Comments on: New iRex 1000 with 10.2-inch screen survives one-meter crash test at news conference

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:58:29 +0000

Exactly as I thought, Robert! I just like everyone to know about affiliations—to help assess information.

Please keep those wonderful posts coming, especially now that we know you’re a librarian seriously interested in e-books.

Thanks,
David

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:14:09 +0000

Divid,

I am not working for Irex (if fact working for the Dutch libraries), just very interested in eBook devices.

By: David Rothman

David Rothman — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:50:28 +0000

THANKS, everyone. I was thinking, “Around three feet to a meter, plus a bit more,” but I didn’t get to the foot stage.

Oh, well. This time I get to blame the remnants of my upper respiratory infection.

Always speak up about glitches, and yes, we do live in a metric world. I mention feet, etc., because we have many American readers, and this reduces the chances of my sinning. But that doesn’t make it right. Mea culpa. I’d love to see the next U.S. president get serious about the metric system—to make it easier for me to reprogram myself.

David

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:28:18 +0000

Robert says the iRex survived “a meter” drop — which is about three feet, not three meters. There’s a big difference!

By: bibo

bibo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:31:18 +0000

I left a reply too early. Sorry. 3-inch was wrong. 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Therefore I thought something with factor 3. This measurement confusion will never stop.

By: bibo

bibo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:24:30 +0000

But “more then a meter” [Robert] is not “three-meter” [David Rothman]. It’s more like 3-inch.
Anyway we live in a metric world.