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Face + Palm, Radium up the bum????
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There are worse things out there.
Eben Byers[^] for example.
The Wall Street Journal ran a headline reading "The Radium Water Worked Fine until His Jaw Came Off". I don't recommend an image search.
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Hi Jorgen,
You might want to post these freebie links on the "free tools" forum here ? [^]
In the past I posted a link to an excellent free (Russian, Bulgarian, English) book on C# by a Bulgarian user group [^] ... on Free Tools ... and some people questioned that, but the link is still there, and the post was up-voted eleven times 
cheers, Bill
«In art as in science there is no delight without the detail ... Let me repeat that unless these are thoroughly understood and remembered, all “general ideas” (so easily acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn passports allowing their bearers short cuts from one area of ignorance to another.» Vladimir Nabokov, commentary on translation of “Eugene Onegin.”
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If you like books and also like free, the Freebook Sifter[^] might be something for you.
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I see your Sifter and raise you Freebooksy[^]
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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This appears to be a site that is a "front" for re-direction to Barnes and Noble's, and other commercial sites offering "free" versions in their own formats. On Barnes and Noble, you will see a link to a "free" version for their Nook e-reader ... whether that version is unabridged, or viewable with whatever device, or PC software, is unknown to me. Of course, the links there to Project Gutenberg point to sources already in the public domain, and easily available on Gutenberg's web-site.
cheers, Bill
«In art as in science there is no delight without the detail ... Let me repeat that unless these are thoroughly understood and remembered, all “general ideas” (so easily acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn passports allowing their bearers short cuts from one area of ignorance to another.» Vladimir Nabokov, commentary on translation of “Eugene Onegin.”
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There is no such thing as a free lunch.
So Amazon and B&N gives away free books either to push an author they believe is on the rise, which will generate sales on the following books, or they do it to get people to buy the Kindle/Nook.
Yes, the PC version is for free AFAIK, but I wouldn't read a whole book on a monitor.
Sifter simply crawls it all and makes a list out of it, and survives on ads.
Then you have the other way that got pointed out by 90835442433867445#26365, Freebooksy, they do the same thing, but cutting out Amazon/B&N as a middle hand.
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I enjoy reading. Price is not a specific concern; it neither increases nor decreases my enjoyment.
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... Neko Case[^] has a voice that could make a dog cry (according to the Napster reviewer). I think it's meant to be a compliment. Not sure it succeeds in so being!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I've been told that as well!
Me and Neko Case have something in common, who'da thunk.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Napster, it rings a bell. A bell from a different millenia.
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Millennium! And it's still very much with us. It was a streaming service before anybody knew what a streaming service was and it's the one that Taylor Swift didn't fall out with! I've been using it since the day it went legit and I've not seen anything in Spotify or any of the other Johnny-come-lately outfits to warrant changing. Fiver a month for unlimited streaming, no ads, and a back catalogue stretching back to the 50s. Not to be sneezed at!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I'm going to check it out then.
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9082365 wrote: it's the one that Taylor Swift didn't fall out with!
The Napsters gonna Nap, Nap, Nap, Nap, Nap... 
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That's a very weak voice.
«In art as in science there is no delight without the detail ... Let me repeat that unless these are thoroughly understood and remembered, all “general ideas” (so easily acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn passports allowing their bearers short cuts from one area of ignorance to another.» Vladimir Nabokov, commentary on translation of “Eugene Onegin.”
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... it's World Nutella Day. I assume this news comes to you as much of a surprise as it is to me? 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Well I for one will sleep butter tonight.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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Every day is Nutella day.
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..works great on a banana that has just been microwaved a bit..
Not as great as having bacon, but still
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Bacon and banana? You're disgusting :p
You always obtain more by being rather polite and armed than polite only.
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Did Nutella this to everyone on Facebook as well?
Jeremy Falcon
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