As we say.... "you can't grep paper" ! Though I expect soon enough that we will have invasive 3D scanners or something which you just chuck a book into and viola! You get back the full text with the appropriate typeface, illustrations and perhaps even a lexical analysis of the text.
- Steve On Dec 21, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote: > Thanks for that--a very fair appraisal, I thought, though the > keyboard on the OL is a lot better than on the Kindle. Yeah, for me > it's all about reading books in transit--in airports, on planes, on > the subway--without lugging the timber. I've downloaded about five > books, and one of the best features was using the "search" feature > to go through a 500-page book by Anthony Trollope, looking for > evidence that an unmarried Victorian couple may or may not have > consummated their relationship. It would've been hell to try and > find in my paperback version; it was easy to find in the electronic > version (yes, they probably did, fyi, but Trollope is so sly he > gets it right past you if you're not looking for it). I also keep > saying to everyone that I don't expect to use it in my living room, > but whaddya know... and it's exactly the right size for reading in > bed. > > P. > > > > Once when I asked a chieftain in a certain province [of Peru] if he > was a Christian, he said "I am not yet quite one, but I am making a > beginning." I asked him what he knew of being Christian, and he > said: "I know how to swear to God, and play cards a bit, and I am > beginning to steal." > > Fray Domingo Santo Tomas, 1560 > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
