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Can somebody tell me which classical composition is in this video to listen? I have not a big musical knowledgment. Thanks. Leonprimer ( talk) 00:40, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Does anyone know where I can find a PDF file (hopefully, free) for this book: The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics by W. John Campbell? I have been searching online for hours ... and I can only find web-sites that seem sketchy (for example, they say that they are free, but they require registration and personal email info, etc.). Thanks. 32.209.55.38 ( talk) 02:08, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Who said you can buy a ebook for $1.61? That's a I assume used, hard copy. According the the post an ebook is $9.99 which sounds more realistic.
Also citation needed for the claim of federal prison. I assume you're referring to the US, I've never heard of anyone going to federal prison for simple personal copyright infringement. That sounds like some nonsense from the RIAA or MPAA or BSA or some thing like that. For commercial or other widespread copyright infringement i.e. where you are actually involved in distribution in a significant way rather than simply downloading an ebook for personal use, sure. But no one ever suggested that was implied here.
These "sketchy" websites you are referring to are undoubtedly committed copyright infringement if they really have the ebook. (Many won't but I suspect some might.) So I think editors can be forgiven for thinking that what you were trying to do when you told us you were trying to do it.
In any case, even if you weren't going to do it despite trying to do it, probably millions of people in the US do it every day no matter the very minor risk of federal action or the slightly more likely risk of civil action. Probably several thousand or more likely tens of thousands people in the US post about it on the internet every day. And quite a few of these in places where linking their real life identity is much easier e.g. Facebook. So your suggestion is just silly.
Anyway, a PDF is definitely an ebook. Also for something like this it's quite likely most copies you buy outside Amazon and maybe Apple will be available in PDF format. Nearly all distributors (e.g. Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Google, Apple even I think Microsoft now as well as books directly from publishers) except for Amazon use ePub for reflowable books but for fixed width they often use PDF since fixed with was only introduced in ePub 3 and support can be spotty compared to PDF. So even if they have an ePub 3 version, they make PDFs available for older devices. This is especially the case for text book like books. I have no idea what Amazon uses for fixed width books, but possibly their own proprietary format like they do for reflowable eBooks. Apple may be more likely to only make books available in ePub given they tend to operate under a Apple only walled garden model and the iPad was one of the catalysts for ePub 3.
As Blueboar pointed out frankly the format isn't particularly important. It's trivial to convert even Amazon stuff to PDF nowadays. The issue is that nearly everything will be encrypted since most publishers demand it. Even if you have a PDF, it's only going to work in readers which support the encryption, probably Adobe Adept DRM. While there are ways to remove this, providing support for this on the RD is questionable since it potentially violates the DMCA even if you bought the book. Even if you don't live in the US, the WMF is based there.
If you actually bought the book and are having problems because of DRM, you could try asking an Apprentice I guess. I've heard one's called Alf are often a big help.
The internet says it takes about 10-15 minutes for a submarine-based nuclear missile to reach Russia (and vice versa). Apparently, this depends on submarine's location and its distance to target's coast (be it Russia or the US). Assuming the submarine takes some position in international waters closest to country's territorial waters (for fastest delivery time), would the travel time be shorter than that? 212.180.235.46 ( talk) 11:16, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
While I know the reason behind Lenin given name, Lenin (disambiguation) also mentions at least three people with that surname ( B. Lenin, Cherukuri Lenin and Lalitha Lenin). How was that possible to get the Lenin surname (last name)? Also, was Lalitha Lenin named after Lolita? 212.180.235.46 ( talk) 19:43, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Just a hypothesis, but maybe a few Indians took on the Lenin surname in honor of Vladimir Lenin, especially if they were Communists and/or some other kinds of leftists? Futurist110 ( talk) 22:36, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Other than George Shultz, did any other members of the United States Cabinet ever actually live to become centenarians? Also, were there any near-misses in regards to this? Futurist110 ( talk) 22:26, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
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Can somebody tell me which classical composition is in this video to listen? I have not a big musical knowledgment. Thanks. Leonprimer ( talk) 00:40, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Does anyone know where I can find a PDF file (hopefully, free) for this book: The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics by W. John Campbell? I have been searching online for hours ... and I can only find web-sites that seem sketchy (for example, they say that they are free, but they require registration and personal email info, etc.). Thanks. 32.209.55.38 ( talk) 02:08, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Who said you can buy a ebook for $1.61? That's a I assume used, hard copy. According the the post an ebook is $9.99 which sounds more realistic.
