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Slashdot I guess I should just fess up and take the blame- I created Slashdot a long time ago, and now it seems to have grown into something pretty amazing. Come on down and check it out for news about Linux, Open Source Software, Legos, Games, Star Wars, Science, Technology and pretty much anything else that falls into the "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" umbrella.
So we already know this lune does not know how to read, and that he just posts to flame-bait. Could it be that he also is a slanderous, wretched, troll who seeks to dishonour the nerds we covet. I would prefer to think that then to think that the creator of this website is in fact an illiterate fabulist.
If the above quote is false, I say/. should sue the poster. If the above quote is true I say we should all boycott that which has been mutated by its own author beyond recognition.
Dir? just redid the Google one, and it said 65536. Also did you not notice that 65535 is odd, in other words not divisible by 2. Therefore reading fail?
There were more gang related deaths in Edmonton than Washington state one year. Idon't remember which year, it was just one of those statistics news people threw around that was scary and memorable.
Wow it sounds like your government is actually working. The Congressmen are concerned about their areas first (not the whole nation) and the military is concerned about the whole country (not a touch of prestige). I think this may be remembered as the best example of the American Government working. My heart goes out to all those who will loose their jobs over the F-22 plant shutdowns. But it is better than the drive to deeper recession caused by avoiding steps like this.
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A good way to solve this would be to stop being the world police and pissing everyone off.
I went to a conference celebrating new and innovative authors, guess what it was hosted by a publisher which has an open submission policy. Publishers are not as bad as you make them out to be, especially the smaller ones. I will continue to support my favourite authors through publishers. And since when did a DX review commentary page involve music. P.S. I like Capital Records.
You're right, I am stuck in the ideals of the previous business model. Someone comes up with an idea, writes a book, and submits it for review. Who the author submits to is based on the genre of the work, the location, and the size of publishing house. This submission is then reviewed, if there is something original and interesting about the work it is passed to an editor...
I firmly believe that an author should be paid for his or her work. Currently we must pay upfront for literature, and I for one am not willing to pay for something that has not been edited. I have read many independent works that are unedited, and many others that have been edited. The ones that were edited were infinitely better, and once they were edited by a professional, again the work was far more polished. I have no problem paying for that final product, once it is polished, but to pay for the first copy would not have been satisfying. Yes one great thing about e-readers is that to publish the publisher's minimum audience for any book drops from tens/hundreds of thousands to a few hundred (maybe a thousand). Which will in turn reduce the number of books that are dropped because they are good but believed to have little interest.
In summery, I will never pay for anything that has not been edited, just as I will never pay for music that has not been professionally produced. There are reasons for the existence of these constructs beyond your need to hate them.
P.S. While most of my reading is on a Sony 505, I still buy hardcovers of my favourite authors for my shelf.
Careful, I think you are confusing publishers with printing houses. The publisher (read or imprint of a major publishing house) is responsible for the final edit, cover design, distribution methods, typesetting, methods and size of publicity campaign and about a thousand other things I am forgetting. Some publishers own their own printing houses, others farm out, but either way there is a difference. As for 'independent' books, I will never, ever buy a book that has not been guaranteed to be edited. That would be like paying for alpha software. Publishers are a necessary evil, and the sooner they learn to adapt to the next evolution of literature distribution, (hopefully adopting e-pub) the happier I'll be.
As for the niche publishing thing, there are two reasons why a publisher chooses to not publish a 'good' niche book. The first is lack of perceived interest, if only 10 people are going to read it what's the point? The second is that it does not fit the publisher's image. Image is actually important, if I am going though a store, looking for a new author, and I see Tor I will probably give it a try, if I see Harlequin, probably not. I know of at least one person that would be the exact opposite of this, ao publisher's retaining their niche is just as important as active publicity. Back to the point about the lack of interest. If they are not printing anything then the significant incurred costs are in manpower, and not materials, so in fact we will see more publishers take risks with pushing out more ultra-niche titles as the industry transitions.
