$25 for an audiobook isn't very expensive. I'm an avid reader and I cna't say that i find just the author reading along with me very compelling. Now if they did a version much like the directors commentary in a dvd I would pay extra for that for my favorite authors.
I know a couple fantasy authors who also do music for their books. That would also be interesting to add in, I'm not sure if that would be as compelling to me as a commentary but I'm sure there would be a market for it.
I really think you want a ebook reader to be a computer and because its not it is lacking in features. For the most part most dedicated ebook readers are just that dedicated. I don't need to make phone calls on my books. I don't need to check email, tweet, prepare reports or anything else.
If you added in the functionality for all that the battery life would drop. The hardware cost would increase. And what do you have in the end. A slow processor, sub par display, and the ability to do some activities on the net. That sounds a lot like a netbook to me.
If you want a social experience reading a book join a book club or discussion group.
Every one of you are missing a very important point. There is no bandwidth. There is only the sat connection. You have various scientific projects going on which have data being sent back to various organizations back in the states. You have personal net usage as well. There is a extremely limited amount of bandwidth for a lot of people who have operations running 24/7.
It has nothing to do with the gov says no p2p bad or anything else. Its just that the bandwidth is a finite resource. For those who are used to the seemingly unlimited bandwidth of developed countries this is foreign but its a reality for those working in Antarctica.
The interent connection in antarctica is a single satallite link (there are no undersea cables). Becasue the amount of bandwidth is limited and there are aproximatly 2-3000 people working in antarctica it makes perfet sense to ban high bandwidth applications.
I don't think that mike has missed the point. His stance has been that traditional newspapers aren't the only game in town. You bring up a great point though that I don't think I had ever even actually considered before.
There will be a period of time when the traditional news organizations reorganize and attempt to find a profitable happy medium that we will see some types of reporting drop off. During that time it will be left to the amateurs to fill the gap. Yes a pro does it consistently but if hes not getting paid to do it he wolnt.
How can anyone learn the law when the law can be twisted by anyone to say and mean anything.
As i was writing this comment i went to wikipedia to look at the bil of rights. In the background section there was something that I found a bit pertinent.
Finally, Hamilton expressed the fear that protecting specific rights might imply that any unmentioned rights would not be protected:
"I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and in the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous. They would contain various exceptions to powers which are not granted; and on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?"
When I lived in california there were certain areas of the city i lived in that were covered by some sort of injunction prohibiting gang members from gathering together, carrying cellphones, being out after certain times. We are quickly giving up all of our rights to protect the children, to protect the community, to protect our rights (I'm still confused on how giving up some rights protects others)
Politicians keep enacting laws that give the most expedient path to providing some sort of visible safety unconcerned whether it is effective or not or even good in the long term or not And we keep going along with it. I want my kids to be safe but I also want them to have all of the rights and freedoms we associate with being an american.
I'm not sure I actually understand what the problem is. I was under the impression that these were movie rental vending machines. I could understand blockbuster or the local mom and pop video rental store being upset but how can a company whos purpose it is to make and distribute movies be upset that someone is buying their product. What am i missing?
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I know a couple fantasy authors who also do music for their books. That would also be interesting to add in, I'm not sure if that would be as compelling to me as a commentary but I'm sure there would be a market for it.
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If you added in the functionality for all that the battery life would drop. The hardware cost would increase. And what do you have in the end. A slow processor, sub par display, and the ability to do some activities on the net. That sounds a lot like a netbook to me.
If you want a social experience reading a book join a book club or discussion group.
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It has nothing to do with the gov says no p2p bad or anything else. Its just that the bandwidth is a finite resource. For those who are used to the seemingly unlimited bandwidth of developed countries this is foreign but its a reality for those working in Antarctica.
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There will be a period of time when the traditional news organizations reorganize and attempt to find a profitable happy medium that we will see some types of reporting drop off. During that time it will be left to the amateurs to fill the gap. Yes a pro does it consistently but if hes not getting paid to do it he wolnt.
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As i was writing this comment i went to wikipedia to look at the bil of rights. In the background section there was something that I found a bit pertinent.
Finally, Hamilton expressed the fear that protecting specific rights might imply that any unmentioned rights would not be protected:
"I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and in the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous. They would contain various exceptions to powers which are not granted; and on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?"
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Politicians keep enacting laws that give the most expedient path to providing some sort of visible safety unconcerned whether it is effective or not or even good in the long term or not And we keep going along with it. I want my kids to be safe but I also want them to have all of the rights and freedoms we associate with being an american.
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