[brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine

Jarred White jarredwhite at gmail.com
Mon Apr 12 15:47:42 CDT 2010 

i checked to make sure that at least the series I'm reading now is  
available for the iPad, and it is. So are a few other books on my  
reading list.

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 12, 2010, at 4:09 PM, "Dustin Puryear" <dpuryear at puryear- 
it.com> wrote:

> Honestly, unless I'm at work I don't read tech stuff too much  
> anymore. I used to eat it for lunch, but now I usually can't manage  
> to force myself unless I have a related deadline that is coming up.
>
> Hmm, can you access the O'Reilly book network thing via Kindle DX?  
> Okay, I retract the above. That would be cool.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net]  
> On Behalf Of Bret Esquivel
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 3:10 PM
> To: general at brlug.net
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine
>
> I love my Kindle DX. You can put native PDFs on it to feed your tech  
> junkie needs.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net]  
> On Behalf Of Dustin Puryear
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 3:04 PM
> To: general at brlug.net
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine
>
> I *just* bought a Kindle last night. I looked at the iPad and it's  
> snazzy, but damn it's expensive and I can also totally see my eyes  
> getting tired reading from it.
>
> Unfortunately, the series I'm reading right now, "The Black  
> Company", doesn't appear to be available for the Kindle, but I'm  
> hoping a good number of the books I read are.
>
> We'll see...
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net]  
> On Behalf Of Jarred White
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:05 PM
> To: general at brlug.net
> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine
>
> i ended up buying an ipad... Haven't done much reading on it yet
> because I'm in the middle of reading a book at the moment.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 12, 2010, at 3:01 PM, -ray <ray at ops.selu.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> I bought a Nook a few weeks ago and liking it so far...  yes you
>> can't really read a book on a backlit screen.  The e-Ink makes it
>> feel like a real book.  However I like to read at night though, so I
>> wish the Nook or Kindle had some little LEDs on the side of the
>> screen to gently illuminate the screen so you can read in the dark.
>> Right now I just use an old school booklight haha.
>>
>> ray
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Jarred White wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah but it does one thing REALLY well... (the kindle, have heard
>>> mixed stuff about the Sony reader). What I really want is to not  
>>> have
>>> to carry 3 books around at a time. But now that ipad's out, it's  
>>> kind
>>> of a compelling device. I don't know though... If it flops,  
>>> publisher
>>> support for it will go to complete shit and then I still won't  
>>> have a
>>> reader.
>>>
>>> I hear you on the eInk though. I hate reading stuff on backlit
>>> screens...
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Apr 7, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian <karthik at poobal.net
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would love to get an ipad type device but I am going to wait  
>>>> until
>>>> eink + LCD hybrid technology, like Pixel Qi's displays(http://goo.gl/iufT
>>>> ), mature enough and the device is open than an ipad. Android is a
>>>> great platform for a tablet/pad/ebook/Everything but the kitchen
>>>> sink  device. I tried the kindle but felt the text and interface
>>>> were a little bland. The sony reader touch edition was a lot better
>>>> than kindle but I did not want to spend $200+ for a device that  
>>>> does
>>>> only one thing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Karthik Poobalasubramanian
>>>> Louisiana Board of Regents
>>>> karthik at la.gov
>>>> karthik at poobal.net
>>>> 225-341-5855
>>>> Skype: Poobal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 7, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Jarred White wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, they're easy on the eyes. I read for literally a couple of
>>>>> hours at a time while I'm traveling and it's just not good to read
>>>>> a backlit display that long. The Nook and Kindle are easy on the
>>>>> eyes and their battery life goes forever!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Ryan McCain <Ryan.McCain at la.gov>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I thought the same thing until I actually saw a Kindle a while
>>>>> back.  It really feels like you are reading a book.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ryan McCain
>>>>> Northrop Grumman Corporation
>>>>> Email: ryan.mccain at la.gov
>>>>> Phone: 225.505.3832
>>>>>
>>>>> Registered Linux User #364609
>>>>>
>>>>> From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Jarred White
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:02 PM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> To: general at brlug.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Man you just hit on my biggest hangup about the iPad... I travel a
>>>>> lot and read a lot and I want an eBook reader, but a backlit
>>>>> display drives me nuts and makes my eyes hurt.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Tim Fournet <tfournet at tfour.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I personally can't stand "digital" magazines that are basically a
>>>>> PDF version of a real magazine that never gets printed. If it's  
>>>>> not
>>>>> on paper, and it's more than a couple pages, I won't read it. The
>>>>> exception is e-Books with a decent eInk reader. I'm sure the day  
>>>>> is
>>>>> coming that I'll have some sort of "tablet" or "pad" that easily
>>>>> retrieves the publications I want so I can read them when, where,
>>>>> and how I want them, but it's not here yet.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Ryan McCain <Ryan.McCain at la.gov>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I subscribe to this magazine but they post free content from time
>>>>> to timeÿÿ
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://hakin9.org/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Dustin Puryear
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:31 PM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> To: general at brlug.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Old school I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> From: general-bounces at brlug.net [mailto:general-bounces at brlug.net]
>>>>> On Behalf Of Tim Fournet
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:44 AM
>>>>> To: general at brlug.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> PDF only?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Dustin Puryear <dpuryear at puryear-it.com
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Found this by accident:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.net-security.org/insecuremag.php
>>>>>
>>>>>
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