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  • maddla, on 01/29/2008, -81/+1934You could call it a Library!
    • Justice101, on 01/29/2008, -9/+413No, no, no. Everyone would pronounce it wrong and say Lie Berry. You'd be much better calling it Blockbooks; with no late fees...which would end up being a lie.
      • racer108, on 01/29/2008, -5/+44I think I'll visit the lie-berry to-morrey.
      • mooseofshadows, on 01/30/2008, -1/+28And then when there are late fees they would say, "Oh, your face is red like a strawbrerry!"
        • FortyCaliber, on 01/30/2008, -0/+11Dugg for Scrubs quote to which you beat me.
    • geekchic, on 01/29/2008, -14/+692Libraries are so 1990.

      In the hyperconnected web 2.0 world in which we live today, I would expect nothing less than an.... iBrary
      • Li0nel1234, on 01/29/2008, -47/+17Real books are for old people
        • sarixe, on 01/29/2008, -0/+67and young people too. isn't it wonderful?
        • bagboyrebel, on 01/29/2008, -2/+24Well I read that as sarcasm, but apparently nobody else did.
      • snoonoo, on 01/29/2008, -2/+52*****
        • NeoNightmareX, on 01/29/2008, -2/+34Source?
          • snoonoo, on 01/29/2008, -0/+19left bracket, insert ASCII headache-man here, right bracket
        • HunterSeeker42, on 01/29/2008, -3/+17What did you say about my mother?
      • Grumps, on 01/29/2008, -3/+34Steve Jobs wouldn't get into book business!
        • hmunkey, on 01/30/2008, -7/+3Nope, remember? He said people don't read books.
          • se1zure, on 01/30/2008, -3/+7but if you read it in context, he said/implied that there was no large market for an ebook reader.
      • beldark, on 01/29/2008, -1/+4Genius.
      • gak001, on 01/29/2008, -1/+15Making the Library sleeker by getting rid of that cumbersome "L." Steve Jobs would be proud.
      • HeLLFyRe490, on 01/30/2008, -2/+1*bah dum pish*
        You should get a copyright on that asap.
      • patthew, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3If we're really trying to be Web 2.0 here, there should be less vowels and more meaningless suffixes, like Libstr or something.
      • nitsmeister, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Does it contain the 'shuffle' option?
    • SpaceDreamer, on 01/29/2008, -6/+301ohoho! you get the joke!
      • juttman, on 01/29/2008, -17/+9good job bro, people should be ripping on maddla more than they are
    • fasda, on 01/29/2008, -4/+41How about a book depository.
      • BirdCatcher, on 01/29/2008, -1/+40How about a book suppository? ha!
      • badplacebo, on 01/30/2008, -0/+9Book depositories are for Presidential Assassins. So 1963!
      • jsleno, on 01/30/2008, -0/+12Not a good idea. Lee Harvey Oswald shot down that idea years ago!

        Ba-Dum-Pum!

        (What? Too soon?)
      • thunderbird, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Isn't that where they crowned the king of Cuba?
    • Kbennett, on 01/29/2008, -2/+32Not bad, but we need something we can market. "Library" just doesn't have enough oomph.
    • uziko, on 01/29/2008, -15/+103you deserve a slap in the face for ruining the joke
      • juttman, on 01/29/2008, -6/+4no doubt, what a dork
      • whoaohh, on 01/30/2008, -3/+18Ruined what joke? He was just giving a good name to call the book rental place.
    • manitoba98xp, on 01/29/2008, -2/+52No, it has to sound more technical and official. How about a "Central Bibliographic Resource Centre"?
      • KingGorilla, on 01/29/2008, -2/+22Un biblioteca?
        • Audacitor, on 01/30/2008, -6/+5No, we don't cater to that Spanish crap. You're in America, son, you speak English.
          /usgovernment
          • RexMaxus, on 01/30/2008, -6/+1I wish the US government felt that way, we don't have an official language.
        • tian2992, on 01/30/2008, -1/+5http://xkcd.com/84/

          Por cierto, es UNA biblioteca, no un...
        • niuus, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3"America" is whole continent. And many languages are talked in there, believe me. And as tian2992 already pointed, the correct way to write it is "unA biblioteca"
      • Akaji, on 01/30/2008, -0/+4Only if we can abbreviate it to "NAMBLA".
    • FMRYP, on 01/29/2008, -10/+2Grocery stores are Food Libraries, there are no books in there! just magazines!!
      • ghetek, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4ew, you return food to the Grocery Repository?
      • Gryphon09, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3Dugg for Metalocalypse reference?
        "No you douchebags! It's the grocery store!"
    • rudy23, on 01/29/2008, -16/+17bookflix. netbooks. ebooks. rentabook. bookbook ok now I am going insane
    • hydrex7, on 01/29/2008, -2/+51No so fast everyone - the idea has merit. The downside of libraries is you have to wait for months to get the most popular releases, and then you have to return them in a week. If there were a Netflix for books, lots of people would be willing to pay a few dollars a month to get the top new books and keep them as long as they want. That's why there's a market for Netflix even though libraries carry DVD's. The same reasons apply.
      • geodescent, on 01/29/2008, -6/+16Plus what about the cooties you get from the bums that hang out in the library? You know damn well those books have aids on them.
      • techmonk, on 01/29/2008, -4/+15Yea...but how excited are you about reading a new release as you are about watching a new movie? Books take time to grow and become classics....unless you know...its Harry ***** Potter....but you get my point.
        • qwickone, on 01/29/2008, -1/+6you have heard that books on the bestseller lists can sell millions of copies in the first couple weeks it comes out, right? I read 2-3 books per month and I would be willing to pay for a service like this. AND I do get excited about reading some new release books. I'm sure this wouldnt have the popularity of Netflix, but I know there's a market for it.
          • bagboyrebel, on 01/29/2008, -0/+12"you have heard that books on the bestseller lists can sell millions of copies in the first couple weeks it comes out, right?"
            isn't that how they get on the bestseller list in the first place?
          • lewscroo, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1But the only reason Netflix makes money is due to the fact that it costs so little to send dvd's through the mail using their own mailer envelopes. No way the ROI is going to work on a Netflix for Books mail service.
          • mrjhmm, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1USPS has a lower rate for mailing books.
        • adooga, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2Yes I get your point. You're not into books.
        • HueytheFreeman, on 01/30/2008, -0/+8I don't remember "Harry ***** Potter." This sounds like an interesting read. Any links?
          • RexMaxus, on 01/30/2008, -0/+5Note to self:

            Don't click on any links listed in this sub-thread.
      • Smuikas, on 01/29/2008, -1/+6Tack on a suggested reading list like netflix or similar, and it'd be GOLD. I'd sign up in a heartbeat.
      • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 01/29/2008, -1/+4The problem is books weigh a lot, and can't be read as quickly as a movie can be watched. Ebooks are so much better.
        • Akaji, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3Reading a 'book' on electronic media isn't nearly as enjoyable as reading an actual book. There's just something about having the actual pages in your hand, the lack of harsh lighting (as a display emits), and the ability to get into just about any comfortable position that makes book reading that much more enjoyable.
          • Memitim, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3That's why I wish I could get a lightweight, comfortable head-mounted unit that I could easily display e-books on, as maintaining a comfortable position for prolonged periods is often difficult while having to hold a book open or a handheld reader up. Actually, throwing a quick segue to the other recent story about electronic contacts, contact lenses with the ability to display text at any resolution with any background would be perfect. I could read while lounging in the pool, laying in bed, or running on a treadmill all without soaking, crumpling, or sweating on my reading material. Of course there would be ***** who would be reading while driving, walking, or performing other activities that would inevitably lead to collisions with other people, but those morons are already finding creative ways to ***** up other peoples' days anyhow, often by reading via existing mechanisms such as books, laptops, and cell phones.
          • ageeksgirl08, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Akaji, I agree wholeheartedly.
        • mrjhmm, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Audiobooks are great. You can listen to them on your iPod. I like to listen to them while hiking.
      • dpdawson, on 01/29/2008, -2/+3Books are heavy. End of conversation.
        • Audacitor, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2Ya, but some of 'em make up for it. Ever cracked open a biology textbook? Talk about some awesome pictures...
        • dpdawson, on 01/30/2008, -0/+0My point was that a Netflix for books wouldn't work. They would have to charge a lot of money per month just to cover postage.
      • ProfBagelwood, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3Or you could just make the libraries better.
      • b33charmer, on 01/30/2008, -1/+0I am sure shipping costs to send the books to and from the home would be a bitch for the company.
    • chris9902, on 01/29/2008, -0/+36*golf clap*
    • houndeyex, on 01/29/2008, -1/+511. Donate books to Library
      2. ???
      3. No profit

      There you go. In almost traditional style (without the 4th), just like everyone hates it.
      • jon30041, on 01/29/2008, -0/+8Tax refund receipt?
      • BrettTheUser, on 01/29/2008, -5/+31. Donate books to Library
        2. Get tax deduction
        3. ???
        4. No profit
      • warren8, on 01/30/2008, -0/+81. Go to digg
        2. Make stupid list that was only funny on South Park
        3. ???
        4. Profit
        • FortyCaliber, on 01/30/2008, -3/+2I think the south park list referenced underpants and gnomes or some such.
          These lists are totally different.
    • cbdgr, on 01/29/2008, -0/+32As I just started college this week, I can relate. Only problem with that is libraries don't have school books. Then theres the fact that they change the edition every ***** semester so you cant use used books. Change a few page numbers here and there, cut down a forest, and were good to go.
      • funkyjunk3, on 01/29/2008, -1/+5I want your opinion on this - what do you think of college textbooks on CD? They're a hell of a lot less expensive and less weight than normal paper bricks. It requires a laptop, but you can get a good lowcost laptop for a semester's cost of books now a days.
        You can even get a lowend tablet PC for ~$500: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 ...

        My point is, digital textbooks are the way to go. I can imagine a future of e-ink tablets preloaded with all the texts,images, graphs etc you would need for the semester in a easy to read, lightweight setup. Not only would it save our backs, our pocketbooks, but it would save the countless millions of trees cut for textbooks yearly.
        • NoStoppingUs, on 01/29/2008, -3/+1I WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO PUT IN MY BACKPACK.

