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So how long will it take for kindle owners to stop looking like douchebags?

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Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Still bound to an Amazon account? No thanks.
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Yeah this makes me uncomfortable, too. I'm rooting for Sony & it's open standard to succeed.

Man, if Sony is a better corporate citizen than a competitor, then that competitor has to be pretty bad.
 
Originally posted by: nerdress
Originally posted by: TallBill
Well, I've never even seen a kindle. But I try not to make fun of people that read.
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LOLOLOL
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why lol? i know what they are, yet have not seen one in public. i dont think its as odd as you think, and really not laughable to come across people that dont see them in the course of their day.
 
My mother got one, it was kind of cool. The only thing I did not like about it was only in black in white. 99% of the stuff I read is on the internet. Say what you want about that but I like technical stuff. I read only 1 book in the last 5 years and that was Mick Foley's Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks. For me I'd just get a laptop and aircard no need for a kindle.
 
Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
As another poster said, I like being able to read without a power source. And a book isn't particularly big in the first place.
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The battery on the kindle lasts for thousands of pages. The idea of the kindle is that you have a shit-ton of books in one. A shit-ton of books are particularly big.
 
Originally posted by: zoiks
To be honest, I think having an e-reader is awesome. I could take it on planes, read it on the train without having to lug those big hard cover books.
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I have one of the Sony Readers and I love it for travel for exactly those reasons. However, it's annoying to have to re-buy books for the reader. It's also incredibly frustrating to open up your "book" and find out that you left it on over the last 5 days and the battery that you thought had 25% life remaining is now dead. (The standby functionality leeches just enough power to run the battery down from full in 3-4 weeks if you leave it sit to read a few "real" books.)

If you travel a lot, I think it's a great idea, but unless you spend most of your life on airplanes or in other situations where luggage is limited, I think that regular books are a better option.

ZV
 
Originally posted by: sactoking
Some people will always be douchebags: Kindle owners, Segway riders, Twits, Perez Hilton, frat boys ("bros") with popped collars named Travis or Chet, Apple Zealots, New Jersey/Long Island guidos...
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fixed
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: zoiks
To be honest, I think having an e-reader is awesome. I could take it on planes, read it on the train without having to lug those big hard cover books.
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I have one of the Sony Readers and I love it for travel for exactly those reasons. However, it's annoying to have to re-buy books for the reader. It's also incredibly frustrating to open up your "book" and find out that you left it on over the last 5 days and the battery that you thought had 25% life remaining is now dead. (The standby functionality leeches just enough power to run the battery down from full in 3-4 weeks if you leave it sit to read a few "real" books.)

If you travel a lot, I think it's a great idea, but unless you spend most of your life on airplanes or in other situations where luggage is limited, I think that regular books are a better option.

ZV
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I'm not sure how the sony reader works, but the kindle2 only uses battery life to change the pages.
 
Originally posted by: nerdress
I saw someone on a Segway last night!!!

First thought, "Wow that guy's a douche"
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On my way to lunch today I saw a guy on a Segway in Reno.

All-black Segway.
Guy in black shirt, black skinny jeans, and black shoes.
Black trenchcoat.
Black, full-face dirtbike/ATV helmet.
Reflective safety vest.

Picture the dork game designer from "Grandma's Boy" on a Segway with a reflective vest at 1 in the afternoon.
 
Originally posted by: zoiks
Originally posted by: jonks
everyone i know who owns a kindle loves the shit out of it. im not sold yet, i like the feel of a freshly felled tree, screaming in terror as it falls to the ground to be sliced and diced into ann coulter screeds
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... I could take it on planes....
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...until the airlines realise that there's technically a cellphone built into it
 
Originally posted by: jonks
everyone i know who owns a kindle loves the shit out of it. im not sold yet, i like the feel of a freshly felled tree, screaming in terror as it falls to the ground to be sliced and diced into ann coulter screeds
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But would you not also enjoy forcing even more electrons to do your bidding?


 
Damn I was just about to start a topic to brag about my new Kindle
**** hangs head in shame ****
j/k
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
As another poster said, I like being able to read without a power source. And a book isn't particularly big in the first place.
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The battery on the kindle lasts for thousands of pages. The idea of the kindle is that you have a shit-ton of books in one. A shit-ton of books are particularly big.
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Meh, as much as I love technology and computers, I've never been a fan of reading lots of prose on a screen - it just seems tiring. Then again, I've never actually used a kindle, so I don't know how e-ink is with that. I wish paper books had a "find" function, though.
 
Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
Originally posted by: TallBill
Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
As another poster said, I like being able to read without a power source. And a book isn't particularly big in the first place.
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The battery on the kindle lasts for thousands of pages. The idea of the kindle is that you have a shit-ton of books in one. A shit-ton of books are particularly big.
Click to expand...

Meh, as much as I love technology and computers, I've never been a fan of reading lots of prose on a screen - it just seems tiring. Then again, I've never actually used a kindle, so I don't know how e-ink is with that. I wish paper books had a "find" function, though.
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Oh damn. This words coming up a lot. Must be the new in thing.
 
Originally posted by: preslove
Originally posted by: MotF Bane
Still bound to an Amazon account? No thanks.
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Yeah this makes me uncomfortable, too. I'm rooting for Sony & it's open standard to succeed.

Man, if Sony is a better corporate citizen than a competitor, then that competitor has to be pretty bad.
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yea that last "1984" incident totally soured me on the kindle.

china would love the kindle.
 
Originally posted by: sactoking
Originally posted by: nerdress
I saw someone on a Segway last night!!!

First thought, "Wow that guy's a douche"
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On my way to lunch today I saw a guy on a Segway in Reno.

All-black Segway.
Guy in black shirt, black skinny jeans, and black shoes.
Black trenchcoat.
Black, full-face dirtbike/ATV helmet.
Reflective safety vest.

Picture the dork game designer from "Grandma's Boy" on a Segway with a reflective vest at 1 in the afternoon.
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lol i pictured him before i even read your last sentence.
 
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