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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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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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Quoth the raven:
        Need S'Mores!

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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] nospamcom> 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] nospamcom> 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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