I used to get a fair bit of attention when I was single- women don't notice me at all now I'm married.... which is probably actually a good thing.
It's not because I've got old and fat either. Whereas I am older now- I'm working out at the gym, I'm in much better shape than I was in my single days. I'm no narcicist- but I am happier with how I look now then how I looked then.
However- that doesn't mean that the "having women around" theory isn't true. When I was single most of my friends were girls. I just prefer womens company to mens. When I hung out- it was with one or the other of my female friends.
After I got married- having lots of close female friends didn't seem quite as appropriate- so one by one those friendships faded.
Well- fundamentally the need is very different in something like a novel, or a biography on one hand and a technical text book on the other.
A novel, you read from start to finish- often reading long times in one sitting- flipping around isn't as important- you go in one direction. You want something easy on the eyes, like e-ink- not a glaring LCD screen to be most comfortable. Maybe e-ink isn't ready for you if even the short flash disrupts your concentration... the flash is much shorter in newer models than older ones- and each generation is quicker. I barely notice it.
For a textbook- absolutely a kindle is poorly designed- for one thing it is probably too small- for another- colour is usefull frequently in a textbook for highlighting and help in understanding.
As you said- in a textbook you do want to flip around alot.
All these things make a kindle poor for a textbook- with a textbook you're also not staring at it continuously for 2 or 3 hours... you look at it and then look aside so LCD wouldn't be bad.
All in all though- I think with a textbook nothing digital beats the real thing. Much prefer my kindle for novels though... for me personally it is rare I touch a text book these days- I use the internet for "Text-book" learning.
Debt creates debt. It is very easy for those in debt for that debt to exponentially grow.
It is just like investments- your money will grow quicker than the money you put in it. Debt does the same thing in a negative way- only quicker because instead of 5% interest it is (for some) over 24%.
I feel the frustrations- in the world of marketing telling us we need this and that- it is tempting to feeling like you're entitled to certain lifestyles...... but when over 50% of the people in the country classified as living below poverty level still manage to spend hundreds of dollars a year on cable-TV- it's easy to see a lot of the money that throw people into mega-debt is not the necessities it is silly luxuries that people feel they are entitled to.
It doesn't really take much longer than it takes the eye to change the focus on a word at the bottom of the page to focus at one at the top.
Saying it takes too long to refresh a page seems kind of odd to me. It's not that bad.
The only time it would be slow is if you're trying to move 10 pages at a time. I don't typically do this when reading- especially not fiction (or non fiction that is intended to be read sequentially)- which is the only thing I use my kindle for.
We'll be driving down the road- and I'll start laughing- my wife will ask "what are you laughing at" - and I'll tell her that a sign I just read I initially misread as something dirty.
It's odd how misread words usually turn out to be something dirty.
Interesting- I read about two or three times as fast as my wife and we've talked abou this before. (frustrating when trying to read an e-mail together on the same PC at the same time).
She does sound out words in her head- I don't- I just tend to zip over them. There again- speed has its consequences- she tends to remember what she read better than I do.
I'll be reading a book and then realise I've been on auto-pilot for the last 3 pages and actually have no recollection of what I just read.
- and Hollywood could pull something off and make it work in such a way that it appeals to both "Hollywood" audience and the Dr. Who faithfull.
The trick would be letting the glamour and the hollywoodization fall on the companions. Let the companions develop the love interests etc, and be the eye candy- just don't make that the main part of the story.
I think America can enjoy a quirky excentric professor type Dr. Who, like the original doctors portrayed.
I think they could remake the original Dr. Who episode "an unearthly child" into the film- just make the girl older- high school age and let her be the "coming of age" character that Hollywood so loves.
They just have to balance it right- so as to not make the "Hollywood side" of things the main part of the story.
Good special effects needn't ruin the story if encorporated correctly. What the '96 movie did wrong was turn Dr. Who into an action hero. He never should be.
It's OK to have a companion that gets into a little bit of action- as long as that is not over emphasised. Think Perry Mason's P.I. that would get into a few action roles- but it was never about him- it was about Perry Mason.
