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Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 23:54:13 -0500
From: quanstro@quanstro.net
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] [OT] URI
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this isn't unique to computer science.

the content of calculus textbooks is inversely proportional to their
length.

- erik

On Thu Apr 20 10:53:08 CDT 2006, brantley@coraid.com wrote:
> But O'Reilly books are bigger than the rfc's.  I want less to read.
>
> As an aside, have you noticed that Prentice Hall is printing
> K&R on thicker paper to make the book look larger?  Seems too
> many people don't judge a book by it's cover, but by the pound.
>
> > O'Reilly.
> >
> > And the quality varies just as much as Cliff's notes.
> >
> > Paul
>

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