Place the Kindle or iPad on a photocopier and get your hard copies that way. Easy, and perfectly legal as long as you are simply backing up your digital media for personal use.
You know perfectly well that it isn't practical in terms of cost or time to do that.
You painted a world in which a single mishap with a single device meant immediate loss of use; that's not presently the case, though it certainly will be far enough in the future (or would be, if I couldn't crack the DRM).
Most people aren't geeks and aren't going to have multiple devices. All it would take is for Amazon to discontinue their service and a single loss on a single device would be sufficient.
The only books I've bought in Amazon's Kindle store are things I probably won't care about next month, much less 25 years from now -- think "sitting in an airport, out of reading material".
You and I have a very different attitude. I want to keep everything I buy. You're happy to rent.
Someone can be aware of what they're trading on, and still decide that "purchasing" DRM-encumbered media is an appropriate short-term tactical choice.
Trouble is its not being sold as that. It is being sold as a real alternative to physical books and this article is comparing book sales on that basis.
I have books on my bookshelves at home that I've owned for 25 years. What are the odds your books will be on available in 25 years even with backups to multiple devices? You're just renting them, and the rental period isn't even specified.
If they were DRM free, it'd be a different story. Key advantages include not only storage space, but being able to carry the whole lot with you, and being able to search them.
Granted, that's at their mercy -- if they took that option away today all I'd have would be local backups of files tied to my physical device -- but it's not as bad as you make out.
That is EXACTLY as bad as I make out. Vendors go out of business, and remove services all the time. I have books on my bookshelves at home that I've owned for 25 years. What are the odds your books will be on available on Amazon in 25 years? You're just renting them, and the rental period isn't even specified.
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I can't believe this... Facebook went down so I started working and then I actually finished and now I can't figure out what to do! Okay, I'm not quite that bad, but we all know people who are...
As if someone's who's happy to dodge work will magically start working again just because a single distraction is removed. Employees who need to be babysat are a burden.
Lots of factors here. I know I won't buy a book while it's tied to a machine or even several machines let alone the installation of the operating system on a machine. I know I'm not the only one. I suspect that's a huge factor. It isn't reasonable that if I lose or damage my reader, my entire library is wiped out. Is it any wonder that if people are asleep reading in bed or reading in the bath or on the toilet that they don't want to risk an expensive device AND their entire library whereas risking a single paperback or hardback book is acceptable? Imagine rolling over in bed and killing not only your poor reader but $5000 in books. Stuff that for a joke.
Well if I was a UK citizen I'd be concerned about "cloud based solutions" but applaud the use of open source. The use of both in this particular context leads me to believe this is an excercise in buzzword compliance to mask poor strategy and decision making. These qualities in a government official? Who'd a thunk it?
Suppose you post a mentally-handicapped guard at your castle gate. When you are gone, your enemy hands him a scroll with instructions and says "These are from your boss. He wants you to do them right away." The instructions tell him to ransack your bed-chamber and run your underwear up the flag-pole. The guard obeys. Who is to blame?
Love it or hate it, this is one of the more successful marketing stunts of late.
Successful? I didn't realise that the goal of marketing was to make your customers and potential customers believe you're incompetent losers. I have much less respect for GOG after they've pulled this and am less likely to buy. I can't believe I'm the only one.
The character selection screen will have two choices. Micheal Jackson and a Little White boy.
So what they're saying is that you can't win?
I thought the standard game for teaching someone the only way to win was not to play was tic tac toe. I guess you could call the Jackson character Dr Falken or the little boy Joshua, but it's just not the same:you don't get an attractive young Ally Sheedy in the bargain.
Whoever organised this stunt needs to be shown the door. They've managed to do permanent damage. What's more it was so badly executed you wonder if it was the incompetent work of a 3rd grader.
If you don't want to be accused of trolling, learn how to express yourself without unjustifiable personal attacks and disrespect to the person you're disagreeing with.
Do you even realise the irony of calling someone a troll then spouting the above sanctimonious crap. Go look up hypocrisy on dictionary.com
If the only way you can make ends meet is to work 100hr weeks or walk 6 kilometers to
So because some people don't have access to luxuries, those who do must spend all their leisure time attending to their children and families or they're self-obsessed?
Yes, properly raising kids takes up a SIGNIFICANT proportion of your time. Is this a revelation to you? If so I sincerely hope you're not a parent. Guess what though, it's not either or! You can have fun WITH your kids. You might get some pleasure out of spending time WITH them. Otherwise don't fucking become a parent. If you don't enjoy spending time with kids - if it takes away from your "me" time - then don't fucking have them.
You really don't sound like you have enough experience to be excoriating others for their parenting skills.
Funny, that's exactly my assessment of you. You're just talking outright crap. As if you're going to burn out and turn into miserable person spending some fun time teaching your kid something or taking care of them.