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Besides traffic crimes, I am not aware of any crime I have committed.
However, that said, I am almost certain I must have committed a felony at some point in my life- there are so many laws- and so many I don't know- it is inconceivable to think I have not unwittingly committed one at some point in my life.
Fortunately outside the digital world- they would probably be hard to prove- and/or the police don't care to prosecute for obscure laws (or don't know them themselves).
It would be easy for a website to trip you up and prove it if they like.
There is also a difference between government passing rules- and corporations passing arbitrary complex TOS to getcha.
I vote for my congressman. I don't vote for the operator of goatsdoingcrazythingstosheep.com
This spells potentially problems for a lot of people because most people do not read the TOS or EULA documents.
They're often in some obscure link in tiny italic font because companies don't really care if you read them- they use them to kick you off when it is convenient for them.
How many people for example are aware of Slashdot's TOS that states you have to sacrifice a goat once a week if you disable ads.
Think I'm joking?
I am- but I bet the vast majority of slashdot users wouldn't know for sure because they havn't read the TOS.
I used to- but they're so long and full of legaleese I stopped.
If citizens are going to be held accountable for violating TOS as a criminal offense- we're either going to have a bunch more criminals OR in order for TOS to hold water they have to pass a dumb user test- be short, to the point and easily understandable by Joe the plumber.
Second, he complains about the Doctor getting younger and younger to give him more sex appeal, but that's already happening on the TV show.
Are you seriously suggesting that Matt Smith was chosen for sex appeal? I highly doubt there are many women who would ooooh and ahhh over Matt Smith on the streets... those that would- only because he is famous. In Matt Smith they picked the ugliest man possible... but, I personally think he is a fantastic actor and plays the part well. Probably the best recent doctor.
Third, in the latest incarnation there's already sexual chemistry between the Doctor and his companion.
Not just his companion- but several other human's- including Queen Bess- and River Song.
Well- take a look at the last Star Trek movie (and the next one coming out) - that was not designed for Star Trek fans.
It was written for the Non-Star Trek fans. (Heck, my wife hates Star Trek but enjoyed that movie).
Hollywood knows the real Dr. Who fans will watch anyway out of curiosity- but they will write it for those who are not fans... just like the last Star Trek.
The French would also execute English and Welsh archers (or in some cases if they were lucky mutilate their hands, or just chop off the fingers) but take other soldiers as prisoners of war.
Doesn't mean the archers were not legitimate soldiers because they were frequently executed or treated more harshly. It just meant the French were more afraid of them.
Privateers operated for the king and country- the crown would pay them for any vessells they captured or give them a cut of the booty they took from the enemy.
So- they are conducting hostile acts- against a nation the king is at war with- and being paid by the government.
It really isn't much different that a navy ship. It is commission based pay rather than a flat naval rate.
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Don't know the cable companies! They are completely right- you as the hoi polloi are wrong.
Happens at work too- people are more motivated to work if they're paid for not working.
At a restaurant- I'm more likely to order food if it tastes disgusting and I don't like it.
When I'm in Soviet Russia, Jokes are more likely to tell me if they are not funny.
Apple made being kicked out of Eden cool.
That hasn't been my experience.
I used to get a fair bit of attention when I was single- women don't notice me at all now I'm married. ... which is probably actually a good thing.
It's not because I've got old and fat either. Whereas I am older now- I'm working out at the gym, I'm in much better shape than I was in my single days. I'm no narcicist- but I am happier with how I look now then how I looked then.
However- that doesn't mean that the "having women around" theory isn't true. When I was single most of my friends were girls. I just prefer womens company to mens. When I hung out- it was with one or the other of my female friends.
After I got married- having lots of close female friends didn't seem quite as appropriate- so one by one those friendships faded.
The ring itself does nothing.
Well- fundamentally the need is very different in something like a novel, or a biography on one hand and a technical text book on the other.
