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how did the libary evolve?

>> No.6127326

non-living things don't evolve
unless you mean something like the history of libraries

>> No.6127331

>>6127326
>non-living things don't evolve

They do, you fucktard. Or do you actually believe the quantum mechanical time evolution operator only acts on animals?

>> No.6127428

>>6127256

Large private collections during the height of Rome; owners loaned books out of kindness and for status.
During the worst centuries of Europe’s "dark ages" monasteries would lend to each other to allow them to copy and create more books
In the early US a fat, drunken pervert named Ben Franklin made public libraries law.
In the 1820s a super rich awesome dude named Andrew Carnegie (richest man alive at the time) built free lending libraries across the US.
To this day, 2013, MOST of the free libraries in the US were originally built by Carnegie.
That nigger paid for my education. I love him.

>> No.6127462

>>6127428
Carnegie was awesome. He built the old library at my university that has now been converted to some sweet classrooms.

>> No.6127526

>>6127428
>Carnegie has built the Great Library
>Construction on your Wonder the Great Library has stopped

dammit Carnegie!

>> No.6127530

>>6127256
One day I will have a room like that. One day for sure.

>> No.6127539
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6127539

>>6127326
moron

>> No.6127540

>>6127530
I'd probably have all the books digitized to make them easier to search through...

>> No.6127556

>>6127256
People wanted to write all their ideas and information down as a way to preserve them. All that writing had to be stored somewhere.

>> No.6127573

>>6127540
For the beauty of it. Also, there certain edition of hardcover which no e-book can replace.

>> No.6130197

>>6127573
>For the beauty of it.
Our eager brains await your embarrassing pseudointellectual catastrophe.

>> No.6130206

>>6130197
wat

>> No.6131180

>>6127331
of course I meant the evolution concept in biology
intentionally misunderstanding things =/= being smart

>> No.6133061

>>6131180
>intentionally misunderstanding things =/= being smart

Actually it's very smart because it demonstrates broad knowledge and associative thinking.

>> No.6133116

It's commonly believed that the wild libary developed from some rudimentary sitting room, as they share much of the same phenotypes and morphology. The presence of vestigial traits shows that they are descendant from one another, while deleterious alleles were eliminated over time due to lack of use.
duh

>> No.6133798

Imagine if the library of congress were to convert all of it's books into ebooks,and let everyone download them for free!

>> No.6134014

>have book
>have 2 books
&c.

>> No.6134448

>>6134014
I don't see the pattern. Why can't it stop after two books?

>> No.6134460

>>6127256

Hello!

Just to comment, while that is a nice looking library, the lighting is terrible--I would instantly fall asleep if I tried to read in there.

Best!

>> No.6134469

>>6127256

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library

>> No.6134479

>>6134448
What if you saw a third book you really liked?

>> No.6135771

>>6134479
I don't like books. They are outdated. Youtube is the medium of our generation.

>> No.6136441

>>6134460
Oh fuck, not you.

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6136545

>>6135771
Perhaps if you wrote out "YouTube" more often you would learn how to spell/capitalize it. See how that works?
Also (book).

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>>6136545
>correct spelling
>on the internet
>2013

>> No.6137200

>>6137185
>taking screen caps of someone admitted to a looney bin

>> No.6137368
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>>6137185
> Sticks to an indefensible position rather than admit error.

>> No.6139151

>>6137200
What happened to her?

>> No.6139173

>>6127256
It occurs right after the adrelinlin rush

>> No.6140712

>>6137368
What error?

>> No.6141290

How do you call a collection of religious texts?
A LIEbrary.

>> No.6142493

>>6139151
>What happened to her?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_commitment

>> No.6143317

>>6134460
>I would instantly fall asleep if I tried to read in there.

That's not because of the light but because the books are boring.

>> No.6143382

>>6141290
Fedora
[x] tipped
[ ] not tipped

>> No.6143391

from single celled organisms like the rest of the earth

>> No.6143392
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6143392

>>6141290
le ebin joke XX-DD upboats 4 u XXDD

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6143424

A lot of rich peoples' libraries are basically 'fake'......

there are decorating companies that buy up old unwanted leather-bound books and sort them by size, color and condition.

when a rich person buys a mansion (or has a new library put in) they don't want to look at a bunch of empty shelves.... so the interior decorator calls the book place up and orders books by the linear foot. they buy enough books to fill the shelves.

if you browsed the titles you might think that the rich person had very eclectic tastes--but most of the time, they haven't even opened any of the 'decorator' books at all

>> No.6145001

>>6143424
Now that's what I call a red pill.

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6145003

>>6143424
No shit???

R u sure???

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>>6143424

Want an even bigger mindfuck? Most of the books at these rich fucks' home aren't even real books! they're fake decorations. They do this so they don't have to clean them and they're not flammable (which lowers their homeowner insurance.

I've been to one billionaire's home… well, one of his gigantic homes, (guy's worth at least $5 billion) and all the "books" were basically in the form of this pic.

>> No.6145079

Post some more pretty libraries

>> No.6145116

>>6143424
they're great for sound insulation too

>> No.6145508

>>6143424

That's depressing.

>> No.6145518

>>6145009
>>6143424

Absolutely disgusting.

>> No.6145520

>>6143424
Some poor (for lack of a better term) people do this too. Except they just buy cheap books from a bookstore without reading them, just to fill up the shelves. No decorating companies involved.

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6145526

>>6145520
What, books ain't cheap anywhere, especially if they're leather bound.
Poor people have more important things to worry about than filling up bookshelves...

