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Does anyone like scribd?

While most of the general people like well insulated airplanes with reclining leather seats and other nice features, most of us here like stripped down fighter jets that can steer like a ninja. (oops, got carried away)

Scribd is a great product, but it is not suitable for PDFs posted in Hacker News, may be?

+1 as 'thanks', but the original link is derivable from the Scribd link.

How? The url is http://www.scribd.com/full/2981072?access_key=key-pfh187fj76... ; how do I get the PDF from that? My computer isn't a dual-core multiple gigahertz monster; scribd brings it to its knees.

The url I see is: http://www.scribd.com/vacuum?url=http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~...

so, I used whatever is after "?url="

Sounds like a good trivial problem for a rails or django site building tutorial. Call it ScribdScraper.

GreaseMonkey one liner.

Consider it a public service for people who don't know calculus ;)

Okay, obligatory +1 for the smartass comment ;)

Blame the moderators. The guidelines quite clearly state "If you submit a link to a video or pdf, please warn us by appending [video] or [pdf] to the title." However, YCombinator funded websites seem to be exempt.