A novel, you read from start to finish- often reading long times in one sitting- flipping around isn't as important- you go in one direction. You want something easy on the eyes, like e-ink- not a glaring LCD screen to be most comfortable. Maybe e-ink isn't ready for you if even the short flash disrupts your concentration... the flash is much shorter in newer models than older ones- and each generation is quicker. I barely notice it.
For a textbook- absolutely a kindle is poorly designed- for one thing it is probably too small- for another- colour is usefull frequently in a textbook for highlighting and help in understanding.
As you said- in a textbook you do want to flip around alot.
All these things make a kindle poor for a textbook- with a textbook you're also not staring at it continuously for 2 or 3 hours... you look at it and then look aside so LCD wouldn't be bad.
All in all though- I think with a textbook nothing digital beats the real thing. Much prefer my kindle for novels though... for me personally it is rare I touch a text book these days- I use the internet for "Text-book" learning.
I think if I were out of work right now I'd be looking for another job. I wouldn't be having a party camping out at my local "occupy" movement.
You probably live within your means. Many don't.
Debt creates debt. It is very easy for those in debt for that debt to exponentially grow.
It is just like investments- your money will grow quicker than the money you put in it. Debt does the same thing in a negative way- only quicker because instead of 5% interest it is (for some) over 24%.
I feel the frustrations- in the world of marketing telling us we need this and that- it is tempting to feeling like you're entitled to certain lifestyles... ... but when over 50% of the people in the country classified as living below poverty level still manage to spend hundreds of dollars a year on cable-TV- it's easy to see a lot of the money that throw people into mega-debt is not the necessities it is silly luxuries that people feel they are entitled to.
All this talk about the 1%ers controlling 50% of wealth makes me wonder.
If the 1%ers control that much wealth- why can't they afford to buy a car instead of having to drive motorcycles?
Dr. Strangelove is strangely excited about this tecnhology.
All jokes aside this is fantastic news.
Now when a robot loses an arm in an automobile accident they'll be able to replace it with a human arm.
Well, I am the definition of anti-social.
I'd join facebook if it wern't for the fact other people can read what you post.
It doesn't really take much longer than it takes the eye to change the focus on a word at the bottom of the page to focus at one at the top.
Saying it takes too long to refresh a page seems kind of odd to me. It's not that bad.
The only time it would be slow is if you're trying to move 10 pages at a time. I don't typically do this when reading- especially not fiction (or non fiction that is intended to be read sequentially)- which is the only thing I use my kindle for.
I use DVDs all the time. Why rip a DVD if you're not going to use it?
I type something in EVERY TIME I use the web. I can't imagine using the web and not typing something in.
Yes, this happens all the time to me too...
We'll be driving down the road- and I'll start laughing- my wife will ask "what are you laughing at" - and I'll tell her that a sign I just read I initially misread as something dirty.
It's odd how misread words usually turn out to be something dirty.
I don't know exactly how it sounds in her head or how her brain works- but, yes, she says she sounds out words in her head as she reads.
Interesting- I read about two or three times as fast as my wife and we've talked abou this before.
(frustrating when trying to read an e-mail together on the same PC at the same time).
She does sound out words in her head- I don't- I just tend to zip over them. There again- speed has its consequences- she tends to remember what she read better than I do.
I'll be reading a book and then realise I've been on auto-pilot for the last 3 pages and actually have no recollection of what I just read.
Hi Steve!
- and Hollywood could pull something off and make it work in such a way that it appeals to both "Hollywood" audience and the Dr. Who faithfull.
The trick would be letting the glamour and the hollywoodization fall on the companions. Let the companions develop the love interests etc, and be the eye candy- just don't make that the main part of the story.
I think America can enjoy a quirky excentric professor type Dr. Who, like the original doctors portrayed.
I think they could remake the original Dr. Who episode "an unearthly child" into the film- just make the girl older- high school age and let her be the "coming of age" character that Hollywood so loves.
They just have to balance it right- so as to not make the "Hollywood side" of things the main part of the story.
Good special effects needn't ruin the story if encorporated correctly. What the '96 movie did wrong was turn Dr. Who into an action hero. He never should be.
