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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
I have a paperback edition printed on almost tissue paper I bought in India 10 years ago for about $5
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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
Yes - but the whole of volume 4 is almost a lifeswork! see http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/taocp.html
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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
In a lot of places having a visitor wandering the halls looking for a bathroom wouldn't be appreciated
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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
I wonder if heavily thumbed annotated editions cost more?
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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
Hardback edition $200 Kindle edition $100 Empty slipcase with fake spines to impress your friends $50
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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
Sure and what do you get for the price of an iPod? The life's work of the greatest genius in CS and a set of knowledge that will last you more than your lifetime.
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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
The new US online form authorizes you before you go - can't see how that is different from a visa.
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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
GDP is a terrible measure of a population's wealth. As a famous economist said - "the ideal GDP is a chain-smoking terminal cancer patient going through an expensive divorce whose car is totalled in a 20-car pileup"
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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
Ironically the 40hour week in America came about because it was MORE efficient than working 6day weeks - in fewer hours you got more done with the weekend to rest. Then somebody forgot this and decided that if 40 was good 48 must be better.
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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
My point was that: You don't need a visa, a visa is a form you have to fill in before they allow you in the country. Instead you just have to fill in these other bunch of forms before they allow you in without a visa.
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by kjhgfgbhnj 16y ago
And this is only number of countries - it doesn't weight them by importance. So being able to travel to a dozen tiny Caribbean islands offsets not being abke to go visa free to India or china. Also visa free doesn't mean much - europeans ca