On 2011-06-21 02:39, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
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On 6/20/2011 12:13 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I've been guessing that will only happen when DRM starts going away.
Sadly, any DRM books you buy on
On 6/20/2011 11:37 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
I have a Kindle, the one with the lager screen,
You mean one comes with free beer? Dang, I missed that in the feature chart!
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Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
I don't buy DVDs anymore, but for different reasons: PUOs, DRM, and
Libraries.
Wait. You mean printed books libraries? They rent video content in
America?
Yup. And CDs. Some of them even
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Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
I don't buy DVDs anymore, but for different reasons: PUOs, DRM, and
Libraries.
Wait. You mean printed
Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
The increase is not exorbitant. From what I
remember it was 1.29 instead of .99 per song.
Interesting. Yea, I guess my info on that is out of date then. Last I heard
they had just started adding the option (to some songs) of paying $0.30
extra to get a DRM-less
On 2011-06-21 11:57, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/20/2011 11:37 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
I have a Kindle, the one with the lager screen,
You mean one comes with free beer? Dang, I missed that in the feature
chart!
Exactly, they have one version that comes with ale instead :)
--
/Jacob
Am 21.06.2011 01:37, schrieb Walter Bright:
On 6/20/2011 12:13 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I've been guessing that will only happen when DRM starts going away.
Sadly, any DRM books you buy on the Nook aren't usable on the Kindle and
vice versa.
(I sent this reply yesterday, but it seems like
On 6/21/2011 6:04 AM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
Another thing is that I actually like having real books in my shelf,
just like CDs and computer games (it already pisses me off that the they
are usually distributed in DVD cases now and not anymore in these big
cardboard boxes).
I do too, until there
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Am 21.06.2011 01:37, schrieb Walter Bright:
On 6/20/2011 12:13 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I've been
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On 2011-06-21 11:57, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/20/2011 11:37 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
I have a Kindle, the one with the lager screen,
You mean one comes with free beer? Dang, I missed that in the feature
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Walter Bright
newshou...@digitalmars.com wrote:
On 6/21/2011 6:04 AM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
Another thing is that I actually like having real books in my shelf,
just like CDs and computer games (it already pisses me off that the they
are usually distributed in
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:27:52 -0400, Nick Sabalausky a@a.a wrote:
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Am 21.06.2011 01:37, schrieb Walter
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On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Walter Bright
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On 6/21/2011 6:04 AM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
Another thing is that I actually like having
On 6/20/11 10:56 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
They won't die out. They'll just become rarer. Just like vinyl (and
you can still buy vinyl!).
I hope you are not talking about the trees! ;-)
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Andrew Wiley wiley.andre...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Charles Hixson
charleshi...@earthlink.net wrote:
Considering that Amazon has the proven capability of removing a book from
your Kindle after you've bought it, I don't expect that
Jonathan M Davis wrote:
On 2011-06-19 13:26, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/19/2011 12:29 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
Well, I'm still not buying a Kindle. Death to e-books! ;)
I just bought a Kindle and I'm running my unread paperbacks through the
scanner and then trashing them!
I _much_ prefer
On 2011-06-20 00:11, Don wrote:
Jonathan M Davis wrote:
On 2011-06-19 13:26, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/19/2011 12:29 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
Well, I'm still not buying a Kindle. Death to e-books! ;)
I just bought a Kindle and I'm running my unread paperbacks through the
scanner
Walter:
With so much available to watch, I don't care to rewatch any old movies.
There's
no reason to buy, own, archive, or collect a DVD anymore.
You find time still to watch movies! :-)
Bye,
bearophile
Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/20/2011 12:11 AM, Don wrote:
There's a solution:
http://smellofbooks.com/
It says it's a new book smell. I actually like the old book smell.
Check the full product list. There's an old book smell as well. And
Eau, you have cats. Make sure you read the warnings.
