That is perfectly true one could methodically find all the information may be more than all the books and magazines combined . The problem arises in source onthe internet which is quite often inaccurate .
Let us just compare a book even a little outdated ; Koi Kichi #1 for an example . How would someone with little knowledge compose an index of inforamation that he might need or refer to ? Then comes the cost of printing out and filing some of that information for easy access . Most photos are of inssuficient size to even print out .
That is why in life some people can spend countless Hr on a computer each day be very knowledgeble yet achive little in their lives .
When some of you young people get over 70 years of age you will realize that time is not repleneshable . So rather than spend countless Hrs on the computer or phonening mentours and useing their valuble time it would be wise to first buy a good book such as Koi Kichi study it thourally and only then further increase your knowledge by the internet ,clubs ,shows etc. This way you can study and learn in a more efficient manner .
Useing methods like I have stated in ones life one can achive a lot more in a liftime .
Regards
Eugene[/quote]
Eugeneg,
you stated:
Let us just compare a book even a little outdated ; Koi Kichi #1 for an example .
So you take the pentultimate koi Book ever writtten and pass it off as " a little out-dated"... Oh you don't use logic well...One Book, THE book of koi and Koi ponds to represent all the books that have been published on koi....
IF you are going to use Koikichi as your example of "koi Books" then let's also continue the charade and then refer to the internet as "Only what Waddington posts" on the net. THAT would be FAIR.
Better still go on NI and ask about something... if the answer doesn't make sense ask them to explain it ... see how many DIFFERENT perspectives you get to your query. NOT just the one from One book, and if anyone posts BS the others will call them on it. Just as we do here...right now to you.
There are alot of crap books out there that normal people buy, and read, and believe about koi. Books written by water-gardeners about koi, books written by landscapers about koi. Books full of errors and BS. Books that will actually harm your koi if you do what they say..and noone pops out of the pages of those books to tell you that what you have read is not what works.
But even the best book (KoiKichi I) out there is OUTDATED. You can go on the internet and on a good day talk to the people that
Wrote chapters for KoiKichi II...
Which would be the best way to learn, which way could you learn the most, the most detailed...by reading a book or having lessons provided by the author(ity) along with the opportunity to Q&A anytime.
And to address the indexing of the information ...it is called a "SEARCH" Engine...or use the search box on the reputable sites...like right here...and it will find the relevant posts for you.
Books are dying...don't worry they are only ground-up trees...we are not destroying the information, just the way to store and retrieve it.
The Whole "book making" process limited how fast the evolution of the information about koi could occur...several years before the info in a book could reach the critical mass and then be incorporated so that the next revolution could occur.
With the internet the info becomes avaialble outside the confines of publishing houses.
Which are not limited to....
Identfying a market for a book [ time delay
material resources [ information constaint and time delays
Financial limitations [time and information limitations
Author bias [ information limitation
Author Skill [ disinformation
Also the information within a book is financially constrained... if it is not marketable then the book (and the information ..real or fake) is not published, or is published in a limited number.
The information here is not limited by finances. here information is given, not bought and sold.
Books are rubbish.