The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1415

Freeshadow · 09-19-2012, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

^Arrrrr...there ye be matey: Wikipedia's view on International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Ah thanks a loot

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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

I've been avoiding Facebook today for that reason. Oddly, though, on Mobileread it doesn't bother me.

(Come to think of it, I avoid Facebook most of the time anyway.)

Bad bad Brattie used that f-word again

HomeInMyShoes · 09-20-2012, 02:29 PM

I am literally within *squeezes thumb and index finger tight together* this much of converting my K3 into a doorstop. I've been complaining about amazon prices for Canadians for a while now. Today I did a search of 11 books I'd like to read.

Amazon: $144.82US
Chapters: $128.09CDN plus I could get another 5% off that with my Chapters card.

Basically for 11 books from Amazon, I could buy 13 books from Chapters. Ugh. While Chapters will never have the dearth of cheapies like Amazon (not really a problem since I don't read them.) Buying a Kobo would give me access to a lot more options for epub stores as well.

So the question is, why do I hold on to my Kindle? Why?

Freeshadow · 09-20-2012, 02:56 PM

There's actually some research on why people keep on track after having recognised a wrong decision. Your question is answerable

HomeInMyShoes · 09-20-2012, 03:18 PM

^There's also research that given too many options and too much information we will make bad decisions as well.

I'm sure it's answerable. The fact that I paid nothing for my e-reader (it was a prize) probably factors into my format inertia as well.

pdurrant · 09-20-2012, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

I am literally within *squeezes thumb and index finger tight together* this much of converting my K3 into a doorstop. I've been complaining about amazon prices for Canadians for a while now. Today I did a search of 11 books I'd like to read.

Amazon: $144.82US
Chapters: $128.09CDN plus I could get another 5% off that with my Chapters card.

Basically for 11 books from Amazon, I could buy 13 books from Chapters. Ugh. While Chapters will never have the dearth of cheapies like Amazon (not really a problem since I don't read them.) Buying a Kobo would give me access to a lot more options for epub stores as well.

So the question is, why do I hold on to my Kindle? Why?

Upgrade your Kindle to firmware 3.4, buy ePubs, make Alf's acquaintance, strip the DRM and get calibre to convert to AZW3.

Cheaper books and you can read them on your Kindle, with the fancy formatting and custom fonts (if present).

HomeInMyShoes · 09-20-2012, 05:23 PM

I've thought about that too. It's certainly more work to read at that point. Part of what I liked about just buying ebooks from Amazon and using library paper books for everything else.

Of course, there's the issue that it's become a criminal offense to strip DRM, even for personal use in my country.

badgoodDeb · 09-20-2012, 05:29 PM

Um ..... which country? Or don't I want to know?

HomeInMyShoes · 09-20-2012, 05:32 PM

Canada. Our newest bill has made it illegal to strip DRM of any sort for any personal use. So taking your DVD and putting it onto your iPad is illegal.

Freeshadow · 09-20-2012, 06:36 PM

Ah, adopted the German idiocy.

WT Sharpe · 09-20-2012, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Canada. Our newest bill has made it illegal to strip DRM of any sort for any personal use. So taking your DVD and putting it onto your iPad is illegal.

I can see the U.S. eventually following suit. I can also envision a future career as either (1) a criminal, or (2) a former customer who no longer buys ebooks.

Long live the boob tube and the ignorance it spawns! Way to turn people off reading, Canada!

Freeshadow · 09-20-2012, 07:34 PM

A german bookshop (forgotten which one) has shopping bags decorated with "warning boxes" of the same layout as are found on cigarettes saying: "reading endangers stupidity"...

Stitchawl · 09-20-2012, 07:46 PM

When unreasonable laws are passed, reasonable men break them.

Entire countries were founded on that belief.

Stitchawl

Rumpelteazer · 09-22-2012, 03:03 AM

I'm waiting for my sister to finish her shower so I can wash my face. The problem is that it's her day off today so the shower can take a long time (I'm now waiting for over 15 minutes). Using cold water isn't a problem, water pressure only goes down a little bit, so I've brushed my teeth. However, using warm water will diminish the shower jet to a trickle, and I'm not planning to wash my face with cold water since it isn't exactly warm.

Maybe I'm just too nice and I should just use warm water; everybody else seems to use warm water when I'm taking a shower.

Stitchawl · 09-22-2012, 04:00 AM

Mixed-mode Vent and Un-Vent;

Rains came so hike to waterfalls had to be canceled.

Some time ago we received tickets for a free lunch at a very exclusive hotel in Kyoto. The sort of place where lunch for one costs about $75.00 USD and provides just a bit less food than would be required by a hamster. The restaurant surround a typical Japanese garden complete with waterfall, koi, and even two swans a'swimming.

