Silliness Surreal.... Have you heard of a thing called a book - Page 3

LazyScot · 10-21-2008, 05:42 PM

I think every piece of UK legislation (act of parliament) is still, and must be, transcribed onto animal skin vellum. Apparently paper, and its variants, have a nasty habit of decaying over the centuries....

Seems they don't trust new fangled technologies...

DixieGal · 10-21-2008, 05:49 PM

So it's never an act of parchment. (I couldn't resist!)

Taylor514ce · 10-21-2008, 05:50 PM

Makes sense. Where do I insert this ZIP drive on my new computer? Or this WORM drive? How does it attach?

montsnmags · 10-21-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

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The test of whether it is dead wood or crystal is to wipe it with something greasy and see if it becomes even more transparent, and thus has a high dead wood content. (Marc, reference Simpsons episode where Homer wants to get fatter in order to be disabled and work from home. See also "reaching broom.")

"It's your window to weight-gain."

Cheers,
Marc

wayrad · 10-21-2008, 09:47 PM

There appears to have been one feature of these "books" that today's device manufacturers would do well to emulate. Amazingly, every single unit shipped with a fitted cover! The anxious wait for accessory manufacturers to get their act together, so familiar to us, was a thing unknown to "book" owners.

Some covers were elaborately ornamented and even made of leather. With proper care, they would last for the lifetime of the device, which was fortunate because there appears to have been no warranty, and aftermarket covers could usually be obtained only by shipping the entire unit to a repair service at the owner's expense.

CCLady · 10-22-2008, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by wayrad

There appears to have been one feature of these "books" that today's device manufacturers would do well to emulate. Amazingly, every single unit shipped with a fitted cover! The anxious wait for accessory manufacturers to get their act together, so familiar to us, was a thing unknown to "book" owners.

Some covers were elaborately ornamented and even made of leather. With proper care, they would last for the lifetime of the device, which was fortunate because there appears to have been no warranty, and aftermarket covers could usually be obtained only by shipping the entire unit to a repair service at the owner's expense.

Ah, but most of the "books" I have acquired in recent years have been so poorly attached to said cover that individual units (I THINK they're called pages, but I could be mistaken) simply fall out of the "book" and get lost, thereby rendering the "book" totally useless.

DixieGal · 10-22-2008, 10:21 AM

I e-read that they commonly begin the petrification process while still viable, by collecting and absorbing ambient dust motes and mites from their local environment. There is no way to stop this nor clean them, because the addition of soap and water interacts with the high acidity of the screens and reduces them to mush, a mache, so to speak.

RWood · 10-22-2008, 07:56 PM

I was looking at a web site that specialized in old devices and there was something called a "paper shredder" that said that it was used for securely disposing of "..., books, manuscripts, ...." I guess that they had a problem with getting rid of those "books" way back then. Today we can simply hit the delete key and they are gone.

Patricia · 10-22-2008, 07:58 PM

That's what you think, Wood. Destroying a hard disk is rather troublesome.

=X= · 10-22-2008, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RWood

I was looking at a web site that specialized in old devices and there was something called a "paper shredder" that said that it was used for securely disposing of "..., books, manuscripts, ...." I guess that they had a problem with getting rid of those "books" way back then. Today we can simply hit the delete key and they are gone.

"paper shredder" sounds like a horror movie. Did these shredders come to your house to get rid of these books?

=X=

montsnmags · 10-22-2008, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

That's what you think, Wood. Destroying a hard disk is rather troublesome.

The answer to every problem is "Buy something sweet to eat" or "Hit it with a hammer". Guess which answer I've used with the above troublesome problem?

Cheers,
Marc (after using the hammer, I bought myself something sweet to eat)

ProDigit · 10-22-2008, 11:41 PM

lol, funny things those old LCD technologies with multiple static screens!

pshrynk · 10-23-2008, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

That's what you think, Wood. Destroying a hard disk is rather troublesome.

A good barn spike and a mallet is all you really need...

wayrad · 10-23-2008, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

I guess that they had a problem with getting rid of those "books" way back then.

But, paradoxically, they were prone to bugs that resulted in data loss and even actual hardware damage.

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10-21-2008, 05:42 PM	#31
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	I think every piece of UK legislation (act of parliament) is still, and must be, transcribed onto animal skin vellum. Apparently paper, and its variants, have a nasty habit of decaying over the centuries.... Seems they don't trust new fangled technologies...

10-21-2008, 05:49 PM	#32
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	So it's never an act of parchment. (I couldn't resist!)

10-21-2008, 05:50 PM	#33
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	Makes sense. Where do I insert this ZIP drive on my new computer? Or this WORM drive? How does it attach?

10-21-2008, 09:47 PM	#35
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 551 Karma: 1121392 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: HTC One M8	There appears to have been one feature of these "books" that today's device manufacturers would do well to emulate. Amazingly, every single unit shipped with a fitted cover! The anxious wait for accessory manufacturers to get their act together, so familiar to us, was a thing unknown to "book" owners. Some covers were elaborately ornamented and even made of leather. With proper care, they would last for the lifetime of the device, which was fortunate because there appears to have been no warranty, and aftermarket covers could usually be obtained only by shipping the entire unit to a repair service at the owner's expense.

10-22-2008, 10:21 AM	#37
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I e-read that they commonly begin the petrification process while still viable, by collecting and absorbing ambient dust motes and mites from their local environment. There is no way to stop this nor clean them, because the addition of soap and water interacts with the high acidity of the screens and reduces them to mush, a mache, so to speak.

10-22-2008, 07:56 PM	#38
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I was looking at a web site that specialized in old devices and there was something called a "paper shredder" that said that it was used for securely disposing of "..., books, manuscripts, ...." I guess that they had a problem with getting rid of those "books" way back then. Today we can simply hit the delete key and they are gone.

10-22-2008, 07:58 PM	#39
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	That's what you think, Wood. Destroying a hard disk is rather troublesome.

10-22-2008, 11:41 PM	#42
ProDigit Karmaniac Posts: 2,553 Karma: 11499146 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami FL Device: PRS-505, Jetbook, + Mini, +Color, Astak Ez Reader Pro, PPW1, Aura H2O	lol, funny things those old LCD technologies with multiple static screens!

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