Hi Paul, I don't know if it is of interest, but, if she is happy with the online version, I see that the student price is only $150 (only!!) and there is a 5 day free trial:
<http://www.bcaillustrated.com.au/> > BCA Illustrated is an online version of the Building Code of Australia (BCA), > with over 3000 illustrations and 15,000 knowledgebase links, developed by the > Hendry Group under license by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB). BCA > Illustrated contains both Volumes 1 and 2, and is updated frequently including > the most current Building Code of Australia data from the ABCB (May of each > year). > > In addition to the content provided by the Building Code of Australia, BCA > Illustrated provides numerous additional features and benefits designed to > help you utilise, interpret and understand the BCA. > > BCA Illustrated has been specifically designed to help the user to understand > the Australian Building Code and it's various interpretations by bundling > additional content exclusive to BCA Illustrated, with Volumes 1 & 2 of the > BCA. Of course, if you pay the extra for the hard copy you get to keep it as it gradually gets more obsolete - whereas with a subscription it is guaranteed to be up to date - but you lose access when the subscription lapses! It does seem like they could be more generous with their student discounts! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 29/1/10 12:02 PM, Paul Weaver at pwea...@westnet.com.au wrote: > > I remember from the olden days last century that Martin seemed always the > leader of the WAMUG pack when it came to new technology. I can see him in my > mind's eye now demonstrating System 7. Wow! I was pretty impressed. > > I agree with him about book publishers needing to change their marketing > methods. For example I have a daughter about to start a TAFE drafting course. > She needs a copy of The Building Code of Australia, any edition back to 2006. > The current student 'discount price' for the latest 2009 edition Vols 1 & 2 is > $238. Choke! > > Cheers, Paul. > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Hill" <marth...@iinet.net.au> > To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Sent: Friday, 29 January, 2010 10:48:41 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / > Hong Kong / Urumqi > Subject: Re: iPad > > > I don't think most people are talking about the iPad replacing > receipts, financial records and all of that sort of paper in an office > (although with credit card readers on iPhones and iPod touches now > available and the low price and ease of use of the iPod touch and iPad > and the growing use of electronic and online transactions perhaps we > will finally see the dawn of the true paperless office in many > businesses). > > However, it is newspapers, magazines, text books and other books etc > that I think are most threatened. > > You only need to look at how rapidly MP3s have been killing CDs and > how the iTunes Store (and p2p) has killed traditional music shops to > see that there are actually plenty of examples where new tech has > indeed caused a very rapid decline of the old. > > The print and publishing industries are already starting to bear the > label of "beleaguered" as one newspaper after another closes up shop > or sacks all their creative talent due to their massive losses of > subscriptions and sales. Online ad-supported web versions have not > been able to pick up the slack and web users have been very resistant > to paying for such content when so much else is free. > > The phenomenal successes of the iTunes Music store and the App Store > have given publishers a new hope that they will be able to monetise > their content either thru dedicated iPhone/iPad apps or thru the new > iBook store. > > Sure there will be many users who cling to dead trees as change can be > an effort, but the writing is on the wall (uh,,,tablet). > > I still remember people shaking their heads at me carrying my laptop > around to play mp3 files way before the iPod came on the scene and > made it cool and easy for joe public to recognise the advantages of > having their whole music library in their pocket. > > Well, I have a great sense of déjå vu now having been reading > magazines, ebooks, newspapers and myriad other websites on laptops, > PDAs, older smartphones and now the iPhone for so many years. Finally > the iPod of eBook readers has arrived and may indeed just herald an > iPod-like explosion in eBook use by the average consumer. > > Oh and Avatar? Well for the true 3D experience we'll just have to > wait for our 50" 3D-enabled "Minority Report" iPads to be installed > on the walls of our living rooms won't we? ;-) > > -Mart > > ------------------------------------ > Martin Hill > mailto:mart_h...@mac.com > homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill > Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 > > On 29/01/2010, at 8:36 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > >> >> >> On 28/01/2010, at 12:55 PM, Mark Secker wrote: >> >>> I can people using products such as these to replace magazines, >>> periodicals and factual repository books (dictionaries/ >>> encyclopedias etc)... Our ³normal computers, both desktop and >>> laptop have already been doing this over the last 15 years... >>> Project Gutenberg and Google books along with ewer devices like >>> the iPhone & touch and Kindle and now the iPad will accelerate >>> this... >>> >>> But... Don¹t look at books dying not in our lifetime, probably not >>> even in the long term future.... >>> There is a very visceral connection with books that no hand held >>> device will emulate. >> >> I have to agree with your sentiments. Ever since I touched my first >> Apple IIe in 1983, people have been predicting a "paperless" >> society. Here we are nearly thirty years later and it's not close to >> happening. Further back than that, the advent of television was >> predicting the death of the movie industry. That hasn't happened >> either. Was has happened is that the print industry and the movie >> industry have had to change the nature of their products to keep >> them relevant. Yes, many of the smaller players will be consumed by >> the juggernaut of changing technology, but it's going to be long, >> long time before we see the ultimate demise of either of these >> industries; and these are only two examples out of many. >> >> Pretty much any activity which relies on having to deal with >> business clients or the public (which is pretty much any business) >> is going to need access to hardcopy records to back up financial >> records, warranty issues, ownership rights, etc, etc. The list is >> endless. It doesn't take to much thought to realise that as soon as >> the power to an electronic document storage system fails, the >> documents cease to exist in any physical sense. We are going to need >> paper for the foreseeable future. >> >> I could go on, but I won't, except to say that I had the delight of >> watching Avatar in 3D at the Gold Class cinema at Innaloo on the >> weekend. In my wildest imagination, I can't see how any handheld >> video device could match that experience. >> >> >> -- >> >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >> Perth, Western Australia >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