          SO NO.
          • Joshuarr, on 01/30/2008, -2/+2Duh, it's called marijuannna, mmmkay?
        • Whaines, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2How about everyone gets a kindle with inexpensive textbook downloads to last their entire college career? High cost up front, but after that suppose ~50 dollars a term for books? Win! Kindle would pay for itself in a year.
        • MadEnvoy, on 01/30/2008, -0/+4Won't happen. Colleges make a ***** off of selling you those books. Each year the cost goes up. The small tech college in my town has a 46% markup on each book. That's this year.
        • stormado, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2I wish that would happen. The cost for producing the CD or maintaining a server to download books from is relatively small, but you would still have the middle men who would want to claim their share. And they might try to cripple it with some form of DRM which would give rise to torrented books and the book equivalent of the RIAA.
      • xyqxyq, on 01/29/2008, -0/+10Use the old edition anyway. At worst you'll have to skip a few pages and look for different titles.
      • warriorscot, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1The content rarely changes over editions you get things reorganized and small additions or things removed but unless you have a really old edition it doesn't matter, you can use used books just fine you get recommended the latest because its the latest and its the one on the shops it doesn't mean you have to use the exact version.

        And libraries do have what you would call school books, you just need to know where to look if its expensive it will be in the reference section otherwise just don't look in the fiction section. Also most universities have allot of textbooks for loan and reference unless you go to a particularly poor uni/college you should always be able to find the textbook you need in the libraries. I don't even need some of the books I have a couple I can count on one hand I have opened and usually only because when I study I like the feel of paper you keep them at home for reference I know guys that got till 3rd year without buying a textbook.
      • Jade10145, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2Heres another fun little tid bit...The book store doesn't release books lists until just before the class starts for the semester, that way you have less time to find them before. Always e-mail profs about the books..***** higher education is supposed to stand for something superior, turns out that their greedy ***** assholes like most corporations. Yes I know that it is the book makers who set prices, but believe me that the schools are in on it..
      • Audacitor, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2Textbooks these days suck. They take a good clean mathematical concept, for example, and convolute it with "real world examples", "calculator tips" and "computer projects". I've seen what textbooks used to be like, and they were in black ink and white paper, and went straight to the point.
      • memooney, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1There is a website that does just that. I don't know what it is, but it does exist. You rent text books for the semester. My friend uses it for all her books.
        • EvilFerret, on 01/31/2008, -0/+1A lot of colleges these days require the students to have a laptop. At the very least they're all going to require you to use a computer.
    • schlij, on 01/29/2008, -2/+12If this were slashdot you'd get a great big mod of redundant.
    • overtoke, on 01/29/2008, -13/+3They are talking about SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS, morons.
      • Rheic, on 01/29/2008, -1/+8You can get textbooks from libraries. You should check it out some time.
      • bbardlbradd, on 01/29/2008, -1/+3No, really you can't. College Text books are hard to find if not impossible in a Public Library. For that, there's Amazon. I just bought a $120 COBOL Programming book for $0.38 (plus about $4 S&H).

        It would be an utter waste for a Public Library to keep up on College textbooks because there's practically a new version every year... and with the cost of each book being around or over $100 a piece, they'd never get their money back (our tax money).
        • Rheic, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Yeah I didn't mean they have every textbook, just that they have textbooks.
          • bbardlbradd, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Well, yeah, it's a Library, of course they'll manage textbooks... That's what a Library does. I know that some editions are almost identical to one another, but some are completely different... How are you supposed to know how different until you're being told to study something after getting the wrong book and not being able to find anything on it? I usually get by with common sense and wikipedia, though they don't want you do use Wikipedia, and I kind of know why.

            http://digg.com/general_sciences/Wiki_Squirrels_ar ...
        • warriorscot, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3They material in the textbooks doesn't change with edition very often, libraries won't always stock the latest edition but they will have a edition which is normally all you need. And you would not use a public library anyway if you were studying you would use the institution library most of the time which will have the textbook.

          You buy the books because you either need them all the time or you plan on using them for a very long time.
          • bbardlbradd, on 01/30/2008, -1/+1"They material in text books doesn't change with every edition very often"

            orly? You don't need new editions in computer studies? I'm not talking about philosophy or math... I know you can find those books anywhere...

            btw, try finding some newer editions of books on syntax and semantics (and read them to improve your grammar).
        • PAStheLoD, on 02/01/2008, -0/+1Hmm.. what about Collage Libraries? :0
          Our universities have, and even my department has a library (well, making available CompSci textbooks to the public is just makes no real sense I think .. plus there's Wikipedia :P)
    • LongShlong, on 01/29/2008, -2/+1What happened to good ol' Book Depository?
      • jsleno, on 01/30/2008, -3/+1Not a good idea. Lee Harvey Oswald shot down that idea years ago!

        Ba-Dum-Pum!