If you're a parent, sure have some adult alone "me" fun time occassionally, but a family man's fun IS spending time with the kids.
I took my son to an airshow on the weekend. He's 2. My daughter's much younger and it wasn't appropriate to take her or she'd have come along as well. Guess what? I had fun. I even took a few THOUSAND photos and still managed to play with my son and point out the planes at a level he can understand. I'm not burning out.
Doing the things you love energizes you to contribute back to the people you love. Just as doing things you hate will ultimately suck energy from the people around you. Have you ever met someone who has joyfully hated their job?
For pity sake! Get a clue!! You've got no concept.
MOST people on this planet who have a job HATE their job. People rarely pay to just have fun and do things they like. Many people without a job envy anyone with even the suckiest job. For most people not having a job sucks way worse.
I highly suggest you read Men are Mars, and Women are from Venus. You'll get a better sense of this "indulgence" and how it actually improves relationships.
Do you enjoy being a sheep? Feel good to be part of the herd? Baaaaa!
I "highly" suggest that anyone who takes such self help drivel to heart is so far detached from reality that it's astounding. All you are doing is making the charismatic idiot that wrote that book richer while induldging in a false sense of euphoria that if it wears off will leave you in a bigger mess than you were in when you thought you needed such a book, and if you don't wake up you're just another brainwashed self help cult member.
What a troll. He's talking about working hours and having kids at home at that time for whatever circumstance. Would you call him indulgent if he was clocking in an office without even being near his kids for 8-10 hours a day?
First, he was talking about "doing the things you love" not spending time with his family.
Second, you don't know the difference between a troll and a different opinion or a difference in circumstance.
If the only way you can make ends meet is to work 100hr weeks or walk 6 kilometers to fetch water for your family then that is quite simply what you have to do to support them. Then, when you've done that you can talk about time with the family and time for yourself. All this self obsessed I just need me time crap requires not just survival and subsistence but prosperity. Not everyone has that.
Self indulgent? For taking care of myself so I can take care of my family? How is that irresponsible? How can you teach your children about the world when you're too exhausted to live in it?
Can't believe shit like yours gets modded up. Goes to show most slashdotters might know a lot about tech but are selfish idiots who know nothing about child rearing.
You infer that I'm irresponsible although you don't me, then call everyone an idiot who disagrees with you... tell me... what kind of example are you setting for your kids? Sounds to me that you need some time off. Just sayin'.
Guess what: Raising kids properly IS exhausting. Especially when they're young. Sure you should take some time off for yourself, but there's a difference between that and doing nothing but taking car of yourself and letting the kids work around that the way you imply.
As for not knowing you, sure, I don't know you. But on the one hand you bemoan the fact that I don't know you and can't possibly criticise you, then you start speculating that I need to take some time off??? Do you know what hypocrisy means!?
Are you aware that there are some people on this planet that have to walk several kilometers a day to fetch water for their family? Perhaps you think that when that gets too exhausting they should just "take some time for themselves"? Every thing you've said speaks volumes about a narrow and self indulgent world view.
Dude... believe it or not... sometimes doing the things that you love helps you be a better dad. His kids are probably much happier than if he kept that tension locked inside of him just so he can spend more time with them and yes, be happy to be with them. Some call it "cave time" - ie, get out of my face so I can process. Otherwise, internal tension would be released in other ways to the detriment of the entire family which is far worse.
And really, kids will crawl all over you no matter what you do. I work from home and the days when my daughter isn't at daycare when my wife is home, she's basically jumping on my computer for my attention. Put a camera crew in my room and I'd look like a workaholic neglectful dad.
What a bunch of self indulgent horse shit. Kids can crawl all over you while you smoke, get drunk and slap them around. But that wouldn't make you a good dad. It would make you an abusive drunk asshole. Just because you're around your kids doesn't mean you're giving them what they need. You have to limit the "me" time to something reasonable and even during that me time set a good example. Can't believe shit like yours gets modded up. Goes to show most slashdotters might know a lot about tech but are selfish idiots who know nothing about child rearing.
There's nothing to be confused about. People simply lose the ability to think rationally once the emotive issue of the environment comes up. Instead they run around like headless chickens doing stupid things because their emotional buttons have been pushed.
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Place the Kindle or iPad on a photocopier and get your hard copies that way. Easy, and perfectly legal as long as you are simply backing up your digital media for personal use.
You know perfectly well that it isn't practical in terms of cost or time to do that.
You painted a world in which a single mishap with a single device meant immediate loss of use; that's not presently the case, though it certainly will be far enough in the future (or would be, if I couldn't crack the DRM).
Most people aren't geeks and aren't going to have multiple devices. All it would take is for Amazon to discontinue their service and a single loss on a single device would be sufficient.
