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Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 2:03 pm
by Té Rowan
The front page of the M-16 booklet has Eisner's name on it, while the other two do not have an artist's name anywhere that I can see. Aside: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly magazine was also done in a comic book format. Someone scanned to PDF the entire set of that magazine.

See here: http://psmag.radionerds.com/index.php/Main_Page

The August 1993 issue has this infamous quip: "A slipping sear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit."

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62846 — "Take a Can of Salmon"
This book is chock full of salmon recipes.

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 11:26 am
by Té Rowan
Project Gutenberg has received a bunch of Farmers' Bulletins recently.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62608 — FB 1638: Rat Proofing Buildings and Premises (1930)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62848 — FB 2263: Beef Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the Farm (1977)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62838 — FB 2264: Lamb Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the Farm (1977)
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62859 — FB 2265: Pork Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the Farm (1981)

They are, I think, available in HTML, ePub and Kindle formats.

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 5:18 pm
by Té Rowan
https://ban.ai/multics/doc/multicians.org/multicians.org/thvv/mulvaney.pdf — "Mulvaney on Bomb Disposal"
A collection of cartoons related to bomb disposal.

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:14 pm
by Té Rowan
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62895 — "Cartoons by McCutcheon", 5.ed, (John T. McCutcheon) pub. 1904.
Maybe some of these cartoons could be used instead of "This Page Intentionally Left Blank".

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:25 pm
by Té Rowan

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:18 am
by Té Rowan
https://archive.org/details/StereoF.m.RadioHandbook — A UK book about the US FM stereo system.
Aside: I have been wondering if using only the subcarrier's lower sideband will improve the signal-to-noise ratio to a usable degree.

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:45 pm
by Té Rowan
https://archive.org/details/getthatpicturest00ezicrich — "Get That Picture!" by A. J. Ezickson (pub. 1938)
Subtitle: "The Story of the News Cameraman"

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 9:54 am
by Té Rowan
https://archive.org/details/vitalstatisticsi00geor — "Vital Statistics: An Introduction to the Science of Demography" by George Chandler Whipple (pub. 1923)
If nothing else, you'll know where Vitalstatistix's name comes from.

https://archive.org/details/LieSpottingProvenTechniquesToDetectLiars — "Liespotting: Proven Techniques To Detect Deception" by Pamela Meyer (© 2010)
Ways to tell if someone isn't giving you the pukka gen.

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 11:28 am
by Spica75
"Liespotting: Proven Techniques To Detect Deception" by Pamela Meyer (© 2010)
Ways to tell if someone isn't giving you the pukka gen.


With the usual problem with stuff like that, individuality still rules, which means there are no actual "hard rules" or tells, just some that are more common than others.

The very first example used is absolutely terrible, a guy figured out that someone was an actor because she didn't fit HIS ASSUMPTION of what someone in a place like that should look like and because of that asked a question that got an evasive answer(which almost anyone could tell him, he SHOULD get just about anywhere because most employees know damn well not to slip potential company secrets to people from the outside)...

Meaning, that he accidentally ended up being correct about being suspicious. While he miserably failed to become suspicious based on the information that SHOULD have caused it because he LET himself get baffled by the bullshit and the show.

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:54 pm
by Té Rowan
https://archive.org/details/gobbledygookhasg3836ohay — "Gobbledygook has gotta go" by John O'Hayre, Bureau of Land Management.
Oh, yes, even The Man gets fed up with Officialese.

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:25 pm
by Ellen Kuhfeld
I looked at the gobbledegook. But it was hard, even as large as I could get it, because it was small print. Curses!

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 6:14 am
by Té Rowan
Yes, it's best to read this text on a large screen.

Anyway, a compilation of loony-tunes stuff:

https://archive.org/details/williampowelltheanarchistcookbook — "The Anarchist Cookbook" by William Powell (pub. 1971)

It has a few interesting ways to nominate oneself to a Darwin Award.

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 10:17 am
by Ellen Kuhfeld
I'm as glad it can't be easily downloaded. We have a few too many enthusiastic anarchists running around today.

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:41 pm
by Té Rowan
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63952 — "The Pneumatic Despatch Tube System of the Batcheller Pneumatic" by B. C. Batcheller. Pub. 1897.
Remember reading about someone tossing a typed message into a capsule, and the capsule into a tube? This book is about such a blown messaging system. Has a bit of history, too.

Re: E-books that might be of interest to others

PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:54 am
by Té Rowan
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64046 — "Home-made Toy Motors" by A. P. Morgan. Published 1919.
It's about building simple electric motors.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16732 — "Familiar Quotations", ed. John Bartlett.
Looks like this is the first edition of this work, since there is no versioning info shown.