The Importance of Being Ernest (or even someone else) - Page 2

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 01:50 PM

As we all talk to ourselves, it does also make sense to talk to your PC - no swearing though, tutting or sighing !!!

Moejoe · 03-19-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

As we all talk to ourselves, it does also make sense to talk to your PC - no swearing though, tutting or sighing !!!

I'm very interested in trying this out for one of my pen-names to see what happens. A couple of interesting nights ahead I think

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 01:58 PM

Please let us see the un-edited results .... lol ...

DixieGal · 03-19-2009, 02:08 PM

Tim has been using it for a few months, ALWAYS with the MP3's playing LOUDLY on his computer, me walking in and yelling at him to turn down that racket, etc. It never picks up any of that.

He uses a headset with mic and earphones, so maybe his close proximity to the mic is why it doesn't pick up outside sounds?

I'm thinking of putting it on my laptop. It has the built-in mic, so that may be less likely to filter out noise. It's all a grand experiment.

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Tim has been using it for a few months, ALWAYS with the MP3's playing LOUDLY on his computer, me walking in and yelling at him to turn down that racket, etc. It never picks up any of that.

He uses a headset with mic and earphones, so maybe his close proximity to the mic is why it doesn't pick up outside sounds?

I'm thinking of putting it on my laptop. It has the built-in mic, so that may be less likely to filter out noise. It's all a grand experiment.

It was tried for me when I was at work, but it kept picking up too much extraneous sound ... mind you it was only a trial to see if it could help me ! needless to say it couldn't ....

JSWolf · 03-19-2009, 02:25 PM

I hope nobody here wants to be Ernest.

But if for some reason someone wants to be Ernest, we can make a new movie.

Ernest buys an electronic eBook reader

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I hope nobody here wants to be Ernest.

But if for some reason someone wants to be Ernest, we can make a new movie.

Ernest buys an electronic eBook reader

AH! - but which one would he buy !?

DixieGal · 03-19-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I hope ...
Ernest buys an electronic eBook reader

Hey Vern!

JSWolf · 03-19-2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jaxx6166

It would make sense from a marketing perspective if Bob writes only cyber punk splatterhouse type books and then suddenly says hey now i want to write romance

Bob's readership would only pick up his latest work and then the nerd rage would begin. Now if Bob says his name is now Mary, no one would know any different - readerships can remain their loyal fan base without worrying about author A jumping the shark or becoming author B or selling out or any of the other fun and exciting things kids on the internet think of these days =)

Moe - I say go for it if you want to try and sell something, why not - i mean whats the worst thing that could happen

Nora Roberts writes romance. But she also has her In Death series which she writes as J. D. Robb. We do know it's Nora who writes it. And that's fine. That's actually a good thing. It means if you get a Nora Roberts book, you'll get romance and if you get J. D. Robb, you'll get murder mysteries with a little romance tossed in.

JSWolf · 03-19-2009, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

>BRAAP!< Oh, sorry! Try again!

How about Jordan Stevens?

JSWolf · 03-19-2009, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

AH! - but which one would he buy !?

Probably a Gen3 so the screen can mysteriously break and he can go on all kinds of wild adventures trying to contact someone at Bookeen to get it fixed and then when they tell him he broke it and has to pay, he'll have more wacky adventures trying to get Bookeen to fess up that it's a flaw in the Gen3 and not his fault.

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Probably a Gen3 so the screen can mysteriously break and he can go on all kinds of wild adventures trying to contact someone at Bookeen to get it fixed and then when they tell him he broke it and has to pay, he'll have more wacky adventures trying to get Bookeen to fess up that it's a flaw in the Gen3 and not his fault.

JSWolf · 03-19-2009, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Hey Vern!

Ernest: Hey Vern! Which reader should I get?
Vern: Why not ask HarryT over there?
Ernest: Hey HarryT! Which reader should I get?
HarryT: Get a Bookeen Cybook Gen3. It will display Mobipocket eBook the best.
Ernest: Oky doky!

3 weeks later....

Ernest: Gosh darn the screen just broke! Now I'll have to contact Bookeen to let them know so I can get an RMA number to send it in so they can fix it under warranty.

3 more weeks....

Ernest: Bookeen has not gotten back to me about the broken Gen3. I'll have to have some wild wacky adventures trying to get someone to respond to my emails.

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 02:39 PM

now, boys and girls, the moral here, is not to trust anybody with a RED sony !!!!

Moejoe · 03-19-2009, 03:16 PM

Well I just tried out Macspeech Dictate

It's so awful I can't even begin to tell you. I can type at 70-100wpm, using this software I might get 5wmp (and three of them wrong).

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03-19-2009, 01:50 PM	#16
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	As we all talk to ourselves, it does also make sense to talk to your PC - no swearing though, tutting or sighing !!!

03-19-2009, 01:58 PM	#18
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Please let us see the un-edited results .... lol ...

03-19-2009, 02:08 PM	#19
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Tim has been using it for a few months, ALWAYS with the MP3's playing LOUDLY on his computer, me walking in and yelling at him to turn down that racket, etc. It never picks up any of that. He uses a headset with mic and earphones, so maybe his close proximity to the mic is why it doesn't pick up outside sounds? I'm thinking of putting it on my laptop. It has the built-in mic, so that may be less likely to filter out noise. It's all a grand experiment.

03-19-2009, 02:25 PM	#21
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,027 Karma: 129333114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I hope nobody here wants to be Ernest. But if for some reason someone wants to be Ernest, we can make a new movie. Ernest buys an electronic eBook reader

03-19-2009, 02:39 PM	#29
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	now, boys and girls, the moral here, is not to trust anybody with a RED sony !!!!

03-19-2009, 03:16 PM	#30
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Well I just tried out Macspeech Dictate It's so awful I can't even begin to tell you. I can type at 70-100wpm, using this software I might get 5wmp (and three of them wrong).

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