The only books I've bought in Amazon's Kindle store are things I probably won't care about next month, much less 25 years from now -- think "sitting in an airport, out of reading material".
You and I have a very different attitude. I want to keep everything I buy. You're happy to rent.
Someone can be aware of what they're trading on, and still decide that "purchasing" DRM-encumbered media is an appropriate short-term tactical choice.
Trouble is its not being sold as that. It is being sold as a real alternative to physical books and this article is comparing book sales on that basis.
I have books on my bookshelves at home that I've owned for 25 years. What are the odds your books will be on available in 25 years even with backups to multiple devices? You're just renting them, and the rental period isn't even specified.
If they were DRM free, it'd be a different story. Key advantages include not only storage space, but being able to carry the whole lot with you, and being able to search them.
Granted, that's at their mercy -- if they took that option away today all I'd have would be local backups of files tied to my physical device -- but it's not as bad as you make out.
That is EXACTLY as bad as I make out. Vendors go out of business, and remove services all the time. I have books on my bookshelves at home that I've owned for 25 years. What are the odds your books will be on available on Amazon in 25 years? You're just renting them, and the rental period isn't even specified.
I can't believe this... Facebook went down so I started working and then I actually finished and now I can't figure out what to do!
Okay, I'm not quite that bad, but we all know people who are...
As if someone's who's happy to dodge work will magically start working again just because a single distraction is removed. Employees who need to be babysat are a burden.
Lots of factors here. I know I won't buy a book while it's tied to a machine or even several machines let alone the installation of the operating system on a machine. I know I'm not the only one. I suspect that's a huge factor. It isn't reasonable that if I lose or damage my reader, my entire library is wiped out. Is it any wonder that if people are asleep reading in bed or reading in the bath or on the toilet that they don't want to risk an expensive device AND their entire library whereas risking a single paperback or hardback book is acceptable? Imagine rolling over in bed and killing not only your poor reader but $5000 in books. Stuff that for a joke.
Well if I was a UK citizen I'd be concerned about "cloud based solutions" but applaud the use of open source. The use of both in this particular context leads me to believe this is an excercise in buzzword compliance to mask poor strategy and decision making. These qualities in a government official? Who'd a thunk it?
I mean I've heard of lag, but 7-8 decades???
Suppose you post a mentally-handicapped guard at your castle gate. When you are gone, your enemy hands him a scroll with instructions and says "These are from your boss. He wants you to do them right away." The instructions tell him to ransack your bed-chamber and run your underwear up the flag-pole. The guard obeys. Who is to blame?
Overzealous equal opportunity campaigners
"Paleontologists Discover World's Horniest Dinosaur"
I was really disappointed when I realized what they meant by "horniest"
Me too. I thought they'd discovered Austin Powers!
Love it or hate it, this is one of the more successful marketing stunts of late.
Successful? I didn't realise that the goal of marketing was to make your customers and potential customers believe you're incompetent losers. I have much less respect for GOG after they've pulled this and am less likely to buy. I can't believe I'm the only one.
The character selection screen will have two choices. Micheal Jackson and a Little White boy.
So what they're saying is that you can't win?
I thought the standard game for teaching someone the only way to win was not to play was tic tac toe. I guess you could call the Jackson character Dr Falken or the little boy Joshua, but it's just not the same:you don't get an attractive young Ally Sheedy in the bargain.
Whoever organised this stunt needs to be shown the door. They've managed to do permanent damage. What's more it was so badly executed you wonder if it was the incompetent work of a 3rd grader.
I'm a programmer and a power user, with, god
I've heard that fanboism could take on almost religious fervour, but that just takes the cake! ;-)
If you don't want to be accused of trolling, learn how to express yourself without unjustifiable personal attacks and disrespect to the person you're disagreeing with.
Do you even realise the irony of calling someone a troll then spouting the above sanctimonious crap. Go look up hypocrisy on dictionary.com
If the only way you can make ends meet is to work 100hr weeks or walk 6 kilometers to
So because some people don't have access to luxuries, those who do must spend all their leisure time attending to their children and families or they're self-obsessed?
Yes, properly raising kids takes up a SIGNIFICANT proportion of your time. Is this a revelation to you? If so I sincerely hope you're not a parent. Guess what though, it's not either or! You can have fun WITH your kids. You might get some pleasure out of spending time WITH them. Otherwise don't fucking become a parent. If you don't enjoy spending time with kids - if it takes away from your "me" time - then don't fucking have them.
You really don't sound like you have enough experience to be excoriating others for their parenting skills.
Funny, that's exactly my assessment of you. You're just talking outright crap. As if you're going to burn out and turn into miserable person spending some fun time teaching your kid something or taking care of them.
