It is moronic not to. Daughters' school implemented this this year (in Australia). Cheaper than text books, lighter in carrying than the full bag the older one had to transport the year before, more effective. I was doubtful early, but it has to be considered a success. Apple - Ipad -> yeah we can hate apple, but give me another suggestion that would work better? Apple did it back when I was a kid making a good education environment, and it seems they've done it well here again.

then go to gog.com and get them. The original Bards Tales are included with the 2005ish Bards Tale game. Steam has it as well. Even Androids and Ipads have it. Actually, send me the good money and I'll forward you my copy! Mmm,. good money, its the best sort.

"Didn't the Romans have societal problems when they introduced lead-lined aqueducts?" Interesting thought to bring in - one of the failings of Roman society was when it no longer became civic duty to serve in the military and perform public service, sorta what the book is encouraging us to do.

"terrified of change and blacks and gays" - I think you may have missed something here. He had no problems with any of that.

I think you may be confusing this universe with a newtonian one. I don't think the physics laws of this one have a get out clause for god to know all.

bullshit - I played competitive sport till a week before my bowel cancer surgery, and had a healthy diet. Many cancers are just random, or some people are just more vulnerable. 10 years earlier I had a cancerous kidney removed - also random, not lifestyle caused. Guess I must just be vulnerable, but no there is no link they can find. In the chemo rooms, where I'm treated every 2 weeks for the last 3 years, you'll find it full of normal people, ones who exercised and ones who didn't. Some who smoked many who didn't. So no, don't make crap generalisations. Stupidity in your case, well maybe yes that is self inflicted.

I think its probably likely that this is the time in human pre-history when sun-gods worship overtook moon-god worship, which therefor broke the icy hold on earth's climate, so yes, it is human caused climate change.

If you send extra power into your scanner you can burn away each page as you copy them. Just make sure you bury the carbon ash after, you don't want that in the atmosphere.

Interestingly, the Australian Liberal Party is composed of Liberals, as once represented my Malcolm Fraser, and Teabagging Conservatives, as once represented by John Howard, and now Tony Abbott. Two competing idealogies in the one party, and unfortunately the anti-science teabaggers have taken it over.

then shave it off.

pretty sure its actually illegal to send the data overseas if the privacy regulations are less than in Australia.

and your large format magazine looks really nice in 6 inches. or for that matter magazine or large format child book. You can even load them onto your 4inch phone, and that still isn't particularly satisfying. The larger colourful items want a larger colourful device, ie 10inch tablet, for best experience. But viewing the ebook equivalent of a paperback novel in a paperback novel sized ebook would be so much more satisfying than using these sub-sized 6inch ebooks.

ok, looking at my bookshelves, yep most of the e-book sized books are novels, not picture books or how-to books or atlasses, so no colour is not important in an e-reader used primarily for novels. What is important is to get away from ridiculous small readers and get 7 inch readers,- go on, measure a standard novel, it aint 6 inches.