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> ... Now you too can put the internet in a box and customize it with the very best free content for your school, clinic or family! Yes ! And at very low cost!
by lutusp 1y ago
> ... Now you too can put the internet in a box and customize it with the very best free content for your school, clinic or family!
Yes ! And at very low cost! It doesn't require a network, a power connection or high technology! It prepares its users for adult life!
How can people read this article and not think, "Wait ... don't we already have books?"
- zipping1549 1y agoBooks - take up a lot of space - are not free & not necessarily cheap - are not searchable - take a lot of effort to index - are heavy, prone to damage & loss - cannot be accessed by multiple users simultaneously - need physical copy to back up
- lutusp 1y agoMost of these points are true for computer media as well if separated from some degree of computer power, especially "not necessarily cheap". > ... need physical copy to back up Certainly true for computer storage, which, if left to the whims of nature and given time, will self-destruct. Years ago I got a call from Tom Clancy, who was writing "Hunt for Red October" using my word processor "Apple Writer." He said a diskette had become unreadable and asked how to recover its contents. I delivered the bad news and recommended that he use his backup diskette. I'm sure you can guess how that turned out.