On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 05:05:47PM -0500, Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:
see, 4 years ago, david rothman of teleread.com -- who's affectionately known as "the idiot" by david moynihan -- made me a little bet, and every year at this time i revisit it.
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so i took rothman up on the offer, even extending out the bet. i said that if there were a $50 e-book machine within 5 years, i would buy it for him, or -- if he preferred -- a tofu turkey...
so every year, around this time, i "check back" to laugh at him.
2006 came and went, and i was right. 2007 and 2008 as well. now it's 2009, and there's no $50 e-book-machine out there.
Who defines the requirements to meet this particular bet? Because I purchased a first-generation iPhone almost 8 months ago, and it works just fine in my opinion as an "e-book machine". And how much did I pay for it? $50 plus tax and shipping