I just noticed this in the email signature of a printer I'm using today:

when recycled it will come back to us as paper or board. 

I feel the same way. Thankfully I still dexterity and wit to be able to write, and an acoustic guitar to sing along too....

When all our creations become electronic, they're guaranteed to be unreadable or nonexistent in a few hundred years - unlike things written on paper or stone. With nothing physical to hold in your hand, when the electricity goes out - does it exist?

When the electricity goes out, they will burn the rest of the books to stay warm and use the stones to smash each other's head in. 

When all our creations become electronic, they're guaranteed to be unreadable or nonexistent in a few hundred years - unlike things written on paper or stone. With nothing physical to hold in your hand, when the electricity goes out - does it exist?

I would love to see all paper publications go the way of the dinosaur.  Paper's day as a publishing medium can't pass soon enough for me.

Great ironic quote - nostalgia is just not what it used to be.

I felt that way until I got a Kindle.  The convenience and the fact that it is much easier on my eyes than a "real" book has made me a convert to ebooks.  A big part is the eInk technology used in the Kindle, no backlit screen so very comfortable to read.

I got my 81 yo Mom one for Christmas, didn't know if she would take to it as she has repeatedly not used technology gifts she received in the past, but she has fallen in love with it and has read 4 books since she got it 10 days ago.

I have to say I much prefer a real book for literature, though not for reference.

Future-gazing has proved to be somewhat unreliable so far, I don't see that changing.

Why would a person buy a heavy book if s/he could download it onto a reader, have the reader read it, have a children's book be interactive, thereby entertaining as well as educating. And if you want to print it out, you can print it from your own printer at home. I have read articles about 3-D printers that will "print" a table right in your own home.

Remember cd's? I used to go into Borders and listen to music on their stations, then buy a few cd's. Who does that now? Well, nobody, because Borders doesn't even carry cd's for the most part any more.

I remember when every household had a set of encyclopedias. Parents saved their pennies to be able to afford a set for their children.

How many people still have land lines? Phone books?

I went to a seminar once where the guy said you can be the best buggy whip manufacturer in the world, but if no one needs a buggy whip...

I would bet money on print as we know it being completely gone within 10 years.

How to Use the Plural Word Media Correctly

Anybody ever heard of somebody complain about the media? Every heard somebody phrase a statement similar to "The media is so annoying." Or, "The media drives me crazy." Ever realize his or her grammar is incorrect in the preceding two sentences?

Well it is. While these may not be blatant errors to most, learning small grammar rules will not only help you in day to day life, but it can also impress a potential boss interviewing you or a current boss when you send an email (providing they know grammar basics).

Media is the plural form of medium. Therefore, media should be used as a plural subject instead of a singular subject.

"The media are so annoying." And, "The media drive me crazy."

Sounds strange, right? It's because it's so frequently misused that our ears have been trained to think the former examples are correct.

And that's today's quick grammar fact.

Gives a whole new meaning to book burning, don't it?

 I has a grammah ishyoo.

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who named this thread? Are? I has a grammah ishyoo.

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