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  "title": "Stupid enough to buy an \"eBook\"",
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  "html": "<p>Is it just me, or is it pretty damn ironic that <i><a href=\"http://www.ebooks.com/items/item-display.asp?IID=19861\">Mac OS X: The Complete Reference</a></i> is available in <a href=\"http://www.adobe.com/products/ebookreader/main.html\">Acrobat eBook Reader</a> format, yet the <a href=\"http://www.adobe.com/products/ebookreader/main.html\">Acrobat eBook Reader</a> is not available for <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MacOSX\">MacOSX</a>?</p>\n<p>Yes, I'm bitter.  And stupid.  While I didn't buy the <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MacOSX\">MacOSX</a> reference, I <em>did</em> buy a book in eBook Reader format.  Dumb, dumb, dumb.  Can't read it now.  Bastards.  And no returns on eBooks.  Crooks!  Mental note:  Next time remember to buy books whose only compatibilty requirements are sight and literacy.  Unless I decide to learn braille or go for audio books, that is.</p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p>shortname=ooocee</p>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221086626\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://john.beimler.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f98a68ea1956d35ad586bab4055f457a&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://john.beimler.org/\">John Beimler</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221086626\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2002-12-16T11:44:17\">2002-12-16T11:44:17</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\">Not to encourage copyright violations, but this seems to be a fair use of ElcomSoft's Advanced Ebook processor.  If you can find a PC to run *that* on, you can create a PDF to read on your Mac.</div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "Is it just me, or is it pretty damn ironic that <i><a href=\"http://www.ebooks.com/items/item-display.asp?IID=19861\">Mac OS X: The Complete Reference</a></i> is available in <a href=\"http://www.adobe.com/products/ebookreader/main.html\">Acrobat eBook Reader</a> format, yet the <a href=\"http://www.adobe.com/products/ebookreader/main.html\">Acrobat eBook Reader</a> is not available for <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MacOSX\">MacOSX</a>?\r\n<br /><br />\r\nYes, I'm bitter.  And stupid.  While I didn't buy the <a href=\"http://www.decafbad.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MacOSX\">MacOSX</a> reference, I <em>did</em> buy a book in eBook Reader format.  Dumb, dumb, dumb.  Can't read it now.  Bastards.  And no returns on eBooks.  Crooks!  Mental note:  Next time remember to buy books whose only compatibilty requirements are sight and literacy.  Unless I decide to learn braille or go for audio books, that is.\r\n<!--more-->\r\nshortname=ooocee\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221086626\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://john.beimler.org/\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=f98a68ea1956d35ad586bab4055f457a&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://john.beimler.org/\">John Beimler</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221086626\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2002-12-16T11:44:17\">2002-12-16T11:44:17</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\">Not to encourage copyright violations, but this seems to be a fair use of ElcomSoft's Advanced Ebook processor.  If you can find a PC to run *that* on, you can create a PDF to read on your Mac.</div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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  "summary": "Is it just me, or is it pretty damn ironic that Mac OS X: The Complete Reference is available in Acrobat eBook Reader format, yet the Acrobat eBook Reader is not available for MacOSX?\nYes, I'm bitter.  And stupid.  While I didn't buy the MacOSX reference, I did buy a book in eBook Reader format.  Dumb, dumb, dumb.  Can't read it now.  Bastards.  And no returns on eBooks.  Crooks!  Mental note:  Next time remember to buy books whose only compatibilty requirements are sight and literacy.  Unless I decide to learn braille or go for audio books, that is.",
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