The $100 laptop closer to reality

[bbj at innismir.net (Ben Jackson)]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Brendan wrote:

*chainsaw*

> Tech is a tool for now. Using it as a tool is fine. Expecting it to take over
> from flesh-and-blood teachers and books is just foolhardy. That's all.
>

While I agree with you on the 'taking over for teachers' I disagree with
the 'taking over for boks'. If done right (Boy, that seems to come up a
lot in this thread), we could elimintate a LOT of the books used today.
ePaper is rapidly becoming a reality, and if we actually do some common
sense copyright reform in this country, textbooks could be phased out
quite easily.

Of course, I'm going to cringe when my young son or daughter comes home
and says "Yeah, a virus took out our textbooks today."

*sigh* It's sad to realize how immature the industry is.


					~Ben