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kirubakaran
on May 15, 2008
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Finger Trees: A Simple General-Purpose Data Struct...
+1 as 'thanks', but the original link is derivable from the Scribd link.
tsuraan
on May 15, 2008
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How? The url is
http://www.scribd.com/full/2981072?access_key=key-pfh187fj76...
; how do I get the PDF from that? My computer isn't a dual-core multiple gigahertz monster; scribd brings it to its knees.
kirubakaran
on May 15, 2008
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The url I see is:
http://www.scribd.com/vacuum?url=http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~...
so, I used whatever is after "?url="
blogimus
on May 15, 2008
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Sounds like a good trivial problem for a rails or django site building tutorial. Call it ScribdScraper.
kirubakaran
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GreaseMonkey one liner.
dpapathanasiou
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Consider it a public service for people who don't know calculus ;)
kirubakaran
on May 15, 2008
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Okay, obligatory +1 for the smartass comment ;)
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