If you're a parent, sure have some adult alone "me" fun time occassionally, but a family man's fun IS spending time with the kids.
I took my son to an airshow on the weekend. He's 2. My daughter's much younger and it wasn't appropriate to take her or she'd have come along as well. Guess what? I had fun. I even took a few THOUSAND photos and still managed to play with my son and point out the planes at a level he can understand. I'm not burning out.
My significant other is a wonderful person. She's also a skeptic who doesn't buy self help drivel.
Doing the things you love energizes you to contribute back to the people you love. Just as doing things you hate will ultimately suck energy from the people around you. Have you ever met someone who has joyfully hated their job?
For pity sake! Get a clue!! You've got no concept.
MOST people on this planet who have a job HATE their job. People rarely pay to just have fun and do things they like. Many people without a job envy anyone with even the suckiest job. For most people not having a job sucks way worse.
I highly suggest you read Men are Mars, and Women are from Venus. You'll get a better sense of this "indulgence" and how it actually improves relationships.
Do you enjoy being a sheep? Feel good to be part of the herd? Baaaaa!
I "highly" suggest that anyone who takes such self help drivel to heart is so far detached from reality that it's astounding. All you are doing is making the charismatic idiot that wrote that book richer while induldging in a false sense of euphoria that if it wears off will leave you in a bigger mess than you were in when you thought you needed such a book, and if you don't wake up you're just another brainwashed self help cult member.
Now go back to watching Oprah you cretin.
What a troll. He's talking about working hours and having kids at home at that time for whatever circumstance. Would you call him indulgent if he was clocking in an office without even being near his kids for 8-10 hours a day?
First, he was talking about "doing the things you love" not spending time with his family.
Second, you don't know the difference between a troll and a different opinion or a difference in circumstance.
If the only way you can make ends meet is to work 100hr weeks or walk 6 kilometers to fetch water for your family then that is quite simply what you have to do to support them. Then, when you've done that you can talk about time with the family and time for yourself. All this self obsessed I just need me time crap requires not just survival and subsistence but prosperity. Not everyone has that.
Self indulgent? For taking care of myself so I can take care of my family? How is that irresponsible? How can you teach your children about the world when you're too exhausted to live in it?
Can't believe shit like yours gets modded up. Goes to show most slashdotters might know a lot about tech but are selfish idiots who know nothing about child rearing.
You infer that I'm irresponsible although you don't me, then call everyone an idiot who disagrees with you ... tell me ... what kind of example are you setting for your kids? Sounds to me that you need some time off. Just sayin'.
Guess what: Raising kids properly IS exhausting. Especially when they're young. Sure you should take some time off for yourself, but there's a difference between that and doing nothing but taking car of yourself and letting the kids work around that the way you imply.
As for not knowing you, sure, I don't know you. But on the one hand you bemoan the fact that I don't know you and can't possibly criticise you, then you start speculating that I need to take some time off??? Do you know what hypocrisy means!?
Are you aware that there are some people on this planet that have to walk several kilometers a day to fetch water for their family? Perhaps you think that when that gets too exhausting they should just "take some time for themselves"? Every thing you've said speaks volumes about a narrow and self indulgent world view.
Dude ... believe it or not ... sometimes doing the things that you love helps you be a better dad. His kids are probably much happier than if he kept that tension locked inside of him just so he can spend more time with them and yes, be happy to be with them. Some call it "cave time" - ie, get out of my face so I can process. Otherwise, internal tension would be released in other ways to the detriment of the entire family which is far worse.
And really, kids will crawl all over you no matter what you do. I work from home and the days when my daughter isn't at daycare when my wife is home, she's basically jumping on my computer for my attention. Put a camera crew in my room and I'd look like a workaholic neglectful dad.
What a bunch of self indulgent horse shit. Kids can crawl all over you while you smoke, get drunk and slap them around. But that wouldn't make you a good dad. It would make you an abusive drunk asshole. Just because you're around your kids doesn't mean you're giving them what they need. You have to limit the "me" time to something reasonable and even during that me time set a good example. Can't believe shit like yours gets modded up. Goes to show most slashdotters might know a lot about tech but are selfish idiots who know nothing about child rearing.
I wonder what "The A Team" of IT would look like?
Bald, fat and losing hair, or skinny, awkward and wearing glasses...either way middle age and can't get laid.
Don't worry. Last time I checked luggage and cargo was not transparent, planes required wiring etc. etc. This is just ill thought out marketing BS.
There's nothing to be confused about. People simply lose the ability to think rationally once the emotive issue of the environment comes up. Instead they run around like headless chickens doing stupid things because their emotional buttons have been pushed.
The mouse, ethernet, OOP... who cares? Isn't LambdaMOO enough of a reason to celebrate PARC?
I'm lactose intolerant you insensitive clod!
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