if fb has been successfully integrated into habit then people would pay to maintain habit.

Almost certainly not. And it would destroy signups rendering the service completely useless.

facebook paying for users? skeezy

honestly I would probably pay in the order of sub $5

I am continually amazed by how insatiable consumers are for redundant media. The current coverage of Aurora is simply rehashing known details, but readers are lured on by the promise of even the smallest tidbit of new information.

Was it Stan Mikita or Glenn?

You're right. It was Glenn, the manager of the shop.

many will tl;dr, few will win

trollin and cruise controllin. respect

@Strangiato you really think television isn't important and viewing habits don't merit much thought? television and viewing habits both drive big $$$ and are vehicles for politics etc.

Television advertising has a large effect on society. Television viewing trends have a large effect on society. Specific television content doesn't (or shouldn't) have a large effect on individuals. Their preferred schedule for viewing television content has even less effect.

I am not a fan of tv. I think the current television offerings make the world a worse place, and I really only watch baseball and Breaking Bad. (I did like The Wire too.)

"shouldn't" is the operative term there.

While true, television does drive most of society. Having such strong opinions on how people watch it is rather boring. Watch it how you like and move on. Or, don't watch it.

I'll concede that my comment was a bit curt, but disagreement is not trolling.

having watched both dvds of shows and the same shows on television (same with hulu v. television) I prefer to watch the episode in its entirety minus commercial breaks, except for certain sitcoms. I think that Seinfeld and Friends may play better with the breaks.

someone needs to get on that asap

I'm not sure it's a bad thing that the competitiveness of literary production will increase.

I think you're 100% right in regards to Shakespeare, but I don't think that has anything to do with e-books. Although many of Shakespeare's contemporaries are studied in academia, Middleton, etc. are rarely read by or performed for the public. The decay rate of net 'great literature' is a natural process. I do wonder though whether e-books will speed it up.

Camus of course falls into the latter category.

"A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl."

-Ernest Hemingway

Oh we're having a quote smackdown, are we?

"If you're going to say something, bloody say it."

-calinet6

quote smackdown or quote snackdown?

“It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.”

-Julia Child