I bet you don't even read the WSJ, but cast judgement all the same.
And analyzing flight plans of planes that report it to a government entity is no more an invasion of privacy than my mortgage info and home address being a matter of public record.
And guess what, newspapers investigate. That's what they do. Sometimes they find interesting stuff. Sometimes they'll see that an environmentalist like Al Gore is using the energy of 5 households for ambient lighting on his estate. Isn't showing hypocrisy like this part of a journalist's task?
It's "wrong" in the sense that we have a pretty significant climate and energy crisis occurring. They could have easily flown first class and spread that jet fuel across a few hundred people. Does this even need to be pointed out?
It might very well be a common misconception. You have to excuse the fact that most people are not privy to the nuances of gay anime. My point, which I also made above, is that given the possible misconception that yaoi deals with underage boys, Amazon doesn't want to extend staff to analyze what is and what isn't within a certain age, and doesn't want to expose itself to US rulings that have taken place recently.
If a guy can be found guilty of possessing cartoon images of kids in explicit situations, wouldn't the seller be just as liable? Amazon doesn't want to deal with it. It isn't censorship. It's a business choice. If I hate cooking and don't want to sell any books on the subject, that is my right and you don't have to shop at my store.
I don't know the specific titles they were selling, but every time you come across stuff labeled as yaoi, either 4chan or usenet or wherever, it's fairly graphic. Amazone chose to wash its hands completely of the whole genre and not hire additional staff to sort through what is and isn't porn.
The way I see it, animated porn depicting underage people has been ruled illegal in the US, though it is perfectly legal in Japan. So Amazon is responding to that as a corporation. It isn't censorship of ideas on their part, it is trying to stay in line with law.
The ideas of Fahrenheit would more strictly apply to the US judicial system and whether you think they are right to censor fictitious imagery that doesn't involve real individuals.
How does the Sony store not have DRM? I can't copy text from a purchased book within the Reader app. And I can't give the file to another Sony reader to read, without authorizing that reader on my account. And I assume that I can only have 1 reader on my account.
I love my reader, though, and it saddens me when Sony isn't even mentioned when 3 -- THREE! -- ebook readers are mentioned, like MimeticLie's post above.
eBooks are definitely still in their infancy and it will be a while before everything sorts itself out.
But I have to wonder what the cost of making a book it. From the energy for the printing press, to the frequent maintenance, and the techs to keep the thing running. Then you have distribution, trucking the stuff around, and then buying back unsold stock, trying to figure out how many books to sent to which store. That would take considerable man hours.
Compare that to a 500kB file that you put up on a web server that a few people edited into the finished product. You can slap it in the cloud so someone else takes care of the servers. There should be oodles of savings.
What other expenses are there in the book business? Execs that are unwilling to give up their koosh jobs having meetings all day?
That, and taking a magazine with you to the toilet. If you're spending that much time on the throne, you either don't have to go, or should see a doctor.
They've been having supply issues for a good while now. There are even rumors that Sony is not replenishing the supply because they want to get out of the eReader business. They might not be able to compete with Amazon on price, with amazon having a huge book store to offset low device prices.
But at the same time, the Sony supports more formats, whereas the Kindle doesn't open ePub. You can also rent books from the library, which I don't think the Kindle supports.
The device itself is great. Highlighting text is easy, and you can add notes to each highlight. Looking up words in a dictionary is as simple as double-tapping them. It has the new Pearl screen. Small factor so it fits in your pocket. The PRS-350 is even smaller but has a greater "DPI", so the text is a bit sharper.
Hop on mobileread.com, maybe someone local to you can meet up with you to show the device off.
It's a thin rectangle. Only so many ways of holding one. On my Sony PRS-650, I can pull back and sandwich the cover between my fingers. So holding it takes no effort, just the friction. And I can swipe with my thumb to change pages (the Sony has a touch screen). The cover also allows you to prop up the reader on your chest while laying on your back, works even better in landscape mode.
