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Re: [SLE] [OT...sort of]Hardcopy or electronic books?
- From: "Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:48:22 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0511201719130.21123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The Saturday 2005-11-19 at 13:27 -0000, Kevanf1 wrote:
> I hate e-books. After about 10 minutes of reading one, progressively
> getting slower and slower, I inevitably end up with a migraine. Yes,
> my refresh rate is set fine etc. I much, much prefer old fashioned
> paper. I am not a fan of printing out reference material from an
> electronic source either but sometimes I have to.
Paper is easier to read, and you can go to bed with it: a chapter of the
SuSE Adminstration Guide, and I'm off :-p . But electronic paper is being
developed, that can be printed "by wire", like a display. Perhaps we'll
have books like that some time in the future.
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Cheers,
Carlos Robinson
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The Saturday 2005-11-19 at 13:27 -0000, Kevanf1 wrote:
> I hate e-books. After about 10 minutes of reading one, progressively
> getting slower and slower, I inevitably end up with a migraine. Yes,
> my refresh rate is set fine etc. I much, much prefer old fashioned
> paper. I am not a fan of printing out reference material from an
> electronic source either but sometimes I have to.
Paper is easier to read, and you can go to bed with it: a chapter of the
SuSE Adminstration Guide, and I'm off :-p . But electronic paper is being
developed, that can be printed "by wire", like a display. Perhaps we'll
have books like that some time in the future.
- --
Cheers,
Carlos Robinson
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