        (What? Too soon?)
    • banido, on 01/29/2008, -21/+14bury me !
    • plingboot, on 01/29/2008, -1/+10Just as long as you charge people for those book rentals!
      You wouldn't want any of those evil free socialist libraries like they have in the UK.
    • dwoloz, on 01/29/2008, -1/+10You were one of those kids people had to explain the joke to weren't you
    • ChromeWalnut, on 01/29/2008, -6/+9the fact that this comment has been dugg 410 times absolutely baffles me..
      • LookARhino, on 01/30/2008, -6/+2I dugg it once I read this comment!
        ps. my balls itch
    • LoveWidescreen, on 01/29/2008, -1/+5Good. Maybe while he's at the library he could learn that "ALOT" IS NOT A WORD (unless he's talking about the small town in India called "Alot")!
    • NoStoppingUs, on 01/29/2008, -0/+39today, i went to mcdonalds and bought a double cheeseburger meal.

      and they gave me an extra double cheesburger.

      so i ate it.
      • HueytheFreeman, on 01/30/2008, -0/+20This is a good story.
        I like it.
        Please tell me another.
        • Gryphon09, on 01/30/2008, -0/+12Make sure
          its in
          this format.
        • skyfire1, on 01/30/2008, -1/+1My name is Kevin Jones and I'm a alcoholic.
          It all started last year at the New Years party.
          A pretty girl asked me if I wanted to dance and being shy,
          I said maybe in a few minutes.
          I ran into the bathroom, crying and vomiting and I decided that I would never be shy again.
          I ran into the stall and downed a bottle of Jack Daniels.
          Please note that this was the first time I ever drank alcohol.
          I felt... good.
          Everything was kind of blurry but for the first time I felt like I wasn't afraid of anything.
          I took her up on her offer and that night we made love, I think.
          Every day for a year after that I've been drinking 1 cup of alcohol a day.
          My GF left me because I gained 50 pounds and I hit on her brother.
      • FatLoser, on 01/30/2008, -1/+1i thought you were dead
    • fuzzynyanko, on 01/30/2008, -3/+1Actually, some books might not be in many public libraries
      • jodan132008, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1yea if you a pervert....and even some of those books are in htere.
        • leopardflames, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Just because the books aren't in the library shouldn't mean someone is a pervert. that's a very closeminded way to veiw that comment. there are many books that aren't in most libraries, and that's why there are these nifty things called book stores! and if you look hard enough, there are used book store too!
      • mrjhmm, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Most libraries have a request form if you want a book that they don't have.
    • peteboy1, on 01/30/2008, -1/+2Wow. We are so connected to the digital world we forgot Barnes & Nobles lets you sit and read their books for free.
    • MetalliTooL, on 01/30/2008, -2/+3Why is this guy's comment getting upvoted? I thought the tradition was to downvote "captain obvious"-type comments...
    • Beowulf2112, on 01/30/2008, -1/+0Yes but Libraries are free... unless you dont bring the book back, so with a book rental service we could make money. See where Im going?
    • inverselogic, on 01/30/2008, -1/+2What do you call a country with public libraries but not public health care?....
    • Commodore84, on 01/30/2008, -1/+3There is such a thing. http://www.paperspine.com

      I submitted it to Digg, but alas, was denied popular status.

      http://www.digg.com/arts_culture/Paperspine_Rent_B ...
    • playaj20008, on 01/30/2008, -3/+1Wow. I've never seen a comment get over 1000 diggs. Congrats.
    • cutlerite, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1I think Boise Idaho's Library will sum up the answer, see Picture: http://flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/2233140 ...
    • evanfrey, on 01/30/2008, -1/+2Lets all hear it for captain obvious
    • TheUberDork, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1I was just thinking that... "uh a library?" there's also those new fan-dangled book readers from amazon and such.
    • foxxtrot23, on 06/08/2008, -0/+0ಠ_ಠ
  • Himself, on 01/29/2008, -98/+5Not very novel, pun or otherwise: http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=book+r ...
    • Picaroon, on 01/29/2008, -0/+30If I missed the joke this badly, I'd be read all over with embarassment

      Now, scrub your eyes to try to get that nasty pun out
    • Miche1987, on 01/29/2008, -0/+9Thanks, Himself! I needed a good laugh today. :)
    • bagboyrebel, on 01/29/2008, -1/+11YOU MEAN THEY ALREADY DID IT!!!
    • djepik, on 01/30/2008, -0/+7Oh God, really???
  • ipodwheels, on 01/29/2008, -170/+9That's why ebooks were invented. At least this kid proved she was not a nerd. Just plain ol dumb.
    • timlopez, on 01/29/2008, -1/+106You're almost there.... keep thinking....
    • Antitheft, on 01/29/2008, -1/+63You must be kind of embarrassed.
    • Godlike, on 01/29/2008, -3/+48Wow are there really two of them? I think I might have just lost hope forever.
    • legendxx, on 01/30/2008, -1/+7I want a reply from you on explaining how you could have possibly been so off the mark.
    • DeadlyAlpaca, on 01/30/2008, -1/+10I want to believe this was actually a hilarious joke.