And iPad is closer to a laptop than a Kindle, so if they banned laptops, I could see it extending to the iPad. But the Kindle? You can't burn an hour watching youtube on it, or check your email. Browsing even the most basic html sites is painful too. It really is a digital book.
Taking frequent breaks is has been proven to be healthy, and even though the reason those breaks are taken isn't exactly healthy, those breaks might save someone from heart disease, sciatica, improve their circulation, posture, eye sight, etc (assuming we're talking about predominantly computer-based work), and in the long run, they'll be more effective workers.
> 2) Newspaper > 3) A whole library of books. (!) > > 5) Web Browser > 6) Email, > 9) Hotline to my friends and family (Facebook!) > > Should I go on?
Please don,t because you could go on forever if you listed every single thing you can do with a web browser, like buy things, find a parking spot, change my hotel reservation, read slashdot, read engadget, etc, etc. That's great. You have a web browser on a tiny screen and a slow(ish) network that costs a decent amount of money per month. I'm not saying the browser is the only feature, but that you're listing out "features" that are pretty much one feature.
I suppose some people don't have a problem with reading on an LCD so LCDs _might_ be suited for some, but yeah, they should just call touch based LCD devices "tablets", and eInk ones eReaders. Less confusion for people that don't know anything about the available devices.
I hope I'm following you correctly and not missing some piece of info, but how does running out of battery render an ebook unreadable? I sold a Sony reader and got a new model, and all the books and newspapers I purchased in the past were waiting in the Sony store app, ready for download. As for reading a book 200 years from now? What 200 year old books do you know that are anywhere but a museum, behind a safety glass, etc. I don't know about anyone else, but for most books, once you read them, you rarely go back, so they end up taking up room, and breaking your back when you move.
I'll take the eBook, thanks. I know that I'm only paying for the license to read it. So be it.
Yes, if you're trained in braking (took some driving courses or track days) you might not need ABS, but when you're on the road commuting and haven't had an emergency brake situation in the past 10k miles, what are your chances of getting it right when the time comes? Will you gauge your tire temps or the surface correctly? And who's to say whether you'll remain professional, or whether you will panic, even slightly, enough to break traction. Even if you pump the brake, an ABS system can do the same in a fraction of the time.
So maybe technically speaking ABS doesn't let you stop quicker, but in real life it does.
At least Aaron isn't futzin with the tv system trying to find Spongebob so that the kids STFU. He's paying attention to the road. He sees that guy up ahead that's kind of swerving in his lane, so he'll make sure to pass him quickly. He sees a merge up ahead, with a tractor trailer in the right lane, and him in the middle lane, so he moves to the left lane so that the truck has room to change lanes and let people merge, without creating a potentially dangerous situation. He knows what exit he's taking miles in advance, so he won't fly across 2 lanes for his exit, potentially wiping out a motorcyclist who "literally came out of nowhere, was probably speeding too!".
I don't think there's any tech out there now that can tell most of the toaster drivers what to pay attention to. I'd rather have Aaron on the road next to me.
So define guidelines for adverts, like no scripting, no flash, no altering of users' windows, no expanding beyond designated advertising space, no sound, etc. Accept only reputable advertisers, agree to contracts, and if anything is violated, get damages or reserve the right to boot an advertiser with no warning. I visit many about.com pages, which carry adverts, and they never get in the way. I barely notice them. Not impossible for wikipedia to have the same.
Hmm, with all the money those in power are looking to needlessly spend on ineffective machines, no reason some (a lot) of it shouldn't fall into my scanner maintenance company that I'll be soon setting up. Whoo for a smaller government!
And cause the government of whatever country shipped the cargo to impose some other tariff that originates from your country, creating a diplomatic standoff where eventually, both sides likely back off to preserve the trade and nothing changes.
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I bet you don't even read the WSJ, but cast judgement all the same.
And analyzing flight plans of planes that report it to a government entity is no more an invasion of privacy than my mortgage info and home address being a matter of public record.
