What's in a Book?

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

Great! I get to use this one: Bare-faced lie. (Tick!)

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

Don't knock masturbation, kiddies, it's sex with someone you love.

mattic <[email protected]> wrote:

> Don't knock masturbation, kiddies, it's sex with someone you love.

Thanks for that completely superfluous proof of what you get up to.

"-=Spudley=-" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 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.
>

I'm truly shocked that you are old enough to have children with the way you
behave in here....

HTH

"Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> mattic <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Don't knock masturbation, kiddies, it's sex with someone you love.
>
> Thanks for that completely superfluous proof of what you get up to.

Tell me why you think that accusing someone of having a wank is an insult.

"Cerberus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "-=Spudley=-" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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...es-kindle-eboo
>>>>>> k-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.
>
> Banned your kids from reading them? Cripes, they are often the subject
> of them! What else would you expect from the unholy union of a potato
> and a turnip?
>
>
> --
> Cerberus
>
> None Shall Pass!

That would be the reason you wouldn't have kids.
Mr, None shall pass!
The tight fisted turd.

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

>>> Don't knock masturbation, kiddies, it's sex with someone you love.

>> Thanks for that completely superfluous proof of what you get up to.

> Tell me why you think that accusing someone of having a wank is an insult.

Just another of your pathetic little drug crazed fantasys, wanker.

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

My phone works well and I always have some books!



>> 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.
>


I dont need one.


>> 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.
>


So long as you remember/awake to put it in and it doesnt fall out.


>> 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????
>

Try reading a book while on your side.


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

I was thinking about your comment regarding while outside on the patio and
thought about reading while eating outside in the sun.

>> 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.
>

Isnt Treo PALM?
I havnt used WM5 though have had PPC in diffrent formats for years and love
them!
Found them very reliable and have all the software I need.
One thing is a lot of PPC that are sold dont have enough memorey so go and
buy a SD and throw that in.

Another option people go for (not me) is audio books. Plenty to download
aparently.


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"Rod Speed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> mattic <[email protected]> wrote
>> Rod Speed <[email protected]> wrote
>>> mattic <[email protected]> wrote
>
>>>> Don't knock masturbation, kiddies, it's sex with someone you love.
>
>>> Thanks for that completely superfluous proof of what you get up to.
>
>> Tell me why you think that accusing someone of having a wank is an
>> insult.
>
> Just another of your pathetic little drug crazed fantasys, wanker.

Bare-faced lie (tick!). Answer the question.

Peter wrote...

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

> So long as you remember/awake to put it in and it doesnt fall out.

It's not that hard to do, actually. Certainly simpler than say, operating an
e-book.

> Try reading a book while on your side.

When in bed it's how I read.

> I was thinking about your comment regarding while outside on the patio and
> thought about reading while eating outside in the sun.

Holding a book open with one hand isn't hard. In any case, I tend to read the
newspaper which, if it's the Age, may be spread out over the patio table.

> Isnt Treo PALM?

The Treo 750 runs WM5.

> One thing is a lot of PPC that are sold dont have enough memorey so go and
> buy a SD and throw that in.

It has a 1 gig mini-SD card. Unfortunately the Treo can't access it. Apparently
there may be a factory flaw with the unit. I won't know til I get another card
to try in it. Whatever, the unit can see the card but it can't see any of its
contents, other than the folders. And if, for example, I take a photo the Treo
can't save it to the card. Rather, it needs to be configured for Main Memory.

"Marts" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> It has a 1 gig mini-SD card. Unfortunately the Treo can't access it.
> Apparently
> there may be a factory flaw with the unit. I won't know til I get another
> card
> to try in it. Whatever, the unit can see the card but it can't see any of
> its
> contents, other than the folders. And if, for example, I take a photo the
> Treo
> can't save it to the card. Rather, it needs to be configured for Main
> Memory.
>

Have you formatted it from the device?

Allan Parkington wrote...

> > can't save it to the card. Rather, it needs to be configured for Main
> > Memory.
> >
>
> Have you formatted it from the device?

No. It was working fine for a while. Then I needed to take a photo of something.
It was then that I discovered that there was something wrong with it.

The folders are there and can be seen but their contents appear to have
disappeared. But if I try to write something, say a photo, to the card it aborts
with an error.

"Cerberus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "-=Spudley=-" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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...es-kindle-eboo
>>>>>> k-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.
>
> Banned your kids from reading them? Cripes, they are often the subject
> of them! What else would you expect from the unholy union of a potato
> and a turnip?

ROFL!

I can't believe someone else was pondering the exact same thing as me!

Truly, Steven's legacy is secured...

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"I'm a turnip ****er" - Steven "Spudley" Campbell

"]v[etaphoid" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "-=Spudley=-" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>>>>> 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.
>
> You're breeding now?
>
> If I had seen that coming (and I truly never imagined such a thing might
> ever be possible) I know what I would have banned...
>
>> Luckily, those books are not as popular as they used to be.
>
> No prizes for guessing what story you've graduated to...
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/fimble...ory_turnip.swf

Blah, Blah, ****ing blah, you're just a whinging whining son of a beeatch,
Megaroid

"]v[etaphoid" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Cerberus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "-=Spudley=-" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> 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...es-kindle-eboo
>>>>>>> k-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.
>>
>> Banned your kids from reading them? Cripes, they are often the subject
>> of them! What else would you expect from the unholy union of a potato
>> and a turnip?
>
> ROFL!
>
> I can't believe someone else was pondering the exact same thing as me!
>
> Truly, Steven's legacy is secured...
>

Blah, Blah, ****ing blah, you're just a whinging whining son of a beeatch,
Megaroid