Comments on: Clemens, Kindle and Congress: History rhymes http://wemedia.com/2009/05/08/clemens-kindle-and-congress-history-rhymes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clemens-kindle-and-congress-history-rhymes The Power of Us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Schaffran http://wemedia.com/2009/05/08/clemens-kindle-and-congress-history-rhymes/comment-page-1/#comment-6156 Steve Schaffran Fri, 15 May 2009 19:22:42 +0000 http://wemedia.com/?p=3992#comment-6156 While it doesn't do violence to the thrust of Dale's post, the facts are that Clemens did not invest in the Linotype machine. Sadly, he invested and lost everything and more in the Paige typesetter, a cockamamie invention that was intended to be a robot type setter, picking letters from a case of type and putting them in a slug, one at a time. It had thousands of moving parts. He was rescued penury by Henry Rogers, Rockefeller's #2, who deftly parked the copyrights with Clemens wife Olivia. Google "clemens typesetter" While it doesn't do violence to the thrust of Dale's post, the facts are that Clemens did not invest in the Linotype machine. Sadly, he invested and lost everything and more in the Paige typesetter, a cockamamie invention that was intended to be a robot type setter, picking letters from a case of type and putting them in a slug, one at a time. It had thousands of moving parts. He was rescued penury by Henry Rogers, Rockefeller's #2, who deftly parked the copyrights with Clemens wife Olivia. Google "clemens typesetter"

]]> By: devoniuk http://wemedia.com/2009/05/08/clemens-kindle-and-congress-history-rhymes/comment-page-1/#comment-6147 devoniuk Wed, 13 May 2009 21:06:14 +0000 http://wemedia.com/?p=3992#comment-6147 As a new Kindle user (and fan) I have to say that I have been listening actively to the newspaper industry crisis and wondering..."When are people going to grok the Kindle??!!" It is an amazing way to get the newspaper delivered daily, with ultimate convenience, no debris (read: stacks of papers sitting around), and an incredibly beautiful interface that provides tremendous ease of navigation and reading. I LOVE reading a newspaper, but have been subscribing to the Washington Post for about 2 months now. I now cannot imagine being willing to get the paper otherwise. I will also say that I have NEVER subscribed to a newspaper before now and I never read the news online through a given paper's website. Too many ads, too hard to find what you're looking for, etc., can't easily clip things out...AND, it's a screen. The Kindle is not an illuminated screen so it doesn't tire your eyes. I will also say that as a frequent traveler, I am asked regularly about my Kindle -- and when I talk about the newspaper stuff, people get really excited and see the benefits. More than one has said it could save the newspaper industry. Far-fetched? Perhaps. But I sure hope that someone is thinking about it besides me! As a new Kindle user (and fan) I have to say that I have been listening actively to the newspaper industry crisis and wondering…"When are people going to grok the Kindle??!!" It is an amazing way to get the newspaper delivered daily, with ultimate convenience, no debris (read: stacks of papers sitting around), and an incredibly beautiful interface that provides tremendous ease of navigation and reading. I LOVE reading a newspaper, but have been subscribing to the Washington Post for about 2 months now. I now cannot imagine being willing to get the paper otherwise. I will also say that I have NEVER subscribed to a newspaper before now and I never read the news online through a given paper's website. Too many ads, too hard to find what you're looking for, etc., can't easily clip things out…AND, it's a screen. The Kindle is not an illuminated screen so it doesn't tire your eyes.

I will also say that as a frequent traveler, I am asked regularly about my Kindle — and when I talk about the newspaper stuff, people get really excited and see the benefits. More than one has said it could save the newspaper industry. Far-fetched? Perhaps. But I sure hope that someone is thinking about it besides me!

]]> By: David http://wemedia.com/2009/05/08/clemens-kindle-and-congress-history-rhymes/comment-page-1/#comment-6143 David Tue, 12 May 2009 18:57:42 +0000 http://wemedia.com/?p=3992#comment-6143 It is not unreasonable to expect Google to share the wealth with content producers. After all, without newspapers, bloggers, porn sites, whatever, putting interesting material on the Web, all you'd have left would be online stores and government sites, and how much fun -- and profitable for our Googly overlords -- would that be? It is not unreasonable to expect Google to share the wealth with content producers. After all, without newspapers, bloggers, porn sites, whatever, putting interesting material on the Web, all you’d have left would be online stores and government sites, and how much fun — and profitable for our Googly overlords — would that be?

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