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Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by hackerboos on Saturday August 23, 2014 @03:57PM (#8216722)
Hopefully some talented soul will write a script to convert these HTML files into mobie, epub and PDF.
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by archgoon on Saturday August 23, 2014 @04:54PM (#8216842)
From the landing page:

"However, we want to be clear that this edition is only free to read online, and this posting does not transfer any right to download all or any portion of The Feynman Lectures on Physics for any purpose."

Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by nfoz on Saturday August 23, 2014 @06:22PM (#8217041)
They don't know what the word "download" means. This statement is nonsense.
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by tzs on Saturday August 23, 2014 @07:52PM (#8217216)
"Download", as used in practice on the internet when referring to documents generally means copying the whole thing to your computer such that it can be used there without further internet access.

It generally does not include temporary transfer of small parts of the document for immediate reading, except when the focus of the discussion is about the underlying mechanics of the transfer.

Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by nfoz on Saturday August 23, 2014 @08:08PM (#8217241)
This supposed duality is nonsense. A change of cache settings in your browser amounts to the same result. There's no such thing as a "temporary transfer", and I think we should not entertain the notion.
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by AUmrysh on Monday August 25, 2014 @03:45PM (#8223748)
I don't see how it's any different from time-shifting with VHS. In this case, you're just using a longer-term "temporary" format (epub, mobi, pdf) which allows you to peruse the website later.
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by allegory on Saturday August 23, 2014 @06:40PM (#8217081)
a) 304 not modified. Too late.

b) That's not how the internet works. One has already wgot the entire thing.

Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by jeffreyrogers on Saturday August 23, 2014 @06:18PM (#8217032)
I don't know if you can actually take that right away however. I'm not aware of any precedent for this situation.
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by e12e on Saturday August 23, 2014 @04:26PM (#8216784)
Lets hope that talented soul doesn't end up like Aaron Swartz.
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by ddandd on Saturday August 23, 2014 @04:52PM (#8216837)
https://github.com/fmap/flp.mobi

This repository previously included a toolchain to build a collection of eBooks, in ePub and MOBI formats, from Caltech's online edition of the Feynman Lectures. Those scripts have since been removed, in response to the suggestion that their continued availability might lead to a permanent discontinuation of HTML access.

Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by crazysim on Saturday August 23, 2014 @08:32PM (#8217280)
If anybody was wondering and looking at the forks, these scripts don't work anymore. They have converted the links to simple Javascript functions to link to chapters which stop these scripts from running now.
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by tim333 on Saturday August 23, 2014 @04:12PM (#8216764)
pdf. Not sure how kosher the copyright is

All 3 volumes: http://selfdefinition.org/science/25-greatest-science-books-...

Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by slacka on Saturday August 23, 2014 @11:33PM (#8217598)
That's a terrible quality pdf. For $14.99 you can purchase the enhanced version here: http://www.basicfeynman.com/enhanced.html It was very cool of the publishers to allow this, and they deserve our support.

Otherwise, if you must download the basic version, go to the piratebay and search for "Feynman Lectures on Physics (epub,mobi,html) - FIXED"

Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by kqr2 on Sunday August 24, 2014 @12:51AM (#8217728)
Please note that this is only a small subset of his lectures. They are the "Six Easy Pieces".

  SIX EASY PIECES, taken from these famous Lectures on 
  Physics, includes the most approachable material from the 
  series
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by tim333 on Sunday August 24, 2014 @07:28AM (#8218289)
The pdf is a fairly accurate copy of the print books which I own but which are heavy things to lug about.
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by gluejar on Monday August 25, 2014 @03:46PM (#8223753)
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by gordon_freeman on Saturday August 23, 2014 @05:37PM (#8216940)
a Kindle format would be amazing as I can take it anywhere with my Kindle and learn on the go.
Re:Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online by dredmorbius on Sunday August 24, 2014 @12:26AM (#8217687)
pandoc will do pretty much exactly that.

http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html