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From: lange@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Trent Lange)
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Subject: Re: Hundreds of books on an optical disk
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Date: 4 Nov 88 12:11:52 GMT
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In article <13203@andante.UUCP> prem@andante.UUCP (Swami Devanbu) writes:
>
>Bah humbug.
>
>When I read a book, I want to curl up in a comfy chair, with a blanket
>around me, a bowl of curried popcorn, and a pot of tea. 
>
>A computer is a computer and a book is a book. 
>
>Prem Devanbu 

Well, then, what you *really* want is a flat screen about the size of
a piece of notebook paper, and maybe about half an in deep.  With
perhaps a touch screen, for point and click operations.  Maybe
an infrared or radio connection, a *really* fast one, to the main
cube on your desk.

*Then* you could curl up in your comfy chair and blanket, and have
access to the complete works of Shakespeare.  And, of course, your
newspaper would be electronic, so you wouldn't have to worry about
getting grimy newsprint on your curried popcorn!

Someday...

Trent Lange

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