If find that the process of writing down class notes is what (a) keeps my mind focused on the lecture and (b) aids in review when I have the notes in _my_ order with my side notes. I've taken classes lately with professors using your method (their notes, sometimes with blanks to simplify class participation) - and it didn't "stick." Sure, I did well, but it was all short term memory - in a year the knowledge was nearly as foreign as if I hadn't taken it.
It sounds more like you prefer to provide more material than normally covered, and that's fine. I'd prefer to cover a little less and have it stick with me. As for recording notes and recopying later - I'll admit I'm a bad student. My time is limited and the hour I spend in a lecture is the hour I devote to that material - I don't want to spend an extra 1-2 hours relistening to a lecture - it wastes my time if I've done the in-class routinge correctly. Sample problems (aka homework) cements the lesson and identifies areas I don't understand so I can review them at the next opportunity.
What really cements the knowledge are the tests where I get to use a formula/summary sheet (preferably multiple for later, cumulative exams). I have notes from a decade ago that I use regularly in my office because I copied carefully in class, then when studying for the exams prepared "summary" sheets. Those sheets are - to this day - my professional references. A quick glance for the right formula, back to the notes I took (with my side points) if it's been a while, and into the textbook if I need to really brush up or have to expand on a subject.
Of course, this is primarily for engineering; math can be different, as can other topics.
I'd blame the use of cryogenic fuel for Columbia. That's where the icing came from, and without the LH2 and LOX there would be no need for the exterior insulation.
I agree with you on the legacy components angle 100%, though. Appointing a former Thiokol exec to determine what the new transport should look like and being surprised it uses shuttle style SRBs are not compatible actions. I'd have preferred a ground up approach.
Not that using the Thiokol design is a big surprise - the task force which determined what the next launch vehicle would look like was chaired by a former Thiokol executive.
Still, solid propellants and non-cryogenic liquids are a simplification of the launch sequence, and solid fuel has a long history. It's cheap, reliable, and stores fairly well. Most high power and amatuer rocket enthusiasts fly solid (primarily for cost), and given the lack of rigor in rocket assembly there are very few propulsion failures in the sport.
IT worker wasn't cutting it, so...you became a manager.
I'm not being sarcastic...this is usually the way out of the dead end job market for the lucky few who can/will find a parallel career. It takes a certain kind of personality to succeed, though.
Really? I can only presume you've graduated to "owner" status and don't work the business(es) any more. Most small shop owners I know who are successful have very little free time outside of the business. Now, owners who have moved on from managing their own shop to "owning" several usually do quite well, but it normally takes quite a while - and a fair bit of business acumen - to get to that point.
Yeah, but it only costs a shade over $5 to fill the Tesla's "tank" in my city. How much are you paying for 15 gallons of gas?
Not saying that you'll ever break even - you won't - but there is a bit of a difference. Now, should you want to compare any other sub-4 sec 0-60 2 seat roadster to the Tesla, I believe we may make a more accurate comparison.
If you want to watch the movie a month or so before it goes on DVD, PB or nntp is the way to go. I usually download what I think might be interesting, and if it is we pick it up on disc when it goes on sale. I suppose I could use netflix, but aside from the occasional German version, nntp is faster.
Now, if I could d/l a regular digital version for, say $5, I'd have a lot more movies in my collection. Why $5? It's about the difference between the price I usually pay and the price I can resell them for on eBay or Amazon after I'm through with them. Of course, that doesn't really count the one's I like and keep - but then again, about 2/3 of my collection came from Columbia House at a net price of ~$7 a piece before counting the one's I sold on eBay for a profit.
Unless it's a computer program or an audio recording, in which case you're still prohibited from renting them. I've never understood how hollywood didn't get movies written into that part of the law.
You have just pissed off everyone who rents business buildings, cleans offices, sells food (prepared and packaged) in convenience shops, and just about anyone who sells anything in a downtown district. The biggest problem with modern society is that it is very efficient (where money changing hands = efficiency) for the status quo. Any major changes will hurt someone, and they're going to cry bloody murder at any attempt to move away from their optimized business cycle.
