And you're all wrong. First off, the ducky keeps moving while you're chasing it, and it probably wasn't water tight to begin with, and you're never going to find that particular rubber needle in a wet haystack anyway ... I'm going with two or three days, because it's going to take that long for me to get back to the car, go home, recover from the strenuous activity, and finally get around to going out to the store to buy a new ducky as there is absolutely no way I'm putting a duck that's been in a nasty, cryptosporidium contaminated stream back in my bathtub.

Sometimes you just have to replace the duck. It's the only logical answer.

Thanks Wolf! Math problems I understand! People I find hard to!

I'm seriously researching some type of e-reader device right now. I constantly have a "to-read" stack of printed pdf articles on my nightstand, it's ridiculous. But I really do not like reading long texts from a glaring LCD monitor.

can pdfs be loaded onto kindle-type things? My pal has a kindle and it is a lot easier on the eyes than an LCD but until someone makes a firmware hack for them so I can use my device without being treated like a criminal, I'll stick with paper.

I just read up on it and I guess one can do this.

android is your friend.

the android marketplace has kabillions of apps, including the ability to read pdfs.

find a display you like, find the source of your likely reading material (prolly the internet, maybe the libarry, maybe amazon) and then find the device that lets you get (or get to) the info you will want to read.

Ideally, I think a tablet (computer, or not) is the tool of choice. find one you like, and then start.

Nah, I don't want a phone-like thingy with a bazillion apps. I don't want to basically carry my computer with me. I'd like to have a way to read PDFs without having to look at an back-lit illuminated screen or print them out.

Sort of like an Ipod, but for reading books, PDFs, Word docs, and XLS files.

What about one of those fancy real-world projector thingies.

Or just put the pdf through a data projector, onto your bedroom ceiling, and read away until you doze off...

I suggest instead that you hire someone to follow you around and read the PDFs to you.

What's your availability?

How much do you got?

For this voice, you'd better be prepared to shell out, baby. (Actually, that's not true. I'm not unionized, and I undercharge in general because the kind of clients I attract are also the kind that are liable to decide that they ought to save money by having some employee do it at their desk on an MMO headset mic.)

I would seriously make it worth your while. In a while.
[/gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today]

Made me think of this:

You mean like the 10 commandments?

no, like an aspirin