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Actually, white noise is a scientific term, it's a random signal with a flat power spectral density (yeah, I know, that doesn't mean much to a lay person, but that's what it is). There is also pink noise, which has a power spectral density inversely proportional to the frequency (i.e. lower PSD...

Er....yes I do realise that. Strangely enough, I read for knowledge myself too. My comment was meant to be light-hearted. You obviously missed that - don't be so touchy! And you have to admit, the title does sound boring! If you didn't know, or have a specific interest in the subject, the title...

In the UK we have a chain of furniture stores called MFI. Best known to us Brits for their kitchens (and, joking aside, they're not bad either). As is common with these sorts of stores, they often have books on the display model bookshelves, along with plastic fruit in bowls and that sort of...

With respect...that book sounds like it went out of print because it is boring! It might not be, but the title is, well, off-putting shall we say? It sounds like one of those books that, once you put it down, it's hard to pick it up again! :D

Easy - someone with an eclectic taste!

Some of the replies suggest that reading more quickly than someone else is a "good thing". Or, conversely, that reading slowly is a "bad thing". Neither of which is true of course.

'My Boy Jack' is a poem, not a story as such. And it was the Great War. I am astounded that you made such an elementary mistake, especially since the background to its creation was so recently the subject of an excellent (and very moving) TV drama.

How fast can I read? Don't know, don't care. Who is the fastest reader? Same answers. It's not a competition folks!!!!!

"So here it is, Merry Christmas" by Slade. Christmas does not truly begin until you have heard this on the radio for the first time in December. Preferably at high volume :D

And BRAVEHEART - whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Leaving aside Mr. Gibson's questionable politics, that film plays so fast and loose with real history as to be laughable. Real British history is exciting enough without being 'improved' by Hollywood thank you very much.

Whoa...say what you really think, don't sugar-coat it! :D FWIW I agree with you. My mum hated that film 'cos of the pathetic simpery way Maureen O'Hara's character behaved.

The version of 'Pride & Predjudice' to which the OP refers is tripe. Instead, watch the 1995 BBC televison series. It takes only minor liberties with the story, and even they are excusable on the grounds of dramatic effect. It might change your mind about Lizzie Bennet at least - she was smart...

Don't! I don't keep track, but I doubt if I read more than that per year, quite possibly fewer. OK, I don't get as much time to read as I might like, but (a) I'm a fairly slow reader and (b) I always like to 'savour' my books - a bit like having a nice long soak in the bath as opposed to a...

Answer in two parts... I don't read as much as I would like to because I don't have (or make?) enough time. Work, family, shopping, etc. etc. But I don't do too badly and I love to read whenever I can. Part of my problem is that I prefer peace and quiet in which to read. Second part...why...

The thing that puzzles me about all these e-readers is this: Take your average paperback book for example. The page size is typically about 7x5 inches (sorry all you metric fans - I'm English and old enough to know the old stuff!). On that 7x5 you get a page of text that is readable, and...

Hear, hear. If the "younger generation" (or any other generation for that matter) do not read, it's not because there is anything inherently wrong, inconvenient or difficult about good old-fashioned books. I doubt very much that making it 'easier' to read will do much to address the problem -...

One of the things that most impresses me about Orwell's writing for '1984' is that he never steps far outside the boundaries of his time - he must have known, in 1948/9, that by the time 1984 really came around there would be all sorts of fancy new technology available. But look how the Party...

That's an interesting point of view. '1984' happens to be one of my favourite novels, I have read it several times, and it never fails to impress. I can't imagine how it can be seen as over-rated. Winston, I agree, is not a particularly 'likeable' character (I don't think he's meant to be), but...

How possessive am I about my books? Let me put it this way. If I lend a book to someone and I have to ask for it back - then I never lend one to them again. Me? Uncompromising? Nah, surely not....;)

You don't think it's an uplifting book then? Harsh and unremitting maybe, but ultimately the message is that whatever the system throws at the 'Zeks' it can never entirely crush the human spirit. Somewhere, someone will always retain that little vital spark. That's certainly the message that I...