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Offline Wikipedia Reader For iRex Iliad

Posted by timothy on from the don't-panic dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a link to "an offline Wikipedia viewer for the iRex Iliad e-ink e-book reader (similar to Amazon's Kindle). Take it anywhere — and you don't need to be connected to the Internet in any way!" (You'll need a 4GB flash card and the ability to follow the directions.)

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  1. rickyaires by rickyaires · · Score: 5, Funny

    Very good. Now do the same with Megarotic!

  2. Follow the directions? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That instantly puts this technology beyond the capability of 95% of the population.

    1. Re:Follow the directions? by fastest+fascist · · Score: 4, Funny

      More like 70% - about 25% will pester and insult the 5% online until they get it to work.

  3. weird by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't even have an iRex whatchamacalit, and just today i was reading a book at a coffee shop without being connected to the internet at all!

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    1. Re:weird by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Did you carry an entire encyclopaedia with you to the coffee shop?"

      I did not need to. I was only going to be there for 11 and a half hours, so i just needed 2 books.

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      My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love
    2. Re:weird by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 2, Funny

      Obviously, I had the usual wires (cat5) connecting my eyeballs to the pages. I just meant that I wasn't connected to the WAN

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      My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love
    3. Re:weird by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 2, Funny

      sigh. logic nazis ruining a perfectly good joke...

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      My turnips listen for the soft cry of your love
    4. Re:weird by maxume · · Score: 5, Funny

      Were other people turned off by the cloud of smug coming out of your book?

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      Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
    5. Re:weird by mewyn · · Score: 3, Funny

      http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/B000FBJAOG/ref=ed_oe_k

      All I gotta say. :D

  4. Don't Panic by Laur · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do the instructions include printing out a sticker saying "Don't Panic" to attach to the cover?

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    When you lose something irreplaceable, you don't mourn for the thing you lost, you mourn for yourself. - Harpo Marx
  5. Who tagged as Toy? by Bryansix · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whoever tagged this as toy should be given the whole Encyclopedia Britannica in print form and then be forced to lug it around for a day.

  6. follow the directions.. by brunokummel · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...and the ability to follow the directions
    What do you mean by follow the directions? Everybody knows that you are only supposed to follow instructions when everything else fails...

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  7. Logic nutsies by tepples · · Score: 2, Funny

    sigh. logic nazis ruining a perfectly good joke... If logic nutsies can ruin a joke so easily, then perhaps it wasn't perfectly good to begin with.