      Oh God let it be a joke.
    • keeganspeck, on 01/30/2008, -1/+13Facepalm.
    • Battousai778, on 01/30/2008, -1/+5you fail almost as much as she did
    • rigorious, on 01/30/2008, -1/+1yeah they should put out all books on torrents and pay writers per snatches instead.
  • Tinu, on 01/29/2008, -10/+168Wow.
    • Komgol, on 01/29/2008, -18/+7Are you exclaiming (Wow!), or explaining the cause of our generation's depravity? (WoW)
    • Ecanem, on 01/29/2008, -10/+1Nah, he is talking about World of Warcraft.
    • batv0r, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Yeah, that's about all that can be said.
    • Hixz, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3It was actually taken out of context, he was talking about a Textbook rental place for college students. Would actually be a good idea. However taken out of context, it is pretty ridiculous.
    • r3negadeX, on 08/11/2008, -2/+1You know what would be even funnier? A screenshot of a chatroom with MrBabyMan whining about how unfair digg is and starting a "revolt". Comedic gold!
    • aoneal417, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1wow, and when i thought that hearing Romney call Asia a country earlier in his speech after the Florida primary was the most ridiculously brain-smashing-against-the-desk thing that i've heard in a while, I go and read this
    • Commodore84, on 01/30/2008, -1/+2A service exactly like this exists: http://www.paperspine.com

      I submitted it to Digg a while ago: http://www.digg.com/arts_culture/Paperspine_Rent_B ...
    • passedoutghost, on 01/30/2008, -0/+0wtf
    • lbmouse, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Wow is right! Evidence of our tax dollars at work. After seeing this, I for one would like to see the public school system dismantled.
  • 97thfloor, on 01/29/2008, -4/+445I never come up with the good ideas :(
  • hadiz, on 01/29/2008, -51/+7Do you have to include (Pic!!) or (pics inside!!) or (uber funny pics included for your enjoyment!!!)? My skills of deduction tell me that since this is in the PICTURES section, it is indeed a "pic."
    • mydigga, on 01/29/2008, -1/+23Unless of course you are using an RSS feed...
      • Godlike, on 01/29/2008, -0/+8Or the Digg iGoogle module... or looking at the "all" page...
    • soil, on 01/29/2008, -0/+9Maybe it's just me, but I hardly ever (Yes on the RSS) look at the category. I look at the headline and make my choice. To click or not to click.
    • Komgol, on 01/29/2008, -0/+11No, he didn't have to, he just did it to piss you off.
    • MrThirsty, on 01/30/2008, -1/+2/fail
  • maxyRO, on 01/29/2008, -20/+3You could do that with clothes or videos too!
    • rudy23, on 01/29/2008, -0/+18whats next. condoms?
    • racer108, on 01/29/2008, -0/+15You can rent clothes?
    • Komgol, on 01/29/2008, -1/+8Either this is over your head, or you actually rent your clothes. I'm not sure which is more frightening.
      • Dochtuir, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4Never rent a suit or a tux?
      • TomFrost, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4How many guys at your prom bought their tuxedos?
    • synyster, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1good idea, now the possibilities are endless, you can expand the business to renting girls, oh wait that is call prostitution :)
  • JPBimmer, on 01/29/2008, -5/+12It's a shame that Ric Romero is too busy covering all his internet stories... He'd be all over this.
  • kgool, on 01/29/2008, -6/+317What a great idea! Steve Jobs will never believe it could work, but I am sure it would be a winner. As long as the "book rental stores" are staffed by girls with their hair up and glasses, but are secretly hot underneath, I see potential.
    • rudy23, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3yes they will be. only that the service is online
    • Phyltre, on 01/29/2008, -0/+30There's no underneath. Girls with their hair up and wearing glasses ARE HOT. ...well, some of them.
      • FatLoser, on 01/30/2008, -0/+0Some of them are not. Some of them are. Not all of them are hot but I've seen a few that are... but I've also seen a few that aren't hot. Most are somewhere between the two extremes I guess, probably what you could call "average" if you had to stick a word on it. But some are definitely hot.
        • kcdstudios, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2whoa, you definitely defined that. I wasn't really sure how to describe it, but just had such great wording and imagery.
        • shakbhaji, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3The Club of Redundancy Club is inviting you to join the Club of Redundancy Club by send an invitation to you so that you may join the Club of Redundancy Club!
    • frazier428, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2and it's free.
    • elizabethb221, on 01/30/2008, -1/+9I'm a cute girl that works at a library!

      I win!
      • hysterix, on 01/30/2008, -0/+11There are no girls on the internet.

