RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
Bob Thanks for asking. No, most of the replies were along the lines that I'd be less of a road hazard were I drunk with a cell phone in each ear. But knowing someone else is interested is encouraging. Given the easy access to broadband, maybe we could arrange some audio file swaps. Shouldn't be too illegal, assuming you already own the texts in print format. And only slightly less moral than driving with the radio on. Dennis Williams DBA, 40%OCP Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 4:44 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > I have an odd question about these on-line books. Can I > copy-and-paste the text? >Like many of you, I seem to end up with long commutes (why > are the best jobs never in your neighborhood?). I find > listening to books on CD to be a better use of time than > reading bumper stickers. Nobody ever seems to issue Oracle > books on audio. So I got a text-to-voice program, and it > works pretty good to create an audio version of a book. But > many of these eBooks zealously protect their text and prevent > you from doing copy-and-paste on the text. Fortunately Oracle > makes their books readily available. Any ideas are welcome. > And my apologies to the authors on the list that are going > "he wants to do WHAT with my book!!". Dennis Williams DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennnis Did you get any more info re books on tape? Id be very interestd in audio documentation ;-) I have a boring 1 hour ride each direction Thanks bob -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Bob Metelsky INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
> I have an odd question about these on-line books. Can I > copy-and-paste the text? >Like many of you, I seem to end up with long commutes (why > are the best jobs never in your neighborhood?). I find > listening to books on CD to be a better use of time than > reading bumper stickers. Nobody ever seems to issue Oracle > books on audio. So I got a text-to-voice program, and it > works pretty good to create an audio version of a book. But > many of these eBooks zealously protect their text and prevent > you from doing copy-and-paste on the text. Fortunately Oracle > makes their books readily available. Any ideas are welcome. > And my apologies to the authors on the list that are going > "he wants to do WHAT with my book!!". Dennis Williams DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennnis Did you get any more info re books on tape? Id be very interestd in audio documentation ;-) I have a boring 1 hour ride each direction Thanks bob -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Bob Metelsky INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!...OT
"A near-miss with Niemiec" --- "Weaver, Walt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "_Oracle 8i Backup And Recovery_, a Rendezvous With > Rama" > > --Walt Weaver > > (Not exactly a namesake, but the best I could do) > > -Original Message- > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:54 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I almost used that one. > > The real problem is finding celebrities with the > following last names: > Niemiec > Velpuri > Testa > Kolk > Vaidyanatha > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 6:58 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Hoagy Carmichael reads DBA 101 by Rachel Carmichael? > > > --- "Fink, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We could put together a whole Namesakes series > about Oracle stuff... > > Morgan Freeman reads Oracle 9i New Features by > Robert Freeman > > Patch Adams reads Oracle8i Internal Services by > Steve Adams > > > > Apologies to Spinal Tap for the distorted idea... > > > > -Original Message- > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:53 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > Dennis, > > > > I also have a driving commute, and I was also > thinking about asking > > her > > to voice record her book. But I think I would get > into an accident > > hearing her sexy voice describing how to recover a > database...:P :) > > :P > > :) > > > > -Original Message- > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:34 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > John - Wow! An impressive memory tour de force! > >My problem is that I am driving during my > commute. You get the > > strangest looks when the next driver glances over > and sees your face > > buried in a PDA. Actually that last phrase might > become prophetic. I > > was > > just asking if there was a way to get a talking > e-book. For example, > > you > > can download just about any book whose copyright > has expired, copy, > > paste into my text-to-voice, and there you have an > audio version. > > I'll > > be long dead before the copyrights on any books > about Oracle expire. > > Most e-book publishers protect their material as > zealously as the > > Secret > > Service protects the president. Which often > renders them unusable for > > any purpose. > >Personally, I liked the suggestion to ask the > noted authors on > > this > > list to read their books just like the fiction > superstars do. > > > > Dennis Williams > > DBA > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -Original Message- > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:11 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > Dennis, > > > > See below is an email conversation that I had with > the 'Goddess' in > > 2000 > > on the same subject. Those were the days when > Goddesses had to sleep > > and > > de-stress on their way home > > > > (Ducking as the Goddess takes out her six-shooter > magic wand) > > > > John > > > > Reply from Rachel: > > == > > Geek! > > > > The concept you are thinking of exists in some > form already -- > > e-books. > > PDA > > > > sized computer that you can download a book into. > > > > Destressing is important -- but more so is the nap > I took on the > > train > > on my > > > > way home tonight! > > > > Rachel > > > > > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: RE: Using your commute time > > >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:41:26 +0800 > > > > > > > I use the time to talk to the people I know on > the train, or to > > > > read. Fiction or otherwise. Others have their > laptops, I see them > > > > > > working with > them. Or they read the > newspapers, or sleep. > > > > > >Granted, but the difference as against a > push-technology such as a > > >Radio station (which many people listen to while > commuting) is that > > >this is a pull-technology, i.e. optional > availability. However, I do > > > > >conceed to the need to > decompress/destress/plan/communicate with > > >others, energize, etc. > > > > > > > I think technical books need visual > interfaces. For diagrams, > > tables > > >etc. > > > > > >Which brings me to my next brain-wave (or > sizzled-brain-wave :) - > > >Computers have drastically reduced in size while > increasing in > > capacity > > > > >and capability. However, the restraining factor > has been (and will > > be) > > >the size of the Input/Output area (i.e. > Screen/Keyboard size) which > > >cannot reduce below a threshold. What if someone > discovers how to > > use a > > > > >hologram to perform the same input/output? These > hologram enabled > > PDA > > >and Web based 'appliances' can shrink to the size > of a plastic > > >'smart-card'! Just project everything onto a > virtual screen which > > can > > >be virtually touched and pointed to, etc!! You > could probably have > > your > > > > >personal (private) view using special glasses if > required. I > > wouldn't > > >rule out something like this being made available
OT: RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
Does the great IAM still exist. For those who have not heard of it IAM is the
Institute of Advanced Motoring. I had thought it an invention of Monty Python, but
it's a real. Members of
the "great" IAM pay less for their auto insurance policies. Can one retain
membership whilst talking on a cell phone and listening to riveting code fragments?
Ian MacGregor
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message-
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:03 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
There's always some idiot who wants to rain on the
parade, so it may as well be me. I can't remember the
specifics but a recent test in London showed that
people on (hands-free) phones in their cars were 'x'%
more likely to crash ('x' was somewhere like 50%!),
the test being designed to show that its not the phone
in your hand, its the fact that you're
talking/listening that ends up killing you...
I can't begin to imagine the traffic carnage when the
CD "DBA101: The sensual sultry sounds of Carmichael"
hits the charts!
Does Rachel really want that kind of responsbility :-)
Cheers
Connor
--- Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's a little difficult to see how code samples and
> illustrations
> (which I find invaluable) could be translated to
> audio
>
> It's technically copyright infringement (I believe)
> to translate the
> books. I don't own the copyright, so I'm not about
> to call out the
> lawyers. I am supposed to contact my publisher for
> permission (never
> been refused, as it's publicity) when I want to use
> part of a chapter
> for an article or presentation.
>
> Besides, I have problems concentrating when I listen
> to books on tape,
> so I'm not the best person to advocate this!
>
>
> --- Joe Testa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I would think the authors should read and publish
> the books in .mp3
> > format, you can get like 10 hours worth on one cd.
> >
> > Rachel how about you start,
> >
> > bwahahahahahahaha
> >
> >
> > joe
> >
> >
> > DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
> >
> > >I have an odd question about these on-line books.
> Can I
> > copy-and-paste the
> > >text?
> > > Like many of you, I seem to end up with long
> commutes (why are
> > the best
> > >jobs never in your neighborhood?). I find
> listening to books on CD
> > to be a
> > >better use of time than reading bumper stickers.