It's a great idea - though with some kinks to work out interactions - but there's so much built on centralized business it's mind boggling. You may as well suggest that everyone move out of silicon valley and New York to the "rest of the US" where cost of living is a small fraction. It's just not going to happen.
Because then you all share in the costs. Don't tell anyone, but it's all legal. I try to torrent distros I download just to keep the owners b/w cost down.
Admittedly, I haven't looked into home automation in a couple of years, but the biggest problem is the total cost of systems - both in components and manpower to properly install them. There are no real commodity parts for all the little pieces, so every system is effectively proprietary - and priced as such. Even a simple, full home automation set will set you back several thousand dollars. There is no value in the manufacturers creating a commodity market for this stuff - the volume is too low and the development costs too high. That will keep it all as niche products.
The second problem is setup and programming. Until we get to plug-and-play with these systems that your typical grandmother can do, it's going to take manpower to setup. Guess what - the guys who do this professionally have a vested interest in keeping the lay public from being able to install it themselves. Since the manufacturers depend on the custom installers to sell product, they make it hard for the lay public to (a) get the hardware and (b) get the documentation. The same problem exists in the home theater market. Anything that requires local human hands to set anything up is going to drive the cost up dramatically, and that has to be factored in. Huge margins on the hardware makes the installation seem less expensive. If you sold this stuff at a 300% markup over manufacturing, there'd be no allowance for installers - or you'd find out that the "free" install you just got on your $1000 controller was really a $400 controller and $600 installation fee.
Ignoring the AC sibling posts, I would tend to agree. One of the biggest failures of the typical PDF is that there are no thumbnail views of the pages - you have to render every single page, every time you shift it. So if you happen to view the pages in continuous format you get to render two pages, and if your monitor is big enough to see side by sid eand continuous, it's four. Try and get a thumbnail view in a side pane and you have to sit around while it re-renders the whole book.
I deal with large PDF sets of architectural prints which have a bazillion vectors and take forever to render, even on decent machines. A conversion from vector to 400dpi 1bit and back to pdf can cut the file size by 50% or more. Talk about painful.
That said, it's not too bad if you've got a good way to search, bookmark, and comment. I'd like it if you could render as fast as you could flip through a normal book.
I have one for operations like print services, occasional recoding, and backup chores. I have another that is the recording end of my digital audio studio. I think I got mine for $60-70 on ebay 2 years ago. Kill-a-watt says ~34W on idle, peaks to 60-65W under full load. It's a regular old P4-2.4, 512MB RAM, and an IDE laptop drive, and has built in 100bT networking. Nice and small too, though the power brick is hefty.
If you're looking to save money, consider what is costs to pay for an extra 10W-20W of power over a mini vs. the upfront costs. I figure 131 kWh per year at a 15W average difference. That's right about $10/yr for me.
The resale angle is significant, and reduces the actual value of the item quite a bit. Returning is not as big a deal for CC users, as you can always tell them to give you your money back, or you'll have the CC company do it for you. It's a pain, but how many have you actually returned for legitimate reasons?
I think the bandwidth is there. Of course, that's based on my own experience and is totally anecdotal. Unless you need it immediately, a couple of gigs is easily downloaded in a afternoon or less using a lowly 3Mb DSL connection (which is what I have). Yes, there are still people out there on 768 and (gasp) dialup. The former is an overnight download, the latter is why physical CD/DVD versions are still sold on Amazon. I live in a college town, and one would expect to see some pretty big slow downs on the net during high traffic periods, but I seem to be able to max my connection pretty much any time of the day from places with big pipes (easynews, for example).
Besides, if you listen to the content creators, the pirates are already downloading 2-3 titles for every one sold. Going to an all digital distribution is a drop in the bucket.:-)
This is a small, inexpensive office machine - the 118i, only about $3.5k retail, if it's still sold. The difficulty is that the machine gives no feedback on an error; any failure to send an email returns a single "can't complete" code. It's essentially a blind operation to set it up. Not being someone who tinkers with networks that much, I don't have the knowledge to sniff what's going on and where it's failing.
