Comment Re:1B a lot of time for human squabbling (Score 2) 95
Nobody has indicated a scenario by which this could happen.
Wrong - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change#Current_risk
Nobody has indicated a scenario by which this could happen.
Wrong - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change#Current_risk
There's something about sitting down with a book that just doesn't work as well with a digital device, at least not yet.
Try kindle or other reader with e-inc screen. If you still prefer old style books - that is probably because you used to it, in less than 100 years paper books will be no more than curiosity, like scrolls or stone tablets with inscribed symbols. There is certainly something about sitting with stone tablet that just does not work as well with the books, but stone tablets, paper books or books on a digital devices are essentially the same - information in human readable form. Digital reader is more convenient than a paper book, same as paper book is more convenient than a stone table - information density is higher, reproduction cost is lower (practically zero for digital devices). But newer formats are less sturdy - it's not easy to destroy stone tablet, paper books burn and rot, digital devices are even more fragile. So use stone or metal tablets if your want your message to be read in couple thousands years, digital reader for everyday reading.
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