tytr

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   by tytr 14y ago

   This kind of thing only works when users looking for "ebooks" are channeled through Amazon. Paid placement on Google may help them in that regard. What happens when users learn they can download ebooks elsewhere? It's nonsensical to pay a
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   by tytr 14y ago

   Just view the source of the webpage. Links to the .mov file are there for Safari, iPhone, iPad and Windows. Search for "_350".
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   by tytr 14y ago

   If you view source of the webpage, you will see links for the iPad and iPhone as well. Search for "_350". Alas, getting actual links to video is not always so easy. Thank you Adobe, Brightcove and others for making video such a PITA.
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   by tytr 14y ago

   But then you have a corporation like Google adopting "Don't be evil" as its value statement. It's obvious that software nerds do have some concept of "evil" as it applies to software, and they like to label things as "evil" or not. Nerds be
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   by tytr 14y ago

   Yes. I too am dismayed. There used to be something called MIME. There used to be separate specialised applications for different tasks. Guess what? There still are. Browsers have long had the ability to decode image formats. That much w
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   by tytr 14y ago

   Yet people criticised the VAX. I guess every computer has its flaws (nothing is perfect!), but was the criticism of the VAX justified? (Assuming uptime and reliability means anything, and compared to what followed it. Windows NT? C'mon.