Well, it's the second, but I'm a busy person so shut up.
I'm going to tell you about how the pyramids were built. The Great Pyramid, that is. That's the important one.
It was built from the inside. The two main theories are that there was this mile long ramp that they just kept lengthening. But that would have a mass equal to the pyramid itself. NO. The next is that a ramp corkscrewed along the outside, but that would have obscured sight lines, and the corners are just too perfect for that. So, NO.
It was built with a ramp from the inside, but I can't tell you more because I haven't finished the book yet.
The Secret of the Great Pyramid by Bob Brier. Read it. Now.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
TreeBooks vs. EBooks
What I want to know today is...
How long until tree-books are illegal?
Let that sink in.
Books made of paper must kill a thousand hundred million billion of trees each year. (Exaggerate much?) And what with global warming and everyone going green, somebody is going to have the idea to make Kindle-type readers cheap, inexpensive, and virtually indestructible. And then there'll be no stopping them. They'll be mass produced and sold at bookstores everywhere. That, of course, is how it will start.
But soon politicians (because all politicians want change!) will be rallying for books made from trees to be illegal. You'll be able to buy books straight from the reader, for cheap. It'll be better for the environment this way, and if you "really care" than You Must Love The Reader.
And I think that's crap. There's nothing like flipping through the pages of a well worn book you've read a million times. There's nothing like the smell of a book that has never been opened before. I love books and I love to read and I will always always always love books.
And if politicians ever want to start banning real books, they've got another thing coming. There is nothing like Reese on the warpath.
But um, yeah, go green guys. That's important too.
So if anyone has the answer to what I want to know (How Long?!) let me know!
How long until tree-books are illegal?
Let that sink in.
Books made of paper must kill a thousand hundred million billion of trees each year. (Exaggerate much?) And what with global warming and everyone going green, somebody is going to have the idea to make Kindle-type readers cheap, inexpensive, and virtually indestructible. And then there'll be no stopping them. They'll be mass produced and sold at bookstores everywhere. That, of course, is how it will start.
But soon politicians (because all politicians want change!) will be rallying for books made from trees to be illegal. You'll be able to buy books straight from the reader, for cheap. It'll be better for the environment this way, and if you "really care" than You Must Love The Reader.
And I think that's crap. There's nothing like flipping through the pages of a well worn book you've read a million times. There's nothing like the smell of a book that has never been opened before. I love books and I love to read and I will always always always love books.
And if politicians ever want to start banning real books, they've got another thing coming. There is nothing like Reese on the warpath.
But um, yeah, go green guys. That's important too.
So if anyone has the answer to what I want to know (How Long?!) let me know!
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