In the future I hope to go to a publisher's website, buy and download a couple of books, and upload them onto my e-reader, knowing that X% of my $$ is going to the author, upfront (preferably something like 45% and another 15% to the editor).
One final note, I was looking for a review on the DX, not a debate on whether the e-readers are worth it. I already know they are worth it for me, the question is the DX worth it for me. So I say Slashdot Fail.
If you remember Ballard's communities had no room for growth, no parkspace, and no the individuals did not have the freedom to leave their city. None of this is true. Yes 3.5 metres square for living would be abismal, but a 800-1000 sq ft apartment, in a building with a pool, 20 minute walk to work, and less than 10 to public transit is my ideal living environment. Don't be an alarmist and realize this is a good thing if (and I stress IF) it is done right.
I agree with langelgjm, consider this, if it shows textbooks well, and if the total price for a kindle and 2 semester's books are less than the price of hardcopies of those books you will see this thing fly. Why, because then students like me would have a half-pound thing to worry about vs 20-30 pounds of texts. 0.5% of interest of 100% of the market, or >50% interest of 10% of the market, ask an economist which is more desirable.
Good on M$. Finally a compatibility mode that will work. Everyone is mentioning business, and yes that is key, but what about those legacy homebrew academic programs that never quite work right in traditional compatibility modes. To all of slashdot, don't complain. I am sure that if M$ included this, they would also include the ability to turn it off.
They are in Alberta, or more specifically it is illegal for vendors to import incandescents into the province. So if you can find them you can use them, but when the stock runs out its SOL.
So anyone think the original article is bunk? I mean what is perceived power and furthermore 28 60, how would the utility companies notice a difference? I may not be an Electrical Engineer, or even a general electrician but I can smell fear inducing lies at least as well as the next person.
I think the message to take from this is why should I do busy work when I am the one paying to go to school. When they start paying for be to do busywork that is another story.
Check your facts. I guarantee the Physics, Geology and Chem departments at your University depend on LaTeX as well, at least for paper submissions. As for Comp Sci, in my experience they are less likely to use LaTeX than other sciences.
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From the Author's Website: (follow the link that is the author's name)
So we already know this lune does not know how to read, and that he just posts to flame-bait. Could it be that he also is a slanderous, wretched, troll who seeks to dishonour the nerds we covet. I would prefer to think that then to think that the creator of this website is in fact an illiterate fabulist.
If the above quote is false, I say /. should sue the poster. If the above quote is true I say we should all boycott that which has been mutated by its own author beyond recognition.
Yes
be nice, you crude ignorant bigot
Dir? just redid the Google one, and it said 65536. Also did you not notice that 65535 is odd, in other words not divisible by 2. Therefore reading fail?
Though telling NASA "the key is to only transport little people" ...
They told the world that. Seriously look up "Promised the Moon". I seem to remember a key argument in the original program was "Women are smaller".
There were more gang related deaths in Edmonton than Washington state one year. Idon't remember which year, it was just one of those statistics news people threw around that was scary and memorable.
Wow it sounds like your government is actually working. The Congressmen are concerned about their areas first (not the whole nation) and the military is concerned about the whole country (not a touch of prestige). I think this may be remembered as the best example of the American Government working. My heart goes out to all those who will loose their jobs over the F-22 plant shutdowns. But it is better than the drive to deeper recession caused by avoiding steps like this.
A good way to solve this would be to stop being the world police and pissing everyone off.
But then you would be Canada.
I went to a conference celebrating new and innovative authors, guess what it was hosted by a publisher which has an open submission policy. Publishers are not as bad as you make them out to be, especially the smaller ones. I will continue to support my favourite authors through publishers. And since when did a DX review commentary page involve music.
P.S. I like Capital Records.
You're right, I am stuck in the ideals of the previous business model. Someone comes up with an idea, writes a book, and submits it for review. Who the author submits to is based on the genre of the work, the location, and the size of publishing house. This submission is then reviewed, if there is something original and interesting about the work it is passed to an editor...
