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   From: phildoran@xtra.co.nz   
      
   "Gjergj Kastrioti"  wrote in message   
   news:9dc7329b.0401121904.2e2061c4@posting.google.com...   
   > > > > umberto eco asks:   
   > > > > >  > Will the new electronic media make books obsolete?   
   >   
   > i ask: will the abundance of books make books obsolete?   
   >   
   > cheers,   
      
   Isn't it great to be able to read and write?   
   People from the past can give us their ideas, and we can give ours to people   
   in the future long after we are dead.   
      
   Of course, before or after a thousand years or so, translators will be   
   needed. Language changes.   
      
   Geopelia   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)