> Nobody ever seems
> > to issue
> > >Oracle books on audio. So I got a text-to-voice
> program, and it
> > works pretty
> > >good to create an audio version of a book. But
> many of these eBooks
> > >zealously protect their text and prevent you from
> doing
> > copy-and-paste on
> > >the text. Fortunately Oracle makes their books
> readily available.
> > Any ideas
> > >are welcome. And my apologies to the authors on
> the list that are
> > going "he
> > >wants to do WHAT with my book!!".
> > >Dennis Williams
> > >DBA
> > >Lifetouch, Inc.
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >-Original Message-
> > >Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:54 PM
> > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > >I believe the Book Safari is changing. It is
> supposed
> > >to be more flexible now.
> > >
> > >http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html
> > >
> > >Jared
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >"Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > 10/08/2002 01:04 PM
> > > Please respond to ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > >To: Multiple recipients of list
> ORACLE-L
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >cc:
> > >Subject:CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
> > >
> > >
> > >So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up
> to remind me to
> > check out
> > >what new Oracle books have been released. I
> stumbled upon a new
> > book
> > >called CodeNotes for Oracle9i on Amazon.com, but
> the interesting
> > part is
> > >that it is available in eBook format. Here's the
> (probably broken)
> > >link...
> > >
> >
>
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B6ISCN/qid=1034101493/sr=1
> > >-25/ref=sr_1_25/104-5919725-7522346?v=glance
> &
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
Yeah, hearing the Goddess describe "massaging the 'data'" in sultry detail
would surely be a distraction...
Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX
210.581.6217
> -Original Message-
> From: Connor McDonald [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 5:03 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
>
> There's always some idiot who wants to rain on the
> parade, so it may as well be me. I can't remember the
> specifics but a recent test in London showed that
> people on (hands-free) phones in their cars were 'x'%
> more likely to crash ('x' was somewhere like 50%!),
> the test being designed to show that its not the phone
> in your hand, its the fact that you're
> talking/listening that ends up killing you...
>
> I can't begin to imagine the traffic carnage when the
> CD "DBA101: The sensual sultry sounds of Carmichael"
> hits the charts!
>
> Does Rachel really want that kind of responsbility :-)
>
> Cheers
> Connor
>
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Re: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
God no! I'd better let my (male) co-author do the audiotaping :)
I've never understood why talking on a hands-free phone is less
distracting than talking on a phone you have to hold
--- Connor McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There's always some idiot who wants to rain on the
> parade, so it may as well be me. I can't remember the
> specifics but a recent test in London showed that
> people on (hands-free) phones in their cars were 'x'%
> more likely to crash ('x' was somewhere like 50%!),
> the test being designed to show that its not the phone
> in your hand, its the fact that you're
> talking/listening that ends up killing you...
>
> I can't begin to imagine the traffic carnage when the
> CD "DBA101: The sensual sultry sounds of Carmichael"
> hits the charts!
>
> Does Rachel really want that kind of responsbility :-)
>
> Cheers
> Connor
>
> --- Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It's a little difficult to see how code samples and
> > illustrations
> > (which I find invaluable) could be translated to
> > audio
> >
> > It's technically copyright infringement (I believe)
> > to translate the
> > books. I don't own the copyright, so I'm not about
> > to call out the
> > lawyers. I am supposed to contact my publisher for
> > permission (never
> > been refused, as it's publicity) when I want to use
> > part of a chapter
> > for an article or presentation.
> >
> > Besides, I have problems concentrating when I listen
> > to books on tape,
> > so I'm not the best person to advocate this!
> >
> >
> > --- Joe Testa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I would think the authors should read and publish
> > the books in .mp3
> > > format, you can get like 10 hours worth on one cd.
> > >
> > > Rachel how about you start,
> > >
> > > bwahahahahahahaha
> > >
> > >
> > > joe
> > >
> > >
> > > DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have an odd question about these on-line books.
> > Can I
> > > copy-and-paste the
> > > >text?
> > > > Like many of you, I seem to end up with long
> > commutes (why are
> > > the best
> > > >jobs never in your neighborhood?). I find
> > listening to books on CD
> > > to be a
> > > >better use of time than reading bumper stickers.
> > Nobody ever seems
> > > to issue
> > > >Oracle books on audio. So I got a text-to-voice
> > program, and it
> > > works pretty
> > > >good to create an audio version of a book. But
> > many of these eBooks
> > > >zealously protect their text and prevent you from
> > doing
> > > copy-and-paste on
> > > >the text. Fortunately Oracle makes their books
> > readily available.
> > > Any ideas
> > > >are welcome. And my apologies to the authors on
> > the list that are
> > > going "he
> > > >wants to do WHAT with my book!!".
> > > >Dennis Williams
> > > >DBA
> > > >Lifetouch, Inc.
> > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > >-Original Message-
> > > >Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:54 PM
> > > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >I believe the Book Safari is changing. It is
> > supposed
> > > >to be more flexible now.
> > > >
> > > >http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html
> > > >
> > > >Jared
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >"Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > 10/08/2002 01:04 PM
> > > > Please respond to ORACLE-L
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >To: Multiple recipients of list
> > ORACLE-L
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >cc:
> > > >Subject:CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up
> > to remind me to
> > > check out
> > > >what new Oracle books have been released. I
> > stumbled upon a new
> > > book
> > > >
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!...OT
And don't forget Still! -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 11:54 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I almost used that one. The real problem is finding celebrities with the following last names: Niemiec Velpuri Testa Kolk Vaidyanatha -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 6:58 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hoagy Carmichael reads DBA 101 by Rachel Carmichael? --- "Fink, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We could put together a whole Namesakes series about Oracle stuff... > Morgan Freeman reads Oracle 9i New Features by Robert Freeman > Patch Adams reads Oracle8i Internal Services by Steve Adams > > Apologies to Spinal Tap for the distorted idea... > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:53 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Dennis, > > I also have a driving commute, and I was also thinking about asking > her > to voice record her book. But I think I would get into an accident > hearing her sexy voice describing how to recover a database...:P :) > :P > :) > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:34 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > John - Wow! An impressive memory tour de force! >My problem is that I am driving during my commute. You get the > strangest looks when the next driver glances over and sees your face > buried in a PDA. Actually that last phrase might become prophetic. I > was > just asking if there was a way to get a talking e-book. For example, > you > can download just about any book whose copyright has expired, copy, > paste into my text-to-voice, and there you have an audio version. > I'll > be long dead before the copyrights on any books about Oracle expire. > Most e-book publishers protect their material as zealously as the > Secret > Service protects the president. Which often renders them unusable for > any purpose. >Personally, I liked the suggestion to ask the noted authors on > this > list to read their books just like the fiction superstars do. > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:11 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Dennis, > > See below is an email conversation that I had with the 'Goddess' in > 2000 > on the same subject. Those were the days when Goddesses had to sleep > and > de-stress on their way home > > (Ducking as the Goddess takes out her six-shooter magic wand) > > John > > Reply from Rachel: > == > Geek! > > The concept you are thinking of exists in some form already -- > e-books. > PDA > > sized computer that you can download a book into. > > Destressing is important -- but more so is the nap I took on the > train > on my > > way home tonight! > > Rachel > > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: Using your commute time > >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:41:26 +0800 > > > > > I use the time to talk to the people I know on the train, or to > > > read. Fiction or otherwise. Others have their laptops, I see them > > > > working with > them. Or they read the newspapers, or sleep. > > > >Granted, but the difference as against a push-technology such as a > >Radio station (which many people listen to while commuting) is that > >this is a pull-technology, i.e. optional availability. However, I do > > >conceed to the need to decompress/destress/plan/communicate with > >others, energize, etc. > > > > > I think technical books need visual interfaces. For diagrams, > tables > >etc. > > > >Which brings me to my next brain-wave (or sizzled-brain-wave :) - > >Computers have drastically reduced in size while increasing in > capacity > > >and capability. However, the restraining factor has been (and will > be) > >the size of the Input/Output area (i.e. Screen/Keyboard size) which > >cannot reduce below a threshold. What if someone discovers how to > use a > > >hologram to perform the same input/output? These hologram enabled > PDA > >and Web based 'appliances' can shrink to the size of a plastic > >'smart-card'! Just project everything onto a virtual screen which > can > >be virtually touched and pointed to, etc!! You could probably have > your > > >personal (private) view using special glasses if required. I > wouldn't > >rule out something like this being made available within the next > >decade... > > > >So far, I have only talked about the tech side of things here - > there > >are many dangers and negative side effects to the personal and > societal > > >aspects. More of that later! > > > >Slightly crazy today, aren't I? > >John > ><< WINMAIL.DAT >> > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: John Kanagaraj > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting servic
