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- utopian0
iSuck
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iJustAteAChickenBurrito
- utopian0
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- pango0
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- duckseason0
People don't read anymore?
Why didn't anyone tell me?
- Peter0
illbelieveAppleinventedtabletsan...
- spraycan0
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
- ideaist0
It seems they killed it with the iPhone software; who knows what they are capable of doing with the same software on a 10" screen... I was simply hoping to run CS4 on dat shit...
- GeorgesII0
first comment is a spot on.
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We're building our library of Alexandria.Call me ludite but there's something facinating about holding a book in your hands. Granted, school text book may not qualify but I have several books from 1800's, including Robin Hood, Shakespeare among other classics. These fine objects have a feel, smell, binding, and it is magical. I adore books and dread the day when we as a society will flip entirely to digital format.
Already, most of the books made today are unattractive, disposable, recyclable objects made to be single use. Today's youth is trained to use digital media and holding a book instead of a mouse and keyboard seems foreign and un-natural to them.
I grew up in a house that had a massive library of old books and I recall the smell of paper that filled the room, the artful and hand-crafted lithography, and all other things that made books magical. Today's society is growing up too A.D.D. to appreciate it. No one wants to bother with linear structure of the book: "give me hypertext, give me search capability, give me flash, give me rich media, keep my intrest for longer than 30 seconds, jump into action from first paragraph, keep my characters as shallow and 2-dimensional as... me!"
Sorry, this is not an advancement - we're setting ourselves up for intellectual extinction. Should something happen to our precious electricity, all this gadgetry will be totally useless and lost...
- Why is the medium cause for intellectual extinction? Think, dammet. Use said intellectualism.Peter
- moth0
That looks really portable and convenient just like a paper or magazine.
- pang0
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- Hall0
iConic
- antimotion0
Frank was right...
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.u…really great story
- pizzafire0
I can't see this being the end of paper magazines, newspapers and books. But I do see it as an extention of paper and a way for (especially newspapers) them to have extra revenue in hopes of staying alive and not completely collapsing.
I agree with GeorgesII that there would be something significant lost if I'm wrong. Not to mention the loss that could occur if, for some reason, something were to happen, wiping out electriciy or electronics
- GeorgesII0
Remember Amazon wiping 1984 from all kindle, without even asking the owners.
they could not have chosen a better book to delete