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Joe Hill is sending out book plates with people who pre-order Horns -- (link) - Epiphany Feb 16, 10:24
man i had a great rant all typed up about fancypants rich people declaring formats dead long before they really are, but it got nuked.... - x Feb 16, 10:15 48
- You should have used carbon paper. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 16, 10:29
- You're handling the Netflix Watch Instantly proof of video on demand poorly, old man! -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:28 3
  - me and the 1'3 of american households that are not wired for broadband, maybe....nm - x Feb 16, 10:30 2
    - In technology discussions, we're ST's answer to Cavemen vs. Astronauts. -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:33
    - "one third"....nm - x Feb 16, 10:31
- Although, I think tablets would actually be fantastic for things like third world schools. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 10:25 8
  - Knox County schools are considering giving kids iPads instead of paying for regular books. - David Feb 16, 10:28 1
    - *spends all his time in class playing Anrgy Birds instead of studying* -- nm - Knox County student with an iPad Feb 16, 10:29
  - perhaps. but how useful they'd be might also depend on broadband infrastructure in said thrid world country....nm - x Feb 16, 10:28
  - right they can't afford pencils or paper but tablets are in their budget.... -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:26 4
    - Pencils and paper are not the problem ... the problem is books. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 10:35
    - It very good at crushing the corn to make the bread, Mr. Schmidt -- nm - Ndugu Feb 16, 10:28
    - I don't think plugging them into the mud walls of their houses would charge them up either. - Loyola Feb 16, 10:28 1
      - they charge their electronics with car batteries, since you wondered. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 10:36
- The ENTER key is DEAD! -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:24 1
  - No it isn't! But CAPSLOCK is! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:28
- I guess but when (for example): The Hunger games costs $5 compared to $9 for paperback on Amazon, it only takes buying 35 books over the lifetime of - oblique Feb 16, 10:22 20
  - if only amazon would release real hadware numbers, i could compare the number of kindles to the 320 million u.s. citizens....nm - x Feb 16, 10:24 1
    - We sold a lot at Christmas! More than a smidge, but less than a ton. -- nm - Jeff Bezos Feb 16, 10:26
  - But, that cost won't stay low. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 10:24 4
    - I think it will actually get more competitive if anything. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 16, 10:25 3
      - I don't think we attend the same conferences. Periodical is going to be different that manuscript. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 10:27 2
        
        Well, I obviously have no expertise on the subject but you can only price the stuff according to what the market will bear. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 16, 10:28 1
        
        It only took itunes 3 years to increase the price on popular songs by, what, one third? - Amy Feb 16, 10:33
  - but if the user was using the library to begin with, that's money the use never would have spent without the kindle. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 10:23
  - true, but when I buy a book I can loan it to my wife, MIL, FIL and then sell it to a used book store. I can;t give them my e-reader -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:23 11
    - While not universal, Amazon does allow lending of some Kindle books now -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:24 10
      - Once. -- nm - mara Feb 16, 10:27
      - to one user. it's useless. it essentially means that books expire. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 10:27 1
        
        I expect that to improve over time, but yes, it's not much of a feature now -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:28
      - but they have to have an e-reader too though -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:25 6
        
        of course - oblique Feb 16, 10:28
        
        Or an iphone, android, or computer. -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 10:27 4
        
        I gave my amazon password to one of my friends so they could authorize their ipad on my account. - amanda jones Feb 16, 10:29
        
        so if I buy a book for a Kindle on Amazon I can read it on other e-readers? -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:28 2
        
        This is the primary reason why any eBook I buy will be from Amazon or B&N. They have reader software for a variety of devices -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:30
        
        You can use the Kindle app on a variety of devices. - Kim Pine Feb 16, 10:29
- I can't wait to get my Kindle! -- nm - Starving African child Feb 16, 10:21
- But hyde. I desparately want to justify my adopting of a new medium and/or continued love of an old medium. Please tell me I'm not wasting my money!! -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 10:20
- And purchasing the content. Books, DVDs, CDs--we are 98% library for that. And we're not even that poor. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 10:19 2
  - There's no comparison for people that get books from lending sources. But if you're a book *purchaser*... -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:23
  - this is my main thing with an ebook reader. I just can't see why I should pay for the content when I can have it for free? - amanda jones Feb 16, 10:21
- I still buy real books. Usually second-hand. I don't have an eReader, and reading on the iPhone is painful. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:16 5
  - what irks me is this tech-optimist idea that tech change is somehow a linear process that means when the new thing comes along it will immediately... - x Feb 16, 10:20 4
    - I don't think it's linear or ordained...but at the same point, i think we can start to see the e-book is catching on. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 10:23 3
      - that sort of analysis i have no trouble with. it's the sort of "books are dead! because *i* have a kindle" thing that sticks in my craw...nm - x Feb 16, 10:26 2
        
