My wife doesn't read bodice-rippers, but most of the sci-fi/fantasy books she reads has a strong romantic or relationship component. IE Vorkosigan Saga, Wizard's Rule series, etc.
It might just be because she just got hers, but she has been spending a lot more time reading lately. Bought a fair chunk, then raided a hundred or two books from my e-library.
Some already do. Many(almost all?) diesel trains are really diesel/electric. Trucking companies are getting electric assists motors that are powered by electricity generated when idling at the dock or in slow traffic.
You do need some storage though. That, and how powerful an engine you can fit before displacing the ICE, are the limiting factors.
If everyone uses the same formula, it forms a kind of feedback. The formula says buy, so those who use it does so. The price goes up, appearing to validate the formula.
More people use it, more competition for the assets the formula values, more feedback. The system starts spiking as oscilations reinforce until somebody says "WTF?!" and goes against the formula.
Then people start thinking they've been blind, evaluate their positions with a more in-depth look, and then everyone runs. It doesn't mean the formula is wrong, just that in a monoculture of decision-making, certain assets will be overvalued or undervalued solely because everyone is acting identically.
It does not have advertising YET. Plus, you can always make a company account and post PR crap(which several companies do already) for the cost of manhours.
Also, it is easily mine-able. Several companies are already integrating twitter into their analytics packages so that you can see whenever someone mentions a keyword(ie Time-Warner), when it appears with other words(ie Time-Warner+internet+sucks), who says it(ie me), and how many people are follow that twit(nobody). You can also map relationships and reach easily, compared to websites, and pinpoint people to consider bribing
True, it is very readable, low stress, mostly decent contrast(the whites could be a little brighter).
The only reason I really dislike the storage/battery issue is that if I used it, I'd use it a lot. While I do like physical books, I've never had a problem with reading on a screen so I have enough ebooks that even in plain text they'd fill hundreds of megs.
I think my collection in their original formats(i.e. large) still fits on a 8 gig stick, but I stopped trying to carry it all with me lately, as a large chunk of that is fiction or gaming. The work-related stuff, though, doesn't always translate well to a greyscale display.
For now, an EEE with an extra battery and the screen xrandr'd(if the reader doesn't do rotation) meets my needs with more flexibility and less cost.
But I'd love to have a reader with a LCD on one side and an e-ink display on the other. Or a folding design with them facing each other. One for low-power/static content, the other for color/moving content, with the ability to turn off the LCD. I'd probably even pay double.
Hell, if I could get a e-ink module with a VGA interface, I could stick it to my EEE right now, but single quantity dev units are still in the 4 to 5 figures.
NYTs delivered where I live are printed by the regional newspaper. NYT bought them a press just for that purpose, although they use it on the side for other things.
You're forced to create an account and then send pdfs and text files to an email associated with the account for a fee ($0.20 per file or something like that). It's difficult, and Amazon has everything locked down.
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You obviously never even looked at the website, let alone read a review of the thing.
I think they're kind of lame(no removeable storage, non-removable battery), but my wife recently got one, so I know that:
A)You can(not must) send PDFs to an account for translation. It costs $.10 if you send it via the cell network(duh, that costs money). If you transfer them by computer, it costs $0.00 My wife, being an artsy type, has the Adobe suite, so she just converts them herself if they aren't just used as an image container.
B)You can just plug it in a USB port and copy plain text to it like a thumb drive, albeit with no meaningful folder managment. She has loaded it up with a bunch of ebooks she already had in plain text, plus the aforementioned converted PDFs.
The problem with workforce reduction is you also lose capacity. Now if your market has decreased and you either don't think it will return or have a low training cost, then fire the excess.
But if you still have demand then you could possibly maintain or even expand your market if you can reduce costs while maintaining capacity.
The last bubble-pop, the company I worked at grew by decreasing prices while maintaining margins. Came out of it poised to greatly expand and didn't need to wait for rehiring or training.
Then I got outsourced, but at least my boss doesn't work there anymore, either:)
It comes with a USB cable. It is easy to just copy them over. Alternatively, you can email it to them and they'll convert a limited number of formats for $.10 a hit.
Newspapers only charge a token amount to prove that their subscribers are worth advertising to, and that the counts aren't inflated.
Very few papers count subscription income as a significant source. My regional paper will keep sending it to you for 2 years, as long as you pay the first month. Heck, I knew a guy who had to threaten a lawsuit to get them to stop dropping off the twice-a-week "please come back to us" version.
Considering the amount of kerfuffle about city governments arranging traffic laws to generate revenue, I'd be for them picking on the wealthy.
If they are going to be profiteering jerks, they might as well be efficient about it.
Although around here, all the sporty $30k+ cars are owned by people living in trailers, so that might not work out as an indicator of income. Maybe show their state tax records to the license check instead. Then I'd be safe:)
If they're quick, break out the LARTs, and delete a few thousand accounts(You asked us not to retain your data, you didn't mean right now?), they might get things back under control.
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My wife doesn't read bodice-rippers, but most of the sci-fi/fantasy books she reads has a strong romantic or relationship component. IE Vorkosigan Saga, Wizard's Rule series, etc.
It might just be because she just got hers, but she has been spending a lot more time reading lately. Bought a fair chunk, then raided a hundred or two books from my e-library.
Some already do. Many(almost all?) diesel trains are really diesel/electric. Trucking companies are getting electric assists motors that are powered by electricity generated when idling at the dock or in slow traffic.
You do need some storage though. That, and how powerful an engine you can fit before displacing the ICE, are the limiting factors.
The increase in your electric bill is only a bad thing if it increases more than your gas bill decreases.
