From: goobs23_nospam_@hotmail.com   
      
      
      
   >   
   > a contradiction in terms, as computers do   
   > > everything to destroy literature save actually burning the books (and   
   this   
   > > will come when the machines take over in twenty years or so - see the   
   > > nonfiction writings of Vernor Vinge). One need not be a "luddite" to   
   > > appreciate that 99% of ALL great art was created long before the   
   invention   
   > > of the typewriter, let alone the glowing word processor.   
   >   
   > for the record 99.9% of everything was created before the advent of the   
   > typewriter.. right?  as in 99.9% of human fucking culture occured before   
   > the typewriter was invented.   
   >   
   > in other news; the sky is blue and the earth may be round.   
   >   
   > make some sense to me.   
   >   
   >   
   > Neal, just stop.   
   > > You are now stepping into Stephen "I retire, I unretire, I retire, I   
   > > unretire" King's domain of long outstaying one's welcome. If you were   
   really   
   > > "cutting edge," or the slightest bit original, you would ignore paper   
   and   
   > > printing all together and just upload your groundbreaking fiction to a   
   pay   
   > > site and be done with it. Then all of your fans (a few hundred 12-17   
   year   
   > > old scriptkiddies) could swipe their parents credit card and buy all the   
   > > verbose meanderings you care to fart electronically into "cyberspace."   
   The   
   > > rest of us will be breathing fresh air and hiking in the woods. And   
   plotting   
   > > the downfall of the Megamachine ....   
   >   
   > i love how u claim computers have destroyed literature.. then suggest   
   > Neal publish in an eletronic format..   
   >   
   > we call that "irony" where i come from.. and .. i think i'm done here.   
   >   
   > ..   
   > alias   
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   i think irony is when someone puts down a particular medium whilst using it   
   to voice their opinion.  don't stand on a fucking soap box and whine that   
   soap boxes are ruining the future.   
      
      
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   Goobs   
      
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