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Originally Posted by firekat
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Truth of the matter is that it is really difficult to beat the ol' pen and paper! Never needs to be turned on, boot up or get calibrated.
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This reminds me of a story I heard about the days of the space race. I heard that the Americans spent a lot of time and money inventing a pen that could push ink to the nib of a pen in zero-gravity so it could be used in space; the Russians decided to use a pencil. I suspect it is probably not true, but it's a nice way to demonstrate that sometimes a simple solution gets the job done. Having said that, I find that I want to use my iliad for everything these days.