I suspect that the ToS has it limited to one person, but I didn't research, honestly. That's just my expectation of legalese protectionism, especially from a company with Amazon's protectionist reputation.
Not that I would ever condone such action, but: Something that I've seen suggested on some forums: open up your Kindle from your computer, move all of the amazon books over to your hard drive, and find a utility to crack the drm (haven't tried it myself, but I heard Calibre works), and back them up. Then, and only then, are they yours. Note: may be illegal or break Amazon's ToS, may damage files, etc.
I have a novel up on Amazon (and B&N, Smahwords, Sony, and iBookstore), but I sell it without DRM. I don't like it as a reader, and I don't agree with it as an author. I don't believe in forcing my fans/customers into "renting" books.
Joe Konrath did some experimenting earlier this year, and found evidence of correlation...if I remember right, he put all of his books on his site for free for a day or so and asked people to put them out on torrent sites, share with friends, etc. According to his analysis, his sales increased markedly shortly thereafter. Not proof, but pretty hard to ignore that there was probably some strong correlation there.
I published a book last summer about a 4chan-ish group called Amity (name of the book and name of the site where they congregate). In the book, a major soft drink corp tries to do just that: take advantage of the scale of the site users by pushing ads on them, thinking them an innocuous group of consumers. As one could imagine, it doesn't go so well for the soft drink company...
That's crazy...I just assumed that they came with at least two pairs.
I, personally, would never buy a 3D tv unless I didn't have to wear glasses, or any other kind of stupid, uncomfortable, intrusive peripheral device. I loathe using them in theaters, I sure as hell don't want to subject myself to them when I'm at home.
Now, if they could do effective holography, I'd consider glasses...maybe.
So, if my grandma took in her computer to pay to have them do a defrag and update some drivers, maybe run a q-tip across the DVD drive laser--all things that she could do for free at home--she's getting robbed?
I don't get the controversy here, unless BB was lying about what they were doing.
Because a segment of the internet dedicated to government and "high risk" sectors would be much safer...like when I put a DO NOT STEAL note on my bike.
"EA Sports doesn't want you to know that the characters in their so-called 'wrestling' games are really just actors, spitting chicken blood and stomping their feet to simulate impacts.
If they really cared about gamers, why would they pull this trick on innocent people?
Call EA Sports and tell them: no more jumping off of ladders onto balsa wood tables.
I'm THQ UFC Undisputed, and I approve this message."
<karma burn> Is "loving too much" one of their problems? Caring about people to the point of losing self-efficacy? Working too hard and not spending enough "me" time getting to learn who the real Dell is, deep inside? </karma burn>
My experience with them is just the opposite; I bought two Dimension 3000s and both had overheating problems (also well-documented on the internet including pictures of melted components and mobos, both acknowledged by Dell "off-the-record" by a phone rep). They tried everything possible to not fix the problem...by their own admission, their fanless CPU heatsink and externally-vented shroud scheme ("design" is too kind a word) was a failure, but they refused to do anything about it, and offered to send me new shrouds--parts that worked as designed and were not defective, per se. We played that game for months until the warranties expired and they refused to ackknowledge my existence anymore unless I bought an additional support package, even though the original overheating problem had not been resolved.
And that terminated, until the end of time, my dealings with Dell.
You have a valid point, and that was probably the wrong analogy for me to make. I don't think anyone should be allowed to conceal their faces from security personnel in a scenario where it may put people in danger (I'm a semi-militant atheist and have many many opinions on religion and their nutty practices, but that's not the motivation of my post; as wacky as I think religious practices are, personal freedoms take precedent as long as there is no immediate danger, IMHO).
For the sake of argument, let's remove the "and face" part, and just focus on those wearing turbans and non-face-covering Muslim-ish gear--like my friend, an American Seikh, born in Ohio, Doctorate in Anesthesiology from FSU, Beatles fan and the nicest guy you could hope to meet, but is required to wear a turban and long beard at all times (as well as a few ceremonial items like a beard comb). Do you think he gets hassled trying to get on a plane? Hell yeah, he does; and that was my point, not that they are concealed excessively, but that they are now legally identified as being threats due to their outward appearance.
