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remps
04/06/09

In reply to Frustrated Google Seeing Infrared During Quest to Scan Every Book Ever Written
If libraries go obsolete, where will creepy homeless guys go to oggle the art (er, um, yeah) books?

Oh yeah, wait... internet cafes.
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ripfire
04/08/09

@remps: Public libraries won't go obsolete; they'll just become internet kiosks.
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Ayeco
04/05/09

In reply to Frustrated Google Seeing Infrared During Quest to Scan Every Book Ever Written
Seems like a pretty high-tech solution for to low-tech problem. Why not just cut the binding off and voila, a stack of flat paper that can be auto fed. Do you really need the book after it's scanned?

3" thick stack cutter here: [www.officezone.com]
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Nauthiz
04/05/09

@Ayeco: Unless google wants to rebind them all before they return them to the various universities who are lending them books for the cause, I don't really think the strategy would work.

Besides, have you ever seen a rebound copy of a book you've read in the published edition form?

I don't think they could make them much more boring and ugly if they tried.
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ripfire
04/08/09

@Nauthiz: Just pull a Mr. Bean when returning it.
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OMG! Ponies!
11/14/08

In reply to American Airlines Brings Cellphone Boarding Passes to O'Hare
So now the airlines are letting people board using only computer images. Great. Because no one can edit a computer image.

I had enough problem with the fact that TSA only checks that your printout matches your ID and not an actually seat on a plane. I had a problem that the gate checks that you have a seat but not a matching ID.

Airport security, while getting more cumbersome, is now becoming more insecure. Sorry to be a Luddite but how about we print the tickets at the airport on paper stock that can be verified to be genuine. I know - watermarking and UV inks are not sexy but I don't like this security flaw one bit.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/13/08

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Sounds nifty, but I'm gonna stick to printing out my itinerary.
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Braff
11/13/08

In reply to American Airlines Brings Cellphone Boarding Passes to O'Hare
Sweet... I fly out of John Wayne in January. I will test this out and then my iPhone will do something stupid and I will end up in jail
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/13/08

In reply to American Airlines Brings Cellphone Boarding Passes to O'Hare
I could have used this a few months ago when I was flying out of John Wayne airport..
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