"That's because it's just so stupid..." (which famous comedian said that more or less for 5pts?)
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:17 AM, Michael Hawksworth <[email protected]>wrote: > "I don't dance! :)" > > I think most would say that is given with the techie tag ;-) > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 9:12 AM, StephenB <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm a techie type, not techno. I don't dance! :) >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Raymond Feist >> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 4:29 AM >> >> To: feistfans-l >> Subject: Re: ebooks out of..... print? >> >> >> On Apr 29, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Brian Jones (Trancendance) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Of course, given the growth in storage capacity being brought about by >>> nanotechnologies, graphene and other such materials, and the proportionally >>> reducing amount of data that it will take to store books, it is conceivable >>> that all (future) books will be available, if not for immediate purchase, >>> for retrieval from a library archive. I know that the British Library has a >>> long running digitisation and archiving project, although some past texts >>> and recordings are just too old and fragile to be converted, and it is >>> likely that eventually these will be lost forever. >>> >> >> >> You miss the point, as techno types often do. There's a business model >> that must be considered. Even if it's SUPER cheap, it's still a cost, and >> if you're not making money, dump the cost. >> >> Best, R.E.F. >> ---- >> www.crydee.com >> >> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by >> stupidity. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." Bill Vaughan "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
