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ChocolateCity
06-24-2009, 10:55 AM
Okay bibliophiles...what's your preference between the two? Are books making way for the new technology, meaning that possibly books could become a thing of the past?




http://i40.tinypic.com/23r6zxw.jpg vs.http://i40.tinypic.com/9hl55z.jpg
ratid
06-24-2009, 11:30 AM
you mean could paper become a thing of the past?

e.g. i've read all the Harry Potter "books" but never held a copy in my hand.
lkatulvnme
06-24-2009, 11:36 AM
i hope not. i love the idea of holding a book in my hand. folding the pages to keep my place. all this technology is the debil. lol
ChocolateCity
06-24-2009, 11:49 AM
I like the idea of carrying around a few books, but not being able to turn down the corner or stick a funky or funny bookmark inside...iono y'all.

Technology is lots of fun, but at will it kill the bookstore? Will bookstores become those places where you go to rekindle your love affair with the handheld, soft or hardcover book? Kids won't know the joys of holding one in your hands anticipating how good it might be. Then the trips to the bookstore and a couch or chair to check out a few good ones won't be necessary anymore.

I listen to a podcast where these two professors talk about a lot of different things. One said he is teaching two classes next fall and both don't have textbooks, everything is all online and it's not that Blackboard ish either lol. He also said that there are some colleges that are requiring that professors to only use books that are downloadable.....you see where this is headed?
ratid
06-24-2009, 12:26 PM
i thought we wanted to save the trees.
tucker
06-24-2009, 12:31 PM
i thought we wanted to save the trees.And when the woodsman entered the forest with the wooden handled axe in his hand, the trees said, "LOOK, HE's ONE OF US, WELCOME BROTHER!":dead1:
HoneySugarIceT
06-24-2009, 12:37 PM
I love books. I have a huge collection. I like that new book smell.
ratid
06-24-2009, 12:49 PM
And when the woodsman entered the forest with the wooden handled axe in his hand, the trees said, "LOOK, HE's ONE OF US, WELCOME BROTHER!":dead1:

lol.
ChocolateCity
06-24-2009, 02:11 PM
i thought we wanted to save the trees.

...how you feel about saving toilet paper too? :taunt005:
And when the woodsman entered the forest with the wooden handled axe in his hand, the trees said, "LOOK, HE's ONE OF US, WELCOME BROTHER!":dead1:

lol tucker damn

I love books. I have a huge collection. I like that new book smell.

books feel wonderful when they are brand spanking new and then when you finish them, they look well read...depending on how long it took lol.
omegadan
06-24-2009, 02:22 PM
A lot of the documents I read at work are electronic but I prefer paper. I still print stuff, lol. I have no interest in the Kindle.
ratid
06-24-2009, 02:32 PM
...how you feel about saving toilet paper too? :taunt005:





fuuuuuny. toilet paper breaks down and returns to the earth:),
books can't really be reclaimed. destroying books is akin to
sacrilege.
ChocolateCity
06-24-2009, 02:48 PM
fuuuuuny. toilet paper breaks down and returns to the earth:),
books can't really be reclaimed. destroying books is akin to
sacrilege.

we flush it Ratid lol..if that's returning it to earth - eeeeeew! But who's to say we can't find a way to recycle book materials? It can be done.

I've read you can run your pee through a recycling machine and drink it...you interested? :violin:
lkatulvnme
06-24-2009, 02:48 PM
we flush it Ratid lol..if that's returning it to earth - eeeeeew! But who's to say we can't find a way to recycle book materials? It can be done.

I've read you can run your pee through a recycling machine and drink it...you interested? :violin:

da devil?
ChocolateCity
06-24-2009, 03:09 PM
da devil?

lmaoooo

http://i40.tinypic.com/3581mqs.jpg
lkatulvnme
06-24-2009, 03:18 PM
thank you cc for alla that.
ChocolateCity
06-24-2009, 03:33 PM
thank you cc for alla that.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t123/sweetietray/tigger/number%20four/smilies/grin.gif it's my pleasure!
ratid
06-24-2009, 03:53 PM
we flush it Ratid lol..if that's returning it to earth - eeeeeew! But who's to say we can't find a way to recycle book materials? It can be done.

I've read you can run your pee through a recycling machine and drink it...you interested? :violin:

yes we can recycle book materials its mostly paper. but ppl don't normally
throw out books.

yes i believe the last nasa mission had a successful urine recycling test.
bottoms up. no pun
ChocolateCity
06-24-2009, 04:36 PM
yes we can recycle book materials its mostly paper. but ppl don't normally
throw out books.

yes i believe the last nasa mission had a successful urine recycling test.
bottoms up. no pun

Old textbooks that are of no use to schools could be recycled.....


So you would try recycled pee? :thumbup1:
hempress
06-24-2009, 05:22 PM
Digital media will never take the place of books for me...the beauty of books comes with age...yellowed pages, dog eared corners of your favorite passages, textbooks highligted with insightful notes you've long forgotten, the voice and accents that only you only you can hear in your head as you read...all that beauty if lost digitally IMO