There are certain categories of product in the UK that Amazon must charge VAT and then pay that to the Gov; if they can do it here - and elsewhere in Europe - why not in the US?
Um, how hard is it to set your zoom level and use a wheel-mouse or similar to move from top to bottom of a page and from page to page? Those with sight related-problems already have screen readers and other forms of software of that ilk.
Disclaimer: I have both eyes that still work, I appreciate the PDF format and the thought of paying hundreds for an e-book reader is an anathema to me - I'd much rather have the books themselves, but if Captain Beatty is going to burn all my books then I guess I will have no choice.
Yes, I am aware of that, but PDF's are cross-platform and wouldn't need extra software (or hardware) to read; they can also be password locked which could enable a form of DRM - as a customer orders a PDF the file is created with a password unlock unique to him/her: I know that may open up just sharing the unlocked PDF online but that would be a problem that most industries face as they offer digital content.
Why can't PC users just have access to PDF's? We already have a damn good reader/creator (Foxit) that has a much smaller footprint than any Adobe product.
Can anyone remember a, probably, fictional German movie from maybe thirty years ago that told the story of someone being hounded/murdered(?) by a massive oil conglomerate for producing a non petrol-burning car?
...against Microsoft for selling bloatware, which in my humble opinion is equally as bad as malware or even "malvertisements"?
That is a company in serious need of being split up and diversified.
TD
Damn, I can't even say I was on The Dig at the time:(
Please accept one quarter of my geek card, I retain the rest for having worked at Burroughs and Unisys.
Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
Tying it to the whipping post
In the middle of town
But by myself i wouldn't
Have no boss,
Cause i'd be raisin' my lonely
Whipping post
and before any say they've been running since creation, I power off at night to save energy (uptime records mean squat to me) and modern hardware can better withstand the heating/cooling cycles.
Just after last Christmas I spent £350 on an Acer Aspire 5535 from Asda - £300 for the kit and £50 for an additional 3 year RTB guarantee.
The machine is a QL-60 dual-core 64 bit @ 1.9GHz, 3 Gig of DDR2 RAM, a 160 Gig HDA and an integrated Radeon 3200 GFX chip. The OS is Vista Home Premium.
It took me a few hours to uninstall all the crap I did not want that had been pre-installed, burn a recovery disk and then install my FOSS of choice.
Vista has never crashed, never even seemed as though it might and it allows me to easily connect wirelessly and wired - depending on my situation and it also runs Oblivion (with all updates and DLC) to my hearts' content.
I am so happy with this "box".
I am not an M$ "fanboi" - never have been, never will be - but this is just what I wanted, at the right time, right price and it fucking works.
Having said that I want to make it dual boot and shove an Ubuntu dist onto it for serious work.
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There are certain categories of product in the UK that Amazon must charge VAT and then pay that to the Gov; if they can do it here - and elsewhere in Europe - why not in the US?
I shall have to try if I can find someone to lend me an e-book reader before I would even consider buying one.
It was to do with the subject of TFA whereby amazon will be making their products available to PC-using readers.
Um, how hard is it to set your zoom level and use a wheel-mouse or similar to move from top to bottom of a page and from page to page? Those with sight related-problems already have screen readers and other forms of software of that ilk. Disclaimer: I have both eyes that still work, I appreciate the PDF format and the thought of paying hundreds for an e-book reader is an anathema to me - I'd much rather have the books themselves, but if Captain Beatty is going to burn all my books then I guess I will have no choice.
Yes, I am aware of that, but PDF's are cross-platform and wouldn't need extra software (or hardware) to read; they can also be password locked which could enable a form of DRM - as a customer orders a PDF the file is created with a password unlock unique to him/her: I know that may open up just sharing the unlocked PDF online but that would be a problem that most industries face as they offer digital content.
Why can't PC users just have access to PDF's? We already have a damn good reader/creator (Foxit) that has a much smaller footprint than any Adobe product.
it's only a lawyer for $YOUR_CHOICE_OF_DEITY sake.
Can anyone remember a, probably, fictional German movie from maybe thirty years ago that told the story of someone being hounded/murdered(?) by a massive oil conglomerate for producing a non petrol-burning car?
Try taking that mofo round the streets of Bath or Bristol.
...does every single freaking US law have to have an acronym that is readable, or is that just BS? TD
...against Microsoft for selling bloatware, which in my humble opinion is equally as bad as malware or even "malvertisements"? That is a company in serious need of being split up and diversified. TD
...we now know what the Blue Man Group is composed of.
So when will Microhoo start upping the charges for Redmond to take their pound of flesh?
Oh, don't mention it Bob and get Dorothy off your lap.
New York?
Yes, but this is a family forum isn't it?
Maybe if it was correctly speleld it would be funnier?
If not "a" dildo, then how many?
...the new Godwin?
Damn, I can't even say I was on The Dig at the time :(
Please accept one quarter of my geek card, I retain the rest for having worked at Burroughs and Unisys.
I was flying this in BF1942 Secret Weapons of WWII in 2003.
Raisin' it up Waxen it down Tying it to the whipping post In the middle of town But by myself i wouldn't Have no boss, Cause i'd be raisin' my lonely Whipping post
and before any say they've been running since creation, I power off at night to save energy (uptime records mean squat to me) and modern hardware can better withstand the heating/cooling cycles.
Oh yeah - I run the laptop for about 8-10 hours a day with normally no reboots. As far as wireless goes I cannot fault it at all.
Just after last Christmas I spent £350 on an Acer Aspire 5535 from Asda - £300 for the kit and £50 for an additional 3 year RTB guarantee. The machine is a QL-60 dual-core 64 bit @ 1.9GHz, 3 Gig of DDR2 RAM, a 160 Gig HDA and an integrated Radeon 3200 GFX chip. The OS is Vista Home Premium. It took me a few hours to uninstall all the crap I did not want that had been pre-installed, burn a recovery disk and then install my FOSS of choice. Vista has never crashed, never even seemed as though it might and it allows me to easily connect wirelessly and wired - depending on my situation and it also runs Oblivion (with all updates and DLC) to my hearts' content. I am so happy with this "box". I am not an M$ "fanboi" - never have been, never will be - but this is just what I wanted, at the right time, right price and it fucking works. Having said that I want to make it dual boot and shove an Ubuntu dist onto it for serious work.