Lunch; a starter plate with a 1" square (not cubed... square) of Salmon mouse 1/4" thick served beside a sprig of dill, followed by a chilled pumpkin soup served in a beautiful double bowl; the lower holding crushed ice and the upper bowl the size of half a tennis ball half filled with soup. The main course came on a huge plate but only held one spear of asparagus, one floret of broccoli (crossing each other, of course,) and a pearl onion, with a spoonfull of cream dressing over it, and a medallion of beef roughly the size of can of snuff but thinner. Desert was an ice cream the size of a fig with a sprig of mint on top.

Nouvelle cuisine. Delicious, but not much there and costing a small fortune.

But.... we had free tickets. And I'm on a diet eating 1/4 of what I would normally eat. What a perfect lunch! Free. Almost no calories because of so little food, and delicious!

I think there really IS a God!

Stitchawl

SneakySnake · 09-22-2012, 04:28 AM

did you take pix?

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09-20-2012, 02:29 PM	#21212
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I am literally within squeezes thumb and index finger tight together this much of converting my K3 into a doorstop. I've been complaining about amazon prices for Canadians for a while now. Today I did a search of 11 books I'd like to read. Amazon: $144.82US Chapters: $128.09CDN plus I could get another 5% off that with my Chapters card. Basically for 11 books from Amazon, I could buy 13 books from Chapters. Ugh. While Chapters will never have the dearth of cheapies like Amazon (not really a problem since I don't read them.) Buying a Kobo would give me access to a lot more options for epub stores as well. So the question is, why do I hold on to my Kindle? Why?

09-20-2012, 02:56 PM	#21213
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,791 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	There's actually some research on why people keep on track after having recognised a wrong decision. Your question is answerable

09-20-2012, 03:18 PM	#21214
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	^There's also research that given too many options and too much information we will make bad decisions as well. I'm sure it's answerable. The fact that I paid nothing for my e-reader (it was a prize) probably factors into my format inertia as well.

09-20-2012, 05:23 PM	#21216
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I've thought about that too. It's certainly more work to read at that point. Part of what I liked about just buying ebooks from Amazon and using library paper books for everything else. Of course, there's the issue that it's become a criminal offense to strip DRM, even for personal use in my country.

09-20-2012, 05:29 PM	#21217
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Um ..... which country? Or don't I want to know?

09-20-2012, 05:32 PM	#21218
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Canada. Our newest bill has made it illegal to strip DRM of any sort for any personal use. So taking your DVD and putting it onto your iPad is illegal.

09-20-2012, 06:36 PM	#21219
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,791 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	Ah, adopted the German idiocy.

09-20-2012, 07:34 PM	#21221
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,791 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	A german bookshop (forgotten which one) has shopping bags decorated with "warning boxes" of the same layout as are found on cigarettes saying: "reading endangers stupidity"...

09-20-2012, 07:46 PM	#21222
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	When unreasonable laws are passed, reasonable men break them. Entire countries were founded on that belief. Stitchawl

09-22-2012, 03:03 AM	#21223
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,100 Karma: 24047426 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I'm waiting for my sister to finish her shower so I can wash my face. The problem is that it's her day off today so the shower can take a long time (I'm now waiting for over 15 minutes). Using cold water isn't a problem, water pressure only goes down a little bit, so I've brushed my teeth. However, using warm water will diminish the shower jet to a trickle, and I'm not planning to wash my face with cold water since it isn't exactly warm. Maybe I'm just too nice and I should just use warm water; everybody else seems to use warm water when I'm taking a shower.

09-22-2012, 04:00 AM	#21224
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Mixed-mode Vent and Un-Vent; Rains came so hike to waterfalls had to be canceled. Some time ago we received tickets for a free lunch at a very exclusive hotel in Kyoto. The sort of place where lunch for one costs about $75.00 USD and provides just a bit less food than would be required by a hamster. The restaurant surround a typical Japanese garden complete with waterfall, koi, and even two swans a'swimming. Lunch; a starter plate with a 1" square (not cubed... square) of Salmon mouse 1/4" thick served beside a sprig of dill, followed by a chilled pumpkin soup served in a beautiful double bowl; the lower holding crushed ice and the upper bowl the size of half a tennis ball half filled with soup. The main course came on a huge plate but only held one spear of asparagus, one floret of broccoli (crossing each other, of course,) and a pearl onion, with a spoonfull of cream dressing over it, and a medallion of beef roughly the size of can of snuff but thinner. Desert was an ice cream the size of a fig with a sprig of mint on top. Nouvelle cuisine. Delicious, but not much there and costing a small fortune. But.... we had free tickets. And I'm on a diet eating 1/4 of what I would normally eat. What a perfect lunch! Free. Almost no calories because of so little food, and delicious! I think there really IS a God! Stitchawl

09-22-2012, 04:28 AM	#21225
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	did you take pix?