On Sun, 29 May 2005 15:42:08 -0700, Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> wrote: | On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 07:35:22AM -0500, Joshua Hutchinson wrote: | I'm generally opposed to technical manuals, because they become | outdated so quickly. But, speaking as an ex-engineer, on the other hand the ways of doing things and/or making things rapidly becomes lost when people stop doing whatever the manual is about. This loss is significant, and would be reduced if the manuals were preserved as e-text. Surely PG is about preserving things which might be lost, among other things. If Fred Dibnah's "Made in Britain" http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/dibnah/ ever makes it to the USA watch it. He was exploring the almost lost skills/arts of making a steam Traction Engine. Fred Dibnah has a cult following in the UK. -- Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> Beware of anyone posting X-No-Archive yes, they must have something to hide or something to be ashamed of. Your task, should you wish to accept it, is to determine *what*.