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!...OT
"_Oracle 8i Backup And Recovery_, a Rendezvous With Rama" --Walt Weaver (Not exactly a namesake, but the best I could do) -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:54 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I almost used that one. The real problem is finding celebrities with the following last names: Niemiec Velpuri Testa Kolk Vaidyanatha -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 6:58 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hoagy Carmichael reads DBA 101 by Rachel Carmichael? --- "Fink, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We could put together a whole Namesakes series about Oracle stuff... > Morgan Freeman reads Oracle 9i New Features by Robert Freeman > Patch Adams reads Oracle8i Internal Services by Steve Adams > > Apologies to Spinal Tap for the distorted idea... > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:53 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Dennis, > > I also have a driving commute, and I was also thinking about asking > her > to voice record her book. But I think I would get into an accident > hearing her sexy voice describing how to recover a database...:P :) > :P > :) > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:34 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > John - Wow! An impressive memory tour de force! >My problem is that I am driving during my commute. You get the > strangest looks when the next driver glances over and sees your face > buried in a PDA. Actually that last phrase might become prophetic. I > was > just asking if there was a way to get a talking e-book. For example, > you > can download just about any book whose copyright has expired, copy, > paste into my text-to-voice, and there you have an audio version. > I'll > be long dead before the copyrights on any books about Oracle expire. > Most e-book publishers protect their material as zealously as the > Secret > Service protects the president. Which often renders them unusable for > any purpose. >Personally, I liked the suggestion to ask the noted authors on > this > list to read their books just like the fiction superstars do. > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:11 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Dennis, > > See below is an email conversation that I had with the 'Goddess' in > 2000 > on the same subject. Those were the days when Goddesses had to sleep > and > de-stress on their way home > > (Ducking as the Goddess takes out her six-shooter magic wand) > > John > > Reply from Rachel: > == > Geek! > > The concept you are thinking of exists in some form already -- > e-books. > PDA > > sized computer that you can download a book into. > > Destressing is important -- but more so is the nap I took on the > train > on my > > way home tonight! > > Rachel > > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: Using your commute time > >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:41:26 +0800 > > > > > I use the time to talk to the people I know on the train, or to > > > read. Fiction or otherwise. Others have their laptops, I see them > > > > working with > them. Or they read the newspapers, or sleep. > > > >Granted, but the difference as against a push-technology such as a > >Radio station (which many people listen to while commuting) is that > >this is a pull-technology, i.e. optional availability. However, I do > > >conceed to the need to decompress/destress/plan/communicate with > >others, energize, etc. > > > > > I think technical books need visual interfaces. For diagrams, > tables > >etc. > > > >Which brings me to my next brain-wave (or sizzled-brain-wave :) - > >Computers have drastically reduced in size while increasing in > capacity > > >and capability. However, the restraining factor has been (and will > be) > >the size of the Input/Output area (i.e. Screen/Keyboard size) which > >cannot reduce below a threshold. What if someone discovers how to > use a > > >hologram to perform the same input/output? These hologram enabled > PDA > >and Web based 'appliances' can shrink to the size of a plastic > >'smart-card'! Just project everything onto a virtual screen which > can > >be virtually touched and pointed to, etc!! You could probably have > your > > >personal (private) view using special glasses if required. I > wouldn't > >rule out something like this being made available within the next > >decade... > > > >So far, I have only talked about the tech side of things here - > there > >are many dangers and negative side effects to the personal and > societal > > >aspects. More of that later! > > > >Slightly crazy today, aren't I? > >John > ><< WINMAIL.DAT >> > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: John Kanagaraj > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services-- 858-53
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!...OT
I almost used that one. The real problem is finding celebrities with the following last names: Niemiec Velpuri Testa Kolk Vaidyanatha -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 6:58 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hoagy Carmichael reads DBA 101 by Rachel Carmichael? --- "Fink, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We could put together a whole Namesakes series about Oracle stuff... > Morgan Freeman reads Oracle 9i New Features by Robert Freeman > Patch Adams reads Oracle8i Internal Services by Steve Adams > > Apologies to Spinal Tap for the distorted idea... > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:53 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Dennis, > > I also have a driving commute, and I was also thinking about asking > her > to voice record her book. But I think I would get into an accident > hearing her sexy voice describing how to recover a database...:P :) > :P > :) > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:34 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > John - Wow! An impressive memory tour de force! >My problem is that I am driving during my commute. You get the > strangest looks when the next driver glances over and sees your face > buried in a PDA. Actually that last phrase might become prophetic. I > was > just asking if there was a way to get a talking e-book. For example, > you > can download just about any book whose copyright has expired, copy, > paste into my text-to-voice, and there you have an audio version. > I'll > be long dead before the copyrights on any books about Oracle expire. > Most e-book publishers protect their material as zealously as the > Secret > Service protects the president. Which often renders them unusable for > any purpose. >Personally, I liked the suggestion to ask the noted authors on > this > list to read their books just like the fiction superstars do. > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:11 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Dennis, > > See below is an email conversation that I had with the 'Goddess' in > 2000 > on the same subject. Those were the days when Goddesses had to sleep > and > de-stress on their way home > > (Ducking as the Goddess takes out her six-shooter magic wand) > > John > > Reply from Rachel: > == > Geek! > > The concept you are thinking of exists in some form already -- > e-books. > PDA > > sized computer that you can download a book into. > > Destressing is important -- but more so is the nap I took on the > train > on my > > way home tonight! > > Rachel > > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: Using your commute time > >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:41:26 +0800 > > > > > I use the time to talk to the people I know on the train, or to > > > read. Fiction or otherwise. Others have their laptops, I see them > > > > working with > them. Or they read the newspapers, or sleep. > > > >Granted, but the difference as against a push-technology such as a > >Radio station (which many people listen to while commuting) is that > >this is a pull-technology, i.e. optional availability. However, I do > > >conceed to the need to decompress/destress/plan/communicate with > >others, energize, etc. > > > > > I think technical books need visual interfaces. For diagrams, > tables > >etc. > > > >Which brings me to my next brain-wave (or sizzled-brain-wave :) - > >Computers have drastically reduced in size while increasing in > capacity > > >and capability. However, the restraining factor has been (and will > be) > >the size of the Input/Output area (i.e. Screen/Keyboard size) which > >cannot reduce below a threshold. What if someone discovers how to > use a > > >hologram to perform the same input/output? These hologram enabled > PDA > >and Web based 'appliances' can shrink to the size of a plastic > >'smart-card'! Just project everything onto a virtual screen which > can > >be virtually touched and pointed to, etc!! You could probably have > your > > >personal (private) view using special glasses if required. I > wouldn't > >rule out something like this being made available within the next > >decade... > > > >So far, I have only talked about the tech side of things here - > there > >are many dangers and negative side effects to the personal and > societal > > >aspects. More of that later! > > > >Slightly crazy today, aren't I? > >John > ><< WINMAIL.DAT >> > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: John Kanagaraj > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services > - > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail m
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
Thank Goodness. Now I can go back to that 4-pak of Guinness on my 25-mile drive to work. Whew! THAT'll make the day go easier. Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA http://society.servebeer.com Disclaimer: As President of The Beer Ale Lager Lovers Society, I'd like to remind everyone that...oh, you know the schpeel -- don't be stupid. > -Original Message- > From: Yechiel Adar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 8:49 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... > > > The studies I remember on the subject say that talking while > driving put you > in the same risk factor as drunk driving . -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
The studies I remember on the subject say that talking while driving put you
in the same risk factor as drunk driving .
