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Level: 82 Posts: 1370/1610 EXP: 5119306 Next: 89921 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3608 days Last view: 4598 days |
http://www.slashgear.com/acorp-em501r-super-cheap-android-mid-gets-video-demo-1189408/
what sort of applications do you think will unfold as a result of all these cheap computers? will it be really possible to justify using paper books anymore, what with the huge environmental and financial expenses they pose? etc |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1371/1610 EXP: 5119306 Next: 89921 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3608 days Last view: 4598 days |
Posted by blackhole89 i kno but i just have so many pdfs and so little paper one has to go and i'm not about to start taking a break from math |
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Books and paper will always be around because ultimately they're far cheaper than smartphones.
This reminds me of something I think about, every time I use one of those air-machine hand dryers. It's just air, so it must be better than using paper towels. But what about the energy it took to generate the electricity to run the hand dryer? Could the energy of running the hand drying machine really be less than the energy it takes to make 1.5 feet of paper towel? What about the time I spend standing around that thing, drying my hands? Couldn't it have been spent on doing something productive? Sure, phones are cool and all, but I don't see them ending the era of books anytime soon. They're too small (because they have to be portable) and they're not quite up to snuff on being intuitive enough to extinct books. |
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Level: 82 Posts: 1379/1610 EXP: 5119306 Next: 89921 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 3608 days Last view: 4598 days |
Posted by Poppineyes I meant for people who read books and papers like me and blacky though--even without ereaders we still go through more etext than printed text. |
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