It's OK to have a companion that gets into a little bit of action- as long as that is not over emphasised. Think Perry Mason's P.I. that would get into a few action roles- but it was never about him- it was about Perry Mason.
TOS for this comment:
Agreeing to this TOS is signified by reading this comment. By reading this TOS you agree that you grant to Oswald McWeany (or the real person behind that alias) all future rights to any patent, copyright, or other intellectual property you produce in the future. You also agree that you must always agree with him and never mod him down. You also agree that any material possesions you own now belong to him.
You also agree never to produce a TOS that forces Oswald McWeany (or the real person behind that alias) to revoke this TOS or to give up any rights or possesions of his own. You agree that he may never be held responsible to any TOS that you may write.
Now for my comment: This is interesting news.
Besides traffic crimes, I am not aware of any crime I have committed.
However, that said, I am almost certain I must have committed a felony at some point in my life- there are so many laws- and so many I don't know- it is inconceivable to think I have not unwittingly committed one at some point in my life.
Fortunately outside the digital world- they would probably be hard to prove- and/or the police don't care to prosecute for obscure laws (or don't know them themselves).
It would be easy for a website to trip you up and prove it if they like.
There is also a difference between government passing rules- and corporations passing arbitrary complex TOS to getcha.
I vote for my congressman. I don't vote for the operator of goatsdoingcrazythingstosheep.com
Sorry- I really should proofread my carp!
I am- but I bet the vast majority of slashdot users wouldn't know for sure because they havn't read the TOS.
I used to- but they're so long and full of legaleese I stopped.
I'm not picking on /. TOS (which I haven't read) - I'm picking on TOS in general.
This spells potentially problems for a lot of people because most people do not read the TOS or EULA documents.
They're often in some obscure link in tiny italic font because companies don't really care if you read them- they use them to kick you off when it is convenient for them.
How many people for example are aware of Slashdot's TOS that states you have to sacrifice a goat once a week if you disable ads.
Think I'm joking?
I am- but I bet the vast majority of slashdot users wouldn't know for sure because they havn't read the TOS.
I used to- but they're so long and full of legaleese I stopped.
If citizens are going to be held accountable for violating TOS as a criminal offense- we're either going to have a bunch more criminals OR in order for TOS to hold water they have to pass a dumb user test- be short, to the point and easily understandable by Joe the plumber.
Second, he complains about the Doctor getting younger and younger to give him more sex appeal, but that's already happening on the TV show.
Are you seriously suggesting that Matt Smith was chosen for sex appeal? I highly doubt there are many women who would ooooh and ahhh over Matt Smith on the streets... those that would- only because he is famous. In Matt Smith they picked the ugliest man possible... but, I personally think he is a fantastic actor and plays the part well. Probably the best recent doctor.
Third, in the latest incarnation there's already sexual chemistry between the Doctor and his companion.
Not just his companion- but several other human's- including Queen Bess- and River Song.
Well- take a look at the last Star Trek movie (and the next one coming out) - that was not designed for Star Trek fans.
It was written for the Non-Star Trek fans. (Heck, my wife hates Star Trek but enjoyed that movie).
Hollywood knows the real Dr. Who fans will watch anyway out of curiosity- but they will write it for those who are not fans... just like the last Star Trek.
Win/win for Hollywood.
Because the Doctor Who movie that we made with the Canadians was great!
Actually- it wasn't that bad- but it wasn't Doctor Who. It was something else entirely.
Really, it all depends on how they execute it- they can make it good or they can make a real hash of it. I'll probably watch it regardless.
The French would also execute English and Welsh archers (or in some cases if they were lucky mutilate their hands, or just chop off the fingers) but take other soldiers as prisoners of war.
Doesn't mean the archers were not legitimate soldiers because they were frequently executed or treated more harshly. It just meant the French were more afraid of them.
Privateers operated for the king and country- the crown would pay them for any vessells they captured or give them a cut of the booty they took from the enemy.
So- they are conducting hostile acts- against a nation the king is at war with- and being paid by the government.
It really isn't much different that a navy ship. It is commission based pay rather than a flat naval rate.