Kindle

So, I've been with Kindle a few days now and generally speaking I'm pretty impressed.  I've downloaded a number of out of copyright books which have been on my reading list for years; Verne, Conan-Doyle, Wells etc...  I've also taken out trial subscriptions to some papers and magazines.

The later I'll probably cancel because I'm not really reading them.

OTOH the books are excellent.  The contrast on the ePaper isn't as good as with paper, but it's easy to read.  The mere fact of carrying several hundred books I wanted to read around at a given time is excellent.  I'll admit that I'm not sure that I'll get all my books this way.  There are some titles I'll want as a physical book rather than purely electronic.  However, for handling my bad habit of picking up something crap in an Airport bookstore this will, actually, probably save me a small fortune.  I'm currently seeing how long the battery lasts from a full charge with no radio turned on.

So far we're at 2 days and counting.

Dumb Statement of the Day...

Rand Simberg Says:
March 19th, 2009 at 10:26 am

So, my question is: how can space habitats be the sort of places libertarians would enjoy living in, as opposed to places where they’ll grit their teeth and chafe under restrictive centralized regulations until they make their money and leave?

Is this some kind of trick question?

They can be that way because the libertarians will design them to be that way. McMurdo was not designed by libertarians, as far as I know.

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Words often do fail me.  They really do.
 

Oh.... and another in my occasional, do Libertarian Pundits think series...

Rand Simberg Says:
March 19th, 2009 at 10:55 am

what would a libertarian coal mine or steel mill be like, for those living in the company town?

Well, presumably, the owners of the company would be the workers, so it would look pretty much the way they wanted it to look. If it were otherwise, it would be silly to call it libertarian.

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Hmmm...  a company town owned by the workers....  what does that remind me of????
 

He said She said

He said She said

Ah.... how true...

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