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Well put. Michael Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Langston <jimlangston@conexfreight.com> To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:59 PM Subject: Re: UIM apprentice... > When I buy a dead tree edition, I can peruse it at my leisure. I can have it > on my desk and flip to the index and look up stuff I remember being there. > I can take it with me when I, umm..., use the facilities. > > Even thought I have a laptop, it is connected to my monitor, keyboard, mouse, > power supply, external floppy and speakers. It's not something I take with me > everywhere, which I can easily do with a book. > > Also, I read in bed at night before I got to sleep and have a lamp on a table > low enough so it doesn't disturb my wife. And since I lay on my side, not my > back, it is easy to have a book on the bed beside me reading it. My home > computer is not portable and is in the dining room. > > Also, it is much easier for me to read a book, even thought I have been staring > at CRT screens for 27 years. I can flip through the pages of a book and find > what I am looking for much faster than on a computer. > > As for a printable edition, I printed out the DDS reference so I could read it > for subfiles. Then I took it to the copier and copied from 1 to 2 sided. But > it's still not bound and not that easy to take with me, no cover to protect it, > etc... > > I dunno, why did Captain Picard like dead tree editions? <grin> > > Regards, > > Jim Langston > > Jon.Paris@hal.it wrote: > > > > >> I, for one, don't buy e-books. I only buy dead tree editions. > > > > Since it is an arena I am about to enter, I am very interested in _why_ you > > won't buy e-books Jim. > > > > If it was an e-book with a "publish on demand" print option (albeit more > > expensive) would that chnage your mind? > > > > +--- > > | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. > > | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > > +--- > +--- > | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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