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   From: ray    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Ubuntu Linux For Dummies   
   Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:55:08 -0700   
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   On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:35:55 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:   
      
   > dgk wrote:   
   >> Mike Easter"   
   >    
   >>> do you   
   >>> just want something made out of deadtrees [or recycled paper] that   
   >>> you can hold in your hands and smells good like a book?   
   >    
   >> Sometimes folks have to kill time on the subway and don't have access   
   >> to internet.   
   >    
   > What's a subway?  ;-)   
   >    
   > Wait just a minute;  we do have trolleys and busses and freeways around   
   > here, which also have some trouble connecting, because we also have   
   > canyons and other obstructions to wifi connectivity.  :-)   
   >    
   > However, with the ubiquitous popularity of laptops;  I think we will   
   > need to say that there are far more laptops than subway riders.  So, if   
   > you have a laptop, whether you are on the subway, trolley, or bus -- you   
   > can read the ub online information which you downloaded for that   
   > purpose.  If you are in a car on the freeway traffic, which is what most   
   > people do around here, then I guess that you would need something   
   > besides a book or a laptop, maybe something to convert text to voice.   
      
   I find it significantly easier on my eyes to read from paper than from a   
   computer screen.   
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