And if you really think electricity produced by your car engine is cheaper, then why aren't you powering your home with it?
Google does have a history of providing software on local hardware:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search_Appliance
Just because he found his wife in the w4mmmm section doesn't mean he can get all sue-happy:)
Use the negative side of a AAA or AAAA battery with a bit of felt on it.
If everyone uses the same formula, it forms a kind of feedback. The formula says buy, so those who use it does so. The price goes up, appearing to validate the formula.
More people use it, more competition for the assets the formula values, more feedback. The system starts spiking as oscilations reinforce until somebody says "WTF?!" and goes against the formula.
Then people start thinking they've been blind, evaluate their positions with a more in-depth look, and then everyone runs. It doesn't mean the formula is wrong, just that in a monoculture of decision-making, certain assets will be overvalued or undervalued solely because everyone is acting identically.
*cough* I believe you mean Asymetrix did in 1989, well before Psion in filed 1996, although they also abandoned it in 1993.
Or maybe Teknon, which filed in 1995, was granted a trademark(albeit for software industry, not hardware industry) in 1997 and still holds it.
It does not have advertising YET. Plus, you can always make a company account and post PR crap(which several companies do already) for the cost of manhours.
Also, it is easily mine-able. Several companies are already integrating twitter into their analytics packages so that you can see whenever someone mentions a keyword(ie Time-Warner), when it appears with other words(ie Time-Warner+internet+sucks), who says it(ie me), and how many people are follow that twit(nobody). You can also map relationships and reach easily, compared to websites, and pinpoint people to consider bribing
Advertising, PR, & research goldmine.
True, it is very readable, low stress, mostly decent contrast(the whites could be a little brighter).
The only reason I really dislike the storage/battery issue is that if I used it, I'd use it a lot. While I do like physical books, I've never had a problem with reading on a screen so I have enough ebooks that even in plain text they'd fill hundreds of megs.
I think my collection in their original formats(i.e. large) still fits on a 8 gig stick, but I stopped trying to carry it all with me lately, as a large chunk of that is fiction or gaming. The work-related stuff, though, doesn't always translate well to a greyscale display.
For now, an EEE with an extra battery and the screen xrandr'd(if the reader doesn't do rotation) meets my needs with more flexibility and less cost.
But I'd love to have a reader with a LCD on one side and an e-ink display on the other. Or a folding design with them facing each other. One for low-power/static content, the other for color/moving content, with the ability to turn off the LCD. I'd probably even pay double.
Hell, if I could get a e-ink module with a VGA interface, I could stick it to my EEE right now, but single quantity dev units are still in the 4 to 5 figures.
NYTs delivered where I live are printed by the regional newspaper. NYT bought them a press just for that purpose, although they use it on the side for other things.
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You obviously never even looked at the website, let alone read a review of the thing.
I think they're kind of lame(no removeable storage, non-removable battery), but my wife recently got one, so I know that:
A)You can(not must) send PDFs to an account for translation. It costs $.10 if you send it via the cell network(duh, that costs money). If you transfer them by computer, it costs $0.00 My wife, being an artsy type, has the Adobe suite, so she just converts them herself if they aren't just used as an image container.
B)You can just plug it in a USB port and copy plain text to it like a thumb drive, albeit with no meaningful folder managment. She has loaded it up with a bunch of ebooks she already had in plain text, plus the aforementioned converted PDFs.
The problem with workforce reduction is you also lose capacity. Now if your market has decreased and you either don't think it will return or have a low training cost, then fire the excess.
But if you still have demand then you could possibly maintain or even expand your market if you can reduce costs while maintaining capacity.
The last bubble-pop, the company I worked at grew by decreasing prices while maintaining margins. Came out of it poised to greatly expand and didn't need to wait for rehiring or training.
Then I got outsourced, but at least my boss doesn't work there anymore, either:)
A display calibrator is US$30-60
It comes with a USB cable. It is easy to just copy them over. Alternatively, you can email it to them and they'll convert a limited number of formats for $.10 a hit.
Except for the toxic waste bit, that does sound like working for Steve Jobs.
If he goes on chemo, then it will be exactly like working for Steve Jobs.
Newspapers only charge a token amount to prove that their subscribers are worth advertising to, and that the counts aren't inflated.
Very few papers count subscription income as a significant source. My regional paper will keep sending it to you for 2 years, as long as you pay the first month. Heck, I knew a guy who had to threaten a lawsuit to get them to stop dropping off the twice-a-week "please come back to us" version.
"It isn't new just because you called it something different and put it on the network."
Nevermind your crappy router, what about my bluetooth phone?
Does it have to keep logs when it gets tethered, or I can I push that off on the phone company?
I bet the in-side is pretty dark.
Considering the amount of kerfuffle about city governments arranging traffic laws to generate revenue, I'd be for them picking on the wealthy.
If they are going to be profiteering jerks, they might as well be efficient about it.
Although around here, all the sporty $30k+ cars are owned by people living in trailers, so that might not work out as an indicator of income. Maybe show their state tax records to the license check instead. Then I'd be safe:)
Facebooks customers are the advertisers, just like TV or Google. Users are the product.
You mean there is someplace that has a battered women's shelter, but doesn't have a Walmart?
Aren't those buildings symbiotes?
I do like to communicate with anonymous people, but I only use a single, upraised digit.
Doesn't really come across on the phone, though.
Facebook showed fear to users. Never do that.
Now the users will think they can control things.
If they're quick, break out the LARTs, and delete a few thousand accounts(You asked us not to retain your data, you didn't mean right now?), they might get things back under control.