Yechiel Adar
Mehish
- Original Message -
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:03 PM
> There's always some idiot who wants to rain on the
> parade, so it may as well be me. I can't remember the
> specifics but a recent test in London showed that
> people on (hands-free) phones in their cars were 'x'%
> more likely to crash ('x' was somewhere like 50%!),
> the test being designed to show that its not the phone
> in your hand, its the fact that you're
> talking/listening that ends up killing you...
>
> I can't begin to imagine the traffic carnage when the
> CD "DBA101: The sensual sultry sounds of Carmichael"
> hits the charts!
>
> Does Rachel really want that kind of responsbility :-)
>
> Cheers
> Connor
>
> --- Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It's a little difficult to see how code samples and
> > illustrations
> > (which I find invaluable) could be translated to
> > audio
> >
> > It's technically copyright infringement (I believe)
> > to translate the
> > books. I don't own the copyright, so I'm not about
> > to call out the
> > lawyers. I am supposed to contact my publisher for
> > permission (never
> > been refused, as it's publicity) when I want to use
> > part of a chapter
> > for an article or presentation.
> >
> > Besides, I have problems concentrating when I listen
> > to books on tape,
> > so I'm not the best person to advocate this!
> >
> >
> > --- Joe Testa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I would think the authors should read and publish
> > the books in .mp3
> > > format, you can get like 10 hours worth on one cd.
> > >
> > > Rachel how about you start,
> > >
> > > bwahahahahahahaha
> > >
> > >
> > > joe
> > >
> > >
> > > DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have an odd question about these on-line books.
> > Can I
> > > copy-and-paste the
> > > >text?
> > > > Like many of you, I seem to end up with long
> > commutes (why are
> > > the best
> > > >jobs never in your neighborhood?). I find
> > listening to books on CD
> > > to be a
> > > >better use of time than reading bumper stickers.
> > Nobody ever seems
> > > to issue
> > > >Oracle books on audio. So I got a text-to-voice
> > program, and it
> > > works pretty
> > > >good to create an audio version of a book. But
> > many of these eBooks
> > > >zealously protect their text and prevent you from
> > doing
> > > copy-and-paste on
> > > >the text. Fortunately Oracle makes their books
> > readily available.
> > > Any ideas
> > > >are welcome. And my apologies to the authors on
> > the list that are
> > > going "he
> > > >wants to do WHAT with my book!!".
> > > >Dennis Williams
> > > >DBA
> > > >Lifetouch, Inc.
> > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > >-Original Message-
> > > >Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:54 PM
> > > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >I believe the Book Safari is changing. It is
> > supposed
> > > >to be more flexible now.
> > > >
> > > >http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html
> > > >
> > > >Jared
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >"Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > 10/08/2002 01:04 PM
> > > > Please respond to ORACLE-L
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >To: Multiple recipients of list
> > ORACLE-L
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >cc:
> > > >Subject:CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up
> > to remind me to
> > > check out
> > > >what new Oracle books have been released. I
> > stumbled upon a new
> > > book
> > > >c
Re: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
There's always some idiot who wants to rain on the
parade, so it may as well be me. I can't remember the
specifics but a recent test in London showed that
people on (hands-free) phones in their cars were 'x'%
more likely to crash ('x' was somewhere like 50%!),
the test being designed to show that its not the phone
in your hand, its the fact that you're
talking/listening that ends up killing you...
I can't begin to imagine the traffic carnage when the
CD "DBA101: The sensual sultry sounds of Carmichael"
hits the charts!
Does Rachel really want that kind of responsbility :-)
Cheers
Connor
--- Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's a little difficult to see how code samples and
> illustrations
> (which I find invaluable) could be translated to
> audio
>
> It's technically copyright infringement (I believe)
> to translate the
> books. I don't own the copyright, so I'm not about
> to call out the
> lawyers. I am supposed to contact my publisher for
> permission (never
> been refused, as it's publicity) when I want to use
> part of a chapter
> for an article or presentation.
>
> Besides, I have problems concentrating when I listen
> to books on tape,
> so I'm not the best person to advocate this!
>
>
> --- Joe Testa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I would think the authors should read and publish
> the books in .mp3
> > format, you can get like 10 hours worth on one cd.
> >
> > Rachel how about you start,
> >
> > bwahahahahahahaha
> >
> >
> > joe
> >
> >
> > DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
> >
> > >I have an odd question about these on-line books.
> Can I
> > copy-and-paste the
> > >text?
> > > Like many of you, I seem to end up with long
> commutes (why are
> > the best
> > >jobs never in your neighborhood?). I find
> listening to books on CD
> > to be a
> > >better use of time than reading bumper stickers.
> Nobody ever seems
> > to issue
> > >Oracle books on audio. So I got a text-to-voice
> program, and it
> > works pretty
> > >good to create an audio version of a book. But
> many of these eBooks
> > >zealously protect their text and prevent you from
> doing
> > copy-and-paste on
> > >the text. Fortunately Oracle makes their books
> readily available.
> > Any ideas
> > >are welcome. And my apologies to the authors on
> the list that are
> > going "he
> > >wants to do WHAT with my book!!".
> > >Dennis Williams
> > >DBA
> > >Lifetouch, Inc.
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >-Original Message-
> > >Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:54 PM
> > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > >I believe the Book Safari is changing. It is
> supposed
> > >to be more flexible now.
> > >
> > >http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html
> > >
> > >Jared
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >"Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > 10/08/2002 01:04 PM
> > > Please respond to ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > >To: Multiple recipients of list
> ORACLE-L
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >cc:
> > >Subject:CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
> > >
> > >
> > >So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up
> to remind me to
> > check out
> > >what new Oracle books have been released. I
> stumbled upon a new
> > book
> > >called CodeNotes for Oracle9i on Amazon.com, but
> the interesting
> > part is
> > >that it is available in eBook format. Here's the
> (probably broken)
> > >link...
> > >
> >
>
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B6ISCN/qid=1034101493/sr=1
> > >-25/ref=sr_1_25/104-5919725-7522346?v=glance
> > >
> > >The eBook version is $9.95 and the shipping is
> free (big grin),
> > while the
> > >paperback is $13.97 plus shipping. Are you
> comfortable reading an
> > eBook?
> > >You decide.
