I love all my electronic gadgets as much as the next /.er, but there are very practical advantages to paper. It is very high resolution, light weight, very easy to mark up in a comfortable and intuitive way, is always on--no crash, dead batteries, boot up time--is very ergonomic (you can move around and read it, read in direct sunlight, you can fold it and unfold it, etc.) and its very easy to move stuff from your computer to paper.

not sure I agree totally with 2nd paragraph, but right on with your point in general and amen to last paragraph.

The Judge's order simply means he has stated a claim--i.e. alleged facts sufficient to meet all the elements of negligence or gross negligence (duty, breach, causation, damages). The order does not weigh the merits of those allegations really and definitely doesn't consider the damages amount he is asking for--that will be up to a judge or jury after all facts are presented, etc. Chances of this cases going anywhere still seem very slim. And you could sue Bacardi or any other vendor if you could allege they were breaching a duty to you that caused you damages--say they falsely labelled one of their products as containing less alcohol that it did or they laced it with something to make it more addictive, etc. This lawsuit may or may not be ridiculous--certainly on its face 3 million for game addiction seems ridiculous--but that will be determined in due time once the process has taken its course, it wasn't the purpose of this stage of the proceeding to assess the merits of the claims, just whether they were legally sufficient.

the example is a bit deceptive, its tempting to conclude the first is better because it is a greater percentage change, but going from 10 to 20 is still better than going from 33 to 99 in terms of gallons saved per mile. Traveling 100 miles in a 10mpg, would take 10 gal; 5 gal in a 20mpg; 3 in a 33 and 1 in a 99 mpg car. So you save more gallons per distance in first case even though second is a bigger percentage improvement. right?

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Absolutely. Paper is always going to be more papery than stuff that's not paper. The real advantage to ebook readers (and I love my kindle) is the ability to so quickly and easily browse so much different content. I can sit down, decide what I feel like reading about and then start reading a book on that topic. If something sparks another interest, I can do a search for books on that topic, download free samples, and read those--that to me is the real advantage of the ebook reader. Plus there is a lot of free content available as well. Also, its really nice to have an entire library with you at all times. Finally, the annotations web page kindle has set up is great--it stores all your highlights online from a single web page. I know some people are belly aching about their ability to cut off stuff, kill switches etc. but I mean really--give me a break. There have been a few instances of those, if you are worried about it fine, then stick to the paper, but for me the advantages far outweigh the slight chance I am going to have Big Brother pull the kill switch on me.