Nice work by the author's guild. This is a threat (albeit a minor one), but not the way to treat it. There's no way a computerized voice is the same as the professional narration on an audiobook. Plus, why would Amazon try to cannibolize its own business (ownership in Audible which distributes audio books).
Its hard to belive that a five page article results in a Internet blog fest focused on one paragraph. The paragraph getting the focus is about the use of light for security and the court of Internet opinion seems to be that we should get rid of the lights - totally.
Great idea -- let's just move from one extreme with issues (explained well in the article, but nothing new) to the other extreme with issues. Seems to me the answer is moderation and the article suggested to me that we give thought to the type of light fixtures that are used, not elimination of lighting.
Perhaps a previous article written by someone, somewhere suggested we were thinking too much, and the Internet court ruled "we must stop thinking".
Wow, it has been quite a good while since my last post. I have run across a few things I wanted to add, but haven't taken the time. Today I was reading my trial subscription of Sports Illustrated and ran across an article at the end of the December issue that I had to post about. Since we have entered the month of gift giving, maybe you can consider giving a gift to someone in need. This opportunity costs $10. The cause is NothingButNets and is a campaign to prevent Malaria in Africa. The Net is a mosquito net. I used one of these at Summer Camp when I was in the Scouts. I can remember waking up and seeing multiple of the vile creatures being kept at bay by my nylon force field. In my case, the net saved me from more red bumps - in the case of these Africian kids it can mean saving a life. This could be the most appreciated present you give this year.
Looks like the return to the wild west - well at least the need for quick hands. The 2006 Hot Toy list came out today and on the list was Speed Stacks. I had actually seen some of these at my daughter's preschool and wondered what they were. Discovered that the concept of "cup stacking" has been around for about 15 years and it appears this year could be a breakthrough year. This is the new way to work on hand-eye coordination no VIDEO required.
Then I looked at the cost of these Speed Stacks and couldn't belive it. Almost $40 for 12 plastic cups, a rubber mat, and a stopwatch. Only in America. But I guess that's on par with a video game - the competition in some respects.
Here's a video of the current World Record Holder.
Then I ran across another example of quick hands and I predict some more over-priced "kits" coming out in the next few years, In this case you still need the good old plastic cup (but only 1) and then a stack (4) of dice. Looks like I have a few more tricks to learn...
Another cool new Internet concept that I learned about through listening to Inside the Net. The site is called BookMooch and was built by John Buckman. I would describe it as a internet book swap. You list 10 books that you are willing to give a new home and you get a credit to "mooch" another person's book that is listed. You also get a credit every time you send someone a book. The cost - just the US post office's book rate that you use to send the book to the requestor. What a great way to recycle reading material. Check it out!
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