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   From: thomform@iaw.on.ca   
      
   I was just sent this by our librarian.   
      
   Doug Thomas - read and enjoy   
      
   Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge device, or BOOK   
      
      
   The BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no   
   electric circuits, not batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on.   
   It's so easy to use, even a child can operate it: just lift its cover!   
      
      
      
   Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere -even sitting in an armchair   
   by the fire- yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a   
   CD-ROM disc.  Here's how it works:   
      
      
      
   Each BOOK is constructed of sequentially-numbered sheets of paper   
   (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of information.   
   These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder   
   that keeps the sheets in their correct sequence.   
      
      
      
   Opaque Paper Technology (OPT) allows manufacturers to use both sides of the   
   sheets, doubling the information density and cutting costs in half.  Experts   
   are divided on the prospects for further increases in information density:   
   for now BOOKs with more information simply use more pages.  This makes them   
   thicker and harder to carry and has drawn some criticism from the mobile   
   computing crowd.   
      
      
      
   Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into your   
   brain.  A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet.  The BOOK may be   
   taken up at any time and used by merely opening it.  The BOOK never crashes   
   and never needs rebooting, although, like other display devices, it can   
   become unusable if dropped overboard.  The "browse" feature allows you to   
   move instantly to any sheet and to move forward or backward as you wish.   
   Many come with an "index" feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any   
   selected information for instant retrieval.   
      
      
      
   An optical "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open the BOOK to the exact   
   place you left it in a previous session -even if the BOOK has been closed.   
   BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus, a single BOOKmark can be   
   used in BOOKs by various manufacturers.  Conversely, numerous bookmarkers   
   can be used in a single BOOK if the user wants to store numerous views at   
   once.  The number is limited only by the number of pages in the BOOK.   
      
      
      
   You can also make personal notes next to BOOK text entries with an optical   
   programming tool, the Portable Erasable Nib Cryptic Intercommunication   
   Language Stylus (PENCILS).   
      
      
      
   Portable, durable and affordable, the BOOK is being hailed as the   
   entertainment wave of the future.  The BOOK's appeal seems so certain that   
   thousands of content creators have committed to the platform.  Look for a   
   flood of new titles soon.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)