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That's all right. I don't feel under any obligation to be accessible.
hunnymonster said:But it's not closed really - it accepts many formats natively - it just so happens that one of them is proprietary (AZW) but based on an open standard (Mobipocket).... no different to the DRM-encumbered ePubs. Rather than being a closed system it's limited (in that it can't read some formats - but they can be converted...) no different to most ePub readers that can't natively read mobipocket files. Again conversion is trivial.
hunnymonster said:Accessibility regulations gone mad. The fire station in town has a disabled parking space ffs.
chrisbell said:hunnymonster said:Accessibility regulations gone mad. The fire station in town has a disabled parking space ffs.
A civilian (i.e. non-firefighting) employee, perhaps might have a disability? Actually, hm, your post is a perfect example of my moan about the able-bodied begrudging those of us with disabilities getting a bit of help here and there. How much skin is it off your nose that the parking space exists? If you're complaining abut the cost to the taxpayer, I can assure you that repainting a few lines and adding a disabled symbol doesn't cost much.
hunnymonster said:chrisbell said:hunnymonster said:Accessibility regulations gone mad. The fire station in town has a disabled parking space ffs.
A civilian (i.e. non-firefighting) employee, perhaps might have a disability? Actually, hm, your post is a perfect example of my moan about the able-bodied begrudging those of us with disabilities getting a bit of help here and there. How much skin is it off your nose that the parking space exists? If you're complaining abut the cost to the taxpayer, I can assure you that repainting a few lines and adding a disabled symbol doesn't cost much.
Nope - it's a 1 appliance "retained" (ie. unstaffed apart from the time they're training and/or the 30 seconds they're there on a shout) rural station. What's most amusing about it is that the only entrance (other than the front door where the appliance comes out - typically at high speed so you'd be unwise to be entering through that one, disabled or not) has steps... that's the one (with steps) labelled as the disabled entrance by the way.
As for begrudging - no I don't, in this case it's just crazy - there is precisely one marked parking space in total and no disabled staff so why on earth is it required?
SlowRain said:Their closed network (Whispernet), mainly. Their locked down file system and their reluctance to share, secondly. Thirdly, their heavy-handed business practices.