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To add to the library/digital books discussion, our City library system just introduced this stuff online...downloads and e-books.....(link) - Walt_Disney Aug 6, 13:56 1
- We've had digital books for a while - long before the Kindle. They're WMA format, like yours, so there's DRM. Likely done in conjunction with the pub -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:58
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- this (note, from last year) addresses some amendments. part of it amused me. nm but: -- (link) - b. Aug 6, 14:00
- depends if the class action is based on untrue statements or deceit -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 13:59 1
  - and they should pass this legislation in flow-chart form -- nm - Roger More Aug 6, 14:01
- *head explodes* -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 13:59
- Isn't this what judges and appeals courts are for? -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:57 2
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    - Ahh...time to take it to the Supremes! ;) -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 14:00
- I think you should consult an attorney -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:56 2
  - L5 (nm) - musubi Aug 6, 13:57 1
    - I'm honored to get an L5 from you -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:59
- You don't bury survivors? -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 13:55
So here's a question. While in a rental car I got a parking ticket in a distant state. If I don't pay it... - Max Aug 6, 13:51 8
- rental company will likely chase you down. They've got your CC, after all. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 13:54 1
  - I more wonder if the state will even followup with the rental company. -- nm - Max Aug 6, 13:58
- you never got a ticket -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 13:54
- (and do way overdue parking tickets turn into warrants which can put you in jail if you set foot in said state again?) -- nm - Max Aug 6, 13:53 4
  - remember when I worked at ZH and there were warrants for my arrest from parking tickets? yes, they do. - workmanda Aug 6, 13:55 2
    - TT lawyers, is there a statute of limitations on such things? -- nm - Max Aug 6, 13:57
    - I wonder how much that cost them. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:55
  - Only if you get caught! -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:54
*just spent the last hour putting together a spreadsheet of HP desktop computers to compare prices/features* -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 13:47 4
- dork -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 13:50 3
  - I know. - znufrii Aug 6, 13:51 2
    - heh, at least you're doing something productive. I'm just lazing on the web -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 13:53 1
      - I just need to figure out how to quantify the value of different intergrated graphics card -- nm - znufrii Aug 6, 14:03
ah! ahh! ahhh! once again: warning: do not click on amazon's banner thingie for their - b. Aug 6, 13:42 14
- B!....nm - xi Aug 6, 13:48 1
  - ::looks around for Banzai!:: -- nm - b. Aug 6, 13:50
- you have been gone a nano second and people freak!! - Epiphany Aug 6, 13:46 9
  - it's so odd. nice, but odd. -- nm - b. Aug 6, 13:50 7
    - I think the accident made people realize we need to keep tabs on people better. - Mel Profit Aug 6, 13:52 6
      - i just pictured bery in the war room in front of a 3d map of the world swarming with tracking lights for all of us....nm - xi Aug 6, 13:57 2
        
        I liked stal, er, following you on twitter when you were break-ing from here. -- nm - b. Aug 6, 14:02
        
        And little B2 slapping a button and the whole shebang going dark. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 14:01
      - sure, you already wear a leash, it's no big deal for you. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 13:53
      - That only works so long. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:53
      - ah! ahh! ahhhhh! -- nm - b. Aug 6, 13:52
  - Pip! *throws a net over pippy...hears groiny charging through the brush* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 6, 13:47
- *throws a net over b!* Get her! [nm] - Mel Profit Aug 6, 13:46 1
  - no, I will not dress as a butterfly and dance for your amusement! -- nm - b. Aug 6, 13:47
I've got a Core i7 laptop. It warps the space-time continuum every time I turn it on. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:39 1
- Uhm. This goes below. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:39
I just want to go somewhere that's not home to study tonight. there is so little free wireless in manchester. it's like impossible. -- nm - workmanda Aug 6, 13:38 13
- There are three McD with free wifi in Manchester -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 13:46
- here's a list of free wifi spots - Max Aug 6, 13:41 8
  - larger list - Max Aug 6, 13:42 7
    - Starbucks. McDonald's. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:47 5
      - Most Starbuck's aren't open after 9. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:54 4
        
        mine's open till ten. I'm kind of thinking about staying at work. -- nm - workmanda Aug 6, 13:55 3
        
