[bksvol-discuss] Re: Nickel and Dimed
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:20:17 -0800 (PST)
Dear Lissi,
Either others misunderstood you or I did. Now I'm
confused. I thought that you were going to download
Nickled and Dimed from the colleciton to see if it was
really Excellent (which according to Pratik, we now
know it is) and tried downloading the other copy from
the page one download list to see if it was better
than the one in the collection--which we now know it
isn't, or it's messed up shape when you got it is
because it's wyn and you don't have the ability to
open that properly. In any case, it's a duplicate of
one already in the collection--presumably, unless
something went wrong, an excellent one--and so shold
be deleted.
Have I misunderstood?
Cindy
--- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Pradik, and Everyone,
>
> Please pardon me, pradik for misinterpreting your
> scan of Nickeled and
> Dimed. I give my computer dizzy spells telling it to
> do things the wrong
> way.
>
> Despite my love of Bookshare and Willingness to
> contribute, when it comes to
> the alphabet of computer knowledge, I know I haven't
> gotten beyond the
> letter D. If a document can be garbled, I'm afraid I
> can be counted on to
> reek havoc with it.
>
> please, everyone, when I forget myself and gabble
> about downloads, etc.
> delete, delete, delete! - sheepish grin.
>
> I'm as happy to be on this list as ever, and won't
> give up learning, but, I
> want to admit with good grace that it's not safe for
> anyone to follow me
> down any computer paths, yet.
>
> Leave it to me to transform an excellent scan to a
> foreign language.
>
> All isn't lost. I may have found my calling as a top
> flight computer
> saboteur! hahahaha
>
> Meanwhile, I'll be paying attention, enjoying the
> list and doggedly plodding
> toward the letter E in my computer A BE seez.
>
> Always 'With Love,
>
> Lissi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:00 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Nickel and Dimed
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I was the original submitter of Nickeled and
> Dimed. I read the book
> > through
> > completely and it was a perfect--allright almost
> perfect selection. I'm
> > not sure what happened to it after that. As I
> recall, the K1K rating on
> > the
> > book was 99.9. someone else might have replaced
> it. I'm not certain
> > whether I still have a copy. I'll check.
> >
> > Pratik
> >
> >
> > Pratik Patel
> > Director, CUNY Assistive Technology Services
> (CATS)
> > The City University of New York
> > pratik.patel@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Estelnalissi
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:41 PM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Nickel and Dimed
> >
> > Dear Gerald Jake and everyone,
> >
> > Jake and Gerald, I understand and appreciate your
> answers.
> >
> > I couldn't resist downloading the wyn copy of
> Nickel and Dimed from the
> > download page.My curiosity made me do it. Read on
> only if you are curious,
> > too
> >
> > When the file arrived in my validation folder, it
> was dot zip, as always,
> > which I still don't understand, but, when I
> unzipped it, it said
> > f1.txt -
> >
> > notepad
> >
> > The text is really mixed up, now with text
> omitting chunks of every
> > sentence
> >
> > and resuming who knows where.
> >
> > I'm not asking for help, this time, just reporting
> in case inquiring minds
> > wanted to know.
> >
> > It's a shame, though, because I read many good
> reviews of this book which
> > was a best seller as is the author's second book,
> both for months. The
> > first is about the virtual impossibility of living
> at the poverty level
> > while working for minimum wage, while the second
> is about the frightening
> > disappearance of secure jobs for college grads and
> unemployed, qualified,
> > experienced workers.
> >
> > I hope a scan for this book that one of us can
> validate turns up in the
> > future.
> >
> > Always With Love,
> >
> > Lissi
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:07 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Nickel and Dimed
> >
> >
> >> Jake,
> >>
> >> Thanks. I know it's special software for
> scanning books, but I couldn't
> >> remember who made it. I did notice that Lissi
> said she'd downloaded the
> >> DAISY version, but she indicated that she was
> going to download the WYN
> >> book
> >> next to see if she could read it, and my point
> was to not bother since if
> >> she doesn't know what it is, then she can't
> access the book.
> >>
> >> Thanks again.
> >>
> >> Gerald
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Jake Brownell
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:56 PM
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Nickel and Dimed
> >>
> >>
> >> Hey Gerald,
> >> I believe Lissi said she downloaded the DAISY
> version already in the
> >> collection.
> >> WYN is a program developed by the LSG group of
> Freedom Scientific. I
> >> believe
> >> its similar to the Kurzweil 3000, but I'm not
> sure.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> Jake
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:36 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Nickel and Dimed
> >>
> >>
> >>> Lissi,
> >>>
> >>> Don't download the Wyn book. It's a special
> format like Kes or Ark, and
> >>> if
> >>> you don't know what it is, then you don't have
> the software to open it.
> >>> I
> >>> tried looking up what it is and couldn't find
> it. The validation
> >>> instructions do say that you shouldn't download
> it unless you have the
> >>> software to open it.
> >>>
> >>> HTH
> >>>
> >>> Gerald
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Estelnalissi
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:29 PM
> >>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Nickel and Dimed
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> More on Nickel and Dimed,
> >>>
> >>> I just downloaded and sampled the daisy/hotmail
> version of Nickel and
> >>> Dimed
> >>> already in the collection listed as excellent.
> The busy Bookshare
> >>> programs
> >>> probably missed a few things. If I were
> processing hundreds of books,
> >>> I'm
> >>> sure I'd miss even more details.
> >>>
> >>> The text is very strange. Throughout the book
> are numerous sets of two
> >>> words
> >>> stuck together without spaces between. Also the
> text alternates random
> >>> length sections of short, double spaced lines
> with sections of long
> >>> single
> >>> spaced lines with no indication I can find of
> paragraphs.. A rescan of
> >>> this
> >>> book really is an excellent idea, but I still
> don't know if I can work
> >>> with
> >>> that wyn extension. Going to experiment but
> would gladly hear from
> >>> anyone
> >>> who already understands extensions.
> >>>
> >>> Always With Love,
> >>>
> >>> Lissi
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 5:09 PM
> >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Nickel and Dimed
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Dear Everyone,
> >>>>
> >>>> While waiting to hear from someone about my wyn
> question, I searched
> >>>> Nickel and Dimed and found it in the collection
> with an excellent
> >>>> rating.
> >>>> I guess my next step is to download it and see
> if it's really
> >>>> excellent,
> >>>> because on the step one page it's listed as
> good, some errors.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any explanations for this situation or
> suggestions would be
> >>>> appreciated.
> >>>>
> >>>> Always With Love,
> >>>>
> >>>> Lissi
> >>>>
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