation. The
varied angular positions of the sun,
moon, planets and stars were related to
the cyclic changes in the natural world,
such as moon phases, seasons, tides,
plant growth, human and animal fertility,
etc.
Today the newly emerging science of heliobiology verifies
that the angular position of the moon and planets does affect the electromagnetic and cosmic radiations
which impact with the earth, and in turn these field fluctuations affect many biological processes.( is this the reason why real astrology is hidden from us, its portrayed as junk science and connmen?? a glp conspiracy...)
Modern thought has difficult access to the concept of the archetypal
because European languages require that verbs or action words be associated with
nouns. We therefore have no linguistic forms with which to image a process or
activity that has no material carrier.
Functioning then at the archetypal level, Geometry and Number describe fundamental,
causal energies in their interwoven, eternal dance. It is this way of seeing
that stands behind the expression of cosmological systems as geometric configurations.
For example, the most revered of all Tantric diagrams, the Sri Yantra, images
all the necessary functions active in the universe through its nine interlocked
triangles.
For Plato, Reality consisted of pure essences or archetypal Ideas, of which the
phenomena we perceive are only pale reflections.
Geometry was the language recommended by Plato as the clearest
model by which to describe this metaphysical realm. |
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ToSeek
User ID: 767867
11/6/2009 4:38 PM
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There are bookshelves in every room of our house except the bathroom and the kitchen (which doesn't mean there aren't books in there, too, they just aren't on shelves). We have books in storage. We have books stored in my parents' attic. We have books in her mother's house. I can't even guess how many we have altogether. |
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Enaid
User ID: 515273
11/6/2009 4:48 PM
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it looks as though many of you are not even prepared or have any data archived incase the internet is changed(which they plan to do), you will be stuck with what you can get your hands on at public librarys and tptb will be able to track your every book hire.
The time is now to get hold of what you can.
I have nearly 500 books on conpiracys everyting from Ancient civilizations and underground cities, Aliens and Aspartame to masons, illuminati, cia, undergournd history, mars, mkultra, nwo, mind control , eugenics, basically any conspiracy theory you ahve ever heard of. Quoting: Thesonofhendrix
Just fucking deride and nag me will ya....
Hopefully, I will be dead then. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 736237
11/6/2009 7:22 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
I'm assuming you're talking about survival type ebooks as well as others for reading pleasure. What source do you use?
As for survival books i only have a handfull. The SAS survival guide, both in real and ebook form.
US Marine Corps Survival
Kife skills Vol.2
Clayton- life after doomsday - a survivalists guite to nulcear war and other major disasters.
Surival Kit
thats about it, or if you want to include it i have The Zombie survival Guide- complete protection from the living dead.
I also have books that could be used for survival such as medical books and plant and fungi identification books.
My source is (public domain Google books, and pdfs, wikipedia, and the naughty file sharing source, usenet. Quoting: Thesonofhendrix
Can you give the link for usenet. I looked and don't which is web legit. Also, are the torrents clean? Thx. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 708377
11/6/2009 8:30 PM | | Re: How many Ebooks or real books are in your personal libary | Quote |
Thankfully, moving often has kept my collection to a reasonable number. I think reading them and storing the knowledge in your brain is the key to survival. Likely, you will be forced to be on the move, and all you will have is what you have already read about and learned to rely on. |
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