RE: The Poop on the Kindle

2009-07-26 Thread Pat Mathews
I love the title of this thread. From what I've been hearing about the Kindle, it perfectly expresses the appropriate consumer reaction to it. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:06:43 -0700 > Subject: Re: The Poop on the Kindle > From: jwilliams4...@gmail.com >

RE: The Poop on the Kindle

2009-07-26 Thread Koke
Doug Pensinger asked: So who has a Kindle (I know someone mentioned them before), how do you like it and what do you read on it? I just got one today and am attempting to download the NY Times (free 14 day trial) right now. It seems like it's taking a long time...

Re: The Poop on the Kindle

2009-07-26 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Pat Mathews wrote: > I love the title of this thread. From what I've been hearing about the > Kindle, it perfectly expresses the appropriate consumer reaction to it. > Sounded like a Dr. Seuss book to me... Nick ___ h

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-26 Thread Max Battcher
Gary Nunn wrote: Warehouse 13 - After two episodes, I'm not impressed or hooked yet, but I'll give it a few more episodes. I got a kick out of the first episode and I think that it might have staying power. Certainly it is "yet another monster of the week" program (albeit substitute gadget/od

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-26 Thread John Williams
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Max Battcher wrote: > Speaking of "science is awesome" on television, please tell me that you all > are watching Better Off Ted? It's like The Office meets Eureka (with a dash > of Arrested Development and a dash of Pushing Daisies); it's a fun comedy > about (R&D

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

2009-07-26 Thread Doug Pensinger
On John Williams wrote: > > Better Off Ted is the best new comedy I've seen in a long time. I > particularly enjoy the Veridian Dynamics commercials. My favorite > episode was the one where they installed new sensors for detecting if > people were in the room, and they could not detect black peopl

Was Moore's Law Inevitable?

2009-07-26 Thread John Williams
http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2009/07/was_moores_law.php It is quite a long article, but worth the time to read, I think. It does not have an abstract, but here is a partial summary from near the end: "The first thing to notice is that all these examples demonstrate the effects of scalin