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From: ray 
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Subject: Re: Ubuntu Linux For Dummies
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:55:08 -0700
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:35:55 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:

> dgk wrote:
>> Mike Easter"
> 
>>> do you
>>> just want something made out of deadtrees [or recycled paper] that
>>> you can hold in your hands and smells good like a book?
> 
>> Sometimes folks have to kill time on the subway and don't have access
>> to internet.
> 
> What's a subway?  ;-)
> 
> Wait just a minute;  we do have trolleys and busses and freeways around
> here, which also have some trouble connecting, because we also have
> canyons and other obstructions to wifi connectivity.  :-)
> 
> However, with the ubiquitous popularity of laptops;  I think we will
> need to say that there are far more laptops than subway riders.  So, if
> you have a laptop, whether you are on the subway, trolley, or bus -- you
> can read the ub online information which you downloaded for that
> purpose.  If you are in a car on the freeway traffic, which is what most
> people do around here, then I guess that you would need something
> besides a book or a laptop, maybe something to convert text to voice.

I find it significantly easier on my eyes to read from paper than from a
computer screen.
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