Kindle question: Mom has one, but no computer worth speaking of. I don't have one, but do have computers. I have the details to her account online. Can I send her kindle things from Project Guttenberg/plain text types of things with no cost to her? Or can that only be done by connecting the kindle to a computer locally? Trying to be a good son, remotely.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
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omnis_audis - Feb 24, 2010 6:51:40 pm PST #13047 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
le nubian - Feb 24, 2010 7:23:00 pm PST #13048 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
No. If you use her kindle address that goes over the air, it is something like .10 a MB. Cheap, but not free.
If you use her kindle free email address, it is free, but you have to connect it to a computer to download the information.
omnis_audis - Feb 24, 2010 8:05:23 pm PST #13049 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
thanks for the info le nubian. I was hoping there was a way I could give her stuff remotely. It looks like it would charge her credit card, and she doesn't make enough. Although, Alice In Wonderland from Project Gutenberg plain text is only 163 kb, so that would still be cheaper than buying a new book.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 25, 2010 2:46:36 am PST #13050 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
She should be able to go to project gutenberg on the kindle and download it directly onto the kindle.
From here: [link]
Download eBooks directly to your device over the Internet. If your device is Internet-enabled, just visit the catalog page for a book, and download one of the formats your device can display. Here is a sample catalog page: www.gutenberg.org/etext/11. Use the author/title search boxes on every page at www.gutenberg.org to find eBooks you are interested in.
The only confusing part is that the connection to go online is under a really weird thing on the menu (sorry, I do not have the kindle with me, but I remember it being a pain)
She can also get free books directly from Amazon-- I have been known just to sort by lowest price first, and you will find a whole bunch of books for "$.00".
le nubian - Feb 25, 2010 3:59:45 am PST #13051 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
omnis, you could give her an amazon gift card and if she applied that to her acct, she wouldn't even notice that she was being charged.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 4:41:25 am PST #13052 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2010 11:31:50 am PST #13053 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have an external hard drive that was working fine this morning and now won't mount on the desktop. How hard should I be panicking right now, given that the drive in question contains an awful lot of un-backed-up really important material on it?
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 11:33:44 am PST #13054 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Have you tried it on another computer and/or tried rebooting?
Does the drive spin up? If not, try jiggling it when you plug it in - that may be enough to get it spinning one more time.
Oh, can you try a different cable?
Jessica - Feb 25, 2010 11:35:00 am PST #13055 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've rebooted twice. The drive is *really* hot right now, so I'm going to let it cool down before I try swapping cables.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2010 11:37:57 am PST #13056 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The drive is *really* hot right now, so I'm going to let it cool down before I try swapping cables.
Huh. Hotter than normal? That might mead the drive motor is almost dead. Or dead.
Is it powered by USB? If it allows a separate power adapter, try that. (Some USB ports on computers aren't really powerful enough.)
If you get it going, try to get everything off it ASAP.
I thought I read something about putting a balky drive in the freezer to get it going - you might google that.