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Finally, they got down to business. Salinger insisted on having no dust jacket, only a bare cover with cloth of great durability -- buckram. They talked pica lengths, fonts and space between lines. They were going to do a press run somewhere in the low thousands. No advertising whatsoever. But for how much? Lathbury remembers that Salinger did not ask for an advance and that any money to be made would come from sales.

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Here is a writer!
J. D. Salinger, wrangling with a potential editor over line spacing and book pricing.

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National Post: Our paper hates Women Studies.

If the reports are to be believed, Women’s Studies programs are disappearing at many Canadian universities. Forgive us for being skeptical. We would wave good-bye without shedding a tear, but we are pretty sure these angry, divisive and dubious programs are simply being renamed to make them appear less controversial.

via network.nationalpost.com

Man, what the hell is wrong with the National Post?

I would wave good-bye without shedding a tear to this angry, divisive, and dubious newspaper.

And this is signed by "NP Editor." Does this mean that it is now the official position of the paper to oppose kindergarten?

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Android or iPhone? Wrong Question « abovethecrowd.com

This is why the two products do not compete head to head. With its super aggressive model, Android will be the choice of the masses, and with its sleek design and non-compromising price point, Apple will rule the high end. Many have suggested that Apple is perfectly happy with its high-margin spot at the top of the food chain. They are doing exceptionally well with that position in the personal computer market – in fact, they are currently gaining share at an accelerating pace. So no need to worry about Apple, they are doing just fine (as their stock price suggests). They are just not currently executing a model to become the “Microsoft” of the smartphone market.

via abovethecrowd.com

My thoughts exactly.

This whole Apple/Google rift is being blown out of proportions.

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Quote: 3 question normal people will ask when confronted with the new Chrome OS. -- @diveintomark

On the other hand, computer maintenance sucks gargantuan donkey balls, and normal people don’t care about root. If you accost a random person on the street and ask them if they need root on their operating system to install another browser, and they’ll have three questions for you: 1. What’s root? 2. What’s an operating system? 3. What’s a browser?

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I wonder how many people I know will know the answer to those three questions.

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