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  1. #1
    Marts
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    http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztec...321728246.html

    So, a "portable" reader. Gee, back in my day we called them "books"....

    Dunno about you guys, but mobile comms and book reading to me doesn't come close
    to actually snuggling up with a good (and real) book.

    Or sitting outside on the patio reading the morning paper.


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    A bachelor is someone who doesn't make the same mistake once..



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  2. #2
    Rod Speed
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    Re: What's in a Book?

    Marts <[email protected]> wrote:

    > http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztec...321728246.html


    > So, a "portable" reader. Gee, back in my day we called them "books"....


    And then the world moved on and its much more convenient to download a few
    thousand books in electronic format for free and read them on something like that.

    > Dunno about you guys, but mobile comms and book reading to me
    > doesn't come close to actually snuggling up with a good (and real) book.


    I burn them up at better than one a day, so the old
    fashioned format at say $30 each gets a tad expensive.

    > Or sitting outside on the patio reading the morning paper.


    Some of us moved on from that to reading those online instead.





  3. #3

    Re: What's in a Book?

    On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:11:13 +1100, "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > > Dunno about you guys, but mobile comms and book reading to me
    > > doesn't come close to actually snuggling up with a good (and real) book.

    >
    > I burn them up at better than one a day, so the old
    > fashioned format at say $30 each gets a tad expensive.


    Little Golden Books don't take very long to read. <g d r>




  4. #4
    Allan Parkington
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    Re: What's in a Book?


    <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Little Golden Books don't take very long to read. <g d r>



    Most of the "books" Rod reads are all pictures anyway. He of course only
    reads them for "the articles"





  5. #5
    Marts
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    Re: What's in a Book?

    Rod Speed wrote...

    > I burn them up at better than one a day, so the old
    > fashioned format at say $30 each gets a tad expensive.


    I don't read that much. But if I did I'd probably use the local library or book
    exchange. Still, I like the look of a personal library in my study.

    > > Or sitting outside on the patio reading the morning paper.

    >
    > Some of us moved on from that to reading those online instead.


    Yep, I do too, especially when you want to catch up on the latest news. But for
    simply relaxing while having breakfast, reading the paper is a great way to
    start the day, whether it's on the patio by the pool, if it's a nice morning, or
    catching the morning sun in the family room next to the fire if it's a cold
    winter's day.





  6. #6
    mattic
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    Re: What's in a Book?


    "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Marts <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztec...321728246.html

    >
    >> So, a "portable" reader. Gee, back in my day we called them "books"....

    >
    > And then the world moved on and its much more convenient to download a few
    > thousand books in electronic format for free and read them on something
    > like that.


    Yes, I was right. Rod's poor. Not just poor, but a thief to boot.

    >
    >> Dunno about you guys, but mobile comms and book reading to me
    >> doesn't come close to actually snuggling up with a good (and real) book.

    >
    > I burn them up at better than one a day, so the old
    > fashioned format at say $30 each gets a tad expensive.


    Ha! Liar. Unless you actually mean "set fire to them". But that would
    involve being able to work a lighter.

    >
    >> Or sitting outside on the patio reading the morning paper.

    >
    > Some of us moved on from that to reading those online instead.


    Some of us do not see this as a progression. Screen resolution, for a start,
    makes reading and endurance more difficult.




  7. #7
    Rod Speed
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    Re: What's in a Book?

    Marts <[email protected]> wrote
    > Rod Speed wrote


    >> I burn them up at better than one a day, so the old
    >> fashioned format at say $30 each gets a tad expensive.


    > I don't read that much.


    I dont either most of the time, for that reason.

    But it can be a real problem if you end up in hospital with
    nothing else to do except day time TV etc. **** that.

    > But if I did I'd probably use the local library or book exchange.


    It aint that easy when you're in hospital. The second last time
    20 years ago I nearly went mad with boredom hundreds of
    miles from home with nothing to read for a couple of weeks.

    Fortunately most recently it wasnt as bad, when they wouldnt
    even let me get out of bed for a piss, one of the neighbours
    could show up with a big pile of books, and I chose to have
    a big bag of books and **** all else in the air ambulance
    where they only allow you to have a single bag total 5KG.

    Much more convenient to have one of those electronic
    books with a few thousand books on it instead.

    > Still, I like the look of a personal library in my study.