Since most mail servers are set up to require some sort of authentication by default, you have to turn that off to get the machine to successfully send. The question is, do I spend $1000 on a local network guy to buy me a $1000 server and set up the system, and then pay him $400 a call if anything goes wrong, or go buy a $400 dedicated scanner, even if it's slower or not as capable - but good enough. That's a simple business decision. It's the problem with small operations; we can't financially justify many consultants and still afford to pay our own salaries. I'm on the other end of the business deal at times too - most people can't keep me on retainer "just in case."
If the mac is easy, and there are few/no hidden options (as can be so common with CLIs, and even the MS Exchange GUI), then it might be worth a shot. If I'm messing with the CLI or having to change "hidden" options, then it's not worth my time.
Really, I see " 6" diagonal display size " on the chart, but no X-Y dimension. As anyone who has compared monitors, different aspect ratios have noticeably different areas. The unit dimensions aren't give as a single number. The 3.5" color display is also a bit fuzzy - H? D? but it has one and the Kindle does not, so that's sort of a distinguising feature rather than a direct comparison.
I'm still looking for the size of the display on the "Tech Specs" page. Unless you count the color display size, which isn't listed as H or V or D, and is essentially an interface pad rather than a reading area. Feel free to point out a list of the screen size or a diagram of the actual screen with dimensions on the techspecs page. I await your webpage reading brilliance.
You nailed the touchscreen part. I actually kind of like it, if it's organized well. I'd go so far as to say this could be an awesome multi-use device. With touchscreen nav and the right software, sifting through albums for music would be easy. Depending on how quick the screen refreshes (and I think it's fast enough) it could be a neat GPS device - either for walking or driving (of course, there's the lack of GPS receiver...but that's easily fixed in the next release). Of course, the OS will probably be locked and nobody will develop cool apps for it, so we'll be stuck with a lousy software interface.
Personally, I want an app that stores all of my "frequent shopper" cards so they can scan my device at the cash register. The useless tool possibilities are endless!
They're one step ahead of you my infringing friend.
By including a PDF reader and wifi, they have prevented you from surreptitiously rooting their device to install such a reader, and then hacking the hardwired interface to load your ill-gotten reading material.
So go find all the pirated books you want - B&N has already won by taking away the thrill of victory by allowing you to load and read them as part of the basic package.
You can hang your head in shame, knowing that The Man has beaten you again.;-)
...on one of these. If it's a no-brainer, point-and-click affair I'm in. I've got this Xerox copier that is a fantastic B&W scanner - the problem is that they only allow scanning to email. And the email server can't require any authentication. I'm not kidding. The first time I set it up the Xerox s/w support guy walked me through getting it connected, verifying the old exchange box I used would take an unauthenticated telnet session to send an email. When that machine died, I decided I could by a new scanner for less than a MS Exchange license (it was tied to the dead pc). I tried ubuntu and slack on a small box, but couldn't quite get the two to talk.
For $500, I might try again.
(FWIW, the scanner can do 20-30 sheets a minute, and also does 11x17 duplex and mixed originals...not you're run-of-the-mill $200 AIO machine)
I can't find a screen size. In a world of mm variation comparisons, I can only presume that the eInk screen on this reader is smaller than the Kindle2 screen.
Sadly, it's also not as svelte. Yes, it's slightly smaller in footprint, but it's noticably thicker. If Apple has taught us anything, thin is the cool part of being small. And it has shorter overall battery life, even with the extra 10% weight.
That's not to say the device isn't cool. I'm a little concerned about the touchscreen keyboard, but chicklets suck too, so maybe it's a wash. The color screen is really just eye candy, but it is kind of neat.
I'm holding out for the XL version (there has to be one, right?) 'cause most of my references I use are letter sized paper, and squeezing them to novel size isn't quite going to do it for my aging eyes.
When you lend a book, you lock yourself out of that title on your reader for 14 days (Well, it's probably configurable up to 14 days). The copy sent to your friend is a time limited DRM version that self destructs (does not allow access) after the loan period, and can't be re-forwarded. Think of it as a more restrictive copy-once version of DRM.
This means two things (1) it will be cracked and there will be ebooks floating around, but it will be fringe in quantity (2) you can lend your ebook very similarly to lending a real book (you can't read it but your friend can), with the "bonus" that you automatically get the book back in two weeks. (3) this means you can't give away or resell with this mechanism
Take these as the advantages and disadvantages that they are. It's a step up from Kindle.
