So, based on our conversation of maps between computing and philosophy, I stumbled upon this book, which looks fun:
The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English Steven Schwartzman http://www.amazon.com/The-Words-Mathematics-Etymological-Mathematical/dp/0883855119 The same google search that turned that up, also turned up several sites for bootleg PDFs of the book. Now, I really try to "do the right thing". I buy all my music. Even in cases where there's a dispute between the artist and the label, making it impossible to buy an album, I manage to find a way to send the artist some cash. (No, I don't think much about the label.) I _try_ to buy all my books. When I can't, I check them out and only xerox what I need. Also, I use bittorrent for things like debian packages or android ROM downloads. So, I'm aware of all the bootleg stuff that lies at my fingertips, there. But some switch flipped this time. When I saw those bootleg copies of what is otherwise a ~$100 book just sitting there, waiting to be downloaded, I _almost_ did it. I even thought about turning on my Tor proxy first. But, then I thought, hell, that book's at the Reed and Portland State libraries just down the street. Why in hell am I considering stealing it now? What's different? My only conclusion is that, somehow, the search engine has wormed it's way into my psyche. The fact that the bootlegs are so high up in google's page rank somehow almost put me over some threshold. -- =><= glen e. p. ropella 10001110101 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
