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Re: [SLE] [OT...sort of]Hardcopy or electronic books?
- From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 03:04:37 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200511211904.30615.rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
Carlos,
On Monday 21 November 2005 13:51, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> The Monday 2005-11-21 at 07:06 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > I, too, love books and my apartment is not big enough to hold my
> > library. Does that stop me from getting more? No way.
>
> Me too.
>
> > But I think it's likely we'll see digital paper that is entirely
> > paper-like (thin, flexible, probably tougher than real paper) that
> > can display text and imagery like a printed page but be
> > electronically changeable as well as holding its image persistently
> > even when no power is supplied. Such books would have all the
> > characteristics of a book today plus allow moving images and sound
> > and search. No doubt with such technology in hand, people would
> > find new things to do with "books."
>
> I don't need cute features like search or sound, for that I'd have
> the wall computer or the tablet (think Star Trek). What I want is to
> decide what I'm going to read, "plug" an empty or available
> "digibook" to the computer, and download "I Robot" to it in a
> reasonable time, so that I can take it to bed.
Searching is "cute?" Would sound be "cute" in a book that was meant to
teach one a new language?
In any event, you'll get what you want (unless you're well over 80
already).
> ...
>
> Think!
Save the preaching, OK? We can always go backwards and you'll surely be
able to keep the books (paper-style) you have.
> You need a CD. A computer. Electricity. Suppose civilization is
> destroyed, you have to build anew. You know the "disaster first aid
> manual" is in that CD... which you can not read, because there is no
> power, computers were destroyed, and you have to build electronic
> manufacturing first. It'd take ages! Supposing the knowledge or the
> paper books to rebuild all that were written and survived...
But speaking of thinking, you certainly won't need a CD and probably not
what we'd call a computer, either. You can take your e-book and your
DRM credentials to any public terminal and retrieve a copy from the
publisher or retailer when you please.
> Ok, I shut up. It is OT. ...
Yes.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carlos Robinson
Randall Schulz
On Monday 21 November 2005 13:51, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> The Monday 2005-11-21 at 07:06 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > I, too, love books and my apartment is not big enough to hold my
> > library. Does that stop me from getting more? No way.
>
> Me too.
>
> > But I think it's likely we'll see digital paper that is entirely
> > paper-like (thin, flexible, probably tougher than real paper) that
> > can display text and imagery like a printed page but be
> > electronically changeable as well as holding its image persistently
> > even when no power is supplied. Such books would have all the
> > characteristics of a book today plus allow moving images and sound
> > and search. No doubt with such technology in hand, people would
> > find new things to do with "books."
>
> I don't need cute features like search or sound, for that I'd have
> the wall computer or the tablet (think Star Trek). What I want is to
> decide what I'm going to read, "plug" an empty or available
> "digibook" to the computer, and download "I Robot" to it in a
> reasonable time, so that I can take it to bed.
Searching is "cute?" Would sound be "cute" in a book that was meant to
teach one a new language?
In any event, you'll get what you want (unless you're well over 80
already).
> ...
>
> Think!
Save the preaching, OK? We can always go backwards and you'll surely be
able to keep the books (paper-style) you have.
> You need a CD. A computer. Electricity. Suppose civilization is
> destroyed, you have to build anew. You know the "disaster first aid
> manual" is in that CD... which you can not read, because there is no
> power, computers were destroyed, and you have to build electronic
> manufacturing first. It'd take ages! Supposing the knowledge or the
> paper books to rebuild all that were written and survived...
But speaking of thinking, you certainly won't need a CD and probably not
what we'd call a computer, either. You can take your e-book and your
DRM credentials to any public terminal and retrieve a copy from the
publisher or retailer when you please.
> Ok, I shut up. It is OT. ...
Yes.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carlos Robinson
Randall Schulz
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