Comments on: Just bury me with my iPod and Stanza displaying ‘The Great Gatsby’? http://www.teleread.org/2008/12/17/just-bury-me-with-my-ipod-and-stanza-displaying-the-great-gatsby/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marc http://www.teleread.org/2008/12/17/just-bury-me-with-my-ipod-and-stanza-displaying-the-great-gatsby/comment-page-1/#comment-985801 Marc Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:17:07 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/12/17/just-bury-me-with-my-ipod-and-stanza-displaying-the-great-gatsby/#comment-985801 <i>Worse, I think the Phararos would have insisted on proprietary formats.</i> In their defense, they would have had to. Unicode does not (yet) have full support for hieroglyphs, so ePub wouldn't have been capable of displaying their books or scrolls. Congratulations on the positive rehab news. I'm sure we'll be enjoying Teleread for many decades in the future. Worse, I think the Phararos would have insisted on proprietary formats.

In their defense, they would have had to. Unicode does not (yet) have full support for hieroglyphs, so ePub wouldn’t have been capable of displaying their books or scrolls.

Congratulations on the positive rehab news. I’m sure we’ll be enjoying Teleread for many decades in the future.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/2008/12/17/just-bury-me-with-my-ipod-and-stanza-displaying-the-great-gatsby/comment-page-1/#comment-985677 David Rothman Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:09:52 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/12/17/just-bury-me-with-my-ipod-and-stanza-displaying-the-great-gatsby/#comment-985677 Um, they DID try to make the dead comfortable, Chris, but I doubt they had anything that was MP3- or ePub-capable. Worse, I think the Phararos would have insisted on proprietary formats. Thanks, David Um, they DID try to make the dead comfortable, Chris, but I doubt they had anything that was MP3- or ePub-capable. Worse, I think the Phararos would have insisted on proprietary formats.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Chris Meadows http://www.teleread.org/2008/12/17/just-bury-me-with-my-ipod-and-stanza-displaying-the-great-gatsby/comment-page-1/#comment-985629 Chris Meadows Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:54:18 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/12/17/just-bury-me-with-my-ipod-and-stanza-displaying-the-great-gatsby/#comment-985629 <i>Latest</i> craze? The ancient Egyptians and Chinese (among others) would be surprised to hear that. Latest craze?

The ancient Egyptians and Chinese (among others) would be surprised to hear that.

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