[ale] [OT] rant - decadence in society - DRM

[Lightner, Jeff]

Atlas Shrugged was really good up until John Galt's final speech wherein
he basically repeated the same concept over and over in different ways
for pages and pages.

I saw some merit in the viewpoint Ayn Rand's protagonists but to a
certain extent it seemed to advocate never helping others out.   It
seemed overall a "survival of the fittest" kind of idea which rather
violates the social contract in my view.

(waits for the obvious question...)

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Geoffrey Myers
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:15 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] rant - decadence in society - DRM

Ron Frazier wrote:
> You're right about that.  They can be read on other devices using
Amazon 
> software.  However, they cannot be read on any other ereader, such as
my 
> Kobo, or a Sony ereader, etc.  That's what I was trying to say.

But you can read my copy of Atlas Shrugged with any pair of eye glasses 
you own. ;)

> 
> Ron
> 
> On 03/23/2011 11:45 AM, Jerald Sheets wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 23, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Ron Frazier wrote:
>>>
>>>  Both the Amazon Kindle and 
>>> the Barnes and Noble Nook use proprietary DRM, which means that
books 
>>> you buy there, you can only read on that device.
>>
>>
>> Point of information...
>>
>> Amazon provides Kindle reading software for quite a number of
devices. 
>>
>> Kindle books can be read on:
>>
>>
>> iPhone
>> Windows PC
>> Mac
>> BlackBerry
>> iPad
>> Android
>> Windows Phone 7
>>
>>
>> #!/jerald
>> Linux User #183003
>> Ubuntu User #32648
>> Public GPG Key:  http://questy.org/js.asc
>>
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-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson
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