        "We can hit you over the head repeatedly with a hammer, or you can go to McDonald's." "What's the first choice, again?" -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 14:00 1
        
        One of the local grocery stores, with a Starbucks has become a computer users hangout. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 14:03
        
        Sounded like you might want even later. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:58
    - I freaking hate SNHU for not letting me use their stupid wireless. -- nm - workmanda Aug 6, 13:45
- there's got to be a bar that has free wifi. might be hard to study though -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 13:40 2
  - on a tuesday night, I would go to a bar. studying on a friday night in a bar is impossible. -- nm - workmanda Aug 6, 13:41 1
    - exactly -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 13:41
sitwap - because TLC doesn't have enough craptacular programming, a reality show about a polygamous family -- (link) - crash davis Aug 6, 13:36 5
- If your husband's a polygamist, letting him go out to the bar every night is an invitation to trouble. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:46
- I will watch -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 13:45
- and how does he not get into trouble? i never quite understand this. -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 13:39 2
  - Marries first wife, divorces her for second, she applies for aid, he divorces second wife to marry third, second apples for aid, and so on. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:43
  - well, if I tried to pull it off, I'd fear the law a lot less than I would the women -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:40
Chocolate covered bacon on a stick report: meh - TWuG Aug 6, 13:36 2
- *kicks dirt* -- nm - Redmond's secret stalker Aug 6, 13:52
- I find that the chocolare kind of hides the taste of the bacon. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:37
Google Earth is being used to bust illegal pool owners. heh -- (link) - CQ Aug 6, 13:34 2
- If I read this in the paper on Wednesday it means you'r way behind. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:36 1
  - yeah? well your face is old news -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 13:39
sitwap - Robin Wright might be Erika in TGWTDT -- (link) - crash davis Aug 6, 13:34 9
- I can kind of see that. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:35 8
  - on problem I had with the Scandinavian movie is that I built Erika up as being hotter in my mind, Robin Wright can fulfill that for me -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:37 7
    - I haven't seen the second one, but (spoils) - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:40 1
      - I'll agree with that -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:41
    - I pictured a younger Helen Mirren - or Joan Allen - I think Wright is too young but that is just me -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 13:40 4
      - Robin is 44 now. Thats the right age for the book -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:42 2
        
        i like this casting actually. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 13:46 1
        
        I do too. Because she is both Jenny and Buttercup to me :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:48
      - There's someone I have in mind but I can't think of anything she's been in or her name. - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:41
Seriously, stretched out nutsacks? -- nm - amoxy Aug 6, 13:30 5
- Wouldn't work for me, anyway. There'd be something substantially large in the way. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:41 2
  - kilbo's ass? -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:42 1
    - *SNORT* -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:44
- *remembers Puppetry of the Penis fondly* -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 13:34
- I'm sure someone will demonstrate for you, or show you how to do it. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:30
Bill Gates on education, college, and the future of learning -- (link) - oblique Aug 6, 13:28 11
- Working - as I do - in distance learning at a university, I know a little something about this. - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:51
- there's substance there, but i don't think i buy the idea that "place based" education will wither... - xi Aug 6, 13:43
- man there is all kinds of crap goin' down in five years. 2015!....nm - xi Aug 6, 13:34
- I think there's a lot to the idea of being immersed in a situation with a group of like-minded knowledge seeking people. - Reagen Aug 6, 13:33
- He's kind of missing part of the purpose of college. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:32
- Didn't I hear that almost all of MIT's course material is already online for free? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 13:31 2
  - Yet it's almost like he's talking about some kind of universal accreditation system so you can be "certified" that you know the information - oblique Aug 6, 13:32 1
    - Some schools have something like that. You can get cedit for real life experience. And you can take tests to get credits for some basic stuff. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:34
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- Have we talked on ST yet about Bill and Warren convincing all those billionaires to give up half their fortunes? -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:30 1
  - who cares, post it anyways! -- nm - the enabler Aug 6, 13:31
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Dear FNL season finale: Please, a ray of sunshine, a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, the laugh of a newborn baby..... - prayformojo Aug 6, 13:27 6
- oh boy, that school shooting is really going to upset you -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:29 4
  - kidding, btw -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:34 3
    - actually the school blows up. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 13:35 2
      - hellmouth. -- nm - workmanda Aug 6, 13:38 1
        
