Interesting Links for 9-10-2011

[andrewducker]

• The 99c novel. I already know people buying these. I wonder where the market is heading
  (tags: books business amazon ebooks)
• Blackboards in Porn - just how accurate are they?
  (tags: porn sfw blackboard maths science)
• You can't have closure. I want to know if it makes you happier if you stop trying to get it.
  (tags: closure emotions life psychology)
• Fascinating piece on how we think can read each other's emotions, even when we can't
  (tags: emotions perception AmandaKnox)
• The Judge Dredd movie is having problems...
  (tags: JudgeDredd comics movies)

Comments

[andrewducker]

Actually, I use DocX, which is a nice open format :->

And MP3s are playable by oodles of different players. I know there's a fee to pay for it, and I'd rather that, say, Ogg was the standard, but I'm not forced to use a single provider, so I'm happy enough to compromise.

In fact, if Amazon were willing to license out their encryption so that other ebook providers could allow you to read AZW files on their readers then I'd be happy enough with that.

And yes, I think we agree on the general hierarchy.

[steer.livejournal.com]

Actually, I use DocX, which is a nice open format

Heh... my question was in past tense for a reason...

I'm happy enough to compromise.

I'm willing to bet though that, like my kindle compromise, at least some of your mp3 compromise is illegal in this country (feel free not to answer).

[andrewducker]

A chunk of the older stuff is. I stopped torrenting MP3s when they became available to buy DRM-free. :->

[steer.livejournal.com]

I was more thinking of ripping your CD collection... (assuming you had one, could be bothered to rip it, and didn't rebuy everything as mp3s). I still actually buy my music on CDs and illegally rip to mp3 simply for the convenience of knowing where the back up is (it's on the CD rack in the hall). Mind you, that's not an issue with mp3 format as it would be just as illegal to rip to .ogg or .flac.

May be time to rethink though as an entire bookshelf of CDs is bloody huge as a backup system.

[andrewducker]

I haven't bought a CD in about eight years...

New music is coming in 90% through Spotify nowadays anyway.

(Which I don't mind being DRM-ed up, because it's a rental/streaming system, I'm not buying a permanent license.)