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Offline artagTopic starter

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self-help book
« on: March 31, 2015, 10:45:42 am »
What on earth ?

I'm guessing this is some sort of mailmerge bookwriter that inserts random topics into boilerplate. But perhaps it's a serious attempt to train the brains behind the next Tektronix ?

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-GB/ebook/how-to-start-a-oscilloscope-business-beginners-guide?utm_source=uk.shopping.com&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=title-How+to+Start+a+Oscilloscope+Business+%28Beginners+Guide%29
 

Offline PA0PBZ

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Re: self-help book
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2015, 10:53:53 am »
http://www.zloadr.co.uk/publications/hm_ho.php  :palm:

I feel sorry for humanity, really...
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Offline artagTopic starter

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Re: self-help book
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2015, 11:06:33 am »
I dunno. Keeping alive lost skills ?

http://www.zloadr.co.uk/ebooks/book.php?id=37145
 

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Re: self-help book
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2015, 11:10:14 am »
http://www.zloadr.co.uk/publications/hm_ho.php  :palm:

I feel sorry for humanity, really...
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Check out the greatest hits of "How to start ___ business (Beginners Guide)" series. Each "book" contains the same text with different business name printed on it. Check out the contents of the book about oscilloscopes: books.google
 

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Re: self-help book
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2015, 02:42:19 pm »
If one wants to draft a document to which an arbitrary noun will be pasted, one should ensure first that the standard text does not contain sloppy mistakes such as "your" for "you're".
 


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