On the contrary - when I get sick, I don't go to work. I call my clients and let them know I'm out, and I stay home until I'm basically well again. As for the very small chance I am somehow allergic to this flu vaccine (no complications in the past), I have insurance and financial reserves which will allow me to not have to work. Yes, that takes a good deal of planning, and financial discipline. It sounds like you don't work, which means you're living off the state, or living off of mommy and daddy's work. In either case, society would view you as highly expendable.
As for your genes, I'm sorry to disappoint you as I'm already out of the gene pool. I'm simply hoping you don't reproduce with anyone and pass on your foolishness to your offspring, which my progeny might have to deal with.
all of you are skipping this vaccine. With the reduced quantity available this fall, this will lessen the pressure on the vaccine production and make it possible for the rest of us to get it.
In fact, once my family is vaccinated, I'd rather you all get together for a swine flu party and everyone get infected. I'd suggest long working out in cold climate areas to really get the immune system response going. And whatever you do, don't take any over the counter meds - they'll just mask the problem and won't get you better any faster. With luck, all the phlegm will pool in your lungs and your immune system will have a chance to get a real workout.
There are over 6 billion people on this earth, and we really don't need about 5.5 billion of those. H1N1 can't correct that all by itself, but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and with the right attitude this could be it!
You'll have to excuse me...I'm going to check with my pharmacist and see if he's gotten his shipment in.
I hope you get the swine flu, too. In fact, I'm betting on the long shot that you happen to be one of those who will turn out to be particularly sensitive to it, and will remove yourself from the gene pool.
Me? I'm getting the vaccine, provided it's available in my area before I actually get the flu. It may not be life threatening to me, but I'm self employed and a typical flu recovery cycle would cost me $8000.
BTW - the linked site author clearly does not understand immunology, or he would realize that as a person with an exceptionally active immune system he may be more at risk for serious side effects. We can only hope...
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Technology from a couple years ago, larger fonts for older eyes...they're clearly targeting the Korean market.
Interesting...
If find that the process of writing down class notes is what (a) keeps my mind focused on the lecture and (b) aids in review when I have the notes in _my_ order with my side notes. I've taken classes lately with professors using your method (their notes, sometimes with blanks to simplify class participation) - and it didn't "stick." Sure, I did well, but it was all short term memory - in a year the knowledge was nearly as foreign as if I hadn't taken it.
It sounds more like you prefer to provide more material than normally covered, and that's fine. I'd prefer to cover a little less and have it stick with me. As for recording notes and recopying later - I'll admit I'm a bad student. My time is limited and the hour I spend in a lecture is the hour I devote to that material - I don't want to spend an extra 1-2 hours relistening to a lecture - it wastes my time if I've done the in-class routinge correctly. Sample problems (aka homework) cements the lesson and identifies areas I don't understand so I can review them at the next opportunity.
What really cements the knowledge are the tests where I get to use a formula/summary sheet (preferably multiple for later, cumulative exams). I have notes from a decade ago that I use regularly in my office because I copied carefully in class, then when studying for the exams prepared "summary" sheets. Those sheets are - to this day - my professional references. A quick glance for the right formula, back to the notes I took (with my side points) if it's been a while, and into the textbook if I need to really brush up or have to expand on a subject.
Of course, this is primarily for engineering; math can be different, as can other topics.
I'd blame the use of cryogenic fuel for Columbia. That's where the icing came from, and without the LH2 and LOX there would be no need for the exterior insulation.
I agree with you on the legacy components angle 100%, though. Appointing a former Thiokol exec to determine what the new transport should look like and being surprised it uses shuttle style SRBs are not compatible actions. I'd have preferred a ground up approach.
Not that using the Thiokol design is a big surprise - the task force which determined what the next launch vehicle would look like was chaired by a former Thiokol executive.
Still, solid propellants and non-cryogenic liquids are a simplification of the launch sequence, and solid fuel has a long history. It's cheap, reliable, and stores fairly well. Most high power and amatuer rocket enthusiasts fly solid (primarily for cost), and given the lack of rigor in rocket assembly there are very few propulsion failures in the sport.