And guess what, newspapers investigate. That's what they do. Sometimes they find interesting stuff. Sometimes they'll see that an environmentalist like Al Gore is using the energy of 5 households for ambient lighting on his estate. Isn't showing hypocrisy like this part of a journalist's task?
It's "wrong" in the sense that we have a pretty significant climate and energy crisis occurring. They could have easily flown first class and spread that jet fuel across a few hundred people. Does this even need to be pointed out?
It might very well be a common misconception. You have to excuse the fact that most people are not privy to the nuances of gay anime. My point, which I also made above, is that given the possible misconception that yaoi deals with underage boys, Amazon doesn't want to extend staff to analyze what is and what isn't within a certain age, and doesn't want to expose itself to US rulings that have taken place recently.
If a guy can be found guilty of possessing cartoon images of kids in explicit situations, wouldn't the seller be just as liable? Amazon doesn't want to deal with it. It isn't censorship. It's a business choice. If I hate cooking and don't want to sell any books on the subject, that is my right and you don't have to shop at my store.
When it depicts underage people, like I said a dozen responses above...
But one type is legal, the other not so much?
I don't know the specific titles they were selling, but every time you come across stuff labeled as yaoi, either 4chan or usenet or wherever, it's fairly graphic. Amazone chose to wash its hands completely of the whole genre and not hire additional staff to sort through what is and isn't porn.
The way I see it, animated porn depicting underage people has been ruled illegal in the US, though it is perfectly legal in Japan. So Amazon is responding to that as a corporation. It isn't censorship of ideas on their part, it is trying to stay in line with law.
The ideas of Fahrenheit would more strictly apply to the US judicial system and whether you think they are right to censor fictitious imagery that doesn't involve real individuals.
How does the Sony store not have DRM? I can't copy text from a purchased book within the Reader app. And I can't give the file to another Sony reader to read, without authorizing that reader on my account. And I assume that I can only have 1 reader on my account.
I love my reader, though, and it saddens me when Sony isn't even mentioned when 3 -- THREE! -- ebook readers are mentioned, like MimeticLie's post above.
It's faster than trying to open the door, finding out that (as in most cases) it is in fact locked, then having to smash the window anyway.
What kind of 3D does the iPad have?
eBooks are definitely still in their infancy and it will be a while before everything sorts itself out.
But I have to wonder what the cost of making a book it. From the energy for the printing press, to the frequent maintenance, and the techs to keep the thing running. Then you have distribution, trucking the stuff around, and then buying back unsold stock, trying to figure out how many books to sent to which store. That would take considerable man hours.
Compare that to a 500kB file that you put up on a web server that a few people edited into the finished product. You can slap it in the cloud so someone else takes care of the servers. There should be oodles of savings.
What other expenses are there in the book business? Execs that are unwilling to give up their koosh jobs having meetings all day?
That, and taking a magazine with you to the toilet. If you're spending that much time on the throne, you either don't have to go, or should see a doctor.
They've been having supply issues for a good while now. There are even rumors that Sony is not replenishing the supply because they want to get out of the eReader business. They might not be able to compete with Amazon on price, with amazon having a huge book store to offset low device prices.
But at the same time, the Sony supports more formats, whereas the Kindle doesn't open ePub. You can also rent books from the library, which I don't think the Kindle supports.
The device itself is great. Highlighting text is easy, and you can add notes to each highlight. Looking up words in a dictionary is as simple as double-tapping them. It has the new Pearl screen. Small factor so it fits in your pocket. The PRS-350 is even smaller but has a greater "DPI", so the text is a bit sharper.
Hop on mobileread.com, maybe someone local to you can meet up with you to show the device off.
It's a thin rectangle. Only so many ways of holding one. On my Sony PRS-650, I can pull back and sandwich the cover between my fingers. So holding it takes no effort, just the friction. And I can swipe with my thumb to change pages (the Sony has a touch screen). The cover also allows you to prop up the reader on your chest while laying on your back, works even better in landscape mode.
