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Another exercise in missing the point. I'm getting so tired of reading comparisons between tablets / netbooks and e-reader devices. Yes, I'm well aware that my

Another exercise in missing the point. I'm getting so tired of reading comparisons between tablets / netbooks and e-reader devices. Yes, I'm well aware that my Kindle is black and white, doesn't have a touch screen, doesn't handle video, has an incredibly slow refresh rate, etc, etc. And guess what? I don't give a fuck. I got my Kindle for exactly one thing: reading the written word. And for that purpose, it's incredibly well suited. Reading a computer screen for hours is not enjoyable for me, but I get lost reading my Kindle.

gregwebs 17y ago
Thanks for expressing your point of view. However, this isn't slashdot- you don't have to approach from a negative point of view, ask rhetorical questions, and answer them with swear words. If you just keep the sentences after the italicized swearing you would have a positive and more information dense comment.
- sgrove 17y ago
  Well put.
- ryanwaggoner 17y ago
  I find your premise that I should be positive rather odd. Isn't negativity sometimes warranted? Additionally, my goal when writing isn't to create more "information dense" comments. My goal is to communicate information, ideas, and emotions. Sometimes negativity, profanity, and rhetorical questions are my preferred methods to accomplish that goal.
Jach 17y ago
You seem to have an angrier version of my view toward cell phones. If I had a cell phone, I'd want one that just makes calls, and nothing else. That's not what others want, though, and in this case I look forward to a tablet PC as powerful as my desktop system in a few years, and I already do most of my reading anyway via computer and a PDF viewer or web browser.
ghshephard 17y ago
Well, not quite missing the Point. I have a Kindle, K2, and kindle for my iPhone. I've read about twenty books in the last two years, and have been pretty happy with the combination of iPhone (for night time, car, casual) and Kindle (Bright Sunlight, camping, desert) devices. But, The kindle/iPhone really are only good for light fiction. They are horrible for Scientific Texts, Math Texts, Anything with color, and reference manuals. I've been waiting for 18+ months for the MacTablet to come out, and, if something like Bilo is available with it's release, and manages to come up with a half decent/fast metaphor for random page turning (needed for a reference) - then it will be a hit. Though, I have a sneaking suspicion Apple might also have an interest in being the "Ebook Reader" of choice for the MacTablet...
- carterschonwald 17y ago
  I've been very happy with the kindle dx for mathy reading when I"m teaching myself a new topic. That being said, you do have a good point that its not quite the right thing (as yet, though maybe the right abstraction would help) for lots of page flipping, eg when you're working through a problem and looking up information to help
  - ghshephard 17y ago
    Interesting - which math text did you find worked out OK on the DX? I tried reading "OS X Internals" (the only reference book I have with diagrams for the Kindle) on my D2 and the performance was so poor on all of the line drawings that I gave up after 5-10 pages. Any references to fast-performing Kindle books with diagrams appreciated.

gregwebs 17y ago

Thanks for expressing your point of view. However, this isn't slashdot- you don't have to approach from a negative point of view, ask rhetorical questions, and answer them with swear words. If you just keep the sentences after the italicized swearing you would have a positive and more information dense comment.

sgrove 17y ago
Well put.
ryanwaggoner 17y ago
I find your premise that I should be positive rather odd. Isn't negativity sometimes warranted? Additionally, my goal when writing isn't to create more "information dense" comments. My goal is to communicate information, ideas, and emotions. Sometimes negativity, profanity, and rhetorical questions are my preferred methods to accomplish that goal.

Jach 17y ago

You seem to have an angrier version of my view toward cell phones. If I had a cell phone, I'd want one that just makes calls, and nothing else. That's not what others want, though, and in this case I look forward to a tablet PC as powerful as my desktop system in a few years, and I already do most of my reading anyway via computer and a PDF viewer or web browser.

ghshephard 17y ago

Well, not quite missing the Point. I have a Kindle, K2, and kindle for my iPhone. I've read about twenty books in the last two years, and have been pretty happy with the combination of iPhone (for night time, car, casual) and Kindle (Bright Sunlight, camping, desert) devices. But, The kindle/iPhone really are only good for light fiction. They are horrible for Scientific Texts, Math Texts, Anything with color, and reference manuals. I've been waiting for 18+ months for the MacTablet to come out, and, if something like Bilo is available with it's release, and manages to come up with a half decent/fast metaphor for random page turning (needed for a reference) - then it will be a hit. Though, I have a sneaking suspicion Apple might also have an interest in being the "Ebook Reader" of choice for the MacTablet...

carterschonwald 17y ago
I've been very happy with the kindle dx for mathy reading when I"m teaching myself a new topic. That being said, you do have a good point that its not quite the right thing (as yet, though maybe the right abstraction would help) for lots of page flipping, eg when you're working through a problem and looking up information to help
- ghshephard 17y ago
  Interesting - which math text did you find worked out OK on the DX? I tried reading "OS X Internals" (the only reference book I have with diagrams for the Kindle) on my D2 and the performance was so poor on all of the line drawings that I gave up after 5-10 pages. Any references to fast-performing Kindle books with diagrams appreciated.