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When the 'cloud' first popped on scene, I wondered: "Why is it NOT a copyright violation to store Books, Music or Videos that you do not own the copyright, out there, where you also do not have 100% CONTROL of the access". That NAS sitting on my desk, is in my house, on my private (or isolated) network and is more secure than when stored at some server farm, someplace, run (operator) by who knows, on a shared network. and might not be backed up or the RAID well maintained (been in many a server farm with RAID fault LEDs showing and the tech is waiting for a work ticket from above) BTW a private (purpose built) NAS also has the ability to switch to lower power mode when idle, because, with limited users, it will have idle periods. |
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06-17-2020, 03:46 PM | #152 |
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The CORRECT Answer to the original question is, "It depends on how you define best".
I'm a big fan of KU, and the tons of additional free stuff I can read. My Voyage is convenient to use, but all of the infrastructure advantages can be extended to my Pixel Smartphone and my Samsung Tablet. I don't care about all the tech stuff, I want to just read when I feel like reading with whatever I have to read with. For me, Kindle is best. |
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06-17-2020, 05:36 PM | #153 |
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Well, we have the short answer and the correct answer, but the newly revised answer is, of course.......
YES. [The OP's thread title.] But then, all I know is what my Drill Sergeant told me long, long, ago, about opinions. Last edited by Dr. Drib; 06-17-2020 at 05:39 PM. |
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It's not an opinion. It's fact. I don't know which Reader is the best. But I do know Kindle is not it.
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Well, my Drill Sergent had one for that, too. We were standing in the mess hall at the end of a hard day of basic training, waiting for our food, and my Drill Sergent walked up to me and said, "Broyles, do you know everything you eat turns to S**T ?" And he was right! Now that's one hard fact, sort of like the Kindle being the correct answer and not that other one called....oh, darn....what's the name of that other reader? |
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If everyone would just recognize my brilliance, all would be fine. I once wrote, "I'm no genius, but I play one on the internet!" After thinking about it, I'm certain I was far too modest.
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