I can't see any benefit to an e-book. I can get just about any book worth reading from the library. For free. The type is easier to read, and no screen of any sort can show type easier than ink on paper.
Plus, I can survey a bunch of magazines and newspapers, for free, and even check out CDs. For free.
It'll be a long time before an e-book is worth a tinker's damn. Not to mention, some of the women at the library are, uh, kind of cute. Can an e-book offer that?
You missed the point. Was: Who needs a watch?
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You missed the point. We're surrounded by timepieces, and all of them are part of the built-in function of ordinary devices. What they're really selling you is a very small organizer. That it's marketed as a watch is only a distraction.
My motorcycle has a built-in clock. Does that mean I should identify it as a clock? Or as a motorcycle?
My cellphone tells time. My computer tells time. My deskphone tells time. My car tells time. The PDA I already have tells time. What do I need a watch for? Is it so I can have yet another time-telling device that that doesn't agree with the others?
42 volts okay. GM's V8-6-4 redux worries me
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The idea of smaller drive motors for the electric window motors, ventilated seat fan motors, power door locks, etc. seems like a good idea. Now if there is some way to rebuild the various black boxes mounted on the firewalls and under the hoods of cars, then car restorers will rejoice in 20 years when they want to restore a 2003 BMW 745.
But why on earth GM is bringing back another take on the ill-fated V8-6-4 is a mystery.
http://www.gm.com/automotive/gmpowertrain/tech/dod/overview.htm
If you consider that even when these prehistoric humans lived to the age of 35, they were "old" and they were somebody's "grampaw" and "grammaw."
Compare that today with many people waiting till the age of 35 for their first young 'un.
In 100 years today, a family may spawn three generations. Back then, the number would be closer to seven generations of skulls. In that context, it's easier to see how skull shapes could change in only 160,000 years or so.
Back then we were generating new skulls and losing the ineffective ones at a much faster rate. Not that we're creating fewer skulls today...quite the contrary. It's just that we hang on to the less efficient ones for a lot longer.
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I can't see any benefit to an e-book. I can get just about any book worth reading from the library. For free. The type is easier to read, and no screen of any sort can show type easier than ink on paper. Plus, I can survey a bunch of magazines and newspapers, for free, and even check out CDs. For free. It'll be a long time before an e-book is worth a tinker's damn. Not to mention, some of the women at the library are, uh, kind of cute. Can an e-book offer that?
You missed the point. We're surrounded by timepieces, and all of them are part of the built-in function of ordinary devices. What they're really selling you is a very small organizer. That it's marketed as a watch is only a distraction. My motorcycle has a built-in clock. Does that mean I should identify it as a clock? Or as a motorcycle?
My cellphone tells time. My computer tells time. My deskphone tells time. My car tells time. The PDA I already have tells time. What do I need a watch for? Is it so I can have yet another time-telling device that that doesn't agree with the others?
The idea of smaller drive motors for the electric window motors, ventilated seat fan motors, power door locks, etc. seems like a good idea. Now if there is some way to rebuild the various black boxes mounted on the firewalls and under the hoods of cars, then car restorers will rejoice in 20 years when they want to restore a 2003 BMW 745. But why on earth GM is bringing back another take on the ill-fated V8-6-4 is a mystery. http://www.gm.com/automotive/gmpowertrain/tech/dod /overview.htm
If you consider that even when these prehistoric humans lived to the age of 35, they were "old" and they were somebody's "grampaw" and "grammaw." Compare that today with many people waiting till the age of 35 for their first young 'un. In 100 years today, a family may spawn three generations. Back then, the number would be closer to seven generations of skulls. In that context, it's easier to see how skull shapes could change in only 160,000 years or so. Back then we were generating new skulls and losing the ineffective ones at a much faster rate. Not that we're creating fewer skulls today...quite the contrary. It's just that we hang on to the less efficient ones for a lot longer.