        the mayor gets killed and Angel leaves town -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:39
- Think I am 8 behind on FNL. I did watch all of the Flash Forwards this week, except the finale. -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 13:27
Picture an OLED screen that folds up to about 2" x 5" and is a phone, then unfolds to book size and unfolds further to TV size... -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:23 4
- Seems like a pair of these would be much easier. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 13:29
- sounds difficult to view with all those creases. -- nm - sycor Aug 6, 13:28 2
  - also, how thick is this thing when folded up? -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 13:29 1
    - Hey, I'm the idea man! It's up to you guys to build it! -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 13:29
There are serious doubts about whether it's legal for public libraries to loan ebook readers. The software licensing agreement appears to be single- -- nm - user. Aug 6, 13:22 9
- I was wondering about how that would work going forward. - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:25 8
  - There's a legal way to "loan" digital products to people who have their own readers/players. The default is going to be one user at a time, but maybe - mara Aug 6, 13:30
  - For all the "e" checkouts at our library, they're limited and queued just like books. So if I want the audiobook to download and the 4 copies are - oblique Aug 6, 13:26 6
    - Interesting. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:29 1
      - It's the big reason that library audio checkouts use WMA DRM and not anything iPod compatible - oblique Aug 6, 13:30
    - Which is how the regular books work. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:28 3
      - But will also keep libraries "behind the times." - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:30 2
        
        Blockbuster wasn't free and you couldn't hang out there and watch the movie. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:41 1
        
        And they've been serving more people over the last few years. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:49
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- they coudl probably spend the next two years tieing up loose ends like that -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 13:23
what are words for...when no one listens anymore -- nm - Zeitgeist Aug 6, 13:20 4
- inured?...nm - xi Aug 6, 13:21
- znufrii-ed -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 13:21 1
  - Hmm...how many defintions are under his name? ;) -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:23
- Bah. Listening is easier than reading on stretched out nutsacks. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:21
ST Poll: What do you consider the most cutting edge thing you have/own/do? - oblique Aug 6, 13:16 25
- my pvc slicer. The thing is effing awesome -- nm - CQ Aug 6, 13:30 1
  - how did the lasagnas turn out? -- nm - Diva Aug 6, 13:32
- ipod touch. - musubi Aug 6, 13:26
- i got some sharp-a$$ Wusthofs. - Diva Aug 6, 13:26 1
  - Good cooking is always cutting edge. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:29
- droid...almost anywhere almost complete internet experience - Zeitgeist Aug 6, 13:25
- samsung LE26B455 -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 6, 13:24
- My 1st gen ipod touch or my xbox 360. -- nm - lileve Aug 6, 13:24
- Ride my bike. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:22
- One June morning, - Callisto Aug 6, 13:21 1
  - as I understand it, you were supposed to be listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs while doing that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 6, 13:24
- dvr -- nm - Epiphany Aug 6, 13:21
- I'm thinking of getting a phone where the ear part and the mouth part are all on one piece -- nm - crash davis Aug 6, 13:20 1
  - the rotary phone scene in Aliens in the Attic is one of my favorites -- nm - oblique Aug 6, 13:21
- My HTC Hero. Loving the Kindle and Stitcher apps. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 6, 13:20
- my phone, I guess. HTC Legend - Reagen Aug 6, 13:19
- Hmm, not sure... I guess either iphone 4 or new laptop with SSD hard drive. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 13:19
- i stay behind the curve. it's much cheaper there....nm - xi Aug 6, 13:19 3
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    - it may be time for me to do that. i still have my razr, but i took it out at work the other day.... - xi Aug 6, 13:23 1
      - ha -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:26
- um, Tivo Series 2? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 6, 13:18
- i'm pretty seriously low-tech these days. -- nm - Andie Aug 6, 13:18
- Probably Suzanne's EVO phone. Haven't bought any new tech lately. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:17
- The Bub -- nm - Spawn Aug 6, 13:17

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