Also citation needed for the claim of federal prison. I assume you're referring to the US, I've never heard of anyone going to federal prison for simple personal copyright infringement. That sounds like some nonsense from the RIAA or MPAA or BSA or some thing like that. For commercial or other widespread copyright infringement i.e. where you are actually involved in distribution in a significant way rather than simply downloading an ebook for personal use, sure. But no one ever suggested that was implied here.
These "sketchy" websites you are referring to are undoubtedly committed copyright infringement if they really have the ebook. (Many won't but I suspect some might.) So I think editors can be forgiven for thinking that what you were trying to do when you told us you were trying to do it.
In any case, even if you weren't going to do it despite trying to do it, probably millions of people in the US do it every day no matter the very minor risk of federal action or the slightly more likely risk of civil action. Probably several thousand or more likely tens of thousands people in the US post about it on the internet every day. And quite a few of these in places where linking their real life identity is much easier e.g. Facebook. So your suggestion is just silly.
Anyway, a PDF is definitely an ebook. Also for something like this it's quite likely most copies you buy outside Amazon and maybe Apple will be available in PDF format. Nearly all distributors (e.g. Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Google, Apple even I think Microsoft now as well as books directly from publishers) except for Amazon use ePub for reflowable books but for fixed width they often use PDF since fixed with was only introduced in ePub 3 and support can be spotty compared to PDF. So even if they have an ePub 3 version, they make PDFs available for older devices. This is especially the case for text book like books. I have no idea what Amazon uses for fixed width books, but possibly their own proprietary format like they do for reflowable eBooks. Apple may be more likely to only make books available in ePub given they tend to operate under a Apple only walled garden model and the iPad was one of the catalysts for ePub 3.
As Blueboar pointed out frankly the format isn't particularly important. It's trivial to convert even Amazon stuff to PDF nowadays. The issue is that nearly everything will be encrypted since most publishers demand it. Even if you have a PDF, it's only going to work in readers which support the encryption, probably Adobe Adept DRM. While there are ways to remove this, providing support for this on the RD is questionable since it potentially violates the DMCA even if you bought the book. Even if you don't live in the US, the WMF is based there.
If you actually bought the book and are having problems because of DRM, you could try asking an Apprentice I guess. I've heard one's called Alf are often a big help.
The internet says it takes about 10-15 minutes for a submarine-based nuclear missile to reach Russia (and vice versa). Apparently, this depends on submarine's location and its distance to target's coast (be it Russia or the US). Assuming the submarine takes some position in international waters closest to country's territorial waters (for fastest delivery time), would the travel time be shorter than that? 212.180.235.46 ( talk) 11:16, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
While I know the reason behind Lenin given name, Lenin (disambiguation) also mentions at least three people with that surname ( B. Lenin, Cherukuri Lenin and Lalitha Lenin). How was that possible to get the Lenin surname (last name)? Also, was Lalitha Lenin named after Lolita? 212.180.235.46 ( talk) 19:43, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Just a hypothesis, but maybe a few Indians took on the Lenin surname in honor of Vladimir Lenin, especially if they were Communists and/or some other kinds of leftists? Futurist110 ( talk) 22:36, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
Other than George Shultz, did any other members of the United States Cabinet ever actually live to become centenarians? Also, were there any near-misses in regards to this? Futurist110 ( talk) 22:26, 7 February 2021 (UTC)