[thelist] Throwing books

[Matt]

They're also not nearly as expensive and delicate. How many eBook
readers or laptops can you bend, rip, sit on, spill coffee on, get
rained on, drop out a window, and still have it work flawlessly? Books
are still a technological marvel as far as I'm concerned. My very first
Javascript book is probably still lying somewhere under the L tracks in
Chicago after I put it on the railing and then knocked it off with my
elbow. If that had been a RocketBook or god forbid a my laptop I would
have freaked the f*ck out. as it was I swore, shrugged, and walked away.

.matt

Jack Schonchin wrote:

>  I can appreciate not supporting the dead tree
> industry. However, for initial learning, it is
> beneficial to have a book you can hold in your hand,
> walk around with, read while lying in the grass at a
> city park, etc.
>
>   My interns don't own laptops. Until e-books become
> pervasive and achieve the resolution of paper
> (200ppi), or better than paper (300-600ppi), trees
> will continue to die.
>
>  FWIW, the two books I've ordered are:
>
> Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from
> Presentation
>
> Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide
> (O'Reilly)
>
>   Thanks for the input.
>
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