>> No.6145533

>>6145526
>Poor people have more important things to worry about than filling up bookshelves
Obviously, when I said "poor", I didn't mean homeless people, or starving kids in Africa. I think it's better if you read non-rich instead of poor.

>What, books ain't cheap anywhere, especially if they're leather bound.
I didn't say they buy leather bound books. That would look shitty in most homes anyway. You can always buy second hand, and books at Amazon start at three fiddy.

>> No.6146727

>>6143424
I feel like that's a good idea. I'm gonna build my own pseudo-intellectual library full of books I never read.

>> No.6146760

>you will never have a room like that in your home

>> No.6146964

>>6146760
Try and fucking stop me.

>> No.6146997

>>6145526
Go to yard sales and you can pick up tons of books about Windows 95, outdated law books and encyclopedias...

>> No.6147010

>>6143424
I hate this world.

>> No.6148544

>>6146997
Thank you, I will.

>> No.6148579

I've got a lot of books, wanna borrow one?

>> No.6148627

>>6145526
I've been to a bookstore that sold "bookcase suffers" by the foot. I think it was about 10 bucks a foot for regular books, 50 for leatherbound (richfags only).

>> No.6150047

>>6148579
Sure, what kind of books do you have?

>> No.6151293

Libraries are outdated and obsolete now that we have internet.

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>>6127256
If I had a library like OP's pic I'd fill it with a bunch of books like this. A few books with $100 in 20's scattered about. One book that once opened it lights up like a giant flashlight. (probably some new age book with the word "LIGHT" in the title) To kill a mocking bird with a small pistol inside. And one book will have a keypad inside it which unlock the secret door hidden behind one of the bookshelves.

>> No.6151335

>>6151320
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pYqquG27pg

>> No.6151347

>>6151335
>that video
How paranoid would you have to be...

>> No.6151432

>>6133061
No it does not.

>> No.6151486

>>6127526
Civ II, man.

>> No.6152104

>>6151335
I want that shelf.

>> No.6153453

>>6151486
I don't know what that means.

>> No.6154645

Imagine being a librarian. How would it feel to help a customer borrowing a book about suicide and you know you're never gonna see him again? Personally I would be more worried about the book never coming back.

>> No.6155597

>>6151335
Where can I buy it?

>> No.6156211

>>6151432
Yes, it does.

>> No.6157450

What kind of books would /sci/ want to have in their library?

>> No.6158547

>>6157450
Books about probability theory.

>> No.6160027

>>6158547
What is the best book about probability theory?

>> No.6161533

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_history

>> No.6161550

>>6161533
that article sucks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_libraries

>> No.6163223

>>6161550
How about this one?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarians_in_popular_culture

>> No.6164484

>>6160027
I need to know.

>> No.6165363

>>6150047
Science and math books.

>> No.6165374

How did the house evolve?

People need places to put shit.

>> No.6166916

>>6165374
>People need places to put shit.

That would be a toilet.

>> No.6167973

>>6165374
You can do that in a cave. No need for a house.

>> No.6167994

>>6136545

>flipping through /sci/

>see Niel Postman

today is a good day

>> No.6167999

>>6156211

That's 5 pounds for the ten minutes then.

>> No.6169479

>>6167999
I don't understand.

>> No.6170987

I don't have many books.

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>>6167999
Fuck that was good. 8/10 reference.

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>>6130197
>He thinks all books will be digitized in our lifetime.

>> No.6171946

>>6171001
I didn't get the reference.

>> No.6171957

>>6171946
Monty Python Argument Clinic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDjCqjzbvJY

>> No.6172804

>>6171957
Thank you.

>> No.6174196

>>6171957
>/sci/ in a nutshell

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>>6141290

>> No.6175002

>>6174212
I don't understand. Is this a meme?

>> No.6175013

>>6175002

it's reddits first go at a forced meme. Sadly it spread to 4chan

>> No.6176226

>>6175013
I thought the meme originated on 4chan.

>> No.6177126

>>6176226
>I thought
that's where you went wrong

>> No.6177709

>>6177126
Where did I went wrong?

>> No.6177957

I thought it evolved from my living-room. XD

>> No.6179271

>>6177957
Your living room must be very big.

>> No.6180577

>>6177957
Post a picture of your living room.

>> No.6182275

Someone had too many books he never read.

>> No.6183727

It didn't evolve. That's why it's going extinct.

>> No.6183732

>>6130206
he's one of those stemfags who thinks he's "mastered his petty human emotions"

they grow up once they hit 30, so don't worry about it

>> No.6183734

>>6143424
So?

Rich people have lives, they can't devote a billion years to reading every book in their library. How do you think they got rich? (inb4 hurr inheritance babby)

What, do you want them to have a library full of books they've all read already and never try and explore? Having a library full of books you haven't read yet means you're never wanting for new material.

It's like you fags expect people to have no hobbies or interests and make their money through air.

>> No.6185337

>>6183732
>implying one cannot master his petty human emotions

>> No.6187460

>>6183734
Why would they buy a library at all?

>> No.6187483

lol this thread is still up.

I never have enough shelf space.
Should be fun to have an actual library

>> No.6187590

>>6127256
One book at a time.

>> No.6189076

>>6187590
Too fast. Try one letter at a time.

>> No.6189926

>>6127256
By a process of natural selection

>> No.6189940

>>6187483
because shitbag shitposters keep bumping it.

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