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From: beckenba@csvax.caltech.edu (Joe Beckenbach)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Paper versus Computer Monitors
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Date: 9 Apr 88 20:30:07 GMT
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Gary Benson writes:

> In fact, I predict that computer screens will always be second choice
> over paper for many users besides editors.  For example, technicians
> will probably always prefer the paper service manual, cooks their
> cookbooks and engineers their CRC Standard Math Tables.

Probably the first in a flurry of replies.... (oops, paper metaphor :-)

While doing math homework I didn't want to have to bother firing up the
computer to find an essential concept.  While writing long algorithms in
pseudocode I need the context AND a few helpful arrows in different
colors to remind me where I need to do more work.

For a lot of things which aren't currently computer-based it is much
wiser to keep from forcing it onto the computer medium. Anyway, a recipe is
easier to carry around on a card than on a disk, and is less affected by 
kitchen spills. :-)

Joe Beckenbach