Terry Pratchett argued that the alphabet was as interactive as you could ever be with 26 letters 10 numbers and some punctuation you could project any scenario imaginable. Also paperbacks do not require electricity, are silent and don't get viruses.
I am 33 before anyone calls me Grandpa as well! LOL
2007-02-22 20:29:52 · 12 answers · asked by Dustbowl Blues 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Nicholas Negroponte (Chairman of MIT's Usability Labs) wrote "Being Digital" in 1995. He said that digital versions of books and/or newspapers would only become popular when you could fold them up and read them in bed. 1995! Gosh it seems so long ago.
I agree with Terry Pratchett that paperback books are really great forms of entertainment. In fact I had a discussion many years ago, in the age of the dinosaurs, about which was better: a paperback or hardback version of a book? I went for the paperback because I feel more comfortable underlining or highlighting pages, bending the spine back to fold a page over, and writing comments in the margins.
Try doing that with a screen.
The books themselves cannot get viruses, but they can cause dangerous viruses. For example: "Mein Kamp" or "Protocols of the Elders of Zion."
2007-02-23 01:20:58 · answer #1 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question! They are! But I'm guessing some day someone may make a paperback using the glossary and/or abbreviations found in some of these yahoo answers. Gud, sez, lol, b4, lyk, etc.
Egads.
2007-02-22 20:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Terry! Books are getting a bit overlooked thanks to the PSP's and Nintendo DS's of this world. But I can spend hours reading, take my book anywhere, read on planes, beaches, in bed, in the bath even! If you offered me the latest selection of game consoles compared with a full library, I'd choose the library every time.
2007-02-22 20:35:30 · answer #3 · answered by Jackie S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would be completely lost without a good book and if i had to chose between my tv or a book well i'd pick a book anyday and im 16 not some old person who is against technology .
2007-02-23 03:24:06 · answer #4 · answered by Winkwnink 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a marvellous point! Reading is informative, and can transport you to anywhere you want. And you don't need a WI-Fi Hotspot! The pleasure and learning to be had from books is infinite! The written word is king, LONG LIVE THE KING!
2007-02-22 20:50:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would agree, but also put a rider on that.
As with anything else it can become all consuming usually at the expense of someone rather than something around you.
Bear that in mind, then I would agree with totally !
2007-02-22 23:41:26 · answer #6 · answered by www.shutup.com 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love to read. I like the net and mobiles etc, but every day i read. Sometimes its a novel (which i can get really caught up in, and not put down untill its finished) othertimes i read magazines, you can get so much enjoyment, and knowledge from books.
2007-02-22 20:33:41 · answer #7 · answered by sambucaman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. I would be at a complete loss if I didn't have a book tucked into my bag at all times. Books transport you to a different world - all for £7.99 or thereabouts!
2007-02-22 20:36:39 · answer #8 · answered by Misha-non-penguin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm 34 and I agree with you completely.
2007-02-22 21:53:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paper back, I've not heard of this yet, is that on Nintendo or on PSP
2007-02-22 21:19:06 · answer #10 · answered by joe r 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