What strikes me is that the target market in the Pirate Bay's case is (according to the **AA spin) a bunch of freeloaders and pirates who won't pay for anything, so why would advertisers pay good money to access that market? Most of the advertising on TPB, if you haven't noticed, isn't for things that can be pirated or freeloaded easily, if at all, but rather for services like web hosting, personal ads, vacations, weight loss plans, etc. etc. Unless you've come up with a way to download a torrent of any of these (web hosting apps don't count, since even a huge majority of semi-tech-savvy users like those on TPB don't have a decent box and/or connection to host on), it sounds like the freeloading quality of the audience doesn't have any impact on the result.
Just out of curiosity, why would anyone really need such an expensive device for reading books? What's the real purpose behind being able to carry one hundred books around, especially when they don't even really fit in your pocket? I don't really know anyone who would carry more than three non-textbook books around with them at once to read (except on vacations, and even then it isn't much of a space saver), and is it really worth the five hundred dollar device to do it? It's not like an MP3 player where you'll skip around songs that average at five minutes. We're talking entire books. Not to mention you could get a far more functional PDA and carry a decent amount of books with you, while fully lit, for much cheaper.
Honestly, if you think Colbert had any chance of even making it past the primaries, you have spent WAY too much time on Slashdot. Republicans voting for him because they can't detect satire? Jesus christ dude, come on.
There's a sensor on the scroll ball area too for a third mouse button.
That doesn't make it feel too much better when I use it, however. Having to lift up my index finger to hit the second or third button is too awkward/slow, especially when gaming. I use my trusty Logitech MX 510 (With a few more buttons than the Mighty Mouse, which are awful nice with Exposé) and haven't had any problems-- not to mention it's actually cheaper than the Mighty Mouse.
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Just out of curiosity, why would anyone really need such an expensive device for reading books? What's the real purpose behind being able to carry one hundred books around, especially when they don't even really fit in your pocket? I don't really know anyone who would carry more than three non-textbook books around with them at once to read (except on vacations, and even then it isn't much of a space saver), and is it really worth the five hundred dollar device to do it? It's not like an MP3 player where you'll skip around songs that average at five minutes. We're talking entire books. Not to mention you could get a far more functional PDA and carry a decent amount of books with you, while fully lit, for much cheaper.
Honestly, if you think Colbert had any chance of even making it past the primaries, you have spent WAY too much time on Slashdot. Republicans voting for him because they can't detect satire? Jesus christ dude, come on.
That doesn't make it feel too much better when I use it, however. Having to lift up my index finger to hit the second or third button is too awkward/slow, especially when gaming. I use my trusty Logitech MX 510 (With a few more buttons than the Mighty Mouse, which are awful nice with Exposé) and haven't had any problems-- not to mention it's actually cheaper than the Mighty Mouse.