Thank Jebus we still have Wikipedia to rely on!

This makes me sad. I made a point of trying to read our EBs from A to Z under the misguided notion that if I did I would know absolutely EVERYTHING.

The Internet has changed our society so much in its short existence.

Ten years from now what else would it have altered in our society?

What do you know. An Encyclopedia Britannica salesman told me that the encyclopedia would NEVER NEVER NEVER have an internet presence.

/so buy this gigantic set of books, we have a great deal on them if you act now

He only got a B+ on that space report.

Collector's items! I'LL BE RICH!

Oh wait, I don't own any volumes. Dammit.

brap: This makes me sad. I made a point of trying to read our EBs from A to Z under the misguided notion that if I did I would know absolutely EVERYTHING.

Okay, tell me all about Albuquerque.

You did get through volume one, right?

dear doomsday preppers, survivalists, antiquers, and end of the world types. Now is the time to pick up that really nice set of Encyclopedia Britannica that will still work after the great EMP event of 2012 which will take out "every" server, hard drive, DAT tape, and off site overseas storage backups of your data......

/really would like a complete copy like my sister had years ago that included cellophane layovers of the human anatomy, page by page which till this day still creeps me out.....k/dar

Candygram4Mongo: brap: This makes me sad. I made a point of trying to read our EBs from A to Z under the misguided notion that if I did I would know absolutely EVERYTHING.

Okay, tell me all about Albuquerque.



It's a magical, far away place where the sun is always shining and the air smells like warm root beer and the towels are oh so fluffy. Where the shriners and the lepers play their ukuleles all day long and anyone on the street will glady shave your back for a nickel!

FirstNationalBastard: Candygram4Mongo: brap: This makes me sad. I made a point of trying to read our EBs from A to Z under the misguided notion that if I did I would know absolutely EVERYTHING.

Okay, tell me all about Albuquerque.



It's a magical, far away place where the sun is always shining and the air smells like warm root beer and the towels are oh so fluffy. Where the shriners and the lepers play their ukuleles all day long and anyone on the street will glady shave your back for a nickel!


Okay. Just making sure.

It's the quality writing that always makes EB stand above the others...

EncyclopAEdia.

My mom cut up several volumes of the 1992 edition for craft projects recently. My parents had shelled out more than they could afford at the time for that set.

SJKebab: DAR: really would like a complete copy like my sister had years ago that included cellophane layovers of the human anatomy, page by page which till this day still creeps me out.....k/dar

Our old copy (which by the way, whatever happened to that????) used to have that too - I used to spend hours checking that out as a 6 year old. I vaguely remember getting semi-erect at saturn pictures in a similar section too. Good times.



What, Uranus didn't do anything for you?

got a set of world book. anything up to and including 1966 you'd ever want to know.

FTFA: Cauz says he celebrates those changes, as well as the end of the print set -- which was first published in Scotland in 1768. In fact, Britannica is throwing itself a party on Wednesday.

"We're going to have a cake in the shape of a print set to celebrate," Cauz says, laughing. "Is that morbid?"

No, the morbid part will come when they hand out pink slips to half of the attendees.

I received a complete set when I was born back in the 50's. I read all 24 volumes cover to cover.

In hindsight, it's a good thing I didn't have access to HALO or Legend at the time.

brap: This makes me sad. I made a point of trying to read our EBs from A to Z under the misguided notion that if I did I would know absolutely EVERYTHING.

You would also need Von Nostrands to accomplish that.

I spent a few years growing up in isolated, winter-twisted places in northern MN. (Look at a map of North America. See the little bump at the top and in the middle of the US? That was me... 25 miles from the nearest town of 500) Besides taking beatings from an older brother who hated boredom even more than I did, I had precious little to do in the cold months.
In January, when I was 7 a man in a suit came to our door and gave us one free volume (A) of an encyclopedia, plus he dumped coffee grounds on our floor and vacuumed it up.
That was at least one good month, anyway... what with Anatomy and all.

And this has been... a cool story, bro

Cripes!!! At least keep printing them for libraries and the like.

I'm sure some wealthy cocks would toss into that idea if it isn't profitable for the company.

i'm a nerd who reads encyclopedias and always have since I was in the 4th grade or so and found out that's where all the information is.

now i has a major sad :(

Seriously... digital records can be easily wiped out. Printed word, when well preserved, can last for thousands of years.

B.L.Z. Bub: But you can make backup copies of digital records with little effort and cost. I suppose you could have the printed version as a backup of last resort.

My point is that future civilizations may not be able to access those backups whereas a printed book doesn't need any real effort or expertise to get at the data.