> One hundred responses and not a single one interested as to whether the suspect is actually guilty of the crime or not.
*sigh*
What was the last "rights" criminal law case you saw where the party actually was innocent? Almost by definition, all criminal rights cases involve a person who committed a crime. The question at issue is whether the government used the proper process to actually convict them. BTW, "committed a crime" is not always the same as "guilty of committing" the crime.
One of the presumptions that is frequently made about the convenience of eBook reading devices vs. paper books is that but for the book, you wouldn't be buying/carrying/using the device. People phrase this objection in terms of "when it is as light as a book" or "when it is as cheap" or whatever. That misses the point of leveraging existing technology and functionality to add something more.
I have a high resolution Sony Clie with a memory stick that holds over 200 average sized books. It also plays MP3s, keeps my calendar, address book, calculator and a number of other things handy. In a pinch it can operate as a flashlight.:) Even if books weren't available for it, I would still be carrying it just about everywhere I go. Having books available on top of the other features is just an added bonus.
Even though I do quite a bit of dead tree reading for school (ability to highlight, write margin notes, etc.) I do almost 100% of my "for fun" reading on my Clie. The book is always with me, I can read a page or two whenever I have a couple of minutes, nobody can see what I am reading or even if I am reading something at all, and if I finish or get sick of the book, I can easily switch to the next in the queue. This to me makes it far more attractive than carting the book of the week around with me in addition to everything else modern society dictates we need with us.
(Not to mention the fact that when I got in an argument with someone about a scene from LOTR:TTT, I could look up the passage immediately instead of running off to the attic where I keep my paper copy!)
Personally, I see this being used in corporate law departments and in R&D divisions, where the ability to lock people out of something even if they do have possession of it would be invaluable.
Sounds great, except the vast majority of the legal field uses WordPerfect...
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> One hundred responses and not a single one interested as to whether the suspect is actually guilty of the crime or not.
*sigh*
What was the last "rights" criminal law case you saw where the party actually was innocent? Almost by definition, all criminal rights cases involve a person who committed a crime. The question at issue is whether the government used the proper process to actually convict them.
BTW, "committed a crime" is not always the same as "guilty of committing" the crime.
They can and do tax illegal drugs. The trick is just collecting.
8 links. And no, I didn't click all of them. :)
One of the presumptions that is frequently made about the convenience of eBook reading devices vs. paper books is that but for the book, you wouldn't be buying/carrying/using the device. People phrase this objection in terms of "when it is as light as a book" or "when it is as cheap" or whatever. That misses the point of leveraging existing technology and functionality to add something more.
:) Even if books weren't available for it, I would still be carrying it just about everywhere I go. Having books available on top of the other features is just an added bonus.
I have a high resolution Sony Clie with a memory stick that holds over 200 average sized books. It also plays MP3s, keeps my calendar, address book, calculator and a number of other things handy. In a pinch it can operate as a flashlight.
Even though I do quite a bit of dead tree reading for school (ability to highlight, write margin notes, etc.) I do almost 100% of my "for fun" reading on my Clie. The book is always with me, I can read a page or two whenever I have a couple of minutes, nobody can see what I am reading or even if I am reading something at all, and if I finish or get sick of the book, I can easily switch to the next in the queue. This to me makes it far more attractive than carting the book of the week around with me in addition to everything else modern society dictates we need with us.
(Not to mention the fact that when I got in an argument with someone about a scene from LOTR:TTT, I could look up the passage immediately instead of running off to the attic where I keep my paper copy!)
Personally, I see this being used in corporate law departments and in R&D divisions, where the ability to lock people out of something even if they do have possession of it would be invaluable.
Sounds great, except the vast majority of the legal field uses WordPerfect...