Re: Everything is broken

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Everything is broken
Date	2015-04-13 16:27 -0400
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On Mon, 13 Apr 2015, BartC wrote:

> On 13/04/2015 04:30, Michael Black wrote:
>
>> I went and got a Blackberry Playbook three years ago, thinking if I was
>> going to spend about a hundred dollars on an ebook reader, I might as
>> well spend more and get a full tablet.
>
> I think I would spend more and get a real ebook reader, if they were more 
> expensive.
>
> A real ebook reader (along the lines of the original Kindle):
>
> - Would have a display that is a lot easier on the eye compared with a 
> luminous colour display (real books aren't usually in colour anyway)
>
> - Is far easier to see outdoors or in direct sunlight
>
> - Has a considerably longer battery life
>
> - Is probably much lighter
>
> - Being a dedicated device, would be more likely to be powered up rapidly and 
> not be preoccupied or slowed down with numerous background processes.
>
> - There is no distraction from any of the 700,000 possible apps that you 
> might be tempted to download (or from emails or texts or any other kind of 
> notification)
>
> - Is less likely to be targeted by thieves.
>
> - Less likely to annoy other people with the glow from the screen or by 
> emitting unexpected sounds (or by hogging the only power outlet with the 
> inevitable charger)
>
> - But most importantly because you won't be just another palooka with a 
> tablet!
>
Yes, some of those are valid, which is what I discovered once I had the 
tablet.  But going in, the ebook readers were a bit more expensive than 
they've become, I didn't have a portable device, and I wasn't sure how 
much ebook reading I was going to do.

And having gotten the Kobo Mini, I really find I don't read much in the 
way of ebooks.  If I'm spending the money, I want a real book, not a 
virtual.  The only books I've read are those out of copyright, and I have 
lots of real books to read.  I was tempted to by "Astoria" by Peter Stark 
as an ebook, but no, that's a book I want around on the shelf.

Another consideration a few years later is I find myself using the tablet 
for a lot of things, and reading a book is getting away from that.

  Michael

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Everything is broken RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-04-06 21:18 +0000
  Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-06 18:45 -0400
    Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-07 22:26 +0100
      Re: Everything is broken Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2015-04-09 16:08 +0200
        Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 10:50 -0400
          Re: Everything is broken Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2015-04-09 17:19 +0200
            Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 11:43 -0400
        Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-09 17:16 +0100
          Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 12:25 -0400
            Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-09 21:18 +0100
              Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 16:31 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-09 22:02 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 20:56 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-10 10:50 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 09:17 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-10 15:27 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 11:04 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-10 16:35 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 13:01 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-11 21:48 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-11 22:22 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2015-04-12 16:44 +0200
                Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-12 17:04 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-10 16:54 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-11 22:24 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:11 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:17 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 17:02 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-10 22:53 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 17:55 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-04-12 13:52 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-12 19:15 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-04-12 19:23 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-04-12 23:30 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-13 10:34 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-13 20:08 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-04-13 21:16 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-04-13 16:27 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-04-10 14:43 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 11:08 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:54 +0000
              Re: Everything is broken Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 01:56 +0000
    Re: Everything is broken Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-04-07 22:27 +0100
      Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-07 19:16 -0400
  Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-09 19:11 -0700
    Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 02:05 -0700
      Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:22 +0000
        Re: Everything is broken Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2015-04-11 01:49 +0200
    Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 09:10 -0400
      Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 13:57 -0700
        Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 17:14 -0400
          Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 18:42 -0700

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