Posts by Bryan

Is Amazon censoring anti-DRM reviews?

Why?

Why are people upset about being told about non-obvious potentially painful aspects of a product... simply because the person telling them about it was smart enough not to experience the pain first hand?

If I warn you that the stove is hot and will burn you if you lick it... do you really care how I know? Are you going to complain that because I didn't lick the stove and find out first hand just how much it burns that I should STFU and stop telling you that it'll hurt when you do it?

That just seems like a really silly attitude to me.

Mother launches attack on epilepsy inducing video games

Take responsibility!

I'm someone who's suffered a seizure, and I think this is a horrible idea.

If *I* have a disorder of some sort, it's up to *ME* to take steps to protect myself. It's up to *ME* to decide what risks I wish to take. My having an issue shouldn't force others into accomadating it. We don't force resturants to offer sugar-free meals for those who are diabetic...

But then I'm crazy; I'm into this whole personal responsibility thing.

Amazon's $399 folly book reader

Looking at the wrong requirements...

There is one advantage to ebooks; when you have weight/space requirements.

As an example, my mom is rather into backpacking... she did a bit over 100 miles (100mi ~= 160km) on a 5 day trek in the high desert earlier this summer. Now while there are a lot of books that she'd like to take along, she can't justify the weight (or the space) to do so.

Now, on the other hand, if there was a decently lightweight, decently rugged ebook reader (with a solid battery life), she'd be able to take dozens of reference e-books with only a small impact to her weight/space budget.

Does this specific device meet her requirements? Not really. However, the point is that there *is* a need that ebooks can meet that the physical book can't.