I searched these forums but could not find anything. Has anyone developed a way to print documents from inside android? Or anyone know of a creative way to accomplish this?
Thanks.
It might be possible to do it from debian using cups but not you can't do it natively yet.
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It might be possible to do it from debian using cups but not you can't do it natively yet.
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Wouldn't this be possible through Telnet? (That is if you were on a WiFi with a networked printer)
Through the network it is def possible.
I don't know an app that supports it yet though.
However, it should be easy enough.
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Through the network it is def possible.
I don't know an app that supports it yet though.
However, it should be easy enough.
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Couldn't you just use Telnet Net Print?
True but i don't think the g1's telnet supports it.
If someone is willing to give it a go this should help:
http://www.pragmasys.com/TelnetServer/WebHelp/html/TelnetD_Printing_Support.htm
Of course you will need the printer to be connected to a computer thats in your network.
Thank you for the link. It looks like a start. My dad wants to run part of his business from an Android phone and wants to be able to print receipts and tickets while on the go.
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Thank you for the link. It looks like a start. My dad wants to run part of his business from an Android phone and wants to be able to print receipts and tickets while on the go.
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Do you mean print them to a small printer or something that he carries around with him, or something like print them to a network enabled printer that he has installed in his office? The former is going to be difficult/impossible without a laptop or something. The latter will still be hard, but should be do-able at least.
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Do you mean print them to a small printer or something that he carries around with him, or something like print them to a network enabled printer that he has installed in his office? The former is going to be difficult/impossible without a laptop or something. The latter will still be hard, but should be do-able at least.
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Actually I think he wants to be able to do both. I told him its not likely until some future product comes out aimed for Android. They have wifi and bluetooth printers so I guess its just a matter of time until someone develops the software. Everything else right now is too much of a hack to be useful for him.
Hell yeah, i want to get ride of my laptop and print emails from my G1, any update on this topic?
Cuore_alfa said:
Hell yeah, i want to get ride of my laptop and print emails from my G1, any update on this topic?
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http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.dynamixsoftware.printershare
http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.rcreations.send2printer
Believe it or not, a 4 second search turned these up. I guess you didn't want to know that badly lol
Printing From Android
I have also been searching the forums and marketplace for an application to print docs, pdf and spreasheets to a mobile printer, like hp 470 officejet. The couple of applications that I have seen isolated to their application and require print to a Network or something on the notebook. I want to print from Android directly to a mobile printer. If anyone knows of an existing app or someone that is in the process and needs someone to test, I am very interested and this would be for multiple sales. I have looked at printer share and spoken with send 2 printer.
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Just download printershare from the market. Amazing what you find if you type printer into the market search
Thank Shadow
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Just download printershare from the market. Amazing what you find if you type printer into the market search
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Printer share does not print via bluetooth, does not print email attachments, needs wifi or network, Its pretty narrow. I did not dig real deep because the no bluetooth printing was a bummer. I spoke with them and Print 2 go. I thought I said this in my question but maybe I forgot. Both of those are good products however. Sooner or later there will be something more universal.
I want to go hard core. If market search found something for me I would not be looking on here. I search that every two minutes
But Thanks,
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Is it possible with any program to simulate the internet web browser from Android on my computer?
Basically what I am trying to do is this:
I want to view web pages as I would from my android phone, but I want to do that on my computer using a virtual device, I guess. Does anyone wnt to explain what I need to do to make this happen? I am trying to develop some mobile sites and I want to be able to see how they look on the phone, from my computer instead of having to actually do it on my physical device.
Yes you can, with the android emulator.
I'd be happy to help you set it up but I have to wonder why you dont just use your phone.
Are you wanting to view your mobile website BEFORE you apply the changes to it?
What I can help you with is setting up an emulator that will actually browse the web from within your computer, really cool but might not be what you're going for...
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What I can help you with is setting up an emulator that will actually browse the web from within your computer, really cool but might not be what you're going for...
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Don't do it. Nebenezer is the biggest d-bag, he'll freaking mess up your phone so bad.
J/K. Carry on, carry on.
My phone is across the room on the charger right now, running wireless tether because I get more speed thru that than pdanet, which is turning out to be a waste of the 25 i spent on it.
What's your gtalk or ICQ neb? Wait, I already have you on ther,e hit me up!
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Don't do it. Nebenezer is the biggest d-bag, he'll freaking mess up your phone so bad.
J/K. Carry on, carry on.