I firmly believe that an author should be paid for his or her work. Currently we must pay upfront for literature, and I for one am not willing to pay for something that has not been edited. I have read many independent works that are unedited, and many others that have been edited. The ones that were edited were infinitely better, and once they were edited by a professional, again the work was far more polished. I have no problem paying for that final product, once it is polished, but to pay for the first copy would not have been satisfying. Yes one great thing about e-readers is that to publish the publisher's minimum audience for any book drops from tens/hundreds of thousands to a few hundred (maybe a thousand). Which will in turn reduce the number of books that are dropped because they are good but believed to have little interest.
In summery, I will never pay for anything that has not been edited, just as I will never pay for music that has not been professionally produced. There are reasons for the existence of these constructs beyond your need to hate them.
P.S. While most of my reading is on a Sony 505, I still buy hardcovers of my favourite authors for my shelf.
Epub
Careful, I think you are confusing publishers with printing houses. The publisher (read or imprint of a major publishing house) is responsible for the final edit, cover design, distribution methods, typesetting, methods and size of publicity campaign and about a thousand other things I am forgetting. Some publishers own their own printing houses, others farm out, but either way there is a difference. As for 'independent' books, I will never, ever buy a book that has not been guaranteed to be edited. That would be like paying for alpha software. Publishers are a necessary evil, and the sooner they learn to adapt to the next evolution of literature distribution, (hopefully adopting e-pub) the happier I'll be.
As for the niche publishing thing, there are two reasons why a publisher chooses to not publish a 'good' niche book. The first is lack of perceived interest, if only 10 people are going to read it what's the point? The second is that it does not fit the publisher's image. Image is actually important, if I am going though a store, looking for a new author, and I see Tor I will probably give it a try, if I see Harlequin, probably not. I know of at least one person that would be the exact opposite of this, ao publisher's retaining their niche is just as important as active publicity. Back to the point about the lack of interest. If they are not printing anything then the significant incurred costs are in manpower, and not materials, so in fact we will see more publishers take risks with pushing out more ultra-niche titles as the industry transitions.
In the future I hope to go to a publisher's website, buy and download a couple of books, and upload them onto my e-reader, knowing that X% of my $$ is going to the author, upfront (preferably something like 45% and another 15% to the editor).
One final note, I was looking for a review on the DX, not a debate on whether the e-readers are worth it. I already know they are worth it for me, the question is the DX worth it for me. So I say Slashdot Fail.
If you remember Ballard's communities had no room for growth, no parkspace, and no the individuals did not have the freedom to leave their city. None of this is true. Yes 3.5 metres square for living would be abismal, but a 800-1000 sq ft apartment, in a building with a pool, 20 minute walk to work, and less than 10 to public transit is my ideal living environment. Don't be an alarmist and realize this is a good thing if (and I stress IF) it is done right.
I agree with langelgjm, consider this, if it shows textbooks well, and if the total price for a kindle and 2 semester's books are less than the price of hardcopies of those books you will see this thing fly. Why, because then students like me would have a half-pound thing to worry about vs 20-30 pounds of texts. 0.5% of interest of 100% of the market, or >50% interest of 10% of the market, ask an economist which is more desirable.
Good on M$. Finally a compatibility mode that will work. Everyone is mentioning business, and yes that is key, but what about those legacy homebrew academic programs that never quite work right in traditional compatibility modes. To all of slashdot, don't complain. I am sure that if M$ included this, they would also include the ability to turn it off.
They are in Alberta, or more specifically it is illegal for vendors to import incandescents into the province. So if you can find them you can use them, but when the stock runs out its SOL.
oops should be '28 is less than 60'
So anyone think the original article is bunk? I mean what is perceived power and furthermore 28 60, how would the utility companies notice a difference? I may not be an Electrical Engineer, or even a general electrician but I can smell fear inducing lies at least as well as the next person.
I think the message to take from this is why should I do busy work when I am the one paying to go to school. When they start paying for be to do busywork that is another story.
Check your facts. I guarantee the Physics, Geology and Chem departments at your University depend on LaTeX as well, at least for paper submissions. As for Comp Sci, in my experience they are less likely to use LaTeX than other sciences.