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On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:38:37 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I had about 4 hours. The screen is too glossy (makes a great mirror,
>> but if you've got an overhead light, you have to position yourself so
>> the light doesn't reflect directly off the screen). It also attracts
>> fingerprints like a magnet and I'm sure after some time dust can become
>> an issue. I'd be constantly wiping the screen off.
>
> Yeah. I just noted it was nice and crisp and bright. I would be
> surprised if Apple wasn't smart enough to not put overhead lights over
> the tables with the iPads on them. :-)
Very likely; indirect lighting is generally much easier on the eyes, and
in the office the lighting is only about 60% indirect.
>> That's cool, what kind of fee and was it per magazine? The one
>> magazine I read anymore is Linux Format, and as a subscriber I can get
>> the issues/ articles as PDF for free.
>
> $5/week for everything.
>
> Interestingly, when I turned on the radio in Germany, it spontaneously
> downloded a document called "Important notice on fees for travelers" or
> some such, detailing what was and was not different.
Interesting - so "everything" is any magazine they carry that you want to
read?
>> Well, until cable attenuation breaks it, but for power that's not a
>> huge deal. :-)
>
> I would think that few would sell commercial USB cables too long to even
> run a USB drive over. I wonder if a sufficiently long cable makes USB
> drop back from 2.0 to 1.1 speed?
Probably.
>> That may be what happened the first couple of nights - I'd go to sleep
>> and it'd be at 70% power, and wake up and the battery was drained.
>> That seemed odd to me, but last night it was fine - but I was in
>> Airplane mode.
>
> I'm up to the third or fourth day of reading pretty steadily and
> basically keeping it awake as much as possible, and I'm about 1/2 to 1/3
> battery now, with the radio on. Kindle keeps it on in case you buy
> something online that gets pushed down to your device, or if you have
> subscriptions updating.
>
> Once the experiment is over, I'll turn the radio back off. :-)
>
> Also, lots of these kinds of batteries take a few charge/discharge
> cycles to reach their full potential.
That's true, which is why I haven't done anything about it yet. My
battery came almost fully charged, but they say they're not charged, so
we'll see how it goes.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> I looked around for it, but didn't have any luck. It's called "100 Great
> Science Fiction Short Stories".
Is that the one with the white cover and green circle-like something or
other on the cover? With all the stories just like 2 or 3 pages long?
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Quoth the raven:
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Interesting - so "everything" is any magazine they carry that you want to
> read?
Basically, it was $4.99 / week for subscriptions to be downloaded, $0.99/meg
to download something of your own wirelessly (rather than the usual
$0.15/meg), and everything else was still free (or, rather, already included
in the cost of the book or device).
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On 27-8-2010 5:50, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:06:13 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>
>> andrel wrote:
>>>> If you want to email it to me, I'll put it on my Kindle and watch it
>>>> churn. :-)
>>> done
>> Mine says it can't be opened "due to embedded features not yet supported
>> by Kindle." It doesn't even try, or display the textual part.
>>
>> It says "(SECURED)" in the title bar of the PC window, tho, so I'm not
>> sure if it's just the 3D or the copy protection.
>
> That's possible as well, I've had trouble with content restrictions in
> PDF on the Nook. When I get some time, I want to try enabling a few
> different options and see what the results are.
I have that as well in the title bar on my PC. Still, it does work, so I
assume it means something else, but who knows. I await any news on
option settings.
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andrel wrote:
> I have that as well in the title bar on my PC. Still, it does work, so I
> assume it means something else, but who knows. I await any news on
> option settings.
If you look at "properties" it tells you what actions are restricted and
what aren't.
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:16:07 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I looked around for it, but didn't have any luck. It's called "100
>> Great Science Fiction Short Stories".
>
> Is that the one with the white cover and green circle-like something or
> other on the cover? With all the stories just like 2 or 3 pages long?
The cover isn't what you describe, but the content is.
The cover can be seen here:
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Science-Fiction-Short-Stories/dp/0380507730
Hadn't actually noticed the used price for the paperback edition was
$3.14, I had noticed the new price...
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> The cover isn't what you describe, but the content is.
> The cover can be seen here:
Oh yeah. I have that one somewhere too. It's a different book than I was
talking about.
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> writes:
> Possibly, but from my point of view, I'm paying for the content, not the
Yes, but that's what may change. It may shift to paying for _service_.
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:24:21 -0700, Neeum Zawan wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> writes:
>
>> Possibly, but from my point of view, I'm paying for the content, not
>> the
>
> Yes, but that's what may change. It may shift to paying for _service_.
It may shift that way, and if it does, then I'll stop using it.
Jim
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On 27-8-2010 23:55, Darren New wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> I have that as well in the title bar on my PC. Still, it does work, so
>> I assume it means something else, but who knows. I await any news on
>> option settings.
>
> If you look at "properties" it tells you what actions are restricted and
> what aren't.
>
Thanks, never looked at those. Apparently '(secured)' here means that
you can look at it and print it, but nothing else. That should not
prevent one from opening it on a kindle. Though if that application is
not written by adobe changes that it can display it are minimal.
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