45645645 asked: Why do you "doubt that anyone important at O’Reilly is a Kindle user"?
It's an interesting observation, and I'd love to hear your response. Thx!
Because the paragraph formatting of their Kindle-edition ebooks is so nonstandard (and non-ideal) for the Kindle platform.
missu asked: About this post: http://www.marco.org/980434663. you seem to not mention that Palm always had a touch screen, you just needed stylus. You also didn't mention that Samsung had a tablet, Samsung Q1. Back then, they were marketed as Ultra portable PCs. None the less, still a decent post. oh, that really wasn't a question so ... umm ... how is your day?
Good, thanks. Hope you’re having a great day as well.
I don’t consider stylus-based screens “touchscreens” — they’re more like press-screens, working on the pressure of a fine-tipped instrument like a stylus or fingernail.
And while tablet technology has been around forever, it has never been done well enough or compellingly enough to sell a nontrivial number of units and build up a meaningful installed base — until the iPad.
I won’t lie. Regardless of my wants or needs, this will likely be my setup within a year.
I like how he has the natural keyboard and memory-foam pillow. For ergonomics.
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Stoned lobby attendant is extra stoned today.
I always thought he seemed more like a prescription painkiller addict.
Ok, I’ve finally found a Kindle Cover that I’d love to have. Incredible. But $75 is still more than I’d like.
It’s more ($99), and I don’t know what you’re looking for, but I absolutely love my Cole Haan leather cover (saddle tan, pebble texture). It’s so classy and masculine. It makes me happy every time I use the Kindle. I don’t regret spending that amount of money for it.
If this is truly the cover you want, don’t let the price tag discourage you.
ok, here’s mr. facts:
considering a kWh cost of $0.15, 8.0 hours of usage/day, all lumen outputs equivalent to a 45W incandescent:
considering that an LED will run for 34 years without burning out at the above usage, the following 34-year costs can be determined:
now, if one were to borrow against the amount paid for a light fixture’s 34yr lifetime icd bulb requirements, one would net $695.70. now, if one were to invest that $695.70 into even low-ass yield t-bills (one would have to chip in $4.30 though, t-bills are only available in $100 increments), over the course of 35 years (three 10-year t-bills reupped, followed by a 5-year) one would have an ending balance of $2,428.38.
none of the above takes into consideration that nobody would ever use a lowball t-bill to do this, more likely a mutual fund or hell, you could get .75 oz. of gold or 3 shares of apple stock. whatever, just know that however you invest that almost $700.00 it will be more than quadrupled by the time your $10.00 led finally kicks the bucket.
and remember, this is just for ONE lightbulb. you know you can replace at least 5 incandescents currently burning in your house/apt./barn/business/butt.
so yeah, deeeeeewwwwww eeeeeeeeeeeeeettttt.
What are your recommended LED bulbs? I’ve only ever seen very dim, very expensive ones. $10 sounds optimistic compared to the ones I’ve found.
Yesterday afternoon when I landed, I didn’t even need my coat. In fact, I took it off because it was a whopping 43˚ above zero—a temperature I haven’t felt since literally late Sept or early Oct.
I can tell you’ve been in Alaska for a while because you specified “above zero”.
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