tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post127090881480186201..comments2024-03-17T19:18:35.520-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: New LiteracyBilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-74913870252856934032008-02-18T16:49:00.000-05:002008-02-18T16:49:00.000-05:00I have to agree and disagree. Not only do I have t...I have to agree and disagree. Not only do I have trouble writing in cursive, but I have trouble reading it too depending on the person doing the writing. (i.e. ask wife, what the hell does this say? Can you read this!?) When I "write", I actually print. And I can print faster than I can write. And it's much more legible. Give me good ol' arial 12 point anytime.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-60593867931824281142008-02-18T08:35:00.000-05:002008-02-18T08:35:00.000-05:00It always startles me when I meet somebody who say...It always startles me when I meet somebody who says that they don't read for pleasure...<BR/><BR/>I enjoy receiving and writing handwritten letters. Printed or handwritten media is far from dead, but it's too perishable to last long periods of time ("deep time", millenia upon millenia).<BR/><BR/>I read somewhere once that a day will come (allegedly sometime in thie century, but I'm not holding my breath) when every piece of writing in the world could be recorded inside the positions of atoms in cube of carbon no bigger than a couple of inches to a side...<BR/><BR/>...but I wonder if even that would be "readable" in the time beyond that, whether the "file format" would be unreadable to whatever civilization is around then.NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-57318124463830321902008-02-18T07:37:00.000-05:002008-02-18T07:37:00.000-05:00Btw, I finally have some non-shopping-mall photos ...Btw, I finally have some non-shopping-mall photos of Kuala Lumpur on my blog.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542715899155247984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-89002986589983327592008-02-18T07:36:00.000-05:002008-02-18T07:36:00.000-05:00I do like handwriting my letters (and of course re...I do like handwriting my letters (and of course receiving them) but I don't do it often because it takes so much longer to reach the person. <BR/><BR/>I was thrilled when I received a 'handwritten' but digital note from my friend who used the writing function on his tablet PC. <BR/><BR/>I find it to be a good compromise of technology and the personal touch but still...it doesn't solve the problem of power failures.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542715899155247984noreply@blogger.com