Of course, let's not forget the possibility that our infrastructure
falls apart. Paper books, in the appropriate climate, suffer benign
neglect far more gracefully than server farms do--it could be that at
some point in the not-too-distant future, we'll be very glad we still
have our paper books. And our horses. :)
On 4/23/2010 3:39 PM, Thomas Krichel wrote:
> Julie Hankinson writes
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>> Physical books will never go away completely,
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> "There will always be books", is like saying there will always
> be horses. Yes, there are still horses but are they a serious
> means of transport?
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> Cheers,
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> Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel
> http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1
> skype: thomaskrichel
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Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
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New York, NY 10024
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