From: goobs23_nospam_@hotmail.com   
      
   "geopelia"  wrote in message   
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   > "Gjergj Kastrioti"  wrote in message   
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   > > > > > 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   
   >   
      
   isn't it strange to think that the computer generation will have less to   
   offer the future than our predecessors.  the ease with which a sentence can   
   be written and then erased has a remarkable effect on the written word.  no   
   longer do we have to think carefully before we write.  it can all be deleted   
   later.   
      
   and what happens if the most unbelievable mega EMP hits??  that'd be a   
   fucking hoot.   we'd have plenty of books still, and i do miss the smell of   
   carbon paper.   
      
   hehehe, i'm rambling again.  it's late,   
      
   good night   
      
   --   
   Goobs   
      
   the book of the future:   
   www.accanthology.com   
      
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