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... you bruised my feelings, and then I saw the j/k... lol
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... you bruised my feelings, and then I saw the j/k... lol
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Hahaha. Well, I'm glad I didn't hurt your feelings too bad!
I am a wedding and portrait photographer and am trying to integrate my Xoom into my business. What I would love to see is an app that allows me to import my contracts in pages or ms word format, edit them on the tablet, have my customers review the contract and sign it on the tablet, then export the file as a pdf and email a copy to the client. Anyone got any ideas, or is this just wishful thinking. I have not seen an app for android or iOS that can handle this. Im obviously not a developer, but it seems like there would be a huge market for this, and as a laymen it seems like it should be fairly easy to accomplish.
Agreed,
I really need a app that I can put documents on for my business and my clients can sign on the xoom then I don't have to print all this paper and everything would be electronic.
Check out EasySignMobile. It is an iOS app, but if it is what you are looking for it might be worth contacting the developer to see if they are working on an Android port.
We need to get some traction on this. I'd be willing to pay for an app like that and even donate to a dev willing to do it.
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Check out EasySignMobile. It is an iOS app, but if it is what you are looking for it might be worth contacting the developer to see if they are working on an Android port.
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I have found most of the iOS apps to the sub par, and many of them are subscription based and are handled through a website service, or do not allow for editing docs on my device. What I need is an app that will handle everything locally, on my device, and I can backup to my computer at home. I will take a look at EasySignMobile though.
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I have found most of the iOS apps to the sub par, and many of them are subscription based and are handled through a website service, or do not allow for editing docs on my device. What I need is an app that will handle everything locally, on my device, and I can backup to my computer at home. I will take a look at EasySignMobile though.
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After further reading it does sound like that app has the limitations you're talking about
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After further reading it does sound like that app has the limitations you're talking about
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Thanks for the suggestion though!
FYI I just emailed the developer of easysign just to see. I'll let you guys know if anything turns out.
Thanks for the suggestion
Ye I contacted most of the developers for these apps like pdf expert, what I use on the I pad for signing PDF and filling out forms, but they and most developers said that they do not have any plans for developing for android. Their excuse is that they believe in quality and not quantity, but I respond by saying that you can still make a quality app for android, but still no use. Some did say though that if they do expand then the android market will be next.
Android does lack in business apps and I will gladly pay money for those apps. That is why I am returning my xoom (what a shame) because I need one for business, the same reason why you need one for yours, and going back to my ipad where I use quicksale for invoices and pdf expert for filling out forms and signing business contracts.
If any developer reads this thread just know that I will gladly pay $20 for an app that can satisfy this need as well as a seperate twenty for invoices. The ipad apps that I use are very nice, easy to use, and well developed. So for business I would get the ipad than the xoom. And for those who say there is an invoice app for the xoom, I have tried them all, and paid, and they SUCK.
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Although you can't edit repligo reader does let you annotate and even add handwriting onto a pdf. Documents to go is okay for editing word docs but yet to find anything that lets you save as pdf. So no perfect solution but a few apps as mentioned are close. Its odd there are so many apps that let you take a photo and convert to pdf but nothing for documents, wonder if its an adobe licensing issue? I know acrobat pro for windows is pricey but I use it all the time at work particularly to distribute visio and ms project docs.
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I am a wedding and portrait photographer and am trying to integrate my Xoom into my business. What I would love to see is an app that allows me to import my contracts in pages or ms word format, edit them on the tablet, have my customers review the contract and sign it on the tablet, then export the file as a pdf and email a copy to the client. Anyone got any ideas, or is this just wishful thinking. I have not seen an app for android or iOS that can handle this. Im obviously not a developer, but it seems like there would be a huge market for this, and as a laymen it seems like it should be fairly easy to accomplish.
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I haven't found anything yet to satisfy this requirement so I'm asking for re-inforcement here. My requirements are:
1) Install a client on my kids PC that will be password protected so that it can't be uninstalled and which will allow the following:
2) Allow administration tool both on PC and Android device to remotely view the state of the PC (ON/OFF) and what it currently does (specific website visited, application being used, etc.) as well as to remotely shutdown and view screenshot.
3) I want this to be accessible not only from LAN (like netsupport) but also from Internet via 3G.
So far, I haven't found anything to satisfy this requirement. If anyone knows of any tool to do this well, it's more that welcome to recommend.
Why not just setup a keylogger and have the logs sent directly to your phone's email, granted it won't give you the access you want but everything will be visible.