        You lose, good day sir!
      • kgool, on 01/31/2008, -0/+1Yes you do , elizabethb. Yes, you do.
  • allaboutdatiki, on 01/29/2008, -3/+139That Darn Dewey and his Decimal System ...
    • shovelihave, on 01/29/2008, -5/+0Don't you know the DEWET DECMAL SYSTEM!
      • FatLoser, on 01/30/2008, -4/+2YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE CAPS LOCK KEY!?!
    • insllvn, on 01/30/2008, -0/+5Dewey you fool, your decimal system has played right into my hands!
    • sideffects, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1"The Dewey Decimal System? What a scam that was!"
  • ScottooMc, on 01/29/2008, -16/+0Teh funnay.
  • NYC83, on 01/29/2008, -4/+101slightly o/t, but brings up an interesting question that the Freakonomics blog covered..."If Public Libraries Didn’t Exist, Could You Start One Today?" http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/i ...
    • mydigga, on 01/29/2008, -3/+23No, those tax dollars would need to go towards Homeland Security.
    • DRINKxREDxBULL, on 01/29/2008, -8/+2System like that would be far more preferable then one we have now becuase it would be all voluntary, unlike the one we have now.
      • appletoapple, on 01/29/2008, -1/+6WTF?
        • MacEnvy, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1Don't mind RED, he thinks he's a libertarian. It's kind of cute.
    • Toast1185, on 01/29/2008, -0/+9Public access to information is pretty darn important if you ask me. I'm gladly willing to subsidize that endeavor. Of course this would all hinge on the premise that book publishing organizations aren't as douchey as music publishing ones
      • davewashere, on 01/29/2008, -1/+5Which they would be, if libraries were not already established as a part of our society. They would denounce these places as "institutions of piracy" and threaten legal action against any radicals who attempt to start a "book-pirating house."
        • dadioflex, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5They already denounce used book stores.
    • shibbay, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5That was an excellent article. Thank you!
      It's sad to think about the state of all the licensing agreements we face in purchasing CDs, DVDs, Software and anything else with intellectual value these days. The publishing industry is surviving just fine! Books like Harry Potter are available at libraries and Borders alike...but people still see value in purchasing the product. Go figure.
    • gavin422, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2That was a great article, but it stopped too early. I wish I could have read another 2 pages about that. Instead, the writer just said, "probably this would happen" and ended it.
    • carbonetc, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2Open always beats closed. I wish more of the lords of intellectual property would finally come to realize that.
    • IChazI, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Now what would be really awesome, would be if there was such a thing as a music library. Books are usually more expensive that music, and the only books that people actually buy are good books. The only thing that wouldn't work well with a music library is that people would just take the CDs home and copy them, but I don't know if that would be that big of an issue or not. I know that if a CD is really a good CD I like to have a hard copy of it, especially if it has nice album art.
      • Greg, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1You do realize that almost ever public library has music CDs...
    • opnickc, on 02/12/2008, -0/+1"This establishment has been removed due to a copywright claim by [insert publisher name here]."
  • Bostocks, on 01/29/2008, -1/+82I wonder what would happen if I tied a metal key to a kite....
    • SkippyDoorknob, on 01/29/2008, -1/+41You could sue both the kite manufacturer and the key manufacturer after getting zapped.
    • Audacitor, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Later, first we gotta go drop this pea and this orange from the top of some tower and see if they land at different times.
  • mydigga, on 01/29/2008, -6/+156Sorry...
    "Everything that can be invented has been invented."

    - Commissioner of the U.S. Office of Patents
    • vansantpatent, on 01/29/2008, -14/+8FYI - the commissioner of the patent office never said that. Urban legend repeated over and over on the net.
      • iMike360, on 01/29/2008, -1/+13I course he said it I just read it on wikipedia.
    • practicalize, on 01/29/2008, -1/+11That was said in 1899, by Charles H. Duell, the then-commissioner of the patent office.
      • griff36, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1i know that, but it still seems hard to believe.
        he didnt believe in his job i guess...
    • hoovcluck, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1tv infomercial quotes have no place in digg
  • DRINKxREDxBULL, on 01/29/2008, -13/+3And all this time she has been forced to pay for liberaries.
  • Newportbeachguy, on 01/29/2008, -8/+9Seriously, how did I not think of that?
    Dammit
  • srodolff, on 01/29/2008, -2/+17Not to mention a place where you can view periodicals and microfiche. I can't tell you how many times...........
  • fiftyeggs, on 01/29/2008, -1/+492It is very clear that it is the Sister that's doing all the reading.
    • ischuros, on 01/29/2008, -1/+5I think you have hit the nail on the head there. 1000$ per year 15$/Book, that works out at ~65 books, or alittle over one per week. Man she can read fast.
      • Big-Pat, on 01/30/2008, -1/+1I know 2 people who read that, and more. Suspiciously they are both girls too...
        • hibbity123, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1i think girls pretend to read, so they feel smarter.

          clearly the internet involves reading, thats why there are no girls.
        • FatLoser, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3maybe they just roll them up and use them as paper dildoes.
        • kcdstudios, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1@Fatloser

          Paper, absorbant dildoes....interesting...i wonder if there is a purpose or market for this?
          • Memitim, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1For when you like to start out smooth but finish it off rough?
      • blazes816, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Unless she is reading computer books, in which case $40-60 per book.
      • Knucklecallus, on 01/30/2008, -5/+2Hey, I read the last harry potter book in 6 hours!
      • LuxFX, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1My sister in law can finish a couple of books (or more sometimes) in a day. When she joined us on a car trip a few years ago -- we were gone for five days -- she brought about twenty books and we had to stop at a used bookstore on the way home because she didn't have anything left to read for the drive. She read the last Harry Potter book in about six hours too. While she was at work! (at a library of course!) I can't stand it. I feel like the world's slowest reader next to her.
    • WoahAwkward, on 01/30/2008, -1/+2$15/Book?!? I am reading the wrong kind of books. One could get maybe 10 textbooks for $1000.
      • MalTheObscure, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Uh...? I'm sorry that you don't read anything that isn't a required purchase for Communications 101.
        • WoahAwkward, on 02/03/2008, -0/+0Haha... you have absolutely no idea what I do... =)
      • IChazI, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3Yea college textbooks are crazily priced. What's really stupid is that they almost always use a different edition so that you can't buy used.
  • adamrgolf, on 01/29/2008, -14/+6http://reddit.com/info/66xys/comments/
  • effedup, on 01/29/2008, -8/+130According to Steve Jobs, people don't read books.
    • rudy23, on 01/29/2008, -0/+11he didnt mention sisters anywhere
    • cambob76, on 01/29/2008, -1/+11Steve Jobs is an assface.
    • avatarpalin, on 01/30/2008, -2/+1He's right..... Text in general.. Proof? How many text based porn sites do you see??? *grin*


