One More Visual Basic Book
Posted 04-28-2017 at 11:18 PM by des_a
I have one more Visual Basic Book to study for this pass of the books. I'm studying "Clearly Visual Basic". This one is already in Google Play Books available for my viewing "pleasure" (it is a pleasure).
I am studying this language which I studied and learned the basics of in a college course called, "Intro to Programming". This was the book we used in that class. I wanted to make sure I own most or all of my college books so that I can study them and read them again as needed. If they are not in that format already, they will eventually all be in the Google Play Books format, or some other format, such as Nook or PDF. This is my long term storage of books. My short term is my physical copies of the books. No book will be stored long term anymore, once I get the system in place. That is, except for special books, such as the Bible. I'll always want a physical copy of it laying around, as well as a digital copy - or two.
Short term, note it, may be years and years, but not any longer, once I get the initial conversion down, for more than one-two decades.
After Visual Basic, I believe comes Pascal. I'll need to actually know Pascal, for my compiler books to be very meaningful. At minimum, that's the point where I want to go with this.
I am studying this language which I studied and learned the basics of in a college course called, "Intro to Programming". This was the book we used in that class. I wanted to make sure I own most or all of my college books so that I can study them and read them again as needed. If they are not in that format already, they will eventually all be in the Google Play Books format, or some other format, such as Nook or PDF. This is my long term storage of books. My short term is my physical copies of the books. No book will be stored long term anymore, once I get the system in place. That is, except for special books, such as the Bible. I'll always want a physical copy of it laying around, as well as a digital copy - or two.
Short term, note it, may be years and years, but not any longer, once I get the initial conversion down, for more than one-two decades.
After Visual Basic, I believe comes Pascal. I'll need to actually know Pascal, for my compiler books to be very meaningful. At minimum, that's the point where I want to go with this.
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I agree about owning all your books - never, ever, ever, discard a book that you learned from!
I have the opposite view of print media, however. I always obtain the print version of any book that I consider to be of value. Electronic versions can be a convenience, but when I study I want tactile contact and the information indexing that my brain does when I turn pages... I just don't get a suitable substitute from electonic books.
And of course the biggest consideration - durability! Electronic information is very transient by its nature. First of all, subject to loss due to hardware failure, huge potential for loss due to DRM, unsupported storage formats, unavailable reader applications... on and on...
When our ancestors passed on, their descendants could explore their attics and basements and listen to their music, read their books, look at their paintings or photos or sketches, read their letters and inherit and absorb the richness of their lives...
When this generation passes, it will be mostly into oblivion... they cannot listen to our music if it is not accessible, same for photos, books, letters... to a terrifying degree, we are leaving very little in our wake that is non-electronic and guaranteed to be accessible by our grand-kids. Well, most of us... mine will have a lot of reading to do if they are interested...
And just for my own use... I am not an actual collector, but I have a love of books and have acquired a few treasures along my own path. You mentioned your Bible. I have in my hand right now a very limited Cambridge Geneva Bible, 1591, 426 years ago. Absolutely readable with hand written notations by the original owner... Will there be ANYTHING of similar value and usefulness left by us, still useful 426 years from now?
I will refrain from much philosophizing, but in my own well considered opinion we have already entered what will become an increasingly dark period for knowledge, intelligence, understanding... a true dark age. That is in very large part due to the prevelance of device dependent, restricted access electronic media, remote strorage and DRM... the next generation already faces a bleak future as a result... just my opinion...
On the cheerful note, I must sign off! Buy printed books, read them and store them with care, they are more valuable than all the gold of avarice in the long run, to ourselves and to those who follow!
RobertPosted 04-30-2017 at 11:02 PM by astrogeek 