    Sure, and I do have immense piles of books, but its much
    more practical to have thousands in electronic form than
    to pay $30 each. Specially as my memory is so good
    that I cant read them again for 20+ years, and never
    watch movies or docos more than oncefor the same reason.

    >>> Or sitting outside on the patio reading the morning paper.


    >> Some of us moved on from that to reading those online instead.


    > Yep, I do too, especially when you want to catch up on the latest
    > news. But for simply relaxing while having breakfast, reading the
    > paper is a great way to start the day, whether it's on the patio
    > by the pool, if it's a nice morning, or catching the morning sun
    > in the family room next to the fire if it's a cold winter's day.


    I only do that when in hospital now and my current rate is once every 20+ years.

    And I watch recorded TV when bottling the beer, its a bit too boring and
    takes about an hour or so to bottle a batch, much more enjoyable watching
    what the PVR recorded on a wireless laptop next to the bottling and
    updating the beer database on that laptop as each box of stubbys is filled etc.

    Thats an ideal electronic book reader too.

    Main problem is that even the most recent major capital city hospital
    still doesnt have wifi, even if you're prepared to pay for that, let alone
    the local base hospital. NextG would be quite viable in that situation tho.





  8. #8
    Rod Speed
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    Re: What's in a Book?

    mattic <[email protected]> wrote
    > Rod Speed <[email protected]> wrote
    >> Marts <[email protected]> wrote


    >>> http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztec...321728246.html


    >>> So, a "portable" reader. Gee, back in my day we called them "books"....


    >> And then the world moved on and its much more convenient to download a few thousand books in electronic format for
    >> free and read them on something like that.


    > Yes, I was right. Rod's poor.


    The reason I'm not poor is that I'm not actually stupid enough
    to piss $30+ per day against the wall on physical books.

    > Not just poor, but a thief to boot.


    Its no more stealing than getting the book from the library is, ****wit.

    >>> Dunno about you guys, but mobile comms and book reading to me doesn't come close to actually snuggling up with a
    >>> good (and real) book.


    >> I burn them up at better than one a day, so the old
    >> fashioned format at say $30 each gets a tad expensive.


    <reams of your puerile **** any 2 year old could leave for dead flushed where it belongs>

    >>> Or sitting outside on the patio reading the morning paper.


    >> Some of us moved on from that to reading those online instead.


    > Some of us do not see this as a progression.


    Yep, there will always been ****wit dinosaurs like you around.

    I had to physically remove the card punches when fools like you
    wanted to keep using them instead of something a tad more recent.

    > Screen resolution, for a start, makes reading and endurance more difficult.


    Only for the fools that cant manage to use what font they prefer.





  9. #9
    Peter
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    Re: What's in a Book?

    Buy and old PPC (or a new sexy phone) and load it up with MSREADER and a few
    hundred books and give it a go. Some of the good things about these devices
    are..........

    When reading in bed at night you can do so with the light off as most of
    these devices have back lights so when done reading just turn it off and go
    to sleep. Also when you wake the next day you don't have to read half a
    chapter again to find where you were at because the device resumes from last
    page read.
    Another great feature about an "eBook" is that when you are reading while
    lying down you don't have to roll over and change sides when you change
    pages.
    You can also read easily with one hand while doing something else with your
    other hand.
    Install avantgo and have the news updated for free each day. When I go to a
    coffee shop and read a real paper I find most of it I have read and the rest
    I wish I had missed.
    :-P



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  10. #10
    Rod Speed
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    Re: What's in a Book?

    Peter <[email protected]> wrote:

    > Buy and old PPC (or a new sexy phone) and load it up with MSREADER and a few hundred books and give it a go. Some of
    > the good things about these devices are..........


    > When reading in bed at night you can do so with the light off as most of these devices have back lights so when done
    > reading just turn it off and go to sleep.


    Yeah, I do it that way during mains failures, read ebooks on the laptop like that.

    Currently about half way thru Slick's memoirs.

    > Also when you wake the next day you don't have
    > to read half a chapter again to find where you were at because the device resumes from last page read.


    > Another great feature about an "eBook" is that when you are reading while lying down you don't have to roll over and
    > change sides when you change pages.


    Yep.

    > You can also read easily with one hand while doing something else with your other hand.


    We'll leave that to you.

