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- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -35/+116A real "fan" would 1) buy the book and 2) not infringe on it's copyright.
- curtvdh, on 10/11/2007, -1/+40Dammit! Could you at least put a SPOILER warning before quoting that?
:-) - MavRevMatt, on 10/11/2007, -10/+48These peeps need lives.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -15/+51What a bunch of losers god damn
- bobtcat, on 10/11/2007, -2/+29I'm just... going to buy the book. Yeah.
- cinder, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27I tried OCR on the first few lines just to see if it would work. The result?
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,krdk’ - anagoge, on 10/11/2007, -0/+21Umm...you might wanna check what site you're on.
- TiMMY8765, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19the photos are too messy for OCR
- theholycow, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15I suspect most "real" fans, such as my wife, will buy the book even after reading the downloaded copy.
- JordanM85, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15Maybe if this was a month ago.... but why bother now?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+18What they don't know is that the photographer forgot to remove the meta data from his photos which means he can be traced.
http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/Harry_Potter_Leaker_Forgets_to_Remove_EXIF_Data_from_Photos_PIC - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13This month J. K. Rowling was hoping to have a gold-plated shark tank bar installed right next to her pool, but thanks to people downloading her book for free, she must now wait a few months before he can afford it.
- NumberFour, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13I'm just letting you know-- I'm not digging you down because you haven't read the books or seen the movies, it's because of the sheer uselessness of your comment.
- spudnic, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13Because the guy who took the photos of the pages is an idiot. Could have done a much better job for very little extra effort. By using a scanner for instance
- sato, on 10/11/2007, -7/+17why not just use some character recognition software?
- DiggsOnlyNeoCon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10Others don't understand what the law of diminishing returns is...
- tehpwnerofn00bs, on 10/11/2007, -0/+810,000 monkeys at 10,000 typewriters... They just need more time to spell check.
- rejoined, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8This is probably the best comment on the site about the hp fans transcribing the book from the photos:
By Indy Sandalwood: "Sounds like fun… think of it like a giant captcha project." - spudnic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8With enough people, no problem. Get 100 people to do 8 pages each, could have it done in a few hours
- reed311, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Time is money, it's cheaper to just buy the stupid thing. jeesh
- specialK16, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8What the hell? Just don't click the link. In fact, don't open your torrent client and download the file.
- duccodude, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8Yeah and we can outsource it to India.. you know... the works
- ricree, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Unless the publishing company decided to write a complete second version of the book (and a fairly good version at that), then the photographed one is real.
- curtvdh, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Shhh! Don't tell anyone, but....Bruce Willis is a GHOST!
- spudnic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Unless he bought it with cash and didn't register it. Or someone bought it second hand. Or lost it. Or had it stolen. Etc etc.
- drachemorder, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Most people are only reading it because they CAN'T actually buy the book yet. I have no problem whatsoever with this. If the publishers want to prevent it, then they can release the book sooner. I hate artificially created release dates that are meant to just build hype. Release the fricking thing as soon as it's ready.
- spudnic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Nah it's the same as the photos, just in a PDF file
- Dested, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Not a big fan of testicles, are you.
- walkingdogs, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7i am just wondering what's more pathetic. The people typing it off of photos or the person(s) who photographed every page.
- AwakeningAZ, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8Can they even do this in 2 days?
- Arbus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Dumbledore is Harry from the future.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6***** NO.
- Xoherent, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Look, I sympathize with creating an e-book version of the Deathly Hallows, but why the rush to do it before it even comes out? It's the 18th today, it comes out on the 21st! Just wait three bleepin days and read it then.
However, it would be neat to have an e-book version of it for future re-readings. I always tend to lose the original book after the first reading, and then I have to go buy it used later on. - DNABeast, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6OCR software? Genius!!
I can't wait to read "Here Porter, The Deaf Lions Arrows". - drachemorder, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6They probably aren't. I'm sure 95% of them are planning to buy the book anyway. They're only circumventing the artifically enforced release date.
- gmprunner, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Even for a person who isn't a fan of Harry Potter, I've gotta say that seems a little drastic. You can't hate it that much if you've never even seen/read it, right?
- christoast, on 09/04/2008, -3/+7Its just to pass the time. people get bored. especially in the suburbs. Life sucks so we do dumb stuff.
- taurustiger, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Best comment of the day.
- unknownpoltroon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4It could be, but i read it and i was quite happy with the story. It doesn't feel like a fanfic. For instance, theres no Ron/Hagrid/Snape orgy with a petrified house elf.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6How dare people have different taste in books than you? Chicoer2001 should be king of opinions.
- ricree, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4They do get a lot better. I read the first one not long after it came out, and I also thought it was kind of boring. Eventually, I did get around to reading the rest and they definitely got better as the series went on.
- IgnatzMouse, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Or a tripod!
- dn11, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4haha, no one is forcing you. use some self control
- bhattsan, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4exactly what I was thinking
- specialK16, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Haha, 5 ***** people who use ebooks. When you have a Palm, Pocket PC, laptop, etc, ebooks sure as hell come handy.
Seriously, you are ***** moron. - 0crabby0, on 10/11/2007, -5/+9Spoiler alert!
Professor Sprout dies (from Mandrake rot)
Professor Lupine becomes a were-cat, and marries Mrs. Norris(Filch's cat).
Filch becomes the head of Hogwarts and is the real heir of Slytherin.
Harry gets kicked out of Gryffindor - Joins Digg, and is promptly banned for making discouraging remarks about Voldemort's blog.
lol - foolfromhell, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I read the last sentence and I spoiled part of the book.
I hate myself...
Good luck to those transcribers... they will ruin the book if they only transcribe a few pages... - Nick22, on 10/11/2007, -5/+9you sir, are sad
- LittleDas, on 10/11/2007, -1/+55 minutes after I downloaded the book I went and ordered it, I figure karmically (is that a word?) it balances out.
- theholyraptor, on 04/07/2008, -0/+4the leaked book images are well beyond being OCR'd. I've had the leaked collection of jpegs for a couple days now. Crappy resolution, bad angle, pages aren't flat, and the jpeg compression adds to the mess.
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