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Re:Springer Textbooks More Than 10 Years Old Available for F... by sytelus on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @03:06AM (#10811249)
If you get so excited by limited set of old book, here's something that will keep you awake for many many nights:

https://www.safaribooksonline.com/

For couple of $100 bucks you can get unlimited access to virtually every CS/tech book out there. This include brand new ones and even exclusive access to books with future publish date.

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Re:Springer Textbooks More Than 10 Years Old Available for F... by ColbyJackRat on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @03:14AM (#10811270)
You know, you seem pretty out of touch.

You are comparing something free with a service that costs "couple of $100 bucks", more specifically $400/year for a subscription. If $400 is so little to you that you can just toss it aside that's all well and good, but that is not the case for a lot of people.. most of whom the subject of this post is aimed.

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Re:Springer Textbooks More Than 10 Years Old Available for F... by dhoe on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @04:51AM (#10811469)
400$/y is not much for what you get from Safari books, and it's a minor expense for many professionals in the first world.
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Re:Springer Textbooks More Than 10 Years Old Available for F... by deelowe on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @03:20AM (#10811285)
How is this even remotely the same? Most of the Safari catalog isn't textbooks and it's $400 (a couple would be 200 btw) a year.
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Re:Springer Textbooks More Than 10 Years Old Available for F... by asddubs on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @06:47AM (#10811704)
a couple doesn't necessarily mean two, depending on where you are from. it can also be synonymous with "a few"
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Re:Springer Textbooks More Than 10 Years Old Available for F... by ksherlock on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @08:35AM (#10811978)
My local library card gives me full access to safari. Might be worth checking if yours does, too. ACM membership also gives access to a subset of safari.
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