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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....

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Feb 16 '11, 10:15

but y'know, just because you can afford all the luxury hardware it takes to get everything electronically doesn't mean that it's that way for everyone everywhere.

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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

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