> > >
> > >At any rate, I will probably break down and buy
> the eBook. Not so
> > much
> > >because the book is great (or not) but because I
> hope to send a
> > message to
> > >publishers to publish more books in the eBook
> format, which is also
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!...OT
Hoagy Carmichael reads DBA 101 by Rachel Carmichael? --- "Fink, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We could put together a whole Namesakes series about Oracle stuff... > Morgan Freeman reads Oracle 9i New Features by Robert Freeman > Patch Adams reads Oracle8i Internal Services by Steve Adams > > Apologies to Spinal Tap for the distorted idea... > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:53 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Dennis, > > I also have a driving commute, and I was also thinking about asking > her > to voice record her book. But I think I would get into an accident > hearing her sexy voice describing how to recover a database...:P :) > :P > :) > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:34 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > John - Wow! An impressive memory tour de force! >My problem is that I am driving during my commute. You get the > strangest looks when the next driver glances over and sees your face > buried in a PDA. Actually that last phrase might become prophetic. I > was > just asking if there was a way to get a talking e-book. For example, > you > can download just about any book whose copyright has expired, copy, > paste into my text-to-voice, and there you have an audio version. > I'll > be long dead before the copyrights on any books about Oracle expire. > Most e-book publishers protect their material as zealously as the > Secret > Service protects the president. Which often renders them unusable for > any purpose. >Personally, I liked the suggestion to ask the noted authors on > this > list to read their books just like the fiction superstars do. > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -Original Message- > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:11 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Dennis, > > See below is an email conversation that I had with the 'Goddess' in > 2000 > on the same subject. Those were the days when Goddesses had to sleep > and > de-stress on their way home > > (Ducking as the Goddess takes out her six-shooter magic wand) > > John > > Reply from Rachel: > == > Geek! > > The concept you are thinking of exists in some form already -- > e-books. > PDA > > sized computer that you can download a book into. > > Destressing is important -- but more so is the nap I took on the > train > on my > > way home tonight! > > Rachel > > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: Using your commute time > >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:41:26 +0800 > > > > > I use the time to talk to the people I know on the train, or to > > > read. Fiction or otherwise. Others have their laptops, I see them > > > > working with > them. Or they read the newspapers, or sleep. > > > >Granted, but the difference as against a push-technology such as a > >Radio station (which many people listen to while commuting) is that > >this is a pull-technology, i.e. optional availability. However, I do > > >conceed to the need to decompress/destress/plan/communicate with > >others, energize, etc. > > > > > I think technical books need visual interfaces. For diagrams, > tables > >etc. > > > >Which brings me to my next brain-wave (or sizzled-brain-wave :) - > >Computers have drastically reduced in size while increasing in > capacity > > >and capability. However, the restraining factor has been (and will > be) > >the size of the Input/Output area (i.e. Screen/Keyboard size) which > >cannot reduce below a threshold. What if someone discovers how to > use a > > >hologram to perform the same input/output? These hologram enabled > PDA > >and Web based 'appliances' can shrink to the size of a plastic > >'smart-card'! Just project everything onto a virtual screen which > can > >be virtually touched and pointed to, etc!! You could probably have > your > > >personal (private) view using special glasses if required. I > wouldn't > >rule out something like this being made available within the next > >decade... > > > >So far, I have only talked about the tech side of things here - > there > >are many dangers and negative side effects to the personal and > societal > > >aspects. More of that later! > > > >Slightly crazy today, aren't I? > >John > ><< WINMAIL.DAT >> > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: John Kanagaraj > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services > - > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the > message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name > of > mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the > HELP > command for
OT: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!
> smart aleck! :) > > I've spent time on the train reading and working. I've learned that I > need the time between leaving work and getting home to "turn off my > brain" and relax before dealing with reading this and the OT lists at > home! > > I can't believe you saved that email. Sheesh, you really ARE > a geek Emails from Goddesses are sacred and need to be preserved :) Yes - I can see the need to de-stress now. I used to have a 5 minute 1-mile ride on a pedal-bike through a winding, meandering path in a green rain-forest jungle before. I now have a 17-mile drive home that takes the best part of an hour each way through a concrete jungle now. This should go to the OT list before I get thrown out! John -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: John Kanagaraj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!...OT
We could put together a whole Namesakes series about Oracle stuff... Morgan Freeman reads Oracle 9i New Features by Robert Freeman Patch Adams reads Oracle8i Internal Services by Steve Adams Apologies to Spinal Tap for the distorted idea... -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:53 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dennis, I also have a driving commute, and I was also thinking about asking her to voice record her book. But I think I would get into an accident hearing her sexy voice describing how to recover a database...:P :) :P :) -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L John - Wow! An impressive memory tour de force! My problem is that I am driving during my commute. You get the strangest looks when the next driver glances over and sees your face buried in a PDA. Actually that last phrase might become prophetic. I was just asking if there was a way to get a talking e-book. For example, you can download just about any book whose copyright has expired, copy, paste into my text-to-voice, and there you have an audio version. I'll be long dead before the copyrights on any books about Oracle expire. Most e-book publishers protect their material as zealously as the Secret Service protects the president. Which often renders them unusable for any purpose. Personally, I liked the suggestion to ask the noted authors on this list to read their books just like the fiction superstars do. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:11 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dennis, See below is an email conversation that I had with the 'Goddess' in 2000 on the same subject. Those were the days when Goddesses had to sleep and de-stress on their way home (Ducking as the Goddess takes out her six-shooter magic wand) John Reply from Rachel: == Geek! The concept you are thinking of exists in some form already -- e-books. PDA sized computer that you can download a book into. Destressing is important -- but more so is the nap I took on the train on my way home tonight! Rachel >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Using your commute time >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:41:26 +0800 > > > I use the time to talk to the people I know on the train, or to > > read. Fiction or otherwise. Others have their laptops, I see them > > working with > them. Or they read the newspapers, or sleep. > >Granted, but the difference as against a push-technology such as a >Radio station (which many people listen to while commuting) is that >this is a pull-technology, i.e. optional availability. However, I do >conceed to the need to decompress/destress/plan/communicate with >others, energize, etc. > > > I think technical books need visual interfaces. For diagrams, tables >etc. > >Which brings me to my next brain-wave (or sizzled-brain-wave :) - >Computers have drastically reduced in size while increasing in capacity >and capability. However, the restraining factor has been (and will be) >the size of the Input/Output area (i.e. Screen/Keyboard size) which >cannot reduce below a threshold. What if someone discovers how to use a >hologram to perform the same input/output? These hologram enabled PDA >and Web based 'appliances' can shrink to the size of a plastic >'smart-card'! Just project everything onto a virtual screen which can >be virtually touched and pointed to, etc!! You could probably have your >personal (private) view using special glasses if required. I wouldn't >rule out something like this being made available within the next >decade... > >So far, I have only talked about the tech side of things here - there >are many dangers and negative side effects to the personal and societal >aspects. More of that later! > >Slightly crazy today, aren't I? >John ><< WINMAIL.DAT >> > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: John Kanagaraj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!
