Hi, I’m a bit confused. So your saying for example, if I left my IOs device in airplane mode, I wouldn’t be able to read the books I downloaded onto my device because the app can not authenticate?
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Oct 1, 2013, at 2:06 AM, eric oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't just carry around for the hell of it. And yes, I spend most of my > waking hours reading while doing other things (like working on this > computer). I also maintain a library of works I like to reread. This also > means that if my internet connection dies, I won't have to worry about how to > get that next book. > > One suggestion for the NLS, use bit torrent. it will allow a far faster > download speed. Also, since it is open source, you can tailor it to feed only > US clients. This will also allow the NLS to decentralize some of its server > operations (so that IF the primary site goes down, the others will still be > live). > > Anyway, the technology is getting good enough that any one person can have > enough storage space to contain the entire BARD file holdings (about 12 TV or > so). SO, it is not inconceivable that several copies of the entire index can > be located in private institutions (local libraries for example). > > proposed torrent client would require an authentication certificate (like the > VR stream or the Braille Sense) in order to log onto the torrent swarm. THis > would limit the users to authorized clients only. That same torrent can also > copy (in real time) the database that NLS uses to index their materials. This > would allow local libraries to have their own local copy. Also, with local > volunteer readers, new works could be brought online a lot faster and > distributed to all nodes in short order. > > Seems complicated? not really. In fact, twitter does this very thing. > > Anyway, that can be how to get around a government shutdown of the NLS and > still allow access to the materials. > > -eric > > On Sep 30, 2013, at 8:36 PM, Joseph FreeTech wrote: > >> One can read books using the Bard Mobile app in the same way as on the >> VRS--once the books are downloaded you can read away. The only difference is >> in whether you want to fill 32 gigs of books on your phone or on the VRS' >> SDHC card. Quite frankly, depending on what you're reading, if you have more >> than a handful of books on either device, you're probably carrying them >> around just for the heck of it rather than because you're reading 24/7. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
