Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page 2 "Endnotes" |
In Chapter 2 (2001: A Hacker's Odyssey), |
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Printed | Page 3 IN PRINT: 2nd paragraph |
"Stallman himself had been of the first..." |
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Printed | Page 4 2nd full paragraph |
incorporating them into update versions for... |
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Printed | Page 13 IN PRINT: 3rd paragraph - 3rd sentence |
"shaggy-aired" |
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Printed | Page 15 IN PRINT: last line |
"...had yet to to introduce..." |
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Printed | Page 30 IN PRINT: first full paragraph |
Reflecting on the broad nature of this umbrella, Stallman says its possible... |
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Printed | Page 32 IN PRINT: Last paragraph, first sentence |
"...would have a encouraging effect..." |
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Printed | Page 43 IN PRINT: Second paragraph, second sentence |
"...smartest mathematician the room..." |
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Printed | Page 45 IN PRINT: Last paragraph, second sentence |
"..ninth floor an off-campus..." |
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Printed | Page 53 paragraph 1, the first line break, |
"...during late 1960s...," |
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Printed | Page 60 IN PRIT: 3rd paragraph |
"...Stallman does managed to deliver the event's best line." |
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Printed | Page 63 IN PRINT: end of 4th paragraph - middle of page |
"...ordering for the entire the table." |
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Printed | Page 65 paragraph 2, line 10, |
"...would late proclaim proclaim a 'clear...'" |
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Printed | Page 72 last paragraph |
Still, comments such as the "Han Solo" wisecrack at the 1999 LinuxWorld have only reinforced the Stallman's reputation" |
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Printed | Page 72 last paragraph |
in the last sentence, |
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Printed | Page 73 3rd paragraph |
...platform to boost rather than reduce his political voice. |
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Printed | Page 73 IN PRINT: Bottom paragraph |
"I wish I knew I how to..." |
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Printed | Page 74 Endnotes |
Just For Fun: The Story of an Accidentaly Revolutionary |
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Printed | Page 81 IN PRINT: 2nd paragraph |
"...developed a MIT." |
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Printed | Page 82 IN PRINT: second line |
"...as Stallman himslef..." |
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Printed | Page 86 IN PRINT: Third paragraph, second sentence |
"The flexibility Stallman and built into..." |
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Printed | Page 87 paragraph 1, line 12, |
"WYSIWIG" should read "WYSIWYG" |
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Printed | Page 87 - TYPO: triggerd (first para, halfway down, left) should be triggered |
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Printed | Page 91 middle of the page |
Instead of tailoring the operating system to take advantage of a specific machine's |
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Printed | Page 91 IN PRINT: The last sentence on the page |
"Indeed, by 1980, most of the lab's staff, including many hackers, were dividing its time |
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Printed | Page 95 IN PRINT: First paragraph, first sentence |
"...a MIT artificial-intelligence researcher..." |
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Printed | Page 98 IN PRINT: 3rd paragraph |
"still stands has" |
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Printed | Page 103 IN PRINT: 5th paragraph |
"Eventually Stallman found a Pastel language compiler written...". |
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Printed | Page 105 - TYPO: The paragraph beginning |
Despite the stress it generated, ... |
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Printed | Page 107 IN PRINT: Second paragraph, first sentence |
"...still sitting on shelf somewhere..." |
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Printed | Page 117 IN PRINT: Third paragraph, first sentence |
"...moment of self-pardoy,..." |
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Printed | Page 117 IN PRINT: Third paragraph, third sentence |
"...letting listeners of the hook,..." |
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Printed | Page 117 IN PRINT: Fourth paragraph, third sentence |
"...did in an 1999 interview..." |
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Printed | Page 118 IN PRINT: Third paragraph, fourth sentence |
"...from all your computer and then..." |
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Printed | Page 124 IN PRINT: Chapter 9 |
"...would also have carry the same GNU Emacs Licence." |
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Printed | Page 125 2nd paragraph |
Written by Larry Wall, future creator of the Perl programming language, patch made it simple for |
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Printed | Page 132 - TYPO: C+ should be C++ (first para, near end, right edge) |
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Printed | Page 135 IN PRINT: first line on the page |
"...the GNU Project, both revolved..." |
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Printed | Page 135 2nd Paragraph |
They document the evolving nature of software industry |
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Printed | Page 135 3rd paragraph |
"...cerified Stallman's genius status..." |
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Printed | Page 136 paragraph 5, line 3, |
"As university student..." |
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Printed | Page 137 IN PRINT: Last paragraph |
"Although Torvalds had set out build a full..." |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 140 Endnote #5 |
Byte article was from 1986, not 1996. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 141 IN PRINT: References |
"Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidentaly Revolutionary" |
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Printed | Page 142 IN PRINT: 3rd line |
"hacker cultur" |
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Printed | Page 145 paragraph 4, line 3, |
"A March, 1993, a Wired magazine article..." |
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Printed | Page 146 IN PRINT: Third paragraph, last sentence. |
"microkernal" |
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Printed | Page 146 IN PRINT: Second paragraph, last sentence |
"...with alot of baggage..." |
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Printed | Page 146 line 33 Fith paragraph |
"There were timing books that would clobber the files and that's no fun." |
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Printed | Page 150 IN PRINT: 2nd paragragh |
"What began as a show of solidarity soon became of model of other GNU projects." |
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Printed | Page 159 IN PRINT: Fourth paragraph, last sentence |
"From the Torvalds' perspective..." |
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Printed | Page 163 IN PRINT: 1st partial paragraph |
"earned an quick invite" |
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Printed | Page 164 paragraph 2, line 2, |
"...how only recently that he had learned that..." |
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Printed | Page 169 IN PRINT: footnote 4 |
"Cathredral and the Bazaar" |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 176 3rd paragraph |
...Stallman detected legal incompatibles that would make |
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Printed | Page 177 IN PRINT: Fourth paragraph, first sentence |
"...the political genius of man who played..." |
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Printed | Page 178 IN PRINT: 3rd paragraph |
"...a collection of hackers that were joined together..." |
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Printed | Page 178 IN PRINT: 3rd paragraph |
Here's what he have to do.' |
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Printed | Page 183 IN PRINT: Paragraph 4 |
"...there would be precious few artifiacts to discuss." |
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Printed | Page 189 4th paragraph |
The sentence "Either way, the would be breaking the law and facing criminal |
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Printed | Page 194 last line |
a copyright that permitted users to copy and share and the book's text regardless |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 207 2nd paragraph |
and battering down doors to gain access to the lone, office computer terminal. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 207 IN PRINT: Appendix B, Paragraph 15 |
"...the MIT Museum paid tradition..." |
Anonymous |