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Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
Don't people read the back cover of a book before buying?
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Originally posted by Ko Ko Naing:
let the sales open the package(if it's possible for them)
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Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
What package?
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SCJP1.2, CCNA, SCWCD1.4, SCBCD1.3, SCMAD1.0, SCJA1.0, SCJP6.0
Originally posted by Ko Ko Naing:
The plastic that packs the book to prevent from dust or to prevent from being old on the shelf...![]()
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Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
Oh. We don't have that kind of plastic wrapper in local bookstores.
Co-author of SCMAD Exam Guide, Author of JMADPlus
SCJP1.2, CCNA, SCWCD1.4, SCBCD1.3, SCMAD1.0, SCJA1.0, SCJP6.0
Originally posted by Ko Ko Naing:
Oh! Really? Then you can skim through the topics inside the books as much as you can...
The bookstores in Thailand wraps the book with such plastic... If I want to have a look, I do need to inform the salesperson to open it up... Even worse, some bookstores don't let us open it... In that case, I have to read the reviews online and see the front and back cover to make sure that the contents in the book will satisfy my need...![]()
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"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
Hmm. I wonder why is thatOriginally posted by Axel Janssen:
The air is quite dry, though, and I've allways get tired after half an hour.
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Originally posted by Axel Janssen:
In my city one bookstore has comfortable sofas for test reading.
The air is quite dry, though, and I've allways get tired after half an hour.
[ August 25, 2004: Message edited by: Axel Janssen ]
Originally posted by Dirk Schreckmann:
My local Barnes and Noble bookstore has a Starbucks Coffee shop inside, with tables, at which folks sit with (unpurchased) books from the bookshelves and "preview" them at leisure (sometimes for many hours).
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SCJP1.2, CCNA, SCWCD1.4, SCBCD1.3, SCMAD1.0, SCJA1.0, SCJP6.0
Le Cafe Mouse - Helen's musings on the web - Java Skills and Thrills
"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
Originally posted by Ko Ko Naing:
As for local bookstores here in Thailand, don't even talk about sofas or Starbucks Coffee, they don't even provide a normal chair... Moreover most books are wrapped by plastic as I mentioned before to Lasse...![]()
If we let them open the plastic wrappers, it is most likely that we have to buy that book, except the case that the book got physical damage in some pages...
Too bad...![]()
Originally posted by Mark Spritzler:
OK, don't you think we are hijacking this thread a bit too far now?
This thread is about an amazing book that everyone should read.![]()
Mark
Originally posted by Valentin Crettaz:
Well, not a comment for an author, but open source stuff is free, why should management be upset about using something free
Because when something is free it usually means there is no "official" support in which you can spend an insane amount of money in consulting services. Exception: JBoss Inc.
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