10-31-2009, 09:27 AM | #16 | |
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Your lack of internet etiquete is appaling. This spam wall of boring and irrelevant posts on the forum dedicated to news is irritating. I even think, putting in the news section an alert that some blogger said so and so is kinda stupid, unless it's endgadget and with something substantial about new device. Musing of hungover blogger or proffessor who just discoverd internet imho is not the news. But last is just me. The least you can do is to contain it in one thread. |
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10-31-2009, 09:29 AM | #17 |
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10-31-2009, 09:59 AM | #18 |
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danbloom, we welcome discussion here on all topics, and we are glad you've joined us. in general, we do prefer that members not start multiple threads on the same topic, to make it easier to navigate the forums.
please do feel free to continue your discussion, this is after all a discussion forum, that's what it's for. Last edited by zelda_pinwheel; 10-31-2009 at 10:01 AM. |
10-31-2009, 10:43 AM | #19 |
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I prefer to edit work-related material on a hard copy too - I've always figured it was just because 1) reading on a desktop screen is uncomfortable and ties me to my desk, whereas I tend to write better when I find the "right" spot; and 2) I grew up marking changes on paper with arrows, basic proofreader's marks, and marginal annotations, and I find the Word change tracking feature cumbersome. Neither of these are related to reading on a screen per se. In fact, when I'm proofing books I've scanned, in which the errors are generally minor but easy to miss, I move them off the computer and onto my PDA for final proofing and bookmarking of errors. That's the most comfortable way to give them a leisurely read-through, even though I need to go back to the desktop later in order to actually fix the errors.
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10-31-2009, 11:02 AM | #20 |
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Apology accepted.
But, please, do stick to your pledge not to start multiple threads on the same topic. Anyone interested in said topic will read whatever you post on an existing thread. Otherwise, you're just annoying. |
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10-31-2009, 01:11 PM | #21 | |
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Audio versus print is definitely a different medium and engages the brain differently. Perhaps this does apply to the screen. eInk is supposed to give the advantages of paper. I'd be interested in a well-designed study to see if there are differences in comprehension between eInk and paper! |
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10-31-2009, 01:25 PM | #22 | |
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As to distractions they are perhaps more prevalent on a computer screen although typically not present on your eBook Reader screen. As I type this I have a bunch of icons moving around within my vision which can be distracting. (Hit the esc key to stop this nonsense by the way.) I believe my eBook reader permits me to immerse myself in the reading experience to a degree not possible on a computer screen. I find lots of mistakes on the screen but only after I write it and then see it formatted on the screen. I think it is the old adage that you know what you intend to say so when you read you tend to read what you want to see, not what is in front of your eyes. After a delay the proof reading is improved. Dale |
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10-31-2009, 01:30 PM | #23 |
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It is not dedicated to News. As I understand it "Commentary" should not be read as comments to News items. To avoid this confusion a lot of people wanted some other forum to be created for ebook related discussions that are not based on News but this has not happened.
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10-31-2009, 01:34 PM | #24 | |
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Maybe-- but I would think that some guy inventing a "controversy" and then starting thread after thread where he "interviews" people on his manufactured controversy, filled with appeal to (supposed) authority logical fallacies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority and name dropping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_dropping in an attempt to draw the forum into the argument that he invented in the first place should count as trolling.
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The best method is going to vary per-person frabjous
I'm dyslexic and have a terrible auditory memory...TTS wouldn't help me, but inverting the text and background colours and re-reading helps me catch a lot of mistakes. |
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10-31-2009, 02:30 PM | #27 |
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I don't agree with his idea personally.
Reading is reading. I don't feel any different reading on my Kindle than I do in a paper book. |
10-31-2009, 02:38 PM | #28 |
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Can't speak for everyone -- especially when my wife is listening -- but I use the term "real" as tongue-in-cheek, meaning "the current popular method". This a sarcastic view of the human tendency to resist change and accept only what already exists as "real".
To me, "real books" is merely poking fun at the silly notion that everything will remain as it always has been. Of course, that's silly in itself, since very few things have remained the same as they were when they began. Otherwise, we would still be driving Model T's. No, wait, we would still be riding in wagons. No, wait, we would still be riding horses. No, wait, we would still be walking everywhere. No, wait, we would still be swimming in the primordial ooze. No, wait, we still are -- we just renamed it "politics". Last edited by eGeezer; 10-31-2009 at 02:48 PM. Reason: Cuz I can't see the errors I save it. |
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10-31-2009, 03:45 PM | #30 |
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Not only is the brain updated thru learning, it's an established fact that human evolution is continuing, contrary to the old assumption that evolution in humans stopped when civilization began. In fact, there is some evidence that evolution is faster now in humans than in earlier times. So the brain is updated thru learning and the old-fashioned way -- by death, sexual selection, and that sort of thing.
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