How to make money last

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Cruddy


There is a cheaper way, although it's much more labour intensive.

Scan the books into your PC and print them. Even better, don't print them, just burn the scans to a CD.

It's a pain in the arse for a technical tome, but so long as the work is for your own private study it's legal.

Untrue. It's still an illegal reproduction. As soon as you return it to the library then you and another can both use it at the same time. Copyright violation.

Not that I care...

[Cruddy]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Untrue. It's still an illegal reproduction. As soon as you return it to the library then you and another can both use it at the same time. Copyright violation.

Not that I care...

After a bit of Googling I can say you are right... and you are wrong.

UK copyright law has a few clauses dealing with "Specific Exceptions for Research and Education"

I have no idea how Finnish copyright law works, so will leave it to Pekka to judge the right course.

Anyway, considering your first post, isn't that a touch hypocritical?

[:) Smiley]

Who gives about copyright law when you're a college student?

[Asher]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Arghh.

Goddamn socialists.

I think in Finland, "Tutor" == TA.

[Gibsie]

Originally posted by Cruddy
Finally, check your accomodation every so often. Cheaper places to live could crop up, saving you a bit of extra cash - so be prepared to move a couple of times after you start.

He's probably ona full-year's tenancy, so that's probably not an option... is it?

[JohnT]

This will be too much work (most likely), but if you really want to save money, then you must budget accordingly, and track all your expenses within that budget.

For example, Laura has been doing a household budget for years - if I want to know how much was spent on clothes for me in, say, 1999, I could find out. Everything that we earn and spend goes into her books.... which is invaluable when you hit those times in your life where you really have to watch every penny.

A while ago, we decided that we were going to have to cut $600+/month out of our expenses to make up for increased medical costs (self-employed insurance). Most people would've just freaked and complained about how they couldn't afford it, yadda, yadda, yadda, but we were able to look at our budget and see, that with a little belt-tightening here and there, it wouldn't be that hard to save $600/month:

1. My "allowance" got decreased $200/month.
2. We used to go out to eat at least 10 times a month... at an average cost of $25 per meal (including Sophie). Now we just go out 2 times a month, saving another $200.
3. Sophie was eating jars of baby food, and we decided to cut that out and start feeding her real food... which we tended to have too much remaining after dinner. That probably saved us about $2/day.

and things like that.

The point is, if you don't know the numbers, you can't really make an educated guess as to how to live on a short amount of money.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Cruddy


After a bit of Googling I can say you are right... and you are wrong.

UK copyright law has a few clauses dealing with "Specific Exceptions for Research and Education"

I have no idea how Finnish copyright law works, so will leave it to Pekka to judge the right course.

Anyway, considering your first post, isn't that a touch hypocritical?

UK law is different than here, then. AFAIK it's illegal to photocopy copyrighted materials for your own personal use when another is able to use the original at the same time.

[KrazyHorse]

Hypocritical? I never said I cared if it was illegal or not. I'm just saying that it is.

[Ecthy]

earn more money, that's all I can sqay

if you've got a car, do pizza taxi

[Asher]

Think about it, Andz, how does earning more money make it last longer?

You're not making it last longer, you're adding more.

To make money last longer, the simple solution is to not buy anything.

[Jon Miller]

buy indian books

they are like 5 bucks a peice

Jon Miller

[Ecthy]

his question is how to survive longer, earning more helps

the German guy further up this page has given nice advise, though I doubt you can live off $1-2 /month

[Jon Miller]

I go out to eat almost everyday

and I mean go out, not to taco bell or anything (spend on average 12 bucks a pop)

I really really really need to stop

Jon Miller

[Ecthy]

rich bastard

[Jon Miller]

I am not rich...

Jon Miller