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    Old Media's E-Reader Saviors: A Comprehensive Guide

    Today's the Day for Tech Companies to Issue Hushed Apologies

    Steve Forbes' Desperation For Bestseller Credibility: Having Employees Expense His Book

    Jeff Bezos Review: Do Not Buy This Thing I Sell, Ever

    Amazon.com Sorry For Stealing Your Kindle Books, Being Creepy

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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    09/04/09

    In reply to Today's the Day for Tech Companies to Issue Hushed Apologies
    I'm not usually a harsh person, but... AT&T, I'm really not effing interested in how hard it is to do the thing FOR WHICH YOU'RE CHARGING ME MONEY. Either do what you promise to do, or get out of the business and STFU.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    09/04/09

    In reply to Today's the Day for Tech Companies to Issue Hushed Apologies
    AT&T iPhone data plan ($30) + unlimited voice ($100) + unlimited text ($20) + GPS nav. ($10) = $160/mo.

    How is it even possible to have a pre-tax $160/mo. plan? $160? Really? And why pay that kind of money to a company that can’t provide the network to support the service? (A telcom monopoly, no less.)
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    Image of spikelike spikelike
    09/04/09

    @iplaudius: Add to that the fact AT&T is laying off like crazy, outsourcing heavily overseas, and raising the health insurance on those that remain? Really crappy stuff. And no, I'm not a CWA-er, just no love for how Ma Bell is doing things these days
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    Image of Mike Byhoff Mike Byhoff
    09/04/09

    In reply to Today's the Day for Tech Companies to Issue Hushed Apologies
    Seth is begging for a wedgie.
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    09/04/09

    @Mikey-B: Seriously. Now we know where to focus our rage!
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    08/15/09

    In reply to Steve Forbes' Desperation For Bestseller Credibility: Having Employees Expense His Book
    Back in the nineties, the short megalo Gingrich drew a four million advance from Murdoch. The book was to be standard fascist drool, lists about corporate godism or something. Incidentally, on another front, unbeknownst to either of them, there was in Congress a move to allow bloated tycoons to own more and more of everything newsy in every city.

    The book bidness, it used to mean something.
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    08/15/09

    In reply to Steve Forbes' Desperation For Bestseller Credibility: Having Employees Expense His Book
    Sorry, but I only buy books from Teve Torbes. Or Lamar Alexander #2.
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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    08/15/09

    In reply to Steve Forbes' Desperation For Bestseller Credibility: Having Employees Expense His Book
    Let's apply Forbes' flat-tax philosophy to this book thing, shall we?

    Which scenario is more of a burden to the individual in each scenario:

    a.) Billionaire buys 1,000 copies of this shitty book for $17,160.

    or

    b.) One of Forbes' furloughed copy editors earning $37,000 buys the exact same number of books for the exact same price.

    You see? Real equality! The financial burden of these men are exactly the same!

    Flat tax rules!

    Excelsior!

    And as far as the poor copy editor making ends meet:

    CHARITY, people.

    Charity is the solution.

    For example:

    Instead of big guv-mint redistributing these books to the poor, the billionaire should have the personal freedom to donate the extra 999 copies *out of his own personal choice* to the furloughed copy editor -- who can then burn these books in his Franklin stove for heat during the winter months!
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    Image of Borromeo Borromeo
    08/15/09

    In reply to Steve Forbes' Desperation For Bestseller Credibility: Having Employees Expense His Book
    Taxpayers financing a rich man's ego-testicle delusions...what's new.
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    Gosukusan promoted this comment Edited by Borromeo at 08/15/09 1:04 PM Borromeo was starred Borromeo was unstarred
    Image of Gosukusan Gosukusan
    08/15/09

    @Borromeo:

    Does not compute
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    08/15/09

    @Borromeo: Yeah, taxpayers? What? Jesus, I hope not.
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    Image of Greasy Thumb Guzik Greasy Thumb Guzik
    08/15/09

    @Gosukusan:
    If the books are expensed, then then the cost of them is written off on Forbes. Inc taxes.
    We, the taxpayers pick up 50% of the cost & Silly Steve gives the books away as gifts for buy a subscription to his dieing & doomed mag!
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    Image of takeouteurotrash takeouteurotrash
    08/15/09

    @Greasy Thumb Guzik: If you're an accountant, I certainly hope you're not practicing.
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    Image of edosan edosan
    07/28/09

    In reply to Jeff Bezos Review: Do Not Buy This Thing I Sell, Ever
    So does that mean that if we buy The 13th Warrior we're safe from him sneaking into our houses and stealing it back?
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    Image of Magister Magister
    07/28/09

