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Originally Posted by elcreative
we 're still waiting for the paperless office to become a reality...
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Originally Posted by bhartman36
The paperless office already exists in principle.
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It also exists in reality. It's called Google Inc. No papers there, just laptops and whiteboards everywhere, and big rubber pencils for holding meetings with.
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Originally Posted by bhartman36
Reading on a PDA screen (especially before color screens became the norm) was really only for those with tip-top vision (which I used to have, back then), but it was serviceable, and it's hard to beat, from a portability standpoint. And just like a desktop screen, if you're used to looking at it for long periods anyway, it's no big deal.
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Ah yes, but the question is not only how long you stare at something, but what you stare at. I can stare at a computer game or movies all day long and not get sore eyes, because they're colorfull and dark, but black letters on shiny white background gets my eyes hurting in half an hour.
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Originally Posted by elcreative
It's the forest myth again... guess what, the trees used to make paper are planted and grown to chopped down to make paper and then... they plant more so that they've got more to use for paper...
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Who exactly guarantees that ? That may be the case in some parts of the US but on the international level I don't see why money-hungry people would bother with replanting trees they cut down for paper, unless the technical process of producing paper requires trees that are best grown. The Brazilians mow down a country-sized chunk of the Amazon forest every year and no one replants that. People chop down other people in some parts of the world and no one cares...
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Originally Posted by bhartman36
There are also numerous sources for non-wood paper (e.g., hemp, cotton).
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Hey man, hemp is for smoking ! Just like weed.
