Damn you Boing Boing, another free book.

I've already got a backlog of of about twenty to read with all the free stuff you keep pointing out.

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users need to reauthorize a machine after they upgrade from Windows XP to Windows Vista, for example
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So Microsoft are suggesting you "upgrade" to Vista by September.

Coincidence?

It will be interesting to see if he is able to "give the stuff away".

I thought the title was going to be a quote from the boss of some big record label, trying to discredit Creative Commons.

#15: It's not DRM'd and printing and selection are enabled. It's even fine with xpdf in Linux.

I agree RTF and HTML are better (and plain text) because they can be reformatted to the format you want.

I still find a laptop too big, my GP2X is as portable as a book and I can read in the dark without waking my wife (rustling pages, light etc).

The main disadvantages are that the batteries can run out and the screen isn't readable in bright sunlight.

"Nobody likes reading novel length text off of a screen"

That's not quite true, reading off a PC screen is useless, but I like reading off the screen of my GP2X handheld.

The screen is only 3.5 inches wide and the built-in e-book reader is text only and displays just over 50 characters per line.

This sounds small, but if you look at a paperback a line of text without margins is around 3.5 inches and 50 characters.

I find this comfortable and have read about 30 full length books this way.

The main problem with this book is that is a PDF - it looks pretty but is no good for a small screen, so I shall be downloading the PDF and converting it to text.

Can anyone explain how the information in this document could help crash the 911 system? It just seems to be an explanation of the fault reporting process.

I wonder if the Mass Lone Demonstrations(http://www.markthomasinfo.com/demo/) have influenced this consultation?

It could just be the government feels this isn't needed because they can just say you are a terrorist and then detain you without charge for 28 days(or more soon?)

I wonder if it has a list for links or uses google.

You can find open web cams using google. http://www.google.com/search?q=inurl:%22view/index.shtml%22

The PC version is TrueType and so works for Linux too.

I think people get hung up over trying to make specialised e-book readers simulate books - I read plain text e-books using the built-in text reader on my GP2X, which also plays games, video and audio.

The screen is only 3 inches wide, which displays just over 50 characters on a line (much the same number as a normal paperback).

I now prefer in to printed books, it's easier to hold and as it is backlit, I can read in bed, in the dark without keeping my wife awake with the light and the sound of turning pages.

The adoption of e-books is been held back (apart from by DRM) by attempting to replicate printed books rather making a more convenient replacement.