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  1. Not the same satisfaction? by kiehlster · · Score: 1 · on Have You Changed Your Opinion On eBook Readers?
    I've pondered ereaders recently since I started a new job and am taking the bus for half an hour each direction. So far the only advantage is that I don't lose my place when we hit a bump in the road.

    My question though is the feel of such an experience. Sure, a reader has a page number or a progress bar, but is it as satisfying as feeling the number of pages in one's left hand versus their right? Do you miss the lack of that thump sound when closing the book, or the sound of flipping pages? Or do you miss the familiar curved shape of an open book?

    Until eReaders start playing environment sounds or do some other thing to enhance the reader experience, I think treeware still has its advantages from the reader experience point of view.

  2. Re:Call from PETA in ... 3, 2, 1 by Hal_Porter · · Score: 1 · on Mythbusters to Test Cockroach Radiation Myth

    Your sarchasm detector is obviously as broken as your morality.

    I'm serious. http://www.unwords.com/unword/sarchasm.html

    Definition of sarchasm :.

    1. (n.) The abyss between the creator of witticisms and the intended recipient who does not find the humor in it.
  3. You should read up more on the topic of... by cbreaker · · Score: 1 · on FCC Rules Open Source Code Is Less Secure

    http://www.unwords.com/unword/sarchasm.html

  4. Re:OK Mr "half a million slash ID" by tacokill · · Score: 1 · on SCO Chair's Anti-Porn Act Advances In Utah

    see here.

    And yes, I realize I misspelled it. :)

  5. Mod -1: Dopeler Effect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Is It Wrong to Love Microsoft?

    http://www.unwords.com/unword/dopeler%20effect.htm l

  6. Re:hopefully NVidia follows suit... by kebes · · Score: 1 · on Xorg and Desktop Eyecandy

    Did you intentionally write sarchasm instead of sarcasm?

  7. Re:Extensions by jals · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Firefox Deer Park Alpha Available

    Sarchasm - 1. (n.) The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it.

  8. Re:Unit of time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Failed Win XP Upgrade Wipes Out UK Government Agency

    You mean ignisecond

  9. Re:It seems ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Probe Crash Due to Misdesigned Deceleration Sensor

    Have you ever had that experience where you realize you're about to do something terribly, terribly wrong, but the impulse has already been sent and you can't stop it?

    You are talking about an ignisecond.

  10. Am I the only one... by clifgriffin · · Score: 2, Insightful · on The 'Pervasive Computing' Community

    Who really doesn't see a problem with the current setup?

    Varietous interfaces and commands makes things fun, plus it increases one's aptitude.

    I say out with pervasive computing.