Not all people do. I wore 'name brand' for a while, and i removed the logo as i refuse to be a walking billboard.
My dad used to demand the dealer take his logo off the car when he would buy a new car. Same reason. ( and when we had a body shop and could repair the damage, sometimes even the manufactures logo came off.
since we are talking fires, you want to. That is one of their main selling points, color for magazines and comix.
For "regular" books, e-ink is more than fine and for me, preferred. On ink currently you can still easily opt out of ads ( either by ponying up the extra $ or choosing a different vendor )
It tells you what they are selling more of, and which has the bigger profit margin. I am sure they make more $ off movie rentals/purchases than an overpriced e-book.
I also prefer ink for *reading* but i am not confident we will have ink readers available from amazon or B&N in another 5 years and will have to stick with cheaper generic brands.
But hopefully the one i have now will last a while. Since there is no light or LCD to go out, it might.
I agree few will care ( or understand ) about being 'open', but you are mistaken about those that don't want an advertisement in their face every-time they turn the thing on. Many are also not thrilled about being locked into one of the 2 main ecosystems. "why cant i buy a book from B&N on my kindle"? ( yes i know you can with some effort but the average guy wants it to 'just work'.. )
Give them an inch, they will take a mile. This is similar to the trial balloon where they were optional, and if no one protests they are mandatory, expect more intrusive ones the next round.
You must be both blind and deaf. Ads took over long ago both for visual and audio media. ( and theirs, even some of your clothing is most likely a walking ad.. )
Yes there was, but it was due to technology/cost not keeping up with the far simpler digital world, not due to an inherent problem with the concept.
I'm also not talking analog, but multilevel logic. There is a difference. You can still have your 'digital' accuracy, but increase your bandwidth several times over.
Let me make it even simpler, so that perhaps you can understand: Even the act of asking for permission is wrong. Even the act of wanting to ask for permission is wrong.
Sorry, just because i may have made the suggestion that its a solution does not mean I'm going to take action. No more than does Steven King prepare for mass murder after he writes a book about it.
Not going to debate the Apple/Samsung thing directly, but overall in a patent/copyright case it really doesn't matter how bad a copy is, its still infringement..
No it cant be beat, but as they move towards multimedia devices ( higher profit margin on purchases ) i don't see a bright long term future for our ink.
But i haven't lost hope yet.
The B&N side lit ink i hear isn't that great, time will tell if Amazon got it any better. ( but i still want larger and color dammit )
No cheaper DX sized ink device? No color ink? Yet another "tablet" ( dedicated multimedia consumption device ) in an already saturated market of low end LCD devices?
Thanks for nothing of any value. Perhaps B&N will deliver this Christmas.
For me, none are difficult, im talking about what i have seen with dealing with 'non techies'. The do much better with itunes. ( which now is pretty much irrelevant now that they do OTA updates and can back up to icloud.. )
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Not all people do. I wore 'name brand' for a while, and i removed the logo as i refuse to be a walking billboard.
My dad used to demand the dealer take his logo off the car when he would buy a new car. Same reason. ( and when we had a body shop and could repair the damage, sometimes even the manufactures logo came off.
Will they be getting a firmware update that includes the ads?
since we are talking fires, you want to. That is one of their main selling points, color for magazines and comix.
For "regular" books, e-ink is more than fine and for me, preferred. On ink currently you can still easily opt out of ads ( either by ponying up the extra $ or choosing a different vendor )
Which is not for everyone, nor should you have to do this.
You will not get.
It tells you what they are selling more of, and which has the bigger profit margin. I am sure they make more $ off movie rentals/purchases than an overpriced e-book.
I also prefer ink for *reading* but i am not confident we will have ink readers available from amazon or B&N in another 5 years and will have to stick with cheaper generic brands.
But hopefully the one i have now will last a while. Since there is no light or LCD to go out, it might.
After they screwed with my firmware and removed features after purchase, screw them and their NT.
No, but they can plaster ads in them before you buy them. Ever read a magazine?
I agree few will care ( or understand ) about being 'open', but you are mistaken about those that don't want an advertisement in their face every-time they turn the thing on. Many are also not thrilled about being locked into one of the 2 main ecosystems. "why cant i buy a book from B&N on my kindle"? ( yes i know you can with some effort but the average guy wants it to 'just work'.. )
Give them an inch, they will take a mile. This is similar to the trial balloon where they were optional, and if no one protests they are mandatory, expect more intrusive ones the next round.
You must be both blind and deaf. Ads took over long ago both for visual and audio media. ( and theirs, even some of your clothing is most likely a walking ad.. )
Its disgusting too.
That isn't exactly what he meant. Current computer science will be mostly obsolete, but not the concept of computer science. It will adapt, it has to.
Never tried to imply it would be painless or trivial, but sometimes the end results are worth the effort to truly advance to a new level.
Yes there was, but it was due to technology/cost not keeping up with the far simpler digital world, not due to an inherent problem with the concept.
I'm also not talking analog, but multilevel logic. There is a difference. You can still have your 'digital' accuracy, but increase your bandwidth several times over.
I think we are wasting the potential of future optics if we think in binary, as this team is doing.
Optics scream for multilevel logic.
I see you *totally* missed my point.
Let me make it even simpler, so that perhaps you can understand: Even the act of asking for permission is wrong. Even the act of wanting to ask for permission is wrong.
Sorry, just because i may have made the suggestion that its a solution does not mean I'm going to take action. No more than does Steven King prepare for mass murder after he writes a book about it.
Not going to debate the Apple/Samsung thing directly, but overall in a patent/copyright case it really doesn't matter how bad a copy is, its still infringement..
This is a bad and stupid prescient.
Should be standard procedure, and we shouldn't need some new protocol to argue over.
Its invasive, and wrong. Period.
Hate to be a 'me too' guy, but i do agree.
No it cant be beat, but as they move towards multimedia devices ( higher profit margin on purchases ) i don't see a bright long term future for our ink.
But i haven't lost hope yet.
The B&N side lit ink i hear isn't that great, time will tell if Amazon got it any better. ( but i still want larger and color dammit )
No. The solution involves C4
No cheaper DX sized ink device? No color ink? Yet another "tablet" ( dedicated multimedia consumption device ) in an already saturated market of low end LCD devices?
Thanks for nothing of any value. Perhaps B&N will deliver this Christmas.
For me, none are difficult, im talking about what i have seen with dealing with 'non techies'. The do much better with itunes. ( which now is pretty much irrelevant now that they do OTA updates and can back up to icloud.. )
Regardless of why, its still IP that they must defend. Don't like it, change the laws, until then shut your pie hole.
True, you have to defend trademarks, but you must defend patents too.