On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:57:22 -0400, Walter Bright
newshou...@digitalmars.com wrote:
The one thing I'm not ripping are movies. Netflix has changed everything
for me. With so much available to watch, I don't care to rewatch any old
movies. There's no reason to buy, own, archive, or collect a
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org wrote:
I'm very happy to announce that TDPL has entered the Amazon Kindle
bestsellers list for Computer Programming, starting at position 94:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/**bestsellers/digital-text/**
On 6/20/11 3:28 AM, Brad Anderson wrote:
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
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I'm very happy to announce that TDPL has entered the Amazon Kindle
bestsellers list for Computer Programming, starting
On 6/20/2011 12:13 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I've been guessing that will only happen when DRM starts going away. Than
again, most consumers are complete morons...(The dancing pigs theory and
all that...)
Notice that DRM has faded away on downloadable music. I suspect there will be
On 6/20/2011 12:02 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I can have a
whole bunch of them out at one time, 10+, etc, no problem.
Sounds like your Ohio system is great. There isn't one like that here.
Anyhow, I thought that only one DVD at a time would be an issue with Netflix.
Turns out, it is fine. It
Speaking of DRM, I can't believe Sony is so dumb as to block videos on
youtube from being seen from other countries. How is that going to
make me want to buy their music? Same goes for other major labels.
They might as well put a message on the video: We don't think you
deserve to watch our music
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:49:33 -0400, Nick Sabalausky a@a.a wrote:
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On 6/20/2011 12:13 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I've been guessing that will only happen when DRM starts going away.
Than
again,
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:49:33 -0400, Nick Sabalausky a@a.a wrote:
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On 6/20/2011 12:13 PM,
On 2011-06-20 15:51, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:49:33 -0400, Nick Sabalausky a@a.a wrote:
Walter Bright newshou...@digitalmars.com wrote in message
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On 6/20/2011 12:13 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I've been guessing that
On 6/20/2011 12:13 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
I've been guessing that will only happen when DRM starts going away.
Sadly, any DRM books you buy on the Nook aren't usable on the Kindle and vice
versa.
Nick Sabalausky Wrote:
I don't buy DVDs anymore, but for different reasons: PUOs, DRM, and
Libraries.
Wait. You mean printed books libraries? They rent video content in America?
On 6/18/2011 5:36 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
I'm very happy to announce that TDPL has entered the Amazon Kindle bestsellers
list for Computer Programming, starting at position 94:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/digital-text/156140011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_kinc_1_5_last
Congrats!
On 2011-06-18 17:36, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
I'm very happy to announce that TDPL has entered the Amazon Kindle
bestsellers list for Computer Programming, starting at position 94:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/digital-text/156140011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_
kinc_1_5_last
Well, I'm still not
On 6/19/2011 12:29 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
Well, I'm still not buying a Kindle. Death to e-books! ;)
I just bought a Kindle and I'm running my unread paperbacks through the scanner
and then trashing them!
On 2011-06-19 13:26, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/19/2011 12:29 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
Well, I'm still not buying a Kindle. Death to e-books! ;)
I just bought a Kindle and I'm running my unread paperbacks through the
scanner and then trashing them!
I _much_ prefer reading actual, solid,
On 6/19/2011 2:18 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
On 2011-06-19 13:26, Walter Bright wrote:
I just bought a Kindle and I'm running my unread paperbacks through the
scanner and then trashing them!
I _much_ prefer reading actual, solid, paper books. I don't particularly like
reading books in
On 2011-06-19 20:43, Ary Manzana wrote:
On 6/20/11 4:18 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
On 2011-06-19 13:26, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/19/2011 12:29 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
Well, I'm still not buying a Kindle. Death to e-books! ;)
I just bought a Kindle and I'm running my unread
They won't die out. They'll just become rarer. Just like vinyl (and
you can still buy vinyl!).
Considering that Amazon has the proven capability of removing a book
from your Kindle after you've bought it, I don't expect that I'll EVER
decide to invest in a Kindle. Some other e-book reader is a
possibility. The Nook has certain interesting features, and there's one
that would be a good
I'm very happy to announce that TDPL has entered the Amazon Kindle
bestsellers list for Computer Programming, starting at position 94:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/digital-text/156140011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_kinc_1_5_last
Andrei
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