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IgnareAcademy · 06-03-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tali3sin

For people who don't care about what IgnareAcademy had to say, or how I might respond to his... opinion.

It is quite ironic to see you try to precisely analyze what I wrote with your fuzzy brain. Or should I say your unintelligent anal brain.
Your IQ is too low. There can be no dialog between us.
That is the problem with forums: no IQ test is mandatory for registering. No IQ score is written next to each forumer's name. We only end up with artificial numbers like "experience", "karma",...
So any forumer can pretend to analyze what anyone else wrote, without any scale of intellectual value whatsoever to separate people.

phenomshel · 06-03-2009, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaggy

Unless I'm missing something, caching it in your browser so you can read it offline also means you can save the thing to a file and import it to your reader.

Yeah, I was just wondering about that...a spark of hope revives...

Daithi · 06-03-2009, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Yeah, I was just wondering about that...a spark of hope revives...

I'm guessing they'll have some cheesy mechanism to prevent you from saving the files, but hackers will get around it pretty quickly.

BTW, I just figured out how the Ignore List on MR works.

tali3sin · 06-03-2009, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by IgnareAcademy

It is quite ironic to see you try to precisely analyze what I wrote with your fuzzy brain. Or should I say your unintelligent anal brain.
Your IQ is too low. There can be no dialog between us.
That is the problem with forums: no IQ test is mandatory for registering. No IQ score is written next to each forumer's name. We only end up with artificial numbers like "experience", "karma",...
So any forumer can pretend to analyze what anyone else wrote, without any scale of intellectual value whatsoever to separate people.

Well, I'm glad to see you took the time to respond to each of my points against yours, rather than make unsubstantiated claims about the quality of my intelligence.

Do you not agree that artificial numbers, like "experience" and "karma" which provide a semi-democracy within a microcosm of society like we have in forums, come from a database? Just curious.

Seriously though, any thing you have to say against me, I can only take as a compliment.

Good day, sir.

NatCh · 06-03-2009, 05:48 PM

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khalleron · 06-03-2009, 05:53 PM

Time to invoke Godwin's Law, I think.

pilotbob · 06-03-2009, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by khalleron

Time to invoke Godwin's Law, I think.

Let's make sure it doesn't come to that.

BOb

khalleron · 06-03-2009, 06:07 PM

IgnareAcademy already brought up Nazis. Too late.

pilotbob · 06-03-2009, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by khalleron

IgnareAcademy already brought up Nazis. Too late.

Ok, now you are just rubbing it in. Don't make my pull this thread over!

BOb

khalleron · 06-03-2009, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Ok, now you are just rubbing it in. Don't make me pull this thread over!

BOb

Har!

OK, to get the thread back on track:

I can't imagine why Google would sell browser-based ebooks. Unless they have something unique up their sleeves, I agree this would be doomed to failure.

Sad, too, as I'm having such fun running barefoot through the Google ePubs in the Sony store.

Give us ePubs or give us. . .uh. . .something else! Readable, that is.

tali3sin · 06-03-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by khalleron

Har!

I can't imagine why Google would sell browser-based ebooks. Unless they have something unique up their sleeves, I agree this would be doomed to failure.

Perhaps they'll have a layout-formattable reader of some kind built into the page with the ability to add a bookmark? Unless the bookmark eliminates the idea of it being "view only."

fugazied · 06-03-2009, 07:58 PM

The big G already was already involved in the digitizing of a lot of works I believe? So they are already in a position to distribute material very easily. For them to make the jump into ebooks is pretty easy.
Hopefully they won't crush the competition like their search engine did!

Seabound · 06-04-2009, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Daithi

I'm guessing they'll have some cheesy mechanism to prevent you from saving the files, but hackers will get around it pretty quickly.

BTW, I just figured out how the Ignore List on MR works.

I imagine Google will have their own browser-based reader, like the one they have now. It may or may not be possible to directly save the file. If not, then a hack is required. Even after the file has been extracted, one would probably still have to format-shift the file so that it can be well-formatted and read in an eBook reader. Thing is, why should I have to go through all this trouble for something I paid for?

And I'm so glad NatCh showed up!

IgnareAcademy · 06-04-2009, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by khalleron

IgnareAcademy already brought up Nazis. Too late.

Someone started by accusing someone else of being a conspiracy theorist. I then accused this accuser of being the anti-thesis of a democrat.
The Godwin Law is the most stupid law ever invented. Because our democracies can turn into fascist states like it happened in Germany, it is important to be able to seriously talk about the real ways in which a country dangerously goes on a slippery slope towards fascism, by becoming less democratic whether through new laws, attacks against intellectuals, conformism, censorship,...
The Godwin Law allows short-sighted, conformist, anal persons to stop a serious discussion because of ONE HISTORICAL word. One word from a period in history that we should never stop to reflect about.
But many optimistic (unconsciously weak/fearful ?) persons prefer not to seriously think about that.

Quote: "MobileRead is one of the few places on the 'net where folks can engage in intelligent discussion of differing viewpoints without having to deal with rudeness"
I find that very naive. An intelligent discussion requires first and foremost intelligent persons. Does being a member of this forum magically guarantee that? No way! Many people who read a lot of books do that because they are anal: they accumulate books like others accumulate money, objects, whatever. Others read a lot of not particularly intelligent books like others watch a lot of movies/series.

mtravellerh · 06-04-2009, 03:20 AM

Okay, that's enough folks, especially you IgnareAcademy!.

You stop your personal attacks right NOW or we will take the appropriate measures. I hope everybody understands this once and for all.

06-03-2009, 05:48 PM	#50
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Simmer Down, folks. <Moderator Hat> Folks, I'm going to have to ask that everyone return to a respectful discourse or simply walk away from the discussion. Name calling and insults are way over the line of what's tolerated here at MobileRead. We welcome, encourage, and appreciate discussions of differing opinions as long as those discussions remain civil and respectful. If you cannot abide by that constraint in a particular discussion, please find another discussion in which you can -- we certainly have enough threads here, you ought to be able to find something else to talk about. If you find you cannot abide by that constraint in dealing with a particular user, please consider ignoring that person, either by adding them to your ignore list, or by simply not reading their posts. MobileRead is one of the few places on the 'net where folks can engage in intelligent discussion of differing viewpoints without having to deal with rudeness, and we're very protective of that atmosphere. Thank you. </Moderator Hat>

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06-03-2009, 05:53 PM	#51
khalleron Kate Posts: 1,685 Karma: 3165009 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oregon, United States Device: Nexus 7 2013, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Forma	Time to invoke Godwin's Law, I think.

06-03-2009, 06:07 PM	#53
khalleron Kate Posts: 1,685 Karma: 3165009 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oregon, United States Device: Nexus 7 2013, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Forma	IgnareAcademy already brought up Nazis. Too late.

06-03-2009, 07:58 PM	#57
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	The big G already was already involved in the digitizing of a lot of works I believe? So they are already in a position to distribute material very easily. For them to make the jump into ebooks is pretty easy. Hopefully they won't crush the competition like their search engine did!

06-04-2009, 03:20 AM	#60
mtravellerh book creator Posts: 9,635 Karma: 3856660 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Luxembourg Device: PB360°	Okay, that's enough folks, especially you IgnareAcademy!. You stop your personal attacks right NOW or we will take the appropriate measures. I hope everybody understands this once and for all.

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