smart aleck! :) I've spent time on the train reading and working. I've learned that I need the time between leaving work and getting home to "turn off my brain" and relax before dealing with reading this and the OT lists at home! I can't believe you saved that email. Sheesh, you really ARE a geek --- John Kanagaraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis, > > See below is an email conversation that I had with the 'Goddess' in > 2000 on > the same subject. Those were the days when Goddesses had to sleep and > de-stress on their way home > > (Ducking as the Goddess takes out her six-shooter magic wand) > > John > > Reply from Rachel: > == > Geek! > > The concept you are thinking of exists in some form already -- > e-books. PDA > > sized computer that you can download a book into. > > Destressing is important -- but more so is the nap I took on the > train on my > > way home tonight! > > Rachel > > > >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: Using your commute time > >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:41:26 +0800 > > > > > I use the time to talk to the people I know on the train, or to > read. > > > Fiction or otherwise. Others have their laptops, I see them > > > working with > them. Or they read the newspapers, or sleep. > > > >Granted, but the difference as against a push-technology such as a > >Radio station (which many people listen to while commuting) is that > >this is a pull-technology, i.e. optional availability. However, I do > >conceed to the need to decompress/destress/plan/communicate with > >others, energize, etc. > > > > > I think technical books need visual interfaces. For diagrams, > tables > >etc. > > > >Which brings me to my next brain-wave (or sizzled-brain-wave :) - > >Computers have drastically reduced in size while increasing in > capacity > >and capability. However, the restraining factor has been (and will > be) > >the size of the Input/Output area (i.e. Screen/Keyboard size) which > >cannot reduce below a threshold. What if someone discovers how to > use a > >hologram to perform the same input/output? These hologram enabled > PDA > >and Web based 'appliances' can shrink to the size of a plastic > >'smart-card'! Just project everything onto a virtual screen which > can > >be virtually touched and pointed to, etc!! You could probably have > your > >personal (private) view using special glasses if required. I > wouldn't > >rule out something like this being made available within the next > >decade... > > > >So far, I have only talked about the tech side of things here - > there > >are many dangers and negative side effects to the personal and > societal > >aspects. More of that later! > > > >Slightly crazy today, aren't I? > >John > ><< WINMAIL.DAT >> > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: John Kanagaraj > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services > - > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
It's a little difficult to see how code samples and illustrations (which I find invaluable) could be translated to audio It's technically copyright infringement (I believe) to translate the books. I don't own the copyright, so I'm not about to call out the lawyers. I am supposed to contact my publisher for permission (never been refused, as it's publicity) when I want to use part of a chapter for an article or presentation. Besides, I have problems concentrating when I listen to books on tape, so I'm not the best person to advocate this! --- Joe Testa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would think the authors should read and publish the books in .mp3 > format, you can get like 10 hours worth on one cd. > > Rachel how about you start, > > bwahahahahahahaha > > > joe > > > DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: > > >I have an odd question about these on-line books. Can I > copy-and-paste the > >text? > > Like many of you, I seem to end up with long commutes (why are > the best > >jobs never in your neighborhood?). I find listening to books on CD > to be a > >better use of time than reading bumper stickers. Nobody ever seems > to issue > >Oracle books on audio. So I got a text-to-voice program, and it > works pretty > >good to create an audio version of a book. But many of these eBooks > >zealously protect their text and prevent you from doing > copy-and-paste on > >the text. Fortunately Oracle makes their books readily available. > Any ideas > >are welcome. And my apologies to the authors on the list that are > going "he > >wants to do WHAT with my book!!". > >Dennis Williams > >DBA > >Lifetouch, Inc. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-Original Message- > >Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:54 PM > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > >I believe the Book Safari is changing. It is supposed > >to be more flexible now. > > > >http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html > > > >Jared > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/08/2002 01:04 PM > > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > > > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >cc: > >Subject:CodeNotes for Oracle9i... > > > > > >So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up to remind me to > check out > >what new Oracle books have been released. I stumbled upon a new > book > >called CodeNotes for Oracle9i on Amazon.com, but the interesting > part is > >that it is available in eBook format. Here's the (probably broken) > >link... > > > >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B6ISCN/qid=1034101493/sr=1 > >-25/ref=sr_1_25/104-5919725-7522346?v=glance > > > >The eBook version is $9.95 and the shipping is free (big grin), > while the > >paperback is $13.97 plus shipping. Are you comfortable reading an > eBook? > >You decide. > > > >At any rate, I will probably break down and buy the eBook. Not so > much > >because the book is great (or not) but because I hope to send a > message to > >publishers to publish more books in the eBook format, which is also > why I > >posted this message. > > > >I know that O'Reilly has the Safari Bookshelf website, but I found > it to > >be restrictive and pricey. > > > >BTW, if for some reason you are or will be using .Net, the CodeNotes > eBook > >version is free... > > > >http://www.codenotes.com/do/downloads/downloadsNETbook > > > > > > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Joe Testa > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services > - > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!...OT
Dennis, I also have a driving commute, and I was also thinking about asking her to voice record her book. But I think I would get into an accident hearing her sexy voice describing how to recover a database...:P :) :P :) -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L John - Wow! An impressive memory tour de force! My problem is that I am driving during my commute. You get the strangest looks when the next driver glances over and sees your face buried in a PDA. Actually that last phrase might become prophetic. I was just asking if there was a way to get a talking e-book. For example, you can download just about any book whose copyright has expired, copy, paste into my text-to-voice, and there you have an audio version. I'll be long dead before the copyrights on any books about Oracle expire. Most e-book publishers protect their material as zealously as the Secret Service protects the president. Which often renders them unusable for any purpose. Personally, I liked the suggestion to ask the noted authors on this list to read their books just like the fiction superstars do. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:11 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dennis, See below is an email conversation that I had with the 'Goddess' in 2000 on the same subject. Those were the days when Goddesses had to sleep and de-stress on their way home (Ducking as the Goddess takes out her six-shooter magic wand) John Reply from Rachel: == Geek! The concept you are thinking of exists in some form already -- e-books. PDA sized computer that you can download a book into. Destressing is important -- but more so is the nap I took on the train on my way home tonight! Rachel >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Using your commute time >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:41:26 +0800 > > > I use the time to talk to the people I know on the train, or to > > read. Fiction or otherwise. Others have their laptops, I see them > > working with > them. Or they read the newspapers, or sleep. > >Granted, but the difference as against a push-technology such as a >Radio station (which many people listen to while commuting) is that >this is a pull-technology, i.e. optional availability. However, I do >conceed to the need to decompress/destress/plan/communicate with >others, energize, etc. > > > I think technical books need visual interfaces. For diagrams, tables >etc. > >Which brings me to my next brain-wave (or sizzled-brain-wave :) - >Computers have drastically reduced in size while increasing in capacity >and capability. However, the restraining factor has been (and will be) >the size of the Input/Output area (i.e. Screen/Keyboard size) which >cannot reduce below a threshold. What if someone discovers how to use a >hologram to perform the same input/output? These hologram enabled PDA >and Web based 'appliances' can shrink to the size of a plastic >'smart-card'! Just project everything onto a virtual screen which can >be virtually touched and pointed to, etc!! You could probably have your >personal (private) view using special glasses if required. I wouldn't >rule out something like this being made available within the next >decade... > >So far, I have only talked about the tech side of things here - there >are many dangers and negative side effects to the personal and societal >aspects. More of that later! > >Slightly crazy today, aren't I? >John ><< WINMAIL.DAT >> > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: John Kanagaraj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: G
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!
John - Wow! An impressive memory tour de force! My problem is that I am driving during my commute. You get the strangest looks when the next driver glances over and sees your face buried in a PDA. Actually that last phrase might become prophetic. I was just asking if there was a way to get a talking e-book. For example, you can download just about any book whose copyright has expired, copy, paste into my text-to-voice, and there you have an audio version. I'll be long dead before the copyrights on any books about Oracle expire. Most e-book publishers protect their material as zealously as the Secret Service protects the president. Which often renders them unusable for any purpose. Personally, I liked the suggestion to ask the noted authors on this list to read their books just like the fiction superstars do. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 4:11 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dennis, See below is an email conversation that I had with the 'Goddess' in 2000 on the same subject. Those were the days when Goddesses had to sleep and de-stress on their way home (Ducking as the Goddess takes out her six-shooter magic wand) John Reply from Rachel: == Geek! The concept you are thinking of exists in some form already -- e-books. PDA sized computer that you can download a book into. Destressing is important -- but more so is the nap I took on the train on my way home tonight! Rachel >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Using your commute time >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:41:26 +0800 > > > I use the time to talk to the people I know on the train, or to read. > > Fiction or otherwise. Others have their laptops, I see them > > working with > them. Or they read the newspapers, or sleep. > >Granted, but the difference as against a push-technology such as a >Radio station (which many people listen to while commuting) is that >this is a pull-technology, i.e. optional availability. However, I do >conceed to the need to decompress/destress/plan/communicate with >others, energize, etc. > > > I think technical books need visual interfaces. For diagrams, tables >etc. > >Which brings me to my next brain-wave (or sizzled-brain-wave :) - >Computers have drastically reduced in size while increasing in capacity >and capability. However, the restraining factor has been (and will be) >the size of the Input/Output area (i.e. Screen/Keyboard size) which >cannot reduce below a threshold. What if someone discovers how to use a >hologram to perform the same input/output? These hologram enabled PDA >and Web based 'appliances' can shrink to the size of a plastic >'smart-card'! Just project everything onto a virtual screen which can >be virtually touched and pointed to, etc!! You could probably have your >personal (private) view using special glasses if required. I wouldn't >rule out something like this being made available within the next >decade... > >So far, I have only talked about the tech side of things here - there >are many dangers and negative side effects to the personal and societal >aspects. More of that later! > >Slightly crazy today, aren't I? >John ><< WINMAIL.DAT >> > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: John Kanagaraj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i... Destress on the way home!