        this is correct, but "Books are dead *to me*" is still accurate, for those with e-Readers. :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:28 1
        
        this formulation i also would not object to...nm - x Feb 16, 10:29
Juliet Landau photo phoot... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 16, 10:13 [youtube] 4
- damnit...shoot. -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 10:30
- I watched the Angel series finale this morning. So, so great. -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:17
- Drusilla was a better vampire than Darla -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 10:15 1
  - But Darla was a hotter vampire than Drusilla -- nm - Jovian Feb 16, 10:28
Time's full list of top 100 toys of all time (link) - Jovian Feb 16, 10:12 23
- did not read, but is the koosh ball on there? I loved my koosh ball. -- (link) - sycor Feb 16, 10:30 [Image] 2
  - LOVED the koosh ball. I single handedly made this the most popular item to have in High School. - Jovian Feb 16, 10:34
  - yep, listed in the 1980s -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 10:31
- 48/100 -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 16, 10:23 1
  - 44/100 -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 10:26
- though the competition is tough, I'm declaring the 1960s a winner by a nose -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 10:23 5
  - lite brite and creepy crawlers = total win. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 10:26 4
    - I have an inordinate fondness for Rock'em Sock'em Robots -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 10:28 3
      - there's a movie coming out for you starring Hugh Jackman! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 10:33
      - *knocks your block off* - robopixie Feb 16, 10:29 1
        
        *smacks head back down, goes back to throwing a steady stream of left jabs* -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 10:31
- Mattel Classic Football! -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:18 9
  - I loved that game. -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 10:25
  - To list this and not, say, the Atari 2600 or the NES, is to show some kind of cognitive dissonance. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:21 2
    - I think its cause those are techincally not considered toys -- nm - Jovian Feb 16, 10:28 1
      - fake vomits all over you. Like I said, their criteria is odd. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:31
  - My brain immediately thought, "up up over over over over down down touchdown!" -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 10:21 3
    - i never had the football. only a lame Sears baseball knockoff game :( -- nm - moles Feb 16, 10:23 2
      - I still play the football at my mom's house. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 10:25
      - I ended up with the football, a baseball game, a basketball game, and a two player football game - I really could move the little red lights -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 10:24
  - David is right -- nm - crash davis Feb 16, 10:19
- Bratz? WTF, Time -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:13 1
  - The criteria is odd. To list both Barbie and Barbie Dream House? Huh? -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:30
TV PSA: Breaking Bad season 3 restarts tonight on AMC (2 episodes) -- nm - Beaker Feb 16, 10:09
BLTN: Here's a picture of my desk after it got valentined. -- (link) - ceregon Feb 16, 10:08 [flickr] 3
- *sing-song* Somebody likes you... -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:11
- she likes you. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 10:09
- I blame Cupid -- nm - Epiphany Feb 16, 10:09
offs. This will not end well (or ever...?) So remember the class action lawsuit that my boss filed against Anthem last year? Well, a settlement was - Stephen, Most Miserable Poster in America Feb 16, 10:08 1
- I don't understand. Attorneys are usually such cool, reasonable people. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:25
Dear manager, your "understanding" is wrong. -- nm - znufrii Feb 16, 10:07
LIR: ML. It's a decent deal. $599 on Dell's site gets you the same Core i5, 15.6" screen, but only 4GB RAM - oblique Feb 16, 10:06 12
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  - HP laptops are notoriously crap. Desktops, less so. - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:15 7
    - I know several people who've bought HP in the last 2 years who are extremely happy with them -- nm - decline Feb 16, 10:20 1
      - Personal experience is all well and good, but statistically, they fail more than most any other brand. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:21
    - Depends. My wife's HP has been very solid. I love my HP Elitebook and the Probooks we have here - oblique Feb 16, 10:16 4
      - My current HP laptop isn't going to make it very long. - David Feb 16, 10:22
      - God, my work HP is the worst thing ever. - Kim Pine Feb 16, 10:17 2
        
        I didn't like them for a long time. But almost everything we have here at work now are HP desktops and laptops - oblique Feb 16, 10:19
        
