_is_ hard work and valuable. I also think it's a bit out of hand in
terms of the frequency of updates, and the large number of errors which
get published. That, combined with the
For what it's worth, you did say:
I would ask if you would mind the "government" taking your house and land
with no compensation.
That happens fairly frequently, and it's called eminent domain. It was
recently ratified by SCOTUS even when the taking was used to simply hand
over the land to a for-profit commercial developer, in hopes of
increasing tax revenue. Yes, the residents were paid a nominal fee for
their land, but it is no different that the ICC already being paid for
the past development of the code (if you fired everybody at the ICC,
there would be no ongoing expenses), and no longer being required to
amend or replace it.
Anyway, the original difficulty Dennis faced was the likelihood of
spending several hundred dollars on publications which _may not_ have
actually solved his particular problem. I'm not sure any of us feels
slighted when we buy a new reference which we know will give us "the
answers". It is a bit galling to realize that we pay for a "new" copy
every couple of years, only to find that the changes are often less than
the modifications the state makes, and offers for free. Unfortunately, I
believe that tends to be the nature of the business.
Jordan
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