Some Guy <noemailformethanks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> Allan Adler wrote:
> > What is an Amazon scanner? Where does one get them?
>
> They are little hand-held devices that read a barcode on a book with an
> ISBN and displays what the going price is on Amazon. I've seen them in
> the hands of people a few times at sales.
OK, thanks for answering my questions.
> > I've heard of iPods but not of iPhones.
>
> You're joking, right?
Actually, no. I can't afford stuff like cell phones and iPods and
Blackberries and don't bother reading about most discretionary
consumer electronics. I figure that, no matter how good it seems,
it will be obsolete in a couple of years and something else will
be made to sound like a necessity. Dribs and drabs of information
get to me anyway, e.g. news about copyright issues and iPods, but
for the most part they are not part of my world. Generally speaking,
I don't acquire consumer electronics except as gifts. For me, the
fifth of a sawbuck is usually the limit of my impulse buying. But it
is much more rewarding than most others: a movie is over in a couple
of hours, but a book can entertain for days, months or even years,
apart from whatever genuine utility it might have. Books are the
best deal I know of.
--
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <ara@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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