Žinutės: 15
Kalba: English
Frankouche (Rodyti profilį) 2010 m. rugsėjis 15 d. 14:27:55
In libraries, i like turning the pages very fast, touch the texture of the paper, to see if it would pleased me.
I wonder how i will get used to these new pads...
Miland (Rodyti profilį) 2010 m. rugsėjis 15 d. 14:46:05
sudanglo:my potentially most valuable item..was stuffed full of marvellous Edwardian adverts for local shops.I wonder whether former citizens of the ancient world marvel when they see archaeologists getting all excited over shopping lists scribbled on pieces of broken pots that they threw away.
ceigered (Rodyti profilį) 2010 m. rugsėjis 16 d. 05:51:35
Frankouche:I wonder how i will get used to these new pads...Perhaps it will require us as modern day paper-book readers to get used to thinking in terms of abstract relationships instead of physical relationships, e.g. "page 80 is the page with 80" instead of "page 80 is the 80th page after 79 other physical pages which I must flick through first".
@ Miland:
Imagine future archeologists reading carvings on what was once a school desk:
"I.... <3.... Jess.... I<3Jess? WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MARVELOUS INSCRIPTION?!"
While we're at it, lets make as much dummy evidence(physical copies of course) claiming that Esperanto is a language Antlanteans speak just to screw with their minds
sudanglo (Rodyti profilį) 2010 m. rugsėjis 16 d. 09:56:49
Whereas the good burghers of Boulogne seemed to have been convinced of the trade they might pick up from just 600 Esperantists, in 1949 there are only a handful of ads for local shops to attract the 1400 participants.
Uvi (Rodyti profilį) 2010 m. rugsėjis 17 d. 14:00:17
I am completely at peace with the new technology coming in. As a graduate student, I'm thankful to be able to carry all my books within a single electronic device. It spares the hassle of carrying around all that weight.
And, as you said, new technology will bring about new models and new opportunities, especially for authors who are less known.
Genjix:Radio didn't kill music, and TV didn't kill radio. In fact I'd say that the internet will increase the popularity of the book. Well known authors/artists will suffer big hits, but the smaller less well known writer will have increased exposure from giving away his work for free.[/quote]
Fact: most software is not written as a sold product, but a service to fulfil someone's need.
Fact: live performances and other such things keep music far more alive than the sale of CDs.
Right now this is amazing. I have access to 100's of popular books as PDF's that normally costs me $100's. Normally I would forsake this knowledge, but now I bask, learning so so much. Some bemoan the destruction of old models, but culture will never disappear and new models will arise to replace the old ones.