Dennis, See below is an email conversation that I had with the 'Goddess' in 2000 on the same subject. Those were the days when Goddesses had to sleep and de-stress on their way home (Ducking as the Goddess takes out her six-shooter magic wand) John Reply from Rachel: == Geek! The concept you are thinking of exists in some form already -- e-books. PDA sized computer that you can download a book into. Destressing is important -- but more so is the nap I took on the train on my way home tonight! Rachel >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Using your commute time >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:41:26 +0800 > > > I use the time to talk to the people I know on the train, or to read. > > Fiction or otherwise. Others have their laptops, I see them > > working with > them. Or they read the newspapers, or sleep. > >Granted, but the difference as against a push-technology such as a >Radio station (which many people listen to while commuting) is that >this is a pull-technology, i.e. optional availability. However, I do >conceed to the need to decompress/destress/plan/communicate with >others, energize, etc. > > > I think technical books need visual interfaces. For diagrams, tables >etc. > >Which brings me to my next brain-wave (or sizzled-brain-wave :) - >Computers have drastically reduced in size while increasing in capacity >and capability. However, the restraining factor has been (and will be) >the size of the Input/Output area (i.e. Screen/Keyboard size) which >cannot reduce below a threshold. What if someone discovers how to use a >hologram to perform the same input/output? These hologram enabled PDA >and Web based 'appliances' can shrink to the size of a plastic >'smart-card'! Just project everything onto a virtual screen which can >be virtually touched and pointed to, etc!! You could probably have your >personal (private) view using special glasses if required. I wouldn't >rule out something like this being made available within the next >decade... > >So far, I have only talked about the tech side of things here - there >are many dangers and negative side effects to the personal and societal >aspects. More of that later! > >Slightly crazy today, aren't I? >John ><< WINMAIL.DAT >> > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: John Kanagaraj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
Hey, if you'll buy it, I'll record it. Should alleviate the parental bed time story for the kiddies. A little subliminal DBA learning couldn't hurt either. could it? Jared On Saturday 12 October 2002 16:48, Joe Testa wrote: > I would think the authors should read and publish the books in .mp3 > format, you can get like 10 hours worth on one cd. > > Rachel how about you start, > > bwahahahahahahaha > > > joe > > DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: > >I have an odd question about these on-line books. Can I copy-and-paste the > >text? > > Like many of you, I seem to end up with long commutes (why are the best > >jobs never in your neighborhood?). I find listening to books on CD to be a > >better use of time than reading bumper stickers. Nobody ever seems to > > issue Oracle books on audio. So I got a text-to-voice program, and it > > works pretty good to create an audio version of a book. But many of these > > eBooks zealously protect their text and prevent you from doing > > copy-and-paste on the text. Fortunately Oracle makes their books readily > > available. Any ideas are welcome. And my apologies to the authors on the > > list that are going "he wants to do WHAT with my book!!". > >Dennis Williams > >DBA > >Lifetouch, Inc. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-Original Message- > >Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:54 PM > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > >I believe the Book Safari is changing. It is supposed > >to be more flexible now. > > > >http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html > > > >Jared > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/08/2002 01:04 PM > > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: > >Subject:CodeNotes for Oracle9i... > > > > > >So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up to remind me to check out > >what new Oracle books have been released. I stumbled upon a new book > >called CodeNotes for Oracle9i on Amazon.com, but the interesting part is > >that it is available in eBook format. Here's the (probably broken) > >link... > > > >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B6ISCN/qid=1034101493/sr > >=1 -25/ref=sr_1_25/104-5919725-7522346?v=glance > > > >The eBook version is $9.95 and the shipping is free (big grin), while the > >paperback is $13.97 plus shipping. Are you comfortable reading an eBook? > >You decide. > > > >At any rate, I will probably break down and buy the eBook. Not so much > >because the book is great (or not) but because I hope to send a message to > >publishers to publish more books in the eBook format, which is also why I > >posted this message. > > > >I know that O'Reilly has the Safari Bookshelf website, but I found it to > >be restrictive and pricey. > > > >BTW, if for some reason you are or will be using .Net, the CodeNotes eBook > >version is free... > > > >http://www.codenotes.com/do/downloads/downloadsNETbook -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Re: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
I would think the authors should read and publish the books in .mp3
format, you can get like 10 hours worth on one cd.
Rachel how about you start,
bwahahahahahahaha
joe
DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
I have an odd question about these on-line books. Can I copy-and-paste the
text?
Like many of you, I seem to end up with long commutes (why are the best
jobs never in your neighborhood?). I find listening to books on CD to be a
better use of time than reading bumper stickers. Nobody ever seems to issue
Oracle books on audio. So I got a text-to-voice program, and it works pretty
good to create an audio version of a book. But many of these eBooks
zealously protect their text and prevent you from doing copy-and-paste on
the text. Fortunately Oracle makes their books readily available. Any ideas
are welcome. And my apologies to the authors on the list that are going "he
wants to do WHAT with my book!!".
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message-
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:54 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
I believe the Book Safari is changing. It is supposed
to be more flexible now.
http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html
Jared
"Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject:CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up to remind me to check out
what new Oracle books have been released. I stumbled upon a new book
called CodeNotes for Oracle9i on Amazon.com, but the interesting part is
that it is available in eBook format. Here's the (probably broken)
link...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B6ISCN/qid=1034101493/sr=1
-25/ref=sr_1_25/104-5919725-7522346?v=glance
The eBook version is $9.95 and the shipping is free (big grin), while the
paperback is $13.97 plus shipping. Are you comfortable reading an eBook?
You decide.
At any rate, I will probably break down and buy the eBook. Not so much
because the book is great (or not) but because I hope to send a message to
publishers to publish more books in the eBook format, which is also why I
posted this message.
I know that O'Reilly has the Safari Bookshelf website, but I found it to
be restrictive and pricey.
BTW, if for some reason you are or will be using .Net, the CodeNotes eBook
version is free...