    • loganarcher, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2According to Frank Zappa, they're just words...
    • Dylson, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1According to me, this kid is ***** retarded and needs to be electrocuted.
  • sfacets, on 01/29/2008, -9/+1O. M. G.
    • kpm547, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1I hope that this guy pursues this book rental business, just so that someone will laugh at him in person.
    • Audacitor, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1MySpace is down the interpipe and to the left. Can't miss it.
  • absameen, on 01/29/2008, -40/+1Buried as lame.
  • jameshighmore, on 01/29/2008, -0/+174Right now, the submitter is sat touching themselves over the awesome pun they put in this headline.
    • BogusJimmy, on 01/30/2008, -2/+25I honestly didn't see the pun until you pointed it out.
    • WillHutch5, on 01/30/2008, -2/+8It's stolen from reddit's comments.
      • TTwoA, on 01/30/2008, -1/+2reddit's extensive thread of puns based on this image was the funniest thing I read this morning. Seriously, it was amazing.
      • MrThirsty, on 01/30/2008, -0/+3digg>reddit
    • McBadass, on 01/30/2008, -2/+4Nice grammar... At least you could make your insult grammatically correct considering it's about books...
    • wit21, on 01/30/2008, -0/+4Actually, I'm touching myself over it.
  • UBen564, on 01/29/2008, -1/+8Wow, what has the world come to?
  • nerdherder, on 01/29/2008, -1/+3Is that from talkbass?
  • XeroPhoenix, on 01/29/2008, -7/+95No, Apple would take the idea and let you rent HD books for only 14.99, giving you only 24 hours to read it
    • Mageling, on 01/29/2008, -3/+15wtf is an HD book?
    • salvadorwii, on 01/29/2008, -1/+16good idea, lets call it iBook
      • FatLoser, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1How about they bring the iBook back and dump the MBA.
    • posture, on 01/29/2008, -0/+12Better not rent The Neverending Story.
    • BingoPower, on 01/29/2008, -1/+14..and take you to court if you shared the story verbally with your friends.
  • CrackyJSquirrel, on 01/29/2008, -1/+16Now if only he could invent something to write his ideas down with!! Maybe a device that is full of a dye and has the means to transfer the dye to a surface.. Man all this inventing stuff is hard.
  • mihkeltt, on 01/29/2008, -12/+2khhhmmhm.... library.. khhhmhhm
  • logstaa, on 01/29/2008, -2/+166"Lisa, we can't afford all these books!"
    "Bart, we're just borrowing them."
    "Oh," "Gotcha,"
    • CatalystDM, on 01/30/2008, -0/+11I love how there's an appropriate Simpsons quote for pretty much every story on Digg.
      • LloydBentsen, on 01/30/2008, -1/+5"My cat's breath smells like cat food."
  • jjkk489, on 01/29/2008, -1/+15http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php
    • llamabox, on 01/29/2008, -2/+4I eagerly second Paperback Swap. Great concept-- decent implementation. Though very popular books often have long 'wait' lines. So if you really want a book, it may be better to buy it on Amazon. To give you an example, I'm in position 550 of 573 for Freakonomics.

      But it all depends on how many copies of whatever book you want are floating around and available.

      It's worth checking out

      bsteele
      • darrenpauli, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Why not start a charity hotline for people too impatient to wait 23 years for a book instead?
    • RareSaturn, on 01/30/2008, -1/+1http://www.sf-books.com similar idea but for Science Fiction
  • Calcularius, on 01/29/2008, -13/+16A Nation of Idiots...
    • Rehnborg, on 01/29/2008, -7/+4What Nation?
      It doesn't state one. If I had to guess it would be a British person.
      • Rheic, on 01/29/2008, -2/+9Despite the fact that he states currency in dollars? You're a sharp one.
        • drmangrum, on 01/29/2008, -7/+6Yeah, cuz you know the United States is the only country that calls it's currency the dollar....

          - East Caribbean dollar
          - Australian dollar
          - Bahamian dollar
          - Barbadian dollar
          - Belize dollar
          - Bermudian dollar
          - United States dollar
          - Brunei dollar
          - Singapore dollar
          - Canadian dollar
          - Cayman Islands dollar
          - New Zealand dollar
          - Fijian dollar
          - Guyanese dollar

          There are many more, but i've made my point
          • Rheic, on 01/29/2008, -2/+7What point? I didn't say anything about it being American. I was replying to the claim that it's British.
    • DrDabbles, on 01/29/2008, -2/+8Which is more idiotic? Not knowing about the existence of public libraries or making sweeping generalizations of 300 million people based just one?

