On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:27:16 -0400, wjhonson@aol.com wrote:
You're right. Several years ago, we had discussed this very issue. That nothing "free" is really free is you have to pay to travel *to* it. IIRC we basically agreed that traveling about, is just part of your normal life.
So if I wanted to cite some rare book which I happened to know of only one copy in existence, located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, it would be up to you to arrange travel there to check it.