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I can't understate how much I hate MMPBs Larry Send a noteboard - 03/01/2012 11:30:37 PM

I just don't like it. It feels very unnatural and I can't get used to it. Magazines and newspapers, on the other hand, are perfect for my iPad. I'm going to have The Economist cancel my print subscription because all I do is throw out the magazines as soon as they arrive - I've already read them on my iPad from cover to cover by then (so to speak, given that there are no real covers).

I'd subscribe to the New York Times if they weren't bastards - a $20/month subscription should let me read it on any of my mobile devices. I shouldn't have to pay $15/month extra just to be able to read it on my iPhone OR iPad. Douchebag liberals...

I tolerate reading on my iPad because with its case, it feels more like holding a larger book (I don't have small hands), but I enjoy holding hardcovers the most.

If I didn't have a stupid iTunes Push Notification error that I can't seem to correct even with a reboot, I'd read The New Yorker on it. As for the NYT charges, yes.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.

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The OED word of the day Camilla - 03/01/2012 12:13:45 PM 535 Views

Very good. Stephen - 03/01/2012 02:20:29 PM 502 Views

Tolkien really broke with principles on that one. Tom - 03/01/2012 02:47:27 PM 432 Views

According to him, he was reviving the Old English word for "demon". Tim - 03/01/2012 06:35:49 PM 443 Views

Which, in turn, is from the Latin Orcus. Tom - 03/01/2012 06:49:33 PM 426 Views

And then there's Ariosto's orcs Larry - 03/01/2012 07:16:15 PM 400 Views

I had to buy that in paperback from amazon.it... *NM* Tom - 03/01/2012 10:44:39 PM 149 Views

I got the Italian edition for free on my Kindle for iPad Larry - 03/01/2012 11:01:15 PM 338 Views

I just can't read books on e-readers. I tried with my iPad, I tried with my wife's Kindle. Tom - 03/01/2012 11:11:06 PM 397 Views

I can't understate how much I hate MMPBs Larry - 03/01/2012 11:30:37 PM 526 Views

Ends up coming from ορκος (Oath) I think. *NM* Dan - 03/01/2012 07:23:42 PM 226 Views

I don't think that's likely. Tom - 03/01/2012 10:44:15 PM 372 Views

And looking at my dictionary... Tom - 03/01/2012 10:47:16 PM 349 Views

Nonetheless, it was a word in Old English. Tim - 04/01/2012 11:12:39 AM 401 Views

Nothing is banned. The point is it wasn't an "English" word. Tom - 04/01/2012 02:38:22 PM 412 Views

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<quote id="239923">I just don't like it.  It feels very unnatural and I can't get used to it.  Magazines and newspapers, on the other hand, are perfect for my iPad.  I'm going to have <i>The Economist</i> cancel my print subscription because all I do is throw out the magazines as soon as they arrive - I've already read them on my iPad from cover to cover by then (so to speak, given that there are no real covers).

I'd subscribe to the <i>New York Times</i> if they weren't bastards - a $20/month subscription should let me read it on any of my mobile devices.  I shouldn't have to pay $15/month extra just to be able to read it on my iPhone OR iPad.  Douchebag liberals...</quote>

I tolerate reading on my iPad because with its case, it feels more like holding a larger book (I don't have small hands), but I enjoy holding hardcovers the most.

If I didn't have a stupid iTunes Push Notification error that I can't seem to correct even with a reboot, I'd read The New Yorker on it.  As for the NYT charges, yes.
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