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[Tom Johnson]

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OLPC and the Kindle
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/12/olpc_and_the_ki.html

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A folo on this morning's discussion of the Kindle and OLPC devices.  (Although I still haven't been able to get my OLPC to connect to the I-net.)
-tj

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[Pamela McCorduck]

Thanks for that--a very fair appraisal, I thought, though the  
keyboard on the OL is a lot better than on the Kindle.  Yeah, for me  
it's all about reading books in transit--in airports, on planes, on  
the subway--without lugging the timber.  I've downloaded about five  
books, and one of the best features was using the "search" feature to  
go through a 500-page book by Anthony Trollope, looking for evidence  
that an unmarried Victorian couple may or may not have consummated  
their relationship.  It would've been hell to try and find in my  
paperback version; it was easy to find in the electronic version  
(yes, they probably did, fyi, but Trollope is so sly he gets it right  
past you if you're not looking for it).  I also keep saying to  
everyone that I don't expect to use it in my living room, but whaddya  
know... and it's  exactly the  right size for reading in bed.

P.



Once when I asked a chieftain in a certain province [of Peru] if he  
was a Christian, he said "I am not yet quite one, but I am making a  
beginning."  I asked him what he knew of being Christian, and he  
said: "I know how to swear to God, and play cards a bit, and I am  
beginning to steal."

        Fray Domingo Santo Tomas, 1560
               



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[Steve Smith]

As we say.... "you can't grep paper" !

Though I expect soon enough that we will have invasive 3D scanners or  
something which you just chuck a book into and viola!  You get back  
the full text with the appropriate typeface, illustrations and perhaps  
even a lexical analysis of the text.

- Steve
On Dec 21, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote:

> Thanks for that--a very fair appraisal, I thought, though the  
> keyboard on the OL is a lot better than on the Kindle.  Yeah, for me  
> it's all about reading books in transit--in airports, on planes, on  
> the subway--without lugging the timber.  I've downloaded about five  
> books, and one of the best features was using the "search" feature  
> to go through a 500-page book by Anthony Trollope, looking for  
> evidence that an unmarried Victorian couple may or may not have  
> consummated their relationship.  It would've been hell to try and  
> find in my paperback version; it was easy to find in the electronic  
> version  (yes, they probably did, fyi, but Trollope is so sly he  
> gets it right past you if you're not looking for it).  I also keep  
> saying to everyone that I don't expect to use it in my living room,  
> but whaddya know... and it's  exactly the  right size for reading in  
> bed.
>
> P.
>
>
>
> Once when I asked a chieftain in a certain province [of Peru] if he  
> was a Christian, he said "I am not yet quite one, but I am making a  
> beginning."  I asked him what he knew of being Christian, and he  
> said: "I know how to swear to God, and play cards a bit, and I am  
> beginning to steal."
>
> Fray Domingo Santo Tomas, 1560
>
>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org

[Don Begley]

PC Mag's last issue talked about 3D printers. pretty interesting--they  
essentially make a model of the object.


On Dec 21, 2007, at 7:23 PM, Steve Smith wrote:

> As we say.... "you can't grep paper" !
>
> Though I expect soon enough that we will have invasive 3D scanners or
> something which you just chuck a book into and viola!  You get back
> the full text with the appropriate typeface, illustrations and perhaps
> even a lexical analysis of the text.
>
> - Steve
> On Dec 21, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote:
>
>> Thanks for that--a very fair appraisal, I thought, though the
>> keyboard on the OL is a lot better than on the Kindle.  Yeah, for me
>> it's all about reading books in transit--in airports, on planes, on
>> the subway--without lugging the timber.  I've downloaded about five
>> books, and one of the best features was using the "search" feature
>> to go through a 500-page book by Anthony Trollope, looking for
>> evidence that an unmarried Victorian couple may or may not have
>> consummated their relationship.  It would've been hell to try and
>> find in my paperback version; it was easy to find in the electronic
>> version  (yes, they probably did, fyi, but Trollope is so sly he
>> gets it right past you if you're not looking for it).  I also keep
>> saying to everyone that I don't expect to use it in my living room,
>> but whaddya know... and it's  exactly the  right size for reading in
>> bed.
>>
>> P.
>>
>>
>>
>> Once when I asked a chieftain in a certain province [of Peru] if he
>> was a Christian, he said "I am not yet quite one, but I am making a
>> beginning."  I asked him what he knew of being Christian, and he
>> said: "I know how to swear to God, and play cards a bit, and I am
>> beginning to steal."
>>
>> Fray Domingo Santo Tomas, 1560
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ============================================================
>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>