IT worker wasn't cutting it, so...you became a manager.
I'm not being sarcastic...this is usually the way out of the dead end job market for the lucky few who can/will find a parallel career. It takes a certain kind of personality to succeed, though.
Really? I can only presume you've graduated to "owner" status and don't work the business(es) any more. Most small shop owners I know who are successful have very little free time outside of the business. Now, owners who have moved on from managing their own shop to "owning" several usually do quite well, but it normally takes quite a while - and a fair bit of business acumen - to get to that point.
Yeah, but it only costs a shade over $5 to fill the Tesla's "tank" in my city. How much are you paying for 15 gallons of gas?
Not saying that you'll ever break even - you won't - but there is a bit of a difference. Now, should you want to compare any other sub-4 sec 0-60 2 seat roadster to the Tesla, I believe we may make a more accurate comparison.
If you want to watch the movie a month or so before it goes on DVD, PB or nntp is the way to go. I usually download what I think might be interesting, and if it is we pick it up on disc when it goes on sale. I suppose I could use netflix, but aside from the occasional German version, nntp is faster.
Now, if I could d/l a regular digital version for, say $5, I'd have a lot more movies in my collection. Why $5? It's about the difference between the price I usually pay and the price I can resell them for on eBay or Amazon after I'm through with them. Of course, that doesn't really count the one's I like and keep - but then again, about 2/3 of my collection came from Columbia House at a net price of ~$7 a piece before counting the one's I sold on eBay for a profit.
Unless it's a computer program or an audio recording, in which case you're still prohibited from renting them. I've never understood how hollywood didn't get movies written into that part of the law.
You have just pissed off everyone who rents business buildings, cleans offices, sells food (prepared and packaged) in convenience shops, and just about anyone who sells anything in a downtown district. The biggest problem with modern society is that it is very efficient (where money changing hands = efficiency) for the status quo. Any major changes will hurt someone, and they're going to cry bloody murder at any attempt to move away from their optimized business cycle.
It's a great idea - though with some kinks to work out interactions - but there's so much built on centralized business it's mind boggling. You may as well suggest that everyone move out of silicon valley and New York to the "rest of the US" where cost of living is a small fraction. It's just not going to happen.
Because then you all share in the costs. Don't tell anyone, but it's all legal. I try to torrent distros I download just to keep the owners b/w cost down.
Admittedly, I haven't looked into home automation in a couple of years, but the biggest problem is the total cost of systems - both in components and manpower to properly install them. There are no real commodity parts for all the little pieces, so every system is effectively proprietary - and priced as such. Even a simple, full home automation set will set you back several thousand dollars. There is no value in the manufacturers creating a commodity market for this stuff - the volume is too low and the development costs too high. That will keep it all as niche products.
The second problem is setup and programming. Until we get to plug-and-play with these systems that your typical grandmother can do, it's going to take manpower to setup. Guess what - the guys who do this professionally have a vested interest in keeping the lay public from being able to install it themselves. Since the manufacturers depend on the custom installers to sell product, they make it hard for the lay public to (a) get the hardware and (b) get the documentation. The same problem exists in the home theater market. Anything that requires local human hands to set anything up is going to drive the cost up dramatically, and that has to be factored in. Huge margins on the hardware makes the installation seem less expensive. If you sold this stuff at a 300% markup over manufacturing, there'd be no allowance for installers - or you'd find out that the "free" install you just got on your $1000 controller was really a $400 controller and $600 installation fee.
Ignoring the AC sibling posts, I would tend to agree. One of the biggest failures of the typical PDF is that there are no thumbnail views of the pages - you have to render every single page, every time you shift it. So if you happen to view the pages in continuous format you get to render two pages, and if your monitor is big enough to see side by sid eand continuous, it's four. Try and get a thumbnail view in a side pane and you have to sit around while it re-renders the whole book.
I deal with large PDF sets of architectural prints which have a bazillion vectors and take forever to render, even on decent machines. A conversion from vector to 400dpi 1bit and back to pdf can cut the file size by 50% or more. Talk about painful.
That said, it's not too bad if you've got a good way to search, bookmark, and comment. I'd like it if you could render as fast as you could flip through a normal book.