    In reply to Jeff Bezos Review: Do Not Buy This Thing I Sell, Ever
    He apparently loves milk, with or without snickerdoodles.
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    Image of Slackferno Slackferno
    07/28/09

    In reply to Jeff Bezos Review: Do Not Buy This Thing I Sell, Ever
    Bezos hates Vikings. Vikings not terribly fond of Super Saver shipping policy.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07/28/09

    In reply to Jeff Bezos Review: Do Not Buy This Thing I Sell, Ever
    Banderas is all kinds of fail to me. He was up there with Penelope Cruz from his Almovodar films and then he married fake ass crazy woman Melanie Griffith. If you doubt this, look at her website!: http://www.melaniegriffith.com/home.html
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    Image of Weegee's bored Weegee's bored
    07/28/09

    @Cheap Shot: OMG! Her site! This woman makes Mariah Carey look modest.
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    Image of blix blix
    07/28/09

    @Cheap Shot: Damn you, for now I shall be trapped on the Isle of Avalon for hours.
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    Image of goetz goetz
    07/28/09

    @Weegee's bored: I just got stuck in the chitchat room. It was terrifying.
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    Image of blix blix
    07/28/09

    @goetz:Beware the dream room.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07/28/09

    @blix: Her site has not changed even slightly since I discovered it like 4 years ago!
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07/28/09

    @goetz: Her site runs on people's souls!
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07/28/09

    @Weegee's bored: she wears the crazy pants in the relationship.
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    Image of trucha trucha
    07/28/09

    @Cheap Shot: I am One with All. I am One with All. I am One with All. I am One with All.

    World Peace has arrived!!!
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    Image of notsofresh notsofresh
    07/28/09

    @Cheap Shot: "My beautiful friend Sting is also an incredible writer. His book made me laugh and cry and feel so much!"
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    07/28/09

    @notsofresh: OMG, real quote from there??? This would be a great feature. Top 10 wacko celeb sites.
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    Image of blix blix
    07/28/09

    @Cheap Shot: It's like a haunted house trapped in time. If I refreshed the screen and a new comment appeared I think I'd poop myself.
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    Image of DonLaFontaine DonLaFontaine
    07/28/09

    @Cheap Shot: I couldn't agree with you more. "Tony Flags" was great when he was a Spanish actor, living in Spain and selectively taking on quality roles. He was fantastic in Women on the Verge, among others. He moves to the US, marries a botox addict, takes on stereotypical roles for Hispanics and becomes the punchline for jokes ... it's truly a tragedy.
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    Image of Juancho Juancho
    07/28/09

    @blix: I think her mother (Tippie Hedren) is such a goof that it explains everything about Melanie.

    Tippie is a huge animal fan, and she lives on some sort of animal preserve. I once heard a radio interview with her where one of the animals got loose and she had to hang up, it might have been the funniest thing ever. Nothing more awkward than a morning-show host wondering if his interview subject got disconnected because she was being mauled to death by a wild animal.
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    Image of The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx
    07/28/09

    In reply to Jeff Bezos Review: Do Not Buy This Thing I Sell, Ever
    That scream you just heard came from Jeff Bezos, after Banderas' devoted and very protective wife Melanie Griffith ripped his balls off.
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    daveyjonesisdead promoted this comment The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx was starred The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx was unstarred
    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    07/28/09

    @The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx: Followed by a satisfied grin - Jeff loves CBT.
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    Image of The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx
    07/28/09

    @daveyjonesisdead: What is CBT? I can only come up with "Crazy Bitch Tantrums."
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    Image of eleusiswalks eleusiswalks
    07/28/09

    @The_Lovely_Miss_Bronx: You don't want to know. Really.
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    Image of edosan edosan
    07/24/09

    In reply to Amazon.com Sorry For Stealing Your Kindle Books, Being Creepy
    "We're sorry you guys got angry. We won't do this again until the next time we decide we want to."
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    Image of deltasierra deltasierra
    07/23/09

    In reply to Amazon.com Sorry For Stealing Your Kindle Books, Being Creepy
    Principles?! Amazon has principles?! Then kindly explain to me why I read in the publishing trade papers that Amazon is patenting software to insert ads into Kindle pages.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    07/23/09

    In reply to Amazon.com Sorry For Stealing Your Kindle Books, Being Creepy
    So he SAYS. You just wait and see: this time next year the big story will be how Bezos broke into ten thousand homes and took back their Keds.
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