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In response to "mostly i think people like to say "such and such will be dead in five years" because it makes good copy....nm" by xi

Negroponte isn't trying to sell magazines or newspapers. -- nm

Posted by Mop (223 lbs) (aka rburriel) Aug 6 '10, 12:33

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i know. he's a techno-optimist with a track record for overpredicting how things will change....nm - xi Aug 6, 12:37 1
- OLPC will change the world! -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 12:39
Its an asinine assertion. E-books are a fundamentally different manner of consuming the media. It's not like VHS to DVD or CDs to iPods. - TFox Aug 6, 12:34 6
- Your trashy paperback example doesn't fly. - Ender Aug 6, 12:43 2
  - You think in 36 months, if we say "hey, world's bookreaders? get ready, because from now on you're reading off a fucking *screen*, bitches!"... - TFox Aug 6, 12:47 1
    - this tells me that you haven't picked up a Kindle or the equivalent - Reagen Aug 6, 12:50
- I just want to point out that the picture on the front page of Amazon.com is a chick with a Kindle on the beach. -- nm - Mop (223 lbs) Aug 6, 12:40 1
  - heh. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 6, 12:41
- dude, you are *killing* me...nm - xi Aug 6, 12:39

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