On Thu, 22 May 2008, Dana Nutter deinx nxtxr wrote:
> li [Paul Bartlett] mi tulis la ...
>
>> On Fri, 9 May 2008, Dana Nutter deinx nxtxr wrote:
>>
>>> [...]
>>> Sounds pretty cool. How about PDF versions for easy electronic
>>> distribution? Printed materials have a tendency to just lie
>>> around the house until the cats tear them to shreds, then they
>>> get tossed. Electronic copies are more likely to be read and
>>> kept indefinitely.
>>
>> This is not necessarily so. In general I prefer sitting down with a
>> paper periodical in place of an electronic one. An electronic copy
>> (PDF or whatever) binds me to the computer. A paper copy allows me to
>> sit down in my easy chair with the cat on my lap (I have one) and some
>> "relax with" background sounds on the boom box and roll things around
>> in my mind at leisure. In general I pay more attention to paper copy
>> than I do to electronic.
>
> You always have the option of printing it out.
This is true. However, even if a PDF is to be distributed
electronically, there is the problem that some of us have only slow
connections to the internet, so if the PDF is very big (and for me that
means anything much over a MB in size), it becomes impractical to
download it in the first place. Also, if by chance an issue should
have any color in it, some of us have only black and white printers.
--
Paul Bartlett
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