I find the terminology "euthanize" and "kill" rather misleading here. It adds some spice to the headlines; but if I remove live bacteria from fermenting milk nobody would say that I "euthanized" the yogurt even though I would be preventing it from growing.

But I have always wondered why the leather coat I bought in the East Village 17 years ago still fits me perfectly even though I'm at least 30 pounds heavier. Maybe it's been growing too!

It would have been a lot more fun if he/she would've said from the beginning that he's totally a dude but said that he and his wife couldn't conceive and that he prayed to Jesus every night for 30 days that he could become pregnant. See how that would change church attendance.

This is why I'm glad the United States has the 2nd amendment and why I'm glad I own a shotgun. I wouldn't shoot to kill but I'd shoot to make them think twice.

I distribute a software program popular with college students. We require activation of the software so it can only be put on 2 computers at anyone time. Occassionally, people complain and say "it's my software, I should be able to put it on as many computers as I want." So we did an experiment and released 100 copies of the software with unlimited activations. We used the same licensing agreement and the software was exactly the same. Then we tracked how many computers this single copy was installed upon. The average was 9 computers. Obviously if you don't take measures to limit consumers use of digital products, you get ripped off. Let's be honest here. People don't want to pay for anything anymore and if you ask them to pay, they run behind "freedom" arguments. Since you know the Kindle books are restricted there's a very easy solution here. Don't buy them.

UPDATE: I had left out that the average was 9 computers that our software gets licensed. And no I didn't copy/paste my post.

By the way, though we limit our software to 2 installs, we will always give our customers an extra install or two if they call us with a legitimate reason.

But the thought that someone is going to buy a digital copy of something and then "resell" it without keeping a copy for themselves is foolish to think most consumers won't just keep a copy for themselves.

It is ironic that Amazon is promoting the Kindle today on its home page and they show BoingBoing on the Kindle.

I distribute a software program popular with college students. We require activation of the software so it can only be put on 2 computers at anyone time. Occassionally, people complain and say "it's my software, I should be able to put it on as many computers as I want." So we did an experiment and released 100 copies of the software with unlimited activations. We used the same licensing agreement and the software was exactly the same. Then we tracked how many computers this single copy was installed upon. The average was computers. Obviously if you don't take measures to limit consumers use of digital products, you get ripped off. Let's be honest here. People don't want to pay for anything anymore and if you ask them to pay, they run behind "freedom" arguments. Since you know the Kindle books are restricted there's a very easy solution here. Don't buy them.

Except for obvious locations like schools, wi-fi centers, etc. there are still a lot of places where wi-fi isn't available or open. EVDO isnt' great for "surfing" but for downloading content and books, it will work okay.

Amazon isn't charging for "boing boing" content or any other blog. They're charging you to "deliver" the content. Legally, it's two different things. Obviously they're not trying to tout this thing as a way to surf the web easily and quickly.

I'm pretty sure that the whole "lack of PDF" support is probably due to licensing restrictions/fees from Adobe. After all, you can e-mail a PDF to the mobipocket site, have it converted to the mobi format, and then import it into your Kindle. It's a bit of a pain, but it's free, quick, and works just fine.

Personally, I'm going to wait a few weeks to get some reviews but I think this is a great device for travelers to catch up on newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals that just get thrown away. I don't know that it's what I'd want to read a novel or a book, but maybe. I'd love to ditch the 15-20 magazines we get and get the content sent to this wirelessly and automatically.

It would also be fantastic for textbooks.