# Alternate locations for online pickaxe? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [6 November 2002 19:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696 "2002-11-06T19:05:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ptkwt1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85e7bf/32.png) [@Ptkwt1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Ptkwt1)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 19:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/1 "2002-11-06T19:05:54Z")
Since rubycentral seems to be down due to registration problems apparently at the hosting company… and this sort of think might take a while to sort out… Are there other locations where the pickaxe book (Programming Ruby) is available online so I can direct potential rubyists (pre-rubyists) there? Phil ---
**Author:** ![Daniel10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Daniel10](https://rubytalk.org/u/Daniel10)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 19:12 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/2 "2002-11-06T19:12:15Z")
I’ve got a non-current version on [nero.netwalk.org/ruby/](http://nero.netwalk.org/ruby/) for personal use. Feel free to acccess it in the meantime. db > **···** > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 04:05:54AM +0900, Phil Tomson wrote: > > > Since rubycentral seems to be down due to registration problems apparently > > at the hosting company… and this sort of think might take a while to > > sort out… > > > > Are there other locations where the pickaxe book (Programming Ruby) is > > available online so I can direct potential rubyists (pre-rubyists) there? > > > > Phil > > – > A.D. 1844: Samuel Morse invents Morse code. Cryptography export > restrictions prevent the telegraph’s use outside the U.S. and Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Gushee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Matt\_Gushee](https://rubytalk.org/u/Matt_Gushee)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 19:15 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/3 "2002-11-06T19:15:33Z")
> **[Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers](https://pragprog.com/)** > > We improve the lives of professional developers. We create timely, practical books on classic and cutting-edge topics to help you learn and practice your craft, and accelerate your career. Come learn with us. I believe you’ll see an icon of the book cover in the lower left corner. Click on that. > **···** > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 04:05:54AM +0900, Phil Tomson wrote: > > > Are there other locations where the pickaxe book (Programming Ruby) is > > available online so I can direct potential rubyists (pre-rubyists) there? > > – > Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, > Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through > [mgushee@havenrock.com](mailto:mgushee@havenrock.com) its fields; > [http://www.havenrock.com/](http://www.havenrock.com/) When a nation ignores the Way, > Horses bear soldiers through > its streets. > > ``` > --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.) > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Gennady1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@Gennady1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Gennady1)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 19:17 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/4 "2002-11-06T19:17:02Z")
> Since rubycentral seems to be down due to registration problems apparently > at the hosting company… and this sort of think might take a while to > sort out… > > Are there other locations where the pickaxe book (Programming Ruby) is > available online so I can direct potential rubyists (pre-rubyists) there? For a long time I was going to create a mirror for the book, however [www.rubycentral.com](http://www.rubycentral.com) was always up and I kept putting this off. I will do this first thing after the site is up again. By the way, are there any legal considerations for making the book’s mirror? Gennady. > **···** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: “Phil Tomson” [ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com](mailto:ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com) > Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby > To: “ruby-talk ML” [ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org) > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:05 AM > Subject: Alternate locations for online pickaxe? > > > Phil ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Duncan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Paul\_Duncan](https://rubytalk.org/u/Paul_Duncan)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 20:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/5 "2002-11-06T20:01:50Z")
> Since rubycentral seems to be down due to registration problems apparently > at the hosting company… and this sort of think might take a while to > sort out… > > Are there other locations where the pickaxe book (Programming Ruby) is > available online so I can direct potential rubyists (pre-rubyists) there? Those of you running debian can just apt-get install rubybook; the contents of the book are saved in /usr/share/doc/rubybook/html/. > **···** > > - Phil Tomson ([ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com](mailto:ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com)) wrote: > > > Phil > > – > Paul Duncan [pabs@pablotron.org](mailto:pabs@pablotron.org) pabs in #gah (OPN IRC) > [http://www.pablotron.org/](http://www.pablotron.org/) OpenPGP Key ID: 0x82C29562 ---
**Author:** ![Gennady1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@Gennady1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Gennady1)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 19:20 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/6 "2002-11-06T19:20:13Z")
> > Are there other locations where the pickaxe book (Programming Ruby) is > > available online so I can direct potential rubyists (pre-rubyists) > > there? > > [http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/) > > I believe you’ll see an icon of the book cover in the lower left corner. > Click on that. Every link there regarging the online book gets redirected eventually to rubycentral ☹ > **···** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: “Matt Gushee” [mgushee@havenrock.com](mailto:mgushee@havenrock.com) > To: “ruby-talk ML” [ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org) > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:15 AM > Subject: Re: Alternate locations for online pickaxe? > > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 04:05:54AM +0900, Phil Tomson wrote: > > > – > > Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, > > Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through > > [mgushee@havenrock.com](mailto:mgushee@havenrock.com) its fields; > > [http://www.havenrock.com/](http://www.havenrock.com/) When a nation ignores the Way, > > Horses bear soldiers through > > its streets. > > > > ``` > > --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.) > > > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Gennady1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@Gennady1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Gennady1)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 19:26 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/7 "2002-11-06T19:26:38Z")