I have one for operations like print services, occasional recoding, and backup chores. I have another that is the recording end of my digital audio studio. I think I got mine for $60-70 on ebay 2 years ago. Kill-a-watt says ~34W on idle, peaks to 60-65W under full load. It's a regular old P4-2.4, 512MB RAM, and an IDE laptop drive, and has built in 100bT networking. Nice and small too, though the power brick is hefty.
If you're looking to save money, consider what is costs to pay for an extra 10W-20W of power over a mini vs. the upfront costs. I figure 131 kWh per year at a 15W average difference. That's right about $10/yr for me.
The resale angle is significant, and reduces the actual value of the item quite a bit. Returning is not as big a deal for CC users, as you can always tell them to give you your money back, or you'll have the CC company do it for you. It's a pain, but how many have you actually returned for legitimate reasons?
I think the bandwidth is there. Of course, that's based on my own experience and is totally anecdotal. Unless you need it immediately, a couple of gigs is easily downloaded in a afternoon or less using a lowly 3Mb DSL connection (which is what I have). Yes, there are still people out there on 768 and (gasp) dialup. The former is an overnight download, the latter is why physical CD/DVD versions are still sold on Amazon. I live in a college town, and one would expect to see some pretty big slow downs on the net during high traffic periods, but I seem to be able to max my connection pretty much any time of the day from places with big pipes (easynews, for example).
Besides, if you listen to the content creators, the pirates are already downloading 2-3 titles for every one sold. Going to an all digital distribution is a drop in the bucket. :-)
This is a small, inexpensive office machine - the 118i, only about $3.5k retail, if it's still sold. The difficulty is that the machine gives no feedback on an error; any failure to send an email returns a single "can't complete" code. It's essentially a blind operation to set it up. Not being someone who tinkers with networks that much, I don't have the knowledge to sniff what's going on and where it's failing.
Since most mail servers are set up to require some sort of authentication by default, you have to turn that off to get the machine to successfully send. The question is, do I spend $1000 on a local network guy to buy me a $1000 server and set up the system, and then pay him $400 a call if anything goes wrong, or go buy a $400 dedicated scanner, even if it's slower or not as capable - but good enough. That's a simple business decision. It's the problem with small operations; we can't financially justify many consultants and still afford to pay our own salaries. I'm on the other end of the business deal at times too - most people can't keep me on retainer "just in case."
If the mac is easy, and there are few/no hidden options (as can be so common with CLIs, and even the MS Exchange GUI), then it might be worth a shot. If I'm messing with the CLI or having to change "hidden" options, then it's not worth my time.
Really, I see " 6" diagonal display size " on the chart, but no X-Y dimension. As anyone who has compared monitors, different aspect ratios have noticeably different areas. The unit dimensions aren't give as a single number. The 3.5" color display is also a bit fuzzy - H? D? but it has one and the Kindle does not, so that's sort of a distinguising feature rather than a direct comparison.
I'm still looking for the size of the display on the "Tech Specs" page. Unless you count the color display size, which isn't listed as H or V or D, and is essentially an interface pad rather than a reading area. Feel free to point out a list of the screen size or a diagram of the actual screen with dimensions on the techspecs page. I await your webpage reading brilliance.
All your vintage B&W pr0n will render just fine.
You nailed the touchscreen part. I actually kind of like it, if it's organized well. I'd go so far as to say this could be an awesome multi-use device. With touchscreen nav and the right software, sifting through albums for music would be easy. Depending on how quick the screen refreshes (and I think it's fast enough) it could be a neat GPS device - either for walking or driving (of course, there's the lack of GPS receiver...but that's easily fixed in the next release). Of course, the OS will probably be locked and nobody will develop cool apps for it, so we'll be stuck with a lousy software interface.
Personally, I want an app that stores all of my "frequent shopper" cards so they can scan my device at the cash register. The useless tool possibilities are endless!
They're one step ahead of you my infringing friend.
By including a PDF reader and wifi, they have prevented you from surreptitiously rooting their device to install such a reader, and then hacking the hardwired interface to load your ill-gotten reading material.
