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thatsmrpotatohead2U
11/25/09

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Personally I like real newspapers, I even subscribe to one (not the NYT) that gets shoved through my door every 4am.

But would I read a newspaper on line? Would I heck. I even have access to the online version of my newspaper (beautifully rendered in Adobe AIR, natch) and I've looked at it. Once.

Get the message, guys. The "shall we do the internet thing?" was ten years ago. I'm as nostalgic as anyone for the days of rumbling printing presses and ink on your hands. But in evolutionary terms, the temperature's dropping, there are asteroids falling everywhere and you guys are the dinosaurs. The fact that we're talking about this in a comment section on an online blog which isn't the NYT (and there ain't no comment facility on the original page) just underlines the painful reality.

So long, NYT, I tried to read you whenever I was in New York, because (so I assumed) that's what New Yorkers do. I just don't read it online.
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blash
11/25/09

@thatsmrpotatohead2U: You're not the only one who still likes paper newspapers - thank God at least college drivel papers will still be printed on pulp for some time more to come it seems. And you know why? Limited production. Just because digital cameras absolutely destroyed film cameras in the consumer marketplace doesn't mean that there's no market for film; similarly, so long as there is pulp to print on there will be a market for paper newspapers.
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weatherman
11/25/09

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I can understand subsidizing the Kindle, for instance, since that offers a more convenient way of reading NYT content in places where a laptop wouldn't make sense (subway, breakfast table, park) but a netbook just seems silly and invites obvious comparisons to just browsing the content on the web.
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NorwoodIsMyHero
11/25/09

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I'm lost as to what I'd be missing out on with the NYT. I can read all of Krugman's hack rants, Brooks's pontificating, and Maureen Dowd's drivel without paying a dime. Why else would I want to open the Times again?
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FrancesPolydeuces
11/25/09

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You can get the Go for $350 from amazon and newegg right now. Plus, the small print in the add states it comes with a 4-cell battery. Through normal retailers the US Go comes with a 6-cell. Mistake? or cost cutting?
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Dizznizzle
11/25/09

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I think i'll opt for the $0 off the Samsung Go with $0 nytimes.com subscription instead.

In fact, i'm not going to even bother with the Samsung Go, and just use my current computer.
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