> I’ve got a non-current version on [nero.netwalk.org/ruby/](http://nero.netwalk.org/ruby/) for personal > use. Feel free to acccess it in the meantime. Thanks, db. Your link works and it seems pretty current 🙂 Gennady. > db > > > Since rubycentral seems to be down due to registration problems > > apparently > > at the hosting company… and this sort of think might take a while to > > sort out… > > > > Are there other locations where the pickaxe book (Programming Ruby) is > > available online so I can direct potential rubyists (pre-rubyists) > > there? > **···** > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: “Daniel Bretoi” [lists@debonair.net](mailto:lists@debonair.net) > To: “ruby-talk ML” [ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org](mailto:ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org) > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:12 AM > Subject: Re: Alternate locations for online pickaxe? > > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 04:05:54AM +0900, Phil Tomson wrote: > > > > > Phil > > > > – > > A.D. 1844: Samuel Morse invents Morse code. Cryptography export > > restrictions prevent the telegraph’s use outside the U.S. and Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Dahl2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a87d85/32.png) [@Kent\_Dahl2](https://rubytalk.org/u/Kent_Dahl2)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 20:06 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/8 "2002-11-06T20:06:01Z")
“Gennady F. Bystritsky” wrote: > For a long time I was going to create a mirror for the book, however > [www.rubycentral.com](http://www.rubycentral.com) was always up and I kept putting this off. I will do > this first thing after the site is up again. I’ve been having a mirror for translation purposes. I updated it to 0.4 which I had lying around, and made a shorter URL: [ruby.no](http://www.ruby.no/OriginalProgrammingRuby/) The XML and HTML: [ruby.no](http://www.ruby.no/OriginalProgrammingRuby/ProgrammingRuby-0.4.tgz) I don’t think my poor little server can take too much, so I recommend downloading the tgz for local viewing and others with more bandwidth to mirror. > By the way, are there any legal > considerations for making the book’s mirror? Gee, I hope not. I think I’m in accordance with the OPL license in doing this, and I’ve been reading it upwards, downwards, sideways and every direction beneath the sun 🙂 > **···** > > – > ([Kent Dahl]/)\_ _~_**[[http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~kentda/](http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~kentda/) ]**_/~ > ))\_student_/(( \__d L b_\_/ NTNU - graduate engineering - 5. year ) > ( \__\_õ|õ_/**/ ) _)Industrial economics and technological management( > \__**/_ö_\_\_\_\_/ (\_**_engineering.discipline_=_Computer::Technology_**) ---
**Author:** ![Daniel10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Daniel10](https://rubytalk.org/u/Daniel10)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 21:23 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/9 "2002-11-06T21:23:43Z")
> > Since rubycentral seems to be down due to registration problems apparently > > at the hosting company… and this sort of think might take a while to > > sort out… > > > > Are there other locations where the pickaxe book (Programming Ruby) is > > available online so I can direct potential rubyists (pre-rubyists) there? > > Those of you running debian can just apt-get install rubybook; the > contents of the book are saved in /usr/share/doc/rubybook/html/. Also, the book is available for FreeBSD in the ruby-programmingruby port (/usr/ports/lang/ruby-programmingruby) db > **···** > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 05:01:50AM +0900, Paul Duncan wrote: > > > - Phil Tomson ([ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com](mailto:ptkwt@shell1.aracnet.com)) wrote: > > > > Phil > > > > – > > Paul Duncan [pabs@pablotron.org](mailto:pabs@pablotron.org) pabs in #gah (OPN IRC) > > [http://www.pablotron.org/](http://www.pablotron.org/) OpenPGP Key ID: 0x82C29562 > > – > A.D. 1844: Samuel Morse invents Morse code. Cryptography export > restrictions prevent the telegraph’s use outside the U.S. and Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Gushee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Matt\_Gushee](https://rubytalk.org/u/Matt_Gushee)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 19:44 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/10 "2002-11-06T19:44:36Z")
Oh, you’re right. That’s too bad. > **···** > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 04:20:13AM +0900, Gennady F. Bystritsky wrote: > > > > > Are there other locations where the pickaxe book (Programming Ruby) is > > > > available online so I can direct potential rubyists (pre-rubyists) > > > > there? > > > > > > [http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/](http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/) > > > > > > I believe you’ll see an icon of the book cover in the lower left corner. > > > Click on that. > > > > Every link there regarging the online book gets redirected eventually to > > rubycentral ☹ > > – > Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, > Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through > [mgushee@havenrock.com](mailto:mgushee@havenrock.com) its fields; > [http://www.havenrock.com/](http://www.havenrock.com/) When a nation ignores the Way, > Horses bear soldiers through > its streets. > > ``` > --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.) > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Nikodemus\_Siivola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Nikodemus\_Siivola](https://rubytalk.org/u/Nikodemus_Siivola)\ **Post date:** [6 November 2002 22:18 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/alternate-locations-for-online-pickaxe/2696/11 "2002-11-06T22:18:47Z")
Available on all the debian mirrors: apt-get install rubybook 😉 – Nikodemus > **···** > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Gennady F. Bystritsky wrote: > > > Every link there regarging the online book gets redirected eventually to > > rubycentral ☹