So go find all the pirated books you want - B&N has already won by taking away the thrill of victory by allowing you to load and read them as part of the basic package.
You can hang your head in shame, knowing that The Man has beaten you again. ;-)
...on one of these. If it's a no-brainer, point-and-click affair I'm in. I've got this Xerox copier that is a fantastic B&W scanner - the problem is that they only allow scanning to email. And the email server can't require any authentication. I'm not kidding. The first time I set it up the Xerox s/w support guy walked me through getting it connected, verifying the old exchange box I used would take an unauthenticated telnet session to send an email. When that machine died, I decided I could by a new scanner for less than a MS Exchange license (it was tied to the dead pc). I tried ubuntu and slack on a small box, but couldn't quite get the two to talk.
For $500, I might try again.
(FWIW, the scanner can do 20-30 sheets a minute, and also does 11x17 duplex and mixed originals...not you're run-of-the-mill $200 AIO machine)
I can't find a screen size. In a world of mm variation comparisons, I can only presume that the eInk screen on this reader is smaller than the Kindle2 screen.
Sadly, it's also not as svelte. Yes, it's slightly smaller in footprint, but it's noticably thicker. If Apple has taught us anything, thin is the cool part of being small. And it has shorter overall battery life, even with the extra 10% weight.
That's not to say the device isn't cool. I'm a little concerned about the touchscreen keyboard, but chicklets suck too, so maybe it's a wash. The color screen is really just eye candy, but it is kind of neat.
I'm holding out for the XL version (there has to be one, right?) 'cause most of my references I use are letter sized paper, and squeezing them to novel size isn't quite going to do it for my aging eyes.
This will have DRM. It's that simple.
When you lend a book, you lock yourself out of that title on your reader for 14 days (Well, it's probably configurable up to 14 days). The copy sent to your friend is a time limited DRM version that self destructs (does not allow access) after the loan period, and can't be re-forwarded. Think of it as a more restrictive copy-once version of DRM.
This means two things
(1) it will be cracked and there will be ebooks floating around, but it will be fringe in quantity
(2) you can lend your ebook very similarly to lending a real book (you can't read it but your friend can), with the "bonus" that you automatically get the book back in two weeks.
(3) this means you can't give away or resell with this mechanism
Take these as the advantages and disadvantages that they are. It's a step up from Kindle.
On the contrary - when I get sick, I don't go to work. I call my clients and let them know I'm out, and I stay home until I'm basically well again. As for the very small chance I am somehow allergic to this flu vaccine (no complications in the past), I have insurance and financial reserves which will allow me to not have to work. Yes, that takes a good deal of planning, and financial discipline. It sounds like you don't work, which means you're living off the state, or living off of mommy and daddy's work. In either case, society would view you as highly expendable.
As for your genes, I'm sorry to disappoint you as I'm already out of the gene pool. I'm simply hoping you don't reproduce with anyone and pass on your foolishness to your offspring, which my progeny might have to deal with.
all of you are skipping this vaccine. With the reduced quantity available this fall, this will lessen the pressure on the vaccine production and make it possible for the rest of us to get it.
In fact, once my family is vaccinated, I'd rather you all get together for a swine flu party and everyone get infected. I'd suggest long working out in cold climate areas to really get the immune system response going. And whatever you do, don't take any over the counter meds - they'll just mask the problem and won't get you better any faster. With luck, all the phlegm will pool in your lungs and your immune system will have a chance to get a real workout.
There are over 6 billion people on this earth, and we really don't need about 5.5 billion of those. H1N1 can't correct that all by itself, but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and with the right attitude this could be it!
You'll have to excuse me...I'm going to check with my pharmacist and see if he's gotten his shipment in.
I hope you get the swine flu, too. In fact, I'm betting on the long shot that you happen to be one of those who will turn out to be particularly sensitive to it, and will remove yourself from the gene pool.
Me? I'm getting the vaccine, provided it's available in my area before I actually get the flu. It may not be life threatening to me, but I'm self employed and a typical flu recovery cycle would cost me $8000.
BTW - the linked site author clearly does not understand immunology, or he would realize that as a person with an exceptionally active immune system he may be more at risk for serious side effects. We can only hope...