Comments on: Tim Bray’s high-tech monastic cell http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/04/21/tim-brays-high-tech-monastic-cell/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:42:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gene Harris http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/04/21/tim-brays-high-tech-monastic-cell/comment-page-1/#comment-16356 Gene Harris Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:23:28 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2071#comment-16356 I find reading from a screen (LCD or CRT) tires my eyes a lot faster than reading from a book (or even a 600/1200 dpi laser printed page). Until we are able to achieve resolutions similar to our least capable printed pages, reading book length sections on a screen just won't happen (at least for me.) I find reading from a screen (LCD or CRT) tires my eyes a lot faster than reading from a book (or even a 600/1200 dpi laser printed page). Until we are able to achieve resolutions similar to our least capable printed pages, reading book length sections on a screen just won’t happen (at least for me.)

]]> By: Kate Nowak http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/04/21/tim-brays-high-tech-monastic-cell/comment-page-1/#comment-16293 Kate Nowak Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:58:20 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2071#comment-16293 This reminded me a little of the story <a href="http://brighton.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~prajlich/forster.html" rel="nofollow">"The Machine Stops" by EM Forster</a>, written in, weirdly, 1909. This reminded me a little of the story “The Machine Stops” by EM Forster, written in, weirdly, 1909.

]]> By: John http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/04/21/tim-brays-high-tech-monastic-cell/comment-page-1/#comment-16282 John Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:00:46 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2071#comment-16282 Thanks! I've corrected the mistake. Thanks! I’ve corrected the mistake.

]]> By: Giuseppe Paleologo http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/04/21/tim-brays-high-tech-monastic-cell/comment-page-1/#comment-16281 Giuseppe Paleologo Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:57:00 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2071#comment-16281 "why electronic books are fundamentally different from electronic books." John, there's a typo here. “why electronic books are fundamentally different from electronic books.”

John, there’s a typo here.

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