Stupid Library and Book Stores

Alex's Trip · 08.29.2006, 06:28 PM

Why don't they have any books on Johan Gutenberg!!!??? He invented the printing press! You'd think they'd have something.

I have a week to find a biography and write a 5-7 page essay and make a 15 minute oral presentation.

!@#$%! · 08.29.2006, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex's Trip

Why don't they have any books on Johan Gutenberg!!!??? He invented the printing press! You'd think they'd have something.

I have a week to find a biography and write a 5-7 page essay and make a 15 minute oral presentation.

maybe look up his archenemy fuchs-- the financer of gutemberg's experiments and the one who profited from them after he fucked gutemberg in the ass. and not in a sexy way.

Pookie · 08.29.2006, 06:30 PM

Can't you just use the internet? For the irony if nothing else.

!@#$%! · 08.29.2006, 06:31 PM

oh sorry. i checked the wikipedia and it's FUST.

well cocks, there is a blibliography @ the bottom of this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gutenberg

porkmarras · 08.29.2006, 06:32 PM

Practicality.

Alex's Trip · 08.29.2006, 06:32 PM

I can, but it is required that I have a biography too.

k-krack · 08.29.2006, 06:32 PM

that damn ingrate bastards.

!@#$%! · 08.29.2006, 06:33 PM

pest

the bio is listed

you could also use encyclopaedias no? ever heard of those? :P

!@#$%! · 08.29.2006, 06:35 PM

man im in a foul mood. i should follow gutemberg's example & spend all my money on alcohol.

Alex's Trip · 08.29.2006, 06:36 PM

They don't have anything that I can't find online, and I don't know if an encyclopedia counts. I just need a book dedicated to him because my teacher wants us to have one.

Alex's Trip · 08.29.2006, 06:37 PM

Gutemberg?

I already wrote about Fust...

acousticrock87 · 08.29.2006, 06:38 PM

Go to amazon.com, find one, get the information on it (publisher, author, etc.), and put it in your bibliography. Then make the reference up. Just use it for a general fact that you know the book will have. They won't call you on stuff like that. Not in high school, at least.

Pookie · 08.29.2006, 06:39 PM

Can't you order one from a library. You can do that in libraries in the UK. They'll get books from any library in the country for a very small fee.

Or order from a bookshop, there's loads available (over here at least).

!@#$%! · 08.29.2006, 06:39 PM

oh it's the M/N thing yes

i learned his name in spanish

hey pendex what language do you natively speak?

Alex's Trip · 08.29.2006, 06:40 PM

I would do that, but the teacher wants us to have the book and actually show it to him.

Lame, I know.

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Originally Posted by Pookie

Can't you order one from a library. You can do that in libraries in the UK. They'll get books from any library in the country for a very small fee.

Or order from a bookshop, there's loads available (over here at least).

I did, and still hasn't come.

acousticrock87 · 08.29.2006, 06:42 PM

Ah. That blows. You have no way of ordering it? Honestly, if you just tell him your problem, he should work something out for you. Especially if the topic was assigned to you. If not, think about changing it. You aren't doing anything wrong within your control so there's not much you can do about it. I see no reason a teacher would penalize you, and you seem like someone teachers would find agreeable.

!@#$%! · 08.29.2006, 06:43 PM

get yourself an old copy of encyclopedia britannica

that shit used to be written by geniuses as a matter of fact, back in the day the articles were amazing (according to borges anyway).

well look up books on the history of printing, foo.

another option would be on important figures of the rennaissance.

or something.

M/N: see look: http://www.hf.ntnu.no/anv/Finnbo/tek...o/Internet.htm

your teacher is right as most people rip their shit off the internet. once i had these 2 flakes show up with the same paper. unbelievable.

acousticrock87 · 08.29.2006, 06:44 PM

Also, find the reference section of the library. You can't take the books out of the building, but you can copy them - if worst comes to worst. They'll almost certainly have stuff on him there.

Alex's Trip · 08.29.2006, 06:45 PM

The thing is, school hasn't started yet. At the end of 9th grade we were given a paper thing that gave all that crap that I told you and "failure to complete on the first day of school results in gettting dropped from the class". So I have to show up with something. I am still waiting on that damn book to show up. I am writing as much as I can.