        PC Load Letter! -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:17
  - yummy -- nm - eReader using lawyer Feb 16, 10:13 1
    - sfan -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 10:13
At this point, I'm spending more time, effort and discomfort trying to hide my extra 8 pounds than just losing it. - Amy Feb 16, 10:06 3
- curvy is delicious too. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 10:16
- I lost about ten pounds in the last few weeks from being sick. hello, chocolate fondue. (what? like I would just keep on not being quite as fat? no.) -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 10:11
- Amen! I feel your pain - Epiphany Feb 16, 10:08
Simpsons Trivia! (courtesy of Roger More) In Mother Simpson, Homer�s bedtime song was the jingle for: - prayformojo Feb 16, 10:05 2
- Darn tootin! -- nm - Ender Feb 16, 10:06 1
  - Gold star -- nm - prayformojo Feb 16, 10:17
Ty, CD sales for 1999 were 943 million. For 2010, they were 98 million. - David Feb 16, 10:01 15
- "withering on the vine" should be used in more business rating reports -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 10:11
- I think I'm still safe for another decade or so, because our circ. just keeps on increasing. -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 10:08 2
  - I really need to start getting CDs from the library. I could save at least $40 a month if I did. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 16, 10:22
  - "...holder of such information as 'Will you marry me?' and 'Why are there still libraries?'" -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:10
- We're not withering! We're boutique! -- nm - CDs Feb 16, 10:03 2
  - Yeah! *cough* *cough* *hack* *hack* -- nm - Vinyl Feb 16, 10:06 1
    - well ... vinyl really is boutique, there was a bit of growth in 2008-2010 ... CDs will get there eventually. - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:08
- That 98 million reasons CDs aren't dead. - ty97 Feb 16, 10:03 6
  - There is no other argument to make that it's a dying medium. Sales have dropped almost every year in the 2000s. - David Feb 16, 10:10
  - It's been nailed to its perch. -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 10:09 2
    - pining for the fjords, it is -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:11 1
      - "This is an ex-industry!" -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 10:13
  - There's no growth. From a perspective of pure capitalism, it's dead. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:06 1
    - I feel happy! -- nm - CD Feb 16, 10:13
- BOOKS ARE DEAD! -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:03
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- *finds reference in 1% of the time you do using electronic search* -- nm - eReader using lawyer Feb 16, 10:07
- *buys a kindle, nook, ipad, and kobo* - moles Feb 16, 10:02 2
  - kobo going the way of the dodo -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 10:11
  - *beats JackDawson about the head with each of them* -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:03
- I still enjoy them for decorative purposes, but the convenience of thousands of books on one device is irreplaceable. -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:02 3
  - Mine arrives today. Can't wait. I needed to butt kick myself; have had it in my cart numerous times but never pulled the trigger before. -- nm - Don Homer Feb 16, 10:09 2
    - I have to say that tracking the percentage of the book completed works better with my mathematically inclined mind. -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:13
    - Did you get a Kindle? - Kim Pine Feb 16, 10:13
Anybody else get the Twin Peaks reference in Fringe a couple of weeks back? "Dr. Jacobi in Washington"? -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 10:01 1
- yep. the glasses. -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 10:09
oooo....Middleman Reunion at C2E2. -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 09:59
*takes offensive landscape painting course* -- nm - Reagen Feb 16, 09:58 8
- offensive landscape -- (link) - crash davis Feb 16, 10:05 [Image] 1
  - Nieman! -- nm - Remlik Feb 16, 10:12
- "happy trees" -- nm - Amy Feb 16, 10:04
- "It's really pretty torrid, don't you think? Then of course you have the onlookers peeking at them from behind the doorway like they're all shocked." -- nm - They wish. Feb 16, 10:01
- Those trees look like penises. -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 09:59 3
  - Redmond thought some clouds I did looked like penises. -- nm - loosilu Feb 16, 10:02 2
    - I think you have your muse -- nm - con_carne Feb 16, 10:11
    - Of course he did -- nm - Dr. Freud Feb 16, 10:03
What role are Russell and Rob playing on this season of Survivor? Their presence makes me less likely to watch. -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 09:58 10
- Regular contestants. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Feb 16, 09:59 9
  - Ugh -- nm - Dano Feb 16, 10:00 8
    - If there's a god, Rob goes home tonight and Russell loses again in the finals. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 10:11 7
      - (I'd also accept Russell losing to Rob) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:13 5
        
        I can't. Rob's actually someone to fear. You know going in...cut his throat immediately. - Will Hunting Feb 16, 10:14 4
        
        Right, if CBS allows it as a possibility, Rob has to be the first person voted out. -- nm - David Feb 16, 10:23
        
        *burns all Will's shit up* -- nm - Russell Feb 16, 10:16 1
        
        *waves $1mil in your face* -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 16, 10:20
        
        I'm not saying this is wrong, just ... they tend to get stupid players, and Rob might use that to his advantage. - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:16
      - nice. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 16, 10:12
Hatched this way -- nm - ty97 Feb 16, 09:57

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