From: Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
Subject: Re: Low Quality People: The Proof
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:24:07 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:


> 
> Some types of books must be in hardcopy. Math books. Physics books. 
> Computer programming books. Grammar books. It has to do with what you do 
> with it.
> 

Why?  What do you do with them?

Decent PDF, or other ebook, software should allow the addition
of notes, comments, attachments, and a lot of other stuff directly
into the e-file.  In fact, one could add huge amounts of commentary
to an e-book, commentary that would normally be hidden but could be
invoked via a popup window, and this is something that could never
be done with a paper book.

Some people will claim that a paper book is more comfortable to read
and this was my conclusion when I first began reading e-books.
But over time I have grown so accustomed to the e-book format that
I actually greatly prefer e-bboks over the paper kind.  

Also, building a library of paper books may be a satisfying accomplishment
but then try relocating to a different home or apartment.  One will
need to hire 100-ton cranes and 18-wheel flatbed trucks to move the
load.


>
> I do a lot with a hardcopy book that enriches it and turns it into an 
> extremely useful and fast reference. The electronic forms lack that 
> feature.
>

See above.

With experience, one can learn to do the same sorts of enrichment to
e-books that would even be more useful and faster.

Paper books, like photographic film and vinyl music recordings, are
dead.  Currently they may be a "walking dead" but it is only a 
matter of time before they collapse completely.

This is the new world, the new age, and the new way.  One must learn
to do everything digitally.





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