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- From: goddard@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Bart E. Goddard)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: High Prices of Math Books. I am pissed.
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 20:10:46 GMT
- Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman
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- Reply-To: goddard@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Bart E. Goddard)
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- In articles <> several well-meaning but misguided souls write:
-
- >Have they suddenly lost the ability to use the libraries?
-
- Just how many copies of a text book do you suppose a library carries?
- (None. If they find out it's a text, they hide it so it won't be stolen.)
- And if you're so lucky as to be the first to find it, how long will it
- be before someone else puts a hold on it and you're forced to give it
- up? ( 4 weeks.)
-
- > The idea that some are going without food is ridiculous.
-
- No it isn't. I can't imagine a time in my future when I will cease to be
- bitter about the ignorant comments made by middle-class frat boys who've
- had everything handed to them on a silver-plated platter.
-
- Very, very sincerely,
- Bart Goddard
-