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vmthecoyote: wereallmadhere62: brenanf999: dontwantyourmoneysir: anndruyan: This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell. That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor. This is why we download.   Alternatives to buying overpriced textbooks Textbooknova  Reddit Bookboon  Textbookrevolution  GaTech Math Textbooks Ebookee  Freebookspot  Free-ebooks Getfreeebooks  BookFinder Oerconsortium  Project Gutenberg Spreading this shit like nutella because goddamn textbooks are so expensive.  Signal Boast don’t forget cheggs book rentals And let me guess, VM, the codes are only good for this term? A year, if you’re lucky…. Most likely… I haven’t had this direct experience, so I wouldn’t know.
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vmthecoyote: wereallmadhere62: brenanf999: dontwantyourmoneysir: anndruyan: This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell. That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor. This is why we download.   Alternatives to buying overpriced textbooks Textbooknova  Reddit Bookboon  Textbookrevolution  GaTech Math Textbooks Ebookee  Freebookspot  Free-ebooks Getfreeebooks  BookFinder Oerconsortium  Project Gutenberg Spreading this shit like nutella because goddamn textbooks are so expensive.  Signal Boast don’t forget cheggs book rentals And let me guess, VM, the codes are only good for this term? A year, if you’re lucky…. Most likely… I haven’t had this direct experience, so I wouldn’t know.
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vmthecoyote:

wereallmadhere62:

brenanf999:

dontwantyourmoneysir:

anndruyan:

This is a summary of college only using two pictures; expensive as hell.

That’s my Sociology “book”. In fact what it is is a piece of paper with codes written on it to allow me to access an electronic version of a book. I was told by my professor that I could not buy any other paperback version, or use another code, so I was left with no option other than buying a piece of paper for over $200. Best part about all this is my professor wrote the books; there’s something hilariously sadistic about that. So I pretty much doled out $200 for a current edition of an online textbook that is no different than an older, paperback edition of the same book for $5; yeah, I checked. My mistake for listening to my professor.

This is why we download. 

Spreading this shit like nutella because goddamn textbooks are so expensive. 

Signal Boast

don’t forget cheggs book rentals

And let me guess, VM, the codes are only good for this term? A year, if you’re lucky….

Most likely… I haven’t had this direct experience, so I wouldn’t know.

thegoddamazon: logic-and-art: thatpointlessidiot: krudman: I thought to myself when I saw this, “no. This has to be some one being silly. This has to be something some one fabricated to make microsoft look worse and people just aren’t checking the source.” NOPE. IT’S REAL. AND IT GOT WORSE: WHAT. I want everyone to think long and hard on this information. This means that you are not buying your games.  You are paying 60+ dollars to rent the games from Microsoft, and they can take their game back whenever they feel like it. You will not own your game.  You will not own your console.  Essentially, Microsoft is saying “We can disable your games and cut you off from accessing your console whenever we choose to.”  Because a ban that locks your XBox Live account means that you will be locked out from all non-game functionality of the system, and by revoking your ‘licenses’ on all your games associated with your account, they can then disable each and every game you own for the system.  Leaving you with a five hundred dollar cable receiver.  Or, in the case of most users of the console, a five hundred dollar paperweight. All because you accidentally walked into some online glitch and the rest of the players rage-report you for cheating. This is unacceptable.  Buy any console but an XBox One.  Do not support Microsoft’s sudden belief that they own everything despite our purchase of it, and we have to prove we’re worthy of being shared with by paying exorbitant fees and jumping through constant hoops and hoping someone doesn’t report us for cheating because we made them mad in an online game. Tell Microsoft ‘No,’ and do not give them your hard-earned money for what amounts to a video game subscription service with a $500 starting fee and $60+ dollar purchases. Signal boost It’s like they love shooting themselves in the dick.
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thegoddamazon:

logic-and-art:

thatpointlessidiot:

krudman:

I thought to myself when I saw this, “no. This has to be some one being silly. This has to be something some one fabricated to make microsoft look worse and people just aren’t checking the source.”

NOPE. IT’S REAL.

AND IT GOT WORSE:

WHAT.

I want everyone to think long and hard on this information.

This means that you are not buying your games.  You are paying 60+ dollars to rent the games from Microsoft, and they can take their game back whenever they feel like it.

You will not own your game.  You will not own your console.  Essentially, Microsoft is saying “We can disable your games and cut you off from accessing your console whenever we choose to.”  Because a ban that locks your XBox Live account means that you will be locked out from all non-game functionality of the system, and by revoking your ‘licenses’ on all your games associated with your account, they can then disable each and every game you own for the system.  Leaving you with a five hundred dollar cable receiver.  Or, in the case of most users of the console, a five hundred dollar paperweight.

All because you accidentally walked into some online glitch and the rest of the players rage-report you for cheating.

This is unacceptable.  Buy any console but an XBox One.  Do not support Microsoft’s sudden belief that they own everything despite our purchase of it, and we have to prove we’re worthy of being shared with by paying exorbitant fees and jumping through constant hoops and hoping someone doesn’t report us for cheating because we made them mad in an online game.

Tell Microsoft ‘No,’ and do not give them your hard-earned money for what amounts to a video game subscription service with a $500 starting fee and $60+ dollar purchases.

Signal boost

It’s like they love shooting themselves in the dick.

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thepageofswords: The Page’s Box of Randoms Giveaway! Since I’ve moved, I’ve decided that I have way too much shit and will be doing another giveaway! Items include those pictured above, but I may add more things as I unpack more boxes. Rules and Junk I don’t like spamming blogs, so each person who reblogs this gets one entry, no matter how many times they reblog! For this contest, you must be following me to win! Once the giveaway is over, I will put all the entries in Excel and do a random number generator to find the winner. I can only ship within the US and Canada, unless you want to pay for the shipping. You must have fanmail or an ask box so I can get a hold of you, and you must respond to my fanmail/ask within 24 hours with your address or I will select a new winner. The deadline to reblog is 11:59 PM on 19 June (US central time), the winner will be contacted on 20 June.
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thepageofswords: The Page’s Box of Randoms Giveaway! Since I’ve moved, I’ve decided that I have way too much shit and will be doing another giveaway! Items include those pictured above, but I may add more things as I unpack more boxes. Rules and Junk I don’t like spamming blogs, so each person who reblogs this gets one entry, no matter how many times they reblog! For this contest, you must be following me to win! Once the giveaway is over, I will put all the entries in Excel and do a random number generator to find the winner. I can only ship within the US and Canada, unless you want to pay for the shipping. You must have fanmail or an ask box so I can get a hold of you, and you must respond to my fanmail/ask within 24 hours with your address or I will select a new winner. The deadline to reblog is 11:59 PM on 19 June (US central time), the winner will be contacted on 20 June.
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thepageofswords:

The Page’s Box of Randoms Giveaway!

Since I’ve moved, I’ve decided that I have way too much shit and will be doing another giveaway! Items include those pictured above, but I may add more things as I unpack more boxes.

Rules and Junk
  • I don’t like spamming blogs, so each person who reblogs this gets one entry, no matter how many times they reblog!
  • For this contest, you must be following me to win!
  • Once the giveaway is over, I will put all the entries in Excel and do a random number generator to find the winner.
  • I can only ship within the US and Canada, unless you want to pay for the shipping.
  • You must have fanmail or an ask box so I can get a hold of you, and you must respond to my fanmail/ask within 24 hours with your address or I will select a new winner.
The deadline to reblog is 11:59 PM on 19 June (US central time), the winner will be contacted on 20 June.
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