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Why not just setup a keylogger and have the logs sent directly to your phone's email, granted it won't give you the access you want but everything will be visible.
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Thanks.
I don'r need that kind of control. I only need to know if the PC is ON and be able to swtch it OFF remotely when I want and just know what my son is doing at that time. i.e. playing games, watching youtube videos, etc.
I have used similar tools but none of them can provide all the requirements in one tool.
I have used OpenDNS and Norton Family online to control his hours and allowed sites to visit but I can't do the rest. I believe there must be an application like that because what I ask is simple and there are more complex tools available already.
So TeamViewer is what you need.
alternatively you could stop playing stalin to your kids
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So TeamViewer is what you need.
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nope, teamviewer is a remote desktop control application. Nothing similar to what I am looking for.
I'm looking something like netsupport but simpler.
frozenblade said:
alternatively you could stop playing stalin to your kids
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+1 had the same thought reading this thread.
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+1 had the same thought reading this thread.
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How old are you? do you have kids? I bet not otherwise you wouldn't think like that. When you do have kids you'll want to control the time they spent on the computer as well as the sites they visit and it's not a metter of playing Stalin or the diictator. It's a matter of manipulating their habbits and discipline.
However, that's another story and everyone can have their opinion so let's not discuss this here because it will be a non-ending story of social nature and other people here are not interested.
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How old are you? do you have kids? I bet not otherwise you wouldn't think like that. When you do have kids you'll want to control the time they spent on the computer as well as the sites they visit and it's not a metter of playing Stalin or the diictator. It's a matter of manipulating their habbits and discipline.
However, that's another story and everyone can have their opinion so let's not discuss this here because it will be a non-ending story of social nature and other people here are not interested.
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Sorry i didnt mean any offence, im sure your a great parent, it just comes across a tad OTT. (not that thats a bad thing) anyway back on topic, i think you may need a small laptop or netbook to fullfill your requirements, as i havent see an android application that can do what you want
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Hi andreasy. I have an 3 years old little girl and I know that one day I'll need a kind of control of this. I'm planning to have a small linux proxy on my home net to block sites by hour/user/blacklist etc... but, I'm a Net. Admin and it's a simple job (to me).
Maybe you are searching on wrong places. Or you want a not yet developed software.
I'll do a little research to see if i can find anything abou this.
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Sorry i didnt mean any offence, im sure your a great parent, it just comes across a tad OTT. (not that thats a bad thing) anyway back on topic, i think you may need a small laptop or netbook to fullfill your requirements, as i havent see an android application that can do what you want
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Don't worry my friend. I didn't take it as offense in the first place. Everybody can express their opinion and we just discuss here. Thanks.
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Hi andreasy. I have an 3 years old little girl and I know that one day I'll need a kind of control of this. I'm planning to have a small linux proxy on my home net to block sites by hour/user/blacklist etc... but, I'm a Net. Admin and it's a simple job (to me).
Maybe you are searching on wrong places. Or you want a not yet developed software.
I'll do a little research to see if i can find anything abou this.
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Well I am a systems engineer as well and I was also thinking the gateway thing, but then I decided that I don't want an extra device in my home for this. Anyway, I solved the parental (inapropriate content) issue with OpenDNS and Norton family (Try them, they are free) and I was also considering Child Control which I evaluated in the past and it's quite cheap to buy. Now my only issue is that my son abuses the time policy and finds ways to bypass Norton Family rules.
Anyway, I guess the truth is your second point. "not yet developed software."
Thanks anyway.
I'll live with some scripts I wrote then which I'll have to make better.
i guess this might help u http://softwareforme.com/?page_id=6
Hey guys -
I was wondering is there a bible app that does not use the internet. It is a WIFI only Xoom and my church does not have an open WIFI.
All the ones I have tried from the market are not formatted for the tablet, and also use an internet connection.
Thanks.
I use Bible by Youversion.
While you're on WiFi, just download the version you use to your XOOM so you can use it anywhere.
You could also use www.acrobible.com
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I use the NIV Bible from Tecarta. It works well on the tablet and has good navigation, but it crashes occasionally. The Bible from YouVersion is also good, as mentioned above, but the navigation is not as user friendly.
I use tecarta nasb. Works perfectly for me but it does cost money
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I use Bible by Youversion.
While you're on WiFi, just download the version you use to your XOOM so you can use it anywhere.
