eInk is a billion times better than LCD for reading. If you want apps and web, get a tablet. One advantage of a general tablet like a straight android device or the ipad, you can load all of the stores: amazon, barnes and noble, kobo, google play, and buy books from whoever. If you get an ereader, you'll be stuck with the store that the ereader supports. Not sure if tablets support adobe digital editions, which you need to check out ebooks from most libraries.
it is more aimed at people who do not identify themselves as pirates but who just loan their discs to their mates.
And what's wrong with that? My friends and I lend each other books, movies, etc. all the time. If I buy a game, why can't I lend it to a friend when I'm done playing it?
Or maybe US companies will just buy their parts from suppliers that use LibreOffice. That's probably an easier and certainly cheaper way to get overseas companies into compliance.
I have a Nook and really like it, it reads pretty much everything I need it to. The Kobo also looks pretty decent, and the new one's fairly cheap. No web browsing on it like the Nook, but honestly I rarely browse on the Nook because it's browser is kind of a joke. It also only works over wifi, so getting the 3g version is kind of a waste, all you can do with it is download books from the Nook store.
Check out Calibre - http://calibre-ebook.com/ for managing/converting books, it's a pretty nice piece of software. Also check out Sigil - http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ for editing epub.
1. Try to delete file
2. Are you sure you want to delete this file? [Yes]
3. Try to empty the recycle bin
4. Are you sure you want to empty the recycle bin? [Yes]
And then the file is gone.
Yes, there are registry tweaks to turn all this crap off. There should be a check box though to disable this nonesense for people who aren't in the habit of deleting stuff they don't mean to. At least shift-del is only a two step process.
"Installing this program will take up 415.8 MB of space". Seriously? WTF Adobe, this reads PDFs AND DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, are you trying to make it as bloated as possible?
When I was in college, the best way I found to take notes was when the professor would hand out printouts of his slides, with some details left out. then i could just fill in the blanks, and wouldn't have to write so much that I couldn't really think about what was being said, but still ended up with complete notes. If this could be done on some sort of tablet, they they'd probably have some serious power. also, students who don't want to pay attention won't learn, will always find a way to waste time, and that's their problem. if they're not distracting other students, then I don't really see it as the professor's problem.
I don't think ebooks are worth as much as paper books for reasons that have already been beaten to death here - DRM prevents you from lending the book to a friend, if the DRM server disappears, so do your books, the bookseller can disable/delete your books whenever they feel like it, lots of publishers are delaying or choosing not to release ebooks to try and drive up sales of paper books, if you upgrade your device, it might not be compatible with your collection, and the marginal cost of producing copies of ebooks is practically zero. The most I'd be willing to pay for an ebook is $5, and it would have to be a current best seller. Older and less popular books would have to be cheaper, unless they offered some additional advantages.
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well, how long before I can download one?
Lobster stuff lobster.
eInk is a billion times better than LCD for reading. If you want apps and web, get a tablet. One advantage of a general tablet like a straight android device or the ipad, you can load all of the stores: amazon, barnes and noble, kobo, google play, and buy books from whoever. If you get an ereader, you'll be stuck with the store that the ereader supports. Not sure if tablets support adobe digital editions, which you need to check out ebooks from most libraries.
Sony: Where security is our last priority.
it is more aimed at people who do not identify themselves as pirates but who just loan their discs to their mates.
And what's wrong with that? My friends and I lend each other books, movies, etc. all the time. If I buy a game, why can't I lend it to a friend when I'm done playing it?
Or maybe US companies will just buy their parts from suppliers that use LibreOffice. That's probably an easier and certainly cheaper way to get overseas companies into compliance.
... or has the RIAA's scheme's gotten crazier since they appointed Dr. Evil their new CEO?
I have a Nook and really like it, it reads pretty much everything I need it to. The Kobo also looks pretty decent, and the new one's fairly cheap. No web browsing on it like the Nook, but honestly I rarely browse on the Nook because it's browser is kind of a joke. It also only works over wifi, so getting the 3g version is kind of a waste, all you can do with it is download books from the Nook store. Check out Calibre - http://calibre-ebook.com/ for managing/converting books, it's a pretty nice piece of software. Also check out Sigil - http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ for editing epub.
we have to go deeper.
you know what else can outrun a human? A CAR.
It's actually a four step process:
1. Try to delete file
2. Are you sure you want to delete this file? [Yes]
3. Try to empty the recycle bin
4. Are you sure you want to empty the recycle bin? [Yes]
And then the file is gone.
Yes, there are registry tweaks to turn all this crap off. There should be a check box though to disable this nonesense for people who aren't in the habit of deleting stuff they don't mean to. At least shift-del is only a two step process.
ID isn't science, so they won't be protected by this for slamming it.
nah, that would just lead to a rise in Hulk-based lifeforms.
"Installing this program will take up 415.8 MB of space". Seriously? WTF Adobe, this reads PDFs AND DOESN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, are you trying to make it as bloated as possible?
I'm only paying $13/month for web space.
This is my preferred method of dealing with those bastards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VICaWgD-76w
The only movie I've seen that addresses this is "I'll believe you" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'll_Believe_You Kinda cool that someone in Hollywood actually considered this.
That's different from HTML4 how, exactly?
Let me know how that works out, Ozymandias.
what do you mean, "half the functionality"? It can get to youtube AND facebook!
yeah? and what about when you get hit by a blue shell?
I figured this is what they used to build Terminators.
Dibs on the band name "Potato Radius".
When I was in college, the best way I found to take notes was when the professor would hand out printouts of his slides, with some details left out. then i could just fill in the blanks, and wouldn't have to write so much that I couldn't really think about what was being said, but still ended up with complete notes. If this could be done on some sort of tablet, they they'd probably have some serious power. also, students who don't want to pay attention won't learn, will always find a way to waste time, and that's their problem. if they're not distracting other students, then I don't really see it as the professor's problem.
I don't think ebooks are worth as much as paper books for reasons that have already been beaten to death here - DRM prevents you from lending the book to a friend, if the DRM server disappears, so do your books, the bookseller can disable/delete your books whenever they feel like it, lots of publishers are delaying or choosing not to release ebooks to try and drive up sales of paper books, if you upgrade your device, it might not be compatible with your collection, and the marginal cost of producing copies of ebooks is practically zero. The most I'd be willing to pay for an ebook is $5, and it would have to be a current best seller. Older and less popular books would have to be cheaper, unless they offered some additional advantages.