      P.S. Not to spoil your fun, but I bet it was a "joke". Look up that word in a dictionary. Don't worry, we'll wait.
  • uziko, on 01/29/2008, -1/+8I call the patent.
  • NuclearPyro, on 01/29/2008, -17/+9I wonder if Bush would get this joke...?
    • hoovcluck, on 01/30/2008, -2/+4probably, seeing how his wife WAS A ***** LIBRARIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Inquisition, on 01/29/2008, -52/+9Buried for 2 reasons.
    1. was on REDDIT over 2 hours ago.
    2. Submitted by the crybaby "Elite Top Digger" MrBabyMan.
    Didn't you have this intricate elaborate plan about not being here?
    • rudy23, on 01/29/2008, -2/+25so because its on reddit it cant be on digg?
      • Inquisition, on 01/29/2008, -11/+1It is fine that it is on Digg. But I prefer to see original stuff, not something I saw a couple of hours ago.
        • BingoPower, on 01/29/2008, -2/+9OMG! How dare Digg not employ people to surf all other popular-news sites and make sure that nothing gets posted on Digg that has been posted elsewhere!!!

          Idiot.
        • mockupscaledown, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Then submit something fresh for us, would ya?
    • Zaxcomp, on 01/29/2008, -1/+18Some people only read one of the two sites. Its not like reddit owns every story that is submitted...
      Enjoy the content, cut the drama.
    • CobaltBlue, on 01/29/2008, -3/+13Buried for 1 reason.
      1. No one gives a crap why you buried the story.
    • darrenpauli, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2There's a ***** firefox add-on dedicated to sharing articles across content amalgamation sites. Its about mass education across the Internets - are you one of those dicks that posts "first comment!"?
      • kweli, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1what is this magical add-on called and does it come with hallucinogenic dreams?
    • DrDabbles, on 01/29/2008, -3/+3Your parents had an intricate, elaborate plan for not conceiving. See where that got us all?
    • Inquisition, on 01/29/2008, -4/+1As I explained to Rudy, I like "fresh" content.
      And no. All of those "first" post should be buried down to the next lowest article.
    • bagboyrebel, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Because everyone on the internet goes to reddit.
    • lcarsdeveloper, on 01/30/2008, -0/+2I've never been to Reddit before, and I don't intend to. You sound like the type of the guy who would call up your local TV station and complain "How dare you do a story about X? I read that story about X in the newspaper this morning...DUPE!!!"
  • sodascape, on 01/29/2008, -19/+4buried as lame also.
  • ControlcChris, on 01/29/2008, -13/+7Yeah its called a torrent
  • keggdirdle, on 01/29/2008, -18/+12My wife loves http://www.bookins.com - Swap used books with other booklovers. Free membership. Hassle-free book trading.
    • darrenpauli, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2I feel obliged to insult your wife since you put her head on the e-chopping block. 'Bet your wife loves swapping between lovers'..
      yeah there's better.
    • CobaltBlue, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2I like how they found a way to monetize this. They are charging $4.49 for a shipping label that costs them approximately $2.10 using media mailer rates.
  • peaceninja, on 01/29/2008, -4/+122we cant implement anything like this, it would be the end of the publishing industry
  • mattjewell, on 01/29/2008, -7/+2Lying Berries?!
  • Errdoth, on 01/29/2008, -8/+3I love stupid people ^-^
  • spidamonkey, on 01/29/2008, -5/+32That's a stupid socialist idea
    • loganarcher, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1I'm surprised they haven't privatized it yet...
  • circ2, on 01/29/2008, -3/+5Stupid but not as crazy as it would seem. Has anyone checked out a local Borders vs. the local library? Go to the library, people!
    • louiedog, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1They don't have seattle's best at the library. Also, it doesn't feel right when the manga section isn't full of kids (and nerdy adults) who are too cheap to actually buy anything, so they read in store.
  • ksoon, on 01/29/2008, -4/+21What's a book...
  • baalzebub, on 01/29/2008, -11/+3look in your local phone-book for "used books", there is a used book store in my home town that buys sells & trades in used books and it is much less expensive than buying brand new books...
    also online = http://www.google.com/search?q=%22used+books
    • darrenpauli, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3***** hell! That's awesome! A used book store, Jeebus, and I've been burning them for warmth since we don't have electricity - or agriculture, running water, sanitation, health care..
    • NathanielJ, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5WHOA WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT GREAT SITE!?
  • naffets, on 01/29/2008, -13/+6Whats a book...?
    • Wacer, on 01/30/2008, -0/+1Everyone can tell you didn't read the other comments.
  • noahw, on 01/29/2008, -11/+2This might help: http://echopic.com/d32
    • funkyjunk3, on 01/29/2008, -1/+3Shoo! Shoo! Bad spammer! bad spammer!
      You bad omen, you leave now.
  • MalachiConstant, on 01/29/2008, -1/+37It's Gold, Jerry! It's Gold!
    • tito13kfm, on 01/30/2008, -3/+1The jerk store called, they're running out of you!
  • DarkAlchemist, on 01/29/2008, -17/+13I think people on the internet are ***** stupid.
    • KloroFormd, on 01/29/2008, -1/+21And where are you right now?
    • greeniemeani, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2People on which one?
    • prgmctan, on 01/29/2008, -1/+8We're a serious business
    • jsmcbride, on 01/29/2008, -0/+13You're mistaken.
      People in general are stupid.
      The internet is simply a perfect medium for people to proliferate their stupid comments at a rate which we've never before seen in history.

      Example: "I think people on the internet are ***** stupid."
  • bjs3171, on 01/29/2008, -10/+9is this, like, a joke?
  • sofaKing812, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7This might be common knowledge, but is there a free online library where you can get PDFs of the books. Any recommendations would be highly welcomed.
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