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You could also use www.acrobible.com
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I use the NIV Bible from Tecarta. It works well on the tablet and has good navigation, but it crashes occasionally. The Bible from YouVersion is also good, as mentioned above, but the navigation is not as user friendly.
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Thanks guys..
I have NewVersion I just need to download it directly for offline access. I never knew that.
I cannot log in though, for some reason it does not allow me to input any information for log in. It's just blank. Can some one confirm they are able to log into the software?
Olivetree has a program called Biblereader that is the Cadillac of Bible programs on mobile platforms. The program itself is free, but the various versions cost money. The versions are portable to other mobile platforms, and there are tons of additional resources that are supported in program. The current android version is one major revision behind iOS, but they are working on releasing a new one soon.
All in all, it is one of the best study tools out there on any platform. Check it out.
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Olivetree has a program called Biblereader that is the Cadillac of Bible programs on mobile platforms. The program itself is free, but the various versions cost money. The versions are portable to other mobile platforms, and there are tons of additional resources that are supported in program. The current android version is one major revision behind iOS, but they are working on releasing a new one soon.
All in all, it is one of the best study tools out there on any platform. Check it out.
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Will do, I am running into issues with YouVersion.
I use the Barnes & Noble Nook app, and you can get any version of the bible, (N.I.V., King James. Etc...) for about a buck. Has chapters, works off-line, can highlight, annotate, bookmark, lookup words) even does the little page flip like on the iPad, love it.
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A little off topic
I've been trying to get the people at globible.com to add the android tablet platform. Very cool Bible app and the more people requesting it the more likely they will push development.
I am not a huge Olive Tree fan but it if probably the best offline Bible. I read that they recently updated the reader so I should give it another try. I have in my Kindle app, too, but find the YouVersion app has the best search feature.
I love youVersions bible. Tons of translations. I bounce around KJV and NIV during study, sometimes KJV is a little over my head.
If you go into the list of translations there is a green button on the right to download to the device locally.
I attend a pretty old fashioned baptist church, and get some pretty interesting looks from the older folks when I break out the tab
Glad to see so many other Christians on here as well, it's exciting.
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I got a little excited and didn't read the whole thread. But I saw one or two people say something about youVersion and logging in.
Even though it doesn't show your email or passwords in the field, they are in fact being input. Just be careful and you should be able to login without issue. It took me 2 or 3 tries to get the UN and PW right.
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I love youVersions bible. Tons of translations. I bounce around KJV and NIV during study, sometimes KJV is a little over my head.
If you go into the list of translations there is a green button on the right to download to the device locally.
I attend a pretty old fashioned baptist church, and get some pretty interesting looks from the older folks when I break out the tab
Glad to see so many other Christians on here as well, it's exciting.
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I got a little excited and didn't read the whole thread. But I saw one or two people say something about youVersion and logging in.
Even though it doesn't show your email or passwords in the field, they are in fact being input. Just be careful and you should be able to login without issue. It took me 2 or 3 tries to get the UN and PW right.
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Yeah after playing around I finally got un and pw to work correctly.. :-D
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I'm working on a Honeycomb optimized bible and note taking app and I could use testers and people to bounce ideas off of.
I love youversion on my phone, but I can't stand it on my tablet. So I figured this would be a cool way to learn a bit about Fragments and just expand my knowledge in general.
Thread is here. I'd love any feedback.
I checked it out!
Thanks!
"ESV Bible" (free) and "LiveBible" (also free) support offline viewing. While offline is the default for ESV, you will need to download the texts for LiveBible first.
Odd question but does anyone know how to trick the nook into thinking it is in a Barnes and Noble. I'm not quite sure how the instore wifi is set up but if I could reproduce it at home then I could use the read instore to try out books with out leaving the house. Any ideas?
No, you can't. You have to be connected to their router.
BTW, your other post said you work for B&N. Why are you asking us?
Wow I think I only made one post before and you bring up something I don't remember saying from what would have been 8 or 9 months ago. At any rate I never had access to the router. I wasn't IT(not to mention ATT handles that.) At any rate it still seems like one could mimic the settings of the B&N Store access point so that the nook would think that it was in a store.
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Wow I think I only made one post before and you bring up something I don't remember saying from what would have been 8 or 9 months ago. At any rate I never had access to the router. I wasn't IT(not to mention ATT handles that.) At any rate it still seems like one could mimic the settings of the B&N Store access point so that the nook would think that it was in a store.
