Norway to digitize ALL books

[quote=Pølsemanden]@searz, pretty sure he isn't talking about the cost of reading the book in electricity, just the need for electricity.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=Pølsemanden] @searz, pretty sure he isn't talking about the cost of reading the book in electricity, just the need for electricity.[/quote] Yeah, allow me to reiterate: "The electricity required to power a device used to read a book is REALLY low. Especially if it's a mobile device like a tablet. Reading text is not a taxing activity. Vacuuming for 10min requires more power than reading a digital book on your tablet for 100hours."[/quote]

[quote=Pheyniex][quote=Searz] [quote=Pølsemanden] @searz, pretty sure he isn't talking about the cost of reading the book in electricity, just the need for electricity.[/quote] Yeah, allow me to reiterate: "The electricity required to power a device used to read a book is REALLY low. Especially if it's a mobile device like a tablet. Reading text is not a taxing activity. Vacuuming for 10min requires more power than reading a digital book on your tablet for 100hours." [/quote] bottom line, needs energy. it is based off a data center, is it not? servers that must be maintained, in a room with heavilly controlled HVAC. digital drive usage is not related to size as you make it sound. the main problem is how many times the same cluster is rewritten, not if it is filled. and noone will keep a tablet with the same books for the remainder of it's useful life, although there may be some exceptions. [quote]Then you're not doing it correctly(or just talkin' out your arse), because it's the cover that is shown most prominently in most readers.[/quote] i request that you rephrase this. [quote]Don't worry, there are tons of others that will.[/quote] sorry "mr techonology solves everything", but there is no reson for your condescending tone. If i'm still allowed to finalize my opinion without having a "hurr durr, you are rejecting technology, hurr" argument, this project is only justified by a government that has trouble in knowing what to do with their money. "Fortunately", said government can pay for it.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=Pheyniex] bottom line, needs energy. it is based off a data center, is it not? servers that must be maintained, in a room with heavilly controlled HVAC.[/quote] You cannot seriously think this argument holds any weight.. ._. Really? Do you not realize how many millions of requests such a server room could handle at the same time? And what would you compare it to? The total cost of all book shipping and manufacture combined? Because that's the only fair comparison... [quote]i request that you rephrase this.[/quote] Why? The cover is shown prominently in most readers. You are either using some obscure reader or writing without any experience(talkin' out your arse).[/quote]