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eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Posted by Eric on 17 February 2001, 21:47 GMT

Okay, we've been putting this off for an exorbitantly long time, so finally I went ahead and created some much-needed eBook directories for the TI-89 and TI-92+. Now you can enjoy those eBooks in all their splendor...in their own directory! Ummm...yeah. Anyway, moving all those files over (141 to be exact) took quite a bit of time, so it's possible that I might have missed a couple. If so, let me know, thanks :).

While we're at it, this also needs to be mentioned: if you're planning to submit new eBooks to our archives, please be sure that the material you're submitting isn't copyrighted by others. For example, we cannot accept such things as movie scripts to recent movies, recent novels, etc. Anything over 70 years old is fine, since the copyright has ended on them. If you're still unsure, Project Gutenberg is an excellent resource.

 


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Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
michael billiards

sweeeeet!

     17 February 2001, 22:17 GMT

tinews.net
Ryan Castellucci  Account Info

On an unrelated note tinews.net has been down for 5 days now.

     17 February 2001, 23:39 GMT


Re: tinews.net
Daniel Bishop  Account Info
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tinews.net sure has an interesting poll today. Now, which option should I choose?

* Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111) in modules/mysql.sp0rk on line 20

* Warning: MySQL: A link to the server could not be established in modules/mysql.sp0rk on line 20

or

* Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in modules/mysql.sp0rk on line 28

?

     18 February 2001, 00:47 GMT

Re: Re: tinews.net
compman32386  Account Info
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heh, thats why i dont use MySQL or any other SQL database. I use my own file parser.

     18 February 2001, 07:03 GMT

Re: Re: tinews.net
akadajet  Account Info
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As a staff member of tinews.net, I can confirm that I have no idea whats up with it. I havnt seen Tim (the site owner) on in awhile.

     18 February 2001, 19:08 GMT


Re: Re: Re: tinews.net
compman32386  Account Info
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i'm a member of tinews.net too and don't know that much about the problem either. all i know is that the MySQL database crashed so nothing works because tinews.net basically relies on MySQL databases.

     19 February 2001, 01:29 GMT


Re: Re: tinews.net
David Phillips  Account Info
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Gee, like it's really so hard to write a wrapper for queries in PHP so that it has error checking and aborts the page if there's a problem connecting to the database...

     19 February 2001, 08:22 GMT


Re: Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Daniel Bishop  Account Info
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dude!

     18 February 2001, 00:44 GMT

Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
onefastfiveoh

great, maybe i'll try to venture into the misc programs folder now. before i would get lost, now maybe i might be able to find what i'm looking for. thanks ticalc

     17 February 2001, 22:29 GMT

Missed 2
J22 Account Info
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You missed 3 ebooks in the TI-89 misc. directory: jourerth.zip, "Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth"; timemach.zip, "Time Machine", and gtravels.zip, "Jonathon Swift's Gulliver's Travels." This new ebooks directory is great, it reduces clutter.

     17 February 2001, 23:31 GMT


Re: Missed 2
Eric Sun  Account Info
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Fixed, thanks.

     17 February 2001, 23:48 GMT

Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Thomas Nussbaumer  Account Info
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Thanx, Eric! I think this is very useful.

     18 February 2001, 02:03 GMT

Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Thomas Nussbaumer  Account Info
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OFFTOPIC: BTW, if someone wonders what the new TI-Chess v3.20 brings: It features now the "perfect" grays for HW2 (some method as used in UniversalOS,- as promised)

     18 February 2001, 02:08 GMT

Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Scott Noveck  Account Info
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No, anything over 70 years old is NOT necessarily fine. The Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act set the copyright for the work of an identifiable author to expire 70 years after said author's death.

So for works where the author died more than 70 years ago -- say, Shakespeare -- 70 years is fine. But for works published 70 years ago where the author lived a few years longer, the copyright has yet to expire.

FYI, the real reason for this is Disney. The copyright on Mickey Mouse and friends was expiring once again, so Disney lobbied Congress to extend the expiration deadline again. The most recent challenge to that extension was just shot down in court on Friday.

Not that copyright is gonna stop anybody -- I ebook'ed the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy to read in school (and no, I don't own it). A good book, although somehow it seemed to lack resolution at the end. I should probably read the rest of the series.

     18 February 2001, 02:52 GMT


Re: Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
David Phillips  Account Info
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I have had the entire series on my Visor for a while. Since they are on TUCOWS, I figured they were in the public domain, but the homepage it lists seems to indicate otherwise. I don't know anything about this eBooks thing (my Visor is much smaller than my 89), but the ascii is there so you could run it through the converter. Speaking of converters, has anyone thought of writing a converter to/from Palm Pilot format?

http://chroot.ath.cx/fade/ projects/palm/palmtext.html

(Scott: all five books are good, and won't make sense until you've read through at least the third one)

     19 February 2001, 08:44 GMT


Re: Re: Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Samir Ribic  Account Info
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The third one ("Life, universe and everything") is a bit boring. All other parts are great. I can for a full hour quote citates from the book that I remember.

     19 February 2001, 09:05 GMT

Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Noll  Account Info

Does anyone know where to get copyrighted recent eBooks for the TIs? I found a site a while ago but lost it. Thanks.

     18 February 2001, 04:31 GMT


Re: Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Paulo Marques  Account Info
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cof, i don't cof know, but try cof clicking the link above cof
and remember only if you own the books...
who the HELL cares anyway? will someone arrest me if i don't? yes, it's wrong, but i think drug dealers are a bit more important than ebooks, after all, it's culture...
and imagine if i lived in the US :)

---
Paulo Marques
(don't feed my ramblings, i know i was a bad boy...)

     18 February 2001, 05:41 GMT

Re: Re: Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Jon m  Account Info
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thanx for the plug, Paulo.

Jon
http://members.nbci.com/Mose250
Currently hosting 98 eBooks, many of which aren't available on ticalc.org (for obvious reasons)

     18 February 2001, 19:36 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
MathJMendl  Account Info
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Hey! It's Jon M. I'm Jon M. too!

     18 February 2001, 23:33 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Jon m  Account Info

odd, isn't it :)

     20 February 2001, 03:40 GMT


Re: Re: Re: eBook Directories Created for TI-89 and TI-92+
Noll  Account Info

Thanx

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Noll

     18 February 2001, 20:24 GMT

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