    > Install avantgo and have the news updated for free each day. When I go to a coffee shop and read a real paper I find
    > most of it I have read and the rest I wish I had missed.
    > :-P


    I've never bothered with coffee shops, and dont even bother
    with coffee at home anymore, just water and beer/grog.





  11. #11
    Andy
    Guest

    Re: What's in a Book?

    On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:56:34 +1100, Cerberus
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >"Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> Marts <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >>> http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztec...kindle-ebook-r
    >>> eader/2007/11/20/1195321728246.html

    >>
    >>> So, a "portable" reader. Gee, back in my day we called them
    >>> "books"....

    >>
    >> And then the world moved on and its much more convenient to download
    >> a few thousand books in electronic format for free and read them on
    >> something like that.
    >>
    >>> Dunno about you guys, but mobile comms and book reading to me
    >>> doesn't come close to actually snuggling up with a good (and real)
    >>> book.

    >>
    >> I burn them up at better than one a day,

    >
    >Is that because you are a completely unemployable dole bludger with
    >nothing better to do than troll usenet all day?


    Got it in 1..

    >Or is it simply because
    >you are in fact reading Dr Seuss titles at slightly better than a first
    >grade level?


    Hope that helps.



  12. #12
    Marts
    Guest

    Re: What's in a Book?

    Peter wrote...

    > Buy and old PPC (or a new sexy phone) and load it up with MSREADER and a few
    > hundred books and give it a go. Some of the good things about these devices
    > are..........


    It would have to be a PPC with a large screen. And that would make it
    inconvenient, anyway.

    > When reading in bed at night you can do so with the light off as most of


    Dunno why this is an advantage. It's not hard to turn a beside light on and off.

    > to sleep. Also when you wake the next day you don't have to read half a
    > chapter again to find where you were at because the device resumes from last
    > page read.


    I use a device called a "bookmark". Works well, too.

    > Another great feature about an "eBook" is that when you are reading while
    > lying down you don't have to roll over and change sides when you change
    > pages.


    What????

    > You can also read easily with one hand while doing something else with your
    > other hand.


    Too much information.

    > Install avantgo and have the news updated for free each day. When I go to a


    I tried that. It made the Treo crawl and would give the usual Windows "task has
    stopped responding" messages. For that reason alone, I regret moving to a PDA
    with WM5 on it. It's a pity that Palm moved over to the dark side and away from
    PalmOS. My Zire 71 never missed a beat in the years that I've owned it. Ditto
    for the IIIxe that it replaced.




  13. #13
    -=Spudley=-
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    Re: What's in a Book?

    Andy wrote:
    > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:56:34 +1100, Cerberus
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >>> Marts <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztec...kindle-ebook-r
    >>>> eader/2007/11/20/1195321728246.html
    >>>
    >>>> So, a "portable" reader. Gee, back in my day we called them
    >>>> "books"....
    >>>
    >>> And then the world moved on and its much more convenient to download
    >>> a few thousand books in electronic format for free and read them on
    >>> something like that.
    >>>
    >>>> Dunno about you guys, but mobile comms and book reading to me
    >>>> doesn't come close to actually snuggling up with a good (and real)
    >>>> book.
    >>>
    >>> I burn them up at better than one a day,

    >>
    >> Is that because you are a completely unemployable dole bludger with
    >> nothing better to do than troll usenet all day?

    >
    > Got it in 1..
    >
    >> Or is it simply because
    >> you are in fact reading Dr Seuss titles at slightly better than a
    >> first grade level?

    >
    > Hope that helps.


    If I had of known that reading Dr Seuss books, is responsible for angry
    little man syndrome, then I would have banned my kids from reading them
    years ago.
    Luckily, those books are not as popular as they used to be.






  14. #14
    Allan Parkington
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    Re: What's in a Book?


    "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...

    > It aint that easy when you're in hospital. The second last time
    > 20 years ago I nearly went mad with boredom hundreds of
    > miles from home with nothing to read for a couple of weeks.
    >


    They let you have books in the psych ward now, Roddles?





  15. #15
    Allan Parkington
    Guest

    Re: What's in a Book?


    "Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >
    > I've never bothered with coffee shops, and dont even bother
    > with coffee at home anymore, just water and beer/grog.
    >


    Well firstly it's not like anyone would WANT to have coffee with you, dear
    Roddles, and secondly I imagine the beer/grog doesn't go well with your
    medication.





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