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Originally Posted by eschwartz
This is a red herring -- Amazon only logs your Amazon purchases. . . . We can tell, because in fact your library ISN'T synced. Your PURCHASES are.
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It sounds as though you might have missed the first part of my post (note the
tastefully formatted distinction made by the author whose text appears below and who happens to be typing right now):
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Judging from articles that appeared after Nate's in The Digital Reader, it sounds as though ADE's scanning of entire libraries hasn't been verified yet. What has been verified is the transmission of data from books opened with ADE (including non-DRM'd titles) [hot lavender emphasis added].
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There's a difference between your point (Amazon only logs books purchased through Amazon) and mine (Amazon doesn't log entire libraries), but my issue with Nate's claim is that ADE's logging of entire libraries seems doubtful and hasn't been proved. That issue, mon semblance, mon frere, remains valid (as does our pal Baudelaire, though he might be a tad powdery by now).
Also: No offense (and I don't mean that sarcastically), but you might want to lighten up on the rhetorical terminology if you're going to stray from the intended meaning of
red herring. Even if my conclusion turned out to be wrong (which has been known to happen, eh?), my mention of a secondary issue would not have been an attempt to distract anyone from the primary issue (whatever you consider that to be).
Additionally, using specific terms like
ad hominem,
straw man and even
red herring can put people on the defensive because flagging supposed mistakes in their reasoning as classic errors or gambits can make them feel judged and/or fisked. Also, it invites them to fisk the accuser's posts in the same spirit, all of which can make for a rather strained conversation (which I assume was not your intent).
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Originally Posted by robko
Yes, but the difference is that Amazon/Apple would send you closed the book/synced etc at 9:03 am on page 342 so it would know what was the most recent and what page to open to. The Adobe info records that at 8:30 you turned to page 302, at 8:30:30 you turned to page 303, at 8:30:35 you went back to page 302, at 8:30:40 you turned to 303 etc. I'm willing to allow the 1st example if I want to sync between the devices, the 2nd one stinks of Big Brother. And that's totally aside from the fact that it's transmitted in the clear.
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Thanks for the explanation, Robko. I meant to give karma to that post; I'll do it now.