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The settings are in the router, not the Nook. The store has software tracking who is logged in and for how long.
Yes of of course the settings are in the "router." Well most of them. The nook itself is programmed to respond a certain way to those settings or configuration. The trick is to find out what the settings are so that I can reproduce them which is the whole point of me asking the bleeding question. You keep saying the same thing which is so obvious that it shouldn't even be mentioned!
The router is running special software that you need to access b and n's database. If your router doesn't have it then it won't work. Without the router logged into the database you can do all the tricks you want but your never getting access. Also all the books might be stored on a local intranet which is very difficult to access
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The book is the same as the books I buy, same key and everything except it has a time limit built in which locks it after a hour. The nook is programmed to purge certain files after about an hour though. As far as special "software" I will have to look into it. What brand hardware they are using, Mac address, SSID(which it appears they don't broadcast,) etc. It doesn't seem like "software" is the answer and there is no local DB onsite. LATER!
Most likely, when the Nook sees it's on the B&N wifi network, it authenticates itself to a server behind a B&N firewall that's only accessible from the B&N store network. You can't get to that server from the internet, so "tricking" your Nook by setting up your home wifi to use the B&N SSID won't do anything. It'll try to authenticate to the server, fail, and you won't get the access you're trying to obtain.
already thought of that. was going to dig through some of the files on the nook to force the "switch" to be turned on for instore but then relised that i don't really care that much. was an interesting idea...
You keep saying the same thing which is so obvious that it shouldn't even be mentioned!
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And yet everyone else has said the same thing which is "You can't do it", but maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that........
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was going to dig through some of the files on the nook to force the "switch" to be turned on for instore but then relised that i don't really care that much.
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I still don't think you're getting it. It doesn't matter what your Nook thinks. The B&N servers won't give you free books for an hour if you're not authenticated through their wifi network. The only way to get the free books is for your Nook to exchange credentials with those servers, and you can't access those servers from outside the B&N network.
You can tell a bouncer at an exclusive party that you're an important famous guy, but if your name isn't on the guest list, he's not going to let you in. Your Nook doesn't control the guest list, B&N's servers do.
I think he gets it now.....
No, everyone is not saying the same thing as you. It's just you. So far all you are doing is NOT getting how things work behind the scenes and yet still fell the need to say something(anything) so that you feel like you contributed to the conversation. Well guess what you did. It just wasn't helpful.
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First of all you can take your sanctimonious attitude and shove it. Where do you get off... Secondly, THERE IS NO bouncer! There is No VIP room! There is NO flippin' guest list. Your analogy makes absolutely no sense! What the nook can see is dependent on several things but things can always be spoofed, changed or otherwise circumvented. As for the "B&N servers," it's the same server for everyone. It doesn't have special areas for people who happen to be instore. I would explain further how the B&N site(and yes it's just a part of bn.com) but really what's the point. You won't get it. Now if there is someone here that works for barnes and noble IT, someone who knows the ins-and-outs of how the nook downloads books, gains access to the instore content and so on please fell free to educate "Skunkeye." If you don't work for B&N in some sort of website/IT/tech side of the things then please don't post. This conversation doesn't really need to limp on without and reasonable answer or ideas.
And thirdly, I asked a simple question to which the answer wasn't really that important to me in the first place. I expected the question to be ignored but I didn't expect this kind of attitude for no reason. It doesn't matter The answer to the question that I posed really doesn't matter but if you dare talk to me like that again "I will hunt you down and hobble both your legs right above the knees."
See ya, I'm bored now.
Dude, its not going to happen unless you talk tot the guy who set up the system and get him to tell you to exactly how it works. No one here has that information.
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if you dare talk to me like that again
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You might want to review the thread and see who the one with the bad attitude is. You were an asshole from the beginning. Grow up, kid.
I'd like to stop by and mention that this thread has been immensely entertaining to read. Thanks, vicshot
I'm suprised no one has mentioned it but what he wants to do is theft. Even if the books are only trials, he's still stealing them, not to mention the proprietary systems he would have to have to get the books.
Bet he's a real devil with the ladies.
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I'm suprised no one has mentioned it but what he wants to do is theft. Even if the books are only trials, he's still stealing them, not to mention the proprietary systems he would have to have to get the books.
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Someone probably would have mentioned it earlier if they thought there was a chance he'd succeed.
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I'd like to stop by and mention that this thread has been immensely entertaining to read. Thanks, vicshot
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Yes, it has indeed.