On the post board, readers were equally viciousand more creative.
Figure 2 illustrates a representation of the footwear character board (readers can contact the authors for the original board used).
Schreiber says there are over 2 billion playback devices in the wild, including SD slot-equipped cellphones, SanDisk's line of MP3 players and new laptops with on-board card readers.
Once purchased, the card can be placed on an on-board reader, which reads the contactless chip in the smartcard.
And though many of the message-board readers had threatened to cancel their subscriptions, an Us Weekly representative said that it had received about 1,000 cancellations and 1,000 new subscriptions last week — both figures higher than average, according to the representative, but a draw, in political terms.
Holliday envisions a Pinterest-type board, where readers could post their favorite cards.
This is the first year that the editorial board asked readers to participate in its endorsement interviews.
As well as up-to-the-minute news, it includes interactive maps, e-mails from Kosovo and a message board for readers.
David Pemsel, chief executive of Guardian Media Group, commented: "It's been a phenomenal month across the board as readers from all over the world have made the Guardian their destination for clarity, intelligence and up-to-the-minute news.
Expecting Rain, one of the Internet's premier Dylan fan sites, has generally favorable feedback on its message boards; one reader notes that the song is "tightly constructed, intimate, dark, and lustful".
Robert Costello, a Delta frequent flier who often uses e-boarding passes, said he once had to walk to a different security checkpoint because the boarding pass reader wasn't working at his lane, but he and other travelers say these glitches have tapered off as the technology has become more widespread.
