Text files on survival

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

http://www.nakedcomputing.org/text/textfiles.com/survival/
I mirrored the textfiles.com section on survival.  Some is crap, some is interesting.  Either way, check out www.textfiles.com.  It's a massively entertaining.

[Manedwolf]

It's good to keep a bunch of the actual good ones (such as contents of Army survival manuals) on an SD card, since they're pretty much waterproof, and any Windows Mobile or Palm device can read them. A good way to have an emergency library in your emergency kit.

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

I've got a local mirror of all of textfiles.com at home for days when my net access is down.  Good idea putting them on an SD card though.

[Manedwolf]

My SHTF kit includes an older monochrome PDA that runs on AA batteries, enclosed in an Otterbox waterproof casing, and a car/solar charger with extra rechargeable AA's for that and other things. And the SD card of manuals, books, and other helpful or just interesting texts. Can have a whole library that way.

[cosine]

Just tagged so I don't lose this thread.

[roo_ster]

Man, I stinkin' love plain text format: easily searchable & manipulable.

Must...resist...urge...to...mirror...site...

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

Do it!
Do It!
Do it!
Gigabytes of plain text files! DO IT!!

[roo_ster]

OK, I have myself under control now. 

I will not mirror the site...until I can find time to launch a wget from my linux box at home.  Cable modem-downloading goodness.

dasmi, you are an instigator.

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

wget nothing man.
Look at the bottom of each page on www.textfiles.com.  They are already neatly zipped or tarred for your textual pleasure.

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

Did you mirror it?

[SpookyPistolero]

Oh no, I hate irrestible reading...hate it like a fox. I'm going to spend all weekend reading all that. At least you didn't post this right before block exams.

[roo_ster]

Did you mirror it?

Nope, family obligations sucked up the time I intended to use to launch the wget.

As a consolation, I got to watch episode 5 of Connections* while my 2YO son and 10MO daughter crawled over me until they** wore out & I put them to bed. 


* Downloaded previously & so noted in a thread here on APS.

** I was wore out before they started.  My response is described in the movie A Christmas Story, "My brother just lied there like a slug.  It was his only defense."