I just hope you don't have to move too often. Oh boy are those dead trees heavy.
And iPad is closer to a laptop than a Kindle, so if they banned laptops, I could see it extending to the iPad. But the Kindle? You can't burn an hour watching youtube on it, or check your email. Browsing even the most basic html sites is painful too. It really is a digital book.
Taking frequent breaks is has been proven to be healthy, and even though the reason those breaks are taken isn't exactly healthy, those breaks might save someone from heart disease, sciatica, improve their circulation, posture, eye sight, etc (assuming we're talking about predominantly computer-based work), and in the long run, they'll be more effective workers.
> 2) Newspaper
> 3) A whole library of books. (!)
>
> 5) Web Browser
> 6) Email,
> 9) Hotline to my friends and family (Facebook!)
>
> Should I go on?
Please don,t because you could go on forever if you listed every single thing you can do with a web browser, like buy things, find a parking spot, change my hotel reservation, read slashdot, read engadget, etc, etc. That's great. You have a web browser on a tiny screen and a slow(ish) network that costs a decent amount of money per month. I'm not saying the browser is the only feature, but that you're listing out "features" that are pretty much one feature.
I suppose some people don't have a problem with reading on an LCD so LCDs _might_ be suited for some, but yeah, they should just call touch based LCD devices "tablets", and eInk ones eReaders. Less confusion for people that don't know anything about the available devices.
I hope I'm following you correctly and not missing some piece of info, but how does running out of battery render an ebook unreadable? I sold a Sony reader and got a new model, and all the books and newspapers I purchased in the past were waiting in the Sony store app, ready for download. As for reading a book 200 years from now? What 200 year old books do you know that are anywhere but a museum, behind a safety glass, etc. I don't know about anyone else, but for most books, once you read them, you rarely go back, so they end up taking up room, and breaking your back when you move.
I'll take the eBook, thanks. I know that I'm only paying for the license to read it. So be it.
Yes, if you're trained in braking (took some driving courses or track days) you might not need ABS, but when you're on the road commuting and haven't had an emergency brake situation in the past 10k miles, what are your chances of getting it right when the time comes? Will you gauge your tire temps or the surface correctly? And who's to say whether you'll remain professional, or whether you will panic, even slightly, enough to break traction. Even if you pump the brake, an ABS system can do the same in a fraction of the time.
So maybe technically speaking ABS doesn't let you stop quicker, but in real life it does.
At least Aaron isn't futzin with the tv system trying to find Spongebob so that the kids STFU. He's paying attention to the road. He sees that guy up ahead that's kind of swerving in his lane, so he'll make sure to pass him quickly. He sees a merge up ahead, with a tractor trailer in the right lane, and him in the middle lane, so he moves to the left lane so that the truck has room to change lanes and let people merge, without creating a potentially dangerous situation. He knows what exit he's taking miles in advance, so he won't fly across 2 lanes for his exit, potentially wiping out a motorcyclist who "literally came out of nowhere, was probably speeding too!".
I don't think there's any tech out there now that can tell most of the toaster drivers what to pay attention to. I'd rather have Aaron on the road next to me.
So define guidelines for adverts, like no scripting, no flash, no altering of users' windows, no expanding beyond designated advertising space, no sound, etc. Accept only reputable advertisers, agree to contracts, and if anything is violated, get damages or reserve the right to boot an advertiser with no warning. I visit many about.com pages, which carry adverts, and they never get in the way. I barely notice them. Not impossible for wikipedia to have the same.
Hmm, with all the money those in power are looking to needlessly spend on ineffective machines, no reason some (a lot) of it shouldn't fall into my scanner maintenance company that I'll be soon setting up. Whoo for a smaller government!
And cause the government of whatever country shipped the cargo to impose some other tariff that originates from your country, creating a diplomatic standoff where eventually, both sides likely back off to preserve the trade and nothing changes.