Von:Jed Rothwell
… You are mistaken. …
So may it be.
As long as I can lend any book in any format to any friend with bookmarks and
notes for the next 100 years, I can live with that.
Surely Apple and Amazon give me exactly that.
Reminds me of one of my favorite songs:
http://www.youtube.com/
>From Jed:
> Regarding cameras, years ago I examined a 35 mm film negative and a photo
> under a microscope to estimate how many "pixels" they have. That is,
> individual grains with about 1 color each. I read a variety of estimates
> of this on the Internet. The topic was hotly disputed by camera
Guenter Wildgruber wrote:
> Think Apple/Jobs and its strange restrictions on freedom of the word
> through filtering.
> Quite Orwellian, that.
>
You are mistaken. There are no restrictions on the books available on the
iPad. It displays any book you purchase for the Kindle, or any eBook you
up
Von: Jed Rothwell
An: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Gesendet: 19:43 Samstag, 17.März 2012
Betreff: Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi
def
>It is not silly. Eyestrain can give you headache. It is important to make
>document
Guenter Wildgruber wrote:
>
> Jed, how can an enlightened person like you are, engage in such -ahem-
> silly distinctions/preferences?
> just wondering.
>
It is not silly. Eyestrain can give you headache. It is important to make
documents easy to read.
I have been reading a bunch of Edwardian B
Von: Jed Rothwell
An: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Gesendet: 18:45 Samstag, 17.März 2012
Betreff: Re: [Vo]:OT (sort of): Woz one of the first to pick up a new IPAD Hi
def
Jed, how can an enlightened person like you are, engage in such -ahem- silly
distinctions
Here are some interesting microphotos of the Kindle versus IPad screen
appearance and resolution:
http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=2722
I have a 2nd gen Kindle. The 3rd gen has better contrast. I find that for
reading long books, the IPad is better. Less eyestrain. Easier to flip to a
different cha
On 16 March 2012 20:52, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <
svj.orionwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Go for what's cheaper to build first! It's a cinch! The iMag will come
> soon enough.
>
> I think that iMags are coming when OLED -technology matures. With OLED's
there is no need to have thick bezels, but
>From Terry:
>> I fully expect that in the near future we are likely to see bigger
>> versions of the iPad, one that will also contain the same level of
>> high resolution.
>
> Actually, the next one is smaller:
>
> http://tabtimes.com/news/ittech-manufacturers/2012/03/13/samsung-official-reported
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:58 AM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <
svj.orionwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I fully expect that in the near future we are likely to see bigger
> versions of the iPad, one that will also contain the same level of
> high resolution.
Actually, the next one is smaller:
h
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