Re: Books an endangered commodity
Abacus is not the right example. Advancement from Abacus to current days calculator is the the improvement in technology and functionality.
E-books vs real books is just the improvement in technology. Functionality remains the same. Plus real books are more durable. Drop your cell phone from 4th floor and then tell me how many books you can read off it :)
The content is all saved on (SSD) solid state drives, it doesn't get destroyed being dropped. Plus when was the last time you dropped a book from 4th floor?
I does have added functionality, not just technology. One major one being (as i mentioned previously) I always have a dictionary with me, so if sitting reading on the road I come across a word I don't know reference is never far away.
Indeed the trees will be happier, but I wonder if books are the only enemy of "birds nest" on a tree top, what about civilization , human greed and the land mafia.
Totally irrelevant to the topic at hand
Umar
this technology is like minidisc player or APS camera, it will ecome obsolete before it is able to get a foothold.
some of this other stuff is only years away.
I agree, but till these tenacious ppl let go of the old its not going to be easy to go forward. Backward compatibility should only go so far.
PS: Yes, I'm a geek, so there!