Beard? You're suspicious. Dark skin? Pulled out of line. Head or face covering required by your religion? Come to the airport an extra hour early.
White, clean-shaven, wearing a Yankees ballcap and a Tap Out t-shirt? We're cool, keep moving.
That's why it potentially violates civil rights: it's a codification of reasons to discriminate based on outward appearance which, I absolutely guarantee, isn't limited to "flopsweat in 70 degree weather and looks like he's ready to bolt for an exit".
Curious to see if app revenue goes down, since many of them require bandwidth usage to function. Also, in the case of my Backflip, if AT&Twill still charge high monthly fees for bandwidth heavy apps like Navigator. If I'm paying extra to download maps, I sure as hell ain't paying $10 a month for a GPS app.
Watching the video, it was pretty clear that it wasn't edited for brevity; they broadcast several seconds (like ten-fifteen seconds) of him looking around the crowd awkwardly. The clip doesn't seem awkward if you view the original footage including the crowd's applause. It seemed to be engineered to insinuate that the West Point crowd did not agree with Obama's stance on the war, a point driven home later in the week when Mike Huckabee mentioned the fact that the "troops didn't appluade".
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I suspect that the ToS has it limited to one person, but I didn't research, honestly. That's just my expectation of legalese protectionism, especially from a company with Amazon's protectionist reputation.
Not that I would ever condone such action, but: Something that I've seen suggested on some forums: open up your Kindle from your computer, move all of the amazon books over to your hard drive, and find a utility to crack the drm (haven't tried it myself, but I heard Calibre works), and back them up. Then, and only then, are they yours. Note: may be illegal or break Amazon's ToS, may damage files, etc.
I have a novel up on Amazon (and B&N, Smahwords, Sony, and iBookstore), but I sell it without DRM. I don't like it as a reader, and I don't agree with it as an author. I don't believe in forcing my fans/customers into "renting" books.
Joe Konrath did some experimenting earlier this year, and found evidence of correlation...if I remember right, he put all of his books on his site for free for a day or so and asked people to put them out on torrent sites, share with friends, etc. According to his analysis, his sales increased markedly shortly thereafter. Not proof, but pretty hard to ignore that there was probably some strong correlation there.
Relevant self-pimping:
I published a book last summer about a 4chan-ish group called Amity (name of the book and name of the site where they congregate). In the book, a major soft drink corp tries to do just that: take advantage of the scale of the site users by pushing ads on them, thinking them an innocuous group of consumers. As one could imagine, it doesn't go so well for the soft drink company...
...for AT&T/Motorola to delay upgrading my Backflip to 2.1 again.
Worst purchase ever.
That's crazy...I just assumed that they came with at least two pairs.
I, personally, would never buy a 3D tv unless I didn't have to wear glasses, or any other kind of stupid, uncomfortable, intrusive peripheral device. I loathe using them in theaters, I sure as hell don't want to subject myself to them when I'm at home.
Now, if they could do effective holography, I'd consider glasses...maybe.
No kidding...especially the same day they raided an auction house to recover the fingerprint card of a guy who has been dead for like 25 years
So, if my grandma took in her computer to pay to have them do a defrag and update some drivers, maybe run a q-tip across the DVD drive laser--all things that she could do for free at home--she's getting robbed?
I don't get the controversy here, unless BB was lying about what they were doing.
Because a segment of the internet dedicated to government and "high risk" sectors would be much safer...like when I put a DO NOT STEAL note on my bike.
"EA Sports doesn't want you to know that the characters in their so-called 'wrestling' games are really just actors, spitting chicken blood and stomping their feet to simulate impacts.
If they really cared about gamers, why would they pull this trick on innocent people?