http://www.codenotes.com/do/downloads/downloadsNETbook
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RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...OT
And 0 books at the end of year, if you don't renew. I always check my Oracle 3.1 book, just before I log in... Zero, I don't want anyone messing with my books. And developers don't touch my books because their full of coffee, and peanut butter AND jelly stains... So Rich when you sign up for Safari Bookshelf let me know your userid/password...thanks buddy. I'll take you out to lunch...someday. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Yes, that's 30 books a month -- up to 360 books a year. How often do you reference that Oracle DBA Handbook 7.3 Edition now? How many people can use your current book simultaneously? How many books are covered in coffee (or Jr's peanut butter sandwich)? Who "borrowed" the book and never brought it back? Just my "Devil's Advocate"... :) R2 Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > -Original Message- > From: Grabowy, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 10:34 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...OT > > > It still seems to be restrictive and pricey to me. > > The 30 "books"-a-month at a one time yearly fee is $300. At > the end of > the year, what do you have? Another $300 bill for the next year. And > how many books do you have access too, if you don't dish out another > $300, ZERO. > > With bookpool.com, for $300 I can buy quite a few books, that I will > still have after one year. Granted after 3 or 4 years those books > will be retired, but they definitely paid for themselves. And if > my site is > slow to upgrade then I may keep my books for even longer...some sites > are still running Oracle7. > > Additionally, paper books are great since you can highlight, mark, > scribble notes, attach tabs to the page, etc. > > Obviously, if I work for a company that has deep pockets then they can > pay the bill, but that doesn't appear to be the case today. > > I love Oreilly books, I just don't like the Safari Bookshelf website > deal. This business model needs more work...perhaps they have snagged > 9,999 customers, but if they dropped the prices and dropped the > restrictions then they will get 999,999,999,999,999 customers. > > (stepping down from my soapbox, my apologies for my off-topic ranting > and raving, thank God it's Friday) > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Grabowy, Chris INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...OT
Yes, that's 30 books a month -- up to 360 books a year. How often do you reference that Oracle DBA Handbook 7.3 Edition now? How many people can use your current book simultaneously? How many books are covered in coffee (or Jr's peanut butter sandwich)? Who "borrowed" the book and never brought it back? Just my "Devil's Advocate"... :) R2 Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > -Original Message- > From: Grabowy, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 10:34 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...OT > > > It still seems to be restrictive and pricey to me. > > The 30 "books"-a-month at a one time yearly fee is $300. At > the end of > the year, what do you have? Another $300 bill for the next year. And > how many books do you have access too, if you don't dish out another > $300, ZERO. > > With bookpool.com, for $300 I can buy quite a few books, that I will > still have after one year. Granted after 3 or 4 years those > books will > be retired, but they definitely paid for themselves. And if > my site is > slow to upgrade then I may keep my books for even longer...some sites > are still running Oracle7. > > Additionally, paper books are great since you can highlight, mark, > scribble notes, attach tabs to the page, etc. > > Obviously, if I work for a company that has deep pockets then they can > pay the bill, but that doesn't appear to be the case today. > > I love Oreilly books, I just don't like the Safari Bookshelf website > deal. This business model needs more work...perhaps they have snagged > 9,999 customers, but if they dropped the prices and dropped the > restrictions then they will get 999,999,999,999,999 customers. > > (stepping down from my soapbox, my apologies for my off-topic ranting > and raving, thank God it's Friday) > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jesse, Rich INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...OT
It still seems to be restrictive and pricey to me.
The 30 "books"-a-month at a one time yearly fee is $300. At the end of
the year, what do you have? Another $300 bill for the next year. And
how many books do you have access too, if you don't dish out another
$300, ZERO.
With bookpool.com, for $300 I can buy quite a few books, that I will
still have after one year. Granted after 3 or 4 years those books will
be retired, but they definitely paid for themselves. And if my site is
slow to upgrade then I may keep my books for even longer...some sites
are still running Oracle7.
Additionally, paper books are great since you can highlight, mark,
scribble notes, attach tabs to the page, etc.
Obviously, if I work for a company that has deep pockets then they can
pay the bill, but that doesn't appear to be the case today.
I love Oreilly books, I just don't like the Safari Bookshelf website
deal. This business model needs more work...perhaps they have snagged
9,999 customers, but if they dropped the prices and dropped the
restrictions then they will get 999,999,999,999,999 customers.
(stepping down from my soapbox, my apologies for my off-topic ranting
and raving, thank God it's Friday)
-Original Message-
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 8:54 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
I believe the Book Safari is changing. It is supposed
to be more flexible now.
http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html
Jared
"Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
10/08/2002 01:04 PM
Please respond to ORACLE-L
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc:
Subject:CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up to remind me to check
out
what new Oracle books have been released. I stumbled upon a new book
called CodeNotes for Oracle9i on Amazon.com, but the interesting part is
that it is available in eBook format. Here's the (probably broken)
link...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B6ISCN/qid=1034101493/
sr=1-25/ref=sr_1_25/104-5919725-7522346?v=glance
The eBook version is $9.95 and the shipping is free (big grin), while
the
paperback is $13.97 plus shipping. Are you comfortable reading an
eBook?
You decide.
At any rate, I will probably break down and buy the eBook. Not so much
because the book is great (or not) but because I hope to send a message
to
publishers to publish more books in the eBook format, which is also why
I
posted this message.
I know that O'Reilly has the Safari Bookshelf website, but I found it to
be restrictive and pricey.
BTW, if for some reason you are or will be using .Net, the CodeNotes
eBook
version is free...
http://www.codenotes.com/do/downloads/downloadsNETbook
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RE: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
I have an odd question about these on-line books. Can I copy-and-paste the
text?
Like many of you, I seem to end up with long commutes (why are the best
jobs never in your neighborhood?). I find listening to books on CD to be a
better use of time than reading bumper stickers. Nobody ever seems to issue
Oracle books on audio. So I got a text-to-voice program, and it works pretty
good to create an audio version of a book. But many of these eBooks
zealously protect their text and prevent you from doing copy-and-paste on
the text. Fortunately Oracle makes their books readily available. Any ideas
are welcome. And my apologies to the authors on the list that are going "he
wants to do WHAT with my book!!".
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message-
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:54 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
I believe the Book Safari is changing. It is supposed
to be more flexible now.
http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html
Jared
"Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
10/08/2002 01:04 PM
Please respond to ORACLE-L
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc:
Subject:CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up to remind me to check out
what new Oracle books have been released. I stumbled upon a new book
called CodeNotes for Oracle9i on Amazon.com, but the interesting part is
that it is available in eBook format. Here's the (probably broken)
link...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B6ISCN/qid=1034101493/sr=1
-25/ref=sr_1_25/104-5919725-7522346?v=glance
The eBook version is $9.95 and the shipping is free (big grin), while the
paperback is $13.97 plus shipping. Are you comfortable reading an eBook?
You decide.
At any rate, I will probably break down and buy the eBook. Not so much
because the book is great (or not) but because I hope to send a message to
publishers to publish more books in the eBook format, which is also why I
posted this message.
I know that O'Reilly has the Safari Bookshelf website, but I found it to
be restrictive and pricey.
BTW, if for some reason you are or will be using .Net, the CodeNotes eBook
version is free...
http://www.codenotes.com/do/downloads/downloadsNETbook
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Re: CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
I believe the Book Safari is changing. It is supposed
to be more flexible now.
http://www.oreilly.com/news/new_safari_0902.html
Jared
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Subject:CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up to remind me to check out
what new Oracle books have been released. I stumbled upon a new book
called CodeNotes for Oracle9i on Amazon.com, but the interesting part is
that it is available in eBook format. Here's the (probably broken)
link...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B6ISCN/qid=1034101493/sr=1-25/ref=sr_1_25/104-5919725-7522346?v=glance
The eBook version is $9.95 and the shipping is free (big grin), while the
paperback is $13.97 plus shipping. Are you comfortable reading an eBook?
You decide.
At any rate, I will probably break down and buy the eBook. Not so much
because the book is great (or not) but because I hope to send a message to
publishers to publish more books in the eBook format, which is also why I
posted this message.
I know that O'Reilly has the Safari Bookshelf website, but I found it to
be restrictive and pricey.
BTW, if for some reason you are or will be using .Net, the CodeNotes eBook
version is free...
http://www.codenotes.com/do/downloads/downloadsNETbook
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CodeNotes for Oracle9i...
So every few months my Lookout reminder pops up to remind me to check out what new Oracle books have been released. I stumbled upon a new book called CodeNotes for Oracle9i on Amazon.com, but the interesting part is that it is available in eBook format. Here's the (probably broken) link... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B6ISCN/qid=1034101493/sr=1-25/ref=sr_1_25/104-5919725-7522346?v=glance The eBook version is $9.95 and the shipping is free (big grin), while the paperback is $13.97 plus shipping. Are you comfortable reading an eBook? You decide. At any rate, I will probably break down and buy the eBook. Not so much because the book is great (or not) but because I hope to send a message to publishers to publish more books in the eBook format, which is also why I posted this message. I know that O'Reilly has the Safari Bookshelf website, but I found it to be restrictive and pricey. BTW, if for some reason you are or will be using .Net, the CodeNotes eBook version is free... http://www.codenotes.com/do/downloads/downloadsNETbook -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Grabowy, Chris INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
