I highgraded the library for things like the full hardbound MIT Rad Lab Series and maybe 10 other cartons of technical books on physics, chemistry, and electronics.
Then I sold off some of the remaining monographs to a local used book dealer (a local guy who appraises rare books on the Antiques Roadshow). I don't know about the journals and unwanted books, but I assume they went into the dumpster or maybe a paper recycler. Nobody wanted the stuff, although somebody did buy the bookshelves which were sold separately. I only bought the books, not the shelves. Sometimes, you are lucky to get rid of stuff w/o having to pay disposal fees. Best, -John ================= > Then what happened ? > > --- On Tue, 6/5/12, J. Forster <j...@quikus.com> wrote: > > > From: J. Forster <j...@quikus.com> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Paywall rant > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <time-nuts@febo.com> > Date: Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 12:45 PM > > > Good luck. > > About 20 years ago, I bought out the entire library of a local R&D company > for $10, including well over 50' of 7' high shelves of professional > journals. > > (There were a number of books I wanted and I got more than my money's > worth on those.} > > Anyway, I tried to sell the journals without a single nibble. Nobody > wanted them. Luckily I bought the library on condition of not having to > take what I didn't want, so didn't have to dealo with several tons of > useless paper. > > There might be takers as a donation in India or something, IF you pay to > ship them there. That's not for me. > > FWIW, > > -John > > ==================== > > > > >> I may still have the option to get something like 600 to 800 lbs of >> IRE publications. >> I think in South Dakota. If anyone is game/interested I can check. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 6:15 AM, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Its actully pretty pervasive these days. I hate those sights so now >>> carefully see what googles pointing me to before jumping if possible. >>> So a quick question and not to take the thread. >>> Anyone know if the old IRE papers might exist someplace for free? >>> I ran across a few of the actual magazines and for me it was actually a >>> good read. >>> Regards >>> Paul. >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Peter Gottlieb <n...@verizon.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Â I dropped my membership a couple of years ago. Â Every single thing >>>> cost >>>> Â money; I couldn't even skim through papers to see if they were >>>> Â applicable without paying full price and it became increasingly >>>> Â difficult to justify membership PLUS paying for browsing privileges >>>> Â especially when there is actually very little of direct practical >>>> use. >>>> >>>> >>>> Â On 06/05/12, Attila Kinali<att...@kinali.ch> wrote: >>>> >>>> Â On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:26:56 -0700 >>>> Â Â Hal Murray <[1]hmur...@megapathdsl.net> wrote: >>>> Â > The IEEE is particularly behind the times. I assume it's left >>>> over >>>> Â from when >>>> Â > they could get away with it because they only had to jack up the >>>> Â price of >>>> Â > printed stuff by a small amount. Some of this may trace back to >>>> their >>>> Â > standards work where they could get away with high prices. >>>> Â Actually they are getting worse. IEEEs Computer Society started to >>>> send >>>> Â out yearly reminders that it's not ok to share documents you legaly >>>> Â acuired with your coworkers and friends. Telling them a few times >>>> that >>>> Â this is in contradiction to local law, which explicitly allows me >>>> to >>>> do >>>> Â that didn't change anything... That and also the wording that >>>> strongly >>>> Â suggests that anyone who is subscribed to the CDL is a thief >>>> Â ("illegaly" >>>> Â copying files and sharing them with the world) led me to the >>>> decision >>>> Â to cancel my subscription. >>>> Â Attila Kinali >>>> Â -- >>>> Â It is upon moral qualities that a society is ultimately founded. >>>> All >>>> Â the prosperity and technological sophistication in the world is of >>>> no >>>> Â use without that foundation. >>>> Â -- Miss Matheson, The Diamond Age, Neil Stephenson >>>> Â _______________________________________________ >>>> Â Â time-nuts mailing list -- [2]time-nuts@febo.com >>>> Â To unsubscribe, go to >>>> Â [3]https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> Â Â and follow the instructions there. >>>> >>>> References >>>> >>>> Â 1. mailto:hmur...@megapathdsl.net >>>> Â 2. mailto:time-nuts@febo.com >>>> Â 3. https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> and follow the instructions there. >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.