Call EA Sports and tell them: no more jumping off of ladders onto balsa wood tables.
I'm THQ UFC Undisputed, and I approve this message."
In Soviet...outer space game....your PLEX...will...blow up...
Crap. I got nuthin'.
<karma burn>
Is "loving too much" one of their problems? Caring about people to the point of losing self-efficacy? Working too hard and not spending enough "me" time getting to learn who the real Dell is, deep inside?
</karma burn>
My experience with them is just the opposite; I bought two Dimension 3000s and both had overheating problems (also well-documented on the internet including pictures of melted components and mobos, both acknowledged by Dell "off-the-record" by a phone rep). They tried everything possible to not fix the problem...by their own admission, their fanless CPU heatsink and externally-vented shroud scheme ("design" is too kind a word) was a failure, but they refused to do anything about it, and offered to send me new shrouds--parts that worked as designed and were not defective, per se. We played that game for months until the warranties expired and they refused to ackknowledge my existence anymore unless I bought an additional support package, even though the original overheating problem had not been resolved.
And that terminated, until the end of time, my dealings with Dell.
Las Vegas/Saudi Arabia==1.453 harryreids (non U.S. conversion: 1 harryreid==.74555648 cheesewheels)
>dumping ground for nuclear and toxic waste
Yes, but we haven't seen the Hilton sisters in several months.
Zzzzzzzzzing!
I know, it's all Linux users currently.
(ducks)
Invest in screenwipes now, they'll be impossible to get after the JunkScan2000 authentication system hits stores.
Self-woosh. Signing off. Tip your waitress.
It's Apple's own fault for rejecting Flash.
In Soviet Russia, filmgoers damage Uwe Boll!
(insert giant sucking sound here)
You have a valid point, and that was probably the wrong analogy for me to make. I don't think anyone should be allowed to conceal their faces from security personnel in a scenario where it may put people in danger (I'm a semi-militant atheist and have many many opinions on religion and their nutty practices, but that's not the motivation of my post; as wacky as I think religious practices are, personal freedoms take precedent as long as there is no immediate danger, IMHO).
For the sake of argument, let's remove the "and face" part, and just focus on those wearing turbans and non-face-covering Muslim-ish gear--like my friend, an American Seikh, born in Ohio, Doctorate in Anesthesiology from FSU, Beatles fan and the nicest guy you could hope to meet, but is required to wear a turban and long beard at all times (as well as a few ceremonial items like a beard comb). Do you think he gets hassled trying to get on a plane? Hell yeah, he does; and that was my point, not that they are concealed excessively, but that they are now legally identified as being threats due to their outward appearance.
Beard? You're suspicious.
Dark skin? Pulled out of line.
Head or face covering required by your religion? Come to the airport an extra hour early.
White, clean-shaven, wearing a Yankees ballcap and a Tap Out t-shirt? We're cool, keep moving.
That's why it potentially violates civil rights: it's a codification of reasons to discriminate based on outward appearance which, I absolutely guarantee, isn't limited to "flopsweat in 70 degree weather and looks like he's ready to bolt for an exit".
Curious to see if app revenue goes down, since many of them require bandwidth usage to function. Also, in the case of my Backflip, if AT&Twill still charge high monthly fees for bandwidth heavy apps like Navigator. If I'm paying extra to download maps, I sure as hell ain't paying $10 a month for a GPS app.
Watching the video, it was pretty clear that it wasn't edited for brevity; they broadcast several seconds (like ten-fifteen seconds) of him looking around the crowd awkwardly. The clip doesn't seem awkward if you view the original footage including the crowd's applause. It seemed to be engineered to insinuate that the West Point crowd did not agree with Obama's stance on the war, a point driven home later in the week when Mike Huckabee mentioned the fact that the "troops didn't appluade".
I still have my CueCat...couldn't think of a good use for it, it's still in the wrapper, even.
Spirit would charge him for the raft.