I don't know if I'll be able to make it 5 pages at 1.5 spaced. I could go 1.75 spaced and 12.5 font (I know I am a madman). You can't really tell the difference but it does make it longer.

!@#$%! · 08.29.2006, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by acousticrock87

Also, find the reference section of the library. You can't take the books out of the building, but you can copy them - if worst comes to worst. They'll almost certainly have stuff on him there.

^^here's someone who knows his libraries.

now alex go do your homework & don't be a laila.

08.29.2006, 06:28 PM	#1
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	Why don't they have any books on Johan Gutenberg!!!??? He invented the printing press! You'd think they'd have something. I have a week to find a biography and write a 5-7 page essay and make a 15 minute oral presentation. __________________ KALOPSIA
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08.29.2006, 06:30 PM	#3
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Can't you just use the internet? For the irony if nothing else.
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08.29.2006, 06:31 PM	#4
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,526	oh sorry. i checked the wikipedia and it's FUST. well cocks, there is a blibliography @ the bottom of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gutenberg
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08.29.2006, 06:32 PM	#5
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Practicality. __________________
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08.29.2006, 06:32 PM	#6
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	I can, but it is required that I have a biography too. __________________ KALOPSIA
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08.29.2006, 06:32 PM	#7
k-krack invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: On Posts: 7,380	that damn ingrate bastards. __________________ sandwich klub 4 men. Danny is a C.H.U.D.
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08.29.2006, 06:33 PM	#8
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,526	pest the bio is listed you could also use encyclopaedias no? ever heard of those? :P
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08.29.2006, 06:35 PM	#9
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,526	man im in a foul mood. i should follow gutemberg's example & spend all my money on alcohol.
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08.29.2006, 06:36 PM	#10
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	They don't have anything that I can't find online, and I don't know if an encyclopedia counts. I just need a book dedicated to him because my teacher wants us to have one. __________________ KALOPSIA
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08.29.2006, 06:37 PM	#11
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	Gutemberg? I already wrote about Fust... __________________ KALOPSIA
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08.29.2006, 06:38 PM	#12
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Go to amazon.com, find one, get the information on it (publisher, author, etc.), and put it in your bibliography. Then make the reference up. Just use it for a general fact that you know the book will have. They won't call you on stuff like that. Not in high school, at least.
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08.29.2006, 06:39 PM	#13
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Can't you order one from a library. You can do that in libraries in the UK. They'll get books from any library in the country for a very small fee. Or order from a bookshop, there's loads available (over here at least).
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08.29.2006, 06:42 PM	#16
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Ah. That blows. You have no way of ordering it? Honestly, if you just tell him your problem, he should work something out for you. Especially if the topic was assigned to you. If not, think about changing it. You aren't doing anything wrong within your control so there's not much you can do about it. I see no reason a teacher would penalize you, and you seem like someone teachers would find agreeable.
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08.29.2006, 06:43 PM	#17
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,526	get yourself an old copy of encyclopedia britannica that shit used to be written by geniuses as a matter of fact, back in the day the articles were amazing (according to borges anyway). well look up books on the history of printing, foo. another option would be on important figures of the rennaissance. or something. M/N: see look: http://www.hf.ntnu.no/anv/Finnbo/tek...o/Internet.htm your teacher is right as most people rip their shit off the internet. once i had these 2 flakes show up with the same paper. unbelievable.
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08.29.2006, 06:44 PM	#18
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Also, find the reference section of the library. You can't take the books out of the building, but you can copy them - if worst comes to worst. They'll almost certainly have stuff on him there.
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08.29.2006, 06:45 PM	#19
Alex's Trip invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 5,608	The thing is, school hasn't started yet. At the end of 9th grade we were given a paper thing that gave all that crap that I told you and "failure to complete on the first day of school results in gettting dropped from the class". So I have to show up with something. I am still waiting on that damn book to show up. I am writing as much as I can. I don't know if I'll be able to make it 5 pages at 1.5 spaced. I could go 1.75 spaced and 12.5 font (I know I am a madman). You can't really tell the difference but it does make it longer. __________________ KALOPSIA
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