XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: justinthenumbersguy@hatespam.edu   
      
   On Tue, 14 May 2013 21:19:38 -0400, jay birdsong wrote:   
      
   > "Justin"  wrote in message news:kmuh3f$kg3$3@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > Boy, did I have a busy semester!  Once again I helped four classes get   
   > their  books for free with NON-DRM PDFs.  Each class had about 15   
   > students,   
   > undergrads and graduate.   
   > Here's a rundown of how much money I saved each class for this year:   
   >   
   > Fundamentals of Financial Management 13th Edition (where's the 14th?)   
   > ISBN-10: 0538482125   
   >   
   > New: $218.49 x 30 = $6,554.70 Used: $149.98 x 30 = $4,499.40 Kindle:   
   > $216.00 x 30 = $6,480.00   
   >   
   >   
   > Federal Taxation 2013 Corporations, Partnerships, Estates & Trusts   
   > ISBN-10: 0133055434   
   >   
   > New: $221.01 x 30 = $6,630.30 Used: $122.00 x 30 = $3,660.00 Kindle:   
   > $108.75 x 30 = $3,262.50   
   >   
   >   
   > WOW!  that has to be some sort of record!   
   > Let's see how much in federal taxes I cost the (US) government. Cengage   
   > Learning in 2012 Net Income: $24.9 million Tax rate: 35%   
   > New: $6,554.70 x .35 = $2,294.15 Used: $4,499.40 x .35 = $1,574.79   
   > Kindle: $6,480.00 x .35 = $2,268.00   
   >   
   > I got tired of looking for Prentice Hall's NI, so I'll just assume it is   
   > similar to Cengage.  They're owned by a British company called Pearson.   
   > Anyway, here it is!   
   >   
   > New: $6,630.30  x .35 = $2,320.61 Used: $3,660.00  x .35 = $1,281.00   
   > Kindle: $3,262.00  x .35 = $1,141.70   
   >   
   > Total:  New: $4,614.76   
   >   Used: $2,855.79 Kindle: $3,409.70   
   >   
   > So, what do you think?   
   > How does the above make you feel?   
   > Is it stealing?   
   > Does the lost tax revenue due to my activities mean I am stealing from   
   > the federal government?  If so, would that mean I committed an act of   
   > treason?   
   >   
   > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++   
   >   
   > So you do this for free?  You don't get a slice of the pie?  My, how   
   > altruistic.   
      
   Correct, I get nothing.   
   I don't do a hell of alot though.  For the tax book, the PDF wasn't on IRC   
   or torrents, so I bought the Kindle version, ran the utility to convert it   
   to PDF, and returned the ebook.   
   The best part is the fact that the utility is Mac only!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)